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ON THE COVER – Family can be likened to branches on a tree -- we all grow in different directions, but our roots keep us all together. Strong bonds help shape us into who we ultimately become.

APRIL 2016 • VOL. 17 ISSUE 04 PHOTO BY ERICKA WINTERROWD

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Tapas Community Page Charity of the Month

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Calendar of Events Theatre Listings Crossword Puzzle

columns Tinseltown Talks

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by Nick Thomas

Enjoying Act Three

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by Ellis Amburn

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Picking Up Shop Al’z Place Provides Care While Searching for a Permanent Home

Lessons of Love How the Father-Son and Mother-Daughter Bond Shaped Five Community Leaders

BY PEGGY MACDONALD

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Veteran Jerry Barshov Fate Guides Combat Engineer Safely Through WWII and Gives Growth into Manhood

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Embracing Life

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BY MICHAEL STONE

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Birthday Bard The Life and Work of William Shakespeare

BY ERICKA WINTERROWD

by Donna Bonnell

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Reading Corner Review by Terri Schlichenmeyer

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FROM THE EDITOR œ ALBERT ISAAC

Family Bonds April is the cruelest month, T.S. Eliot writes in his poem, “The Wasteland.”

I would disagree. I rather like April.

And while I’m not looking forward to the blistering Florida heat, I am glad I don’t have to scrape ice off my windshield. I’m happy to pack up my winter jacket. And I’m ready to start a garden. Maybe we can get some veggies going in time for the granddaughters to harvest when they visit us this summer.

Picking homegrown vegetables is a fun, family affair, creating lasting bonds — which just so happens to be our theme for this issue.

With that in mind, we talked with some Gainesville community leaders to learn about the family bonds that helped lead to their successes. Read all about these lessons of love and the importance of their father-son, motherdaughter relationships.

Few things are more devastating than watching a loved one slip away due to Alzheimer’s disease, the most common cause of dementia among older adults.

People suffering from this devastating

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disease — and their caregivers — need a lot of help, and Al’z Place provides some respite. But now this institution, which provides care for those with Alzheimer’s disease or severe memory impairment, needs help. In January of 2017, its lease ends and Al’z Place will have to (again) find a new home.

Read on and learn more about Al’z Place and the services it offers.

This month we continue with our monthly series featuring World War II veterans. It boggles my mind that we are still losing approximately 430 WWII veterans every day; that’s one every three minutes, according to U.S. Veterans Administration figures.

We are honored to help tell their stories. If you know a WWII veteran in North Central Florida who would like to tell his or her story to Senior Times, please email Michael Stone at MichaelStone428@gmail.com.

Lastly, April is the month to celebrate William Shakespeare. In fact, according to an article in newyorker.com, April was probably his favorite month, when “wheat is green, when hawthorn buds appear” (“A Midsummer Night’s Dream”). “No other month is mentioned half as often in his works as showery, windy, sometimes unforgettably exquisite April,” writes Germaine Greer.

So with Shakespeare in mind, we have a story about The Bard of Avon, considered to be the greatest poet that ever lived.

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Willie Nelson APRIL 29, 1933 Born in Abbott, Texas, Willie Nelson is a country singersongwriter known for hit songs such as “Crazy” and “On the Road Again.” He rose to prominence at the end of the 1960s and contributed to the “outlaw country” subgenre, which challenged the conservatism of Nashville. He is well known for his financial troubles and activism. Nelson — along with Neil Young and John Mellencamp — organized the first Farm Aid concert in 1985 in an effort to help family farmers. To date, the Farm Aid organization has raised more than Years Old $30 million and continues to work to keep family farmers on their land.

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Hugh Hefner (90) April 9, 1926

Born on April 3, 1934, in London, England, Jane Goodall set out to Tanzania in 1960 to study wild chimpanzees by sitting amongst them, bypassing more rigid procedures and discovering primate behavior that have continued to shape scientific discourse. She noted that chimps have a complex social system, complete with a primitive "language" system containing more than 20 individual Years Old sounds. She is credited with making the first recorded observations of chimpanzees using and making tools — previously thought to be an exclusively human trait.

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Loretta Lynn (84)

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Your Inner Freak The gallery at Oak Hammock at the University of Florida presents a Dada Art Exhibit (A Judged Show) in celebration of the centennial birth of the art movement known as Dada.

According to a press release, Dadaism was created to redefine the idea of art. Dada art includes a diverse subject matter and any medium or combination of media. The Wall Street Journal stated, “the idea of embracing your inner freak is pure Dada. Don’t put on a mask; develop your personal spirit.”

One hundred years later, Dada art is everywhere and will be on display in Gainesville by community members. The majority of selected works will be exhibited at Oak Hammock April 11 – July 9.

The Hippodrome Art Gallery will display additional works, including three-dimensional pieces, April 4 – May 29.

Sales of art: Potential buyers for works at Oak Hammock will be directed to the artist; no commission taken by Oak Hammock. Items sold at the Hippodrome will be handled by them where sales tax will be deducted and a commission taken of 25 percent.

Dada Art began as a protest to the First World War, as a way to rebel against traditional social and political structures by overthrowing artistic tradition. A group of artists in Zurich is credited with

coining the term and starting the international movement, but similar sentiments were brewing before that, such as what the New York artists called “anti-art.”

No one style identified Dada work; it was more of an attitude. It is the creation of objects, using a variety of experimental techniques, relying on chance, intuition, and nonsense instead of reason and rules. Dada art set the stage for many later avant-garde movements, including Surrealism, Pop Art, and Conceptual Art. Characteristics of Dada Art include the following: creates the element of surprise with a sense of humor; negative, yet playful in spirit; may take a found object out of its functional purpose. A famous example is “Duchamp’s Fountain” that looks remarkably like an upside down urinal.

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Picking Up Shop Al’z Place Provides Care While Searching for a Permanent Home

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hen Mary Mitchell was a young girl, she promised her mom she would never let her end up in a nursing home. Decades later, that’s exactly where her mother, Rebecca Thompson, was — struggling with dementia.

After her siblings declined to help pay for caregivers for Thompson, Mitchell drove to Louisiana and brought her to be cared for at home.

“When I got her back here, I had no idea what dementia was and what I was dealing with,” Mitchell said.

She began attending a caregivers support group, hoping to better understand what her mother was going through and how best to care for her. But balancing her mother, family and job quickly became overwhelming. Thompson was acting out in ways that Mitchell wasn’t used to and didn’t understand.

Certain times of the day were worse than others.

“I tried doing things with her and all of the things that she used to like. I didn’t realize that she didn’t remember how to do them and that would frustrate her more,” she said.

Thompson needs help with everyday tasks like bathing or picking out clothes, and would often wander at night. Mitchell began sleeping with a baby monitor.

“I couldn’t sleep, because every time she made a noise I was listening,” Mitchell said. “I wasn’t sure how much more I could take. It was wearing me down.”

Then, through her support group, Mitchell learned about Al’z Place.

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a building tucked against a fence blocking off the freeway, is Al’z Place. Surrounded by the offices of lawyers and realtors, its drab outside looks as business-like as any of its neighbors.

But if you sit outside the door of 105 on a weekday afternoon, you’ll likely hear some distinctly un-businesslike sounds drifting through the door: the baritone melodies of Elvis, muffled by cheers from a game of table bowling.

Al’z Place is an adult daycare facility for people with dementia, Alzheimer’s and other severe neurological deficits.

But it’s far from a daytime nursing home.

“Music is probably the most powerful tool that we have to work with our clients because someone who might not be able to tell us what we just had for breakfast can sing all the words to their favorite songs. It’s one of the last parts of the memory to go.”

“We have a lot of activities throughout the day; cognitive activities, physical activities, music activities,” said Robyn Katz, a recreational therapist and the program manager at Al’z Place. “My goal is to help improve or maintain cognitive seniortimesmagazine.com

Robyn Katz and Emogene, a client at Al’z, dance during music time with Phyllis Dorman, who volunteers at least twice monthly.

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and physical function, so a lot of times the stimulation here will help that.”

While the onset of dementia can’t be reversed, Katz said she often sees improvement once a client has transitioned to Al’z.

Caregivers are often surprised by how well their loved ones are doing.

Three certified nurse assistants help with daily living, such as dressing, eating and using the bathroom; a nurse gives medication and minor medical treatments and acts as a liaison between families and doctors; a group of volunteers helps the staff and works with the clients on their activities, which can be anything from dessert bingo to arts and crafts to tabletop bowling. Volunteers Phyllis Dorman and Robert Martin, a musical duo that sing with the clients, tell jokes and recite poems, such as Maya Angelou’s “Phenomenal Woman.”

“We do a lot of music activities,” Katz said. “Music is probably the most powerful tool that we have to work with our clients because someone who might not be able to tell us what we just had for breakfast can sing all the words to their favorite songs. It’s one of the last parts of the memory to go.”

Katz also offers support to caregivers, even if their loved ones aren’t an Al’z client, as they go through the process of touring facilities, receiving difficult diagnoses, or even just through the ups and downs of everyday life.

“It’s a long journey that these families are on and we become part of that journey for them,” she said.

Unit 105 won’t always be home to the music and jokes of Al’z Place, however. At the end of January 2017, their lease will be up, and they weren’t given the option of renewing it, said Anthony Clarizio, executive director of ElderCare of Alachua County, the parent company of Al’z Place.

“I suspect that it’s probably hard to have an adult day care facility in a business park,” he said. “The needs are very different than a training center or a law office or a credit union.”

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Phyllis Dorman (middle, reciting “Phenomenal Woman”) usually brings friends such as Robert Martin (below). “I like [music time] to be fast paced because of the short attention spans,” she said. “So if they don’t like what we’re doing, we’ll be doing something else in a minute.”

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For more information on Al’z Place, resources for caregivers of those with dementia, Alzheimer’s or other neurological deficits, or to volunteer at Al’z Place, contact Robyn Katz.

PHONE: 352-375-3000 EMAIL: katzr@shands.ufl.edu ADDRESS: 1701 NW 80th Blvd #105 Gainesville, FL 32606 HOURS: Monday-Friday 7:45 am to 5 pm

Robyn Katz celebrates JoAnn’s birthday. (Opposite) Lunchtime at Al’z includes two snacks. Top right: Volunteer Seung Woo Shin and Intern Maya Simaan help Teresita bowl. Bottom right: Mary Mitchell and Rebecca Thompson play dessert bingo.

pick up shop. Before the current location, Al’z Place was at a church. And it was at a different location before that, too. Ideally, Al’z Place would move to a permanent location, a homelike building with more space, better facilities and maybe even a garden in the backyard instead of a freeway. But that costs money, something Al’z Place is already tight on.

“We have to raise over half our budget for this program through fundraising efforts or we would have to cut out half the clients,” said Clarizio, adding that they receive $114,000 a year from the state, an amount that hasn’t changed as long as he’s been director.

And as the baby boomer generation ages, Al’z Place is feeling the strain for more space. Over 50 people are currently on the Al’z waiting list, but with limited space in the building, and since clients only leave Al’z once they need to become institutionalized, there isn’t much movement on that list. It will most

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likely be several years before Al’z is able to afford a forever home, Clarizio said.

Since disrupting the routine of those with dementia or Alzheimer’s can often cause anxiety, the upcoming move will be a challenge on the clients. The stress of adapting to a new environment may cause some clients to act out, typically not a problem at Al’z Place. Clients may also worry their families won’t be able to find them, making them want to leave.

Having to move twice will mean having to go through this challenge twice.

“We’re kind of in a quandary because what we’ve realized in these last few months is that we’re not really ready to buy anything,” Clarizio said. “We don’t have the money to do that.”

And for now, they are unable to pay to hold a new rental location so far in advance. The search for a new building will begin in earnest in September, leaving them only four months seniortimesmagazine.com

to secure new space and finish their move. Not finding a space in time is not an option.

“Robyn and I would never let that happen. We’re going to be somewhere, we’re not going to leave [clients] stranded,” he said. “We just don’t know where that’s going to be yet.”

Rebecca Thompson is now in her second year of going to Al’z Place.

“She was depressed at first and when she started coming here it was like she came to life,” Mitchell said. “And you can’t ask for more than that.”

Thompson looks forward to her time at Al’z Place, and on weekends asks if it’s time to go back.

Though the new location for Al’z Place is undecided, Mitchell said in the end it doesn’t matter.

“You can’t just get this kind of care anywhere. No matter where they go, she would be there. We would make it happen.” s

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Tinseltown Talks Vintage Cavett Returns to TV

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he battle for late-night talk show dominance is nothing new to television audiences. In the ‘60s and ‘70s, three prominent hosts sometimes went head-to-head for the coveted ratings bragging rights.

“There was a time when Johnny Carson, Merv Griffin, and myself were all opposite each other,” noted Dick Cavett from his home in New York.

With the addition of “The Dick Cavett Show” to the Decades Network line-up at the beginning of February (see www. decades.com for schedule), the trio of former competitors are again filling latenight niches, this time as reruns on cable networks —Carson’s “Tonight Show” on Antenna TV since January and “The Merv Griffin Show” on getTV since last October.

“We all had great entertaining guests, but it was also a rough period for America — Vietnam, Nixon, civil rights and a bevy of assassinations,” Cavett said. “People seem to like the nostalgia of these old shows, even if it means looking back at troubled times.”

Transplanted from the Midwest to New York, Cavett began his journey to late-night as a copy boy for Time magazine in 1960. After sending some jokes to then “Tonight Show” host Jack Paar, he was soon hired as a writer.

Throughout the ‘60s, Cavett continued to write for others, including Carson, as well as tackling stand-up himself, but eventually inherited his own daytime show at ABC in 1968.

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Known for his in-depth and wellresearched interviews, enlivened with a touch of witty commentary, Cavett soon graduated from daytime to late-night as “The Dick Cavett Show” and attracted guests that competitors envied.

“Fred Astaire rarely gave interviews, but wanted to come on my show,” Cavett said. “When he did, he danced for God’s

sake, and the audience went wild.”

But not all Cavett’s guests were so obliging, such as David Bowie’s 1974 tense appearance in which the singer fidgeted with a cane throughout the interview.

“He was the single most nervous guest I ever had,” noted Cavett. “I wanted to take that cane and throw it in the orchestra.” seniortimesmagazine.com

A year earlier, Marlon Brando’s appearance was a scoop, although the actor preferred to discuss the plight of Native Americans rather than acting.

“When I asked for his thoughts on the success of ‘The Godfather’ movie, he mumbled that he didn’t want to talk about films,” recalled Cavett. “So I quipped, ‘Did you like the book, The Godfather?’ That got a big laugh from the audience and after he paused, he threw me that million dollar Brando grin.”

A huge Marx Brothers fan, Groucho Marx was one of Cavett’s early guests.

“Groucho came on with his writing friend Harry Ruby and it was pure gold. But that’s one of the early episodes that went missing, probably recorded over when studios reused videotapes. It still gives me bad dreams to think the tape might have been turned into ‘Let’s Make a Deal.’”

Cavett became friends with Groucho, but said that was an exception, rather than the rule. He was also more than just a rival to one of his late-night competitors.

“Johnny Carson and I were actually good friends,” said Cavett, who turns 80 in November. “About a year before he died, I had a wonderful evening with him at a restaurant and we talked for hours about our shows and some of the guests we had over the years.”

Many were among the greatest celebrities of the 20th Century (see www.dickcavettshow.com).

“People have been asking me constantly over the years if they will ever see all those full episodes of ‘The Dick Cavett Show’ on TV again,” he said. “Well now they can.” s Nick Thomas teaches at Auburn University at Montgomery, Ala., and has written features, columns, and interviews for over 600 magazines and newspapers.

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Enjoying Act Three Farewell to Food

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iving on the g-tube is not as rough as I thought it would be. My epiglottis was cooked during radiation treatment in 2002 for head-and-neck cancer but didn’t stop functioning until recently, permitting food to be aspirated into my lungs, resulting in pneumonia.

The surgical procedure for implanting a feeding tube in the stomach is painless, and the formula provides adequate nourishment and prevents hunger, but of course it is tasteless.

That’s a tall order for someone who was a gourmand, and lately I find myself reminiscing about my favorite meals over the last 82 years. Here they are: 1) Mediterranean loup over fennel, Le Grande Cascade, Bois de Boulogne, Paris, with Lena Wickman, literary scout.

2) Fried eggplant and creamed crawfish, shrimp and crab, Prejean’s, Cajun Canal, Lafayette, Lousiana, with brother Bill and wife Joyce.

3) Pressed Duck, Le Tour d’Argent, Paris, with Janet Flanner of The New Yorker and Thomas Quinn Curtiss of The Paris Herald-Tribune.

4) Homegrown fried chicken and buttermilk pie, Three Blocks Ranch, Megargel, Texas, Mother, Daddy, Lu, and Bill.

5) Barbequed brisket, Cousin’s, Fort Worth, Texas, with Lu and husband Bill

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Bradbury, Mother, and brother Bill.

6) Lobster with corn-on-the-cob and cauliflower with hollandaise sauce, Jackson Pollock’s farm, The Springs, East Hampton, New York, with Richard, Howard, Pulitzer Prizewinning poet, and Sandy Friedman, novelist.

7) Roast beef and Yorkshire pudding, Rule’s, London, with actress Ann Todd.

8) Fisherman’s Platter, The Great Outdoors, High Springs, Florida, with Hank Conner, WUFT/FM, University of Florida.

9) Cuttlefish of the Adriatic, Venice, Italy, with Ron Bernstein, Paramount Pictures vice president.

10) Jugged hare, Harrod’s, London, England, with Bruce Hunter, literary agent for F. Scott Fitzgerald and Agatha Christie.

11) Meatloaf, Oak Hammock, Gainesville, Florida, with manager while preparing a cover story for Senior Times.

12) Spaghetti and meatballs, Newport, Rhode Island, with Betty Hutton, movie star, and a great cook.

13) Shrimp marinara over linguine, Gainesville, prepared by Billy O’Connor, author of “Confessions of a Bronx Rookie” and a stand-up comedian, with Emily Fugetta, editor, Independent Alligator.

14) Cheeseburgers and tater tots, Knickers, New York, with Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis.

15) Veal tonatto, Italian Pavilion, New York, with Helen Hayes.

16) Soft shell crabs, La Grenouille, New York, with Ginger Rogers.

17) Caviar blini, Russian Tea Room, with T.V. star Harry King.

18) Shad roe, Baroque, New York, with actor and author Tom Tryon.

19) Refried beans, cheese, and shredded lettuce, Las Margaritas, Gainesville, with Albert Isaac.

20) Steak, l’Hotel, Paris, with Olivia de Havillande.

21) Chicken molé, The House of Molé, Fort Worth, Texas, with Ronnie Died.

22) Pizza, John’s Pizza, Jones Street, Greenwich Village, New York, with Newsweek colleague Warren Picower.

23) Sushi, Cannery Row, Monterrey, California, with Kim Novak.

24) Sole, Orangerie, Paris, with author James Baldwin.

25) Finely chopped Cobb salad, Russian Tea Room, with Debbie Reynolds.

Many thanks to my g-tube medical team at Shands Hospital, the brilliant doctors in Unit 64, Drs. Nall, Starnes, Billow, Rogers, Smith, and Leglam, also to social worker Kristin Tarbox and nurses Brandon, Wendy, Katie, Emily, Paul, and Brian. Special thanks to my primary medical partner, Dr. Nagoshi, who first diagnosed the problem that led to the g-tube; I was aspirating into my left lung, which triggered pneumonia and a host of woes. At present, I’m in rehab, learning to use the g-tube. I’ve chosen the once-a-day method, which I’ll do at bedtime. And now, a fond farewell to food, though you may still see me picking up fried shrimp to go at Northwest Seafood. I can still eat the usual way; I just can’t afford to swallow. s Ellis Amburn is the author of biographies published by HarperCollins and is in the Hall of Excellence at TCU’s Schieffer School of Journalism. He lives at a retirement community in Gainesville. ellis.amburn@gmail.com.

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LESSONS OF LOVE

All in the Family How the Father-Son and Mother-Daughter Bond Shaped Five Community Leaders

By Peggy Macdonald

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ince the dawn of human civilization, fathers have developed a special bond with sons to toughen them and prepare them for manhood. Mothers have been tasked with teaching daughters to cope with — and, when possible, overcome — cultural expectations that place women in a subservient position to men. The five community leaders featured in this article became the men and women they are today because of the powerful father-son and mother-daughter bonds that shaped their worldview from an early age and continued to guide them well into adulthood.

“I am who I am because of the values and example of my parents,” reflected Dr. Jackson N. Sasser, president of Santa Fe College since 2002.

Sasser described his father as a staunch disciplinarian.

“There was no gray,” he said. “But that emanated from a love that you only understand if you experience it.”

Like his parents, Hugo Jackson Sasser and Linnie Gene Gardner Sasser, Jackson was raised in the small community of Alexander City, Alabama, where he met his wife, Layne. The high school sweethearts vowed to date other people when they went to college. Jackson said that plan went fine when he dated other girls but when Layne started to date other boys he couldn’t take it.

As a young man, Jackson wanted to buy a motorcycle but his father forbade him to ride one. Looking back on it now, Jackson realizes that he probably would not be here today if his father hadn’t put his foot down. Still, he always had his heart set on a Honda 90. For Jackson’s 60th birthday Layne

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surprised him with a vintage Honda 90 that she purchased from a collector. Jackson mostly keeps it in his garage.

“I rode it one time,” he said with a big grin.

Jackson’s father allowed his son and three daughters to become fiercely independent. He encouraged them to form their own ideas, whether he agreed or disagreed.

“That’s a gift of acceptance and support that comes from an abiding, deep-seated love,” Jackson said.

Jackson used to seek his father’s counsel on major life decisions before his death in 2014.

“Not being able to call him is the greatest loss,” Jackson lamented. “I think that’s one of the things with sons. You want that approval of your dad.”

Gainesville City Commissioner Craig Carter’s father also loomed large in his life. His father was Jimmy Carter. Not

“He genuinely cared about people. He did it through his job and hopefully I’m doing it through politics.”

President Carter, but the Jimmy Carter who piloted Air Force One when Jimmy Carter was president. Vintage photographs of airplanes cover the walls of Craig’s office in City Hall.

Craig Carter followed closely in his father’s footsteps.

Jimmy dropped out of high school and enlisted in the Marines.

He was later hired as a flight instructor and eventually became one of the top pilots with Capital Airlines, which merged with seniortimesmagazine.com

ABOVE: Hands-on dad Hugo Jackson Sasser with his children, Pam, Alethea, Jackson and Beverly.

Jackson said his father was the one who usually took the kids to baseball or swimming or “forced” piano lessons.

LEFT: President Jimmy Carter with Craig Carter’s father, Jimmy Carter, an Air Force One pilot during the Carter Administration.

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PHOTO BY PEGGY MACDONALD

PHOTO BY PEGGY MACDONALD Top left: Craig Carter and his oldest child, David, and his father, Jimmy, on one of his final flights. Bottom left: Vintage photographs of Capital Airlines planes fill Criag’s office. Top right: Lee Pinkoson in Sweetwater Park. Bottom right: Lee with his father, Dr. Charles Pinkoson.

United Airlines in 1961, the year Craig was born.

Craig, who has dyslexia, also dropped out of high school.

“I loved learning but I had to learn through osmosis or visually,” he explained.

Jimmy taught Craig that he could accomplish anything he set his mind to.

“If you work hard enough you can go from being a high school dropout to flying the president of the United States,” Craig mused. Jimmy died of cancer in 2012, two years before his son was sworn in as a city commissioner.

County Commissioner Lee Pinkoson’s father almost died twice when he was 55. Dr. Charles Pinkoson, a retired ear,

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nose and throat doctor, was in the early stages of cardiac arrest when one of his colleagues, Dr. Terry Marshall, convinced him to go to the hospital. He was treated for a heart attack in the emergency room. He later suffered a second heart attack while he was in the hospital elevator. To his great fortune, a doctor was with him in the elevator and provided life-saving treatment.

“My life would probably be very different if my dad had died when he was 55,” Lee said. Today Charles is 94 and lives a short walk from Lee’s house.

Lee remembers going with his father to the hospital or his father’s office after church on Sundays. While Charles treated seniortimesmagazine.com

patients, Lee and his two sisters raced on stools up and down the hallway and stared at photographs on the walls showing things his father had taken out of people’s ears, noses and throats. Charles taught his son to treat people fairly, a lesson that has served him well as a county commissioner.

“It wasn’t just a job,” Lee said. “He genuinely cared about people. He did it through his job and hopefully I’m doing it through politics.”

Like Craig Carter and Jackson Sasser, City Commissioner Helen Warren was raised by parents who enforced strict discipline.

“If you cussed you would see a bar of soap in your mouth,” she said. However, as one of six children born to Joan and Lyman Warren, Helen also enjoyed a great deal of independence as a child.

An outdoors person, Joan instilled a love of nature and camping in her daughter. She taught Helen how to repair a flat tire on a bike, work in the yard and build an orchid house.

“She was the one with tools,” Helen said.

Helen’s father, Lyman Warren, did not care for camping.

So Joan took Helen and her five siblings on camping trips to North Carolina and New York on her own. Helen said her parents were among the first people in Pinellas County to purchase a Volkswagen bus — two of them, actually. Helen and her siblings learned to push the buses out of the sand on their frequent trips to Florida’s springs and beaches.

After high school, Helen’s camping expertise helped her land a job as a campground host at Fort Wilderness when Walt Disney World opened in 1971. One time the Jackson 5 came through on a tour and posed for a picture with Helen.

Joan introduced Helen to birdwatching at an early age and later encouraged her to join the Audubon Society, where she

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PHOTO BY PEGGY MACDONALD Top: Helen Warren in her City Hall office; several city commissioners have traded the coveted Eleanor Blair painting in the background.

Upper center: John (back row), Joan, Bill, Grandmother Warren, Mary Ellen, Kai, Aunt Inger (holding Chris), and Inger’s ex-husband (holding Helen). Lower center: Dr. Owen Roberts in his Kirby-Smith office. Second from bottom: Owen’s father, Arnold Roberts. Bottom: Superintendent Roberts in his student days.

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honed her leadership skills as president of the St. Petersburg and Alachua Audubon Society chapters. There is a strong resemblance between Helen and Joan, who died in 1995.

“One of my greatest joys is someone telling me I look like my mom,” Helen said.

Dr. Owen Roberts, superintendent of Alachua County Public Schools, also lived close to nature as a child. Raised on a York Town sugar cane plantation in Jamaica, Owen was one of 12 children born to Arnold Roberts, who rode a mule to and from work in the fields of the plantation.

Each morning before school, Owen and his two oldest brothers woke up at 4:30 to milk the cows, tie the cows and goats so they could feed for the day, and feed the pigs and chickens. They also gathered water for the day’s cooking, bathing and drinking. After completing their daily chores, Owen said he and his brothers walked through four to five miles of sugar cane fields on their way to school.

During an interview at the spacious superintendent’s office in the Kirby-Smith Center on East University Avenue, Owen held up a photograph of himself carrying water as a child on the sugar cane plantation where he grew up.

“This was at the height of our poverty,” he observed.

“When people talk about poverty I say you don’t know what it is.”

Owen traces the ancestry of his father, Arnold Roberts, and mother, Irene Brady Roberts, to India and Africa, respectively.

Owen said his parents did not complete a primary school education, but they could read and write and “developed themselves over the years.” Arnold taught himself accounting and became the bookkeeper and payroll clerk for the plantation.

When Owen was about five years old he contracted polio and was hospitalized for two years. Because he missed kindergarten and first grade he was behind his peers at school.

“I had to develop very fast,” he remembered. “The only way I could traverse the world and learn was through books.

Books were my friends.”

Owen’s office is filled with books he read in primary and secondary school. They serve as a testament to the power of education to overcome any obstacle.

“I should not be here,” he said, gesturing toward his grand office. “If you think about circumstances defining who you are, that’s not true. You define who you are.”

Owen Roberts’ story shows that no obstacle is insurmountable. A mother or father’s love and guidance can make all the difference in a child’s life. Moreover, as role models, parents show their children how to treat people and make a difference in their community. Parents are a child’s first teacher, and their life lessons continue to shape their offspring for the rest of their lives. s

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COLUMN œ DONNA BONNELL

Embracing Life MEN-STRU-ATE

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hile going through a memory book from my adolescence, I found a pamphlet produced by Personal Products Company in 1966-1967, “Growing up and liking it — the fun is just beginning!”

Those who remember the cardboard/ construction paper albums understand the significance of my discovery. Treasures (such as ticket stubs, ribbons won for 4-H projects, and notes covertly passed in class) were taped onto the pages of my sacred souvenir scrapbook. It was secretly stored with my even more surreptitious diary. The tattered, yellowed and bulging book remains mostly intact.

Placed strategically, with other long-forgotten gems, was the abovereferenced booklet. Since I used it as a guidebook it was not fastened, but left loose. In those days, it simply was improper to leave such clandestine information visible. So, I kept it hidden.

When no one was around, I would study its unspeakable contents.

When the ancient booklet was resurrected, my writer curiosity kicked into full gear. Instead of inserting it back into its proper place, I had to review the pamphlet. What I found was a masterpiece of how females were viewed in the 1960s. It provided humorous reading and insight into what many consider the good ol’ days.

Among the many jewels of wisdom was an opening explanation of what happens when you grow up: “…the

most important thing of all happens.

She begins to menstruate (pronounced men-stru-ate). The word comes from the Latin word, mensis, meaning month. It is something every girl should be proud of…”

Really? The fun is just beginning and menstruating is the most important thing for a young girl to accomplish! This menstruate manual contains details on

These moisture-proof garments are made of spandex and stretch nylon.

They are lined with vinyl, and are “much like regular lingerie.”

Fortunately, I never wore any of these. Since I lived in a tropical environment without air conditioning, the results of wearing tight, (non-cotton) underwear would have been painful.

Most women understand what I am referencing — another taboo subject.

Indeed, not proper to discuss in public.

Again I ask, really? Even though females are supposed to welcome these joyous occasions, the goal is to hide every hint that it is your time of the month!

Back in the day, while learning to deal with pleasures of our proverbial periods, many myths were passed around (privately, of course). Here are a few of the old wives’ tales — things not to do while menstruating. Do not have a tooth filled —

This hysterical piece of historical literature becomes more ridiculous when it explains the importance of selecting the right product to “protect your daintiness.” how young ladies should maintain proper grooming habits and perfect posture. Ladies should always carry an emery board for quick repairs. It is vital to remember that a girl who slumps is not as graceful as one who stands tall and sits erect. Perhaps that is good advice, but what do manicured nails and an impeccable stance have to do with enjoying (or tolerating) what many call, their monthly friend?

This hysterical piece of historical literature becomes more ridiculous when it explains the importance of selecting the right product to “protect your daintiness.” It is absolutely imperative to select the right sanitary belt. It should “prevent tell-tale buldges, stay smooth, neat and undetectable.”

Further suggestions, for those who wanted to eliminate belts or pins, were sanitary panties available in four styles.

it will not last. Avoid permanents — they will not take. Milk will curdle — do not milk cows. Stay away from water. In fact, if you must go out on a damp day, protect your head and body and wear waterproof underwear. Oh, and if you should get wet, change immediately into dry clothes.

I’ve saved the best for last. Do not date — boys can tell when a girl is menstruating.

Somehow I survived and today I embrace my postmenopausal years. My, how things have changed! A subject that I was once afraid to read about, I can now write about in a column. Perhaps, these are the good old days? 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 Jerry Barshov Fate Guides Combat Engineer Safely Through WWII and Gives Growth into Manhood

By Michael Stone

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nside the towering stack of retirement-community condos, through the hotel-like lobby with no desk clerk, up the elevator with a pin-your-own-announcement bulletin board, down the hallway with pictures, American flags and other personal flair at the thresholds, and beyond one door is probably the most well-organized of all the condos, at least judging by Jerry Barshov’s office.

Falling squarely into place atop his desk is an array of thisand-thats, including two phones to two landlines: “A great deal — 30 bucks a month for both phones. That works for me.”

And as he moves about the room to exhibit the collections of his life, he knows the exact points of retrieval — shelves and boxes and folders, which he flips through page by page to keep their order.

There’s character to the room, too.

A wall clock much bigger than one would ever need to be.

A print of Norman Rockwell’s “The Problem We All Live With,” depicting 6-year-old Ruby Bridges being escorted by U.S. marshals on her way to a newly integrated school in New Orleans in 1960 as fruit is thrown at her and racial vulgarity lingers on a wall.

And a colorless photo from the early 1900s of an old shop

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called B & B Electric in Brooklyn, New York.

Barshov grew up in an apartment above the shop, founded in 1915 by his immigrant parents, and he and his two brothers helped run things. The shop has gone through some business-model and location changes over the years, today focusing on electrical-equipment sales in Queens under the name Babco Inc. It’s always stayed in the family and is now run by Barshov’s youngest of four, David.

“It was an honor to be able to take over since [I’m in] the third generation,” David said. “With that comes a little responsibility, also. … Over the years, the business has somewhat changed due to technology, but it’s still a service-oriented company.”

Up until Barshov’s retirement in 2004 and subsequent move to Florida, he had been with the business basically his whole life — except for the years in the 1940s that kept millions of other Americans away from their families and daily lives to fight the imperialism and genocide that had overtaken the globe.

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mated 700,000 still living from the original 16 million.

“I was extremely fortunate and lucky not to have been exposed to the horrors of war like some of my buddies,” Barshov, 91, said, noting his Army support roles in Europe as a combat engineer and later signal corpsman. “And I consider all of the people in the service my buddies.”

Soon after graduating from high school in Brooklyn in 1942, Barshov joined the Army, figuring the draft would come for him anyway. His younger brother was too young and would end up going to college instead, but the elder one had already signed up for the Army Air Forces and would go on to fly bomber missions over Italy.

“Patriotism permeated the land,” Barshov remembered.

“It’s very difficult to explain to you how charged up people were about getting in and helping as a serviceman.”

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Barshov took his training at Brooklyn’s Pratt Institute and then at Fort Belvoir in Virginia. The training specific to engineering was to include how to build bridges, conduct demolitions and remove obstacles.

“But that was all just helping the officers who gave the orders; we just provided the muscle,” he said. “We knew nothing about how to build a bridge.”

Barshov did learn, though, how to take apart his M1 Garand rifle in the dark and that little fun can be found in 25mile conditioning hikes. “I thought it was a crock. Nevertheless, we had to do it.”

After Fort Belvoir, Barshov had yet more training, at a school for electrical work in Brooklyn, and he remained stateside until 1944, when he was sent to southern England for the Normandy invasion buildup. seniortimesmagazine.com

LEFT: World War II veteran Jerry Barshov’s parents founded electrical-equipment business Babco Inc. in 1915.

OPPOSITE: Barshov’s medals rest in a box next to his wartime Army portrait.

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Though he had to live out of a tent while in various spots in the region, Barshov’s discomforts seemed incomparable to those of the war-torn English. “I never forgot the English: the long line waiting to buy just a couple pieces of ďŹ sh and chips,â€? he said. “They were really deprived. I have a great deal of respect for the English.â€?

One night, at maybe about 3 a.m., a steady roar emerged from the sky over the ďŹ eld where Barshov slept, as if to sound an alarm that he and his fellow Army engineers would soon get their ďŹ rst taste of real action.

It was the eve of bringing Operation Overlord to fruition. The Allies’ ďŹ rst waves of ground troops into France. DDay. June 6, 1944. “I look outside the tent, and I see planes,â€? Barshov recalled. “Those planes were continuing hour after hour — I can’t say how many hours, but there were a hell of a lot of planes.â€?

By the time Barshov landed on Omaha beach, the bloodiest of the ďŹ ve D-Day beachheads, on June 14, the shore was “clean as a whistle. There was no debris, no bodies, nothing. It was just like a resort.â€?

Soon after landing, a stomach illness

probably were saying to themselves, ‘What are these Americans? Crazy?

Treating us this way.’ No way we’d get that treatment if we were in a German hospital.�

Overall, Barshov wasn’t particularly impressed with his engineering duties in France, maybe being asked to remove a roadblock, like a large tree, “but nothing really heavy duty.�

The Allies swept through France and had Paris fully liberated by Aug. 25, 1944. Outside the city in the town of Lardy, Barshov befriended a family of four that had been well-off pre-war but, like the rest of the country, had fallen on hard times.

The family invited Barshov to a few

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(Top) Barshov holds a picture of himself and (bottom) points to himself at the front right of a photo with his parents and two brothers. (Right) Florida Sen. Bill Nelson congratulates Barshov for receiving France’s Legion of Honour medal in December 2015 for his WWII service. (Far right, top) Barshov poses with his wife, Ruth, and (far right, bottom) a figurine of musicians, a gift from his mother, stands in his office.

dinners, which always consisted of only potatoes and string beans. But once, Barshov was able to contribute two loaves of bread thanks to a local baker, who offered them at no charge.

The French “considered the Americans gods because they were liberated,” he said. “Being under the Nazi regime was not a party. The Nazis took away whatever food they could. The French people were really deprived.”

Barshov made it with the Allies as far east as the AlsaceLorraine region at the French-German border. It was there that he’d have his first and only experience with a hostile enemy.

The truck he was riding in had accidentally advanced beyond the line, and ahead in the road, a German tank took

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aim and began firing. The driver immediately turned the truck around and, thanks to some zigzags in the road, was able to dodge the rounds.

But another incident in Alsace-Lorraine, this one friendly fire in nature, would reroute Barshov’s path in the war.

To have his glasses checked, Barshov needed to hitchhike to a nearby field hospital. He found a truck headed that way, handed another man his M1 and hopped in back, and when the man returned the rifle, Boom!

“I hear a tremendous explosion,” he said. “I look down and see there’s a hole in my boot. I feel no pain. I said, ‘You know, I’ve been shot.’” The guy who handed Barshov the rifle had seniortimesmagazine.com

accidentally pulled the trigger.

At the hospital in Dijon, France, while the Battle of the Bulge screamed to the west, Barshov convinced the medic he wasn’t bleeding to death so other soldiers could be tended to.

Once it was his turn again, he received anesthetics while all the pellets that had imbedded themselves in both legs were removed. One, too deep in the bone of his right big toe, walks with him today.

Barshov’s injury and limited vision got him transferred to the rear — to Liége, Belgium — as a signal corpsman, a position with the main task of communications. His assignment, though, wasn’t that.

“My job was to supervise Belgian workers that were repairing Signal Corps equipment in a factory,” he said. “And I would be there on payday with my rifle just as a matter of procedure — it was not necessary, but that was the way it was done.”

Barshov had a girlfriend in the city and described his time there as “like a great party.”

“I didn’t have very much responsibility,” he said. “I did have to go to the factory Monday through Friday during the workday and be there. And I really did very little.”

The party escalated to people swarming the streets, hugging and kissing, following Germany’s surrender on May 7, 1945. “‘Men, many of you, now that the war’s over in Germany, are going home,’” Barshov remembered Gen. George Marshall saying in a film shown to the troops.

But Barshov wasn’t going home. The war against Japan still crept forward in the Pacific, and he soon found himself on a boat with Army, Navy and Marine personnel headed across the Atlantic, through the Panama Canal and on to the Philippines.

While on board, one of Barshov’s jobs was to guard the officers quarters from the rest of the ship, a task he thought to be silly. During one shift, with midnight approaching, he sat down to have a nap.

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Barshov poses with his first wife, Edith, during their honeymoon across Europe in 1950. During the trip, the couple had a tearful reunion with the family Barshov had befriended outside Paris during the war. The Barshovs had four children; Edith passed away in 2001.

“The next thing I know is, a Marine kicks my foot and says, ‘Soldier get up! You’re sleeping on guard!’ I said, ‘Ah, come on, fellah. I apologize. I’ll get up, and I’ll finish.’”

No deal. Barshov was thrown in the brig for the night and, in lieu of a court-martial because he admitted guilt, was demoted the next day from private first class to private, the rank he’d carry for his remaining time in the service.

The time on the ocean wasn’t all cruddy, though. Barshov couldn’t help but keep winning at craps: “I was lucky because of maybe my birthday, which is July 11 — 7-11. That’s a winner when you throw the dice.”

But the money didn’t compare to the intercom’s announcement.

“Now hear this. Now hear this,” it said. “A bomb the size of a baseball has been dropped on Hiroshima.”

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the Little Boy atomic bomb, which killed an estimated 140,000 Japanese in the Aug. 6, 1945, blast and the initial months after.

But it would take another 80,000 deaths, from the Fat Man nuke on Aug. 9, for Japan to yield.

The surrender happened by the time the boat hit the Philippines. Barshov was stilled assigned to duty — as a chauffeur for officers and others — until being discharged in February or March 1946.

He doesn’t mind saying that his wartime stories aren’t the material of legends. But one thing that does make them unique is his willingness to bring up a topic that, though prevalent during the war, is seldom discussed by his fellow veterans.

“I’ve gone as far as saying, I went into the war as a boy and I left as a man, so I have to say that I matured in every direction, sexually as well,” Barshov said. “As a young man of 18, 19, I was not sophisticated with regard to having sex or anything seniortimesmagazine.com

like that, but all that went out the window when I got into the service.

“There was a lot of fraternization at that time.”

Bashov recalled having a beer at a café one day in Avion, France, and a young woman sitting at a table next to him.

He knew French by then, so the two started talking and Barshov invited her to a movie.

“She doesn’t hesitate,” Barshov remembered. “I say, ‘Let’s go to a hotel,’ and she doesn’t refuse. So I go to the hotel owner, and I say, ‘I’d like to have a room just for the afternoon.’”

The time at the hotel proved to be a “very tender, very nice experience,” but the thought of the “Mickey Mouse movies” — health films by Walt Disney studios shown to military personnel during the war — reminded him of the consequences of condom-less sex.

So Barshov hurriedly dressed as the woman watched in confusion, bolted out of the room and headed toward a pro (short for prophylactic) station, set up in all cities occupied by the U.S. military. There, he used a syringe to squirt antiseptic liquid into himself — “I know it sounds terrible, but it’s painless” — and spread salve around his genitals.

“And it was very important,” he said, “because one of the problems they had in the service was advanced cases of gonorrhea — they call it the clap.”

He didn’t see the woman again.

After the war, along with helping run and eventually taking over the family business, Barshov started a family of his own. He married Edith in 1950, and the couple’s four children have given Barshov four grandchildren and, recently, his first great-grandchild.

After Edith’s death in 2001, Barshov was introduced to a woman from Gainesville, Ruth, and the two, now married, call the city home.

He still takes part in veterans activities, like those put on by his retirement community and those of the D-Day Normandy Veterans of North Central Florida, which celebrated its 20th anniversary in March.

Barshov doesn’t actively speak too often about his role in the greatest armed conflict known in human history. But when he does, he has one word he uses perhaps more often than any other: “fortunate.”

“There was no suffering on my part. There wasn’t any starvation,” he said. “I wasn’t denied anything — yeah, some comforts of life, but that was really nothing. If a can of beans did not taste good, can we compare that to a man who is trying to avoid being shot at by a German rifle or whatever?

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Community Voice Tattoos and Attitudes In past years I’d said tattoos were a “turn off.” Then, seven years a widow, a man with five tattoos “turned me on” — René Magritte’s surrealist “Ceci n’est pas une pipe” and other Magritte images among them, including the risqué “Philosophy in the Bedroom.” This new person in my life told me of his scholarly interests; He was a member of the Hegel Society, had broad knowledge of literature and history, and I was impressed.

As our relationship grew closer, I decided I, too, wanted a tattoo.

I too love literature and art, but gardening is my deep personal passion so I wanted my favorite flower (at the time), a spray of moonbeam coreopsis, blossoming near my navel.

My 70th birthday neared, and one of my two sons (both adopted), himself tattooed with his then-two children’s names and with “Family Over All” on his chest, offered to treat me to a birthday tattoo. He sat beside me as the tattoo artist, needle and ink, did their work. Then his turn: His third and youngest daughter’s name, Zion.

Is “Sara,” his wife’s name, tattooed on him? I didn’t know, but I hoped so.

When we walked out into the Georgetown sun, I took his arm. My new personal version of a familiar saying occurred to me: The family that tattoos together stays together.

I’m now an 82-year-old with still just one tattoo, which has weathered a dozen years of showers very well. The ink images on my tattooed man have weathered just as well.

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BIRTHDAY BARD

To Thine Own Self Be True The Life and Work of William Shakespeare Story and Photography by Ericka Winterrowd

“This above all: to thine own self be true, And it must follow, as the night the day, Thou canst not then be false to any man.”

— WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE, HAMLET

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ith more theatrical works performed than any other playwright, according to history.com, William Shakespeare is considered one of the greatest English-speaking writers in history and is known as England’s national poet. So what is it about Shakespeare that has kept scholars and students reciting his eloquent poems and reinterpreting his countless words of text for centuries?

Perhaps the answer only lies in his work, which includes a general consensus of 37 plays and 154 sonnets. It should be noted that some scholars believe the plays were not written

by Shakespeare, but by some other well-educated, aristocratic writer who wished to remain anonymous. However, if “Shakespeare” really was William Shakespeare this is what has been documented about his life according to historical records and scholars.

William Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon, a bustling market town 100 miles northwest of London. Born in 1564, his birthday is traditionally celebrated on April 23, which was the date of his death in 1616. He came from a family of

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modest means. His father, John, dabbled in quite a few fields such as farming, wood trading, and leatherwork. His mother, Mary Arden, was the daughter of an aristocratic landowner.

This marriage would have elevated John’s social status, according to scholars.

The third of eight Shakespeare children, some historians believe it is likely that William attended a well-regarded grammar school, although there are no records of his education.

There is much speculation that in order for his body of work to be as eloquent and complicated as it is, incorporating both verse and prose, an education must have been present in William’s upbringing.

At age 18, he married Anne Hathaway who was eight years older than him. Records indicate that Hathaway was pregnant before the marriage, which prompted a quick wedding. The couple’s first daughter, Susanna, was born in 1583. And twins Hamnet and Judith followed in 1585. His daughters would live to old age, while his only son, Hamnet, died at age 11.

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BARD FACTS Shakespeare is believed to have influenced the English language more than any other writer in history, coining — or, at the very least, popularizing — terms and phrases that still regularly crop up in everyday conversation. Below are a few examples that are still popular today.

SOURCE: HISTORY.COM

WORDS “Fashionable” (“Troilus and Cressida”) “Sanctimonious” (“Measure for Measure”) “Eyeball” (A Midsummer Night’s Dream”) “Lackluster” (“As you like It”) EXPRESSIONS “Foregone conclusion” (“Othello”) “In a Pickle” (“The Tempest”) “Wild goose chase” (“Romeo and Juliet”) “One fell swoop” (“Macbeth”)

Shakespeare set his sights on London and by 1592 he was well established as both an actor and playwright. Scholars speculate that Shakespeare’s first plays were written before or around this time and include, “Henry VI,” “Titus Andronicus,” “The Two Gentlemen of Verona,” “The Comedy of Errors,” “The Taming of the Shrew,” and “Richard III.” A popular theater group known as the Lord Chamberlain’s Men accepted him as a member and together they built London’s famous Globe Theatre in 1599. According to history.com, Shakespeare ultimately became a major shareholder in the troupe and earned enough money to buy a large house in Stratfordupon-Avon. He would eventually retire there in 1610, writing his final plays. These are believed to include “The Tempest” and “The Winter’s Tale.”

At age 52, Shakespeare died of unknown causes. The bulk of his estate was left to his oldest daughter, Susanna. It seems with his death, he may have managed to write one last poem. The slab stone over his tomb, located inside Holy Trinity Church in Stratfordupon-Avon bears an epitaph — written, some say, by the Bard himself. The epitaph wards off grave robbers with a curse: “Good friend for Jesus sake forbeare, To dig the dust enclosed here. Blessed be the man that spares these stones, and curst be he that moves my bones.”

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CALENDAR UPCOMING EVENTS IN ALACHUA & MARION TIOGA MONDAY MARKET Mondays 4:00pm - 7:00pm JONESVILLE - Tioga Center, 13005 W. Newberry Rd. Market features a selection of vegetables, crafts, organic food, fruits and local specialties.

PARKINSON’S EXERCISE CLASS Tuesday & Friday 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 balancerelated health issues. Exercise is the only way to slow progression of PD. Free. Visit www. facebook.com/gainesvilleflparkinsonsnetwork.

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

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 A Cappella Barbershop Harmony Music. Info: Beckie at 352-318-1281.

LADY GAMERS Fridays 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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HISTORIC HAILE HOMESTEAD TOUR Sundays and Saturdays Times Vary GAINESVILLE - Historic Haile Homestead, 8500 SW Archer Rd. One of the few remaining antebellum homes in North Central Florida. For a reason lost to time, the Haile family wrote on the walls of their home - over 12,500 words in almost every room and closet. Docent-led tours will be offered. www.hailehomestead.org.

PLANT EXPO Saturday, April 2 8:00am – Noon NEWBERRY - Persimmon Farm, 17010 W. Newberry Rd. Newberry Garden Club’s annual fundraiser to support community projects and scholarship funds. Flowers of all kinds, bulbs, shrubs, trees and fruit & vegetable plants. 352-472-3928.

PLANT AND GARDEN SALE Saturday, April 2 9:00am – 4:00pm MCINTOSH - Van Ness Park/Civic Center (Avenue G and 7th Street). The Seedlings Garden Club of McIntosh’s 11th Annual Garden Show and Plant Sale offers activities including plants, crafts and antique sale, local entertainment, food and drawings and prizes. A play park for the children. Free parking and admission.

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April 2 - 3 9:00am – 5:00pm GAINESVILLE - Downtown, NE 1st St. and The Thomas Center. The 47th Annual Santa Fe College Springs Arts Festival includes 220 of the country’s finest artists exhibiting their colorful creations against a background of elegant homes. Local singers, dancers and musicians, food, children’s art area and jazz performed by musicians who have toured the world. www. sfcollegefoundation.com/spring-arts/index.

WEDDING EXPO Sunday, April 3 2:00pm – 5:00pm GAINESVILLE - 1350 NW 75th St. The Gainesville Garden Club is hosting a Wedding Expo at the Garden Center. Tickets are $7.50 online or $10.00 at the door. Info: ggcl.og.

GAINESVILLE BIG BAND CONCERT Sunday, April 3 1:00pm GAINESVILLE - Downtown, NE 1st St. and The Thomas Center during Springs Arts Festival.

Formed in the Summer of 2007, the Gainesville Big Band is a 17-piece jazz band that plays a wide range of big band styles such as traditional swing, dance, Latin and contemporary jazz.

BOOK CLUB Tuesday, April 5 1:00pm - 3:30pm GAINESVILLE - Alachua County Library Millhopper Branch, 3145 NW 43rd St. The Millhopper Book Club meets the first Tuesday of each month. You do not have to read the book to attend the meeting. 352-334-1272.

O’LENO OLE’ CHILI COOK-OFF

THE ELEPHANT MAN

Saturday, April 2

April 8 - May 1

9:00am – 3:00pm HIGH SPRINGS - 410 SE O’Leno Park Rd. Bring your favorite chili recipe and compete with the best. Purchase a sample kit at 1 pm and vote for the winner for the “Peoples’ Choice” Award. Live music, model train exhibits, children’s activities, environmental exhibits, interactive water education displays and native plant sales. This event is designed to teach the importance of Florida’s springs. Info: email FriendsofOleno@windstream.net.

5:00pm – 7:00pm GAINESVILLE - The Hippodrome Theatre, 25 SE 2nd Pl. The Elephant Man is based on the real life of Joseph Merrick, a 19th century British man in the traveling freak show circus, who was later rescued by a caring doctor and went on to become the darling of Victorian high-society. This production celebrates the 35th anniversary of the Hippodrome’s first production on their current mainstage.

DANCING IN THE DARK

Saturdays 10:00am GAINESVILLE - Devil’s Millhopper Geological State Park, 4732 Millhopper Rd. Guided walks leave from the visitor center every Saturday at 10 am sharp. Visitors who dare to join the adventure have the opportunity to learn about the history and surrounding nature.

SPRING ARTS FESTIVAL

3RD ANNIVERSARY SHOWCASE

Saturday, April 9

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6:30pm – 11:00pm OCALA - Oak Run’s Palm Grove Auditorium, 10983 SW 89th Ave. A celebration to benefit the Florida Center for the Blind featuring live music by Mark Raisch, a silent auction, door prizes and 50/50 raffle. Tickets: $30. Includes

10:00pm - 12:00am GAINESVILLE - Market Street Pub & Cabaret, 112 SW 1st Ave. Celebrate 3 years of Mischievous Madams Burlesque! This show is 18+. mischievousmadams.com.

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ALLIGATOR LAKE SPRING FESTIVAL Saturday, April 9 8:00am – 3:00pm LAKE CITY - Alligator Lake Park. Free community festival celebrating nature. Bird walks led by experts begin at 8 am. Walking workshops highlight butterflies, native plants and flowers. Free children activities and food and drinks will be available. fourriversaudubon.org. 386-466-2193.

INDIA FEST & HEALTH FAIR Saturday, April 9 9:00am – 5:00pm GAINESVILLE - Santa Fe College Gymnasium, Building V, 3000 NW 83rd St. Volunteer-run screening and information session for cancer, arthritis, asthma and more. Physicians offer complete blood test screening for a low price of $55.00. India Fest showcases the diverse culture and traditions of India via music and dance performances. Purchase Indian jewelry, art-décor, traditional attire and Indian cuisine. www.icec-florida.org.

PARTAKE OF THE PAST April 9 - 10 9:00am – 3:00pm NEWBERRY - Dudley Farm Historic State Park, 18730 W. Newberry Rd. Dudley Farm and the Girl Scouts of Gateway Council will be working together to recreate a day in an 1880s farm. Enjoy period children’s games, handson crafts, working in the gardens, making dinner in a full working kitchen and more.

CELEBRATION OF THE ARTS April 9 - 10 Times Vary CEDAR KEY - Historic 2nd St. This juried event attracts 24,000 visitors annually and offers over $18,000 in prize money and purchase awards. The town’s beachfront City Park will be filled with music, children’s activities and food sold by local non-profit organizations.

GAINESVILLE COMMUNITY BAND CONCERT Sunday, April 10 3:00pm GAINESVILLE - Santa Fe College Fine Arts Hall, 3000 NW 83rd St. “The Magical Music of Disney.” Enjoy your favorites and classics from some of Disney’s movies.

March for Babies Saturday, April 2

8:00am

GAINESVILLE - Westwood Middle School, 3215 NW 15th Ave. March of Dimes’ largest annual fundraising event. Last year, more than 4,000 people attended the event. Sign up at marchforbabies.org/event/alachua and start a team with co-workers, family and friends. Registration will be at 7:00 a.m. and the kick off will be at 8:00 a.m. For info, visit marchofdimes.org or nacersano.org.

CIVIL WAR ROUNDTABLE

BUTTERFLY PLANT SALE

Thursday, April 14

April 15 - 17

6:00pm - 8:00pm GAINESVILLE - Trinity United Methodist Church, 4000 NW 53rd Ave., Education Bldg. #232. This monthly meeting, held the second Thursday of each month, is open to the public, and features guest speakers every meeting. 352-378-3726, www.cwrnf.org or diane@proofinggrounds.com.

10:00am – 5:00pm GAINESVILLE - Florida Museum entrance, 3215 Hull Rd. The Museum’s Earth Day celebration features a large plant sale with more than 150 species of difficult-to-find and pollinator-friendly plants.

Learn how to attract butterflies, bees, birds and more to your home and which plants are proven winners. Proceeds benefit the Museum’s Butterfly Rainforest and Museum events. 352-846-2000.

WHAT’S IN MY GARDEN SOIL? Thursday, April 14 2:30pm – 4:00pm GAINESVILLE - Senior Recreation Center, 5701 NW 34th Blvd. Presented by PrimeTime Institute. Have you ever seen something in your soil you didn’t recognize? Denise DeBusk, environmental and community horticulture agent from the UF/IFAS Extension Alachua County Office, will help you learn about the beneficial organisms in the soil and how to increase them in your own landscape. www.primetimeinstitute.org or 352-367-8169.

WALK MS GAINESVILLE Saturday, April 16 8:00am – 1:00pm GAINESVILLE - Kanapaha Veterans Memorial Park, 7340 SW 41st Pl. This walk begins at 9 a.m. and benefits the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. Enjoy festivities, food, music, contests and games with the purpose of creating awareness about multiple sclerosis. To register, visit www.walkms.org or call the National MS Society North Florida Chapter at 904-332-6810.

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RIVER FEST Sunday, April 17 1:30pm FORT WHITE - Rum 138, 2070 SW County Road 138. Now in its sixth year, this fundraiser will include the song-writing contest, music performances by In The Moment and Terraplane Rhythm & Blues, a silent auction, Kid’s Corner, 50/50 raffle, music jam session, grilled burgers and dogs, desserts, beer and drinks. Proceeds go to educational and advocacy activities of Our Santa Fe River, all designed to protect the aquifer, springs and waters in this area.

FIELD TRIP TO SWEETWATER WETLANDS PARK Tuesday, April 19

Spring Book Sale April 16 - 20 GAINESVILLE - Friends of the Library Bookhouse, 430-B N. Main St. Book sale to benefit Alachua County Library System and Literacy programs. Browse thousands of books, artwork, comics, manga, software, CDs, DVDs, videos, records and more. Cash or check only. Visit folacld.org or call 352-375-1676.

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8:00pm - 1:00am GAINESVILLE - Market Street Pub & Cabaret, 112 SW 1st Ave. An intimate burlesque & variety show featuring a rotating cast of local and visiting performers. Live jazz with Swing Theory begins after the show at 10:00pm. This show is 18+. For reservations: sallybdash.com.

Times Vary HIGH SPRINGS - Blue Springs, 7450 NE 60th St. Public observation day of artists painting (park admission applies). Pick up your map with all the information to give you the best “springs art experience” at Lanza Gallery & Art Supplies, 45 NW 1st Ave. in High Springs throughout the Paint Out. In addition, artists will be painting throughout the springs’ area, April 17-22, some are free, and some have entrance fees.

ROSE SHOW Saturday, April 16 1:00pm – 4:00pm GAINESVILLE - Celebration United Methodist Church, 9501 SW Archer Rd. See hundreds of specimen roses, many arrangements, and learn how easy it is to grow beautiful roses. Potted roses for sale. Presented by the Gainesville Rose Society.

Free admission. gainesvillerosesociety.com.

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GAWN LUNCHEON Wednesday, April 20 11:30am – 1:00pm GAINESVILLE - Sweetwater Branch Inn, 625 E. University Ave. The Gainesville Area Women’s Network luncheon meets third Wednesday each month. Attend for great networking and a hot lunch. Register: GAWN.org.

MEMORY TRAINING Thursday, April 21

SPRING FESTIVAL Sunday, April 17 Times Vary ALACHUA - Downtown. Alachua residents, visitors, vendors and friendly shopkeepers come together for a leisurely afternoon. Music and food. Kids enjoy lots of free activities and everyone has an old fashioned relaxing Sunday afternoon. www.alachuabuisness.com.

Saturday, April 16 1:00pm – 5:00pm JONESVILLE - Tioga Town Center, 105 SW 128th St. Rain or shine, sample beers from various local, regional and national breweries. Local restaurants and caterers will have food & cuisine available for purchase. Many will have a delicious beer sample to pair with it. There is no charge for designated drivers. www.hogtownbeerfest.com.

12:45pm GAINESVILLE - Sweetwater Wetlands Park.

Presented by PrimeTime Institute. The Park is a man-made treatment wetland created to improve water quality in Paynes Prairie and the Floridan Aquifer by filtering out pollution and nutrients.

The walking tour is just over one mile and attendees should plan for it to last 45 minutes to one hour. Limited accommodation for folks with mobility problems with advance notice. Sign up at PTI programs by April 14th – limit 30. Fee is $5 per carload, arrive at 12:45 PM. More information and directions are available at PTI meetings, www.primetimeinstitute.org. 352-367-8169.

2:30pm – 4:00pm GAINESVILLE - Senior Recreation Center, 5701 NW 34th Blvd. Presented by PrimeTime Institute. Carla Strickland-Hughes from the UF Department of Developmental Psychology will present this month’s program from the UF Institute on Aging. She is a doctoral candidate focusing on every-day memory processes in aging and associated training. www. primetimeinstitute.org or 352-367-8169.

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April 22 – 24 Times Vary ELLISVILLE - 1024 SW Howell Rd. Farm to Family is back with music, food and camping.

Tickets and schedule available online closer to the date. Farmtofamilymusic.com.

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SANTA FE SPRINGS PLEIN AIR PAINT-OUT Saturday, April 23 Times Vary HIGH SPRINGS - Ginnie Springs, 7300 Ginnie Springs Rd. Public observation day of artists painting (park admission applies). Pick up your map with all the information to give you the best “springs art experience” at Lanza Gallery & Art Supplies, 45 NW 1st Ave. in High Springs throughout the Paint Out. In addition, artists will be painting throughout the springs’ area, April 1722, some are free, and some have entrance fees.

TIOGA CAR SHOW Saturday, April 23 10:00am – 3:00pm JONESVILLE - Tioga Town Center, 105 SW 128th St. Enjoy touring fine automobiles of all ages, food and drinks, entertainment and bounce houses and safety sessions for kids.

Free Admission. Register your car today at TiogaCarShow.com or at Tuffy Auto Service Center in Jonesville or Continental Imports of Gainesville, Inc. Registration fee is $30 per vehicle.

ELECTRO AERIAL SHOW Saturday, April 23 8:00pm - 12:00am GAINESVILLE - Market Street Pub & Cabaret, 112 SW 1st Ave. Electro Aerial Show featuring aerial bartending by AscenDance acrobats to live music. $5 at the door.

SPRING FESTIVAL OF SHAMO Saturday, April 23 11:00am – 3:00pm GAINESVILLE - Cairo Grille, 2410 NW 43rd St. Egyptians have been celebrating the spring festival of Shamo for over 4,000 years. Visit the grill when the Society for Creative Anachronism will provide ancient arts and crafts for children of all ages, and eat like an Egyptian! Free.

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and distinct works by both resident and guest choreographers. $8.00 general admission; tickets available at Sun Country Sports Center West and at the door (cash only). Contact Judy Benton, 352-331-8773 or dance@suncountrysports. com for tickets & more information.

GRIMY GULCH SALOON April 23 – 24 Times Vary HIGH SPRINGS - New Century Woman’s Club, 40 NW 1st Ave. The Club will be serving BBQ, ham & cheese and turkey sandwiches, coleslaw, beans and dessert. The Country Store will be stocked with toys, crafts, decorations, candy and preserves like the ones from yesteryear.

Saturday 10am – 5pm and Sunday 10am – 4pm.

CANCER CONNECTIONS Wednesday, April 27 Noon – 1:00pm GAINESVILLE - HealthStreet, 2401 SW Archer Rd. Monthly meeting for cancer healthcare professionals, cancer patients/survivors/ caregivers. Anyone involved in the care or treatment of cancer patients, or provides a service to them, is welcome to come for networking opportunities. Lunch provided for those who RSVP; $4 donation is requested. Info: Barb Thomas: bnbbarb@aol.com. www.myhealthstreet.org.

SUSTAINABILITY Thursday, April 28 2:30pm – 4:00pm GAINESVILLE - Senior Recreation Center, 5701 NW 34th Blvd. Presented by PrimeTime Institute. In this program, Eilanwy Slyboom, waste alternatives specialist in the County Department of Solid Waste & Resource Recovery, will dispel all ambiguity and look at how we can turn everyday decision-making into an opportunity to choose sustainability. She will discuss the ways in which our lifestyle can have a positive impact on the world we share. www.primetimeinstitute.org. 352-367-8169.

HISTORIC FARM TOUR Saturday, April 23 10:00am – 11:00am NEWBERRY - Dudley Farm Historic State Park.

Follow park staff or a docent in period clothing as they talk about the homestead consisting of 18 restored buildings, farm animals, gardens and local history. www.friendsofdudleyfarm.org.

CAIRO NIGHTS BELLY DANCE SHOWCASE Saturday, April 30 8:00pm - 10:00pm GAINESVILLE - Market Street Pub & Cabaret, 112 SW 1st Ave. Leela & Najmah with a host of other local and visiting belly dancers. $10 at the door. bellydancewithleela.com.

HANSEL AND GRETEL Saturday, April 23 2:00pm Gainesville - Santa Fe College E-Theatre, 3000 NW 83rd St. Sun Country Dance Theatre’s 8th Annual Spring Youth Concert featuring an original story ballet, “Hansel & Gretel,” as well as guest artists from the Orlando Ballet,

VOICES RISING COMMUNITY CHORUS Sunday, May 1 3:00pm & 7:00pm GAINESVILLE - First United Methodist Church, 419 NE 1st St. A 100-voice intergenerational chorus presents its spring concert. Among the

Pioneer Days April 23 – 24 HIGH SPRINGS - Downtown. Enjoy re-enactments, a Heritage Village with multiple individual demonstrators and live music at the 40th Annual Pioneer Days Festival. Last year over 12,000 visitors attended for a couple of days of fun and activities. This year promises to be even better.

works featured will be music from West Side Story as well as the Florida premiere of Newtown Requiem by jazz composer Joe Utterback.

Suggested donation is $5 to $20, or give what you can. Half of all proceeds will benefit Bread of the Mighty Food Bank.

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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 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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Single Black Female April 29 - May 15 A two-woman show with rapid-fire comic vignettes that explore the lives of 30-something African American middle class women in urban America as they search for love, clothes and dignity in a world that fails to recognize them amongst a parade of stereotypical images. SBF 1, an English literature professor, and SBF 2, a corporate lawyer, keep each other balanced as they face their fears of rejection, hopes for romance, and reminisce about black girlhood wounds.

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HIPPODROME STATE THEATRE

The Elephant Man April 6 – May 1 The Elephant Man is based on the real life of Joseph Merrick, a 19th century British man in the traveling freak show circus, who was later rescued by a caring doctor and went on to become the darling of Victorian high-society. This production celebrates the 35th anniversary of the Hippodrome’s first production on our current mainstage.

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April 1 - 10 The House of Atreus John Lewin’s acclaimed adaptation of the only surviving Greek tragic trilogy brings alive a royal family’s journey through betrayal, murder and revenge. Adapted from Aeschylus’ “The Oresteia.”

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The Fox on the Fairway March 24 – April 17 After five straight losses to their bitter rival, Quail Valley Country Club president Bingham is in high spirits for this year’s golf tournament, with excellent golfer Tramplemaine as his ace in the hole. But the fiercely competitive Bingham’s good mood disappears when he hears that Tramplemaine has switched his membership to Crouching Squirrel. This frantically funny farce blends zany screwball comedy with madcap romance in a hilarious scramble. It’s a hole in one!

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ou can’t remember what you came into the room for.

That happens with disturbing frequency. Forgetting your glasses, losing your keys — it really bothers you because you’re not sure if it’s a normal part of aging or something else. And in the new book “Before I Forget” by B. Smith & Dan Gasby with Michael Shnayerson, the worry isn’t yours alone.

For most of her life, B. Smith was a whirlwind of activity. She was a model, and had her own line of household goods, TV shows, and restaurants she co-owned with her husband, Dan Gasby.

She was known for her sense of style and her elegance.

And then, a few years ago, something uncharacteristic began to happen: the woman who was put together, inside and out, began to display emotional outbursts, use inappropriate language, and her fashion sense faltered. Her memory faded until it frightened the couple and

munity the hardest: by age 85, “half of all African Americans have it.”

Knowing the facts can be empowering, but they don’t make dealing with the disease any easier. Smith lost things constantly; “hoarded” clothing, to Gasby’s irritation; and, though she was previously fastidious, ignored sloppiness. She shut family out physically and friends, emotionally. Long-ago recollections were sharp, but her short-term memory was all but lost.

When things got worse and Smith was inadvertently put in a dangerous situation, the family found expert advice, only to learn that there was little they could do. Alzheimer’s has no cure.

It can barely be “managed.” They would just have to deal with the day-to-day challenges and learn to cope…

Of his wife, and their plans one day, author Dan Gasby says, “She sits … at the breakfast table, the love of my life, waiting quietly for me to tell her what to do.”

Perhaps due to higher rates of diabetes and heart disease, Alzheimer’s hits the black community the hardest: by age 85, “half of all African Americans have it.” they sought help.

Smith, as it turned out, had mildstage Alzheimer’s.

A take-charge kind of guy, Gasby did his research.

“Some 5.2 million Americans are living with Alzheimer’s,” he says; half a million people die of it every year.

Perhaps due to higher rates of diabetes and heart disease, it hits the black com-

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Is there a sentence more heartbreaking than that? I don’t think so, and you’d be likewise hard-pressed to find a book that will affect you more than “Before I Forget.”

Would you blame anyone if you saw a pity-party in this book? Probably not, but there’s no whining in Gasby’s words, nor will you find “poor me” in what B. Smith contributes (with Michael

Before I Forget

BY B. SMITH & DAN GASBY WITH MICHAEL SHNAYERSON FOREWORD BY RUDOLPH TANZI, PH.D.

c.2016, Harmony Books $25.00 / $33.00 Canada 322 pages

Shnayerson). Instead, there’s resignation here; a we’ll-get-through-this wrapped in a love story that gets more and more poignant as the story progresses. Gasby, who is fierce about Alzheimer’s education, also offers up-to-date information and advice on what worked for him and Smith, and what doesn’t.

Without being a spoiler, there is no happy ending to this book, save but the sheer love that makes it soar. If you’re an Alzheimer’s caretaker, or are facing the disease yourself, you absolutely will want this memoir. “Before I Forget” is a book you never will… 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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From the moment she arrived in our ER and Chest Pain Center, Betty received a level of care she says made it possible for her to come back strong. Betty has returned to her work and her hiking and wants to share her story because the things she knows now might help save your life.

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