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CONTENTS FEBRUARY 2017 • VOL. 18 ISSUE 02

ON THE COVER – Cathy DeWitt plays a Celtic harp for passersby during a downtown Gainesville gig in 2013. An international award-winning songwriter and musician in residence with UF Health/ Shands Arts in Medicine, DeWitt teaches song writing classes for Seniors. PHOTO BY ALBERT ISAAC

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Tapas Community Page Charity of the Month

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Calendar of Events Crossword Puzzle Theatre Listings

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by Nick Thomas

Stupid Cupid The History of a Greek God BY ERICKA WINTERROWD

Recipe Wonders Love that Meatloaf BY CYNTHIA WONDERS WINTERROWD

A Chorus Worth Repeating Storysong Class Hits High Notes with Seniors BY STEPHANIE RICHARDS

Healthy Edge by Kendra Silar-Marsiglio

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Veteran Tilden Counts Booth A Plumber At UF And In WWII, Gainesville Man Keepin’ On As Centenarian BY MICHAEL STONE

Embracing Life by Donna Bonnell

Reading Corner Review by Terri Schlichenmeyer

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Happy Valentine’s Day! Greetings loyal readers. Alas, February is upon us. Which means, for me anyway, it’s time to celebrate Valentine’s Day, my birthday (the Big Six-Oh), and the 12th anniversary of me leaving my old career working for the Ofﬁce of the Medical Examiner. Where did that time go? And how in the heck did I get to be 60? And, perhaps most importantly, why don’t I feel like a Senior? Most of the time I feel like a teenager — and I act accordingly, so says my wife, the self-proclaimed Voice of Reason. Come to think of it, I do seem to be trying to relive my youth. I’m playing my horn again and performing in several bands and I’m riding motorcycles. Could I be going through some sort of mid-life crisis? Ha! I think it’s too late for that… Anyway, that’s another story for another month. The fact remains that in February of 2005, I left a job I’d held for 20 years and entered the world of the unemployed. Oh, and I turned 48 (which sure seems young now!). As luck would have it, I had also written a book. And while the book has not

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(yet) become a bestseller, it has brought unintended benefits such as freelance writing opportunities, photo shoots, and exciting assignments that soon led to a new career as Editor-in-Chief. Oh, and I’m finally putting that English degree to work (and it only took about a quarter of a century!). I guess in another 10 years, when I’m 70, it’ll be time to find a new career. What should it be? Professional musician? HA! That’s a good one. But, speaking of music, in this edition of Senior Times we have a story about a song writing class offered at the Alachua County Senior Recreation Center. Read about how Seniors are putting pen to paper (or maybe fingers to keypad) to create lyrics for songs, with some guidance from an award-winning singersongwriter. Sounds like fun! (And good for the brain.) And, with Valentine’s Day in mind, we also offer you a brief history of Cupid — the god of desire, not the singer. (Yes, there’s a singer named Cupid, who knew?). Senior Times writer Cynthia Wonders Winterrowd also takes us on a trip down memory lane with a story and recipe pulled from her family’s cookbook — which is much more than just a book of recipes. Lastly, Michael Stone brings us another profile on a World War II Veteran, a man who celebrated his 100th birthday in August. And we’re back to birthdays. Suddenly 60 doesn’t seem very old at all. As always, we hope you enjoy this edition of Senior Times; we certainly enjoy putting it together for you. s

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Say It WITH A CARD Almost 150 million cards are given and received each Valentine’s Day, with over 50 percent of those being purchased within six days of the holiday. Hallmark research also shows that over half of people living in the United States honor the day with a special card. On average, men spend $150 on Valentine’s Day, which is nearly twice as much as women do. Other countries that celebrate the day include Canada, Mexico, the United Kingdom, France, Australia, Denmark, Italy and Japan.

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HISTORY In honor of Black History month, here’s someone who flew her way to fame. Bessie Coleman was the first licensed African-American female pilot, according to pbs.org. Coleman, born in 1892, dealt with the struggles of not only discrimination and segregation, but extreme poverty, as well. With a heart set on aviation but living in a world where race and gender held unfair roles, Coleman decided to go to France. After studying the language, she crossed continents, learned to fly and earned her pilot’s license in 1921. After returning to the United States, she flew in various airshows for five years, and only performed where African Americans were permitted to attend. She died in a plane accident in 1926, but continues to be an inspiration to this day.

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Dance into Mardi Gras The University of Florida Friends of Music and Friends of Theatre + Dance are partnering to present the 9th annual Splendor fundraiser with the theme “Let the Good Times Roll” on Sunday, February 26 in the Nadine McGuire Theatre and Dance Pavilion on UF’s campus. Proceeds from the gala support scholarships as well as other programs that enable UF College of the Arts students to achieve academic, artistic and professional excellence. Highlights include a Keith Watson Events production, dinner catered by Blue Water Bay, a silent auction featuring a variety of items from travel packages to artwork to entertainment, and one-of-a-kind music, dance and theatre performances in Constans Theatre by top student talent. The event concludes with an after party featuring dancing with music by the UF Jazz Band directed by Scott Wilson and featuring special guest Gary Langford, professor emeritus of music and past UF jazz program director.

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Renowned UF School of Theatre + Dance alumni Nell Page and Kevin Rainsberger will return for the second year in a row as emcees of the event. Page earned a BFA in Theatre in 1982; Rainsberger earned a BFA in Theatre in 1978 and an MFA in Theatre in 1981. Other entertainment includes performances by UF Musical Theatre program students, UF School of Music students, the UF Jazz Band, UF Opera Theatre students, and students from UF’s Dance program. Splendor also invites guests to dance the night away at the After Party to music by the UF Jazz Band. Two ticket packages are available for purchase. The after party package is $40 per guest and the dinner package is $150 per guest or $250 per pair featuring all the beneﬁts of the after party package and more. To learn more and to purchase tickets, visit: www.arts.uﬂ.edu/splendor. s seniortimesmagazine.com

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alentine’s Day conjures up many images, especially ones of hearts and red roses. However, some could argue that the most notable image spotted during the month of February is that of baby Cupid complete with wings. Well, according to history.com, he didn’t always look like that. The website states that a long time ago he was actually a kind of sex symbol. It all started about 3,000 years ago with the Greeks. The Greeks had a different name for Cupid; they called him Eros, which is where the word “erotic” comes from. The myth says that he was so handsome he could make both gods and humans weak in the knees. His iconic bow and arrow has been around a long time as well. According to Greek mythology he has two kinds of arrows — gold for love and lead for hate. In one story he shot a gold arrow at Apollo, the sun god, which made him fall in love with a nymph named Daphne. Then Cupid, ever the prankster, shot Daphne with a lead arrow. One can imagine what would happen next — while Apollo goes running after Daphne, she goes running away — wanting nothing to do with him. In another story, Eros gets a taste of his own medicine. History.com states that the myth goes like this: Cupid’s mom Venus was so jealous of a beautiful mortal named Psyche that she sent Cupid out to make Psyche fall in love with a hideous creature. Instead, Cupid accidentally gets pricked by his own arrow and falls in love with Psyche. According to Roman mythology, Cupid had to keep his identity secret because he was a god and she was a human. Also, the Romans were the ones to ﬁrst start calling him Cupid. History.com states that later in the Renaissance, artists began to paint Cupid like infant angels they called “Putti.” And it was at this point that the original handsome image of Cupid/

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Eros began to fade. The website also states that when people started sending valentines in the 1700s, the baby Cupid with bow and arrow image stuck. So the 3,000-year-old “god of love (in diapers)” is pretty much how he can be found today. Other popular images show him blindfolded because “love is blind” after all. He has really become an icon for the unpredictability of love, or scenarios showing how love can come in all shapes and sizes. Here’s to the gold arrows that will strike this Valentine’s Day. Thanks, Cupid! CUPID IN SHAKESPEARE In Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” Helena laments her feelings of heartbreak in the monologue below. Demetrius, the man she loves, does not love her in return and she begins to speak about the image of Cupid wearing a blindfold because “love is blind.” She wonders if love is truly blind, why can’t her Demetrius ﬁnd it in his heart to return her love. But after all, Cupid is a child — so perhaps love is unruly like a child and that is the reason he does not share the same feelings. s

“Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind And therefore is winged Cupid painted blind. Nor hath love’s mind of any judgment taste; Wings and no eyes ﬁgure unheedy haste. And therefore is love said to be a child Because in choice he is so oft beguiled.” A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM 1.1

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Tinseltown Talks M*A*S*H’s Loretta Swit Paints to Help Animals by Nick Thomas

n screen, she amused TV audiences as feisty nurse Maj. Margaret Houlihan for 11 seasons in the highly acclaimed late ‘70s/early ‘80s comedy war drama, M*A*S*H. But away from the cameras, Loretta Swit surrounded herself with paintbrushes and watercolors instead of scalpels and plasma. A collection of her paintings appears in “SWITHEART - The Watercolour Artistry & Animal Activism of Loretta Swit” (see www.SwitHeart.com). Published in January, SWITHEART is written by Mies Hora with the full support and participation of Swit who provided dozens of images for the book. Proceeds will help fund programs dear to the TV legend’s heart. “I’ve always used my artwork to support charities,” Swit said from her home in Manhattan. “We plan to help many animals from the book sales.” Swit, who turned 79 last November, said she has always dabbled in art. “As a child, my mother was forever telling me to go outside and play, but I wanted to just sit at the table with my sketchpad and pencils and doodle away,” she recalled. The animal world has also always been a part of hers. “My parents said even when I was just a tot in a carriage and I’d see a dog, I would get all red in the face, giggly, and yell out ‘doggie, doggie, doggie!’ and wouldn’t stop,” she said with a laugh. While she can still turn red at the

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sight of an animal, these days it’s triggered by witnessing animal abuse of any kind. “A fur coat represents the death of 80 animals,” she said in a horriﬁed tone. “Fake fur has come a long way. It’s twice as warm and just as beautiful — if not

more so — than real fur. I have two of them and they’re so realistic I wear a button to say it’s fake!” Swit’s love of animals was known to M*A*S*H writers who incorporated it into the season 6 episode, “Images,” where her character develops a fondseniortimesmagazine.com

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grew up in the Midwest, in a farm family where dinners were served at home every night. We looked forward to the comfort of the food and the conversation about our day. My mom (Ronelva Wonders) was a great cook, but it wasn’t just the food that brought the smiles to our faces. It was the love and the connection we felt as a family while we sat around the table. If someone happened to stop by close to dinnertime there was always room for another plate on the table, another chair, and plenty of good food to share with them. This is a very special kind of love, one so simple it is often overlooked today in the busy world in which we now live. I wonder how different our world would be if there weren’t so many fast food options or freezer entrees available today. Don’t get me wrong, we all need a little help with time management some days, and a quick meal comes in handy from time to time. But with a

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little thought and pre-planning, family meals — where we all sit down together — could be brought back to life! Remember the television show, The Walton’s? Most episodes would include a segment where their large family would gather around the table and share stories about their day, their dreams, or perhaps an anecdote about the family’s history and ancestors on Walton’s Mountain. Wouldn’t that be a great way to share a meal? Sharing dreams and memories while getting love and support from family sounds like it only happens in the movies, but it can happen at your own kitchen or dining room table too. Some of the best family dinners are also the simplest. You don’t have to knock yourself out on a fancy gourmet recipe. (Although, your family can be the best people to try out a new recipe — they will give you honest feedback!) Comfort food is what I’m talking about, and what is more comforting than a

delicious meatloaf? Even the time that it bakes in the oven is comforting. The aroma while it is cooking is part of the charm. The anticipation makes the meal even better. One side dish my mom was known for is so simple it seems unnecessary to include in a recipe column. But it was a favorite and the most requested by her family and guests. This dish was usually included on the table for our Sunday dinners. It has no name, other than “Broccoli, Cauliﬂower and Carrots with Cheese Sauce.” So simple, yet when you make it you will see why it was one of her signature dishes. To round out the meal, include some baked potatoes that shared the oven while the meatloaf was baking and a nice tossed salad or a fresh tasting Jell-O salad. Offer some freshly brewed ice tea, and you have all the ingredients for some homegrown family memories. Life is too short; don’t let it pass you by. Take time to stop and smell the meatloaf!

Cynthia Wonders Winterrowd is an award-winning writer who was raised in Illinois and lives in Gainesville. She is proud to be a “Gator Mom” of three daughters, all UF graduates. Cynthia loves sharing family recipes that have been handed down in her mother’s handwritten cookbooks. recipewonders@gmail.com

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RONELVA’S MEATLOAF 2-21⁄2 lbs. ground chuck 1⁄3 lb. fresh sausage (mix above together with clean hands) 4-6 slices white bread 1 cup milk 1 egg, beaten 1⁄4 cup ketchup 1 teaspoon sage 1 tablespoon grated onion salt and pepper – to taste bacon strips METHOD: Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Take the ground chuck (ground beef has too much fat and cooks up greasy) and add one-third pound of fresh sausage. If you buy it in link form, cut a slit in the casing and drop the sausage meat onto the beef. Mix the two meats thoroughly with clean hands. This is the best way to combine the meats completely. Next, take the milk and pour it into a shallow bowl. Wet the slices of bread (4-6 depending upon the size of the slices) in the milk, breaking the bread up with your hands. Place the moist bread in the meat mixture, add the beaten egg, the ketchup, the sage, onion and salt and pepper. Mix all ingredients thoroughly. Shape the loaf with your hands and place into a baking pan. With some aluminum pans you may want to lightly grease the pan just to assure it will release after it is ﬁnished baking. Most ceramic or nonstick pans do not require this step. Once the loaf is in the

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pan, use the backside of a large spoon to depress a “valley” on the top. Into this indenture put a generous amount of ketchup. Smooth the ketchup across the top with the spoon. Cut the strips of bacon into 1 1/2-inch pieces and drop them onto this ketchup topping. Place the meatloaf in the oven and bake for 1 hour to an hour and 15 minutes. Use a turkey baster to remove excess grease while it is baking. Remove from oven and let cool for 2-5 minutes before removing from the pan to serving plate.

BROCCOLI, CAULIFLOWER & CARROTS IN CHEESE SAUCE 1 1 1

head of fresh broccoli head of fresh cauliﬂower bunch of carrots

METHOD: Wash and cut the fresh vegetables, removing stems, leaves or browned areas. Cut the broccoli into ﬂowerets and the cauliﬂower into similar size pieces. The carrots should be skinned and cut into coinsize slices. Add them to their own individual cooking pans of boiling water. Boil until the vegetables are tender, but not “mushy” then drain them individually (not together) as we want to put the three vegetables in the same large serving bowl, but in their own section. After they are drained of excess water from cooking, arrange in the bowl to make a pleasing appearance. Once they are arranged, pour the

cheese sauce over the top of all three sections.

CHEESE SAUCE 2 2 1

tablespoons butter tablespoons all purpose ﬂour cup milk

*Add Velveeta cheese, or any cheese of your choice. Use any amount for your individual taste preference. The more cheese you use, the thicker the sauce will be.

METHOD: Make a roux by melting the butter in a saucepan over medium heat. Once the butter is hot, sprinkle the ﬂour in and quickly stir with a fork or whisk until a thick roux paste forms. Add the milk, all at once, while stirring constantly on medium heat. Once the mixture has evened out and is a smooth consistency, add the cheese and continue stirring until melted. If you feel the mixture is too thick to pour over the vegetables, you can add a little more milk to thin it out. Be careful, however, to not add too much milk, because you want the cheese sauce to be creamy, not watery. There will be some water left on the vegetables from their being boiled while cooking, so keep in mind this may water down the cheese sauce a bit as well. Hopefully this will inspire you to have a “Walton’s moment” at your family’s dinner table sometime soon. Make some memories, share the love. And remember, there’s nothin’ like home cookin’. s seniortimesmagazine.com

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Healthy Edge Study Shows That Chronological Age Doesn’t Determine Your Body’s Age

o you feel “young” for your chronological age? Turns out that your biological age may be younger than what your birth certiﬁcate says. While studying the biological health of individuals (relative to their actual birthdates), Duke University Center for Aging and Human Development assistant professor Dan Belsky found that chronological age may just be a number. Dr. Belsky and his team looked at 18 key health indicators in 954 women who were 38 years old. The health indicators evaluated included cognitive abilities, blood pressure, waist-hip ratio, body mass index and cardiorespiratory ﬁtness. Additionally, kidney, liver, lung and immune system functions were assessed. What Dr. Belsky found: The “biological health” of the participants ranged from 28 to 61 years old. The women’s biological health was highly variable even though all the women were the same age and received the same amount of exams all of their lives. These women are the cohorts of the Dunedin Study. Since birth, they have all undergone rigorous physical exams and extensive interviews every few years. And, all of the women in the Dunedin Study were born in the same Dunedin, New Zealand hospital. To measure the women’s aging rates,

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Dr. Belsky’s team examined how quickly the health of the Dunedin Study women changed year-to-year. In the women whose bodies were unhealthy compared to their chronological age, the research team found that each chronological year of aging correlated to three years of biological aging. (They also found that the women who had poorer biological health were more likely to say that they felt older.) In an unbiased, independent study using photos of the Dunedin Study women, random participants were asked to estimate the women’s ages. The individuals viewing the photos were provided no other information about the women. The result: The age estimates gathered from photos tended to be similar to the biological ages that Dr. Belsky’s team calculated for the women based on health metrics. What does this mean for you? Dr. Belsky asserts that up to 80 percent of the factors that inﬂuence aging are under our control. Like many other researchers who specialize in aging, he also believes that even some of the DNA-based factors that affect life span (the remaining 20 percent) are also modiﬁable. So, for the most part, our environments and lifestyles determine our biological age. Knowing that 80 percent of your bio-

logical aging is up to you, here are three little-known tips to help you defy your chronological age: 1. Work hard, be diligent. According to research, hard-working, prudent people live longer than those who aren’t. A study following over 1,500 children from the 1920s throughout their entire lives found that those with dependable and prudent personality traits avoided risks, had better social support systems and had a 20-30 percent decreased risk of early death. 2. Have healthy parents. This tip takes “you are what you eat” to a new level: You are what your parents eat! A father’s diet can inﬂuence hundreds of genes in his offspring, including genes that affect fat and cholesterol processing in the liver. A study published in “Nature,” indicates that the environment and diet of worms in one generation can affect offspring for several generations after. 3. Help others. In 2004, University of Michigan researchers following a study group of 10,317 Wisconsin high school students from their 1957 graduation asked how often the group members had volunteered within the past 10 years. Of the 2,384 nonvolunteers, 4.3 percent were deceased by 2008. Of the volunteers whose motivations were focused on others, only 1.6 percent had died by 2008. Add these tips to your repertoire for a healthy edge. And, next time someone says, “you look young for your age,” they may be giving you an accurate assessment of your biological age! s Kendra Siler-Marsiglio, Ph.D., HCC is a neuroscientist, medical writer, columnist and President of CommunityHealth IT at NASA/Kennedy Space Center.

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MUSICAL MEMORIES

A Chorus Worth Repeating Storysong Class Hits High Notes with Seniors story and photography by Stephanie Richards

hen Virginia Roth arrived at her ﬁrst Storysong class three years ago, she had had an extremely traumatic day. She funneled her emotional stress and frustration by putting pen to paper, recounting a “Quilt of Memories” about her mother, and it soon had her singing a new tune. “Storysong: Making Your Memories into Music” was developed in the fall of 2014 by Cathy DeWitt, an international award-winning songwriter and musician in residence with UF Health/Shands Arts in Medicine. The class is offered as one of the Arts in Medicine’s partnership programs with the Senior Center, which is also part of UF Health. Roth is grateful that she opted to forgo the Fitness Room that day to try the new class. “I was in another county taking care of a personal matter related to my mother. I discovered her home, which she left to me, had been broken into and had been inhabited by squatters. They stole a lot of things and it brought up a tremendous emotional response from me. I began thinking about my mom and what a wonderful and talented woman she was, and the words literally came pouring out,” said the 68-year old Archer resident. “I had not written anything in years. My mom designed and built the home herself while taking care of my dad who had cancer. Dad passed away a few days after they moved in. Cathy understood the meaning of my words and came up with music that was ﬁtting. It got me hooked on the class.” Music has always been an integral part of DeWitt’s family. Her father played jazz in New Orleans and her brother was a

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prodigy pianist. She plays piano, guitar and harp and belongs to a five-woman band, Patchwork, which plays original Florida folk, country and bluegrass as well as 1940’s swing and rhythm and blues. The idea for the class came after she developed an interest in the elder population and did some research on music and the brain through the National Center for Creative Aging. “The Center studies the value of arts for successful aging,” she said. “I had been teaching kids at the hospital, and writing and performing original music with the band. So I thought why not offer a songwriting class for Seniors based on their memories.” To begin, DeWitt comes up with a theme to focus on, such as relationships, families or love. “Seniors write down words based on the theme and then we figure out how to structure them — verses, bridges and the chorus. I tell them the chorus is like a friend you want to sing along with,” she said. “I emphasize thinking about the words, what is worth repeating to make the chorus and the focus of the overall story. We talk about the mood and whether it is a minor or major key, upbeat or melancholy, and how should it flow.” For Christmas, members wrote a collaborative piece titled “Florida Song.” It included thoughts about living in the Sunshine State from a variety of perspectives. “The mood of the song is upbeat and talks about the favorite things that come with living here,” DeWitt said. “At other times we focus on personification — writing songs about seniortimesmagazine.com

Brenda Fedrigon (standing) shows Cathy DeWitt the words she compiled on her iPad to create a possible song.

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“The class is a lot of fun and I have found it therapeutic for me.” inanimate objects and talking about them from their point eaf of view. A few examples are the ‘Big Grin’ and ‘Long Leaf Pine.’” ed Once the words are created into a song, it is recorded in the room on a smartphone or sometimes, an iPad. DeWitt then goes home and makes a recording, usually creating a CD with a compilation of songs from a period of time. “Not everything makes it into a recorded song,” she said. “However, whether it is a written or recorded song, it is something tangible.” About six people attended the initial class and there are about ﬁve core members, including Roth. Other people have come and gone at their leisure, such as snowbirds that come for the winter sunshine. “It’s a diverse group of people writing about diverse things … it is interesting, challenging and a lot of fun,” DeWitt said. “Participants have made a lot of progress in writing, and it is therapeutic too. Many have had hard lives or negative experiences and through writing about them they tend to lighten up.” Gainesville resident Henry Robinson said creating songs is a way to express himself. He has written words for several pieces, including one for his niece, and often has a tempo in mind. “Every song really does tell a story — it is soul music. The words, when they come, come easily,” said the 71-year-old who has been in the class each week for about six months. “It really puts me at ease when I write and sing — it makes me happy. I enjoy this class very much.” Similarly, the class has fed Roth’s interest in music and has been an outlet to express emotions. “Cathy is amazingly talented. She is able to take our memories, including family situations, and make music out of our words in a remarkable way,” said Roth, who plays the piano for enjoyment. “The class is a lot of fun and I have found it therapeutic for me. I have written songs on a lot of different topics and many have personal content, including one about a dream I had about angels that was healing for me.” The free class is open to Seniors. For more information, call the Senior Recreation Center at 352-265-9040 or email DeWitt at cathydew@gmail.com. s

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ABOVE: Archer resident Virginia Roth’s handwritten words for her song, “Beautiful Angels.” BELOW: Henry Robinson, Dave Sistrand, Virginia Roth, and Brenda Fedrigon with teacher Cathy DeWitt, a senior musician in residence with UF Health/Shands Arts in Medicine.

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Embracing Life Tooth Fairy Tales

hen my seven-year-old grandson asked me about the tooth fairy, I knew I was in for a challenge. Owen wanted details: why does he/she want so many teeth? Was there a tooth fairy when I was a kid? Where does the money come from? Why are some teeth worth more money than others? Yikes! I explained how it worked 55 years ago. My parents told me to put my lost tooth under my pillow at night. The next morning, I would find a shiny new nickel. Owen said, “Only five cents? I get at least $2.00!” Whew! That gave me the opportunity to change the subject. We started talking about what I could buy for five cents, ‘back in the day.’ Fortunately, the diversion tactic worked. Determined to keep my good Grammy status, I resolved to be prepared for the next time. My research began. Synchronicity never surprises me anymore. A quick Google search of ‘Tooth Fairy,’ led me to discover that February is National Children’s Dental Health Month. February has many fabulous events and holidays, including Groundhog Day, Super Bowl Sunday, President’s Day, Mardi Gras, Valentine’s Day and (this year) Leap Day. However, did you know that in February folks also recognize Toothache Day and, most importantly, National Tooth Fairy Day? In fairness, I must report that National Tooth Fairy Day is celebrated either on February 28 or August 22. Unfortu-

nately, my fact-ﬁnding mission failed to uncover its origin or creator. Rosemary Wells, a professor at Northwestern University Dental School, was also puzzled. How could a tradition, practiced around the world, lack historical information on the mythical Tooth Fairy? She soon became a renowned authority, a Tooth Fairy Consultant, and

adult tooth, tough like the rodent’s teeth. If necessary, any strong-toothed animal will sufﬁce. Leo Kanner wrote about practices including beavers, cats, dogs and squirrels in “Folklore of the Teeth.” The mouse, however, continues to be the primary dental mascot. The American Tooth Fairy is (only) a little over a century old. Many folks believe that the European Good Fairy, provider of many noble deeds, played a role in the creation of the American Tooth Fairy. This maternal-like, mystical ﬁgure immigrated from either England, Ireland or Scotland. When the Tooth Mouse arrived (maybe from Mexico), the two magically met and the Tooth Fairy emerged. The combination of characters created our new custom. Symbolically, the modern Tooth Fairy represents good dental health and kindness. She/he helps relieve the children’s

Symbolically, the modern Tooth Fairy represents good dental health and kindness. She/he helps relieve the children’s fear of losing teeth. appeared on “The Oprah Winfrey Show.” Wells discovered that every culture has a tradition for disposal of children’s baby teeth. Author B.R. Townend condensed those customs. Wells wrote an essay which included his research. Townsend’s study (summarized) included, “The tooth was thrown — into the sun, into the ﬁre, between the legs, onto or over the roof; placed in a mouse hole near the stove or hearth; offered to an animal; buried; hidden where animals could not get it; placed in a tree or on a wall; swallowed by the mother, child or animal.” The most widely performed ceremony (sympathetic magic), sacriﬁces the lost tooth to a mouse or rat and is often accompanied by a prayer or song. The desired result of the ritual is a resilient

fear of losing teeth. I have watched my grandkids struggle with pulling out their loose teeth. Their anxiety lessened when they learned about the Tooth Fairy. John Lennon said, “I believe in everything until it’s disproved. So, I believe in fairies, the myths, dragons. It all exists, even if it’s in your mind…” Lennon’s theory works for me! If either Lexi or Owen should ask again, I will tell them of this legend. The Good Fairy met the Tooth Mouse and the Tooth Fairy was born. Embrace ‘National’ Tooth Fairy Day! It sure beats Toothache Day. s Donna Bonnell is a freelance writer who moved to Newberry in 1983. She enjoys living and working in the town she now calls home. dbnewberry@aol.com

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TRIBUTE

Veteran Tilden Counts Booth A Plumber at UF and in WWII, Gainesville Man Keepin’ on as Centenarian story and photography by Michael Stone

n his Gainesville home, Tilden Counts Booth rocks in a living-room chair as he walks through his 10 decades on Earth. Behind him on the kitchen bar is a dispenser for his go-to candy, M&Ms, and tacked above are cards from his 100th birthday celebration in August. As he details his life’s resume, two things stand out most: serving in World War II from right after the attack on Pearl Harbor to his discharge in early ’46, and his career-long employment at the University of Florida. In fact, he had been working as a plumber at UF before the U.S.’s entry into the war. “What do you do?” the supervisor who interviewed him for the job in 1939 asked. “I said, ‘Well, I think I’d do anything anybody showed me.’ He said, ‘Well, I like your attitude.’” Then when he got back in 1946, he received a call from the university within the week. “I hear you’re home, Count.” And back to work he went. Booth really has never been a stranger to getting to work, and no time was that more true than when he was a Navy Seabee construction worker building and repairing under the tropical sun in the South Paciﬁc during the war. And it has all paid off in the form of a nice home and loving family and friends.

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But things certainly started off rough. His mother died in his birth in Rockledge, Florida, in 1916. He then came under the care of his grandparents, who moved about occasionally with Booth along for the ride. During his high school years, though, he ﬁnally became stationary, arriving in Gainesville and, except for his military service, remaining ever since. He graduated from Gainesville High School in 1934, when it was on West University Avenue. Overall, Booth said, much of the town was vastly different compared to today. “Train used to come right down Main Street,” he said. “Depot was right there where that bank is now by the funeral home on Main Street. … And university was just a boys school — all boys.” Two years into working at UF, the Japanese struck Pearl Harbor, and within the month, Booth took it upon himself to join the Navy, preferring that to being drafted into the Army. During boot camp in Norfolk, Virginia, an opportunity presented itself that would direct Booth’s path in the war. “The captain came out one morning, and he says, ‘I got something I want to tell you fellas.’ He says, ‘I need volunteers.’ Well you know, servicemen don’t volunteer much.” But Booth did, and so he was among the ﬁrst Navy Seabees seniortimesmagazine.com

Tilden Counts Booth, one of roughly 600,000 U.S. World War II-era veterans estimated to still be living, poses outside his Gainesville home.

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Booth celebrated his 100th birthday with friends and family in August at his church, the First Church of the Nazarene in Gainesville. For most of the picnic-style get-together, he sat at the front in a rocking chair, with many coming up to talk with him and pose for pictures.

(from the acronym “construction battalion”) — positions created within a month of Pearl Harbor in preparation for battle on the world’s various landscapes on which the military would need to build infrastructure. With these jobs, the Navy placed less emphasis on physical ability and more on experience (which Booth, then 25, had as a plumber). So the average age for them early in the war was 37, according to a Seabee history from the Navy. More than 325,000 Seabees would serve in the war. After Seabee training in Manassas, Virginia, where Booth learned about equipment and building structures, like the military staple Quonset hut, he shipped out to Efate island in

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the New Hebrides islands (today Vanuatu) east of Australia. Never held by the Japanese in their conquests about the Paciﬁc, the islands presented the Allies with a key staging area. So Booth and the other Seabees got to work, building a Quonsethut hospital, runway, water-puriﬁcation system, repair garage for themselves and other structures — all from the ground up. Booth also remembers assembling military trucks shipped to the island in pieces because it was easier to get them across the ocean that way. “It was hard work,” he recalled, “and it was just below the equator there. If it rained, you didn’t run out of the rain. You just stayed there ‘cause in a little while, you’d be dry anyway. … seniortimesmagazine.com

To avoid being drafted into the Army, 25-year-old Booth volunteered for the Navy shortly after Pearl Harbor. A skilled plumber, he then joined the Navy Seabees, who were touted for their experience rather than physical ability and thus at one point had an average age of 37.

The sun [would] just dry you right out.” To help with sodium loss in the heat, the Seabees received salt tablets, but Booth got permission to stop taking his because they made him sick. Though digging piping ditches with shovels wasn’t the most fun, Booth considers the hospital his favorite project because the sinks and other water systems fell within his expertise. Also, with Hawaii almost 3,500 miles away, the facility played the important role of providing a nearby place for treating troops. “It was interesting, and it was frightening, too,” Booth said of witnessing hurt and dead soldiers being unloaded from ships, “‘cause it looked like sometimes about half of the guys didn’t make it.” Though the Seabees practiced siren-and-take-cover drills, the Japanese never attacked Efate, Booth said. So perhaps the most eventful day there was when the runway received its first group of bombers — which Booth described as the first bomber landing of the Pacific front. “We heard that they were coming [and that] it would be late one afternoon,” he said. “And so when the boys heard them big engines, we all ran out” and cheered as the planes landed. He remained stationed in New Hebrides for the majority of his service, from 1942 to 1945, before being allowed to return to the States for a few weeks. He then shipped out to Pearl Harbor en route to Leyte Gulf in the Philippines, where he awaited orders but didn’t get them because the war came to a close.

After Seabee training in Manassas, Virginia, where Booth learned about equipment and building structures, like the military staple Quonset hut, he shipped out to Efate island in the New Hebrides islands (today Vanuatu) east of Australia. But aboard ship as he arrived at the Philippines, he did see one last war-related mishap: a U.S. fighter plane crashing into the water. The plane was all that was lost, though, because the pilot managed to eject and parachute down, with Booth’s ship sending out a lifeboat to recover him. “He was a mechanic that was checking out those planes when they come back in, and something went wrong with the plane and down he went,” Booth remembered. “He said he’s had a couple of them do that to him.” But even once the war ended, Booth didn’t get to leave the Philippines for a couple more months. So with nothing to do outside of some guard duty with a rifle, boredom filled much of the time, he said. One thing that sticks out in Booth’s mind from when he actually did get to head home is how much equipment he saw the U.S. leave behind. February 2017

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(Left) Friends pose with Booth at his 100th birthday party, which also included singing and a Q&A with him about his life experiences. (Below) A dispenser full of M&Ms, which Booth considers his headache medicine, sits on his kitchen counter.

It’s not immediately clear how much U.S. materiel remained scattered about the world at the war’s conclusion, but more recent conﬂicts reveal that it wasn’t a one-time practice. For example, in 2014, as the U.S. prepared to largely remove itself from combat roles in Afghanistan, Fox News put the worth of stuff that wouldn’t make it back home at $6 billion. And the “more than 4 million pieces of this and that” given to the Iraqi government as combat troops readied for withdrawal there in 2011 totaled $580 million, according to the Washington Times. “The equipment that we had, all that stuff that we had, and the boats and everything, put ‘em up in a little ravine-like [area] and just left ‘em there” at Leyte Gulf, Booth said. “They tell me that they more or less sold ‘em, but they just wanted to give ‘em away” to the natives. He arrived in Jacksonville in early 1946 to be discharged — but not before the Navy threw one last offer ($2,500) at him for reenlistment.

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“I said, ‘Where’s the door?’” he joked. “Oh goodness, I was ready to come home.” By March, Booth had married Shelly Alma Murrhee, whom he had met through a church friend before entering the service. They lived in Gainesville as he went back to work as a plumber for UF. At the same time, the university became a veteran hub as service members started or continued their education on the G.I. Bill. “They were happy ‘cause the war was over and they was home and they [could] go to school,” Booth said. “But yet it was sorrowful period of time in the middle [because] so many of them knew other fellas that weren’t able to come back.” Among Booth’s fondest memories of UF are his visits with university President John Tigert, who held the job from 1928 to 1947. “He’d be coming across the campus, and, of course, I’d be workin’ some-

where or another,” Booth recalled. “If he saw me, he’d come over and talk to me, but he was the last one. The others, I think, thought they was too high above a worker.” Booth spent 40 years there, including years credited for his war service, before retiring in 1979. In all that time, he never encountered something as severe as the ol’ fireworksin-the-toilet prank. But the wily students did have some other ideas. “The biggest tricks they tried to play on ya is to cover up your valves, and then they’d go get a commode or somethin’ runnin’ and they’d call a plumber to come out [to] work on it and he couldn’t find the valve, where you turn the water on and off outside,” Booth remembered. Specifically, he’s talking about the night he got called in after someone clogged a toilet so that it overflowed and pulled up an azalea bush with which to hide the valve. “I picked up that thing and said, ‘There’s your valve.’” In his many years of retirement, seniortimesmagazine.com

Booth has kept himself busy, including through maintenance work at a camp in White Springs run by his church, the First Church of the Nazarene in Gainesville. He also spends much time with his sizable family, which includes four daughters, six grandchildren and numerous great-grandchildren (Alma passed away in 2008), as well as reflect on his years in the service. “World War II is remembered … by many people like it was one of the worst wars that we’ve had,” Booth explained. “And I guess you could call it that, too, because of all the loss that we had. But I think we had to gain a lot from it because there were a lot of things we needed to do better ourselves.” At his picnic-style birthday celebration in August at the Nazarene church, dozens of friends and family members gathered to eat, sing songs, share stories and take pictures with Booth, who sat at the front of the room in a rocking chair. “I remember when my husband, Todd, and I first got married, my mother and dad would come and visit us,” daughter Marianne Webb told those gathered. “And he was always fixing things that I didn’t even know were broken. “I’d get home from work in the afternoon, and he’d say, ‘Oh, I fixed such-and-such for you.’ And I’d say, ‘Well thank you, Daddy.’” As Booth squeaked in his rocking chair, Webb also read a poem. I can see Not as clearly as I did But I can see my grandchildren smile Or a sunset, or a pansy I can hear Not as keenly But I can hear, ‘I love you’ The wind in the trees, and beautiful music I can smell Not as sharply But I know when bread is baking Coffee is perking, or honeysuckle is blooming I can feel With my hands, and my heart And so I touch the ones I love And things I care about I can dream Not the grand dreams of my youth But, nonetheless, dreams Thank you, God, for letting me keep these blessings Through these many years.

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CALENDAR UPCOMING EVENTS IN ALACHUA & MARION

MARION COUNTY GOURD ARTISTS Third Saturday 9:30am BELLEVIEW - Cherokee Park Adult Recreation, 5641 SE 113th Pl. A group of gourd enthusiasts meet to share their love of gourds and learn more about gourd art. 352-871-3786

WINTER WONDERLAND OF WATERFALLS

PARKINSON’S EXERCISE CLASS

ARTS IN MEDICINE

Thru February 28

Tuesdays & Fridays

Times Vary GAINESVILLE - The Florida Museum of Natural History, 3215 Hull Rd. View spectacular colored lights in the waterfalls of the Butterfly Rainforest. Daily butterfly releases are held at 2:00pm with additional weekend releases at 3:00pm and 4:00pm, weather permitting. 352-846-2000.

9:30am GAINESVILLE - Alachua County Senior Recreation Center, 5701 NW 34th St. A fun and effective exercise class to help those living with Parkinson’s Disease and other balance-related health issues. Free. facebook. com/gainesvilleflparkinsonsnetwork

Noon GAINESVILLE - PDQ Restaurant, 3403 West University Ave. PDQ will donate a percentage of sales to Arts in Medicine at UF Health Shands. Carol Ray Skipper, author, will also be selling and signing “Funalicious,” illustrated by pediatric patients at UF Health Shands Children’s Hospital. 727-510-1282

BULLA CUBANA Through February - March 31 Times Vary GAINESVILLE - Santa Fe College Fine Arts Hall, 3000 NW 83rd St., E-127. Bulla Cubana, the first-ever Cuban arts and culture festival of its kind, will feature a dynamic and diverse line-up of more than 20 events, hosted by more than a dozen iconic Gainesville cultural institutions. The collection of Cuban fine artists, muralists, dancers, musicians, authors, photographers, academics and filmmakers to be featured marks the first large-scale, cross collaboration of Gainesville’s arts leaders, coming together to promote the exchange of culture between Cuba and North Central Florida. Visit www. bullacubana.org or contact Randy Batista: 352-375-1911; bullacubana@gmail.com.

ENGLISH COUNTRY DANCING Mondays 6:45pm – 9:00pm GAINESVILLE - United Church of Gainesville. 1624 NW 5th Ave. Come dance to jigs, reels and waltzes. No partner, experience or special dress required. Live music by Hoggetowne Fancy starts at 7:00pm.

GAINESVILLE PHOTOGRAPHY CLUB

SQUARE DANCE CLASS

PROPERTY TAXPAYER PRESENTATION

Tuesdays

Tuesday, February 7

6:15pm – 7:15pm GAINESVILLE - Westside Park Recreation Building, 1001 NW 34th St. The nonprofit community organization teaches square dancing classes for singles, couples and families with children age 10 and up. $5 per class. 352-2831296. susiemoon@cox.netdance

2:00pm – 4:00pm GAINESVILLE - The Senior Recreation Center, 5701 NW 34th Blvd. Alachua County Tax Collector John Power will discuss special tax exemptions and programs available to Seniors. Attendees may apply for exemptions and sign up for installment payments before the March 1st deadline, if desired. Sponsored by Community Coalition for Older Adults. Email Shirley Bloodworth at sgblood@bellsouth.net.

ENCORE DANCE WORKSHOP Thursdays 4:00pm – 5:00pm GAINESVILLE - Senior Recreation Center, 5701 NW 34th St. This dance workshop provides mature dancers with an opportunity to continue their practice in an adultfriendly environment. 352-733-0880

GAINESVILLE HARMONY SHOW CHORUS Thursdays 7:00pm – 9:30pm GAINESVILLE - Grace Presbyterian Church, 3146 NW 13th St. For all who are interested in learning and singing women’s Acapella barbershop harmony music. 352-318-1281

Third Monday

LADY GAMERS

7:00pm – 9:00pm GAINESVILLE - LifeSouth Community Blood Center, 4039 Newberry Rd. Meet, share photographs and improve your skills. Located in the rear conference room. gainesvillephotoclub.com

1:00pm HIGH SPRINGS - New Century Woman’s Club, 40 NW 1st Ave. The Lady Gamers meet for fun, friendship and food. Everyone is invited. Meet old friends and make some new ones.

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Fridays

DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION Wednesday, February 8 11:00am - 1:00pm GAINESVILLE - Wesley United Methodist Church, 826 NW 23rd Ave. The Gainesville Chapter of the DAR meets on the second Wednesday of the month through May. email: gainesvilleDAR@gmail.com.

CIVIL WAR ROUNDTABLE Thursday, February 9 6:30pm - 8:00pm GAINESVILLE - Trinity United Methodist Church, 4000 NW 53rd Ave., Education Bldg. #232. Held the second Thursday of each month and open to the public, featuring guest speakers every meeting. 352-378-3726, www.cwrnf. org or diane@proofinggrounds.com.

SENIOR CRIME PREVENTION Thursday, February 9 2:30pm – 4:00pm GAINESVILLE - Senior Recreation Center, 5701 NW 34th Blvd. GPD Officer Ernest seniortimesmagazine.com

Graham will provide tips to help Seniors stay safe. Information on fraud and scams that target Seniors, as well as the Citizens on Patrol volunteer program will be included. Presented by PrimeTime Institute. www. primetimeinstitute.org or 352-367-8169

CCOA MEETING Friday, February 10 9:00am – 11:00am GAINESVILLE - Senior Recreation Center, 5701 NW 34th St. This month’s speaker: Mary Beth Thompson, Community Health Educator at Planned Parenthood. The Community Coalition for Older Adults (CCOA) is committed to providing Gainesville and Alachua County elders respect and dignity. Meets second Friday each month.

“JUBILUS” CONCERT SERIES Saturday, February 11 7:30pm GAINESVILLE - Holy Faith Catholic Church, 747 NW 43rd St. “Predominantly Prokofiev” Violin and Piano Sonata. The program is free and open to the public.

REMEMBERING PARADISE PARK

Cinema Verde Film Festival February 9 - 12 GAINESVILLE - The Hippodrome Theatre, 25 SE 2nd Pl. The eighth annual festival will feature 45 films from all over the world. There will be full-length feature films, documentaries, shorts and music videos. Email Trish Riley at trish@cinemaverde.org or call 352-327-3560.

Saturday, February 11 2:00pm GAINESVILLE - Matheson Museum, 513 East University Ave. Lu Vickers and Cynthia Wilson-Graham will be discussing their book, “Remembering Paradise Park: Tourism and Segregation at Silver Springs.” Paradise Park was the “colored only” counterpart to Silver Springs and operated from 1949 to 1969. A book signing will follow their presentation. 352-378-2280

VALENTINE’S ANIMAL ENCOUNTER TOURS February 11 – 14 Times Vary GAINESVILLE - Lubee Bat Conservancy, 1309 NW 192nd Ave. This unique private tour for you and a loved one includes up-close animal encounters, enrichment building in which the bats get to enjoy the “fruit” of your labor, and a special session where the bats will create an amazing painting which you get to take home. $300/couple and all proceeds benefit the bats at Lubee and conservation programs. Eight spots are available. Email info@lubee.org or call 352-485-1250.

WORK EXPERIENCE AS A WRITER’S RESOURCE Sunday, February 12

beverages are available for purchase. Preregistration is required. 352-273-2061.

2:30pm – 4:00pm GAINESVILLE - Millhopper Branch Library, 3145 NW 43rd St. Frank Fiordalisi, a published writer from Gainesville, will speak at the Writers Alliance of Gainesville on how work experience can be a fertile resource writers can use to get that next story idea. Using his work as a pharmacist and later as a police officer, he will describe how he used his life experiences to craft believable characters and plot lines. www.writersalliance.org

VALENTINE’S DAY SWING DANCE

A VALENTINE’S NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM

Thursday, February 16

Tuesday, February 14 7:00pm – 10:00pm GAINESVILLE - Florida Museum, 3215 Hull Road, SW 34th St. and Hull Rd. Spend Valentine’s evening playing trivia and participating in scavenger hunts throughout the exhibits. Come with a partner, friends or by yourself to experience this singles-friendly event. Adult

Tuesday, February 14 6:30pm GAINESVILLE - Santa Fe College Fine Arts Hall. Dance the night away in the lobby with a swing dance class at 6:30 p.m., followed by the sounds of the Santa Fe Big Band at 7:30pm. www.sfcollege.edu/finearts

CAN NEAR INFRARED LIGHT MAKE YOU SMARTER? 2:30pm – 4:00pm GAINESVILLE - Senior Recreation Center, 5701 NW 34th Blvd. Paul Mangal, M.S., from UF’s Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory will present. His dissertation research examines the effects of transcranial near-infrared light stimulation on cognition and mood in older adults and those with amnestic mild cognitive impairment. Presented by PrimeTime Institute. www.primetimeinstitute.org or 352-367-8169 February 2017

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CANDIDATES MEET & GREET Tuesday, February 21 2:00pm – 4:00pm GAINESVILLE - The Senior Recreation Center, 5701 NW 34th Blvd. Join the Community Coalition for Older Adults to meet the City Commission Candidates, and hear them discuss topics relevant to Seniors and the community. Email Shirley Bloodworth: sgblood@bellsouth.net

GARDENING TIPS AND TRICKS Thursday, February 23 2:30pm – 4:00pm GAINESVILLE - Senior Recreation Center, 5701 NW 34th Blvd. Master Gardener Laurie Sheldon will be focusing on making gardening easier for your abilities. She will describe and demonstrate tools, methods, and tips that can help reduce aches and pains while enjoying the outdoors. Presented by PrimeTime Institute. www. primetimeinstitute.org or 352-367-8169

Bamboo Sale

ARTWALK Friday, February 24

Thru February 27 GAINESVILLE - Kanapaha Botanical Gardens, 4700 SW 58th Dr. Last day for placing orders is February 22nd and the last day for picking up bamboo is February 27th. 352-372-4981.

MARDI GRAS “THE CROWNING BALL”

THE MARK TRAMMELL QUARTET

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Saturday, February 18

7:00pm LEESBURG - The Leesburg National Guard Armory, 400 W. Meadow St. A fun-filled evening where guests come dressed in formal wear and Mardi Gras attire to learn who the winning Candidates are, how much money has been raised, and witness the crowning of King Rex and Queen Divine. Food, music, dancing and fun activities! www.leesburgmardigras.com

6:30pm OCALA - Christ’s Church of Marion County, 68 SW 80th St. Mark Trammell was voted Favorite Baritone of the year at the 2016 Singing News Fan Awards in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee. The Quartet Gospel Sound loved by so many, remains true and is focused on its ministry to encourage the church and evangelize the lost. No admission charge; a LOVE offering will be received. 352-861-6182 or www.ccomc.org

MARDI GRAS “PARTY IN THE STREET”

GAINESVILLE COMMUNITY BAND WINTER CONCERT

Saturday, February 18

Sunday, February 19

11:00am – 11:00pm LEESBURG - Downtown. Historic Downtown comes alive with the Sights and Sounds of Mardi Gras N’awlins style! Enjoy fun street entertainment — brass jazz bands, stilt walkers, jugglers, plus fun rides and games for the kids! Of course, the celebration wouldn’t be complete without plenty of great vendors and festive foods. www.leesburgmardigras.com

3:00pm GAINESVILLE - Santa Fe College Fine Arts Hall. Under the directorship of Gary Langford, the GCB, with a current roster of about 80 members, is made up of teachers, professors, scientists, business professionals, students, physicians, contractors, realtors, trades-persons, and retirees. $6 donation requested. www.gnvband.org

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7:00pm - 10:00pm GAINESVILLE - Downtown. Artwalk is an exciting, fun way to experience the amazing wealth of creativity the Gainesville community has to offer. www.artwalkgainesville.com

BULLA CUBANA! Friday, February 24 7:30pm GAINESVILLE - Santa Fe College Fine Arts Hall, 3000 NW 83rd St. The Gainesville Orchestra, led by Evans Haile, celebrates Cuban and Latino roots in an evening of scintillating rhythms and musical fireworks. www.gainesvilleorchestra.com

POP-UP MUSEUM: FLORIDA FOSSILS Saturday, February 25 1:00pm – 4:00pm GAINESVILLE - Depot Park, 200 SE Depot Ave. Themed event featuring hands-on activities and natural science exploration. Enjoy a unique, participatory experience between the Florida Museum and the community. All ages are welcome. 352-273-2079

RECONSTRUCTION February 24 - 25 Times vary NEWBERRY - Dudley Farm Historic State Park, 18730 W. Newberry Rd. An annual seniortimesmagazine.com

Reconstruction Era event set during some of the hardest economic and socially difficult years in Florida following the War Between the States (the American Civil War). Come experience what life was like for a Cow Hunter, a Temperance Marcher, a former slave turned soldier or just the common person trying to stay alive. www. floridastateparks.org/park/Dudley-Farm

SPRING BLING Saturday, February 25 10:00am – 2:00pm GAINESVILLE - Haven Hospice E.T. York Care Center Community Room, 4200 NW 90th Blvd. A day of shopping to benefit Haven Hospice. For an entrance fee of $5, attendees will be able to shop from a selection of upscale, new and gently used jackets, purses, jewelry and art in a fun and stylish atmosphere while enjoying treats and beverages. Contact Kristen Campomizzi at klcampomizzi@ havenhospice.org; 352-271-4665.

SPLENDOR: LET THE GOOD TIMES ROLL Sunday, February 26 Times Vary GAINESVILLE - The Nadine McGuire Theatre and Dance Pavilion, 1800 McCarty Dr., (UF building #687). The University of Florida Friends of Music and Friends of Theatre + Dance are partnering to present this 9th annual event. 352-846-1218.

PLOWING UP THE PAST

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March 3 – 4 Times Vary NEWBERRY - Dudley Farm Historic State Park, 18730 W. Newberry Rd. Come see how fields were plowed for the spring plantings using antique tractors and equipment in the 1930s and 1940s. Observe participants working the land. Volunteers in period clothing will be demonstrating period crafts and interpreting the farm’s history. www. floridastateparks.org/park/Dudley-Farm

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THEATRE Acrosstown Repertory Theatre.....................619 S. Main Street, Gainesville Curtis M. Phillips Center ........................................... 315 Hull Road, Gainesville Fine Arts Hall Theatre - SFC ........................... 3000 NW 83rd St., Gainesville Gainesville Community Playhouse ....... 4039 N.W. 16th Blvd., Gainesville Hippodrome State Theatre................................. 25 SE 2nd Place, Gainesville UF Constans Theatre ................................................. Museum Road, Gainesville McGuire Pavilion Black Box Theatre................ Museum Road, Gainesville Actors’ Warehouse .............................................. 608 N. Main Street, Gainesville Ocala Civic Theatre ..................................4337 East Silver Springs Blvd., Ocala High Springs Playhouse ................................ 130 NE 1st Avenue, High Springs

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The Who’s Tommy

February 17 – March 5 Based on the iconic 1969 rock concept album, The Who’s Tommy is an exhilarating story of hope, healing and the human spirit. This ﬁve-time Tony Award-winning musical has inspired, amazed, and puzzled audiences for more than 40 years. The exhilarating score is timeless in its youthful appeal, and a crossgenerational smash hit.

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PIPPIN

February 19 This is PIPPIN like you’ve never seen it before. The show incorporates sassy choreography in the style of Bob Fosse and exciting circus acrobatics. The Big Top set and highﬂying acrobats add to the spectacle, along with the knife throwing, hula hooping and gravity-defying balancing acts.

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The Fantasticks

February 2 – February 26 In this enchanting musical, mysterious narrator El Gallo asks audiences to recall the tender Septembers of their youth and follow him into a fantastical world of moonlight, magic and

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Macbeth

March 2 – March 12 “Something wicked this way comes…” This student production of Shakespeare’s immortal classic Macbeth — superstitiously known as “the Scottish play” — is a whole new twist on the Bard. The tragic tale is now set in a frightening future Scotland, where society itself is just as corrupt and scheming as those ﬁghting to rule over it in an epic power struggle.

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Six Women with Brain Death or Expiring Minds Want to Know

February 3 – February 26 A fast-paced, take-no-prisoners satire of life and pop culture, the award-winning musical is a wild and very left-of-center view of the world from an entirely feminine standpoint. In a series of bizarre but hysterical songs and sketches, the authors explore road rage, self-help books,

TV soap operas, “genuine presson nails,” Barbie and Ken’s secret fantasy life and what “is” and “is not.” This rock musical spares no one in its insightful and hilarious takes on the demented pop culture of our great Nations: Welcome to the world of expired minds!

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Hand to God

January 13 - February 5 Nominated for 5 Tony Awards! Deep in the heart of Broadway, there lurks a creature so outrageous, so scandalous, so totally surprising that you must see him for yourself! Meet Tyrone, the scene-stealing sprite who shakes a small Texas town to its core, riotously riffing on everything from love to faith, and proving that it is both sinfulness and saintliness that make us all truly human… and utterly alive.

The Vagina Monologues

February 14 & February 17 - 18 The award-winning play is based on V-Day Founder/playwright Eve Ensler’s interviews with more than 200 women. With humor and grace the piece celebrates women’s sexuality and strength. Through this play and the liberation of this one word, countless women throughout the world have taken control of their bodies and their lives. For over 20 years, The Vagina Monologues has given voice to experiences and feelings not previously exposed in public. This year, stay tuned after intermission for some bonus original works by local authors!

Becky’s New Car

February 24 - March 19 Have you ever been tempted to ﬂee your own life? Fasten your seat belts for this laugh-out-loud comedy about escaping the middle age doldrums. Enjoy the hilarity and U-turn plot twists as Becky leads us down the road less traveled. This devious and delightful romp is the perfect blend between hilarious comedy and thoughtful drama. If you loved Women in Jeopardy, you’ll fall head over heels for Becky’s New Car. February 2017

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Television: A Biography

TV (The Book) BY ALAN SEPINWALL AND MATT ZOLLER SEITZ

BY DAVID THOMSON c.2016, Thames & Hudson $34.95 / $45.95 Canada 304 pages The weather outside is frightful. That’s alright. You’d rather stay inside anyhow, especially in the evening. That’s prime relaxation time, and winter is a great season for catching up on all you’ve DVR’ed for the past few weeks… but where do you start? How about with two books: “Television: A Biography” by David Thomson and “TV (The Book)” by Alan Sepinwall and Matt Zoller Seitz. Once upon a time, TVs were turned on manually. You’d then (also manually) dial up one of three available channels (more, if you were very lucky) and you settled in (Not too close! You’ll ruin your eyes!) to watch programming in black-

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c.2016, Grand Central Publishing $19.99 / $25.99 Canada 432 pages and-white. In 1949, a TV set cost roughly 10 percent of the average U.S. salary — and yet, we couldn’t get enough of it. In “Television: A Biography,” Thomson looks at the different kinds of fare with which we’ve entertained ourselves through the decades. Movies gave us the cliffhanger, for example, but television reﬁned the until-next-week craze with shows like “The Fugitive” and, later, with “Dallas” and its spin-offs. Here, we read about how many of Hollywood’s biggest stars made their transition to the small-screen; how talk shows became so popular; how innovators changed the way we watch TV, and why

crime shows will never, ever go away. This book, remember, is a biography. Yes, you’ll find a bit of history inside “Television: A Biography,” and a few opinions but it’s really nothing like you might expect in a book about TV. It’s actually better. But OK, say you want a book about the shows themselves. What do you think is the best television show ever? A little bit of argument is inside “TV (The Book).” Under a wide group of genre umbrellas, Sepinwall and Seitz debate which series top their lists, based on a points-system that takes innovation, performance, consistency, influence, and storytelling into account, as well as when the show was at its “absolute best.” They considered U.S. shows only and looked at “narrative fiction” rather than reality shows, children’s programming, or talk shows. And aside from a few obvious programs that should be on every Best Of list (“The Honeymooners” and “The Twilight Zone,” for example), they mostly focused on television from the 1980s. What’s fun about this book is that the authors dissect the programs as only fans can: there are quotes flung about in each chapter, along with serious examinations of why we can put “The Simpsons” in front of “The Sopranos” (or not); why we so loved a show with a “black comic heart” and “shallow” characters; how “M*A*S*H” lasted longer than the war it was ostensibly about; and why “South Park” got more points than “Taxi.” And if your favorite show isn’t in this book, there’s a reason for that. Read on… In fact, while it might seem counterintuitive to read about something you’re supposed to be watching, you can do two things at once, you know. Look for “Television: The Biography” and “TV (The Book)” and settle in. Both are frightfully good. s Terri Schlichenmeyer has been reading since she was 3 years old and she never goes anywhere without a book. She lives with her two dogs and 11,000 books.

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