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Festive Foods by Holly Clegg
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table of contents ON THE COVER: We are proud to feature Holly Clegg on our cover this issue. Be sure to check out her fabulous recipes (page 26) that not only taste great, but are good for you!
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In This Issue
Be Mine, Valentine Dennise Aiello
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The Biggest Health Crisis Families Don’t Want to Talk About: Dementia Ric Cochran
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Never Getting Back to Normal Terry Sneler
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Traveling with Security Elaine Marze
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16 Top 5 Interesting Adult Education Classes
18 Puzzle Savvy 22 College Baseball Schedules
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LSU, Louisiana Tech, Centenary & Northwestern
26 Festive Foods Holly Clegg
30 Vietnam: Living Historians 26
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Be Mine, Valentine! BY dennise aiello
February 14 is the special day for sweethearts – and it’s also the day to celebrate special friends. Young and old alike send Valentine cards, give boxes of chocolate candy, red roses and stuffed animals with Valentine motifs, showering affection on sweethearts and friends. The Roman Catholic church recognizes three saints named Valentine. One St. Valentine was a third century priest, who was put to death for performing marriage ceremonies for young lovers at a time when Emperor Claudius II had outlawed marriage for young men because the emperor thought single men made better soldiers. Certainly our Valentine memories do not represent the harshness
of St. Valentine’s martyrdom. Most of us have happy memories of school and church parties, celebrated with cupcakes, Kool-Aid, Red Hots candy and Conversation Hearts.
hearts and paper doilies. These were our “mailboxes” for Valentines. Every child cut a mail slot in the top of the box and on Valentine’s Day, everyone brought cards for their friends. Some of the Valentines were store bought, but most were handmade. Many of the store bought cards were simply cut from a booklet, together with its cut-out envelope that had to be glued together before the Valentine was placed inside. The handmade Valentines were as unique as the individuals making them. Construction paper was a necessity. And red construction paper was the color of choice for Valentines. Remember folding the paper in half and cutting those half-hearts shapes?
Most of us have happy memories of school and church parties celebrated with cupcakes, Kool-Aid, Red Hots candy and Conversation Hearts.
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Then opening the fold, there was the start of your beautiful Valentine art. For really fancy Valentine cards, the construction paper was only the beginning. White paper doilies cut in heart shapes could be added to the first heart. Or the construction paper heart would be glued to a lacy doily. The more intricate the design was, the better. At our school, the room mothers planned simple, but memorable Valentine parties for the elementary classes. Cupcakes and conversation hearts, served with bright red fruit punch turned an ordinary day into a party day for school kids who loved parties of all kinds. As we grew older and left elementary school for junior high, Valentine’s Day was celebrated at churches with Sweetheart Banquets. For most of us, the Sweetheart Banquet was our first “date” and it was well chaperoned at the Baptist ( and other) churches. The girls wore their first formals and were given small, but beautiful sweetheart corsages. In high school the traditions we enjoyed continued and sometimes we memorized lovely verses by poets like Elizabeth Barrett Browning and even Shakespeare, celebrating romance and the image of Victorian love. Then, as now, Valentine’s Day was not only for children. Our parents celebrated with red satincovered, heart-shaped boxes of chocolates, sentimental cards, red roses or special bouquets, and sometimes dinner out for just mom and dad. The legend of St. Valentine and his support of young sweethearts January /February 2011
continues to be celebrated throughout the world today. February 14th remains the special time for hearts and flowers. The Greeting Card Association estimates that a billion Valentine cards are exchanged each year, the second largest
number of greetings, exceeded only by Christmas cards. St. Valentine lives on! Dennise Aiello is a freelance writer/ photographer who lives in Benton, Louisiana. Her email address is dbaphotos@aol.com.
Sonnets from the Portuguese Number 43 How do I love thee? Let me count the ways. I love thee to the depth and breadth and height My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight For the ends of Being and ideal Grace. I love thee to the level of every day’s Most quiet need, by sun and candlelight. I love thee freely, as men strive for Right; I love thee purely, as they turn from Praise. I love with a passion put to use In my old griefs, and with my childhood’s faith. I love thee with a love I seemed to lose With my lost saints, I love thee with the breath, Smiles, tears, of all my life! and, if God choose, I shall but love thee better after death. ~ Elizabeth Barrett Browning
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The Biggest Health Crisis Families Don’t Want to Talk About: Dementia BY ric cochran
Back in November, we recognized family caregivers, National Family Caregivers Month, along with the devastation caused by dementia, National Alzheimer’s Awareness Month. While some disabilities are being overcome to varying degrees, dementia is absolutely incurable at this time and growing at an alarming rate! So is the cost. To understand the cost of dementia, consider that if dementia were a company, it would be the world’s largest by annual revenue ($604B). These costs are conservative and recognized to be underreported because they are difficult to measure. It’s difficult to measure the lost tax revenues or cascading financial instability when family members leave the workplace early and under-fund their own 6
retirement. What about the spouse who spends everything caring for a husband or wife and becomes financially insecure? What is the value of uncompensated care provided by family caregivers who may imperil their health due to injury or stress? How do we measure the full cost to companies of time employees spend on the phone or away from work caring for family members, especially in small businesses? To understand the scope of dementia, consider that every nation with an aging population is facing a ticking time bomb. Some, like China, have exacerbated the problem with extreme efforts to control births, leaving fewer future adults by percentage to care for aging relatives. Many have rightly been concerned www.savvyandsage.com
with how to provide food, housing, energy, and health care for growing populations. But the unintended consequence of fewer children is fewer people to provide for a growing population of elderly people. To understand the risk of dementia, consider that while most dementia patients are diagnosed after turning 65, some are diagnosed or were showing signs in their fifties. After 65, the risk of dementia doubles every five years. In the fastest growing population, those 85 and above, dementia strikes one out of two. Patients and families are at the mercy of a dysfunctional health care system that tries to control budgets by making benefit eligibility rules difficult to access or understand. We have had to use the open records January /February 2011
laws in Louisiana to obtain information from Medicaid that belongs to the public and which they still routinely withhold. When eligibility information isn’t being hidden from public view, it is often incomplete and incomprehensible to the average person as well as many professionals. States often add restrictions that violate federal guidelines drafted by Congress. When crooks con the elderly out of their savings, we recognize the injustice. When the elderly are denied information that could keep them from losing most of their life’s savings if they need long-term care, we shrug and call it bureaucracy. But whether you or your parents went broke investing with Bernie Madoff, or from Medicaid hiding information and adding restrictions in violation of federal policy, broke is broke. Since our dysfunctional health care system hides information from the public and allows states to employ federally non-compliant restrictions, the amount of misinformation in the public sector is enormous. Insurance representatives (especially those selling long-term care policies), financial planners, accountants, attorneys, brokers, bankers, clergy, even people in the health care field, those typically relied on for information and advice are often repeating information that is both outdated and inaccurate to the point of being harmful while they’re trying their best to help. Make no mistake! Dementia is the world’s biggest health crisis families don’t want to talk about. Maybe someone is repeating things frequently or getting lost going to familiar places. In engaging them, January /February 2011
it’s often better to avoid using the D-word or the A-word (dementia or Alzheimer’s) which can offend or scare them. Using words like “forgetful” can be less threatening. You might want to get some information about how to engage them from the Alzheimer’s Association at their website (alz.org) or by calling 1-800272-3900 where you can speak to a trained counselor day or night, even on weekends. Ignoring symptoms leaves people at an increasingly greater risk of losing their financial security and having fewer options if they need long-term care. Procrastinating also leaves people a target for those who would take advantage of them by mail, by phone, over the internet (if they’re web-savvy), or at their door. I see it too frequently, from the political organizations and preachers who “desperately need their support” to the psychics, contests, and “business opportunities,” to the handyman who collects repeatedly for the same job or collects up-front for a project and disappears. Some prey on their fears touting ways to “hide” their assets. Sadly, the hiding done by some can truly make assets disappear and not in a good way. When the savings have already been drained, it’s a little late to be looking for a leak. Ric Cochran assists clients and families in crisis dealing with long-term care and those wishing to plan ahead to avoid a crisis. He can be reached at S.A.F.E. Planning by calling (318) 869-3133.
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Alzheimer’s is the most common form of dementia, a general term for memory loss and other intellectual abilities serious enough to interfere with daily life. Alzheimer’s disease accounts for 50 to 70 percent of dementia cases. Alzheimer’s is not the only cause of memory loss. Many people have trouble with memory — this does NOT mean they have Alzheimer’s. In fact, most do not. There are many different causes of memory loss. If you or a loved one is experiencing symptoms, it is best to visit a doctor so the cause can be determined. Alzheimer’s is not a normal part of aging, although the greatest known risk factor is increasing age, and the majority of people with Alzheimer’s are 65 and older. But Alzheimer’s is not just a disease of old age. Up to 5 percent of people with the disease have early-onset Alzheimer’s (also known as younger-onset), which often appears when someone is in their 40s or 50s.
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Never Getting Back to Normal by Terry Sneler
It’s normal that we miss you, It’s normal that we cry, It’s normal that our love for you Makes it hard to say good bye.
You are your sisters’ only brother, And your mother’s only son. Our home with only Joey and me To finish things left undone.
This year it won’t be normal As we gather round the table To eat and celebrate our Lord And His birth inside the stable.
If time goes as quickly without you here As it seems to do year after year We will be reunited by and by And share our mansion in the sky.
We would love to hear your voice again And see your smiling face But we can be thankful your pain is gone, And you’re comforted by God’s embrace.
I have but one request of you You’ve done this since we were wed I’ve needed this since you’ve been gone Please warm up my side of the bed.
Time may erase our heartache And good memories may ease our sorrow But life will never be normal again Without you in our tomorrow.
Terry Sneler has taught elementary school in Louisiana and Texas for 30 years. She currently teaches at Family Christian Academy in Houston, TX. She discovered Savvy and Sage Magazine this past November while her husband was being treated for cancer at MD Anderson Hospital. During that month of saddness and stress, she picked up the magazine and laughed (a lot) at the article, “It’s a Woman Thang.” She tore the article out of the magazine and made copies for other people whom she thought needed a laugh. Sadly, Terry’s husband died the end of November. Weeks later Terry contacted the article’s writer, Elaine Marze, and shared with her what a bright spot in her month the article had made. This is the poem Terry wrote after her husband’s passing.
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shoulders has negative consequences too. Many a time It seems that the older some people get the more they while my husband drives, I nap in my reclining truck seat fear traveling, especially after dark. Perhaps all the movies shoulders has negative consequences too. Many a time It seems that the older some people get the more they only to wake up to find one of our dogs was using my head about kindly old folks who are stranded with a flat tire while my husband drives, I nap in my reclining truck seat fear traveling, especially after dark. Perhaps all the movies as a pillow and drool cushion. Ugh! and are murdered by some psychopath inspires insecurity. only to wake up to find one of our dogs was using my head about kindly old folks who are stranded with a flat tire On the other hand Whatever the reaas a pillow and drool cushion. Ugh! and are murdered by someGrandson psychopath inspires insecurity. Colton plays with one since my husband has a son, seasoned citiOn the other hand Whatever the reaof my English Mastiff puppies that tendency to camp our zens are concerned Grandson Colton plays with one just weighed in at 183 lbs. since my husband has a son, seasoned citiRV in secluded areas in about travel secuof my English Mastiff puppies that tendency to camp our zens are concerned just weighed in at 183 lbs. unknown parts of the rity, and the numRV in secluded areas in about travel secucountry, there have been bers who are getting unknown parts of the rity, and the numtimes I was especially glad concealed carry country, there have been bers who are getting the dogs were with us. permits contintimes I was especially glad concealed carry One time we were camped ues to rise – along the dogs were with us. permits continoff a dirt road near a dam with crime statisOne time we were camped ues to rise – along (alone) with no buildings tics. Many retirees off a dirt road near a dam with crime statisor street lights in sight nor have four-legged (alone) with no buildings tics. Many retirees any sign of human habi“babies” they can’t or street lights in sight nor have four-legged tation. My husband was leave home withany sign of human habi“babies” they can’t sleeping soundly (snoring out, and though it tation. My husband was leave home withloudly) when I awoke to is easier traveling sleeping soundly (snoring out, and though it headlights shining in the without animals, loudly) when I awoke to is easier traveling back window. Acres of sometimes circumheadlights shining in the without animals, empty space were available stances dictate that back window. Acres of sometimes circumto them yet a truck was pets accompany empty space were available stances dictate that parked right on our bumus. Some pet ownto them yet a truck was pets accompany per. I could see three men ers have friends or parked right on our bumus. Some pet ownin the truck when the interelatives willing and per. I could see three men ers have friends or rior light came on as they able to care for their in the truck when the interelatives willing and got out and moved toward furry or feathered rior light came on as they able to care for their us. The dogs were growlfriends while they got out and moved toward furry or feathered ing, but I kept them quiet are gone, but others us. The dogs were growlfriends while they until I opened the door take comfort in the ing, but I kept them quiet are gone, but others and let the dogs out. security and built-in alarm systems provided by their pets. until I opened the door take comfort in the Even when big dogs are barking friendly they can It is a fortunate man or woman who can hit the road and let the dogs out. security and built-in alarm systems provided by their pets. sound like they want to eat sweet little old ladies, and with canine or feline companions that do not get car sick Even when big dogs are barking friendly they can It is a fortunate man or woman who can hit the road though I couldn’t see everything that went on, I heard or have an attack of nerves that causes the animal to forsound like they want to eat sweet little old ladies, and with canine or feline companions that do not get car sick lots of barking, snarling and men screaming like little girls get potty-training etiquette. Our English Mastiffs love to though I couldn’t see everything that went on, I heard or have an attack of nerves that causes the animal to foras they ran and jumped into their truck and spun out! ride, but their massive drooling heads hanging over our lots of barking, snarling and men screaming like little girls get potty-training etiquette. Our English Mastiffs love to January /February 2011 www.savvyandsage.com as they ran and jumped into their truck and spun out!11 ride, but their massive drooling heads hanging over our
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When I called the dogs back in they had wide grins on their faces to let me know they’d had a good time. After my husband retired and we moved to Colorado, our son, Daniel, made several trips back and forth between Louisiana and Colorado by himself so I always sent our family’s communal mastiff with him because when Daniel gets sleepy he pulls over on the side of the road for a nap which (in his mother’s opinion) is not smart. As long as Abby was with him, I didn’t worry too much. I’m better at sleeping than driving so when Rex, our capuchin (organ grinder) monkey, and I were coming from Colorado to Louisiana by ourselves I stopped at a hotel in Clayton, New Mexico to get some sleep. Rex flirted with the night clerk who acted like she was not used to meeting monkeys wearing a diaper so it took time getting checked in. It was a hotel where you parked outside your room so when we finally got settled for the night with Rex curled up beside me, I stuck a 9mm pistol under my pillow since room invasions and robberies are a reality. The next morning I came awake gradually with the sense that something wasn’t quite right. I awoke more abruptly when my unfocused eyes looked down the barrel of my pistol held by Rex who was sitting on my chest acting as if he was going to do a little target practicing on my nose! I could just see the headlines, “Woman Shot by Monkey!” When I made a grab for my gun the little “monkid” took off dragging the pistol behind him clenched in his prehensile tail. Over and under the bed he went; me chasing and Rex grinning and teasing me by letting me get close before he took off again. I was really hoping the safety was still on because anything a human can do with his hands, a capuchin can do twice as fast. As smart as Rex is though, I’m still an IQ point or two ahead of him
so I sat down and pulled out the goodie bag full of trail mix and granola bars and waited to trade him a pecan crunch bar for the 9mm. As for traveling with animal security, it comforts me that if any bad guys break in on Rex they would face 12 pounds of fury which may not come close to the size and weight of 180 pound mastiffs, but an angry monkey can be likened to a furry, enraged piranha chewing up one side and down the other while emitting unearthly screams. I know from personal experience how difficult it is to get away from a monkey who doesn’t want to let his human loose. It was late evening at our home in Louisiana when I was walking outside with Rex draped around my neck. I wasn’t wearing my glasses or contacts so could not see clearly but just as I was going to step over what I thought was a stick, Rex jumped off my shoulder and grabbed hold of a four foot long snake before climbing back up my body to his perch on my shoulder – carrying the snake! You’ve heard the term, “blood-curdling screams,” well, I was uttering those in abundance while trying to get loose from Rex and the snake. I made three laps around the house slapping, jumping, leaping and screaming hysterically while trying to throw Rex and his snake off me! The result was that I scared Rex and maybe the snake too more than they scared me. No! That’s not possible. Rex’s hands had a death-lock on my head while his feet were holding tight to the snake. Rex’s tail was wrapped around my neck in a choke hold. The reptile was flopping against my body from all the gyrations until I finally headed (leaping and slapping to dislodge one of my riders), toward the pond thinking wildly that maybe by jumping in one of us might get loose from the others. I guess Rex figured out my intentions because all of a sudden he let go of the snake so he could hang on tighter with both feet, covering my eyes in the process. I was just about to dive
Rex flirted with the night clerk who acted like she was not used to meeting monkeys wearing a diaper so it took time getting checked in.
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into the pond when I realized the snake was no longer slapping me on the chest and back. My hysterical screams gradually decreased, but the body tremors and revulsions continued for days. It took a while longer for Rex to stop screaming, and the smell indicated he’d filled his diaper with what had been scared out of him. Our house was in the middle of a five acre lot, but not-sonearby neighbors swore our screams about gave them heart attacks. Ha! Try having a monkey holding a big snake attached to your body. My heart didn’t go back to beating normally for weeks! Rex and I were coming back to Louisiana from Nashville, Tennessee when a sudden blizzard turned the interstate into a dangerous super-slide from which vehicles of all kinds slid off into ravines or flipped over when they slid into a hillside. Autos with over-confident drivers passed me by blowing at my five-miles-per-hour speed, but probably regretted it later when I tooted at them as they waited for snow-plows to dig them out of snow-filled ditches. Eighteen-wheelers either poked along or they too over-turned along the side of the road. The situation was scary and dangerous with little visibility. I had visions of my little monkey frozen like a fuzzy pop-sickle when we were finally discovered weeks later beneath the snow. It seemed like hours that Rex and I were the only travelers left on the interstate that had been reduced to barely discernable one lane tracks down the middle of the highway until State Police barricaded and closed the interstate. I exited thankfully, sliding down the off-ramp to a service road and skidded into the first hotel I came to. The lobby was full of other stranded travelers wanting rooms. Maybe the desk clerk knew how freaked out I was or maybe it was the monkey head that kept poking out of my coat long enough to “woop-whoop” pitifully, but he gave us a room. When we got to our room I called my husband and told him to put money in the bank to cover the hotel bill because I wasn’t getting back out on that highway
until spring thaw! He said I couldn’t stay in the hotel till spring, but I convinced him I was never driving again until all the snow was gone, and since it was January that might be a while. But early the next morning my hero knocked on our hotel door. Rex and I were so glad to see him that we wrestled each other to hug him the longest. I still don’t know how my husband got through to us when the roads were closed, but Rex wouldn’t ride anywhere with me for a long time after that. He acted like the whole blizzard thing was my fault. There are times when protection is needed as happened on another memorable trip from Nashville with my mother-in-law, Inez, and sister-in-law, Bonnie Sue. We were about an hour the Tennessee side of Little Rock when the interstate was closed because President Clinton’s motorcade was coming through – eventually. According to people stalled with us, the then-President’s schedule typically disrupted traffic for hours. Finally around midnight, we decided to follow other vehicles backing up and squeezing around until I got my T-bird down an off-ramp in the middle of the boonies to look for a hotel. The selection was limited. All we found was a little run-down-looking strip motel. I pulled in and walked up to the window because according to the sign the man wouldn’t open the door after 10pm. I paid for a room BEFORE the man told me in very poor English that the room was actually several miles on down the road. Not that I’m suspicious natured, but that didn’t sound good to me. Sure enough, it looked BAD on the outside, so I turned around and went back to the man in the window, but amazingly he wouldn’t answer the bell this time. Traffic was still stalled on the interstate, and being women we didn’t want to spend hours without a bathroom so we decided to try the room we had paid for. It was late, and we were all exhausted. I pulled up in front of the door with our room number
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on it. There was a big party going on outside. Booze was flowing freely so when we three “mature” women got out of my car with our necessary bags we got what sounded like ovations. At least, I preferred to think of it that way. In view of the catcalls liberally interspersed with profanity, I made sure my large handgun was prominently displayed so that any stupid among them might think twice before invading our privacy. Inside, the room was worse than we imagined. None of us would take a shower. Our dirt was better than what was in the tub. We decided to sleep with the lights on after seeing some crawling critters since bugs like the dark. The sheets at least looked clean. Noises from the other rooms sounded like people were playing dodge ball against the walls, and according to Inez and Bonnie Sue it went on all night long. I didn’t hear it because I tucked my pistol under my pillow and slept. When I woke up the next morning, my disgruntled in-laws were exhausted from sitting up all night on guardduty. They said somebody kept trying to get in our door
during the night, and Inez said, “You’re the one with the gun, and you were asleep!” “I knew ya’ll were on guard-duty so I figured one of us should get some sleep,” I told her. Inez and Bonnie Sue kind of shared Rex’s attitude of going anywhere with me for a while after that, and we all still recall our night in the hotel from you know where. Did I mention that we found a bloody, dead cat stretched across the hood of my car that morning? The good times and rewards of travel out-number the bad many times over. It just seems like some of the worse trips are more memorable. With common sense and a little thought to some security, whether it squawks, barks or goes bang, in case you run into any bad guys, traveling at any age can be exciting and fun. See America! Elaine Marze is a freelance writer who also works in public relations and advertising. She can be reached at elmarz7@yahoo.com.
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Special Poem for Us Senior Citizens!! ~Author Unknown
A row of bottles on my shelf Caused me to analyze myself. One yellow pill I have to pop Goes to my heart so it won’t stop. A little white one that I take Goes to my hands so they won’t shake. The blue ones that I use a lot Tell me I’m happy when I’m not. The purple pill goes to my brain And tells me that I have no pain. The capsules tell me not to wheeze Or cough or choke or even sneeze. The red ones, smallest of them all Go to my blood so I won’t fall. The orange ones, very big and bright Prevent my leg cramps in the night. Such an array of brilliant pills Helping to cure all kinds of ills. But what I’d really like to know… Is what tells each one where to go!
Editor’s Note: There’s always a lot to be thankful for if you take time to look for it. For example I am sitting here thinking how nice it is that wrinkles don’t hurt.
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Top 5 Interesting Adult Education Classes You must have heard that it is never too late to learn anything, and must have also seen some inspiring examples establish the adage. It is this insatiable hunger among some spirited seniors that has stirred people to start educational and recreational classes for seniors. Glance through some of the opportunities present for seniors in this list of what seniors can actually dabble with. Learn a New Language Language proficiency has to be the most valuable arsenal that anyone can
have. It saves our day while trotting across the world and seniors would be particularly interested in the globetrotting bit. They can tour Europe, Mexico or China with ease since there are a good many institutes now, which are offering special classes for seniors. So traveling to Spain or France should be no big deal n’est- ce pas? Getting Fiddle Fit If the importance of fitness applies to people of every age group, the significance is even more pronounced for seniors.
Brittle bones and muscle loss are the biggest concerns apart from usual worries like fat and cholesterol. Seniors can find special classes imparting aerobics, yoga, Pilates and other stretching methods that keep the body supple and flexible giving them a chance to age healthily. Tech Savvy at 60 Computers - Love them or hate them, but you simply can’t ignore them. It is the generation of this gadget that resembles the idiot box, but is a lot niftier than that. Computer-wary seniors have also recognized the fact and are showing some enthusiasm and urgency to learn the nuances of a computer. Internet for seniors is an added incentive. Spotting this sea change in attitude among senior adults, many computer institutes have started classes that simplify computers for them. Golf Course - a Retirement Haven It is a man’s favorite sport after retirement. That’s where you’ll spot long lost buddies meeting. Some clubs have started golf classes for beginners at low cost. Even the equipments are provided to members. What more could someone ask for?
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COLLEGE B LSU 2011 Baseball Schedule
Date Feb 18 Feb 19 Feb 20 Feb 22 Feb 25 Feb 26 Feb 27 Mar 01 Mar 02 Mar 04 Mar 05 Mar 06 Mar 09 Mar 11 Mar 12 Mar 13 Mar 16 Mar 18 Mar 19 Mar 20 Mar 22 Mar 25 Mar 26 Mar 27 Mar 30 Apr 01 Apr 02 Apr 03 Apr 05 Apr 08 Apr 09 Apr 10 Apr 12 Apr 13 Apr 15 Apr 16 Apr 17 Apr 22 Apr 23 Apr 24 Apr 26 Apr 28 Apr 29 Apr 30 May 03 May 06 May 07 May 08 May 13 May 14 May 15 May 17 May 19 May 20 May 21
Opponent Wake Forest Wake Forest Wake Forest New Orleans Holy Cross Holy Cross Holy Cross Southeastern Louisiana Mississippi Valley St. Princeton Princeton Princeton Sacred Heart Cal State Fullerton Cal State Fullerton Cal State Fullerton Nicholls Florida * Florida * Florida * UL-Lafayette Georgia * Georgia * Georgia * McNeese St. Ole Miss * Ole Miss * Ole Miss * Tulane Arkansas * Arkansas * Arkansas * Northwestern St. Alcorn St. Auburn * Auburn * Auburn * Vanderbilt * Vanderbilt * Vanderbilt * Nicholls Kentucky * Kentucky * Kentucky * Tulane Alabama * Alabama * Alabama * Tennessee * Tennessee * Tennessee * New Orleans Mississippi St. * Mississippi St. * Mississippi St. *
Location Alex Box Stadium Alex Box Stadium Alex Box Stadium Alex Box Stadium Alex Box Stadium Alex Box Stadium Alex Box Stadium Alex Box Stadium Alex Box Stadium Alex Box Stadium Alex Box Stadium Alex Box Stadium Alex Box Stadium Alex Box Stadium Alex Box Stadium Alex Box Stadium Thibodaux, La. Alex Box Stadium Alex Box Stadium Alex Box Stadium Alex Box Stadium Athens, Ga. Athens, Ga. Athens, Ga. Alex Box Stadium Alex Box Stadium Alex Box Stadium Alex Box Stadium New Orleans, La. Fayetteville, Ark. Fayetteville, Ark. Fayetteville, Ark. Alex Box Stadium Alex Box Stadium Alex Box Stadium Alex Box Stadium Alex Box Stadium Nashville, Tenn. Nashville, Tenn. Nashville, Tenn. Alex Box Stadium Alex Box Stadium Alex Box Stadium Alex Box Stadium Alex Box Stadium Tuscaloosa, Ala. Tuscaloosa, Ala. Tuscaloosa, Ala. Alex Box Stadium Alex Box Stadium Alex Box Stadium New Orleans, La. Starkville, Miss. Starkville, Miss. Starkville, Miss.
Time (CT) 7:00 p.m. 2:00 p.m. 12:00 p.m. 6:30 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 3:00 p.m. 12:00 p.m. 6:30 p.m. 6:30 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 2:00 p.m. 12:00 p.m. 6:30 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 2:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 6:30 p.m. 12:00 p.m. 6:30 p.m. 5:30 p.m. 1:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. 6:30 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 6:30 p.m. 1:00 p.m. 6:30 p.m. 6:30 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. 6:30 p.m. 6:30 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 6:30 p.m. 1:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. 2:00 p.m. 2:00 p.m. 6:30 p.m. 6:30 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. 6:30 p.m. 6:30 p.m. 6:30 p.m. 1:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 6:30 p.m. 1:00 p.m. 6:30 p.m. 6:30 p.m. 6:30 p.m. 2:00 p.m.
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BASEBALL La Tech 2011 Baseball Schedule
Date Feb 22 Feb 25 Feb 26 Feb 27 Mar 01 Mar 04 Mar 05 Mar 06 Mar 08 Mar 10 Mar 11 Mar 12 Mar 13 Mar 16 Mar 18 Mar 19 Mar 20 Mar 22 Mar 25 Mar 26 Mar 29 Apr 02 Apr 03 Apr 05 Apr 08 Apr 09 Apr 10 Apr 15 Apr 16 Apr 17 Apr 18 Apr 21 Apr 22 Apr 23 Apr 26 Apr 27 Apr 29 Apr 30 May 01 May 03 May 06 May 07 May 08 May 11 May 20 May 21 May 22
Opponent UALR McNeese State McNeese State McNeese State UALR Middle Tennessee State Middle Tennessee State Middle Tennessee State Grambling St. Baylor Baylor Baylor Baylor Texas-Arlington Rice Rice Rice Alcorn State Texas-Pan American Texas-Pan American Texas-Pan American Southern Arkansas LSU-Shreveport LSU-Shreveport Northwestern State New Mexico State * New Mexico State * New Mexico State * New Mexico State * Hawai’i * Hawai’i * Hawai’i * Hawai’i * San Jose State * San Jose State * San Jose State * San Jose State * Grambling St. Northwestern State Nevada * Nevada * Nevada * Nevada * Texas-Arlington Fresno State * Fresno State * Fresno State * Fresno State Mississippi Valley State Mississippi Valley State Sacramento State * Sacramento State * Sacramento State * Sacramento State *
Location J.C. Love Field Lake Charles, La. Lake Charles, La. Lake Charles, La. Little Rock, Ark. J.C. Love Field J.C. Love Field J.C. Love Field Grambling, La. Waco, Texas Waco, Texas Waco, Texas Waco, Texas Arlington, Texas Houston, Texas Houston, Texas Houston, Texas J.C. Love Field J.C. Love Field J.C. Love Field J.C. Love Field J.C. Love Field J.C. Love Field J.C. Love Field J.C. Love Field J.C. Love Field J.C. Love Field J.C. Love Field J.C. Love Field Honolulu, HI. Honolulu, HI. Honolulu, HI. Honolulu, HI. San Jose, Calif. San Jose, Calif. San Jose, Calif. San Jose, Calif. J.C. Love Field Natchitoches, La. J.C. Love Field J.C. Love Field J.C. Love Field J.C. Love Field J.C. Love Field J.C. Love Field J.C. Love Field J.C. Love Field J.C. Love Field J.C. Love Field J.C. Love Field Sacramento, Calif. Sacramento, Calif. Sacramento, Calif. Sacramento, Calif.
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COLLEGE B Centenary 2011 Baseball Schedule
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Opponent Louisiana College Louisiana College SFA SFA SFA Texas A&M Grambling Grambling Grambling Hawai’i Hawai’i Hawai’i Hawai’i UT-Pan American UT-Pan American UT-Pan American Oral Roberts * Oral Roberts * Oral Roberts * Oral Roberts * South Dakota State * South Dakota State * South Dakota State * South Dakota State * IPFW * IPFW * IPFW * IPFW * North Dakota State * North Dakota State * North Dakota State * North Dakota State * Southern Utah * Southern Utah * Southern Utah * Southern Utah * Western Illinois * Western Illinois * Western Illinois * Western Illinois * Oakland * Oakland * Oakland * Oakland *
Location Shehee Stadium Shehee Stadium Shehee Stadium Nacogdoches, Texas Nacogdoches, Texas College Station, Texas Grambling, La. Grambling, La. Grambling, La. Honolulu, Hawai’i Honolulu, Hawai’i Honolulu, Hawai’i Honolulu, Hawai’i Edinburg, Texas Edinburg, Texas Edinburg, Texas Tulsa, Okla. Tulsa, Okla. Tulsa, Okla. Tulsa, Okla. Shehee Stadium Shehee Stadium Shehee Stadium Shehee Stadium Shehee Stadium Shehee Stadium Shehee Stadium Shehee Stadium Fargo, N.D. Fargo, N.D. Fargo, N.D. Fargo, N.D. Shehee Stadium Shehee Stadium Shehee Stadium Shehee Stadium Macomb, Ill. Macomb, Ill. Macomb, Ill. Macomb, Ill. Shehee Stadium Shehee Stadium Shehee Stadium Shehee Stadium
Time (CT) 12:00 p.m. TBA 6:00 p.m. 3:00 p.m. 2:00 p.m. 6:35 p.m. 12:00 p.m. TBA 1:00 p.m. 10:30 p.m. 10:30 p.m. 5:05 p.m. 10:30 p.m. 6:00 p.m. 12:00 p.m. TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA 6:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. TBA 11:00 a.m. 6:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. TBA 12:00 p.m. 6:30 p.m. 1:00 p.m. TBA 1:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. 2:00 p.m. TBA 12:00 p.m. TBA TBA TBA TBA 6:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. TBA 12:00 p.m.
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BASEBALL NSU 2011 Baseball Schedule
Date Feb 18 Feb 19 Feb 19 Feb 22 Mar 01 Mar 02 Mar 04 Mar 05 Mar 06 Mar 08 Mar 11 Mar 12 Mar 13 Mar 15 Mar 18 Mar 19 Mar 20 Mar 23 Mar 25 Mar 26 Mar 27 Mar 29 Mar 30 Apr 01 Apr 02 Apr 03 Apr 05 Apr 08 Apr 09 Apr 10 Apr 12 Apr 15 Apr 16 Apr 17 Apr 19 Apr 21 Apr 22 Apr 23 Apr 27 Apr 29 Apr 30 May 01 May 06 May 07 May 08 May 11 May 13 May 14 May 15 May 17 May 19 May 20 May 21
Opponent BYU BYU BYU Mississippi State Tulane Tulane Alabama Alabama Alabama Louisiana - Lafayette McNeese State * McNeese State * McNeese State * Southern Mississippi Stephen F. Austin * Stephen F. Austin * Stephen F. Austin * Louisiana - Monroe Texas - Arlington * Texas - Arlington * Texas - Arlington * Louisiana - Lafayette Grambling Sam Houston State * Sam Houston State * Sam Houston State * Louisiana Tech Nicholls * Nicholls * Nicholls * LSU Texas - San Antonio * Texas - San Antonio * Texas - San Antonio * Grambling Texas State * Texas State * Texas State * Louisiana Tech Lamar * Lamar * Lamar * Central Arkansas * Central Arkansas * Central Arkansas * Baylor Texas A&M - Corpus Christi * Texas A&M - Corpus Christi * Texas A&M - Corpus Christi * Louisiana - Monroe Southeastern Louisiana * Southeastern Louisiana * Southeastern Louisiana *
Location Brown-Stroud Field Brown-Stroud Field Brown-Stroud Field Starkville, MS New Orleans New Orleans Tuscaloosa, AL Tuscaloosa, AL Tuscaloosa, AL Brown-Stroud Field Lake Charles Lake Charles Lake Charles Brown-Stroud Field Brown-Stroud Field Brown-Stroud Field Brown-Stroud Field Monroe Arlington, TX Arlington, TX Arlington, TX Lafayette Brown-Stroud Field Huntsville, TX Huntsville, TX Huntsville, TX Ruston Brown-Stroud Field Brown-Stroud Field Brown-Stroud Field Baton Rouge San Antonio, TX San Antonio, TX San Antonio, TX Grambling Brown-Stroud Field Brown-Stroud Field Brown-Stroud Field Brown-Stroud Field Beaumont, TX Beaumont, TX Beaumont, TX Brown-Stroud Field Brown-Stroud Field Brown-Stroud Field Waco, TX Corpus Christi, TX Corpus Christi, TX Corpus Christi, TX Brown-Stroud Field Brown-Stroud Field Brown-Stroud Field Brown-Stroud Field
Time (CT) 6:30 p.m. 2:00 p.m. 4:00 p.m. 4:00 p.m. 6:30 p.m. 3:00 p.m. 6:05 p.m. 2:05 p.m. 1:05 p.m. 6:30 p.m. 6:30 p.m. 3:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. 6:30 p.m. 6:30 p.m. 2:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. 6:30 p.m. 2:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. 6:30 p.m. 6:30 p.m. 2:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. 6:30 p.m. 2:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. 6:30 p.m. 6:00 p.m. 2:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. 6:30 p.m. 6:30 p.m. 2:00 p.m. 6:30 p.m. 6:30 p.m. 2:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. 6:30 p.m. 2:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. 6:30 p.m. 2:00 p.m. 2:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. 6:30 p.m. 6:30 p.m. 6:30 p.m. 2:00 p.m.
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Festive Food BY HOLLY CLEGG
This time of year means festive foods with Valentine’s Day and the Mardi Gras season. Valentine’s Day is a time to focus on romance, and my philosophy is a way to a man’s heart is through is stomach. I have been married 31 years so trim & terrific cooking must do the trick however, did you know there really is “food for the mood?” Oysters are high in zinc content which aids in the production of testosterone and pine nuts are considered an aphrodisiac. How about a sultry chicken dish, Blackberry Chicken, served with Lemon Angel Hair Pasta with Pine Nuts? –all from Food For The Mood Chapter in Too Hot in the Kitchen. I will leave the oysters up to you! Mardi Gras season means king cakes are out and about! King cakes are my weakness, and with my simple recipe that is made with crescent rolls, you can make a king cake in the comfort of your own home. Not only is this simple but I received an email from someone who is pre-diabetic – she thanked me profusely for my king cake recipe as it is lower in sugar and fat than those you buy. So back by popular demand, the one and only King Cake with Cream Cheese Filling in my Gulf Coast Favorites Cookbook! And, try using red food coloring for the icing for a Valentine’s Day dessert.
Too Hot In the Kitchen: Secret To Sizzle at Any Age with 200 Simple and Sassy Recipes A Culinary Guide to Sizzle with Holly Clegg - Too Hot in the Kitchen The 14th book in Holly Clegg’s trim&TERRIFIC® cookbook series, Too Hot in the Kitchen: Secrets to Sizzle At Any Age, features 200 easy and exciting recipes with 100 color photographs and illustrations, designed for today’s busy woman. Entertaining yet practical, Holly’s focus on healthy eating is from the perspective that these scrumptious recipes have been trimmed down while keeping them terrific and full of flavor. Get ready to learn the secrets to sizzle in your own kitchen! 26
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Blackberry Chicken The sultry blend of blackberry jam and balsamic vinegar infuse the chicken with unbeatable flavors while the caramelized onions make a slightly sweet, savory sauce. Makes 4 servings
1 tablespoon all-purpose flour 1/2-3/4 cup fat-free chicken broth 1/2 cup seedless blackberry jam 2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar 1 teaspoon olive oil 1/2 cup chopped red onion 1 1/2 pounds boneless, skinless chicken breasts 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme leaves Salt and pepper to taste
1. In large nonstick skillet, heat olive oil and sautĂŠ onion 5 minutes. Season chicken with thyme and season to taste. Dust with flour. 2. Add chicken to pan, cooking until browned on each side, about 7-10 minutes. Add broth and continue cooking another 15 minutes. 3. Add jam and balsamic vinegar, bring to boil, reduce heat, and cook chicken for another 15-20 minutes or until tender.
Nutritional information per serving: Calories 339; Calories from fat 15%; Fat 6g; Saturated Fat 1g; Cholesterol 99mg; Sodium 113mg; Carbohydrate 31g; Dietary Fiber 0g; Sugars 27g; Protein 40g Dietary Exchanges: 2 other carbohydrate, 5 very lean meat
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Lemon Angel Hair Pasta with Pine Nuts Pine nuts are considered to be an aphrodisiac so make this lover’s lemon pasta side of choice with whatever you are serving! Makes 4 servings
1/4 cup lemon juice 1 1/2 teaspoons grated lemon rind 1/4 cup chopped parsley Salt and pepper to taste 8 ounces angel hair pasta, reserving 1/4 cup cooking water 2 tablespoons olive oil 1 teaspoon minced garlic 2 tablespoons pine nuts, toasted
1. Cook pasta according to package directions, reserving 1/4 cup cooking water; drain well and set aside. 2. In small nonstick skillet, heat olive oil and sauté garlic, stirring, one minute. Transfer to large bowl and add remaining ingredients, mixing well. Season to taste. 3. Add pasta with reserved cooking water to bowl and toss together until well combined. Serve warm or at room temperature.
Nutritional information per serving: Calories 297; Calories from fat 29%; Fat 10g; Saturated Fat 1g; Cholesterol 0mg; Sodium 9mg; Carbohydrate 45g; Dietary Fiber 2g; Sugars 3g; Protein 8g Dietary Exchanges: 3 starch, 1 1/2 fat
Holly Clegg Holly Clegg has offered expert advice on quick, flavorful and healthy eating for nearly 20 years through her best-selling trim&TERRIFIC® cookbook series. Consisting of 14 books to-date, the trim&TERRIFIC® series includes the newly released women’s lifestyle cookbook Too Hot in the Kitchen: Secrets to Sizzle at Any Age, in addition to the specialized trim&TERRIFIC® Diabetic Cooking and Eating Well Through Cancer. Holly has also released a free iPhone and Blackberry application, Mobile Rush-Hour Recipes, which brings her signature recipes to your fingertips. With nearly 1 million books sold, Holly reigns supreme when it comes to helping today’s busy person cook everyday meals that are fast and fit into an overall healthy lifestyle. Known as the “Queen of Quick,” Holly’s recipes are time, user and pantry-friendly. As a mother, wife and published cookbook author, Holly appreciates the ability to create a tasty dish that is both convenient and healthy. Perfect for the person on-the-go, Holly’s recipes never sacrifice taste or flavor, while still maintaining nutritional balance. 28
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King Cake with Cream Cheese Cinnamon Filling Now, you can make a quick King Cake recipe in your own home any time, without worrying about a complicated yeast dough. Kids love helping with this cake year round—try red and pink colors for Valentine’s Day, pastels for Easter, and red and green for Christmas! Makes 16 servings 2 (8-ounce) cans reduced-fat crescent rolls 4 ounces reduced-fat cream cheese 2 tablespoons confectioners sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 2 tablespoons butter 1/3 cup light brown sugar 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon Mardi Gras Icing (recipe to the right) 1. P reheat oven350°F. Coat 10-inch round pizza pan with nonstick cooking spray. 2. S eparate crescent rolls at perforations, into 16 slices. Place slices around prepared pan with points in the center. About halfway down from points, press seams together. 3. I n mixing bowl, beat cream cheese, con fectioners sugar, and vanilla until creamy. Spread on dough in the center where seams have been pressed together. 4. I n another small bowl, combine butter, brown sugar, and cinnamon with a fork until crumbly. Sprinkle over cream cheese.
Fold dough points over filling, then fold bottom of triangle over points forming circular roll like king cake. 5. Bake about 20–25 minutes or until golden brown. Cool slightly and drizzle with colored Mardi Gras Icing.
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1 cup confectioners sugar 1–2 tablespoons skim milk 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract Yellow, green, red, and blue food coloring 1. In a small bowl, combine all ingredients, except food color. Divide mixture into three bowls. 2. In first bowl, add a few drops of yellow food coloring. In second bowl, add a few drops of green food coloring. In third bowl, add equal amounts of drops of red and blue food coloring (to create purple). 3. Drizzle over cooled cake.
Nutritional information per serving: Calories 184; Calories from fat 36%; Fat 7 g Saturated Fat 3 g; Cholesterol 9 mg; Sodium 275 mg Carbohydrate 26 g; Dietary Fiber 0 g; Sugars 16 g; Protein 3 g Diabetic Exchanges: 1-1/2 carbohydrate; 1-1/2 fat
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Vietnam: Living Historians BY elaine marze
“If you won’t stand behind our troops, please feel free to stand in front of them!” This statement represents my feelings pretty well. I grew up during the 1960’s when war protestors consistently made prime-time Griffin news preaching, “Make love, not war!” We watched on television as returning Vietnam veterans got spat on and called “baby killers,” among other derogatory terms. Growing up, I lived on the edge of Fort Polk’s training range where the sounds of sonic booms and exploding bombs were a frequent symphony. England and Barksdale Air Force Bases were within a hundred miles north and south of us so the kind of anti-military bias we watched on television was not noticeable in my world. Unfortunately, many of the young men who fought in Vietnam had to fly in and out of airports where protesters hung-out to spew their vitriol. No wonder so many ‘Nam vets felt bitter about their homecoming reception. Many American families were touched by Vietnam, and us boomers lost school friends and family members to the high body count. The draft, if not patriotism, ensured that baby-boomers and prior generations served in the armed forces. My daddy was with the 82nd Airborne and his four brothers served with various branches of the military. As evidenced by Memorial and Veterans Day congregations when pastors asked veterans to stand up for recognition in decades past, nearly every man stood. Today, whenever veterans are asked to stand, it is mostly the gray-haired population who
rise to their feet. Past rosters of the American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars were filled with World War and Korean vets, but the absence of Vietnam era men has contributed to a marked decline in active memberships. It may be that the hostility these veterans were shown upon their return from duty caused them to shun organizations that celebrated their participation. The parades and enthusiastic welcomes given to First and Second World War and Korean troops who came back home as heroes encouraged the openness whereby veteran organizations flourished. Gradually, Vietnam veterans are getting some of the recognition they were denied decades ago. One positive affirmation occurred a few months ago in Shreveport, when retired U.S. Army Major Ron Chatelain was inducted into the Hall of Heroes at Municipal Auditorium along with Gen. David Patraes, currently the head of U.S. forces in Afghanistan. Chatelain, a Shreveport city engineer, is Louisiana’s most highly decorated living Vietnam veteran. He has received the Distinguished Service Cross (second only to the Medal of Honor) and multiple Silver and Bronze Stars (with V for Valor). He is also a Purple Heart (for wounds received) recipient. Chatelain’s buddy, Ranny Griffin, a Keithville resident, was at the induction ceremony. “Ronnie is a quiet and unassuming guy who is a close friend,” says Griffin. “We attended high school and church together prior to our military service.
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Ronnie served several tours in Vietnam. He and I were ‘in country’ at the same time back Marze in 1967 and ‘68. Ronnie is a soldier’s soldier. The DSC is the second highest award for valor falling right under the Medal of Honor, and based upon comments from others who served with him, he should have received the Medal of Honor on more than one occasion.” “While in Vietnam, Ronnie, who was with the 25th ID, found himself close to Phu Lam, where I was stationed,” recounts Griffin. “He hitchhiked to my base, and we hooked up with Sergeant Major West, who went to church with us at Morningside Baptist and was also our Army recruiter. SM West was in military intelligence. The three of us spent the day touring war ravaged Gia Din, Cholon and Saigon. SM West was working all the time while Ronnie and I were taking in the sights.” Griffin deployed to Vietnam in August, 1967. “My MOS was 34C20, data processing auxiliary equipment repair. Upon arrival at Long Binh, I was informed that I was posted to Vietnam in error,” he says. “The Army needed nine men with my MOS, but they had typed the orders for 90. The first nine GIs in country got the assignment; the rest of us were scattered to the four winds. I landed at C Company 41st Signal Bn (Combat Arms), 21st Signal Group, 1st Signal Brigade (C/41st). This was a combat signal company that maintained the US Army communications equipment and center at Cam Ranh Bay.” Griffin was later transferred to the top secret AUTODIN (AUTOmatic Digital Network) Company, Phu Lam Signal Bn, located west of Phu Lam village near the Phu To/ Cholon/Saigon area. January /February 2011
Phu Lam Signal Battalion was command communications for all of Vietnam military and embassy business. The small but important military installation was protected by one company of ARVN soldiers. Griffin explains, “We were part of the western defense during both Tet offensives in February and May, 1968. Most people only hear about the first Tet offensive when the American embassy was attacked. For us, the second Tet offensive was more vicious and involved both VC and NVA with over 3,000 killed in and around the Phu Lam area.” Griffin said the transition to civilian life after ‘Nam was not hard for him though he admitted his wife might have a different opinion. “I never did drugs, in or out of the service,” states Griffin. “I had no social issues on returning from Nam other than not liking crowds, noise, or confining spaces. I had a job with the railroad waiting on me where my dad and his WWII vet buddies worked so I fell into their crowd easily. Later, my military background helped get me hired at South Central Bell as a manager in the Revenue Accounting Office.” Today he works as a Consultant Project Control Analyst at Center Point Energy. Bossier City resident and retired Chief Warrant Officer C-WO4, Ron Adams, was awarded two Bronze Stars during his service in Vietnam in addition to other “I been there” medals, as he describes them. Also a friend of Ron Chatelain’s, Adams retired as Property Manager for the City of Shreveport, and he was a member of the Caddo Parish School Board for four years. Ron served classified tours in Southeast Asia in 1967 and ’68 prior to arriving in Vietnam in 1969 on a staff assignment to the U.S. Army Support Command in Cam Ranh Bay only to find a group of black soldiers rioting. “It was
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disheartening,” says Adams. “There we were in a war zone and that was no place for warring among our own soldiers. This went on for several days before a black colonel helped ease the situation and some of the instigators were sent elsewhere.” Adam’s job was to get equipment to combat units in the field and bring damaged and shot-up armory and vehicles back to Cam Ranh Bay for repairs. “I was the only staff officer who went out with the supplies, and I fought just like the grunts and artillery troops,” Adams explained. “The worst part of dealing with damaged vehicles was cleaning body parts off before we took them back for repairs.” When artillery cannons were needed, Adams said they flew the 175 Mm cannon tubes out on helicopters, but most of their supplies were trucked out. In Thailand Adams was baptized by fire the first time he went out with a truck convoy. It was attacked by what were then called “Communist terrorists”. Later, Special Forces gave them protection, but on that trip each of those 60 trucks had two men who were armed with M-16’s so they were able to return fire. His first “situation” in Vietnam came on New Year’s Eve while he and other soldiers were having coffee when some “sappers” (people who were willing to sacrifice themselves to kill Americans with hand-grenades, bombs, etc.) infiltrated their area. A Chinese hand-grenade landed on the door step of the hooch Adams was in. At the sound, they all dropped and rolled, but thankfully it did not go off. Eventually the Viet Cong got long-range rockets that could reach from the 32
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hills where they hid to the U.S. base, and Ron says it really got dangerous then. “There was no night or day,” Adams describes. “Everybody was on (duty) all the time and when you couldn’t stay awake any longer, you took cat-naps wherever you were.” One night Adams and a colonel heard “clunk”. The explosion sent shrapnel right through the wall and desk where they had been standing. There were 50 people in his maintenance pool and Adams made sure they had reinforced sand bags piled around oil-changing pits for fox holes. Maintence was a 24-hour operation and Adams says he never lost a man though one soldier was injured when the out-house he was using got knocked over during an attack. “He sure didn’t come out smelling like a rose,” Adams remembers. Some things are indelibly printed in a soldier’s memory, and for Adams, it was when he got off a helicopter at a Central Highland camp and body bags were all lined up ready to be loaded on the helicopter. “This really woke me up,” he says. “This was real!” The fighting was so bad there that it was several days until he could go outside the perimeter of the camp to recover equipment. Adams credits God for protecting him while he dodged bullets and rocket / mortar attacks. He was anxiously looking forward to getting home to see his wife and children when he flew into a Seattle Washington airport to change
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flights for home. But instead of a welcome, he and fellow combat soldiers were met by “hippies and flower children who spit at us and called us names.” These returning troops had had to sit out on the tarmack for two hours due to customs so they missed their flights home. Since it was hours till another flight, Adams changed into civilian clothes to avoid conflict with the protestors while he waited. Florida resident, Steve Rainey, CEO of S.A.F.E. Planning and Rainey Asset & Management, joined the marines when he was 17 years old. He landed in Vietnam in 1965 in the first major troop commitment of the war. His first station was at Chu Lai, south of Da Nang, providing security for the airstrip there in his position as a gunner on 155mm Howitzers. Later, his regiment moved into the mountains around Laos. In the fall of 1965, Rainey’s unit got commendations during Operation Starlight for their high number of kills. Rainey described himself as “an ignorant 18-year-old” who grew up fast during August of 1965 through May of 1967. “There were long periods of absolute boredom punctuated by periods of absolute terror,” he remembers. Three different times he was part of amphibious landings where he hit the beaches just like in old war movies. One of those times, his unit went in and provided artillery support (Operation Double-Eagle) for the 7th Calvary in the Ia Drang Valley where Lt. Col. Hal Moore’s soldiers were surrounded as depicted in the movie, “We Were Soldiers Once – and Young,” starring Mel Gibson. Ironically, Rainey says the time he was most scared was one night when he was on listening post and he heard what he believed were Viet Cong. His ’45 was cocked as he strained hard to hear rustling sounds. He wished his heart would stop beating for a while because the pounding in his head was interfering with hearing the enemy. It turned out to be a mongoose! Another event that stands out was when he was on guard duty at a base camp in Chu Lai with orders to fire on anyone who did not give the password. Late that night thirteen men showed up who claimed to be Americans – but they did not know the pass word. They claimed to be lost from another regiment. Rainey immediately tried to contact someone at January /February 2011
the command post but nobody ever answered his radio calls. He knew that some non-Vietnamese enemy combatants (Russians) sometimes pretended to be Americans to get on bases. He was in a quandary about whether to follow orders and open fire and perhaps kill Americans in “friendly-fire” or to disobey orders. Also, he knew the 13 soldiers were armed with rocket launchers so the situation could have become a blood-bath. “It was a bad position for an 18-year-old kid to be in,” says Rainey. He ended up asking the leader to disarm and answer questions about American life although he knew it was no guarantee of their legitimacy. Ultimately, he allowed the soldiers to retreat and go on their way without firing on them. The next day, his commander was contacted by their commander who criticized Rainey for not obeying orders to fire on anybody who didn’t know the password. Rainey has never attended a reunion of his regiment or kept in touch with his marine buddies. For years he had night-sweats; he just wanted to put it (war) behind him. “I didn’t regret joining the marines, but I was disillusioned with the fact that we could have won that war if politicians had not tied our hands. They put limitations on us instead of doing as the commanders on the ground wanted to do,” states Rainey. “I’ll always be proud of being a marine and the training I received. Only those who have known the camaraderie built in battle can relate to the positive feelings of confidence in my fellow marines that I brought home to the States with me.” Luther Marze, Jr, served four years in the U.S. Navy, and during Vietnam he was in the Brown Water Navy, (River Division 521) in I-CORPS out of the city of Hue along with the 101st Airborne which was based on the beach there. His division was anchored on barges out in the water, and he says River Patrol Boat (PBR) crews were like game wardens of the rivers and went out two boats at a time on night patrols to set up ambushes for enemy soldiers. One of his jobs was inserting and picking up small teams of Special Forces on classified missions. When the PBR crews were doing insertions of this type, the team getting dropped off would be on one boat while the other boat would provide cover fire as needed. PBR’s also went out during the day in areas such as the Vinh
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Te Canal to check for VC (Viet Cong). PBR crews searched sampans and water taxis for smuggled weapons, ammunitions and enemy soldiers – an often dangerous job! Marze’s river division had ten boats that they rotated from day patrol to night patrol. The American crews lived and fought together; they depended on each other. But the last six weeks Marze was “in country,” his unit trained Vietnamese to take over U.S. PBR’s. Each PBR carried one American with a crew of four Vietnamese. “Whereas before when we went out we had each other’s backs during fire fights on the river, the Vietnamese would hit the decks when we got shot at,” Marze explains. “It takes more than one man to drive the PBR and return fire so they were no help at all hiding on the bottom of the boats. This increased the danger we faced.” Then, like others who flew back to the states from Vietnam, he says, “We were so proud of serving our country and glad to be home. But when we flew into California a crowd of war protestors at the airport called us baby killers
and other names – certainly not heroes. That was a real kick in the face and made a lot of guys hide the fact they served though we didn’t get that attitude from older people because most of our fathers and uncles had also served and knew what it was like.” It was decades before Vietnam vets got any public appreciation, and as one of them told me, “It’s not that we asked for it (appreciation), but it sure does feel good. It kind of wipes the dirty feelings away and helps us walk with pride beside the warriors who came before and after us.” Two of the men interviewed for this article told me they had never talked to anybody other than their wives about their experiences in Vietnam, and I’m just sorry that space limits their stories because these men are actual living, breathing history lessons. It is cliché but I’m prompted to ask, “Have you thanked a vet today?” Elaine Marze is a freelance writer who also works in public relations and advertising. She can be reached at elmarz7@yahoo.com.
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The 46th Annual Jackson Assembly Antiques Show and Sale will be held March 25th, 26th, and 27th in historic Jackson, Louisiana. Doors will be open from 10 to 4 Friday, Saturday and Sunday and a tour of Spring Hill Plantation is scheduled each day from noon to 4 p.m. For forty- six years, the Jackson Assembly has welcomed visitors to its annual Antiques Show and Sale in the picturesque little town of Jackson, Louisiana. Preservationists and history buffs will enjoy self-guided tours of the Historic District, visiting the interiors of three historic churches and the original 1816 Courthouse of the Felicianas. The exteriors of many Greek Revival structures can be viewed from the sidewalk. At Centenary State Historic Site, two blocks from the Antiques Festival, visitors can tour the two story columned 1837 West Wing dormitory and a restored professor’s residence which holds historic exhibits and period furnishings. Guests can also browse through fine antiques and incredibly varied collectibles assembled by select dealers from seven states, all fittingly displayed in two historic buildings salvaged with proceeds from past shows. After enjoying the fascinating exhibits filling the vintage buildings, visitors can feast on homemade
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soups and steaming seafood gumbo, sandwiches and delectable desserts prepared by Feliciana’s finest cooks served in the 1835 McKowen Store’s basement. An art exhibit and sale by regional artists will also be held all three days in the lobby and ballroom of Old Centenary Inn, next door to the antiques show. As a special treat, visitors will be able to tour a hidden gem rarely open to the public. Spring Hill Plantation, built circa 1830, has been occupied for 145 years by direct descendants of Dr. Ancil Carruth, one of the early owners. The home is filled to overflowing with remarkable family antiques.
Tours each day from 12 noon to 4 p.m. Admission is $10 and includes the Antiques Show, Art Show, Tour of Spring Hill and Centenary Historic Site, good for all three days. For more information contact: The Jackson Assembly, P.O. Box 494, Jackson, LA 70748, (225) 634-7155, or email tourism1@ bellsouth.net. The Jackson Assembly is a non-profit volunteer organization founded in 1962 whose proceeds fund historic preservation. See www.felicianatourism.org.
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Hey, Wasn’t This Us? Weekends were for family trips or staying home to play. A little house with three bedrooms, one bathroom and one car on the street. We all did things together -even go to church to pray. A mower that you had to push to make the grass look neat. When we did our weekend trips depending on the weather, In the kitchen on the wall no one stayed at home because we only had one phone, we liked to be together. And no need for recording things, someone was always home. Sometimes we would separate to do things on our own, We only had a living room but we knew where the others were where we would congregate, without our own cell phone. unless it was at mealtime in the kitchen where we ate. Then there were the movies with your favorite movie star, We had no need for family rooms and nothing can compare or extra rooms to dine. to watching movies in your car. When meeting as a family those two rooms would work out fine. Then there were the picnics at the peak of summer season, We only had one TV set pack a lunch and find some trees and channels maybe two, and never need a reason. But always there was one of them with something worth the view. Get a baseball game together with all the friends you know, For snacks we had potato chips have real action playing ball -that tasted like a chip. and no game video. And if you wanted flavor there was Lipton's onion dip. Remember when the doctor Store-bought snacks were rare because used to be the family friend, and didn't need insurance my mother liked to cook or a lawyer to defend? and nothing can compare to snacks in Betty Crocker's book.
The way that he took care of you or what he had to do, because he took an oath and strived to do the best for you. Remember going to the store and shopping casually, and when you went to pay for it you used your own money? Nothing that you had to swipe or punch in some amount, and remember when the cashier person had to really count? The milkman used to go from door to door, And it was just a few cents more than going to the store. There was a time when mailed letters came right to your door, without a lot of junk mail ads sent out by every store.
They didn't look like turtles trying to squeeze out every mile; they were streamlined, white walls, fins and really had some style. One time the music that you played whenever you would jive, was from a vinyl, big-holed record called a forty-five. The record player had a post to keep them all in line and then the records would drop down and play one at a time. Oh sure, we had our problems then, just like we do today and always we were striving, trying for a better way. Oh, the simple life we lived still seems like so much fun, how can you explain a game, just kick the can and run?
And why would boys put baseball cards The mailman knew each house by name between bicycle spokes and for a nickel, red machines and knew where it was sent; there were not loads of mail addressed had little bottled Cokes? to "present occupant." This life seemed so much easier There was a time when just one glance and slower in some ways. I love the new technology was all that it would take, but I sure do miss those days. and you would know the kind of car, the model and the make. So time moves on and so do we and nothing stays the same, but I sure love to reminisce and walk down memory lane. - Author Unknown
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