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CONTENTS JUNE 2011 • VOL. 12 ISSUE 06

departments 8 13 46

Tapas Senior Center Calendar of Events

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Theatre Listings Crossword Puzzle Reading Corner

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…And The Band Played On

ON THE COVER – The Village Cheerleaders, 120 members strong, can be found performing in events ranging from parades to business openings to charity functions. Founded by Gerry Lynch 15 years ago, the team members reside at The Villages in Ocala and entertain residents at the two town squares. Photographer TJ Morrissey caught up with them during a recent practice at Laurel Manor Recreation Center. PHOTO BY TJ MORRISSEY for LOTUS STUDIOS

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by Carlos Muniz

The Gainesville Community Band has Evolved, but the Purpose Remains the Same BY JANICE C. KAPLAN

BY ELLIS AMBURN

Healthy Edge by Kendra Siler-Marsiglio

Embracing Life by Donna Bonnell

Giraffe in the Backyard Carson Springs Wildlife Sanctuary

Perspectives on Aging

Enjoying Act Three by Ellis Amburn

Spreading Good Cheer Village Cheerleaders Combine Healthy Activity and Charity Work BY JANICE C. KAPLAN

Happy Birthday America Enjoy Big Savings at Affordable Small-Town 4th of July Celebrations BY CAROLYN TILLO

Staying Safe June is Home Safety Month BY MARY KYPREOS

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e here at Tower Publications have recently returned from the conference of the Community Papers of Florida and the Association of Free Community Papers, held at St. Pete Beach. As you might imagine, these conferences are a great opportunity to get away from the daily grind (although I did review proofs of the magazine from my hotel room), hear dynamic speakers, rub elbows with others in the ﬁeld and receive recognition for all of our hard work. I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate our production team (the unsung heroes who design this magazine) for garnering ten awards, the sales reps, without which I would not have a job, and our writers who came away with six awards of excellence. Congratulations Ellis Amburn, Donna Bonnell, Crystal Henry, Molly Larmie, Jason Hodges, and yours truly (can I congratulate myself? Seems odd). Job well done! If you see a story you particularly like from one of our writers, please do not

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hesitate to send them (or me) an e-mail — we’d love to hear from you. In this edition we bring you some info on upcoming Fourth of July events, because by the time many of you get this magazine the fourth will have probably already passed. Writer Janice Kaplan tells us what she learned about a lively bunch of Seniors known as The Village Cheerleaders. These women range in age from their 50s to the high 80s with the leader of the pack hitting her 77th birthday this month. Additionally, Janice tells us about the Gainesville Community Band, while writer Ellis Amburn shares a story about his visit to a local wildlife preserve and the people who own and operate the facility just outside of Gainesville. And ﬁnally, since June is designated as Home Safety Month, Mary Kypreos offers some tips on this subject. Have fun and be safe! s

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clockwise from top left ELLIS AMBURN a High Springs resident, is the author of biographies of Roy Orbison, Elizabeth Taylor and other celebrities. Harper has just published his updated Elizabeth Taylor biography, “The Most Beautiful Woman in the World.” ellis.amburn@gmail.com. JANICE KAPLAN has been a freelance writer since 2005. In her spare time Janice loves cooking, Gator sports, Jimmy Buffett anything and spending time with her husband and kids. kaplan_janice@yahoo.com CAROLYN TILLO wanted to go to law school until she realized she hated arguing. She plans to attend graduate school for public relations and pursue a career as a communications coordinator for a nonproﬁt or philanthropic organization. carolyntillo@gmail.com

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The American Circus The American circus has a unique and often overlooked importance in American history. The ﬁrst American circuses began shortly after the country was founded. As the country’s population grew, moved West, went through the Industrial Revolution and opened its gates to the world, the circus followed. Indeed, in many cases the circus provided people’s ﬁrst view of new inventions, exotic animals and peoples, and popular entertainments. The history of the circus is in many ways a microcosm of the history of America. —WWW.CIRCUSINAMERICA.ORG/PUBLIC

IN MOROCCO, GOATS ENJOY THE TASTE OF THE ARGAN BERRY SO MUCH THAT THEY WILL ACTUALLY CLIMB A TREE TO GET IT. The goats digest the pulp, but shed the undigested seeds in their feces. As these have shells that are somewhat softened and easier to crack, they are occasionally used to produce oil for culinary and cosmetic purposes, according to webecoist.com, which recommends you might want to skip over these products sold by local farmers for the somewhat cleaner massproduced varieties. According to arganoilmorocco.com, urban legend has it that all argan oil is produced this way. This myth seems to be based on the fact that occasionally, shrewd traders would have sold (and may still try to sell) such “non-food grade” argan oil to ignorant travelers or tourists. The fact that the nuts acquire a foul aroma in passing through the animal’s digestive tract makes it easy to tell this oil apart from foodgrade produce with its rich, walnut oil-like ﬂavor.

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Summertime and the living is easy This month, millions of American children will be set free from their school duties to enjoy summer vacations and camps, trips to the beach and lazy days in front of their favorite video game. But summer vacation hasn’t always been a birthright of U.S. schoolchildren. According to a Time Magazine article, in the decades before the Civil War, schools operated on one of two calendars, neither of which included a summer hiatus. Rural schooling was divided into summer and winter terms, leaving kids free to pitch in with the spring planting and fall harvest seasons. Urban students, meanwhile, regularly endured as many as 48 weeks of study a year, with one break per quarter. (Since education was not compulsory, attendance was often sparse.) In the 1840s, however, educational reformers like Horace Mann moved to merge the two calendars out of concern that rural schooling was insufficient and — invoking then current medical theory — that overstimulating young minds could lead to nervous disorders or insanity. SOURCE: WWW.TIME.COM

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Legend Sam Cooke is considered to be one of the pioneers and founders of soul music. He is commonly known as the King of Soul for his unmatched vocal abilities and influence on the modern world of music. His contribution in pioneering Soul music led to the rise of Aretha Franklin, Bobby Womack, Al Green, Curtis Mayfield, Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, and popularizing the likes of Otis Redding and James Brown. Cooke had 29 top-40 hits in the U.S. between 1957 and 1964. Major hits like “You Send Me,” “A Change Is Gonna Come,” “Chain Gang,” “Summertime,” and “Bring It on Home to Me” are some of his most popular songs. On December 11, 1964, Cooke was fatally shot by the manager of the Hacienda Motel in Los Angeles, California at the age of 33. At the time, the courts ruled that Cooke was drunk and distressed, and that the manager had killed Cooke in what was later ruled a justifiable homicide. Since that time, the circumstances of his death have been widely questioned.

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NOTABLE BIRTHDAY

Paul McCartney

69 Years Old

June 18th, 1942 McCartney gained worldwide fame as a member of The Beatles (1960–1970). After leaving The Beatles, McCartney launched a successful solo career and formed the band Wings with his ﬁrst wife, Linda Eastman, and singer-songwriter Denny Laine. McCartney is listed in Guinness World Records as the “most successful musician and composer in popular music history,” with 60 gold discs and sales of 100 million singles in the UK. He is an advocate for animal rights, vegetarianism, and music education.

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Joyce Carol Oates (73) June 16, 1938

Bruce Dern (75)

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June 11, 1935

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JUNE 14, 1961 — NASHVILLE, TN

“I Fall to Pieces”

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or most people music is an enjoyable, although momentary, form of entertainment. But for those who seriously practiced a musical instrument when they were young, perhaps when they played in a school orchestra or even a rock band, the musical experience can be something more. Recent research shows that a strong correlation exists between musical training for children and certain other mental abilities. — WWW.LIVESCIENCE.COM

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On June 14, 1961, Patsy Cline and her brother, Sam, were involved in a head-on car collision on Old Hickory Boulevard in Nashville, TN. The impact threw Cline into the windshield, nearly killing her. She suffered from a jagged cut across her forehead that required stitches, a broken wrist and a dislocated hip, and ultimately spent a month hospitalized. While in the hospital, her song “I Fall to Pieces” became a big Country/Pop crossover hit. She returned to the road on crutches, determined to be a survivor with a new appreciation for life. Since her death in 1963 — at age 30 — in a private airplane crash at the height of her career, she has been considered one of the most inﬂuential, successful, and acclaimed female vocalists of the 20th century.

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If you’ve driven down 34th Street lately you have probably noticed how much has taken place at Northside Park with the Alachua County Senior Recreation Center. The windows are complete, as are the exterior stone veneer and stucco, and the building has been painted. As Senior Times Magazine goes to press, the metal rooﬁng is being installed and the sidewalks and parking lot paving are going in, said Ty Bliss, project manager with Mills Gilbane. Within the building the interior ﬁnishes have started with drywall, painting and ceramic tile. “It looks as if ECAC will get the keys sometime in August,” said Anthony Clarizio, executive director of ElderCare, a division of Shands HealthCare that provides services to homebound Seniors. “That being said, we will host a ribboncutting ceremony sometime in September. In addition, we will offer holiday events throughout the end of the year with the center open for programs in January.”

Clarizio said there will be more details about the center opening as they get closer to the date. “We are still looking for donations to help with the day-to-day operations,” Clarizio emphasized. “If you are interested, please log on to www. shandsgiving.org and make your pledge.” If you or your business are interested in giving, please call Anthony Clarizio at 352-265-9206. Any donations over $1,000 will receive recognition on the donor wall. s

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PERSERVERANCE

…And the Band Played On The Gainesville Community Band has Evolved, But the Purpose Remains the Same by Janice C. Kaplan

here are many factors that shape a community, from the schools that educate area youth to the businesses that provide jobs and entertainment. But as Henry Wadsworth Longfellow once said, “Music is the universal language of mankind,” and the diversity of Gainesville is brought together several times a year with the universal music played by the Gainesville Community Band. “It’s a place where people can continue doing what they enjoy and share that with the community,” said band conductor Dr. Gerald Poe. “Music is one of the things that we can continue throughout our life and do it well. In times where we don’t have as much music in the school and the military, to share that with other people who enjoy it... it’s a dying art.”

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The Gainesville Community Band got its start in 1974 with 11 members, and in 1978 the Gainesville City Commission passed a resolution designating the organization as the ofﬁcial community band of Gainesville. Since then the band has grown to its current size of about 80 musicians. Everyone associated with the band — from the conductor to the musicians to everyone behind the scenes — works on a volunteer basis. Membership is a diverse cross-section of Gainesville and includes doctors, realtors, retirees, students, tradespersons and more. “That’s maybe what I enjoy the most,” Poe said. “In my past life I’ve dealt with college kids, parents and fellow professors who are centered towards music. But here I’m talking to someone in a

PHOTO COURTESY OF THE GAINESVILLE COMMUNITY BAND The Gainesville Community Band at the 2009 Charles Dean Memorial Concert at First Presbyterian Church. The event honors Charles Dean, who served as the principal trumpet player for the band for 18 years. Dean passed away in 1992, and every year at this concert a new trumpet is presented to a deserving middle school trumpet player.

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different profession completely, and we have the bond of music in common.” Poe has led the GCB since 2003. A music teacher and band director who retired after a 38-year career in education, he has continued the group’s evolution by upgrading venues and

music selections while keeping concerts free of charge and family friendly. “A community band represents the community they’re in,” Poe said. “Over the years we have grown to represent what this community’s needs may be in the services we provide. When I took

over, the band was playing a lot in the parks, but that has changed. People with air conditioning don’t go to the parks and watch a concert like they once did. Now we do all of our concerts inside except Fanfares and Fireworks, which always has a good turnout.” June 2011

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PHOTO BY DAWN MCKINSTRY The Gainesville Community Band performing its annual Mother’s Day Concert at Trinity Methodist Church in May.

Wanna Play? Membership in the Gainesville Community Band is open to adult musicians, college students and high school students recommended by their band directors. There must be a position open in their section (as determined by the music director), and an individual must have adequate musical ability. Prospective members are heard by director Dr. Gerald Poe and the corresponding section leader to ensure the ability to play well and blend with the group. For more information or to set a rehearsal date, please contact Dr. Poe at 352-472-7224 or email him at director@gnvband.org.

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The band rehearses every Thursday night from 7 pm - 9 pm at Kanapaha Middle School and plays a six-concert season that starts with the Charles Dean Trumpet Memorial Concert. Named for one of the GCB’s original members, the Charles Dean concert includes the presentation of a new trumpet to a deserving area middle school student (donated by an area music store). This is followed by the James B. King Veterans Day concert, honoring another former member who also served as principal clarinet and assistant conductor in the Marine Corps Band until his retirement in 1968. A middle school student is presented with a new clarinet at the concert’s conclusion. Other staples of the GCB season include its recent Mother’s Day concert — an annual tradition since the band’s beginning — and the Bright Christmas concert at Trinity United Methodist Church. The season generally concludes

with Fanfares and Fireworks at the UF Bandshell, which draws upwards of 20,000 spectators every year. The GCB sometimes includes other shows in their season, both in Gainesville and other areas as well. The band has previously performed at the Butterﬂy Fest, the Heart of Florida Air Show and the Fantasyland Stage at Walt Disney World. In addition to performing for the community, the GCB ﬁnds other ways to honor its commitment to the artistic and economic wellbeing of the city. In 1995 the band hosted the Association of Concert Bands’ 17th Annual Convention. This event brought musicians from around the country to Gainesville for symposia and clinics, and resulted in 10 free public concerts at the Phillips Center for the Performing Arts. The event was such a success that the association chose to return to Gainesville for its 2003 convention. seniortimesmagazine.com

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PHOTO BY DAWN MCKINSTRY Composed of musicians young and old alike, the Gainesville Community Band has been entertaining audiences since 1974.

The Gainesville Community Band’s evolution is reflected in its repertoire, which includes a wide variety of styles and difficultly levels. Ray Jones is 82 years old and just celebrated 20 years of playing the flute with the GCB. Unlike many members who played instruments in their childhoods, Jones took up music when he was 57. But he enjoys the challenge of the tougher pieces. “The music we play is challenging and at times requires practice,” said the retired librarian. “I think in some bands people come and play and practice at that time, but the music is fairly easy and pleasant. We play some of that music, but we also play music that really is challenging and therefore I think we have a chance to grow, both as individuals and as a musical organization.” One such piece was actually composed by a GCB member. “I have written an opera and taken

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two themes from the opera and arranged them for orchestra and band,” said Jack Kitts-Turner, a retired UF music professor who plays bassoon with the band. In last month’s Mother’s Day concert the GCB played “The Soldier’s Song,” the first scene of Kitts-Turner’s opera that was transcribed for band. Another change implemented by Poe is the 20-year award, a medallion presented to musicians after 20 years of playing with the GCB. The medallion is placed on a ribbon and worn to concerts by the long-standing members to distinguish them for their service. Additionally, each concert program now lists the occupation for each band member performing. While everyone benefits from playing or listening to music, Jones explained that the positives are especially significant for Seniors. “I personally thought it would be

excellent to study and learn music, that it might help aging,” said Jones, whose lifelong love of music is partly what prompted him to begin playing the ﬂute. “I knew that I would be retiring and it would be a challenge and would keep me active in the sense of cognitive abilities. Also, being a member of a large organization keeps you interacting with people. There are some tremendous positives as you grow older. That’s been my experience.” The GCB’s new season begins in October once again with the Charles Dean concert, and as with most of the band’s events admission is free. The public is encouraged to see for themselves the jewel of music that Gainesville has to offer. “The band is an organization for the community,” Kitts-Turner said. “You might see your grocery clerk or your retired professor. It is an organization that appeals to the public, and the public should take advantage of it.” s seniortimesmagazine.com

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Important Product Information XIAFLEX® (Zï a flex) (collagenase clostridium histolyticum) What is the most important information I should know about XIAFLEX? XIAFLEX can cause serious side effects, including: • Tendon or ligament damage. Receiving an injection of XIAFLEX may cause damage to a tendon or ligament in your hand and cause it to break or weaken. This could require surgery to fix the damaged tendon or ligament. Call your healthcare provider right away if you have trouble bending your injected finger (towards the wrist) after the swelling goes down or you have problems using your treated hand after your follow-up visit. • Nerve injury or other serious injury of the hand. Call your healthcare provider if you get numbness, tingling, or increased pain in your treated finger or hand after your injection or after your follow-up visit. • Allergic Reactions. Allergic reactions can happen in people who take XIAFLEX because it contains foreign proteins. Call your healthcare provider right away if you have any of these symptoms of an allergic reaction after an injection of XIAFLEX: • hives • swollen face • breathing trouble • chest pain What is XIAFLEX? XIAFLEX is a prescription medicine used to treat adults with Dupuytren’s contracture when a “cord” can be felt. In people with Dupuytren’s contracture, there is thickening of the skin and tissue in the palm of your hand that is not normal. Overtime, this thickened tissue can form a cord in your palm. This causes one or more of your fingers to bend toward the palm, so you cannot straighten them. XIAFLEX should be injected into a cord by a healthcare provider who is skilled in injection procedures of the hand and treating people with Dupuytren’s contracture. The proteins in XIAFLEX help to “break” the cord of tissue that is causing the finger to be bent. It is not known if XIAFLEX is safe and effective in children under the age of 18. What should I tell my healthcare provider before starting treatment with XIAFLEX? XIAFLEX may not be right for you. Before receiving XIAFLEX, tell your healthcare provider if you: • have had an allergic reaction to a previous XIAFLEX injection. • have a bleeding problem. • have any other medical conditions. • are pregnant or plan to become pregnant. It is not known if XIAFLEX will harm your unborn baby. • are breastfeeding. It is not known if XIAFLEX passes into your breast-milk. Talk to your healthcare provider about the best way to feed your baby if you receive XIAFLEX. Tell your healthcare provider about all the medicines you take, including prescription and non-prescription medicines, vitamins, and herbal supplements. Especially tell your healthcare provider if you use: a blood thinner medicine such as aspirin, clopidogrel (PLAVIX®), prasugrel hydrochloride (EFFIENT®), or warfarin sodium (COUMADIN®). If you are told to stop taking a blood thinner before your XIAFLEX injection, your healthcare provider should tell you when to restart the blood thinner.

How will I receive XIAFLEX? Your healthcare provider will inject XIAFLEX into the cord that is causing your finger to bend. After an injection of XIAFLEX, your affected hand will be wrapped with a bandage. You should limit moving and using the treated finger after the injection. Do not bend or straighten the fingers of the injected hand until your healthcare provider says it is okay. This will help prevent the medicine from leaking out of the cord. Do not try to straighten the treated finger yourself. Keep the injected hand elevated until bedtime. Call your healthcare provider right away if you have: • signs of infection after your injection, such as fever, chills, increased redness, or swelling • numbness or tingling in the treated finger • trouble bending the injected finger after the swelling goes down Return to your healthcare provider’s office as directed on the day after your injection. During this first follow-up visit, if you still have the cord, your healthcare provider may try to extend the treated finger to “break” the cord and try to straighten your finger. Your healthcare provider will provide you with a splint to wear on the treated finger. Wear the splint as instructed by your healthcare provider at bedtime to keep your finger straight. Do finger exercises each day, as instructed by your healthcare provider. Follow your healthcare provider’s instructions about when you can start doing your normal activities with the injected hand. What are the possible side effects of XIAFLEX? XIAFLEX can cause serious side effects. See “What is the most important information I should know about XIAFLEX?”. Common side effects with XIAFLEX include: • swelling of the injection site or the hand • bleeding or bruising at the injection site • pain or tenderness of the injection site or the hand • swelling of the lymph nodes (glands) in the elbow or underarm • itching • breaks in the skin • redness or warmth of the skin • pain in the underarm These are not all of the possible side effects with XIAFLEX. Tell your healthcare provider about any side effect that bothers you or does not go away. Call your doctor for medical advice about side effects. You may report side effects to the FDA at 1-800-FDA-1088. General information about XIAFLEX Medicines are sometimes prescribed for purposes other than those listed here. This is a summary of the most important information about XIAFLEX. If you would like more information, talk to your healthcare provider. You can ask your healthcare provider for information about XIAFLEX that is written for health professionals. For more information visit www.XIAFLEX.com or call 1-877-663-0412. © 2011 Auxilium Pharmaceuticals, Inc. For US residents only. 40 Valley Stream Parkway Malvern, PA 19355 www.auxilium.com

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Are You Ready? Hurricane season lasts from June 1 through November 30 BEFORE THE STORM • Determine safe evacuation routes inland. • Learn locations of official shelters. • Check emergency equipment, flashlights, generators, cell phones and your NOAA Weather Radio All Hazards receiver. • Buy food that will keep and store drinking water. • Buy plywood or other material to protect your home. • Trim trees and shrubbery so branches don’t fly into your home. • Clear clogged rain gutters and downspouts. • Review your insurance policy. WHEN YOU ARE IN A WATCH AREA… • Fuel and service family vehicles. • Inspect and secure mobile home tie downs. • Ensure you have extra cash on hand. • Prepare to cover all windows and doors with shutters or other shielding materials. • Check batteries and stock up on canned food, first aid supplies, drinking water and medications. • Bring in light-weight objects such as garbage cans, garden tools, toys and lawn furniture.

WHEN IN A WARNING AREA... • Closely monitor radio, TV or NOAA Weather Radio All Hazards for official bulletins. • Follow instructions issued by local officials. Leave immediately if ordered! • Stay with friends or relatives at a low-rise inland hotel or at a designated public shelter outside the flood zone. • DO NOT stay in a mobile or manufactured home. • Notify neighbors and a family member outside of the warned area of your evacuation plans. • Take pets with you if possible, but remember, most public shelters do not allow pets other than those used by people with disabilities. Identify petfriendly hotels along your evacuation route. DURING THE STORM Plan to Leave if You... • Live in a mobile home. They are unsafe in high winds no matter how well fastened to the ground. • Live on the coastline, an offshore island or near a river or a flood plain. • Live in a high-rise building. Hurricane winds are stronger at higher elevations. Compiled from www.noaa.gov

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THOUGHTS AND REFLECTIONS œ CARLOS MUNIZ

Perspectives on Aging A few years ago, someone asked José Saramago, the recipient of the Nobel Price in Literature, how he would like to be remembered after his death.

e, being the wise man he is, did of hypnotism and telepathy. This is also not hesitate in replying, “I want why happiness can be transferred to to be remembered as having been a good other people close by. This is the reason man, that is enough for me. I don’t aswhy we all like to be around those who pire for more.” Seneca, the philosopher, are happy and full of energy. The charisonce said, “Every good person carries matic people can attract others toward God inside.” them like a magnet, and if that is the Every time any person performs a case, we should all try and probably sucgood deed, he or she feels happy. Why ceed in becoming charismatic persons. is it then that people have so much If any of us listens carefully, we can difficulty in performing good deeds? It has been shown that the It has been said that thoughts of one person can people can be classified influence the brain and into three groups. The ones that build and create, the thoughts of another person ones that destroy, and the close by in a receptive mood. ones that go through life doing nothing, not leaving behind any footprints of their passage all hear a soundless voice claiming to through time. be heard that will guide and orient us It is true that thoughts are energy, throughout our lives. In my case, it told electromagnetic waves that can be me to become a healer and a teacher. It recorded if an electroencephalogram is was not easy to follow at first, but evenperformed. It is also true that energy can tually it became my passion and paid be transformed but not destroyed, and in off a thousand times in happiness and that sense we are all immortals. satisfaction. s It has been shown that the thoughts Dr. Carlos Muniz is a retired psychiatrist of one person can influence the brain from Gainesville. He may be contacted and thoughts of another person close through the editor, Albert Isaac. by in a receptive mood. This is the basis

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SEEING SPOTS

Giraffe in the Backyard Carson Springs Wildlife Sanctuary by Ellis Amburn

etting up greet you. In the close and far distance, behind intimate the house, a giraffe with wild animals stands, majestic and produces a unique immobile as a lizard feeling — a blend of on a rock. rapture, calm, and “One day, a peace — as visitors to military helicopter Barry and Christine buzzed us,” Christine Janks’s sprawling recalled. “The next thoroughbred horse day it was four. The breeding farm and guy must have flown wildlife sanctuary near back to Camp Blanding Gainesville, discover and told his buddies, as they stroll among ‘You can’t believe what tigers, cheetah, giraffe I saw — a giraffe in and lemurs enclosed somebody’s backyard.’” in spacious, widely Barry, a cool-lookseparated, sunny, ing dude with blue PHOTO BY EMILY FUGGETTA immaculately clean eyes and silver hair, Barry Janks, who runs the Carson Springs facility, reaches out to pet Sunflower, a tiger. pens. is a horse breeder by The joy begins trade. Christine, an as soon as one leaves East County Road 225 and beholds attractive blonde who was once the leading horse trainer in a flock of regal peahens and peacocks sauntering across America, remarked, “When Barry and I got married we cut out the driveway to the big ranch house. Acres of verdant day-to-day horse training. We settled here in Carson Springs greensward are dotted with graceful brown horses, many in 2001 in a house trailer and started rescuing exotic animals.” of them approaching the fence line to see what’s up. Barry How on earth did Christine Janks ever become a horse trainer? and Christine, surrounded by clouds of dogs, come out to “I grew up on a gentleman’s farm/estate near Chicago,” she

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Christine dashed up to a woman she saw standing on a hill and sobbed, “I have come ten thousand miles to see cheetah!” replied, “and inherited my father’s love of the business. Horses are big business. The young girls went to Vassar; I went to the racetrack. When my horses won, it was like my kids winning. I’m proud of my horses.” She is also proud of having received her pilot’s license at age 60. “It was really hard,” she said. “Math is not my strong point. Brad, my instructor, said, ‘It’s just simple trig. Don’t you remember calculus?’” In her Cirrus SR22 turbo plane, she and Barry ﬂy to the Panhandle for oysters, New Orleans for lunch, or New Smyrna Beach to a favorite Spanish grill. Recently, taking off in rough weather, the plane’s engine almost failed. Christine “made a tight circle back and landed at the Gainesville airport,” cool as a cucumber. Taking visitors inside her imposing home, she explains, “There are no curtains obstructing the view. I wanted it to feel like you’re

outside. Another lifetime and marriage ago I built a house in South Florida. Then I designed this one with plenty of space and privacy. Barry and I are still together after 25 years because of separate bathrooms.” She confesses she is more comfortable with animals than people, and when asked if she had to choose between a life with people and no animals, or vice versa, she answers without hesitation, “Animals and no people.” Ten years ago, just after 9/ll, she and Barry — determined to fulfill Christine’s bucket-list wish to pet a cheetah — flew to South Africa. From Johannesburg they drove over dirt roads filled with potholes. At a cheetah breeding facility that sold to zoos but was closed to visitors, Christine dashed up to June 2011

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PHOTOS BY EMILY FUGGETTA ABOVE: Sunﬂower soaks in her tub at the Carson Springs Wildlife Sanctuary. MIDDLE: A ring-tailed lemur greets visitors at the Carson Springs Wildlife Sanctuary. RIGHT: Barry Janks, who runs the Carson Springs facility, gives Sunﬂower a tire to play with.

a woman she saw standing on a hill and sobbed, “I’ve come 10,000 miles to see cheetah!” She had found the right person. Ann Van Dyk was to cheetah and endangered African wild dogs what Jane Goodall was to chimpanzees. She took Barry and Christine into a cage with an adult king cheetah and it was love at first sight. The gorgeous spotted cat — the fastest creature on the planet at 70 mph —was not the least bit aggressive or combative. “They’re endangered and persecuted because they flee rather than fight,” Christine said. “Farmers chase them down with dogs, then train them to hunt deer.” The day after they met, Christine did veterinarian work with Ann and later bought a share in her wildlife farm before returning to Florida. “Our first exotic rescue here was a serval named Toccata, a spotted cat that was having seizures,” she said. “Then came a bobcat from Boston — Sheena — and it was full steam ahead.” Both cats are still flourishing at Carson Springs, as well as a stately cheetah named Mattie, as dignified as a bank president and twice as reserved, though obviously quite satisfied with his daily gourmet diet of Cornish hens. The most spectacular cat on the property is Sunflower, a gigantic tiger. “She was about to become a victim of euthanasia when we found her at another sanctuary,” Christine said, as Sunflower nuzzled and licked her hand, making soft, deep noises that were less than a growl but more than a purr. “She has an unusual temperament for a tiger,” Christine

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observed, “very playful.” As if to demonstrate, Sunflower rolled over on her back, then tossed a rubber farm tire around as if it were a beach ball, and finally dove into a water tank, splashing geysers sky-high. Returning to the fence, she graciously invited visitors to pet her. The brave do, and later liken touching a tiger to touching God. “These animals come from a lot of bad experiences,” Christine said. “Trust is the biggest thing with animals, as it is with people. We spend a lot of time with them. Our horses load right on the van because when they’re young we don’t scare them.” Gracie the giraffe inhabits the largest pen on the preserve — five acres. Just three years old, she is the queen of her environment, sharing it only with two Oryx and three sitatunga (antelope). “Gracie,” Barry called, and the noble beast immediately responded, approaching as gracefully as Natalie Portman in “Black Swan.” Christine handed carrots to the visitors; Gracie, extending her formidable tongue, removed them from outstretched hands as gently but firmly as Jar-Jar Binks. The carrots vanish, are chomped, and are well on their way down Gracie’s endless neck before you know it. Apart from the irresistible Sunflower and gracile Gracie, the star attraction for many visitors to Carson Springs is the lemur pen, where two of nature’s most beguiling wild creatures, Sugar Bear and Major, are ready to romp and play with all comers. They seem more like people than primates: hands and feet smooth as kid gloves, coats soft as chinchilla, and the cutseniortimesmagazine.com

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TAKE CARE OF YOUR TOOTSIES œ KENDRA SILER-MARSIGLIO

Healthy Edge As soon as you get a chance you should take off your shoes and socks.

hy? To give your feet the recognition they deserve... to thank them for holding you upright all these years. If you want to avoid falls and maximize your mobility, then start singing to the unsung heroes: your tootsies. As we age, our feet go along for the ride. According to the American Geriatrics Association, we experience foot changes that lessen balance (a major fall risk) and reduce our feet’s tolerance to stress — which allow inﬂammation and pain to set in. Agerelated changes include: • Shape changes • Degeneration of the soles’ fat pads • Thinning skin • Muscle loss • Bone density loss • Nail malformation development • Reduced range of motion • Sub-optimal circulation • Sensation loss/numbness (a fall risk, predominantly for Senior men). Although we can’t combat them all, we can stave off an important few. Want better balance? Do toe exercises. Strong toes are important for good balance. SIT AND BE FIT(tm), a nonproﬁt organization committed to healthy aging, suggests the following exercises: 1. Toe strengtheners: Sitting in a chair

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with feet flat on the floor, lengthen your toes and press them into the floor. Don’t let them curl! Hold five seconds and release for 10 reps. 2. Hallux pulls: Place a thick rubber band around both big toes and laterally pull them away from each other. Do 10 reps, holding for five seconds. 3. Toe spreads: Spread your toes on each foot, holding for five seconds. Do ten reps each. PREVENT THE PAIN OF INGROWN TOENAILS Ingrown toenails usually occur when we don’t properly trim our toenails. If you haven’t experienced an ingrown toenail, it’s when the nail penetrates the skin. A painful infection can be the result. For healthy Seniors, ingrown toenails can limit mobility temporarily. For those with diabetes, infections can lead to amputations. According to the International Council on Active Aging, toenails should be cut straight across. Any sharp edges should be lightly refined with a clean file or emery board. Serious cases of ingrown toenails should be treated by a physician or podiatrist. Have trouble reaching your feet? Don’t try to trim your toenails yourself,

get assistance, or go to a podiatrist or another foot care specialist. Hmmm... Could this be a perfect time to get pampered by a loved one? GIVE YOUR FEET THE ONCE-OVER OFTEN According to the Institute for Preventive Foot Health, you should perform routine inspections of your feet and pay attention to minor issues. Pain is not normal, and small issues can escalate into major issues without much warning. If pain persists for more than a day or two or you ﬁnd sores or red spots that don’t heal within several days, give your provider a call. If you have medical conditions that may affect your feet, please inspect your feet daily and report any changes (e.g., pain, swelling, stiffness, limited movement, deformity, and wounds that don’t heal) to your doctor right away. See your podiatrist at least once a year. s Kendra Siler-Marsiglio, Ph.D. is the Director of the Rural Health Partnership at WellFlorida Council.

Want more information? Visit the Institute for Preventive Foot Health (IPFH) website: at www.ipfh.org. IPFH promotes awareness of, and the need for, preventive foot health as a key to long-term quality of human life. International Council on Active Aging (ICAA) website: www.icaa.cc. ICAA is the world’s largest membership association dedicated to changing the way we age by uniting and working with professionals in the retirement, assisted living, recreation, ﬁtness, rehabilitation and wellness ﬁelds. ICAA connects a community of like-minded professionals who share the goals of changing society’s perceptions of aging and improving the quality of life for Baby Boomers and older adults within the six dimensions of wellness (emotional, vocational, physical, spiritual, intellectual, social).

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his summer, SunState Federal Credit Union continues its trend of leading the cutting edge of customer service and convenience with the launch of an all new suite of electronic services and account access products. With March month-end statements, the credit union began the process of converting to a new monthly statement format, both printed statements and eStatements. The new statement format combines all of a members SunState deposit and loan accounts, excluding VISA, into

one combined statement for ease of tracking. The new eStatements will be archived within a member’s own secure eBanking site for two years. The new eStatement format also makes it easier than ever to look at actual copies of cleared checks. With the changing times and technologies, banking on your computer at home is becoming a thing of the past. SunState’s new eBanking product takes the best of the credit union’s old Home$Banking and adds in some great new features. The new mobile app will let you access your accounts

and perform transactions from virtually anywhere. New features will include such things as customized alert notifications, the ability to set up automatic recurring transfers within one account or between accounts owned by other SunState members. Loan payments can be automated on a time table that fits your needs. Yes, SunState Federal Credit Union has really stepped up in the area of online and mobile banking, bringing you solutions and options at the cutting edge of today’s technology. As a nice aside to the online services above, SunState Federal Credit Union is in the process of setting up free WiFi in branches to facilitate member convenience. Be sure to ask any SunState employee about this new member benefit. If you haven’t been by SunState’s new Archer Road branch, then you haven’t tried the new “smart” ATM. Over the course of the next several months, SunState plans to replace all of their ATMs with these new machines formerly available only in limited markets and offered by only a few of the largest financial institutions. So, whether you want an especially robust mobile banking app, a highly versatile pc-based eBanking option, or just want simple easy-to-understand consolidated eStatements SunState Federal Credit Union should now move to the top of your list when considering a new financial institution. Your phone, our app — bank anywhere! *APP WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR IPHONE, BLACKBERRY AND ANDROID OPERATING SYSTEMS.

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Spreading Good Cheer The Village Cheerleaders Combine Healthy Activity and Charity Work

by Janice C. Kaplan

hey march onto the town square in their white shorts and bright red shirts, pom poms in hand and on their shoes. To the strains of classics such as “Rock Around the Clock” and “Twist and Shout,” they execute lively routines and raise the spirits of the crowd. Far from the chairrocking, bridge-playing, caftan-wearing stereotype of the Florida retiree, these vivacious ladies turn every event they attend into a rollicking pep rally. They are the Village Cheerleaders, a group comprised of 120 ladies who live in the famed retirement community. The cheerleaders entertain residents at the two town squares (Spanish Springs and Sumter Landing), celebrate business openings, perform charity work and participate in parades for St. Patrick’s Day, Mardi Gras, Christmas and other festive events. They have also appeared at events beyond The Villages, including a trip to Tallahassee to perform in the inaugural parade for Florida Governor Rick Scott.

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“I started the group in 1995 as a social group for those of us who are here all year, and it just took off and grew,” said Gerry Lynch, the squad’s 77-year-old founder and captain. “I now have 120 girls and we perform at just about anything that happens in The Villages. We go to groups if they request us — anyone who needs help raising funds, we are there. It has really taken on a life of its own.”

“I started the group in 1995 as a social group for those of us who are here all year, and it just took off and grew.” The group is so popular that there are more than 60 women on the wait list, some of whom have been waiting as long as three years. They are also supported by several spouses who have signed on as “Cheerleader Husbands” to help with organization and crowd control.

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PHOTOS BY LINDSAY WADELTON ABOVE: The Village Cheerleaders celebrate at a group Luau they held at a local pool to boost morale and to bring everyone together in 2009. The group has multiple gatherings every year. OPPOSITE: Coach Gerri Lynch leading the group during a practice in the Laurel Manor Recreation Center at the Villages in Ocala. “We range in age from ﬁfties to high eighties,” Lynch said. “The one gal nearing her nineties won’t give us her exact age, and she doesn’t show it either.” Lynch said she feels as though this group helps them stay “young at heart!”

While the Village Cheerleaders ﬁnd joy in everything they do, it is their charity work that has found a special place in their captain’s heart. “We’ve become a service club, which is the direction I’m so very proud of,” Lynch said. “Whenever we are asked to be part of a 5k or any fundraiser, we not only go there and perform for the crowd, we raise and donate [money] to each one.” The squad does its best to help whenever asked. The members recently raised $10,000 to go toward the new

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Mofﬁt Cancer Center at The Villages, and last year they brought in the same amount for the Relay For Life. The cheerleaders run a variety of events to help these charities and more, such as their annual Treats & Treasures garage sale, bake sales and other food sales, rafﬂes and fashion shows. At events such as charity walks or 5k runs, the cheerleaders gather into what they call a “rally line,” lining the route and cheering on participants with refrains of “Hail, hail, the walkers are here!

Here we are together, in perfect Village weather!” Group members also participate in such events whenever possible and raise money for the cause at hand. Billy and Marian Kraft know ﬁrsthand how the generous spirit of the Village Cheerleaders can beneﬁt the community. The Krafts operate Special Kids, Inc., a group that brings hundreds of area special needs children to The Villages in the spring and around Christmas to enjoy food, games and other fun activities. The cheerleaders are among seniortimesmagazine.com

several groups from the community to lend a hand and celebrate the kids. “One of the kids’ highlights is as they drive the buses up, there are the cheerleaders hollering at them, and they love it!” Billy Kraft said. “The cheerleaders are cheering them off the buses and walking them in and just taking care of each kid. This year they brought little pom poms for the kids to dance with, which the kids really enjoyed. Next to the golf cart rides, the cheerleaders and the clowns are tops over the pizza and sodas.” Kraft said the cheerleaders were one of the ﬁrst groups to volunteer to help, back when he and his wife set up a tent in the town square and just had one school to work with. The events got so big that the Krafts moved them to the polo grounds, where they now serve children from seven area schools. The women have become indispensable to Special Kids, Inc. “If we have a function someplace

or a fundraiser, the cheerleaders are always there, helping us,” said Kraft, who mentioned in addition to the two annual parties they also have several fundraising events each year. “They have no trouble with signups to get cheerleaders to come to our events. They’re a great bunch of gals. We couldn’t do it without ‘em!” The cheerleaders are a perfect ﬁt for The Villages, which is anything but a typical retirement community. Residents are known for their youthful demeanor and their zest for life, often engaging in sports, dancing, traveling and other vigorous activities. The women come from a wide range of backgrounds, with some having been cheerleaders in their youth while others are participating with a squad for the ﬁrst time in their lives. Much like other dancing and movement activities, cheerleading helps the women stay active. Studies by the American Heart Association show that

regular dancing and movement help to lower blood pressure and prevent heart disease. It also helps strengthen bones and joints, factors that are crucial in the ﬁght against osteoporosis. The cardiovascular beneﬁts are also important in keeping obesity at bay. Being a Village Cheerleader helps members not only from a physical standpoint, but an emotional one as well. The charity work, as well as the camaraderie the women share, helps keep members connected with the community and with each other. “It has been a life-changing thing for all of us to be able to do this,” Lynch said. “It’s a fun time for us as well as helping others. Nothing is healthier than dancing to music and doing something good for someone. We’ve combined that. “You raise your families and you think that when you retire you kind of slow down,” she added with a laugh. “But we just got faster, I think!” s June 2011

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GROUP PORTRAIT BY TJ MORRISSEY for LOTUS STUDIOS FRONT ROW, from left: MaryAnn Grah (Dance helper), Gerry Lynch (Leader/Founder since ‘95), Joyce Bull (Dance helper) SECOND ROW: Marge Bushman, Ann Plumer, Susan Willier, Gracie Cresciullo, Linda Wise, Marilyn Bialowas, Nancy Burns, Joy Hathaway. THIRD ROW: Mickey Greco, Ann Burns, Carol Marks, Joan Griggs, Thelma Bec, Carol Mixter, Elaine Brunner, Dolores Mann, Alicia Kath. FOURTH ROW: Kay Glessner, Marilyn Nay, Nancy Heuerman, Shirley Rung, Loretta Retzler, Wanda Eavers, Pati Lamber, Nancy Shephand, Vicki Howard, Joyce Howard. BACK ROW: Gail Gunning, Cinda French, Bonnie MacCarroll, Ann Bauer.

PHOTOS BY LINDSAY WADELTON The Village Cheerleaders typically has as many as 60 or more women on the wait list. In addition to the 120 members, the group also includes several spouses known as “Cheerleader Husbands” who help with crowd control and other duties.

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A THREE-HOUR TOUR œ DONNA BONNELL

Embracing Life Just sit right back and read a tale, a tale about a fateful tour. It was to be a brief bird hunt for an endangered species, for sure. The guide was a knowledgeable man, a volunteer with a big heart. Nine passengers loaded his van, his expedition about to start!

was on an island, but it was not the ﬁctional one made famous by Gilligan in the silly sitcom. My escapade was on the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge (MINWR). While it is not an uncharted desert isle, it is 140,000 acres of environmentally protected habitat. After living my entire life in Florida, I ﬁnally discovered one of my state’s sacred sanctuaries. Susie, Gail and I embarked on voyage to Cocoa Beach. Pretending to be tourists, we enjoyed the scenery, swam in the saltwater, and dined on succulent seafood. After soaking up the sun and getting some much needed rest and relaxation, we reluctantly packed our bags. Susie was meeting friends in Sebastian, while Gail and I had to make the dreaded drive back to Gainesville. Gail asked if I would be interested in exploring the MINWR on our way home. It was a beautiful spring day; I am always ready for adventure, so we stopped. From the moment of our arrival, I knew we had entered a

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serene safe space, almost a secret from outsiders. We wandered into the welcome center and learned of a complimentary educational hike about to begin. The trek was on a trail through Scrub Ridge. Gail’s excitement soared, as this unique parcel of land is home to the Florida scrub jay. Both of my friends are avid bird enthusiasts and have a friendly birding competition. Their goals — ﬁnd and photograph a breed of bird the other has not yet seen. She was anxious to locate the colorful blue-gray jay that resides only in scrub plants. Since Susie was not with us, she would score one shot in her favor. Expecting a leisurely 45-minute walk, we were surprised when a van arrived. The volunteer driver was also an educated docent, anxious to share his wisdom. His unrehearsed speech included numerous fascinating facts. In the 1950s, the barrier isle (that shares a border with the Kennedy Space Center) became a designated buffer zone for NASA. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife

Service took over management of the secluded island in 1963, which ensured its preservation. The MIWLR is like no other place. The diverse landscape provides habitat for 350 breeds of birds, 117 kinds of fish, 31 varieties of mammals and 68 types of amphibians and reptiles. It is a safe haven, supporting one of the highest numbers of endangered and threatened species found in the National Wildlife System. After the trail excursion ended, our enthusiastic volunteer offered to continue his tour. He took us to the Manatee Observation Deck, where the largest population of east coast manatees freely frolicked. Next was a drive to Mosquito Lagoon, one of the least developed regions on the east coast. Nearly 2/3 of the aquatic preserve boundary is a part of Canaveral National Seashore or MINWF. The salty tarn has a population of Atlantic bottlenose dolphins and extensive oyster bars. Our final destination was to a scenic view of the Space Shuttle’s launching pad. What a spectacular sight — preparations were in process for Endeavor’s last mission. If it weren’t for the hunger pains of the two youngest crewmembers we would still be in the van. The rest of us where enthralled with the unblemished natural beauty. Unfortunately, our threehour tour was over. Sometimes we learn valuable lessons or find Mother Earth’s best-kept secrets in our detours. Perhaps that is why many of us found the shenanigans of the seven shipwrecked passengers from the Minnow on Gilligan’s Island so endearing. By the way, Gail did photo a scrub jay. I only wish Susie had been there too. 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. donna@towerpublications.com

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his Fourth of July, celebrate your connection to the communities of North Central Florida by joining in one of many local Independence Day events. At these small-town shindigs, you will find one thing that you never get at a theme park: free admission. You will also have the chance to give back to the communities that have given so much to you. In Ocala, you can race in the Freedom Run to benefit the Ocala-Marion County Veterans Memorial Park. In Micanopy, you can participate in a LifeSouth blood drive. In Williston, your $2 parking donation benefits the Williston High School JROTC. Grab a group of family and friends and head to the nearest celebration. As you listen to live music and munch on that funnel cake that you have been wait-

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ing for since last year, take a moment to think about the men and women who have made this Independence Day possible. Remember the people who have fought and who continue to ﬁght for our freedom, and give thanks.

ALACHUA The Largest Small Town Fireworks Display in America Where: Hal Brady Recreation Complex When: July 4 from 3 p.m. to 10 p.m., Fireworks start at 9:30 p.m. Admission: Free Visitors to this 12th annual Fourth of July Celebration in Alachua can expect an afternoon of fun and an evening of ﬁreworks, said Adam Boukari, assistant to the city manager and chairperson of the celebration. The event features live

entertainment by local musicians and bands, as well as a free children’s area with bounce houses, a rock climbing wall, a 30-foot waterslide, a splash park, a skate park and an obstacle course. Food vendors will provide a tempting assortment of carnival foods, including Italian sausages, funnel cakes and pizza. Guests can also take a break from the heat and step into the gymnasium for bingo and more live music acts. Boukari predicts the event will draw a crowd of about 25,000 and said it represents a chance to celebrate those who are serving or have served in the armed services. He wants the event to appeal to people of all ages. “We try to cater something for everybody that comes to our event,” Boukari said. seniortimesmagazine.com

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3 1 In addition to music, food and ﬁreworks, the Hal Brady Recreation Complex in the city of Alachua also offers a splash park for children to cool their jets on a hot July afternoon.

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2 Runners, with police escort, hit the streets during last year’s Freedom Run held in Ocala. Proceeds from the 4-mile run go to beneﬁt the Ocala-Marion County Veterans Memorial Park.

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3 Music and dance, ice cream and watermelon can all be enjoyed at the Red, White & Blues Festival held at the Ocala Downtown Square.

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PHOTO COURTESY OF CITY OF ALACHUA As many as 25,000 visitors descend upon Alachua to enjoy the festivities offered by the “The Largest Small Town Fireworks Display in America.”

OCALA Red, White & Blues Festival Where: Ocala Downtown Square When: July 2 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Admission: Free Website: screel@ocalafl.org Before fireworks pop and fizz over Ocala, the sounds of electric blues will float through the crowd gathered around the Ocala Downtown Square as Keith Caton and the Accelerators perform during the Red, White & Blues Festival. This free event is a relaxing beginning to the Fourth of July celebrations, said Stan Creel, events coordinator for the City of Ocala. Sample hot dogs, hamburgers and free ice cream and watermelon, or enjoy dinner at a restaurant in downtown Ocala. While at the festival, visitors can shop for crafts and jewelry, Creel said. Freedom Run Where: Starts and ends at Ocala-Marion County Veterans Memorial Park

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When: July 4 from 7:30 a.m. to 9 a.m. Fees: $15 pre-registration fee, $20 on race day Download the entry form from the Ocala Runners’ Club website (ocalarunnersclub.com/events.php Start your Fourth of July celebrations by running four miles to raise money for the Ocala-Marion County Veterans Memorial Park during the Freedom Run. The race is open to people of all ages and usually features between 250 and 350 runners, said Gregg Miller, the race director. The Ocala Runners’ Club produces the event and awards the overall male and female winners with American flags and flagpoles. The first, second and third place winners from each age group receive red, white and blue ribbons. Miller said runners enjoy coming out each year to experience the beautiful racecourse, which runs through the shaded neighborhoods of Ocala. Publix provides bagels, fruit and cookies for the runners.

WILLISTON Williston’s Independence Day When: July 2 from 5:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. Where: Parade starts on Main Street; Celebration continues at Williston’s Horseman’s Park (803 SW 19th Ave.), where gates open at 6 p.m. and opening ceremony begins at 7 p.m. Admission: free; $2 parking donation to benefit Williston High School JROTC Enjoy an evening complete with food, floats and fireworks at Williston’s Independence Day. The parade has a “Proud to be an American” theme and starts at 5 p.m. on Main Street. It usually includes a collection of more than 100 entries, including floats and fire trucks, according to Chris Sells, an accounting technician for the City of Williston and a member of the celebration’s committee. The gates of Williston Horseman’s Park open at 6 p.m., and children can enjoy free rides, including pony rides, said Mary Kline, the executive director at the seniortimesmagazine.com

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MICANOPY Micanopy July 4th Celebration When: Starts at 8:30 a.m. with a LifeSouth blood drive at the fire station Where: Blood drive at the fire station; Parade starts at the south end of town on the corner of Tuscawilla Road and Ocala Avenue; Fish fry at the Micanopy Historical Society Museum; Children’s activities at Micanopy Ballpark Admission: free Enjoy an all-day celebration of American independence during the Micanopy July 4th Celebration. Stop by the fire station and donate blood during the LifeSouth blood drive, held

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Williston Area Chamber of Commerce. Admission and rides are free, but $2 parking donations will beneﬁt the Williston High School JROTC. At 7 p.m., the opening ceremony begins, featuring performances by the Shane Wooten Band and the winners of the Levy County Fair karaoke contest. As you savor the entertainment, you can also savor the food, including hot dogs, hamburgers, ice cream and curly fries. When the sun goes down, ﬁreworks light up the sky and bring the celebration to a close. Bring coolers or blankets. No lawn chairs or pets allowed through the gates.

from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. At 11 a.m., line up for the parade that starts at the south end of town on the corner of Tuscawilla Road and Ocala Avenue. Bring folding chairs and drinks and watch ﬂoats sponsored by local businesses and sports teams. After the parade, stop by the Micanopy Historical Society Museum for a ﬁsh fry. Once your stomach has settled, take the children to the Micanopy Ballpark at 5 p.m. to enjoy food, fun and games, including a bounce house. Fireworks begin at dusk and bring the day to a close, according to Patty Polk, deputy town clerk. Before you head to your favorite parade, race, concert or festival, prepare for any kind of weather. Bring sunscreen and stow an umbrella in your car in case of those unpredictable Florida afternoon showers. Check with the city sponsoring the event to see if you can bring pets and folding chairs. And, most importantly, enjoy good food, good music and a good time! s seniortimesmagazine.com

FIRST STEP œ ELLIS AMBURN

Enjoying Act Three The students I’ve come to know and love this year as a guest lecturer in journalism and book publishing at the University of Florida have all found jobs and are leaving town to start Act II of their lives.

miss them but know from experience that they are launching themselves on what is perhaps life’s most exciting adventure: Leaving home. I left Fort Worth the day after graduation from TCU in 1954, headed for the shining city I’d dreamed of half my life: the New York celebrated by Walt Whitman, Thomas Wolfe, George Gershwin, Betty Smith (“A Tree Grows in Brooklyn”), Rodgers and Hart (“Manhattan”), Leonard Bernstein (“On the Town”), David O. Selznick (“King Kong”), “Miracle on 34th Street,” and “All About Eve.” Like rocker Patti Smith years later, though I wasn’t yet sure of a vocation, I wanted to be “a part of the life of art.” For Hemingway and Fitzgerald in the Roaring Twenties, Paris was the Mecca; by the Fifties it was New York City. Landing at LaGuardia, I took a taxi over the Triboro Bridge with its staggering view of Manhattan skyscrapers. At 440 Riverside Drive, I checked in at “Mrs. Mason’s,” where generations of transplanted TCU “Froggies” had rented furnished rooms overlooking the Hudson River at 116th Street, a stone’s throw from

Columbia University, where I’d enroll in September. My rent was $7.50 per week, maid service and kitchen privileges included. My date for the evening, a Fort Worth Star-Telegram reporter in town to cover the Seventh Avenue fashion shows, joined me for drinks and risqué songs by Charlie Drew at the Hotel Taft in Times Square, followed by dinner at Asti’s, a cozy café with singing waiters down in Greenwich Village, and a play, Chekhov’s “The Sea Gull,” at the Phoenix Theater on Second Avenue, starring my favorite performer, Montgomery Clift. Then we hit Eddie Condon’s jazz club. More than the music, I was interested in watching the people who came in and sat down at the next table: Zsa Zsa Gabor, Mama Jolie Gabor and Latin playboy Porﬁrio Rubirosa. Zsa Zsa and Rubi’s affair was an international scandal — Rubi torn between the blond Hungarian bombshell and the homely Barbara Hutton, world’s richest woman (he ultimately chose Barbara). A tipsy Mama Jolie kept trying to stroke Rubi’s cheek and he kept dodging her, Mama Jolie’s arm sweeping all the way to the ﬂoor —repeatedly.

When I returned to my modest digs on Riverside Drive, I felt like a certiﬁed member of the Jet Set, though I only had $50 in my pocket. In those days that was enough to eat at Chock Full ‘o Nuts and see most of the plays on Broadway. I approached the Ethel Barrymore Theatre as if it were Chartres — this was where “A Streetcar Named Desire” opened in the Forties. Tonight it housed the sensation of the current season, “Tea and Sympathy.” Though Joan Fontaine had replaced Deborah Kerr, and Anthony Perkins in his Broadway debut had replaced John Kerr, I sat awestruck, experiencing theatrical perfection as it exists only on Broadway and London’s West End. Fast-forward a few years. I’m a Madison Avenue book editor, lunching with Mama Jolie Gabor to discuss her memoir (which never came to pass). Fast-forward again to 1991 and another lunch: Zsa Zsa Gabor is feeding me “Dracula Goulash” in her Bel Air mansion, where we’re collaborating on her memoir “One Lifetime Is Not Enough” (which did come to pass). The star struck boy from Cowtown who came to New York in 1954 would later edit John le Carre’s ﬁrst bestseller, “The Spy Who Came in From the Cold,” and Paul Gallico’s last one, “The Poseidon Adventure;” ghostwrite for Kim Novak, Peggy Lee, Shelley Winters, June Allyson and Priscilla Presley; lunch with Jacqueline Onassis, and date Martha Mitchell, the lady who brought down the Nixon Administration. A lot can happen to you if you stay in New York long enough, but, looking back from the throne of Act III, I’d say nothing quite equals the day you leave home. s Involved daily in volunteer community service, Ellis Amburn, a High Springs resident, is the author of biographies of Roy Orbison, Elizabeth Taylor, and others. He can be reached at ellis.amburn@gmail.com.

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HOME SAFETY MONTH

Staying Safe By Mary Kypreos

ith summer in full swing and the start of school and family vacations, June is the perfect month for barbecues, swimming in the pool and relaxing with a book. But, June also doubles as the littleknown National Home Safety Month, which encourages families, residents and individuals to search their homes for problem areas that may cause accidental injuries or deaths.

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“For most of us, our home is our safe haven,” states a home safety brochure from the Home Safety Council. “No one wants to think about being injured or killed at home.” Accidents, however, happen more often than most people realize as the home is the second most common location for unintentional injuries, according to the Home Safety Council’s website. “The top ﬁve leading causes of unin-

tentional home injury death are falls, poisoning, ﬁre/burn, choking/suffocation, and drowning,” according to the website. Home Safety Month’s raison d’être is not to frighten residents with statistics but to use such information to make residents more aware of issues and give advice on ﬁxing common problems in every home. “Our home is where we spend most of our time and the place we like to feel seniortimesmagazine.com

safe,” said Joey Malphurs, a former public educator and state-certified paramedic. “I don’t want people to be terrified; I don’t want people to live their lives scared that they will fall.” Malphurs said that the first step after realizing the importance of home safety is to look into the plethora of publications available that advise on the subject. “Take the information that is out there from different sources to do a home-safety audit,” he said. Use a checklist to go from room to room looking for trip and fire hazards, poor lights, etc. Many of the things in a home that cause accidents are easily fixable. Malphurs said trip hazards are one of the biggest problem areas in homes. A throw rug, for example, represents what its name suggests: it is there to throw someone on the ground. During his time as a public educator in Alachua County, Malphurs would tell people: “If you like [the throw rug], put it on the wall and look at it.” In Florida, Malphurs said the green algae that grows on sidewalk and steps, caused by the frequency of Florida showers, increases fall potentials outside the home as well. Furthermore, always be aware of non-working smoke alarms, he said. Test them regularly and change the batteries. Home safety and the issues surrounding it are especially important when involving children (5 and under) and Seniors (85 and older), both of which are the two most vulnerable segments of the population and have the highest death rates. For Seniors with mobility issues, in

case of an emergency, working smoke alarms provide the extra time necessary to react, Malphurs said. Moreover, trip hazards are typically the number one reason Seniors end up in the hospital. With children, it is never too early to instill safe behavior, the importance of smoke alarms, or even disaster preparation for hurricanes. Take steps to involve children and make it fun, he said. Let them test the smoke alarm; involve them in putting together a home plan. Elicit their help preparing a disaster kit by researching online and shopping at the grocery and hardware stores together. “A lot of things that involve children and adults make having a plan most

Use a checklist to go from room to room looking for trip and ﬁre hazards, poor lights, etc. Many of the things that cause home accidents are easily ﬁxable.

The “Safe Haven Room-byRoom Home Safety Research” brochure from the Home Safety Council highlights key problems in common rooms:

Kitchen • Do not leave the room when cooking and especially when frying food • Keep dangerous items away from foods and drinks. This will help prevent accidental poisonings

Bathroom • Stay close to children when they are in or around water • Use grab bars and non-stick mats in baths and showers • Keep the water heater at 120 degrees Fahrenheit or below

Hallway & Stair • Install bright lights and ensure on/off switches are located at both the top and bottom of staircases • When children are in a home, use safety guardrails at the top and bottom of stairs • Ensure handrails are installed on both side of steps and stairways

Bedroom important,” Malphurs said. Although children and Seniors are the two largest groups affected by lax homesafety measures, this does not imply other groups are not affected as well. “We are all at risk,” he said. “Those principles apply all the way across.” Moreover, accidents at home disturb more than just the person involved. Indeed, there is a ﬁnancial and emotional impact, as well as a higher call load to EMS and ﬁre services. Reverberations also appear in the increased number of patients seen in emergency rooms. “The biggest impact is probably unnecessary pain and suffering” both to the person and friends and family, Malphurs said. To avoid such accidents and the web of consequences, Malphurs encourages

• Check and replace smoke alarms when necessary and consider installing a sprinkler system if building a new home • Install carbon monoxide detectors near bedrooms

Garage • Make sure poisonous items such as gasoline, anti-freeze and fertilizers have child-resistant caps and are locked away • Prevent falls by keeping ﬂoors clear of clutter and liquids

Backyard Safety • Children, and even adults, should never swim alone • Position grills at least 10 feet away from everything, including the house and shrubbery. • Consider placing soft materials, such as rubber or wood chips under playground equipment. June 2011

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Some Surprising Home Safety Statistics • Between 1996 and 2000, an average of almost 21 million medical visits were made each year due to home injuries. • Rates of drowning death are highest in Florida, Arizona, Nevada and California where climates are warmer and swimming pools may be more common. • An average of 2,096 children younger than 15 die each year as a result of an unintentional home injury. • Falls alone account for 52.5 percent of all home-injury deaths for adults age 65-74, 68.2 percent of homeinjury deaths for adults age 75-84, and 78.4 percent of home-injury deaths for adults age 85 and older. • Unintentional home injuries cost society at least $222 billion per year in medial costs, with an additional $165 billion in medical costs from injuries that possibly occur in the home. Information courtesy of “Unintentional Home Injury in the United States” on the Home Safety Council website.

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The Good Old Days! Most of us can remember the “good old days,” when it was almost impossible to find a pay-phone when you needed one. Having your car break down on a deserted road was a major concern for most of us. Can you remember doing your recommended exercises, like walking, worrying the whole time about what you would do should there be an emergency, like a heart attack. How would you contact someone for help? Most of us had hoped that someday someone would figure out a way to make us safe and secure with a portable telephone. Today’s mobile telephones are the answer. This is why many seniors have one. One of the greatest benefits to owning a cell phone is the security of knowing that they can call for assistance anytime or anywhere you need to. In past decades, millions of people were stranded on the side of the road in the middle of nowhere because their car broke down. Not being able to get help and having to rely on the kindness of strangers who passed by. It was not only frustrating, it was also very dangerous.

Potluck Picnic Thurs. June 9 11:30am - 1:00pm San Felasco County Park SIGN UP REQUIRED Contact Lee Wiegand by Monday, June 6th (352) 336-8172.

There are still many seniors who do not want to own a mobile phone, mostly because of cost

and concern about using a confusing new device. Many do not want to pay for a wireless phone plan, especially if they aren’t going to be making calls. For those people, a prepaid cell phone is the perfect gift. Cellular phones have come a long way, and constant improvements have made them convenient to carry and easy to use. Mobile phones are basically the same as your home phone. We are a cell phone company, InTouch America, that offers you a free phone, and you only pay $3.99 per month, and only 18¢ per minute when you have to call someone. We also have other plans available. We custom-tailor cell phone plans to meet any needs. We can be contacted at 1-800-500-0066 or on our web site at www. InTouchAmerica.com. If you contact us by May 3rd, 2011, you will get three months of free service, on any plan, when you mention this article in Senior Times. If you are seeking a way to protect yourself or your loved ones, a cell phone could be the answer. Take the worry out of everyday activities. Knowing that help is just a telephone call away is important.

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CALENDAR UPCOMING EVENTS IN ALACHUA & MARION OUT WEST: THE ART OF THEODORE WADDELL

DOUG JOHNSON REELING FOR KIDS FISHING TOURNAMENT

Runs through June 12

Friday and Saturday, June 3, 4

Regular Hours OCALA - Appleton Museum of Art, 4333 E. Silver Springs Blvd. Showcased are 40 paintings and original illustrations of Montana’s horses, cattle, ranches and landscapes by this award-winning artist. 352-291-4460

STEINHATCHEE - This event is a collaboration between NFL and Gator football stars, fishing enthusiasts and community leaders in an effort to support the youth programs of the Boys & Girls Club of Alachua County. Tickets are $100. Visit reelingforkids. com for more info or call 352-317-5437

SILENT FRONTIER: ICONS OF MONTANA’S EARLY SETTLEMENTS Runs through June 12

OCALA - Circle Square Cultural Center. Two incredible tribute bands take audiences on a trip through years of the world’s most successful and popular groups of all time! Don’t miss your chance to hear these hits performed live with “spot on” authenticity. 352-854-3670 www.CSCulturalCenter.com

5:30pm GAINESVILLE - P.K. Younge, 1080 SW 11th St. The jungle is jumpin’ with jazz in this exciting Disney classic! Millhopper Montessori Elementary/Middle School takes you on a journey through Rudyard Kipling’s adventures in the jungles of India. For more information contact the Drama Department: 352-375-6773

1ST FRIDAY ART WALK June 3rd and July 1st 6:00pm - 8:00pm OCALA - Ocala Historic Downtown Square. 352-671-7469. artwalkocala.com

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9:00am - 2:00pm GAINESVILLE - SFC Teaching Zoo, 3000 NW 83rd St. A look at how we can protect our oceans without ever leaving home. With this in mind, the zoo has set up displays and discussions about what we can do to help. There will be

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Friday, June 3

6:00pm - 11:00pm OCALA - Ocala Golf Club. Presented by the Jacob Casey Foundation. Friday night dinner provided by the award-winning MoJo Grill. Entry includes dinner Friday, continental breakfast & BBQ lunch Saturday. Prizes include a Harley Davidson, new Subaru or $1,000,000.00 in cash. Sponsor a hole, donate an item for the auction or play in the tournament. Forms are available at www.jacobcaseyfoundation.org or call Tammy 352-361-9120 or Brian 352-207-0146

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WORLD OCEAN DAY CELEBRATION

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Regular Hours OCALA - Appleton Museum of Art, 4333 E. Silver Springs Blvd. View 55 black-andwhite photographs by Dr. Richard Buswell of abandoned farm and ranch buildings, tools and equipment evoking nostalgia for simpler times in the Old West. 352-291-4460

CASEY CLASSIC GOLF TOURNAMENT

the route of the historic cross-state Florida Railroad, and an array of events showcases the rich historical, cultural, and natural attractions of the heart of North Florida. Since 1995, Yulee Day had been celebrated in the City of Archer. In 2004 the festival expanded into a three-day event involving historic towns in Alachua County and its environs that owe their existence to the railroads. www.yuleerailroaddays.org

NATIONAL LEARN TO ROW DAY Saturday, June 4 1:00pm - 5:00pm GAINESVILLE - Newnans Lake. Want to try rowing? Gainesville Area Rowing is opening their Newnan’s Lake Boathouse Doors to give you a taste rowing on the water and the rowing machine. FREE! For information and registration go to gainesvillearearowing.com.

YULEE RAILROAD DAYS Saturday, June 4 9:00am ARCHER - All-day entertainment at the Archer Depot downtown. Live entertainment, Patriotic Parade, Maddox Foundry Open House and limited tours, cannon blasts at the Civil War re-enactors’ camp, flag ceremony in honor of D-Day and Gospel Sing at the historic Bethlehem Presbyterian Church. The linear festival follows

children’s crafts and activities like being a sea turtle researcher, where the child will discover the sea turtle’s nest, and then log the number of eggs found. Santa Fe students will give demonstrations on how zookeepers work with and train animals, and how water is a vital part of their interactions. Unlike the usual guided tours, zookeepers will be stationed at the exhibits so that visitors can wander the zoo at their leisure and still have access to detailed information about the animals. Adults: $5. Children: $4. SF students, staff and children under 4 are free. 352-395-5601 www.sfcollege.edu

RWVA APPLESEED RIFLE MARKSMANSHIP & HERITAGE CLINIC Saturday - Sunday, June 4 - 5 8:30am - 5:00pm (as conditions permit) GAINESVILLE - 1610 NW 65th Place. Range fees for this event: $15/person/day, under 21

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exempt, Active-Duty Military exempt (must show current ID). Please be sure to read your confirmation email, it will direct you to links on how to prepare for this event. 352-3768806. www.gainesvilletargetrange.com

BRADY ACKERMAN CELEBRITY CHALLENGE Saturday, June 4 9:00am - 2:00pm OCALA - 8300 NW 31st Lane Rd. Join Brady Ackerman and his friends for a round of golf to benefit the Boys & Girls Clubs of Marion County. Brady has welcomed many former Gators to this event over the years. Gator greats Shane Mathews, Kerwin Bell, Ricky Nattiel, Judd Davis, Jeff Chandler, Chris Doering, James Jones and Neal Anderson have participated in the past. 352-629-6229

READING IS MAGIC Tuesday, June 7 9:00am GAINESVILLE - Millhopper Branch Library, 3145 NW 43rd St. Real horses greeting children inside a library is always a magical experience. Gentle Carousel Miniature Therapy Horses will bring their award-winning literacy program “Reading is Magic” to many local libraries again this summer with new books, new surprises and beautiful horses. 352-226-9009. www.horse-therapy.org

GAINESVILLE STREET RODS CAR SHOW Saturday, June 11 6:00pm - 9:00pm GAINESVILLE - Publix, 9200 NW 39th Ave. Car Show/Cruise-In, hosted by the Gainesville Street Rods. $100 cash give away on odd months, and cash drawing, prizes, music and fun every month. For more information call Tim at 352-658-1477

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LIONS, TIGERS, BEARS & MORE! Saturday, June 11 10:00am - Noon CITRA - EARS Animal Sanctuary Family Day Membership Drive & Animal Showcase. Enjoy an animal tour plus a 1-year EARS Membership for $8. EARS is a not-for-profit organization that exists specifically to provide permanent homes for unwanted and/or abused endangered animals. RSVP Required - Checks preferred - donations taxdeductible. 407-647-6328 www.earsinc.net

GAINESVILLE ARTIFACT AND FOSSIL SHOW

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Saturday, June 11 8:00am - 3:00pm HIGH SPRINGS - St. Madeleine Catholic Church, 17155 US Highway 441. Show features Native American artifact collections and fossil collections on display. Bring your own artifacts or fossils for identification. 352- 665-0668

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CARILLON RECITAL Sunday, June 12 3:00pm GAINESVILLE - Century Tower, Newell Dr. and Stadium Rd. The UF Carillon Studio presents a recital at Century Tower on the University of Florida campus. Programs will be available on the south side of the tower. Bring blankets and/or lawn chairs. Free and open to the public. 352-273-3181

THE MODERN PROMETHEUS Monday, June 13 Noon - 1:30pm GAINESVILLE - University of Florida, Health Science Center, 1600 SW Archer Rd. Malcolm Maden, professor of biology at the University of Florida, will discuss his research in regenerative medicine. This event accompanies the Health Science Center Library exhibit “Frankenstein: Penetrating the Secrets of Nature.” guides.uflib.ufl.edu/frankenstein

programs on a variety of healthcare topics. Programs include food and beverages and are offered free of charge. 800-611-6913

CARING FOR THE CAREGIVER CONFERENCE Thursday, June 16 9:00am - 3:00pm GAINESVILLE - The Tower Club at The Village, 8000 N.W. 27th Blvd. Caring for a loved one with physical or mental limitations can be very stressful, often leaving little time for caregivers to care for themselves. The Conference will provide caregivers with guidance, inspiration and resources on how to care for themselves, as well as their loved ones. Free and open to all caregivers. Reservations are required and on a first-come, first-served basis. Please call 352-692-5133 to RSVP or for more information.

BIG BOY TOYS Saturday, June 18

BACK TALK: ANSWERS FOR SPINE PAIN Tuesday, June 14 6:30pm GAINESVILLE - North Florida Regional Medical Center, 6500 W. Newberry Road. NFRMC Health Education Programs offers education

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Noon - 8:30pm OCALA - Paddock Mall will celebrate dads on Father’s Day weekend. This two-day event will feature classic cars, motorcycles, boats, RVs, ATVs, ZTRs, a ‘Man Cave’ created by Best Buy, BBQ cook off fundraiser, live music, prize giveaways and much more. Free. 352-237-1223

FAMILY DAY: PHOTOGRAPHY BY JERRY UELSMANN Saturday, June 18 1:00pm - 4:00pm GAINESVILLE - Harn Museum of Art, Hull Rd. and SW 34th St. Take a family friendly tour of “The Mind’s Eye, 50 Years of Photography” by Jerry Uelsmann and discover a world of imagination! Then visitors of all ages can explore their own imagination by creating dream worlds in collage. 352-392-9826. www.harn.ufl.edu

ROLLER DERBY BOUT: HOT WHEELS! Saturday, June 18 9:00pm GAINESVILLE - Skate Station Funworks, 1311 NW 76th Blvd. Gainesville Roller Rebels vs. Panama City Roller Derby. www.gainesvillerollerrebels.com

GAINESVILLE KIDS TRIATHLON AT CITIZENS FIELD Sunday, June 19 7:30am - Noon GAINESVILLE - Citizens Field, UF Campus. This event with activities for kids of all ages including: optional water-slide start, food and ice cream, activities and games, music and dancing, raffles and prizes, all-day Pool Pass, Hula-Hoop Dance Contest with “DJ Shivella,”

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8:00am OCALA - Ocala Equestrian Complex, 1601 S.W. 60th Ave. An equestrian annual tradition!

BARBERSHOP QUARTETS EXTRAVAGANZA Saturday, June 25

ARE YOU TIRED OF GLASSES? CATARACT & MACULAR DEGENERATION?

2:00pm OCALA - This extravaganza will feature performances by four of Florida’s top barbershop quartets. These quartets will amaze you with their close 4-part harmonies reminiscent of years ago while keeping you laughing at their hilarious jokes and antics at the Circle Square Cultural Center. 352-854-3670

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6:30pm GAINESVILLE - North Florida Regional Medical Center, 6500 W. Newberry Road. NFRMC Health Education Programs offers education programs on a variety of healthcare topics. Programs include food and beverages and are offered free of charge. 800-611-6913

RED, WHITE & BLUES FESTIVAL Saturday, July 2 6:00pm - 9:00pm OCALA - Downtown Ocala on the Square. A patriotic festival to celebrate our country. Live music, dance, and children’s activities.

MICANOPY 4TH OF JULY PARADE Saturday, July 2 10:00am MICANOPY - Fish fry, parade and fireworks in historic Micanopy. Fish Fry starts at 10, parade starts at 10:30, fireworks at dusk. $10 for the fish fry — parade and fireworks are free. www.micanopychamber.com/events.html

FOURTH OF JULY CELEBRATION Monday, July 4 3:00pm - 10:00pm ALACHUA - Hal Brady Recreation Complex. The City of Alachua has dubbed its celebration “The Largest Small Town Fireworks Display in America.” The annual event draws over 20,000 people to Alachua and has great economic impact on area businesses. There are dozens of activities for the kids, including a petting zoo, bounce houses and water slides. Fireworks begin at 9:30 PM. www.cityofalachua.com

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Wine Wi ine Ta Tasting and Social 6/26/11 4:00 - 7:00pm GAINESVILLE - Embers Wood Grill, 3545 SW 34th St. Discover your new favorite wine, spend time with friends, and help support our public schools. Benefiting the Alachua County Public Schools Foundation, “A Thirst for Learning” will feature 30 different wines and appetizers from Embers Wood Grill. There will be a silent auction and a chance drawing for two tickets to the Blue Man Group in Orlando and a one-night stay at the Ritz-Carlton Grande Lakes, Orlando. 352-955-7003

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CORVETTE CLUB First Tuesday of each month

OCALA FARM MARKET Saturdays Call for hours OCALA - Downtown Ocala on the Square. 352-426-8244

7:00pm GAINESVILLE - Bear Archery. Monthly meetings, breakfasts, dinners, car trips and fun. flvetteset.freeyellow.com/index.html

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Sundays

BEGINNERS MINDFULNESS MEDITATION Thursdays 7:00pm GAINESVILLE - Shands Cancer Hospital at UF, 1515 SW Archer Rd. Criser Cancer Resource Center, 1st Floor. Just sitting and relaxing in our beautiful meditation room can make a difference to your day. We offer gentle guidance suitable for everyone. 352-273-8010

YOGA FOR ALL Thursdays 4:00pm GAINESVILLE - Shands Cancer Hospita, 1515 SW Archer Rd. Criser Cancer Resource Center, 1st Floor. Join us for an hour of gentle stretching, accessible postures and breathing exercises designed to tone your body and lift your spirits. This class is suitable for patients, family, staff and members of the community.

WEDNESDAY NIGHT JAZZ Wednesdays 6:30p to 10:00p GAINESVILLE - Emiliano’s Cafe, 7 SE First Ave. Karl Weismantel on guitar and vocals with Ricky Ravelo on acoustic bass play jazz, standards, pop and original tunes. 352-375-7381

GAINESVILLE - Downtown Community Plaza, corner of SE 1st St. and E. University Ave. The plaza comes alive every Friday night as local talent and other cultural events are showcased under the stars. Hundreds come out to enjoy free live bands, theater groups, dance performances, Movies on the Plaza, and much more. 352-334-5064

2:00pm - 5:00pm GAINESVILLE - Carpenter’s Union Local 75, 1910 NW 53rd Ave. Weekly percussive dance classes for beginners through advanced. Contemporary clogging to country, bluegrass and Top 40 music. Please visit website for class times and holiday schedule. Classes taught by Kelli McChesney, internationally-known clogging instructor with more than 23 years of clogging and 18 years of teaching experience. firstklasskloggers.t35.com/

CANCER SUPPORT FORUM

JAZZ AT LEONARDO’S 706

Tuesdays, 5:30pm - 7:00pm

Thursdays

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GAINESVILLE - Community Cancer Center of North Florida. Hosted every third Tuesday of the month. This gathering is open to the public and invites cancer patients, caregivers, friends and family to engage in a social and educational support group. This forum is designed not only to give support, but also provide a community of resources for those touched by cancer. 352-672-7371

7:30pm - 10:30pm GAINESVILLE - Leonardo’s 706. The Marty Liquori Jazztet with Marty on guitar, Vic Donnell on keyboards and Mr. P on drums hosts saxophonist Ben Champion, or Trumpet players Dave Edmund or Gary Langford or Vocalists and other musicians. 352-378-2001

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Fridays, May - September

INTERWEAVE Second Sundays

RANGER WALK Saturdays 10:00am GAINESVILLE - Devil’s Millhopper Geological State Park. Guided walks with a Park Ranger are available every Saturday. Special guided walks for groups are available by reservations. 386-462-7905

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6:30pm GAINESVILLE - Unitarian Universalist Fellowship. Interweave is a group for lesbian, gay, bisexual, & transgender individuals and their heterosexual allies. Each meeting begins with a delicious potluck and continues with an informative presentation and interesting discussion. 352-377-1669

FRUIT TREE & PLANT SALE First Wednesday each Month 4:00pm & 7:00pm GAINESVILLE - Bo Diddley Community Plaza. The Edible Plant Project’s spring sale, at the Union Street Farmers Market. An eclectic selection of edible plants, fruit trees, & seeds will be available. This a great time to plant: warm season vegetables & greens, sugarcane.

6:00pm - 8:00pm GAINESVILLE - Prosperous Living Center, 1135 NW 23rd Ave, Suite F/2. A community of like-minded truth-seekers studying, sharing and teaching multiple paths to prosperity in all aspects of life - wealth, relationships, health, personal missions, professions and spirituality. 352-514-3122. www.prosperouslivingcenter.com

COMEDY SHOWCASE Every Friday and Saturday 7:00pm GAINESVILLE - Clarion Inn and Conference Center, 7417 W. Newberry Road. A live stand-up comedy show featuring the best of local amateur and professional comedians. 352-332-2224

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DUGOUT CANOES: PADDLING THROUGH THE AMERICAS

LIVING HISTORY DAYS

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9:00am - 4:30pm GAINESVILLE - Morningside Nature Center. History comes to life as park staff interprets day-to-day life on an 1870s rural Florida farm. Come try a syrup-topped biscuit or cornbread baked in a wood cook stove. 352-334-3326

1:00pm - 5:00pm GAINESVILLE - Florida Museum of Natural History. Don’t miss the boat! This 3,000-square-foot object-rich and interactive exhibition features American dugouts from ancient times to present. Find out how dugout canoes have affected life and travel throughout the Americas, from Florida to the Amazon and the Pacific. Discover the world’s largest archaeological find - 101 ancient dugouts at Newnans Lake and how scientists study dugouts from the past. Learn how the dugout tradition is alive and well in Native communities today. 352-846-2000

UNION STREET FARMERS’ MARKET Wednesdays 4:00pm - 7:00pm GAINESVILLE - Bo Diddley Community Plaza, 111 E. University Ave. Each week local farmers, bakers, artisans, musicians and dancers join with customers in a timeless celebration of this community’s seasonal bounty. www. unionstreetfarmersmkt.com/union/

AMRIT YOGA WITH VEDA Thursdays 5:30pm - 6:30pm GAINESVILLE - Downtown Library, 401 E. University Ave, 4th floor. Think you’re not flexible enough? Learn that yoga is not just about postures. We begin with a 15-minute relaxation and then move, with evenness of mind, into skillful action for your body. Experience all the benefits of this guided practice. Appropriate for all levels. No registration needed. vedalewis@aol.com

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to bring a partner to this free weekly dance class designed to enhance health and vitality. No prior dance experience is necessary. Comfortable clothing and shoes are recommended. For more information, contact Shands Arts in Medicine at 352-733-0880.

GAINESVILLE BIRD FANCIERS Sunday, June 12

GAINESVILLE INTERNATIONAL FOLK DANCE Fridays 8:00pm GAINESVILLE - Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 4225 NW 34th St. Come join this experienced and expanding International Folk dance group. Suitable for all ages and abilities. No partners needed. Beginners welcome. 352-359-2903. www.gifd.org

QUILTERS OF ALACHUA COUNTY DAY GUILD First Thursday 9:30am - Noon GAINESVILLE - Westminster Presbyterian Church, 1521 NW 34 St. 352-375-2427. www.qacdg.org

1:00pm GAINESVILLE - United Way of North Central Florida. Enjoy Parrots? Join your local bird club! Meets monthly with educational and social programs for both the pet lover and parrot breeder. Meetings are often the 2nd Sunday of the month, but can change. 352-331-2800

STROKE SUPPORT GROUP Thursday, June 16 10:00am GAINESVILLE - Shands Rehab Hospital. Meet other stroke patients, families and care givers at the stroke support group on the third Thursday of each month. Discuss coping skills, challenges and stories. Learn from people experiencing stroke rehab. 352-265-5491

RAINBOW BINGO Every first Tuesday 6:30pm GAINESVILLE - Pride Community Center. Fun, Cash, Prizes! Doors open at 6pm. Early bird bingo at 6:30pm. Regular bingo at 7pm. $15 at the door includes all early bird & regular games. Food and beverages available for purchase.

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1:00pm - 2:15pm GAINESVILLE - Shands Cancer Hospital. People with Parkinson’s disease are invited

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THEATRE Acrosstown Repertory Theatre.....................619 S. Main Street, Gainesville Curtis M. Phillips Center ........................................... 315 Hull Road, Gainesville Gainesville Community Playhouse ....... 4039 N.W. 16th Blvd., Gainesville Hippodrome State Theatre................................. 25 SE 2nd Place, 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

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SUDS June 1 - June 26

A semi-autobiographical play by Neil Simon. The plot focuses on George Schneider, a recently widowed writer who is introduced to soap opera actress Jennie Malone by his press agent brother Leo and her best friend Faye. Jennie’s unhappy marriage to a football player has dissolved after six years, and she’s uncertain if she’s ready to start dating yet. Neither is George, whose memories of his ﬁrst wife threaten to interfere with any effort to embrace a new romance.

The delightful story of a young woman and the four guardian angels who teach her about ﬁnding true love in, of all places, a laundromat! SUDS is loaded with good clean fun, bubbling energy and over 50 wellknown songs that topped the charts of the 1960s (Respect, Where the Boys Are, Say A Little Prayer, and more). It’s the summer musical that will keep you singing long after you leave the theatre.

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The Time of Your Life June 20, 6pm

The King and I May 19 - June 12 Music by Richard Rodgers Book and Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II. Based on “Anna and the King of Siam” by Margaret Landon. Original choreography by Jerome Robbins. “The King & I” is a richly textured and ultimately uplifting tale of enormous fascination that starts in 1862 in the Royal Palace in Bangkok. The King of Siam, in an attempt to bring Western culture to his country, hires Anna Leonowens to tutor his royal princes and princesses. The King is considered to be a barbarian by those in the West, and he seeks Anna’s assistance in changing his image, as well as his ways.

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including Tacachale Center’s recent presentation of “Grease - The Musical.” Also featured will be the rhythm and blues music of the “Blues Brothers.” The Time of Your Life is sponsored by Tacachale, the oldest developmental disabilities center in the state. HIGH SPRINGS COMMUNITY THEATER

Butterﬂies Are Free June 17 - July 10 In this poignant, award-winning comedy, a young man, blind since birth, moves to his own Manhattan apartment against the wishes of his overprotective, controlling mother. Although she agrees not to visit him for two months, she appears after one month, only to ﬁnd him in a relationship with his zany, freespirited hippie neighbor. How this situation resolves itself makes for a must-see play. The dialogue sparkles with so many memorable lines that audiences can’t help but be enchanted. Come see why this play — later an award-winning movie — has become a classic.

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BOOK REVIEW BY

TERRI SCHLICHENMEYER

Arms Wide Open BY PATRICIA HARMAN c.2011, Beacon Press $24.95 / $27.95 Canada 296 pages

hen you were 15 or 18 or 20 years old, you wanted to make a difference. You and your generation would set the world on ďŹ re. You were going to ďŹ x what your parents had broken: youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d stop the war, gain equality, save the planet, end poverty, live gently. You were aďŹ&#x201A;ame with the passion that comes with a youthful

innocence you wish you still had. Now, you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have that kind of energy. But somewhere beneath your surface, that passion still simmers. It never left you, and what you do with it â&#x20AC;&#x201D; as youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll see in the new memoir â&#x20AC;&#x153;Arms Wide Openâ&#x20AC;? by Patricia Harman â&#x20AC;&#x201D; may look comfortingly familiar. No electricity, no central heat, and miles from town with no vehicle. It sounds like a reality show plot, but thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the way Patricia Harman lived forty years ago. Patricia and her then-partner Stacy had purchased eight acres in northern Minnesota and repurposed a crumbling cabin, hoping friends and former commune members might join them and their baby son in living off the land. For Stacy, sustainable farming was a dream, but Patricia was restless. Sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d tried several times to set up birthing classes for other â&#x20AC;&#x153;hippie chicks,â&#x20AC;? but when winter set in, travel was almost impossible and it was difďŹ cult, at best, to reach the main commune house. Isolated and unhappy, Patricia packed a few meager possessions and said goodbye to the man she loved and their child. She left under power of thumb. Six years later, after having traveled through several states, Patricia settled down on a communal farm in Ohio. She met her husband, Tom, at that commune and when they moved to a small farm in West Virginia, Patricia started teaching

childbirth classes almost immediately. A mother again, she quickly became known as a good midwife but times, they were a-changing. Fast-forward thirty years. The Patricia and Tom Harman both went back to college: he, for an MD and she, for an RN. The parents of three grown sons, they had opened a clinic for women in the northern Appalachians, specializing in maternity and pelvic pain. The days of commune living over, the Harmans had two homes, both with modern conveniences. But with modern times come modern problems, both professional and personal. Was it possible to reach back to the past to heal the future? Did you ever read a book that lulled you into such a wonderful state of mind that you were almost heartbroken when it ended? Yep, thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s exactly what itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s like to read â&#x20AC;&#x153;Arms Wide Open.â&#x20AC;? Through decades-old personal journals, author Patricia Harman gives readers an inside peek at hippie culture and The Seventies through the eyes of a fresh and idealistic young woman who wanted to change the world, and the woman she became. I loved this wistful, wonderful story of the birth of a birthhelper, and I think you will too. If youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re looking for a gracious, grateful memoir or if you get nostalgic over the not-so-distant past, read this book. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Arms Wide Openâ&#x20AC;? will surely warm your heart. 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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une is National Home Safety month, and the professionals at Mederi Caretenders of Gainesville help ensure

that Seniors can live independent lives at home without fear of accident or injury. “Our greatest impact is doing our home safety assessment,” said Deborah Hill, OTR, rehabilitation director for Caretenders. “It’s a critical part of home care. We are the eyes and ears for the physician, assessing the patient’s home environment. That is where the falls happen.” Caretenders evaluates the degrees of home hazard risks and the frequency with which patients encounter home hazards. While some risks are more obvious, others are not always recognized. “Loose throw rugs and extension cords are typical. It’s looking beyond the obvious that is critical to ensure safety in the home,” said Sunshine Plants, OTR. “We evaluate mental ability, motor skills, vision, hearing and other components that impact function and safety, and then help make home modifications accordingly.” Caretenders’ mission is simple. Said Plants, “We assess one’s ability to function safely at home and assist with making changes needed to keep them at home as long as possible.”

Here are some checklist items that Caretenders professionals consider in a client’s home: Replace any burned out light bulbs and add lighting wherever necessary. Adequate lighting (including night lights) is important not only for navigation around the home, but to read medicine bottles and food expiration dates as well. Use flat throw rugs with nonskid backings on floors made of slippery surfaces, and avoid wearing only socks. If the home has stairs, consider taping or painting the top and bottom steps so they are easily noticed. Place a transfer grab bar outside of the bathtub. “Everyone knows about grab bars in the tub, but more falls actually happen as they’re getting out of the tub,” said Plants. Check the temperature settings on hot water heaters. Some Seniors experience decreased tactile sensation, especially if they are diabetic, and may not sense that water is too hot and could cause burns. Be aware of pets. Animals can be unpredictable and dive underfoot with little notice. Check smoke detectors and carbon monoxide detectors for proper placement and dead batteries. If the resident has sensory issues, a flashing light or vibrating sensor can supplement the beeping alarm.

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Learn. Plan. Survive.

AT NORTH FLORIDA REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER, WE ARE READY FOR A HEART ATTACK. ARE YOU? LEARN.

The critical measure of how long it takes for a hospital to open blocked arteries of heart attack patients with a balloon device is called door-to-balloon time. The American College of Cardiology recommends this time be under 90 minutes.

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