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CONTENTS MARCH 2014 • VOL. 14 ISSUE 03

ON THE COVER – Dale Ginder, 11, sits atop Sunni, who along with Occupational Therapist Cathi Brown, provides Dale a therapeutic riding session at Horses Helping People in Archer. Riding helps Dale with issues related to his Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy.

PHOTO BY TJ MORRISSEY for LOTUS STUDIOS

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Tapas Charity of the Month Calendar of Events

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Theatre Listings Crossword Puzzle Reading Corner

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Tinseltown Talks

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Embracing Life

by Donna Bonnell

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Global Villages

By Kendra Siler-Marsiglio

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Reg Fansler

Volunteering in Portugal for Habitat for Humanity

97 Years of Service and Memories

BY CLIFF TERRY AND PAT TERRY

BY FELICIA LEE

HOPE - Horses Helping People Therapy For Riders and Volunteers

BY DARLA KINNEY SCOLES

Healthy Edge

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Enjoying Act Three

by Ellis Amburn

WINNER!

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Congratulations to the winner from our FEBRUARY 2014 issue…

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George Brabham from Gainesville, Florida

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FROM THE EDITOR œ ALBERT ISAAC

Published monthly by Tower Publications, Inc.

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Charlie Delatorre

A Dog Named Pepper I’ve been staring at this blank page trying to come up with the words to use to introduce this issue of Senior Times, but all I can think about is our dear old dog, Pepper, who passed away last night.

Pepper was a gift from my brother, a pup who was welcomed into our household 9 years ago while I was freelancing.

He would sit in my lap while I wrote.

Part pit bull, part Catahoula leopard hound and part something else, he grew large and fierce-looking but had a heart of gold. He was our family dog.

Pepper had suffered with lung disease for years and we all knew that his time with us would be short, but he lived far longer than any of us thought he would.

He clearly enjoyed life, up until the end.

Not long ago we acquired a second dog — against my wishes for fear that the new arrival would not get along with big old Pepper. But, thankfully, I was wrong and the two became fast friends.

Pepper was a puppy again (I do believe dogs remain puppies on the inside no matter how old they are on the outside)

and he loved to play-fight and wrestle with his new, much younger companion.

But the years caught up with Pepper.

He was bigger and slower and I could tell it hurt him to walk up and down the stairs. His time was near, but yesterday morning we had no idea just how little time he actually had.

When I arrived home last night I saw Pepper lying in the drive. I thought I knew what I would find as I walked to his still body. I called his name and placed my hand on his shoulder and he twitched, as if he was startled from sleep and would bounce up.

But he didn’t bounce up. He didn’t move. Kneeling beside him, I had witnessed his last instant of life.

By flashlight, we — my wife, our 12-year-old son and I — buried Pepper in the front yard. Another life lesson for the boy — and for me as well.

I’m thinking of a wonderful poem written by Jimmy Stewart, “A Dog Named Beau.” I had heard him recite that poem 33 years ago, on Johnny Carson’s Tonight Show, and I was so very moved by it — as were Johnny Carson and Jimmy Stewart — that it has stuck with me all these years.

So I’m thinking about the poem now, and our dear friend and family-member Pepper, while I should be thinking about telling you all about Senior Times.

We’ve got a lot of good stories for your enjoyment. But what I’m thinking at the moment is how I’ll always love a dog named Pepper. s

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All of the fun of winter.

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Winter Move-in Special clockwise from top left ERICKA WINTERROWD is a graduate student in multimedia journalism at UF, where she also received her BFA in theatre performance.

She enjoys gardening, collecting gnomes, and fawning over a Malti-Pom named Doodle. emwinter@ufl.edu CLIFF TERRY AND PAT TERRY Journalists Pat and Cliff Terry met at the Chicago Tribune, while she was editing his movie reviews, but today they do freelance travel, home and garden and business stories. pat@terrywriters.com, cliff@terrywriters.com.

DARLA KINNEY SCOLES remembers taking a high school journalism class and falling in love with the process. Oodles of years, one husband, three daughters and multitudinous stories later, she’s still in love with it all. That, and dark chocolate. darlakinneyscoles@gmail.com FELICIA LEE is a freelance writer and editor. Her writing has appeared in the Los Angeles Times and Salon.com. She loves birds, cooking and the Florida outdoors. leefa99@earthlink.net

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Jerry Lewis BORN MARCH 16, 1926

American comedian Jerry Lewis was born into a vaudeville family in New Jersey. He dropped out of high school to pursue a career as a performer, but his debut comedy performance was unsuccessful. On the verge of giving up, he was convinced by a friend to give it another shot, and by 19, he had partnered with singer Dean Martin in a popular musical comedy routine. The two got their own radio show called “The Martin and Lewis Show” and then made the transition to film in “My Friend Irma,” going on to star in 16 movies together. After splitting with Martin, Lewis went on to solo film fame, directing and starring in successful pictures like 1963’s “The Nutty Professor.” While the performer has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, he has an especially obsessed fan base in Europe, particularly in France, where he has been named Best Director of the Year three times. Outside of the entertainment world, Lewis is known for his fight against muscular dystrophy, serving as chairman of the Muscular Dystrophy Association and hosting an annual telethon.

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March 26, 1944 (70)

Al Gore

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March 31, 1948 (66)

March 22, 1948 (66)

68 Years Old

Liza Minnelli is the child of Hollywood royalty, the daughter of actress Judy Garland and director Vincente Minnelli. She performed with Garland as a young girl but had her Broadway leading-lady debut in “Flora, The Red Menace” in 1965. The show earned her the first of her four Tony Awards. Minnelli achieved film fame playing a feisty nightclub singer in 1972’s “Cabaret,” which won her an Academy Award.

She continues to act to this day, most recently reprising her role in the television show “Arrested Development.” However, her love life hasn’t been nearly as successful. Her four marriages have all ended in divorce.

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1931 The Star Spangled Banner becomes the National Anthem 1981 Well known and loved Walter Cronkite signs off as anchorman off the CBS Evening News 1983 The first mobile phones go on sale in the U.S. at almost $4,000 each

Speaking of telephones DID YOU KNOW… • Over 250 million Nokia 1100 devices were sold, making it the bestselling electrical gadget in history.

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COMMUNITY œ THINK GLOBAL, ACT LOCAL

KIWANIS INTERNATIONAL

Living the Gospel in Downtown Gainesville!

The Rev. Louanne Loch, Rector Dr. John T. Lowe, Dir. of Music

Sunday Services 8:00am 10:30am 6:00pm

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Pancake Breakfast Annual Fundraiser As part of a global volunteer organization, Kiwanis International members stage nearly 150,000 service projects, devote more than six million hours to service and raise nearly $100 million every year for communities, families and programs worldwide.

Yet, the overriding theme to all of this effort is focused on one child at a time.

The club, a presence in Gainesville since 1955, has many initiatives aimed at bettering the lives of area youth, including reading programs, holiday food baskets, safety presentations, health projects and leadership mentoring.

Now in the works is the annual pancake breakfast, a major fundraising event co-sponsored by both the University City Kiwanis Club and Kiwanis Club of Gainesville. Hosted by Gainesville High School, the $5 breakfast is open to the public with attendance at about 500 hungry people each year.

Through ticket sales and donations, the breakfast raises approximately

$10,000 each year to fund service projects. This year’s breakfast takes place Saturday, March 15, from 7:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., with take-out service available. (Children under 12, accompanied by parent, eat free.)

Other projects include an annual day of athletic events for the physically challenged, the Citizen of the Month program for fifth graders at Alachua County schools, and a Bringing up the Grades (BUGS) program recognizing and rewarding students who have improved their grades.

Both Gainesville Kiwanis clubs meet weekly to hear from guest speakers, share information, happenings and events.

Newcomers and visitors are welcome.

Want to get involved? Meeting and event information can be found online or by calling 352-495-1742 or 352-377-4000. s WHERE: Gainesville High School WHEN: Saturday, March 15 7 a.m. to 11 a.m.

PRICE: $5.00 all-you-can-eat.

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SunState Federal Credit Union ion has been serving its members for more than 55 years. Visit uss today to see the difference it makes to do your banking at thee place where Joe and Jay work.

Meet Jay Hogan… ”I have spent over 20 years working att m multiple ultiple credit unions. My time at SunState has as by by far far been the most rewarding and satisfying! ing!

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CHARITY OF THE MONTH

Gentle Carousel Therapy Horses JANUARY 2014 WINNER – 2,664 VOTES

Magic the miniature horse has done it again.

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agic is part of a larger organization, Gentle Carousel Miniature Therapy Horses, which has again won $1,000 in the January SunState Federal Credit Union’s Charity of the Month contest. Gentle Carousel consists of a team of 27 miniature horses — all therapy animals that visit hospitals, hospices, assisted living programs and disaster relief areas.

The registered nonprofit was founded by Debbie GarciaBengochea and her husband Jorge. It began about a decade ago when the couple purchased their first two miniature horses for their North Florida ranch.

The horses would graze in a pasture in front of their bedbound neighbor’s window. With curiosity piqued, the neighbor one day asked them to bring the miniature horses closer so he could have a better look.

Immediately, the neighbor was thrilled.

He was so excited to see the tiny horses that he got out of bed to pet and play with them. It was then that Debbie and Jorge realized the emotional power these pint-sized animals could have.

Since then, the couple has bought and bred an entire team of horses and traveled the world bringing comfort and happiness wherever they go.

The team has found international success.

Magic was named one of Time Magazine’s 10 most heroic animals, and on the Reader’s Digest list of Hometown Heroes, Magic was the only animal that made the cut. The AARP also named Magic the most heroic pet in America.

The Carousel therapy horses are now Breyer Model horses, becoming a part of the classic toy legacy. And some of the horses are now working outside of Athens, Greece, in orphanages, hospitals, schools and programs for the elderly.

But even though it has found success worldwide, the North Florida organization remains involved at home.

Outside of visiting those in need, Gentle Carousel runs an

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award-winning literacy program called Reading is Magic. The miniature horses visit local libraries, schools and at-risk youth programs to bring stories to life and inspire young readers.

Whether visiting young children touched with illness or communities faced with disaster, Gentle Carousel’s miniature horses bring larger-than-life joy to everyone they meet.

For 2014, charities will only be eligible for the $1,000 prize once a calendar year. However, these charities are still welcome to enter every month and will be eligible for the random $500 prize. Remember every vote a charity gets counts as an entry into the random drawing for the monthly $500 donation. s Learn more at www.facebook.com/TherapyHorses.

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SunState Federal Credit Union has been serving its members for more than 55 years. Visit us today to see the difference it makes to do your banking at the place where Joe and Richard work.

Meet Richard Baldwin…

“For me, the thing that sets SunState Federal Credit Union apart from other financial institutions is our employees. From the president/CEO to tellers, our people genuinely practice the credit union philosophy of ‘people helping people’, day in and day out.”

RICH RI CHA ARD BA ALD LDWI WIN N SSFC SS FCU U Di Dirrect rec or of Huma Hu man n Rela Relati tion o s

…and Joe Akins “When I see one of the big banks, I just see a building.

When I look at SunState Federal Credit Union, I see the people that make us unique.”

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PAYING IT FORWARD

Global Villages Volunteering in Portugal for Habitat for Humanity story and photography

by Cliff Terry & Pat Terry

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ver the years, my wife, Pat, and I have traveled extensively for pleasure, for volunteer projects, or a combination of both. But we’d never been to Portugal — until I spotted a Habitat for Humanity home-building trip north of its capital, Lisbon, and signed us up. The nonprofit organization, whose motto is “Everyone deserves a decent place to live,” offered a chance to combine two of our passions: travel and volunteering.

It was our third Habitat venture, following Chile and Vietnam. The Portugal locale was Braga, the country’s third largest city, in the north near Porto. This time out, I learned to sift sand and clay, and mix and schlep buckets of concrete to folks like Pat, who were spreading it on the interior walls of a house. She also had great fun throwing wet clay mixtures on the exterior walls, finding a softball overhand and tennis sidearm much more therapeutic than repeating the concrete spreading motions with her carpal tunnel-afflicted wrist.

Our team, led by Bob from Montana and, ah, Biff (luckily, he really wasn’t a “Biff” at all) from Pennsylvania, was truly international. In addition to eight Americans, there were four Canadians, two Germans and an Italian. Ages ranged from those in their 20s to those in their, ahem, 70s. Perhaps surprisingly, we all got along splendidly. We lunched in

Cliff Terry and Canadian volunteer (British Columbia) Cathy Feick take one of several much-needed breaks from shoveling concrete into a wheelbarrow. Just add water — to the concrete and the volunteers!

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Habitat trips, as do other volunteer “vacation” opportunities, attract a wide mix of ages and – often — nationalities. Dana Shin, who reviews patents for originality, and Roy Catalano, who also volunteers as a guide in Alaska, checks out an old board for nails, before reusing it again.

nearby restaurants and for dinner we moved from one excellent (and inexpensive) eatery to another. Our leaders also treated us to an excellent football (soccer) match.

Such Habitat pleasures are usual. On a two-week Habitat build in Chile, our R&R weekend included meals and wine pairings at two wineries, a tour of famed poet Pablo Neruda’s home on Isla Negra and a visit to the ski resort of Portillo, high in the Andes Mountains bordering Argentina. Our getaway weekend in Vietnam took us by high-speed ferryboat to Phu Quoc, a little-known resort island in the South China Sea near Cambodia.

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Since we hadn’t visited Portugal before, we first explored a few towns by train en route to Braga. Our itinerary included bustling Lisbon; charming, castle-filled Sintra; the university town of Coimbra; and the Atlantic Ocean port of Porto. Pat, who can handle Spanish quite well, picked up a little bit of Portuguese but as usual, didn’t understand the replies all that well. However, in addition to being extremely friendly, the people, everywhere, were tolerant of the Chicago attempts.

A few years ago, I wrote a story for the Chicago Tribune’s travel section on volunteering. The editor insisted

he didn’t want a “goody two-shoes” piece, so the article included our efforts helping scientists conduct research in the remote, beautifully lush Pantanal in western Brazil. Which meant that all kinds of thrilling adventures were waiting. “Watch out you don’t step on a pit viper,” one scientist quickly warned.

“Those snakes like to hang out around the fazenda (ranch house).”

A few days later, some of us took a break to wade in cooling river waters.

“Don’t go too far,” the same woman advised. “That’s where the piranhas like to be.”

During our stay there, Pat’s watermonitoring swim into a black water lake attracted the attention of one curious caiman (a small alligator relative), and I helped lift a tranquilized peccary (wild pig) onto a scale, hoping it wouldn’t wake up.

Numerous stories have been written in newspapers and magazines about the increase in volunteerism. Most of the articles, though, focus on what one magazine headlined “Do-Gooder Tourism.” But volunteerism isn’t all halos and hosannas. Just ask the 30-something volunteer who, during a Habitat project in Chile, was whacked on the head by a hammer-wielding 2-year-old. Or the Philadelphia church group that flew into San Pedro Sula, Honduras, boarded a bus and was promptly robbed by local thugs. (When the perps left, the Americans got off the bus and took the next flight back to Philly.)

However, the rewards far outweigh the risks of volunteer travel. On the final day of our Chile work, we all gathered at one finished house where the owner choked up (as we did) in thanking us for our help. seniortimesmagazine.com

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ABOVE: Cliff and Pat Terry wear the requisite hardhats while mixing concrete in a wheelbarrow outside a home Habitat was completing. The homeowner’s husband had died suddenly several years earlier, leaving her to raise three young sons in a concrete-walled cellar with no toilet hook-up.

TOP RIGHT: Lynne Cortes sifts out the fine sand, leaving small rocks and gravel, in preparation for other team members who will mix batches of concrete by hand while her project partner, Cliff Terry, takes a photo breather. (Volunteers switch jobs a lot, according to ability.)

BOTTOM RIGHT: First-time Habitat volunteers look a bit apprehensive as they check into their small, but comfortable hotel in Porto before the homebuilding project began. Far left, Guido Huter from Germany, who’d never done anything like this before but had looked on the Internet and decided to “change his life.” (After the build, he took a temporary job in Finland, met a lovely young woman and DID change his life.) Just ahead of him, Mike and Lynne Cortes from Colorado probably deserved a “most fit volunteers” prize with their backpacks and incredible stamina.

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“My expectations were that the Chile trip would be a good experience, but it FAR exceeded my expectations in every way,” said a 48-year-old business system’s analyst from Valley Stream, NY. “I mean, you kind of lose sight of the value it means to these people. They’re so appreciative. It just validates what we’re doing, making a difference. When that home owner thanked us, it was very touching.”

“One thing we always tell people is that these are not ‘missionary’ trips,” declared a 64-year-old retired teacher from Vermillion, SD, during the Chilean excursion. “We’re not out to convert anyone.”

Volunteering doesn’t always come cheap. In Portugal, for instance, we donated $1,680 apiece. The trip covered such expenses in Braga (the build site) as meals, lodging and transportation. Airfare is on your own. However, not only is it a great travel experience, but also as a volunteer, you can write off a good portion of your trip. The rewards — getting back, as well as “giving back” — are great, even though participants realize they aren’t about to dramatically change the world in two weeks.

Habitat is not a giveaway program. The low-income families help in conseniortimesmagazine.com

struction through their “sweat equity,” lowering the cost as they eventually repay their no-profit Habitat mortgages.

Their house payments are placed into a revolving fund used to build more houses. Construction experience of our volunteer teams varied widely, from Mr. and Ms. Handypersons to those who didn’t know a chalk line from a pick-up line. We quickly learned basic skills, such as driving home four-inch nails (much harder than hammering twoinch jobs). We took instruction from a local, skilled person who served as a sort of a foreman.

There’s usually good humor and self-deprecation all around. Some firsttimers are apprehensive.

“The thing I was scared of in Chile was actually building the houses,” admitted a 23-year-old who worked in the biotech practice of a Vancouver accounting firm. “In the interview I was asked if I had specific building skills, and I’m

“One thing we always tell people is that these are not ‘missionary’ trips.

We’re not out to convert anyone.” like, ‘No. No.’ But I feel I’ve learned a lot.

Like, hammering might go really slow at first, but then you get into it. My biggest goal was not to hurt anyone else!”

And a 40-year-old divorced mother of two from Kirkland, Washington, had a different concern: “I was afraid I wouldn’t have enough underwear to last.”

Looking back, it’s been the total experience that remains most firmly in memory. In Chile, one volunteer was handed a letter from an 11-year-old girl which read, in part, “I always thought that angels were only in heaven, but when you came to build with concrete my mother’s dream, I realized that they also exist on earth.”

In Honduras, a taxi driver asked what

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Tinseltown Talks The Other Side of Leonard Nimoy PHOTO BY SETH KANE

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s Star Trek’s Mr. Spock, Leonard Nimoy created one of the most iconic characters in television history.

But for the past two decades, Nimoy has transported his career to the other side of the camera and is now regarded as a leading contemporary American photographer.

Early in his acting career, he recognized photography could be more than just snapshots on location.

“I carried a camera with me wherever I went and began to realize I was missing the place I was in because my eye was behind the camera so much,” Nimoy recalled from his home in Los Angeles. “I had the photographs, but I hadn’t had the experience. So I began using the camera when I was on a specific thematic quest.”

The photography bug eventually bit him hard at the pinnacle of his career.

“I had finished three seasons of ‘Star Trek’ and two seasons of ‘Mission: Impossible,’ and I actually considered changing careers,” Nimoy explained.

“I went to school at UCLA to study photography under master art photography Robert Heineken and became very excited about the prospect.”

But with no enthusiasm for commercial photography, he realized a career in fine art photography would be difficult at the time.

“So I decided to stay with my acting and directing, although I continued to study photography and work at it,” he said.

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Around 1994, he became a full-time photographer (while continuing to tackle some film and TV projects of interest), producing work that was largely concept driven — themes that told a story, rather than random, individual photos. His diverse subjects include hands, eggs, landscapes, nudes and dancers, all shot with black and white film cameras.

“I have two darkrooms and do my own printing up to a 16” x 20” image,” he said. “I like to be in touch with the whole process.”

His provocative Full Body project, published in book form in 2007, featured mostly naked full-figured women.

“My original idea was to replicate some rather famous images shot by other photographers who had used

fashion models, and to use these women in those same poses.”

More recently, for his Secret Selves project — his first shot in color — he photographed 100 people from all walks of life, each acting out a fantasy identity.

Nimoy, who is represented by R. Michelson Galleries in Northampton, Mass., will have three concurrent exhibitions in the Boston area beginning in late March – when the artist turns 83 (see www.RMichelson.com).

“The exhibits cover about 20 years of my career,” he said, “so it’s quite comprehensive.”

Although Nimoy’s works can be pricey (up to $18,000), more affordable images with a Spock theme (e.g. the Vulcan hand salute) are sold through a site seniortimesmagazine.com

managed by his granddaughter (www. shopllap.com).

“She’s quite the entrepreneur and operates it like a classy boutique,” Nimoy said. “There are T-shirts, tote bags and photographs signed by me. The things we do for our grandchildren!”

In February, reports surfaced that Nimoy was suffering from Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, a lung ailment that affects some 13 million Americans according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and caused primarily by smoking.

“Before I stopped smoking 30 years ago, I was deeply addicted,” he said. “I had to go through various programs before I quit. But by then, the damage was done. In my late 70s and early 80s, I recognized that I did not have great breathing capacity, so wasn’t surprised by the COPD diagnosis.”

“I use medication daily and give myself a jolt of oxygen when I need it,” he said. “The main difficulty is high altitudes. We’ve had a house in Lake Tahoe for 20 years, which is a beautiful retreat.

But at 6,000 feet, I just can’t go there anymore. Other than that, I’m still very active and not ready to cash it in yet!”

Despite rumors throughout his acting career that he resented being typecast as Spock, Nimoy says he regards the character with fondness.

“I’ve always been proud to be identified with Spock.”

And what if J.J. Abrams, the producer/ director of the new Star Trek films, approached him for another film role?

“I’d take his call, but doubt I’d do any acting,” he said. “I don’t want to go off on location again. I’m enjoying life with my family too much.” s Nick Thomas teaches at Auburn University at Montgomery, Ala. His features and col-

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HANDS ON

HOPE: Horses Helping People Therapy For Riders And Volunteers written by Darla Kinney Scoles

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hile there is no certainty as to who first penned these words, there is ample proof of the validity of the statement itself. One can find visual affirmation of this idea at HOrses Helping PEople (HOPE) in Archer.

It is at this equestrian therapeutic riding (hippotherapy) facility that students of all ages mingle with horses of all ages and the result is a connection that breaks down communication barriers, strengthens physical abilities, provides enriching stimulation and offers all involved an uplifting experience. Volunteers of all ages are needed to make this magic happen.

>> THE NEED: HOPE has a three-part mission: To provide a safe and enjoyable environment where individuals with special needs benefit from developmental, therapeutic and educational equine-oriented activities; To improve the individual’s physical, cognitive, emotional, and social skills through equine assisted therapy; To build a cooperative link within the community through educational opportunities.

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The essential element in each component is volunteers.

“There are numerous ways people can get involved with HOPE,” said HOPE Executive Director, Kristen Shimeall. “Volunteers that are interested in working around riders, other volunteers, and horses, can volunteer during therapy sessions. The facility needs constant upkeep so we offer opportunities for volunteers to work with our farm manager on barn chores. We also always have a need for those of you who don’t like to get dirty, doing paperwork, thank-you letters, fundraiser planning and office work. Let us know what your goals of volunteering are and we will make sure you meet those goals.”

While many HOPE positions are often filled by University of Florida (UF) students, the facility is in dire need of a more permanent pool of helpers, especially during spring break, summer time and finals weeks. In addition, many therapeutic riders (most often veterans and special-needs children) thrive better with the consistency in their experience that an ever-changing student roster

cannot provide.

“Come try it,” said HOPE instructor Fiona Delfino. “You can’t know something unless you try it. It’s so worth it. I come out to HOPE and even if I’ve had an off day, it always gets better here. This place provides a break from the stresses of life. You don’t get money, but you definitely get paid! When a volunteer hears a ‘thank you’ from a rider, that lets them know what good they’ve done.”

>> THE WORK: I personally have served for many years in the hippotherapy realm and can unequivocally state that this volunteer work is like none other. Yes, sometimes you get dirty — very dirty. Sometimes you catch a horse tail swat to the leg or feel a spray of horse snot on your arm.

As a side-walker or horse leader, you walk. A lot. Often you even jog as a rider is allowed to trot their horse.

If you have a love for horses (regardless of your level of horsemanship experience) you will love interacting with these gentle animals and their special riders. Extensive equine knowledge is seniortimesmagazine.com

PHOTO BY DARLA KINNEY SCOLES

“There’s nothing so good for the inside of a man as the outside of a horse.”

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With assistance from Occupational Therapist, Cathi Brown (pink hat) and volunteer Katie McDonnell, 16-year-old Virginia Daly can feed the horses from her wheelchair.

PHOTO BY TOM MORRISSEY

“She has learned so much here,” said Joyce Daly, Virginia’s mother, “about both the horses and herself. She knows how to groom a horse now and also how to control her own body and breathing while riding. And all the volunteers just chip in so wonderfully. It’s a great place.

“At school, Virginia, who has Congenital Disorder of Glycosylation, Type 1a, has an iPad and can do these things virtually there, but here at HOPE, she can actually touch Andy’s coat and smell the barn and feel the horse’s heartbeat. The iPad is wonderful, but this is the full experience.”

HOPE Volunteer and UF student, Danielle Houser (inset) helps ready horse “Andy” for his first session of the afternoon. The organization is hoping to expand its volunteer force to include full-time residents as well as students.

PHOTO BY DARLA KINNEY SCOLES

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not required. The experienced staff at HOPE will see that you receive the training you need prior to your first experience in the field. A to-do list hangs in the barn, so workers can always stay busy — and always be learning.

The physical level of your volunteer work is up to you.

The critical nature of needing hands to help in the field often means that facilities like HOPE put “indoor” needs on the back burner. A volunteer with marketing, grant or office management knowledge is therefore a much-appreciated helper.

Currently, HOPE offers lessons twiceweekly and asks that volunteers commit to two hours of service each week.

>> THE REWARDS: Simply driving out to HOPE and stepping onto the picturesque property is bound to lower blood pressure. At the very least, the setting alone helps de-stress a person and provide a break from the rushed pace of the world around it.

At the end of a session, you always, always, always, go home with a heart filled with joy, gratitude, wonder, love and peace.

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>> THE FIT: Delfino believes that the perfect HOPE volunteer is a quick learner — sensible, hardworking, dedicated and responsible — regardless of age or prior experience. Since physical requirements vary according to the work, the most important qualification is heart.

“I love it,” said UF student volunteer Danielle Houser. “The kids are so precious and you can see them lighten up as they are riding. It just makes you feel good to be here. This is definitely a moving experience.”

For 20-year-old Katie McDonnell the opportunity to help others while being with the horses offers a double benefit.

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Leading horse “Belle” in from pasture to barn, Kelly Nenezian, a psychology major who hopes to eventually work in the field of hippotherapy, volunteers regularly at Horses Helping People in Archer. Currently, most of the volunteers at HOPE are UF students, but other community volunteers are needed – especially to fill in gaps during spring break, summer and finals weeks.

>> HOW TO GET INVOLVED: If you would like more information on how you can volunteer, please contact Executive Director Kristen Shimeall at KCShimeall@gmail.com or 352- 495-0533.

Horses Helping People, a not-for-profit organization, is located at 9722 SW 153rd Avenue in Archer. To learn more about HOPE online, visit www.horseshelpingpeople.org.

Thanks to you! —Darla Each month Darla Kinney Scoles participates firsthand in, and then shares with readers, a local volunteer experience opportunity. The needs are great. The rewards, even greater.

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Embracing Life Planting Seeds

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fter a bitterly cold winter, we will celebrate the arrival of spring on March 20. Two equinoxes occur every year (March and September), when the sun shines directly on the equator. The length of day and night is nearly equal.

Springtime is the season of transition between winter and summer. It refers to ideas of rebirth, renewal and regrowth.

In spring, the axis of the earth is increasing its tilt toward the sun. The length of daylight rapidly increases, causing new plant growth to spring forth (thus, the season’s name). Flowers, fruits and vegetables will sprout and flourish.

Kernels of another kind blossomed for me after reading a story posted on www.christianchurch-stthomas.com/ InspirationalChurchStories.dsp. Below is a summary of that tale: When an aging successful businessperson knew it was time to select his successor, he met with the managers to share his strategy. The boss gave each one a seed. His instructions were to plant and water it; then return in one year. At that time, he will judge their plants and choose the next Chief Executive Officer (CEO).

Jim, one of the candidates, explained the plan to his wife. She helped him purchase the necessary supplies. The couple cultivated the seed daily, yet it never sprouted.

Jim’s colleagues bragged about their beautiful bushes, while he felt like a fail-

ure. The participants were all anxious to bring in their plants, except for Jim. He did not want to reveal an empty pot.

Finally, the judgment day arrived.

As anticipated, the associates displayed an amazing assortment of foliage. Jim’s wife succeeded in encouraging her husband to be straightforward. His cocky contemporaries chuckled at the

When we first relocated to Newberry (30+ years ago), I had an opportunity to work for an overpowering pompous attorney who ruled his personnel with ridicule and reprimand. He did not even care to know my name. (His office manager had hired me.) My first encounter with him was when he demanded that I move my car away from the front of his building. He boasted that the headlight on his automobile was worth more than my entire vehicle. This greedy unscrupulous lawyer called his clients dregs of the earth and kept a loaded pistol in his desk drawer. I quickly found another job.

Fortunately, however, the universe has blessed me with predominantly unpretentious superiors who exhibited integrity and genuinely cared about my personal growth. Because my supervisors exuded irrefutable leadership skills, I eagerly accepted and appreciated their frank

The boss gave each one a seed. His instructions were to plant and water it; then return in one year. barren container, as he described the sad seed saga. A completely unanticipated announcement followed. Looking at Jim, the retiring entrepreneur proudly proclaimed, “Behold your next Chief Executive Officer!”

Others in the group protested! How could he become the new CEO? The answer was simple. Everyone received boiled (dead) seeds. Jim was the only one with the courage and honesty to bring in a pot with the original seed.

Fact or fiction, this is a fine illustration of how we reap rewards for sowing seeds of sincerity and steadfastness. The smart senior executive showed his staff that planting honesty produces trust.

I cannot imagine thinking twice about believing a person who refused to succumb to such extreme corporate peer pressure. This is especially true after working for someone with the exact opposite management style.

feedback and constructive criticism. I also knew their compliments were authentic.

Without those individuals, I would have remained stagnant in my career and continued to lack self-confidence.

Everyone on our planet (not only those in administrative roles) has the ability to plant seeds of goodness. We can all embrace spring by digging up and discarding any gloomy doubts. Let us thaw out those icy cold protective emotional shields. When we replace them with seeds of consideration, forgiveness, honesty and humility, unexpected gratifying tributes may magically materialize.

Reverend Virgil Kraft said, “Spring shows what God can do with a drab and dirty world.” 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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Reg Fansler 97 Years of Service and Memories written by Felicia Lee

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ike many sons of the Depression, Reg Fansler left home early, at age 17. Unlike most of them, he never stopped moving.

After several years traveling throughout the northwest, he enlisted in the army to see the world — and he saw

97-year-old Fansler can still clearly describe the sights, sounds and stories of his 34plus years of Army service.

Joining the army wasn’t originally his plan. He grew up on a farm in Illinois.

“I was walking down the street in Eureka, California, and this fellow walks up by me, picks up my step, and says, ‘I think you’ll make a good soldier. I’ll get you a job in China, 15th Infantry.’” more of it than he ever could have imagined. In his 37-year career, Fansler rose from the rank of private to full colonel, serving through World War II, the Korean War and Vietnam. He served around the world from the Philippines, Africa, Germany, Virginia, Georgia and Hawaii, landing in some locales multiple times over the course of his long career.

“My final post before I retired was in Ft. Gordon, Georgia,” he recalled. “It was the third time I’d bought a house there.”

Now a resident of Oak Hammock,

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“You feed hogs, you feed chickens, you feed people — it was a great place to grow up,” he said. But living under the shadow of his older brother dampened the experience for him.

“He could do everything better than I could. I couldn’t compete with him, really,” he said. “I got out of high school, I had the opportunity to go west, so I packed my bag and Mother packed up 17 dollars — I don’t know where she got it — and I left home. This was in 1934.”

A few years of odd jobs — from

repairing sewing machines to flipping pancakes — led him to California, where a proposal from a stranger in 1937 changed his fate.

“I was walking down the street in Eureka, California, and this fellow walks up by me, picks up my step, and says, ‘I think you’ll make a good soldier. I’ll get you a job in China, 15th Infantry,’” Fansler recalled. “And I said, ‘Oh boy, that’s exactly want I want to do. I’d never been to China. I’d never been outside the United States yet.’ And he said ‘Well, I think I can arrange that for you. Come over here and sign a piece of paper.’”

The stranger told him to take a bus to the Federal Building in San Francisco to report for duty.

“I was met there by this nice West Pointer, and he said, ‘Oh you can’t go to China — not the 15th Infantry.’ And I said, ‘Why not?’ And he said, ‘Because you seniortimesmagazine.com

In 1941, Reg Fansler was a newly minted member of the military police (opposite). By 1943, he was commissioned as a new second lieutenant (above).

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Fansler and his brother, Kermit, spending time together before shipping overseas in World War II. PHOTO COURTESY OF REG FANSLER RIGHT: Reg Fansler poses with his son-in-law, Andy Gray, who drops in to visit nearly every day. PHOTO BY GLENN PRICE

don’t have previous service. We’re only sending people with previous service.’”

Instead, the recruiter offered him posts in Hawaii or the Philippines.

“My dad had a cousin who taught at the University of Manila,” Fansler said.

“And I thought that would be a good place to go.”

He signed up for three years active duty in the Field Artillery on the Island of Corregidor in the Philippines.

Soon after, he found himself on a ship sailing towards the Philippines, just in time for lunch.

“I ate and ate. We had pork chops and gravy. For dessert, we had ice-cream bars.

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So I got up from the table, looked out the porthole, and the Golden Gate Bridge — it wasn’t finished at the time — was going around and around and around. And that was the end of my lunch.”

Fansler served 25 months in Manila, qualified for an early discharge and returned to California intending to resume his civilian life, which he did, until 1940.

“When I got out of the service, they talked me into maintaining contact with the military by enlisting in the inactive reserve,” he said. “In February 1941, guess what? Mr. Roosevelt called us in — ‘You’re sorely needed; come on back.’ So I reported to the army as a corporal. We

were ordered to Monterey Bay to report for service. Then they transferred me to Fort Roberts. It turns out all I did all day was run a mimeograph machine.”

Hating the monotony of his post, he requested a transfer to the Military Police (MP), a move that launched a lifelong career. Soon after, he was given charge of a patrol that monitored soldiers in San Miguel, the nearest town to the base.

After an evening on night patrol, on the morning of December 7th, 1942, Fansler had just gotten into the barracks and fallen asleep when word reached his unit of the attack on Pearl Harbor.

Fansler was on duty for three straight days, providing local security and ensuring everyone was following the new nighttime blackout rules.

“It was a challenging time that week.

We all knew we were facing a long fight with the Japanese and Germans,” he said. His leadership soon proved so effective that he was promoted to sergeant. But his higher-ups had even bigger plans for him.

“They kept bugging me to go to OCS [Officer Candidate School], and finally I gave in and went to OCS in late December 1942,” he said. “And 90 days later, I was a new second lieutenant. And two weeks later, I’m on my way to North Africa.”

Fansler spent much of the war managing German and Italian prisoners of war. He sailed to North Africa twice to pick up and transport German POWs from Rommel’s Africa Corps to the U.S. After the war, Fansler was stationed with the Army of Occupation in Germany in 1946 as part of the postwar reconstruction effort. During that posting, he was promoted to captain, but an even bigger transition was awaiting him. seniortimesmagazine.com

“We had responsibility for the security of the port at Bremerhaven,” Fansler said. “One April morning in 1948, I went down to inspect the security setup, and off the USAT Comfort, which was a hospital ship, came 19 long-legged beauties, and I thought, ‘Oh boy, replenishments for the doughnut dollies and dependents!’”

The women turned out to be with Army special services.

“Most of them were in there 30s, former teachers and professionals looking for ways to serve their country and see the world. Eventually, one of them ended up being my wife,” Fansler recalled. He and Avis were married in December 1949.

Two daughters and another promotion — to major — followed in quick order. After his promotion, he was told he would remain at his current posting in Ft. Gordon in Augusta, Georgia, so Fansler bought a house.

“One day in late June 1952, right after we purchased our new house in Augusta, I was told to report to the West Coast no later than the third day of July,” he said. He was downtown buying grass seed to landscape the house when he received the news. “I went home, got my stuff together and left Avis to look after the house and the kids.”

His new post would be in Korea. The war was raging there, and MPs were needed to provide security and POW management. Avis sold their house and moved their two daughters to

Seattle right after Fansler left for Korea.

There is a saying in the Army Military Police Corps: “If you think it is hard being an MP, try being an MP’s wife.” Avis soon got used to moving the family at the drop of a hat. And it seemed that every time they had a child, Fansler took her off on another move. He and Avis had their third child, a baby boy, while he was posted at the Pentagon — just in time to move to Germany.

Returning stateside in the early ‘60s back to Augusta, seemed to be a good omen. They bought another house and stayed for four years. Then came Ava’s favorite posting.

“We got orders to move to Hawaii, Schofield Barracks on Oahu,” Fansler said. “So we sold our house and moved to the Islands.”

When Fansler was sent to Vietnam to help with war efforts, Avis chose to stay in Hawaii. Fansler commanded MPs throughout Vietnam, experiencing the Tet Offensive of 1968.

Fansler finally retired from the Army in 1971, with his last assignment being back in Augusta, Georgia, but his career wasn’t yet over. He took on a new post as chief of law enforcement for Georgia’s Department of Natural Resources before his final retirement.

“Jimmy Carter was governor when I went to work,” he said. “He pointed his finger at me and said, ‘One thing I want out of you is for the Department of Natural Resources to be as capable and as useful as the state troopers.”

Fansler took the challenge and led a modernization and professionalization of the entire law enforcement office of the DLNR — an accomplishment for which he is still proud.

Fansler still marvels at having started out at the lowest rank in the Army and retired with distinction as a full colonel. He credits his success to his dedication to family and passion for life, as well as simple gratitude.

“Never thinking I am owed anything, but happy to earn what I can, has never failed me in my 97-plus years,” he said. s March 2014

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Healthy Edge A Berry-healthy Superfood

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rom lowering blood pressure to improving memory (and even your love life), studies are rolling in that show just how blueberries do a body good.

Chock full of vitamin C, manganese, fiber and a diverse list of phytonutrients (the chemical compounds that give fruits and veggies their color), blueberries make a healthful addition to most any diet. At only 80 calories a cup, here’s why you should enjoy a few cups of blueberries each week…

Lowers blood pressure. A collaborative study between University of East Anglia in England and Harvard University, showed that those who ate lots of anthocyanins (a phytonutrient) benefitted in an 8 percent reduction in their high blood pressure risk, compared with those who ate the least amount of anthocyanins. In another clinical trial, University of Mississippi (UM) showed that another natural blueberry compound, pterostilbene (terro-STILL-bean), lowers systolic and diastolic blood pressure.

adults with memory decline. The age 70-something participants drank 2? cups of blueberry juice every day for 12 weeks, while the control group drank a berry placebo beverage. The blueberry juice group showed significant improvement on learning and memory tests.

May help with Type 2 diabetes, metabolic syndrome, and insulin resistance. In individuals diagnosed with blood sugar conditions, blueberries have been shown to have a favorable impact on blood sugar regulation.

Lowers cholesterol. Pterostilbene, the

on blueberries. If the berries move freely when you shake the container, they’re probably not damaged or moldy. Berries should be dry; liquid causes them to decay faster. When purchasing frozen blueberries, ensure they aren’t clumped together; this may suggest that they’ve been thawed and refrozen.

Have blueberries all year around.

You can freeze fresh blueberries without harming the anthocyanins or losing benefits. Researchers found that freezing blueberries at temperatures of 0°F between 3-6 months had no significant affect on their antioxidant capacity or anthocyanin concentrations.

Consider freezing some berries if you have an abundant seasonal supply. U.S.grown blueberries are available May through October; you may find imported berries at other times of the year.

Who shouldn’t eat blueberries? A few foods contain a chemical compound type called oxalates. Blueberries are one of them. When oxalates are in high concentrations in body fluids, they can crystallize… think kidney stones. So, if you have kidney or gallbladder problems, ask your doctor about consuming blueberries.

Should you go organic? I don’t

same compound that UM found works to lower blood pressure, was also shown to lower cholesterol by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). The USDA research chemist who led this project, Agnes Rimando, only found pterostilbene in two of 30 types of blueberries tested: deerberry and Rabbiteye blueberries.

Rabbiteye is “a commercial blueberry” commonly found in U.S. produce aisles.

May improve love life? An “India Today” article claims that blueberries’ ability to keep blood vessels flexible and keep blood circulating “could work wonders in your romantic life.”

“Blueberries… could hold the key to giving our skin a Valentine’s glow, which makes us more attractive to the opposite sex,” says nutritionist Dora Walsh.

Maybe it’s worth a shot.

Improve brain and nervous system health. Researchers at the University

How to pick blueberries. The best

recommend organic everything.

Sometimes it’s not cost-effective.

However, the Environmental Working Group’s “Shopper’s Guide to Pesticides” report suggests that U.S.-grown blueberries are in the top 12 foods that frequently have pesticide residues.

Additionally, a USDA and Rutgers University study showed that the amount of anthocyanins and antioxidant capacity of organically grown blueberries is significantly higher than conventionally grown blueberries. s

blueberries are firm and have a lively, uniform hue colored with a dusty, white “bloom” — the hazy white coat you see

Kendra Siler-Marsiglio, Ph.D. is the Director of Rural Health Partnership at WellFlorida Council.

of Cincinnati found that blueberry juice improved memory function in older

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Behind the Scenes The Hippodrome Theatre’s Play Observership Program written by Ericka Winterrowd

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he Hippodrome Theatre has been one of Gainesville’s gems since it opened its doors at the historic Federal Building in 1979. Since then, the 266-seat facility has become a State Theatre of Florida, staging main stage productions for more than 60,000 people annually. But what happens on the other side of the curtain, and how does a show go from the page to the stage?

This is precisely the question that Hippodrome dramaturg, Tammy Dygert, will answer with a behind-the-scenes program of the next show at the Hipp, the magical adventure of Shakespeare’s The Tempest.

The Hippodrome Theatre’s Play Observership first began in 2006 with the production of Alice in Wonderland.

“I think for years Lauren Caldwell, the artistic director, and I had this idea of — ‘Why are we keeping this a secret?’ We have this wonderful experience of putting a show together that happens about every other month. We know we have a great patron base here in Gainesville and that there’s interest in what goes on behind the scenes,” Dygert said.

Dygert and Caldwell merged those two ideas and formed the observership program, which for the past eight years has been in high demand. It is so popular, in fact, that patrons come back repeatedly because they say the experience is never the same.

Dygert said the observership is a lot like being a fly on the wall and that it is truly a unique experience. Five two-hour sessions are included throughout the rehearsal process, plus a ticket to one of the preview performances.

At the first meeting, a week before rehearsals begin, observers can expect to tour of the entire building where they will get the chance to see backstage areas, as well as all the spaces that will be encompassed during the run of the show. Then, the first rehearsal promises a cast read-through with designer presentations, as well as other elements of the artistic process.

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PHOTOS BY MICHAEL A. EADDY ABOVE: Cameron Francis and Isa Garcia-Rose perform in Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream at the Hippodrome Theatre.

LEFT: Ric Rose played the role of Robin Hood in last year’s production at the Hipp. The show added a new twist to the old tale.

Dygert said she can never predict what is going to happen each week, which is what she loves most about the program.

“Wherever we happen to be at our process that week, they get to observe it,” Dygert said. “It might be a rehearsal on the main stage one week. It might be some fight choreography in the rehearsal room another day. They may be in the costume shop, watching Marilyn Wall and her amazing team stich away some really unusual costumes.

Or they might find themselves in the shop watching the scenic department build scenery for the stage.”

Dygert will accompany the group for all five sessions and likens her role of a dramaturg to that of an architect, where she attempts to build bridges throughout the creative process.

She starts by working with the director and bridging the gap between the playwright’s world and the director’s vision. When the actors arrive, Dygert helps connect the director’s concept to the actors’ understanding of that concept. Then, once the show opens, she ignites communication between the production and the audience through curriculum guides as well as talkback sessions.

“So in an observership I see myself in the very same position, “ she said. “I’m building bridges between what we’re creating as an experience here with our company with the observers.”

Many of the participants of the program walk away from the experience with a newfound respect for all that goes into bringing a show to life.

“One of our patrons said that he would never walk into our theatre space the same way again, and look up above and see those gels on the lights,” Dygert said. “Because up until that point he had forgotten that the lighting designer really creates another character on stage through just the lighting design alone. So it transforms people, and their experience is absolutely different.”

Dygert recalled another participant’s response after the completion of the program.

“While walking into the evening of the preview performance, one patron said, ‘We are here to see our play.’ That is the kind of experience people get from this,” she said.

The program is open for all ages. Past participants have ranged from high school and college students to the senior population.

“Come one come all is what I say,” Dygert said. “And for The Tempest, who is going to resist a great Shakespeare show like that?” s For more information and to book your spot online visit www.thehipp.org and register under Adult Programs.

Or call the Box Office at 352-375-4477.

The first session begins March 14.

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Enjoying Act Three Marisa Berenson

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n the Seventies, as a New York book editor, I went to Hollywood to scout for authors, and began by calling on old friends for leads.

Rugged Tom Ligon of TV’s “The Young and the Restless” and his sparkling red-haired wife Catherine Clark met me at LAX and advised, over dinner at Will Geer’s Stanley Avenue compound, “The main thing is, slow down.

You’re not in New York.”

The next day, at Mr. Chow’s restaurant, Jack Larson, the Jimmy Olson of TV’s “Superman,” described the Metropolitan opera he was writing with Virgil Thomson, “Lord Byron.” Jack’s partner, director Jimmy Bridges, dined us at Lucey’s, a Mexican restaurant across from Paramount, where Jimmy was filming “Urban Cowboy.” Afterward, in a studio parking lot, he introduced me to the actress he’d just discovered, Debra Winger.

“How exciting,” I told her, “to star in a major film your first time out.”

“And with John Travolta,” Jimmy added.

The bright eyes and dazzling smile she flashed at us were so affectionate that I didn’t mind the fact she was indulging my impressionable nature, and wasn’t impressed by Hollywood herself.

Though in her next film, “Terms of Endearment,” she emerged as the best screen actress of her generation, the studios never warmed to her, and roles became scarce.

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Jimmy Bridges told me, “Your old New York friend, Paul Jasmin, wants you to come to Marisa Berenson’s birthday party.”

In Jimmy’s green vintage Mercedes convertible, Jimmy, Jack, Aaron Latham, author of “Urban Cowboy,” and I drove up to Palace Walk to Giorgio Moroder’s hilltop house for Marisa’s party. A tent extended the living room all the way out to the pool. My author Shelley Winters once observed, “You know you’re at an important Hollywood party when you look across the living room and the bar’s half a block away.”

Jasmin and I reminisced about partying in the Sixties with Liza Minnelli and Kier Dullea at Timmy Everett’s nightclub. On the dance floor, Liza and Kier invented some of the moves that would spark the disco era the following decade.

“The party tonight,” Jas said, “is to launch a line of products Marisa and I are doing.”

Brad Davis, the pint-size Arnold Schwarzenegger who’d starred in “Midnight Express,” stared at Jack for a full 30 seconds before breaking into a grin and hugging him. “Jimmy Olson,” he exclaimed. “I can’t believe I’m meeting Superman’s pal.”

I was still with Jimmy, Jack, and Aaron when tiny studio chief Barry Diller, elegant in a blazer, T-shirt, old loafers, and no socks, joined us. His company,

Paramount, was backing “Urban Cowboy.” I couldn’t tell from the deadpan way he related the news whether he was sorry or glad that a gang attending Para’s “Warriors” had taken 24 people hostage.

While Nixon’s agent Irving “Swifty” Lazar was telling me he’d drop by Morrow on his New York junket, a redhaired man with Ellyn Burstyn thrust a dirty dinner plate in Swifty’s hands, saying, “Here. Take this.” Though the loftiest of agents, Swifty, bald and owlish, resembled a butler.

Brad Davis drew me aside. “I’ll go to the bathroom with you if you have some coke,” he said. “I’m not holding,” I replied.

We all clustered around Marisa’s chocolate and orange birthday cake. In stovepipe black pants, day-glo acquamarine strapless top, and stiletto heels, a far cry from the Constable beauty she’d played in “Barry Lyndon,” she lent an aristocratic air to punk glad rags.

I would be Marisa’s editor at Putnam for her book “Dressing Up.” Diana Vreeland, empress of American fashion, gave us a foreword, referring to Marisa’s “inheritance as the granddaughter of Elsa Schiaparelli, a great couturiere and adventuress in color.

Marisa is one of the finest models I’ve ever worked with at Vogue.”

Marisa was also related to Bernard Berenson, a leading intellectual of the 20th century. Her sister Berry was the photographer who married actor Tony Perkins and later died in one of the airplanes that crashed into the World Trade Center on 9/ll.

I was a little disappointed when Marisa’s husband, lawyer Richard Gollub, tagged along to our lunch at the Russian Tea Room. I wanted her all to myself. s After 25 years as a New York editor and publishing executive, Ellis Amburn wrote, among other biographies, “Subterranean Kerouac,” available on amazon.com.

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CALENDAR UPCOMING EVENTS IN ALACHUA & MARION ART EXHIBIT

PRIMETIME INSTITUTE CLASS

Now Through March 26

Thursday, March 6

Times Vary GAINESVILLE - Gallery Protocol. 2029 NW 6th St. Non Sequitur: Abstraction in Contemporary Sequential Art, an exhibition of comic and sequential art from artists. Collectively, the artists represent the past, present and future of underground and independent comics beginning with its origins in the punk and zine movements of southern California in the late ‘70s, all the way through to its dispersal as a nationwide (and international) subculture today.

352-339-3905. www.galleryprotocol.com.

2:30pm - 4:00pm GAINESVILLE - Senior Recreation Center.

“Sustainable Retirement.” Rising expenses, benefit cuts and large new retirement challenges such as unsettled financial and real estate markets are motivating retirees to seek alternatives to the traditional retirement living model. Ed Brown will explore a multitude of new and durable retirement living options designed to help retirees create a more stable, affordable and sustainable retirement. 352-332-6917.

DANCE FOR LIFELONG HEALTH

Friday, March 7

Tuesdays 11:30am - 12:30pm GAINESVILLE - Alachua County Senior Recreation Center, 5701 NW 34th St. UF Health Shands Arts in Medicine offers free weekly dance classes for participants over 60. Classes focus on fun, fitness and creativity and use easy dance techniques from jazz, modern, and various national styles that contribute to experiencing the Joy of Motion. Taught by Rusti Brandman, UF dance faculty emerita and UF Shands Arts in Medicine dancer in residence. 352-733-0880.

PRIMETIME INSTITUTE CLASS Tuesday, March 4 2:30pm - 4:00pm GAINESVILLE - Senior Recreation Center, 5701 NW 34th Blvd. Leadership Council business meeting will focus primarily on plans for operating PTI for the next few months. Members of PTI may attend this business meeting if they wish to see how the leadership council operates. 352-332-6917.

ENCORE DANCERS WORKSHOP Thursdays, March 6, 13, 20, 27 3:30pm - 4:30pm GAINESVILLE - Alachua County Senior Recreation Center. Workshop provides mature dancers with an opportunity to continue their practice in an adult-friendly environment.

Weekly sessions consist of warm up, skills and conditioning, creative exercises and dance phrase work using concepts primarily from ballet and modern dance. Classes focus on fun, community and goals important to the group.

Wear comfortable clothing. Flexible shoes or stockings or bare feet are suggested.

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PRIMETIME INSTITUTE CLASS Tuesday, March 11 2:30pm - 4:00pm GAINESVILLE - Senior Recreation Center. “Every Day is a Gift – Haven Hospice.” Janice Hunziker, professional liaison at Haven Hospice, will explain that hospice means hope and support.

She will talk about when it’s time to ask for help, how to keep your loved one out of pain, and the affordability of hospice services. Hospice can help address the medical, social, and spiritual needs during end-of-life care. 352-332-6917.

ST. AUGUSTINE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT Wednesday, March 12

1:00pm HIGH SPRINGS - Woman’s Club, 40 NW 1st Ave. Meet for fun, friendship and food — and don’t forget the cards, board games and any other activities you would like to bring to the group.

6:00pm GAINESVILLE - Pugh Hall, UF Campus. The Samuel Proctor Oral History will host a public panel called “If It Takes All Summer.” Martin Luther King Jr. came to northeast Florida and remarked that St. Augustine was “the most segregated city in America” at the time. He pledged to defeat segregation using nonviolence, even “if it takes all summer.” This panel will be a vibrant commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the St. Augustine movement. 352-392-7168.

GFAA WINTER ART FAIR

PRIMETIME INSTITUTE CLASS

March 7 - 9

Thursday, March 13

Times Vary JONESVILLE - Tioga Town Center, 105 SW 128th St. The Gainesville Fine Arts Association is presenting its Winter Art Fair. Over 100 artists will gather, along with continuous entertainment centrally located at The Square. 5,000 attendees expected. www.gainesvillefinearts.com.

2:30pm - 4:00pm GAINESVILLE - Senior Recreation Center. “Check Your Feet: Preventing Limb Loss.” Most people take feet for granted. In Andrea Gilbert’s 24 years of being an Occupational Therapist (since 1999 with Shands Rehab), NEVER has a patient thought they would grow up to be an amputee. Come learn how to treat your feet so that they will last you a lifetime. Invest a little time, and hopefully you will not have to worry about needing a limb amputation. An ounce of prevention might save your feet. 352-332-6917.

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NPR STORYCORPS MOBILEBOOTH STOP Friday, March 7 10:30am GAINESVILLE - Downtown Public Library, 401 E. University Ave. Record a conversation with a loved one or friend. Select interviews will be on NPR Morning Edition on Friday. 352-339-2063.

WRITERS ALLIANCE OF GAINESVILLE Sunday, March 9 2:30pm – 4:00pm GAINESVILLE - Millhopper Branch Library, 3145 NW 43rd St. David Greenberg, marketing consultant, will speak on “How to Market Your Book.” Greenberg founded David Greenberg Communications, Inc., a public relations/marketing/advertising agency, in 1999. WAG monthly meetings are free and open to anyone interested in the written word. www.writersalliance.org.

ART WORKSHOP March 13-14 10:00am – 5:00pm OCALA - Appleton Museum of Art, Silver Springs Boulevard. Join Maria Luisa for this two-day workshop to make your own 17” x 22” painting of a Kathie Georgia original design, “Violet Magnolia.” (Membership is $30; newly joined members are also invited to attend.) Early Bird: $120 OAG member/$150 non-member.

At Door: $140 OAG member/$170 nonmember. The day before selected workshops, as noted, there will be a demonstration open to OAG members. Sharon at 352-5279372 or visit www.ocalaartgroup.com.

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HUNTING HERITAGE BANQUET Thursday, March 13 5:30pm ALACHUA - Rembert’s Rock Hollow Farm, 13014 NW 174th Ave. National Wild Turkey Federation’s local chapter Gator Gobblers, a non-profit conservation group, introduces youth, women and handicap to their love of the outdoors.

They do this through events such as Ladies shotgun clinic, youth hunts, family bow shoot.

Doors open at 5:30 p.m., dinner at 7:00 p.m. followed by a live auction. $55 single, $100 couple, $30 kids, $275 sponsor, $700 sponsor table (8 seats). Missie Schneider at 352-3160073 or GatorGobblers.NWTF@gmail.com.

OBSERVERSHIP FOR ‘THE TEMPEST’ March 14, 21, 28 & April 4, 9 Times Vary GAINESVILLE - Hippodrome Theatre, 25 SE 2nd Place. Behind-the-scenes look at how the Hipp brings a production from the page to the stage. Participants will see designed presentations, a read-though with the case, rehearsals and other elements of the artistic process. The observership ends with a preview performance and post-show session with the cast and creative team. www.thehipp.org.

MUSICAL CHAIR PROJECT Friday, March 14 7:00am – 9:00pm GAINESVILLE - First United Methodist Church, 419 NE 1st St. Art chair auction. Local artists, including students from Meadowbrook Elementary School, are donating their time and talents to convert 27 wooden school chairs into art chairs. Proceeds will provide financial support to enhance Alachua County’s public elementary school art and music programs. $5 at the door. Refreshments

by Elegant Events. Cool jazz by Annie Johnson & Friends. Email: cherylp.fea@gmail.com.

A 10,000-mile Journey Through April 13

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GAINESVILLE - The Florida Museum of Natural History, 3215 Hull Rd. Art joins science to reveal the wonders and perils of the Swallow-tailed Kite’s migration in a six-month installation. The paintings, poetry and photography of Margo McKnight, Chris Cock and Jim Gray bring to life Avian Research and Conservation Institute’s discoveries about the year-round ecology of this alluring raptor. 352-846-2000.

CLINT LACINAK ST. PATRICK’S SHAMROCK 5K Saturday, March 15 7:00am GAINESVILLE - St. Patrick Interparish School - 550 NE 16th Ave. Run or walk to celebrate the life of Clint Lacinak. In the spirit of St. Patrick, run, walk or roll through the grounds at St. Patrick’s school, Northeast Park and Gainesville’s charming, historic Duckpond neighborhood. www.clintlacinak.org.

RUN FOR HAVEN Saturday, March 15 4:00pm NEWBERRY - Tioga Town Center, 140 SW 128th St. The Fifth Annual Run for Haven, put on by Haven Hospice, will feature a 5K and 10K run/walk with a St. Patrick’s Day theme. Other children’s activities, costume contests, food and music will be available. 352-331-8773 to pre-register.

NHRA Gatornationals March 13 – March 16

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GAINESVILLE - Auto-Plus Raceway, 11223 N. County Road 225. 45th Annual Amalie Oil NHRA Gatornationals, the traditional East Coast opener is the season’s first of 16 events for pro-stock motorcycle riders and first of 10 for pro-mod racers. This event is one of the sport’s most-revered, with a rich tradition of history-making performances.

352-377-0046. www.nhra.com/events/event/gatornationals2014/

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Tribute to Ella Fitzgerald Friday, March 21 7:30pm – 9:30pm GAINESVILLE - Phillips Center. This tribute to Ella Fitzgerald, “The First Lady of Song,” features the 17-piece Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra and vocalist Delores King Williams — a winner of the Billie Holiday Vocal Competition who has performed at the White House and Carnegie Hall. The evening centers on original arrangements created for Fitzgerald in the ‘40s and ‘50s, which haven’t been heard by live audiences in more than 40 years. www.performingarts.ufl.edu.

SUWANNEE VALLEY QUILT FESTIVAL Saturday, March 15 9:00am – 3:00pm TRENTON - Florida’s only outdoor quilt show.

Every shop and business in Trenton will host quilting demonstrations and live music will fill the air. An array of vendors will offer collectibles and antiques; artisans and old-time crafters will show their wares; antique cars and tractors will be on display; and the smells of great food from vendors and local eateries will tempt visitors.

352-463-3842 or www.TrentonQuiltFestival.com.

BOLERO Saturday, March 15 7:30pm GAINESVILLE - Phillips Center. Plan on a simmering hot evening filled with pulsing beats when Dance Alive National Ballet and the University of Florida Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Maestro Raymond Chobaz join together for an unforgettable evening of music and dance. $15 to $40.

352-371-2986 or dalive@bellsouth.net.

FAMILY DAY AT THE DAIRY FARM Saturday, March 15 9:00am – 2:00pm HAGUE - 13515 NW CR 237. Free event takes place at the UF dairy farm and offers visitors an up-close look at the operation of a real working dairy farm, and information about the UF research and Extension projects that help Florida’s dairy farms improve production and herd health.

Albert De Vries: 352-392-5594 or devries@ufl. edu ext. 227. www.familydayatthedairyfarm.info.

KIWANIS PANCAKE BREAKFAST Saturday, March 15 7:30am – 11:00am GAINESVILLE - Gainesville High School, 1900 NW 13th St. Come to a pancake breakfast hosted by the Gainesville Kiwanis clubs, held in the school cafeteria. $5/person. Kids under 12 eat free. Take-out available and portions are generous. Proceeds from the breakfast support youth-oriented projects throughout Gainesville.

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G. F. Handel’s Messiah Sunday, March 23

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GAINESVILLE - Holy Trinity Episcopal Church. Hear Messiah as you’ve never heard it before, with 16 professional singers, soloists and chamber orchestra, conducted by John T. Lowe, Jr. Arrive early for best seating. 352-372-4721. holytrinitygnv.org.

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4:30pm ALACHUA - Swallowtail Farm, 17603 NW 276th Ln. As part of the Farm to Table Dinner Series, Chef Jose Gonzalez of the Jones B-Side will be preparing dinner. The series highlights delicious food from Swallowtail Farm and surrounding local farms that is artfully prepared by Gainesville area celebrity chefs, celebrating the wonderful local food culture. Tickets are $80 and will go toward sustaining Swallowtail Farm. 352-840-7170.

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ANTIQUE TRACTOR & CAR DAY Saturday, March 15 9:00am to 2:00pm NEWBERRY - Dudley Farm Historic State Park. 18730 West Newberry Rd. Learn about our rich heritage as members of the North Florida Antique Tractor Club demonstrate the importance of the tractor to agriculture. They will plow a sugar cane field on a variety of vintage machines, dating from the 1930s.

The local Antique Automobile Club of America will display their cars for your viewing pleasure.

Admission: $5.00 a car, with up to 8 occupants.

352-472-1142. www.friendsofdudleyfarm.org.

MUSIC IN THE PARK Sunday, March 16 2:00pm - 4:00pm HIGH SPRINGS - James Paul Park and Community Garden, 200 North Main St. High Springs Music in the Park Series is celebrating its 2 year Anniversary Party with food, drinks, cake and live music all under the oaks. Come out and “Enjoy our Good Nature.” Bring lawn chairs, refreshments, and blankets. 352-275-4190.

the Florida Gulf Coast.” Participants purchase their food and beverage for each program from a special Science Café menu, with seating and ordering beginning at 6 p.m.

First-come basis with limited participation.

RSVP at least one week in advance by emailing aerickson@flmnh.ufl.edu or calling Amanda Erickson Harvey, 352-273-2062.

PRIMETIME INSTITUTE CLASS Tuesday, March 18 2:30pm - 4:00pm GAINESVILLE - Senior Recreation Center.

“Butterfly Gardening.” Mike Boulware, Living Exhibit Specialist and Outreach Coordinator at Florida Museum of Natural History’s Butterfly Rainforest, will be discussing their methods for “growing” butterflies, the corresponding plants and the relationships between plant and animal communities and human survival. 352-332-6917.

PRIMETIME INSTITUTE CLASS Thursday, March 20

SCIENCE CAFÉ Monday, March 17 6:30pm JONESVILLE - Saboré. Hyatt and Cici Brown Professor of Florida Archaeology Kenneth Sassaman from UF’s department of anthropology, “Futurescapes of Ancient Native Americans of

2:30pm - 4:00pm GAINESVILLE - Senior Recreation Center.

“Neuroimaging for Parkinson’s Disease.”

In this month’s program from UF’s Institute on Aging, David Vaillancourt, PhD Professor in the department of Applied Physiology and Kinesiology,

Neurology, and Biomedical Engineering, will describe his research. 352-332-6917.

THE MOB March 21 – March 29 Times vary GAINESVILLE - Thornebrook Gallery, 2441 NW 43 St. Suite 6D. For the last three years, Thornebrook Gallery has offered a show called “The Mob” featuring local artists. A one-week showing with an opening party the evening of Friday March 21 from 6:00 until 9:00 and a closing party from 3:00 until 5:00 on Saturday March 29. www. thornebrookgallery.com. 352-378-4947.

SPRING GARDEN FESTIVAL March 22 – 23 Times Vary GAINESVILLE - Kanapaha Gardens. Saturday: 9am - 5pm, Sunday: 10am - 5pm. The Spring Garden Festival features about 175 booths offering plants, landscape displays, garden accessories, arts and crafts, educational exhibits and food. Also featured are a walk-through butterfly conservatory, children’s activities area, live entertainment and live auctions.

Parking is free and two off-site parking areas are serviced by shuttle buses. $8 for adults and $5 for children two to 13. Cash only (no credit cards) at these events. 352-372-4981.

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businesses. Visit more than a dozen spots, including local landmarks like the Hippodrome and The Sequential Artists Workshop.

Watch live performances throughout the night. www.artwalkgainesville.com.

INDIA FEST AND HEALTH FAIR Saturday, March 29 9:00am – 6:00pm GAINESVILLE - Santa Fe College, Gymnasium (Building V), 3000 NW 83rd St. Admission fee is $5.00 (Children 5 and under free). Experience the colors of India. Let your feet dance to the rhythm of popular Bollywood music and the classical dances of India. Buy Indian jewelry and apparel. Health Fair will provide free health screening and information. Get your basic blood test done for $60.00 (CBC, CMP, Lipid Panel) Please do not eat or drink after midnight for blood test. 352-275-2276. www.icec-florida.org.

FALLEN HEROES 5 K Saturday, March 29

45th Annual Spring Arts Festival April 5 – 6

All Day

DOWNTOWN GAINESVILLE - 45th Annual Santa Fe College Spring Arts Festival.

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9:00am GAINESVILLE - UF, Commuter Parking Lot, Gale Lemerand Dr. Benefits from the race will go to the Gainesville Fisher House Foundation, an organization dedicated to supporting wounded military members by providing free living facilities to their families. A portion of the funding will also go the UDT-SEAL Association, a nonprofit organization that provides support to veterans. Info - Hank Murphy: 813-454-7218.

OLD TIMERS’ DAY THE VAGINA MONOLOGUES

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Times Vary OCALA - Brick City Center for the Arts, 23 SW Broadway Street. Insomniac Theatre presentation. Friday and Saturday at 8 pm & Sunday at 3 pm. V-Day (www.vday.org) is a global activist movement to end violence against women and girls that raises funds and awareness through benefit productions of Playwright/Founder Eve Ensler’s awardwinning play The Vagina Monologues and other artistic works. Tickets: $12. 352-8970477. www.facebook.com/insomniactheatre.

11:00am OCALA - Our Redeemer Lutheran Church. Guest speaker Dr. Amruth Bapatla [Pulmonary Critical Care Specialist] will be speaking on “Sleep Disorders.” Luncheon served. RSVP 368-4028.

10:00am – 2:00pm HIGH SPRINGS - Ichetucknee Springs State Park, Head Spring picnic grounds at the North Entrance off Elim Church Road. Originally organized to retrieve data about historical flooding periods, this event has become a wealth of information about life in “Old Florida,” and the park has gained a much better appreciation of how our springs have played a valuable role in that setting.

FUN WITH FLOWERS Tuesday, March 25 10:00am OCALA - Marion County Main Library, 2720 E. Silver Springs Blvd. The Pioneer Garden Club of Ocala offers Fun With Flowers floral arrangement. Classes are $15 each, which includes all materials. Advance reservations are required. Susan Berryhill: 622-3681.

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PRIMETIME INSTITUTE CLASS Thursday, March 27 11:00am HIGH SPRINGS - O’Leno State Park. Field Trip and Brown Bag Lunch at the park. Sign-up by March 25 at PTI programs or call Jean Outler 367-8169. State Park Fee: $5/car (please arrange your own transportation or car pool). Bring lunch and drink, sunscreen if needed and wear comfortable shoes and clothes. 352-332-6917.

ARTWALK GAINESVILLE Friday, March 28 7:00pm - 10:00pm GAINESVILLE - Bo Diddley Plaza. Self-guided tour of downtown’s galleries, eateries and

If you would like us to publicize an event in Alachua or Marion counties, send information by the 13th day of the month prior.

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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 Nadine McGuire Blackbox Theatre ................... Museum Road, Gainesville Insomniac Theatre Company ............................E. Silver Springs Blvd., Ocala Ocala Civic Theatre ..................................4337 East Silver Springs Blvd., Ocala High Springs Community Theater .......... 130 NE 1st Avenue, High Springs

352-371-1234 352-392-ARTS 352-395-4181 352-376-4949 352-375-4477 352-273-0526 352-392-1653 352-897-0477 352-236-2274 386-454-3525

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Noises Off March 28 Through April 13 Called one of the funniest farces ever written, “Noises Off ” presents a manic menagerie cast of actors rehearsing a flop called “Nothing’s On.” Doors slamming, backstage drama, and missing plates of sardines all figure in the plot of this hilarious and classically comic play. This show, set in 3 acts, allows us to see both the onstage and backstage antics of a true ensemble cast.

This one will surely leave you smiling. www.gcplayhouse.org.

HIGH SPRINGS COMMUNITY THEATER ACROSSTOWN REPERTORY THEATRE

Corpus Christi March 14 – March 30 “Corpus Christi” presents the story of Joshua, a young gay man from Corpus Christi, Texas, who grows up, falls in love, gains 12 followers and is ultimately persecuted for his radical message of love, inclusion and selfdivinity. A modern take on the passion play, it is moving, challenging and highly controversial in its depiction of Christ and the Apostles as gay men living in modern-day Texas. This is a rare theatrical experience that is not to be missed. www.acrosstown.org.

HIPPODROME STATE THEATRE

Leveling Up Through March 16 Award-winning playwright Deborah Zoe Laufer (“End Days,” “Sirens”) is back. This time, she explores the addictive world of online gaming. Three roommates and a girlfriend spend hours with their Xbox in the quest to level up, avoid things “IRL” (in real life) and engage in “RPG” (role playing games). To get paid to play games would be a dream come true. But when the government comes offering a seemingly dream job to one of the gamers, the line between reality and virtual reality gets rather fuzzy. www. thehipp.org.

OCALA CIVIC THEATRE

The Comedy of Errors March 8, 9, 15, 16 Two sets of estranged twins, separated at birth, find themselves in the same city 25 years later with hilarious consequences. A series of mistaken identities, assumed personas, and wild mishaps bring a family crisis (so complicated that time itself loses the plot) into heartwarming focus. Fortunately the audience is always one step ahead! The “Comedy of Errors” is a youth production held on an outdoor stage.

The Nerd February 7 – March 2 From the popular playwright, Larry Shue, of “The Foreigner” fame, this sidesplitting comedy centers on the problem of a young architect who is visited by a man who saved his life in Vietnam. The visitor, an inept, hope-

The Odd Couple March 20 – April 13 Opposites may attract… but they also may kill each other! This is a very real danger with unlikely friends Oscar Madison (Anthony Palumbo) and Felix Unger (Max Trammell). When Felix’s wife throws him out, he takes refuge at recently divorced pal Oscar’s messy Manhattan apartment. Oscar invites his deeply depressed friend to stay, but the mismatched men soon have mutual murder on their minds.

Neurotic neat-freak Felix is horrified over Oscar’s untidy habits, while the carefree Oscar is content to be a slob.

Hilarious and heartfelt, this classic Neil Simon comedy is still fresh and funny nearly 50 years after the iconic duo debuted on Broadway. www.ocalacivictheatre.com.

lessly stupid “nerd,” outstays his welcome with a vengeance! First presented at the Milwaukee Repertory Theatre then on to the London and Broadway stage, The Milwaukee Journal summarizes: “Shue delivers a neatly crafted package that uses some classic comic forms to bring the audience to its knees, laughing!” 386-454-3525.

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TERRI SCHLICHENMEYER

An Unexpected Grace KRISTIN VON KREISLER c.2014, Kensington $15.00 / $16.95 Canada 273 pages

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ou never did like broccoli much.

Oh, you ate it when you had to, but it wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t the ďŹ rst thing on your plate.

Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not too fond of liver, either, and you canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t stand the smell of a banana.

At the table and in life, everybody has their own tastes, likes, and dislikes. The good thing is, as youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll see in â&#x20AC;&#x153;An Unexpected Graceâ&#x20AC;? by Kristin von Kreisler, you always have the option to change your mind.

Ever since sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d been bitten as a child, Lila Elliot was terriďŹ ed of dogs.

She didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t trust them and she did not want one â&#x20AC;&#x201D; partly because of fear and partly because, with the disintegration of both a relationship and a dream of being an artist, Lila had enough trouble taking care of herself. The last straw fell when she became the victim of workplace violence.

Once released from the hospital, Lila moved in with her friend, Cris, to recover. She loved Cris and her family â&#x20AC;&#x201D; her daughter, Rosie, was Lilaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s goddaughter â&#x20AC;&#x201D; but Cris also had two poodles. Adding to the problem, Cris also did rescue work and was fostering a ragamufďŹ n Golden Retriever named Grace.

The story went that Grace had been mistreated, and Crisâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s friend, Adam, had â&#x20AC;&#x153;stolenâ&#x20AC;? the dog from her abuser. Cris and Adam wanted Grace to be safe. They wanted to prove to her that there were good people in the world.

They wanted Lila to adopt the dog.

But Lila didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t much like Grace, and she liked her even less when she agreed to house-sit for Cris for six months. Cris

left the dog with Lila, promising that Adam would fetch Grace as soon as they found an adopter. That didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t look like it was happening any time soon. So, in addition to healing her wounds and getting her artistry back on track, Lila had to deal with this raggedy dog with fangs.

A therapist told Lila that she had PTSD, which was possible; she was obsessed with learning about the man who had shot her and why he did it. She was scared of every noise, afraid that it would happen again. Was it possible, she wondered, that having a dog around â&#x20AC;&#x201D; even a sad-eyed Golden with a boombark â&#x20AC;&#x201D; would be a good thing?

As debut novels go, â&#x20AC;&#x153;An Unexpected Graceâ&#x20AC;? is okay. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not Pulitzer-Prizewinning material, but it doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t need throwing across the room, either.

I did have a few issues with it, though: itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s predictable, for one.

Without telling you what happens, you know how it ends, donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t you? I also thought that author Kristin von Kreisler spent way too much time on Lilaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s obsession; I tired of it long before Lila â&#x20AC;&#x153;let it go.â&#x20AC;? And too, animal rescue folks might take umbrage with the leavingthe-dog-with-someone-who-doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;twant-her plot.

And yet, this book will put a smile on your face if you love dogs and youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re in the mood for something light that ends happy. If that sounds right and you can overlook the issues, â&#x20AC;&#x153;An Unexpected Graceâ&#x20AC;? just might be a book youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll like. 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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“In this area, oncology home health care is very well received,” said Susan Swirbul, a patient care representative with Mederi Caretenders of Gainesville.

“We have built a very comprehensive program by addressing a variety of needs that oncology patients typically have from a home health care perspective.”

Twice a year, Caretenders provides its nursing team with ONS chemotherapy and biotherapy certification. Cancer treatments often bring their own physical and psychological side effects, so this training allows team members to better understand the particular needs of oncology patients. The nurses can provide infusion and chemo services, post-surgical wound care, and help with side effects of treatment and pain management issues.

Other Caretenders personnel also have a special understanding of the oncology patient to provide optimal care.

Physical therapists can be utilized to help the client with fatigue issues that so often accompany cancer treatment.

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Caretenders also has speech therapists certified in Dysphagia Therapy with FDA approved VitalStim to help radiation and chemo patients who have difficulty with swallowing.

Assistance from Caretenders isn’t limited to the physical aspect of treatment. Mental health nursing services help patients and caregivers with coping abilities and mental outlook. Medical social workers can direct clients to support groups, information and financial aid resources for prescriptions and other costs.

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