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ON THE COVER – With summer in mind this issue brings you a lip-smacking picnic barbecue courtesy of Recipe Wonders. Learn the secret to making ribs so tender they’ll fall right off the bone. Your family and friends will be begging for more. PHOTO BY ERICKA WINTERROWD
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Betsy Ross: Fact or Fiction Behind the Creation of the American Flag BY BIANCA FAVATA
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Women Uncorked Gainesville Woman’s Club Celebrates over a Century of Service to the Community BY PEGGY MACDONALD
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Recipe Wonders Summer Picnic Barbecue BY CYNTHIA WONDERS WINTERROWD
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Lionel Capoldo WWII Sailor Helped in Normandy, Iwo Jima, Okinawa Invasions and Took Kamikaze Hit BY MICHAEL STONE
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FROM THE EDITOR œ ALBERT ISAAC
Summertime, Summertime, Sum-Sum Summertime Last time I wrote those words in my editor note, people here at Tower Publications were miffed at me for putting that song in their heads. So it’s fitting that I should do it again. It’s a pretty catchy tune! Ah, summertime is upon us. Picnics. Rainstorms. Sweltering heat. Barbecues and Fourth of July celebrations. Not to mention summer vacations. All good stuff. I’ve already grilled on several occasions, cooking up the usual delectable dishes — barbecue chicken, hot dogs, corn on the cob, and something less usual — okra, which was surprisingly tasty. This is because my wife prepares the food and all I have to do is stick it on the grill, kick back with a nice cool adult beverage and listen to some tunes. Speaking of tunes, it has now been a year since I dusted off my trombone and joined the Gainesville Community Band to play in the Fanfare and Fireworks show at UF’s Flavet Field. And now it’s time to do it again. How has it been an
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entire year? Time does fly when you’re having fun. When I think of the Fourth of July, I think of fireworks and the U.S. Flag. So, with Old Glory in mind, we offer you a story about the controversy of Betsy Ross. Yes, controversy. Did she really create our Flag? Read on to learn more! But, getting back to food, we offer you a grilling recipe that you (and I) should try — although I’ll have to ask my wife to prepare it so I can then cook it, while enjoying an adult beverage. And speaking of adult beverages, did you know that the Gainesville Woman’s Club is hosting its annual “Red, White and More Red” wine-tasting fundraiser? Indeed they are. The Club has been around a long, long time, holding fundraising events throughout the year to raise money for upkeep and charitable causes. This year’s event proceeds will go to Girls Place, which offers afterschool programs, summer camp, athletics, and enhanced learning opportunities for girls ages five through 18. Read all about its history and other community outreach events. Last, but certainly not least, we continue with our series about World War II veterans. Our profile this month features Veteran Lionel Capoldo. Don’t forget to drop us a note if you know of a WWII Veteran who would like to tell his or her story. As always, thanks for reading!
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What’s Up, Doc? On July 27, 1940, Bugs Bunny made his first appearance in the cartoon “A Wild Hare,” and behind the famous Bugs Bunny was the the “Man of 1000 voices.” According to imdb.com, Mel Blanc — a film actor, comedian and entertainer — was the voice of over 400 cartoon characters. He is known as the most prolific actor to work in Hollywood with his unique vocal range. He voiced almost every cartoon character for Warner Brothers (from Elmer Fudd to Tweety Bird), worked with Hanna-Barbera, voiced Tom & Jerry and even Toucan Sam in the Kellogg’s commercials.
DURING BUGS BUNNY VOICEOVERS, BLANC WOULD TAKE A BITE OF A CARROT AND SPIT IT OUT. Many believe it was because he was allergic to carrots, but he had to spit it out to continue his lines (Bugs Bunny mimics this behavior in the cartoons). When Blanc was hospitalized after a car accident, he continued voicing The Flintstone’s characters in a full body cast, recording equipment filling the hospital room. After another accident, a doctor helped him recover from a coma by asking him, “Bugs? Bugs Bu Bunny? Are you there?” Bunny’s voice, “What's up, Doc?” Blanc responded, in Bugs Bunn voices, Blanc came out of his coma. After a few other voice Mel Blanc, who was selected M by a national survey of young people as one of the five individuals they would most like to meet, passed away on July 10, 1989.
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Mick Jagger JULY 26, 1943 Mick Jagger, iconic lead singer of The Rolling Stones, is a successful producer, collaborator and solo artist that has been producing world-renowned music for over 50 years. Jagger went to the same primary school as band-mate Keith Richards. After they lost touch for a few years, they reconnected and formed their first band, Little Boy Blue and The Blue Boys, in 1961.
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“I prefer older men. I look better next to them.” — JERRY HALL
At the beginning of this year, she became engaged to 84-year-old Rupert Murdoch and married him on March 4, 2016. According to imdb.com, Hall holds the World Record for making the most theatrical appearances in one night (Les Misérables, Phantom of the Opera, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Blood Brothers and Anything Goes). Hall is also dyslexic.
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HEPATITIS C AMONG BABY BOOMERS
Silent Epidemic Did you know Baby Boomers are at higher risk of being infected with the hepatitis C virus, and that often they don’t show symptoms for many years? That’s a concern, because hepatitis C is a serious liver condition that results from infection with the hepatitis C virus. Seventy to 85 percent of those with hepatitis C develop a chronic infection, which can lead to liver disease, liver cancer, and even death. What is most alarming is that those who are at highest risk are not aware that they can be living with this silent epidemic. Seventy-five percent of people with hepatitis C are Baby Boomers born between 1945 and 1965. It is not well understood why Baby Boomers have high rates of hepatitis C, but it is believed that some could have been infected from contaminated blood or even from tattoo needles or ear piercings before precautions were adopted. Because of the high prevalence, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends those born between 1945 and 1965 get tested for the
disease. The only way to know if someone has hepatitis C is to get screened through a simple one-time blood test. There are new and successful treatments, which can eliminate the virus, preventing liver damage and liver disease. Antiviral medications can cure approximately 90 percent of hepatitis C infections but the biggest barrier is diagnosis, which can be difficult since people can live for decades without any symptoms. This is why talking to a doctor and getting screened is so vital. Early diagnosis leads to early treatment and the prevention of health problems that hepatitis C can present over time. Unfortunately, the delay in diagnosis and treatment has been a contributing factor to half of the cases of liver cancer in the United States, which incidence increased by 72 percent from 2003 to 2012. The CDC continues to urge those born between 1945 and 1965 to speak with their doctors about getting screened. Learn more about Baby Boomers and hepatitis C at www.cdc.gov/knowmorehepatitis.
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Betsy Ross Behind the Creation of the American Flag Bianca Favata
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istory textbooks describe the indelible mark Betsy Ross made on the foundation of our nation for sewing the very first American flag. It was the thread that stitched our country together — the flag flies to symbolize everything we fight and stand for. But is it possible that Betsy Ross’ story is merely a myth, a legend told to glamorize the American flag’s birth? According to history.com, Ross was never credited with this honor during her lifetime. The first time the legend came about was nearly 100 years later, told by her grandson. William Canby recounted the story to The Historical Society of Pennsylvania in 1870. Canby said George Washington, Robert Morris and George Ross had visited his grandmother in May/June of 1776. During the visit they showed Betsey Ross a sketch of a flag with 13 red and white stripes and 13 six-pointed stars. They allegedly asked her to create a flag based on the sketch. Canby wrote: “…they announced themselves as a committee of congress, and stated that they had been appointed to prepare a flag, and asked her if she thought she could make one, to which she replied, with her usual modesty and self reliance, that she did not know but she could try; she had never made one but if the pattern were shown to her she had no doubt of her ability to do it.”
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ABOVE: This painting depicts the story of Betsy Ross presenting the first American flag to General George Washington, by Edward Percy Moran. RIGHT: The home of Betsy Ross in Philadelphia still offers daily tours. Her well-known and loved story is tightly woven into the colorful fabric of America’s rich history.
She supposedly made changes, such as arranging the stars in a circle and giving them five points. According to usflag.org, this version of the five-pointed star was not in use until six years later. Canby’s story, also supported by Ross’ daughter, niece and granddaughter, was published in “Harper’s New Monthly Magazine” in 1873. The story gained popularity and now almost every history textbook in America has dedicated a page to retell her legacy. Although no official documentation confirms this, other evidence suggests that Betsy Ross may have had a connection with Washington and Morris because they went to the same church, although no evidence shows direct contact between the two, or that Colonel George Ross favored her since she was his niece-in-law. There is also proof that she had sewn flags, shown by a 1777 receipt for 14 pounds paid by the Pennsylvania State Navy Board for making “ships colours.” She was, indeed, a seamstress.
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However, according to history.org, historians almost all agree that family oral history is not dependable. Canby had no other evidence except the recount of Ross’ story that she told to many members of her family, on top of the fact that Canby was merely 11 when Betsy Ross passed away. According to usflag.org, there is no evidence that a congressional flag committee existed in 1776, in either the Journals of the Continental Congress or the diaries of Washington. Even if the flag committee did exist, Washington wouldn’t have been on it because he wasn’t a member of Congress. Historical evidence also shows no account of flag creation until after the 1777 resolution. There may never be proof of who created the Stars and Stripes. The other possible creator could be Francis Hopkinson, a New Jersey delegate who signed the Declaration of Independence. According to history.com, he helped design seals for various departments in the U.S. government. And in 1780, Hopkinson sought payment from the Board of Admiralty for his design of the “flag of the United States of America.” However, his request was denied because “he was not the only one consulted” on the design. Marc Leepson is author of a popular 2005 history of “Old Glory, Flag: An American Biography.” According to The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, Leepson said he is “hard pressed” to rationalize why Betsy Ross’ story is so well known. “Perhaps there’s something in the American psyche that just looks for heroes and heroines,” he said. “Then again maybe it’s just like the way things work when you visit patri-
otic sites in Philadelphia. The Betsy Ross house is on the tour. It’s almost a de rigueur stop as you move along to see Independence Hall, the Liberty Bell, and Christ Church. It’s just been woven into the fabric of the story.” Most historians conclude that it’s unlikely that Betsy Ross created the first official United States flag, but American tradition is rooted in this well-loved story. It might have stemmed from the famous painting by Charles H. Weisgerber called “Birth of Our Nations Flag,” which depicts the alleged meeting of the committee of Congress with Betsy Ross, made from pictures of her granddaughters and other descendants. The painting generated great public interest when it was presented in 1893. Soon after, the Betsy Ross house was bought and the Betsy Ross Memorial Association helped publicize her story — and the painting was published in U.S. history textbooks. Whatever one chooses to believe, historical fact or admired fiction, Americans will always have mixed opinions on the controversy. Betsy Ross is more than just the creator of the flag; she is symbolic of freedom and patriotism. She is beloved by many, especially because her story has been taught for generations. Children color drawings of the flag and listen to their teachers talk about the woman who created it. She’s as cherished as Paul Revere or the Boston Tea Party. Although there’s no official evidence that she did create the first U.S. flag, many wish it were true. President Woodrow Wilson, when asked what he thought of the story, said, “Would that it were true!” s July 2016
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Enjoying Act Three Jimmy Stewart
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immy Stewart, whom I met in 1986, had a reputation as the best lover in Hollywood when he was a young bachelor. His conquests included Marlene Dietrich, Margaret Sullavan, Barbara Stanwyck, Ginger Rogers and Loretta Young. “It was a dream,” Dietrich enthused. “It had been magical for him, too. Women are better, but you can’t live with a woman.” When they filmed “Destry Rides Again” “she slept with him from day one,” recalled novelist Erich Maria Remarque, another lover of Dietrich’s. “She was not an average love-maker,” said Burgess Meredith, Jimmy’s roommate. “She knew all kinds of tricks . . . [They] spent evenings making love … with Dietrich teaching him things he’d never dreamed of … When she tried to persuade him to have a girlfriend of hers joining them, he drew the line.” Dietrich hired a detective to find out how often Jimmy was seeing Olivia de Havilland and whether it was serious. It was. Much later, in the 1970s, I met Olivia to discuss her autobiography — still unpublished in 2016. “At the New York premiere [of “Gone With the Wind”], Irene Selznick arranged for Jimmy to be my escort,” she said. “At the time, I didn’t even know him, just about him. Jimmy met me at LaGuardia airport, even had the limou-
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sine drive out to the airfield — we were both quite shy and ventured one word at a time in our conversation.” Nevertheless they clicked. He was her type: tall, handsome, and lean, and although Jimmy liked his women flashy and trashy, when it came to marriage, he preferred a good girl like Olivia. While still in Manhattan they contin-
Jimmy’s playboy days ended at 41 when he married socialite Gloria McLean. ued to date, dining at “21” and taking in a Broadway play. “For Jim, Olivia looked like being the real thing,” Meredith said. “He once asked her to marry him, but he didn’t seem too sincere about it ... He was afraid to fall in love with an actress because he knew matrimony … wouldn’t work.” Jimmy also dated Olivia’s sister Joan Fontaine, but she was bored when he took her to church and later to a soda fountain. “He’s very appealing, a charming man,” she said, “but he was a country boy on a date as well.” Olivia was also playing the field. “Jimmy had wanted to take me to a party at the Selznicks,” she said. “Howard [Hughes] had already told me that he intended to take me to it. I told both of them I couldn’t go because I was terribly sick with a throat infection.
Hughes insisted that I should go despite my 101° temperature. So we arrived, and who should be sitting in the bar but Jimmy Stewart, who was the single client of the bartender, who was Errol Flynn [another beau]. We had drinks, and I danced for six hours and went home without a temperature.” When Jimmy enlisted during World War II, Olivia went on USO tours and fell in love with Army Air Corps Major Joe McKeon. Later she turned down the role of Jimmy’s wife in “It’s a Wonderful Life,” and instead filmed “To Each His Own,” finally winning an Oscar. Jimmy’s playboy days ended at 41 when he married socialite Gloria McLean. As a guest in their Beverly Hills home four decades later, I found Gloria to be smart, uppity, and domineering, but she’d made Jimmy happy and given him two children. Olivia married twice, and divorced twice. Having outlived all her husbands and boyfriends, she reflected, “I don’t think there was anyone I did meet or could have met with whom I could have had a lasting marriage.” As a Senior, she has found purpose and meaning in Christianity. She raises money for the church and delivers the scripture reading at Sunday services. “Miss de Havilland is a woman of genuine faith,” said her friend Bishop Pierre Whalon, who added that she was now using her acting talent to convey the word of God, according to an article on virtueonline.org. How does she like being older? “Crazy about it!” she said in article on ew.com. “Wouldn’t trade it for anything!” On July 1st she’ll be 100. s Ellis Amburn’s 2000 biography of Elizabeth Taylor, “The Most Beautiful Woman in the World,” has recently been reissued by HarperCollins.
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Tinseltown Talks Carleton Carpenter: Actor, Author and Lion Tamer by Nick Thomas
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hat were the chances that a 6’ 3” spaghetti-thin, 18-year-old blonde actor from Bennington, Vt., could break into Broadway on his first job interview in the 1940s? For Carleton Carpenter, after arriving in New York City in the winter of 1944, they were clearly quite good. “Within 24 hours I had my first Broadway role in a play called ‘Bright Boy,’” said Carpenter, from his home in Warwick, NY. Carpenter turns 90 in July. “The character was written as a tall, lanky blonde who wanted to be an actor. Talk about perfect casting!” Although towering over most other actors, Carpenter’s fresh, youthful appearance appealed to casting directors. And while theater was always his great love — he appeared in 10 Broadway productions — he also had roles in some 50 television and film productions. Largely a supporting actor in movies, Carpenter left his mark on two musicals released in 1950. In “Three Little Words,” he appears in a memorable musical number with Debbie Reynolds — “I Wanna be Loved by You” — never speaking or singing a word. It was an odd coupling, with Reynolds over a foot shorter than Carpenter. “I guess they just liked the look of the two of us together,” he said. The same year, Reynolds and Carpenter appeared in “Two Weeks with Love,” although Jane Powell and Ricardo Montalban were the leads. Neverthe-
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less, the vertically mismatched couple again stole the show with their musical highlight “Aba Daba Honeymoon,” a catchy novelty song. “We were rehearsing and I spotted the song in a pile of old sheet music on the piano,” Carpenter recalled. “I played it for Debbie and we liked it. When I saw Jack Cummings, the producer, walking towards
the rehearsal hall, I told Debbie to sing the lyrics very fast. He agreed it would be a good number for the two of us.” Carpenter’s first leading role was in MGM’s “Fearless Fagan” in 1952. “It was loosely based on a true story about a guy who was drafted into the army and tried to take his pet lion named Fagan with him,” Carpenter said. “I had seniortimesmagazine.com
a lion for a co-star, but it was my first star billing — you just go with it!” While publicity posters promoted the film with headlines such as “Janet Leigh, Carleton Carpenter, Keenan Wynn and introducing Fearless Fagan (himself ),” Carpenter said the real Fagan made only one brief appearance at the beginning of the film. “He had a double!” Carpenter said with a laugh. “Fagan and I worked on the MGM lot for a month getting used to each other, but he was old. By the time we started filming, his trainer was worried he might hurt someone. The studio brought in a young lion and he was like a pussy cat. I crawled into bed with him, we wrestled, and I did every scene with him. I had padding under my uniform and around my arms, but occasionally he would nip my rump.” Janet Leigh, however, wasn’t impressed with her fourlegged co-star. “Poor Janet was just terrified,” Carpenter said. “But she was well protected. Off camera, the crew were watching with loaded guns just in case!” Aside from acting, Carpenter is a songwriter and author. His mystery novels have been reissued in paperback, and signed copies are available for $10 directly from the author (write PO Box 844, Warwick, NY 10990). s Nick Thomas teaches at Auburn University at Montgomery, Ala., and has written features, columns, and interviews for over 600 magazines and newspapers.
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Women Uncorked Gainesville Woman’s Club Celebrates over a Century of Service to the Community Peggy Macdonald
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he Gainesville Woman’s Club was originally named the Twentieth Century Club. The organization has a long tradition of community service dating back to 1903 when the club was formed in the home of Elizabeth “Bessie” Stringfellow, according to “A Wider Vision: A History of the Gainesville Woman’s Club 1903-1995” by Anita Mitchell Tassinari. When the club was founded, meetings were held in women’s homes because they didn’t have a clubhouse. Membership dues started at a meager 50 cents per year. One of the first projects clubwomen took on was the campaign to establish a city library. At the time, women still lacked the right to vote. However, Gainesville clubwomen applied for a $10,000 Carnegie Foundation grant to pay for the construction of a library building and lobbied the City Council to hold a referendum for a property
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tax increase to provide at least $1,000 per year to maintain the library after it was built, according to the Alachua County Library District website. The referendum passed, and in 1918 — 15 years after the woman’s club started to push for a public library — the Gainesville Public Library finally opened its doors at 419 E. University Ave. In 1912, Mayor Chris Matheson spoke to the Twentieth Century Club about the “Civic Needs of Our City.” In addition to the library project, Gainesville clubwomen responded to the growing need for a variety of community services that the local government did not support at the time, ranging from providing food and clothing to families in need, to offering financial support to enable public schools to lengthen the school year to nine months. To accomplish this, the club raised its dues and held additional fundraising events, Tassinari writes.
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“We started in 1903 as an organization that wanted to foster a public library but since then we have grown into an organization that supports many community causes.”
In 1921, construction was completed on the Twentieth Century Club’s first clubhouse. Later, during the Great Depression, clubwomen painted and made repairs themselves to keep down maintenance costs. They also worked to beautify the city, including fighting to preserve the center planting areas down the middle of Northeast 1st Street (previously known as East Main Street), which are now lined with palm trees. Clubwomen also established and contributed to the growth of other organizations, such as the Junior League and the Humane Society. They routinely offered their clubhouse as a meeting place for groups such as the League of Women Voters and the Gainesville Business and Professional Women’s Club. By mid-century, the Twentieth Century Club had almost 600 members and had outgrown its original clubhouse. In 1961, the current clubhouse at 2809 West University Avenue was completed for $145,000. The club’s name was officially changed to the Gainesville Woman’s Club in 1960. The spacious 1961 clubhouse is routinely rented out to help cover maintenance and facilities costs. In the fall, the club partners with the Boy Scouts to park cars for Gator games. “Those are extremely profitable,” said Gainesville Woman’s
Club President Mary Rhodes in a recent telephone interview, “particularly when the Gators have a good season.” Today the Gainesville Woman’s Club has six separate community service programs in the areas of conservation, education, home life, international outreach, public issues and the Salvation Army. “We started in 1903 as an organization that wanted to foster a public library but since then we have grown into an organization that supports many community causes,” Rhodes said. Club members hold multiple fundraising events throughout the year to raise money for upkeep and rotating charitable causes. On July 14 from 6-8 p.m., the Gainesville Woman’s Club will host the sixth annual “Red, White & More Red!” wine tasting benefit. This year all proceeds will go to Girls Place, which offers after school programs, summer camp, athletics and enhanced learning opportunities for girls ages 5 through 18.
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The “Twentieth Century Live Oak” in front of the Gainesville Woman’s Club was designated a heritage tree in 2013.
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PHOTO BY ALLISON MENARD Bartenders for a previous “Red, White & More Red!” event prepare for the wine tasting.
“They do such wonderful work here in the community,” Rhodes said. “Red, White & More Red!” will feature heavy hors d’oeuvres and wine tasting. “You can fill up on food, you can fill up on wine,” Rhodes said, adding that the event has a new sponsor, Lucky’s Market, which has donated cases of wine. Tickets cost $25 per person and can be purchased at the Gainesville Woman’s Club. Call 352-376-3901 by July 11 to reserve tickets. The Gainesville Woman’s Club recently won the 2016
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Outstanding Group Award from the City Beautification Board for its long dedication to improving the beauty of Gainesville. The club was commended for conserving a 60-foottall live oak tree on the northwest corner of the clubhouse grounds. In 2013 the tree, named the “Twentieth Century Live Oak,” was designated a heritage tree. The club also uses Florida-friendly landscaping and participates in the Save Water Add Plants (SWAP) program, which promotes the use of native and drought-resistant plants. In April the club donated $15,000 to develop a natural “learningscape” at Duval Early Learning Center. This outdoor learning area will include individual stations that promote the study of nature and music through play. Rhodes said the club makes annual donations to support the Alachua County Public Schools. Previous fundraisers supported the purchase of band instruments for Duval Elementary School. Fundraising and outreach events are ongoing at the club. In the fall the club co-sponsors United Nations Day with the Gainesville Chapter of the United Nations Association. Last fall’s keynote speaker was award-winning author and journalist Cynthia Barnett, who spoke about global water issues to celebrate the United Nations’ 70th anniversary. The Gainesville Woman’s Club also partners with the Salvation Army’s annual Angel Tree program, Peaceful Paths toy drive and a variety of initiatives with the Ronald McDonald House. Over the years, one thing has remained the same for members of the Gainesville Woman’s Club. “We stay quite busy,” Rhodes said. From kickstarting the public library system to town beautification to wine tasting, members of the Gainesville Woman’s Club have worked to improve the Gainesville community for generations. Support their mission by raising a glass during the “Red, White & More Red!” fundraiser on July 14. s seniortimesmagazine.com
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Embracing Life Soup in the Summer?
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embrace everything about food. It is a pleasure to cook and to serve to others. Discovering a different restaurant or sampling a new dish from any cuisine is exciting stuff. Eating slowly and savoring meals ranks in the top five on my list of life’s pleasures. While there are only a handful of foods that I simply cannot swallow, very few are considered conventional choices for relieving stress and until recently I did not recognize them as my comfort foods. As is typically the case, my message appeared in an unplanned event. On a recent hot muggy summer afternoon in downtown Gainesville, the complexity of how I make food choices became crystal clear. For four decades my routine has been to take lunch to work. This day was different. The plan was to have lunch out with co-workers, so I did not bring anything. Unfortunately, that day’s circumstances did not allow for our lunch date. Over the years I learned to keep back-up snacks for such ‘emergency’ situations. I proceeded to eat what most people would have considered satisfying on a stressful day — chips, chocolate and cookies. They made me nauseous. The day worsened. It became a necessity to escape to regain composure. Not knowing where I was going, I got on University Avenue and drove.
Before me was a little lunch venue that serves homemade soups. Magically (maybe) there was an empty parking spot available right by the entrance. Without thought, I parked. Still sick to my stomach and not hungry, something seemed to lure me inside. So, I walked in to look at their daily menu. A southwestern spicy vegetable soup with freshly seeded jala-
to comfort. The first item listed on the table of contents was a feature article written by Ali Eckerie, “The Science Behind Comfort Food.” In Eckerie’s piece, she included information from Jennifer Stuart, University of Florida Psychologist. Stuart said, “Comfort foods … have a symbolism that connects with an emotional issue.” Stuart further explained, “Anything that is pleasure can light up certain receptors in the brain, especially dopamine.” Dopamine is a neurotransmitter that helps control the brain’s reward and pleasure centers, according to “Psychology Today.” So I began to analyze why soup magically triggered dopamine in my brain. Soup, especially chicken soup, has long been considered a form of folk medicine. It seems to have natural healing powers to cure the common cold. For me it has an even deeper meaning. My 83-year-old father has eaten soup nearly every day of his life. Coming from
I proceeded to eat what most people would have considered satisfying on a stressful day — chips, chocolate and cookies. They made me nauseous. peno peppers was the chef’s choice. Hot spicy soup is not the usual special on a steamy North Florida summer day. However, it smelled so good that I ordered a large bowl to go. While waiting, its aroma had a calming effect. In addition, the diner’s air conditioning provided a cool relief from the sticky stressful day, and the staff seemed to sense that I needed a brief retreat. They encouraged me to rest, relax and enjoy my lunch. I took their advice. The server pointed out a display of free local newspapers. Of course, I had already read the magazines from Tower Publications, so I perused the others. Coincidentally (perhaps), I selected an edition of “Orange & Blue Magazine.” The entire periodical was dedicated
poverty, soup was an affordable way to stretch whatever protein was available. In an earlier “Embracing Life” column, I wrote about my Dad’s dietary childhood staple — fish head soup. Even though I do not eat soup as often as my father, it is easy to understand why it is an important comfort food and coping mechanism to help me sooth stress. That steamy afternoon, I returned to work rejuvenated and grateful for many things. Soup in the Summer? Yes, I will eat soup any day of the year! s Donna Bonnell is a freelance writer who moved to Newberry in 1983. She enjoys living and working in the town she now calls home. dbnewberry@aol.com
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ne of the best things about summer is gathering with friends and family for a picnic. Nothing can beat the flavor of something hot off the grill. But don’t limit yourself to just hamburgers and hot dogs. How about some ribs? There’s a secret to great ribs, though. You know the kind I’m talking about — the ones that are so tender the meat just falls off the bone. The secret? Shhh… don’t tell anyone. They aren’t just grilled — they begin cooking in your oven. I’ve written before about the good cooks in my family and how they are known for the special recipes they have shared. This month’s menu is a medley of flavors from different family members, accented with the fresh veggies and watermelon that are so readily available in the summertime. This is the time of year to take advantage of farmers markets and the fresh produce available at super markets. Explore the offerings and try new recipes — be brave and courageous! First off is a recipe for mouth-water-
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ing, lip-smacking ribs that are so tender they melt in your mouth. This recipe is one of the dishes my sister-in-law, Jo Lee, is known for. Jo Lee loves to host family barbecues and holiday meals at her home. She is the definition of “hostess with the mostest” and makes all her dinner guests feel so special with her lovely table settings and home decorations for any holiday or get-together. Her menu is typically something new and delicious, and, as she always says, “If it is complicated and takes too long to prepare, I don’t make it.” Also, what is a picnic without some yummy side dishes? I’m including an amazing summer veggie salad from my other sister-in-law, Kaye. It is so easy to make, and the fresh vegetables just burst with flavor. Kaye is a natural when it comes to cooking, and almost everything she makes comes straight from her head —nothing is written down. Rounding out our menu is a stovetop recipe for baked beans right out of my mother’s cookbook. My mom, Ronelva, was always asked to bring her “baked” beans to fam-
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JO LEE’S BARBECUE RIBS To make the perfect ribs, you first start with a quick and easy recipe for the marinade. This gives the amazing flavor that permeates through the meat, all the way to the bone. Purchase at least three racks of baby back ribs or St. Louis style pork ribs. Figure one-half rack per person. MARINADE 1 12 oz. bottle of beer, such as pale ale 1/2 cup Worcestershire sauce 1/2 cup soy sauce 1/2 cup apple cider vinegar
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METHOD: Preheat the oven to 300 degrees. Mix the above ingredients along with four cups of water in a roasting pan. Put a rack or a roasting rack (upside down) in the roasting pan that will allow the ribs to stand up. Arrange the ribs between the wires so they are side by side. You can cut the rack of ribs in half if necessary to fit. Make sure the marinade is about an inch deep in the bottom of the pan, and the meat is touching the marinade. Cover the ribs completely with the aluminum foil to make a tight seal allowing no steam to escape. Bake for about three hours at this low heat, as it makes the meat very tender and flavorful. At this point, you can refrigerate the ribs for up to four days, until you are ready to grill on the day of the picnic. Allow them to sit out of the refrigerator for about an hour so that they are room temperature before grilling. Preheat the grill, then place the ribs on the grill and baste with your favorite barbecue sauce or use the recipe included below. Watch the ribs carefully, they will only need to be grilled for eight minutes on the first side; then turn and grill for five minutes on the other. Mmmm. These aren’t just any ribs… these are Jo Lee’s Barbecue Ribs! July 2016
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BARBECUE SAUCE INGREDIENTS: 2 cups ketchup 1 cup Dijon mustard 1/2 cup apple cider vinegar 1 cup molasses 2 Tbsp. fresh-squeezed lemon juice
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KAYE’S VEGGIE PICNIC SALAD On a hot summer day, this salad is the perfect dish to cool you down. Make it a day ahead for convenience, as it keeps well for several days in the refrigerator. On the day of the picnic, since it is made with mayonnaise and sour cream, be sure to keep it in the cooler until putting it on the table for your guests. INGREDIENTS: 4 slices thick bacon 1 head of fresh cauliflower 1 bunch of fresh broccoli 3 carrots 1/2 green pepper (optional)
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METHOD: Cut the bacon into small pieces and fry until crisp in a skillet. Remove and place on a paper towel to absorb excess grease. Next, carefully cut your broccoli and cauliflower into small bite-size pieces. Use only the flowerets of the vegetables, not the stems. Peel the carrots and cut them into small bite-size pieces as well. You can use fewer carrots, depending upon your taste. Green pepper is also optional. If you decide to use it, also cut into very small pieces. When all the veggies are cut, place them in a large mixing bowl and crumble the bacon bits. Mix thoroughly. In a separate bowl, combine the mayonnaise, sour cream, sugar and vinegar. You want to achieve a “sweet and sour” flavor, so once the ingredients are combined, taste to see if it seems right. Adjust a little more sugar or vinegar to suit your taste. Then mix into the bowl of veggies, a little at a time. Depending upon the size of the head of cauliflower and broccoli, you may need less sauce to achieve the right balance. Mix well and chill.
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This is a classic summer picnic dish that is always welcome at any gathering. My mother was always asked to bring them to our family reunions and holiday picnics. The best thing about this recipe is that it is quick and easy, and tastes “oh so good!” INGREDIENTS 3 cans (15 oz.) pork and beans 2 cups white sugar 2 1⁄2 cups Ketchup 2/3 large onion, diced 9 thick strips of bacon, chunked METHOD: Fry the bacon in a large skillet on medium heat, add the onion. When the bacon is nicely done, but not crisp, add all the beans. Do not drain the bacon grease out of the skillet before adding the beans, because this adds flavor to the finished product. Gently add in the ketchup, so that you don’t break up the beans’ shape. Add the sugar in a similar manner. Use your spatula to “lift up” while you stir the beans as they are cooking on the stove. Watch them and stir frequently so that they don’t scorch and cling to the bottom. When they are finished, they will have a distinctive “shiny” appearance and a wonderful flavor — a perfect side for barbecue ribs.
So there you have it, a delicious summer barbecue and the makings for happy memories with family and friends. Just the aroma of these dishes as they are cooking makes me feel like a kid again. In fact, pardon me while I get out the badminton set and then jump in the water for a swim. Happy summer and Happy 4th of July to all of you — from my kitchen to yours. s
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Veteran Lionel Capoldo WWII Sailor Helped in Normandy, Iwo Jima, Okinawa Invasions and Took Kamikaze Hit story and photography by Michael Stone
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eaman 1st Class Lionel Capoldo manned his post aboard mid-sized boats that supported troop landings during the first day, the first hour, the first minute and on, of the Omaha Beach, Iwo Jima and Okinawa invasions. Entering these melees, Capoldo’s superiors told him and the other sailors to expect the worst — up to 95 percent casualties at Omaha, for example. But participating in the launches of these iconic World War II battles didn’t present the then teen with what he remembers as a true sense of fear — no, that came only once, on April 16, 1945, as his Land Craft Support vessel (LCS 51), LCS 116 and the destroyer USS Laffey picketed the waters around Okinawa, two-plus weeks after the initial landings there. “I see the plane,” Capoldo, now 90 and living in Lake City, said of the kamikaze barreling toward his ship, “and I hear the explosion, feel the explosion. I thought, ‘Oh boy.’ And I’ll tell ya, of all my time in the Navy, that was the only time I was truly a-scared.” Two days before, on April 14, the three ships sailed for their first day of radar picket duty around Okinawa — a particularly dangerous job by 1945 because of Japan’s constant kamikaze threat but a necessary one that warned of advancing aircraft. Eleven enemy planes flew toward the three ships that day, but all were shot down by U.S. planes before entering firing range of the Laffey, according to “World War II” magazine. No threats came the next day. But on the morning of April 16, too many radar pips to count — what turned out to be 165 kamikaze planes and 150 others — headed toward the forces
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around Okinawa, the magazine said. From that wave, 22 went straight for the Laffey, laying on a bloody 80 minutes of constant attack that left her with six direct kamikaze hits, four other hits from bombs, 32 dead sailors and 71 wounded. A U.S. Vought F4U Corsair even knocked off a radar antenna while chasing a Japanese Nakajima Ki-43 as part of the air support that arrived shortly after the first attacks. “When he pulled up, he didn’t pull up soon enough,” Capoldo said of the Corsair. But the Laffey stayed afloat through it all and was able to be towed to a nearby island, eventually making it back to Seattle by May 25 and shown to the public to help sell war bonds. The Laffey’s survival earned her a nickname: “The ship that would not die.”
“Pouring water into a hole was all we were doing. There was a gaping hole in the deck where we were flooding it with water.” As for the support craft, the attacks claimed 17 of LCS 116’s crew and wounded 12 others, but LCS 51 found herself by far the most fortunate: only three of the crew of about 70 were wounded. (Capoldo remembers two: one man who had plane rivets shoot into his arms and another who had part of his penis cut off.) They were injured by the explosion Capoldo can still feel so seniortimesmagazine.com
Seaman 1st Class Lionel Capoldo, a resident of Lake City, holds a shadow box containing his medals, ribbons (also at right) and photos of himself and his Landing Craft Support ship, LCS 51.
vividly, the only time he says true fear confronted him during the war. The source of the explosion, a kamikaze plane and its attached bomb, took fire and blew up maybe 25 feet from impact, sending the engine straight into the side of the ship. Capoldo had climbed to the deck just in time to witness the blow. The ship rocked, but as soon as it steadied and showed not to be flooding, Capoldo eased up. LCS 51’s fortune left it able to help the injured Laffey, using its water hoses to quell any fires before they could reach ammo loads. Capoldo manned one hose. “Pouring water into a hole was all we were doing,” he said, noting that his focus on the task prevented him from taking mental notes of the surrounding chaos. “There was a gaping hole in the deck where we were flooding it with water.” Despite being there for the Laffey kamikaze raid and the Okinawa, Iwo Jima and Omaha landings, Capoldo said he “didn’t have any dramatic experiences,” especially when compared with those encountered by some of his comrades in uniform. “You take some of these soldiers … they shot a guy — shoot the guy’s brains out. Those things, they do something to a guy,” he exJuly 2016
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Capoldo points to himself aboard LCS 51 after it suffered a kamikaze hit while on radar picket duty off Okinawa on April 16, 1945. The plane took fire and blew up before impact, but its engine continued on and crashed into the ship. The damage is visible to the right of Capoldo’s finger. Among his retirement activities is making clocks, like the one at far right.
plained. “But in the Navy, you’re not that close to it as a whole — even when we got hit by a kamikaze. It’s not personal. It’s a group, part of a group. But it’s not an individual act. “I didn’t shoot that plane down. Nobody can say, ‘I shot it down.’ They can say we shot it down.” A native of Hartford, Connecticut, Capoldo ended his education after middle school to help support his family of five, becoming a clerk at a First National grocery store. On circumventing age laws, he joked, “I can lie like mad.” Japan struck Pearl Harbor when he was 16, and he joined the Navy at 17, in maybe January 1943. An Army friend encouraged Capoldo to not wait around for the draft and proactively join the Navy because, before even going overseas, the Army had left him with an unbendable trigger finger. Capoldo attended an abbreviated boot camp at the Naval Training Station in Newport, Rhode Island. “In peacetime, boot camp is 12 weeks; I had four weeks,” he said. “They cut it real short. It was at about enough time to get all your shots.”
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Further training in Norfolk, Virginia, taught him how to crawl under barbed wire, shoot the World War I rifle he’d been issued (and would carry with him to Europe), and fire anti-aircraft guns. After finishing training and awaiting orders briefly in Boston, he shipped out to Great Britain in late 1943, finding himself that Thanksgiving aboard the mammoth Queen Elizabeth. The converted luxury liner served as a troop transport during the war, and Capoldo remembers eating “terrible food” from inside a swimming pool turned mess hall. His first assignment: guarding the English Channel waters off Falmouth, England, in the anti-aircraft boat Landing Craft Flak 7. Converted from an English Landing Craft Tank ship, which transported tanks across water, the LCF had its openair top decked over, with quarters and the magazine below and the guns up top. In patrolling during the first half of 1944, LCF 7 never spotted a German plane, Capoldo said, but did see many B-17s returning from bombing raids “all shot to pieces” and smoking. seniortimesmagazine.com
“And one of ‘em I remember particularly,” he said. “You could look right through it, right through the middle of the airplane, right from where the bomb bay was right up through.” LCF 7 patrolled right up to early June, and on the sixth, it traversed the channel during the pre-sunlight hours as part of the thousands-strong Allied naval fleet about to push its way into Adolf Hitler’s fortress Europe. “We were too young and stupid to be nervous,” Capoldo said of the trip over. LCF 7’s main objective of protecting landing craft from air attacks as they hit the beach would take it near the front line, so its position was in the fleet’s vanguard. And once the ship arrived at Omaha Beach, it went fairly close to shore as it patrolled, and Capoldo recalled getting a quick peek at the beach upon arrival but not being able to distinguish much. Yet the below-deck ammo handler’s eyes never met the actual battle, mainly because he never had to carry any topside for reloading the 20mm and the 40mm “pom-pom” guns. LCF 7’s 65 enlisted sailors and four officers spotted and shot at only one enemy aircraft — a German reconnaissance plane — thanks to D-Day’s surprise and a Luftwaffe force strained by airfield bombing raids, dogfights and the war’s overall longevity. The military developed a plan to ensure U.S. planes wouldn’t take shots on D-Day from their own Navy — especially after the July 1943 friendly fire incident over Sicily that killed 318 soldiers and destroyed 23 troop transport planes. “We were told that any plane coming from England towards France, we were not to shoot at it no matter what,” Capoldo said, noting those planes returned by flying parallel to the beach and then out instead of directly back. “But any plane coming the other way was fair game.” Though Capoldo couldn’t see such things, he did hear and feel D-Day. “When the battleship Texas fired broadside, you could feel it in the boat,” he said, explaining that his ship sat between the Texas and the beach at points during the battle. “The boat
would just sort of move. You could feel the concussion.” By the end of the day, more than 9,000 U.S., British and Canadian soldiers from the 160,000 at the five Normandy beach landings had been killed or injured, according to the Army. But the only semblance of tragedy Capoldo recalls seeing on D-Day was a few wrecked landing craft along the beach when he went topside that evening. After the invasion speedily cleared an inland entry point for the Allies on their march through France and toward Germany, LCF 7 had little to do at sea. So after a few weeks hanging by the coast and witnessing the initial swarms of soldiers, supplies, tanks and so on being unloaded, Capoldo and his shipmates headed back to the States. “For me, that was the easiest one,” he said of Omaha, alluding to the Pacific battles to come. Arriving in Boston in July, Capoldo was among the first D-Day veterans to step again on American soil, and he described the reception as a hero’s welcome. Within Boston’s Fargo Building, a captain gave a speech about 10 p.m. to Capoldo and a few hundred other arriving soldiers — not knowing they hadn’t eaten since breakfast. “What would you guys like?” the captain asked. “We’d like to eat!” “What do ya mean?” “We haven’t had anything from breakfast.” “What would you like?” “Steak and milk!” “He told the officers that were standing over there: ‘Get the mess cooks and cook.’” After being allowed to go home and see his mom, dad, brother and sister for about three weeks, he reported back to Boston and was sent by troop train to the West Coast. There, Capoldo rounded out the crew of about 70 for LCS 51 because it needed only one more sailor. His new crew was rather green: Next to a mustang (someone who starts out as an enlisted person but, through longevity, moves onto being an officer) with 18 years in the Navy and a chief boatswain’s mate with 12, 18-yearold Capoldo’s year and a half made him third most seasoned. July 2016
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Capoldo (above) and his certificate of honorable discharge (left). A photo (right) offers a better perspective of the damage LCS 51 incurred from the April 16, 1945, kamikaze attack off Okinawa.
“They hadn’t seen nothin’,” he said, and the tenderfoots listened naively to his embellished war stories. “We shot all kinds of planes down,” Capoldo would say of the Normandy invasion. “We got shot at; we shot back. We got hit and then almost sunk. … The captain come around and [said], ‘You gotta cut out those stories.’” After stops at Pearl Harbor and already-taken Saipan, Capoldo saw his first — albeit brief — Pacific action in the Philippines. “We shot into the jungle a couple times” from along the coast, he said. “We don’t know if we hit anything or not. … Supposed to be in support of the Army — I don’t know. We may have been shooting at ghosts for all I know.” Once LCS 51 got to Iwo Jima to support the Marine landings there, the routine was fairly the same: fire at enemy targets on the island, starting with Mount Suribachi, from just offshore. “It was very helpful, and to a degree,” 91-year-old Gainesville resident Bob Gasche, a Marine who landed the first day at Iwo Jima, said of the Naval assault. “And the reason I’m adding to a degree is Gen. [Tadamichi] Kuribachi, the head Japanese general, ordered prior to the invasion 300 mining engineers from Japan to come to Iwo Jima and dig tunnels and caves, underground communication centers, hospitals, supply centers, etc., so that they were underground. … We would’ve wiped them out had they not been so concealed.” Unlike Omaha Beach, Capoldo spent a fair amount of time on deck because of all the reloading — plus his ship now had rocket
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launchers in addition to the regular guns, and he had to go topside each launch in case one misfired and sparked the magazine. This allowed him to see dead Marines on the beach and in the water, especially during LCS 51’s new task: towing mangled landing craft from the beach. “The beach was so crowded with Higgins boats, we had to go back in, tie a line on them, drag them out into deep water and let them sink so other craft could come in,” he said, noting that his boat suffered no casualties but was hit by small-arms fire. As the Marines swept across the island, LCS 51 would move in to fire on a designated target, turn back to sea, drift and repeat. “All you could see was the coral rock, and you could see the shells exploding,” Capoldo said. “You couldn’t tell whether you were hitting anything or not.” Something the ship didn’t hit was friendlies, thanks to the forward-most Marine signaling the line. “There was always some poor Marine with a stick with a flag on it: Don’t shoot behind me,” Capoldo said. The battle of more than a month across February and March 1945 claimed the lives of 6,800 U.S. soldiers from the Marines and Navy. Before Capoldo sailed from the island, he saw the fruits of the invasion’s labor: the first B-29 bombers landing on the island following raids against the Japanese. He then returned to the Philippines, where he caught a USO show from Bob Hope. “That whole field was just full of people, and … I was so far seniortimesmagazine.com
back I couldn’t see,” he said, adding that he wasn’t star-struck. “Even to this day, I wouldn’t go across the street to see him.” Okinawa came next, but from a Naval perspective, the troop landings were “a cakewalk,” Capoldo said, because the Japanese had withdrawn inland. The Navy’s true struggle instead came at sea at the hands of the kamikazes, with 47 ships sunk and many more damaged from October 1944 to July 1945, according to kamikaze researcher Bill Gordon. The kamikaze attacks on the Laffey, LCS 116 and LCS 51 would be Capoldo’s final time in action. “We had no more ammunition,” he said. “We had an engine sticking out of our side. So that was the end of actual combat.” Again in the Philippines, following the dropping of the two atomic bombs in August 1945, word spread from the radio that Japan had surrendered. Because the news came at night, the celebration included somewhat of a fireworks show. “In Leyte Gulf, where we were, every ship was firing off rockets — rocket flares — to celebrate,” Capoldo said. He moved on to participate in the occupation of Japan and Korea, which had been held by Japan until it lost the war, as well as China during its civil war. After leaving the military in early 1946, Capoldo returned to
Hartford and worked in pipefitting and construction until sailing down to Fort Lauderdale in 1965, doing odds and ends jobs around boatyards, and living in Florida ever since. In retirement, the father of three, grandfather of two and great-grandfather of two has found joy in traveling the country with his wife, Hattie, and building clocks in his garage workshop. Reflecting on the war with others is something Capoldo said is relatively new for him — something he’s done only in recent years through meeting with other veterans at the D-Day Normandy Veterans of North Central Florida group, which comes together once a month at Conestoga’s Restaurant in Alachua. “You feel sorry for those guys,” he said of the 416,800 U.S. soldiers who died in combat during the war. “I’m glad I’m not one of them. Whether I’d wanna take one of their places or not, I don’t think so. “But if I had to,” he added, a rush of emotion stepping forward to conclude the interview, “I would’ve.” s If you know a WWII veteran in North Central Florida who would like to tell his or her story to Senior Times, please email Michael Stone at MichaelStone428@gmail.com.
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CALENDAR UPCOMING EVENTS IN ALACHUA & MARION
FREE FRIDAYS CONCERT Friday, July 1 8:00pm – 10:00pm GAINESVILLE - Bo Diddley Plaza, 111 E. University Ave. The 2016 series continues with The All American Song Fest featuring jazz by The Gainesville Big Band. “Free Fridays” concerts continue each Friday night through Oct. 21. www.gvlculturalaffairs.org.
TIOGA MONDAY MARKET
LADY GAMERS
Mondays
Fridays
NORMAN ROCKWELL
4:00pm - 7:00pm JONESVILLE - Tioga Center, 13005 W. Newberry Rd. Market features a selection of vegetables, crafts, organic food, fruits and local specialties.
1:00pm HIGH SPRINGS - New Century Woman’s Club, 40 NW 1st Ave. The Lady Gamers meet for fun, friendship and food. Everyone is invited. Meet old friends and make some new ones.
Through July 31
PARKINSON’S EXERCISE CLASS Tuesday & Friday 9:30am GAINESVILLE - Alachua County Senior Recreation Center, 5701 NW 34th St. A fun and effective exercise class to help those living with Parkinson’s Disease and other balancerelated health issues. Exercise is the only way to slow progression of PD. Free. www. facebook.com/gainesvilleflparkinsonsnetwork.
GAINESVILLE HARMONY SHOW CHORUS Thursdays 7:00pm – 9:30pm GAINESVILLE - Grace Presbyterian Church, 3146 NW 13th St. For all who are interested in learning and singing Women’s A Cappella Barbershop Harmony Music. Beckie: 352-318-1281.
HIGH SPRINGS FARMERS MARKET Thursdays 12:00pm – 4:00pm HIGH SPRINGS - Downtown Farmers Market, 115 NE Railroad Ave.
CREATIVE B MOVIE SERIES Fridays, July 8 – 29 Times Vary GAINESVILLE - Florida Museum of Natural History, 3215 Hull Rd. Opening reception at 6pm, July 8. On Friday nights, the Museum and Creative B will host free movie screenings and explore the balance between science and art with an expert panel. The panel discussion starts at 7pm, followed by the movie. July 8: “Mothra,” 1961; July 15: “Little Shop of Horrors,” 1960; July 22: “The Thing from Another World,” 1951; July 29: “Matango,” 1963. Visit flmnh.ufl.edu.
FARMSTEAD WEEKEND FARMERS MARKET Saturdays and Sundays 9:00am – 3:00pm CITRA - Crones’ Cradle Conserve, 6411 NE 217th Place. Tour a working vegetable and herb farm. Plants, fresh produce, books, farm and fine crafts are available. 352-595-3377.
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1:00pm – 2:00pm GAINESVILLE - First Magnitude Brewery, 1220 SE Veitch St. Brewery Yoga in the warehouse. All experience levels welcome; suggested donation of $5 (donations go to Forage Farms through August) www.fmbrewing.com/calendar.
4:00pm – 5:00pm GAINESVILLE - Senior Recreation Center, 5701 NW 34th St. This dance workshop provides mature dancers with an opportunity to continue their practice in an adultfriendly environment. 352-733-0880.
WIC FARMERS MARKET Fridays 10:00am – 2:00pm GAINESVILLE - Alachua County Health Department, 224 SE 24th St. Through October, stop by and support local farmers and choose from a variety of seasonal fruits and vegetables. 800-494-2543.
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Times Vary OCALA - Appleton Museum of Art, 4333 E. Silver Springs Blvd. “Norman Rockwell: The Man Behind the Canvas.” A rare opportunity to get a glimpse of the man who showed us a better version of ourselves. The museum is open 10am – 5pm Tuesday through Saturday, 12pm – 5pm Sunday and closed Monday. Colleen Harper: 352-291-4455.
ZUMBA Saturday, July 2 5:00pm – 6:00pm GAINESVILLE - Bo Diddley Plaza, 111 E. University Ave. Free Zumba class every first Saturday of the month with Cristiane Machado.
FANFARE AND FIREWORKS Sunday, July 3 9:00pm GAINESVILLE - University of Florida’s Flavet Field. The Gainesville Community Band plays 4th of July Favorites. www.gnvband.org.
A SALUTE TO OUR TROOPS! Sunday, July 3 3:00pm OCALA - Reilly Arts Center, 500 NE 9th St. The Ocala Symphony Orchestra Presents: Red, White and OSO Blue, performing patriotic favorites. There will also be a special salute to our veterans. 352-351-1606.
JULY 4TH CELEBRATION Monday, July 4 3:00pm to 10:00pm ALACHUA - Hal Brady Recreation Complex. Activities for the kids, including a petting zoo, bounce houses, water slides, a spray park and skateboard park. For adults there are vendors, bingo contests, dancing groups and live musical entertainment to name a few.
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Times Vary GAINESVILLE - Florida Museums. Free admission to all fee-based exhibits for active duty U.S. military personnel and their families. For a list of participating museums: www.flmnh. ufl.edu/calendar/grid/blue-star-museums.
12:00pm OCALA - Golden Ocala, 7340 US-27. Ocala Jaycees 47th Annual God & Country Day is an Independence Day family festival with fireworks, live entertainment, food, kids’ activities, a veterans’ ceremony, and art & craft vendors. Nichole Parker: 352-427-7189.
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FREE FRIDAYS CONCERT Friday, July 8 8:00pm – 10:00pm GAINESVILLE - Bo Diddley Plaza, 111 E. University Ave. Original rock, funk, blues and soul by Idylwild. Concerts continue each Friday night through Oct. 21. www.gvlculturalaffairs.org.
MOVIE NIGHTS Friday, July 8 7:00pm – 10:00pm JONESVILLE - Town of Tioga, 105 SW 128th St. The second Friday of every month. Free admission. Bring lawn chairs and blankets.
FREE SUMMER COURSES Monday, July 11 Times Vary GAINESVILLE - Oak Hammock, 5100 SW 25th Blvd. The Institute for Learning in Retirement (ILR) invites all Seniors living in North Central Florida to attend summer courses at no cost. Classes will begin on July 11 and extend through August. 352-335-6784. Sara Lynn McCrea: smcrea@ oakhammock.org or visit: www.ilratoakhammock.
Water|Ways Exhibit July 16 – August 27 HIGH SPRINGS - High Springs Museum, 120 NW 2nd Ave. Grand opening is on Saturday, July 16. Free Admission. The exhibit’s vision: “The Relationship of Water & People.”
FREE FRIDAYS CONCERT AFRO-FITNESS
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Thursday, July 14
8:00pm – 10:00pm GAINESVILLE - Bo Diddley Plaza, 111 E. University Ave. Jazz by R&E’s Army - Richy Stano & Elio Piedra. Concerts continue each Friday night through Oct. 21. www.gvlculturalaffairs.org.
5:00pm – 6:00pm GAINESVILLE - Cone Park Branch Library, 2801 E. University Ave. Exercise to African drumbeats and rhythms. 352-334-0720; www.aclib.us/cone-park.
FREE FRIDAYS CONCERT Friday, July 15 8:00pm – 10:00pm GAINESVILLE - Bo Diddley Plaza, 111 E. University Ave. Americana, Blues, Folk by Ricky Kendall & The Healers. Concerts continue each Friday night through Oct. 21. www.gvlculturalaffairs.org.
FISHING TOURNAMENT Saturday, July 16 7:30am – 1:30pm HAWTHORNE - Lochloosa Harbor, 15008 S.E. U.S. Highway 301. Inaugural Bass North Central Florida Fishing Tournament. Big fish measuring at 1:30pm. Payout based on length not weight. Laurie or Jay @ 352-481-2114.
WORD WEAVERS WRITING GROUP Wednesday, July 20 6:00pm CITRA - Crone’s Cradle Conserve, 6411 NE 21th Pl. First and third Wednesdays of each month. 6:00pm pot luck supper and then discussion. Jeri Baldwin: 352-595-3377.
CONCERT SERIES Friday, July 22 7:00pm – 10:00pm JONESVILLE - Town of Tioga, 105 SW 128th St. Every last Friday of the month. Free admission. Bring lawn chairs and blankets.
4TH SATURDAY TOURS Saturday, July 23 10:00am – 12:00pm NEWBERRY - Dudley Farm State Park, 18730 W. Newberry Rd. Take a walk with a ranger or volunteer around the farmstead home site. Meet in the Visitors Center.
Concerts continue each Friday night through Oct. 21. www.gvlculturalaffairs.org.
SUMMER INSTITUTE August 1 - 4 Times Vary GAINESVILLE - P.K. Yonge Dev. Research School, 1080 SW 11th St. Summer Institutes are designed to provide classroom teachers and other educational leaders with an opportunity to improve practice. P.K. Yonge’s Immersion in Writing, Craft and Skill Summer Institute is designed to increase understanding of writer’s voice and to support the development of personal voices in writing. 352-392-1554; cgabbard@pky. ufl.edu; summerinstitutes.pkyonge.ufl.edu.
FREE FRIDAYS CONCERT Friday, August 5 8:00pm – 10:00pm GAINESVILLE - Bo Diddley Plaza, 111 E. Ave. Hard Luck Society –Country, Blues, Jazz. www.gvlculturalaffairs.org.
AFRO-FITNESS Thursday, July 28
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5:00pm – 6:00pm GAINESVILLE - Cone Park Branch Library, 2801 E. University Ave. Exercise to African drumbeats and rhythms. 352-334-0720; www.aclib.us/cone-park.
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Oklahoma! A Musical July 22 – August 14 Curly, a handsome cowboy, and Laurey, a charming farm girl, fall in love despite the boisterous rivalry between the farmers and cowboys in the West Indian Territory. Although love is never a smooth ride, the two head out to begin a new life together, in Oklahoma!
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The Last Five Years July 8 – July 24 Written by Jason Robert Brown, The Last Five Years has been translated into a handful of languages and was named one of Time Magazine’s 10 best shows of 2001. It is an influential and passionate musical about a New York couple that fall in and out of love over five years. The non-linear structure shows the woman telling her story backwards while the man tells his story chronologically — the two characters meet in the middle.
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BOOK REVIEW BY
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Cake: A Slice of History BY ALYSA LEVENE c.2016, Pegasus Books $26.95 / higher in Canada 303 pages
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ake a deep breath. And blow. Blow for all you’re worth. Blow till your lungs are empty, your stomach’s concave, your face is blue. You’ve got a lot of candles to extinguish — one for each year you’ve been on Earth, to be exact, and in “Cake: A Slice of History” by Alysa Levene, you’ll see why they’re on top of a confection. What, exactly, is the definition of “cake”?
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When that question came up in a British courtroom, Alysa Levene’s curiosity was piqued. Cake, she discovered, can mean many things, depending on your preferences, background, and more. Today’s cake, says Levene, usually means “memories, almost always of celebration, family and love.” Generally speaking, to make a cake, you need four things: fat, eggs, sugar and flour. Ancient Egyptians and the Chinese didn’t, perhaps, have those exact things, but they did make confections that we would recognize as cake. They also knew that baking in an oven made their cakes better. In Medieval times, however, the word “cake” could mean bread. That was because bakery ingredients — especially sugar — were often hard to get, and expensive. “Cakes” might be oddly shaped and cooked over a fire, like bread, or they might be sweet and filled with dried fruit, like the fruitcake we pass around at Christmas. Imagine the confusion at birthday parties… By the 1400s, cakes looked more like that thing you ate at last summer’s wedding. Two centuries later, “most European towns had a bakery in every neighbourhood.” By the early 1700s, cookbooks instructed home-bakers how to make a tasty cake though, in times
of war and migration, cakes were made with whatever was on-hand. And in the mid-19th century, something amazing happened: we started to incorporate chocolate! Today, cake is still largely a celebratory item, but you can have it any day of the week. The slice on your plate can indicate the brand of the box, culture of the cook, fruit that’s in season, or traditions you hold dear. That snack you snuck might be a mass-produced guilty pleasure, while the cupcake you enjoy might point to a new fad. Mmm. You’re hungry now, aren’t you? There’s a good reason: “Cake” is tasty like that. Though I wish she’d been more linear in her history, author Alysa Levene tells a good story. In addition to the subject for which her book is named, readers will be entertained by tales of advenAlysa Levene ture and spices, the advent of the “domestic goddess,” and how bakers came to love a woman who “never actually existed.” We see how cookbooks came to be, we learn that a pound cake was originally a four-pound cake and, though this isn’t a cookbook, we get a few rough recipes. It bears mentioning that there are a number of British-isms here that could take a minute to decipher; just be aware of that before you put on your apron, grab a fork, and dig into this book. This may be your only chance to have your “Cake” and read it, too. 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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he hot summer months can take their toll on anyone, but for seniors the threat is especially dangerous. “Dehydration is a significant issue with the elderly,” said Jami Proctor, a clinical manager at Caretenders of Gainesville. “It can occur in less than eight hours and it’s a significant reason for hospitalization. Approximately 18 percent of seniors admitted to a hospital for dehydration die within 30 days.” Seniors often have a decreased level of perspiration, a delayed sense of thirst or decreased senses of taste and smell. Medications can suppress hunger or thirst. And even in hot weather many seniors choose not to use air conditioning, opting instead to open windows or turn on fans to avoid high energy bills or a house that feels too cold for them. Caretenders personnel educate seniors and caregivers on the signs of dehydration and ways to avoid it. Some obvious symptoms may include increased confusion or disorientation, fainting, headaches and dryness of the nose and mouth. “The tongue can get sticky or tacky, and the skin loses elasticity,” Proctor explained. “If you pinch the skin up and it very slowly goes back down, that is a sign of dehydration.”
Left unchecked, dehydration can lead to complications such as stroke or heart failure. Yet the danger can be averted with simple planning. Proctor suggests providing attractive containers such as colorful glasses and pitchers to entice clients to drink fluids, or adding a little fruit to water to give variety in appearance and flavor. “Have things prepared ahead of time and placed where seniors can easily reach them,” said Proctor. “Call them through the day and monitor their eating and drinking habits.” Water does not have to be the only option; liquids that are low in sugar can help keep dehydration at bay. Incorporate plenty of fruit, vegetables and other foods with high water content into the diet. Sugar-free popsicles and smoothies are also good ways to get fluids into a senior’s diet. Save outdoor activities for the early morning or evening when temperatures are lower, and wear a hat and loose fitting, cotton clothes that allow skin to breathe. If a senior shows signs of heat stroke – high body temperature, rapid pulse and vomiting – get him or her to a hospital immediately. With a little knowledge and some preventive measures, independent seniors can still enjoy “the good old summertime!”
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Betty’s Story Heart attack survivor Betty McMahon returned to North Florida Regional to thank a special group of people. From the moment she arrived in our ER and Chest Pain Center, Betty received a level of care she says made it possible for her to come back strong. Betty has returned to her work and her hiking and wants to share her story because the things she knows now might help save your life. The full story about the people who were there when Betty needed them most is on our website. The ER and Chest Pain Center at North Florida Regional. Lifesaving care for Life’s Emergencies.
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