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THE MAGIC OF PLEIN AIR

ENHANCED INDEPENDENCE

Outdoor painting at Kanapaha Gardens

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CONTENTS SEPTEMBER 2012 • VOL. 13 ISSUE 09

ON THE COVER – Meet Joe Louis Clark, the former principal of Eastside High School in Paterson, New Jersey, one of the country’s toughest inner city schools in the 1980s.

PHOTO BY TJ MORRISSEY for LOTUS STUDIOS

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Tapas Community Calendar of Events

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Theatre Listings Crossword Puzzle Reading Corner

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Embracing Life

by Donna Bonnell

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Elder Angle Contributed by the Mid-Florida Agency on Aging

features 16

BY LARRY BEHNKE

Community Voice Reader submitted Poem

The Magic of Plein Air Outdoor Painting at Kanapaha Gardens

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Enjoying Act Three

by Ellis Amburn

Joe Louis Clark A Local Legend

BY ELLIS AMBURN

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Enhanced Independence The Village and UF Join Forces for Seniors

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Black Water The Great Suwannee River Cleanup

WINNER! Congratulations to the winner from our AUGUST 2012 issue…

Ronald Mayberry from Ocala, Florida

BY JEWEL MIDELIS

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UF Geriatricians Make a Difference!

Henrique Kallas, M.D.

Bhanuprasad Sandesara, M.D.

Susan Nayfield, M.D.

Yohannes Endeshaw, M.D.

John Meuleman, M.D.

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Our services for older adults include: ä Total care for adults 65 and older ä Preventive care ä Consults and care plans for complicated conditions ä Care for memory and sleep disorders, incontinence and falls ä Care for acute and chronic illnesses such as diabetes, arthritis and hypertension

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FROM THE EDITOR œ ALBERT ISAAC

So our little guy — I mean big boy — is back in school.

The summer for him was not the same as the summer for me as a youngster. I remember having the run of the neighborhood, riding my bike until the sun began to set, playing football in the street, or playing “Kill the guy with the ball” in our front yard.

Sure, we found things for our son to do this summer, but our children have never experienced the kind of freedom I had growing up. Fortunately (or not), there are many more indoor activities these days to keep him occupied, from video games to streaming movies. Unfortunately, he is a self-described “outside boy” and would often go stir-crazy being cooped up indoors all day. In the evening he would practice his parkour (a form of free running and gymnastics) throughout the house, bounding over furniture, jumping from the stairs and rolling, and quite literally climbing the walls.

Ah, to be young.

But now it’s school time. Fortunately, we live in a small town, where all of our

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children have had good experiences in the school system. Sure, there are isolated issues, but when compared to big city schools’ trials and tribulations, we’ve got it pretty good. And when compared to the New Jersey inner city Eastside High School of the 1980s — where thugs and drug pushers called the shots — we’re living in a veritable paradise.

That was Joe Louis Clark’s world.

Clark was called upon to bring order to the chaos of Eastside High in Paterson, NJ. His methods — and results — landed him in the public spotlight and on the cover of NEWSWEEK Magazine, not to mention being portrayed by Morgan Freeman in a motion picture.

We caught up with Joe Clark, who now lives in our area with homes in both Gainesville and Newberry, to learn more about this legendary figure.

We also bring you news about the age-old art of plein air painting, in which artists take their easels outside and paint the environment — in this case at Kanapaha Gardens in Gainesville.

Additionally, our writers bring you stories on a new partnership between The Village and the University of Florida, as well as information on the Great Suwannee River Cleanup (not too late to go help clean the water if you have an inkling).

I trust you all had a wonderful summer and are now staying dry from the (much needed) daily deluges. See you next month! s

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IS ANGINA SQUEEZING THE ENJOYMENT OUT OF YOUR LIFE?

Announcing a clinical research study for people with angina.

If you’ve been unable to control your symptoms of angina, you’re invited to see if you may qualify for the Renew Study. The purpose of the study is to determine the safety and effectiveness of an investigational therapy using a patient’s own stem cells for the treatment of angina.

clockwise from top left ELLIS AMBURN is a resident of High Springs and the author of biographies of Roy Orbison, Elizabeth Taylor and others. ellis.amburn@gmail.com.

LARRY BEHNKE is an artist, writer, photographer and a graduate of the University of Michigan in cinematography and painting.

He has used solar electricity since 1984 and lives in a dome home. larry@towerpublications.com JEWEL MIDELIS is a freelance writer and a student at UF’s College of Journalism. In her spare time, she enjoys going to the beach, camping at state parks and playing with her puppies. jmidelis91@yahoo.com

Each individual must be 21 or older, and will be evaluated to determine his or her eligibility. Qualified participants will receive either the investigational therapy or placebo, or continue with current approved angina treatment options, providing researchers with a standard comparison to the investigational therapy. All participants will receive study-related medical exams and lab tests at no charge.

Compensation for time and travel may be available.

To find out if you may qualify, visit RENEWstudy.com and call the area doctor below.

Contact: Tempa Curry, RN Carl J. Pepine, MD 1600 Southwest Archer Road, Box 100277 Division of Cardiovascular Medicine Gainesville, FL 32610 352-273-8937

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TAPAS œ SEPTEMBER

MOVE OVER ROVER

As NASA’s Curiosity rover is exploring Mars, most people are excited about the $2.5 billion expedition, but some may think it is a waste of American resources. Besides space exploration, NASA’s developments have improved many aspects of society, including “health and medicine, transportation, public safety, environmental and agricultural resources, computer technology and industrial productivity,” according to an article on the NASA website.

The 27 Club It’s the sort of club you wouldn’t want to join.

Robert Johnson, Brian Jones, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, Kurt Cobain and Amy Winehouse, to name but a few — all of these famous musicians died at 27 years of age. Robert Johnson, an American blues singer, died from a possible poisoning.

Brian Jones, the Rolling Stones founding member, drowned in a swimming pool. Jimi Hendrix was found dead in his apartment.

Janis Joplin took a lethal dose of heroin. Jim Morrison was found dead in a bathtub in Paris. Kurt Cobain committed suicide. And the newest member of the club, Amy Winehouse, was found dead at her home in London due to alcohol poisoning.

SINCE 1976, ABOUT 1,400 DOCUMENTED NASA INVENTIONS HAVE BENEFITED U.S. INDUSTRY, CREATED JOBS AND IMPROVED THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR NOT JUST AMERICANS, BUT PEOPLE ALL AROUND THE WORLD AS WELL. For example, based on technologies used for a spacecraft, in 1994 a company in California created a robotic arm that allows surgeons to use three instruments at the same time for laparoscopic surgery. In 2000, three business contracts with NASA created a new, less expensive parachute system that can lower an entire aircraft during an emergency, used for military and civilian aircrafts.

Additionally, a NASA-developed chemical process was responsible for the development of kidney dialysis machines, while the need to find imperfections in aerospace structures led to the development of a medical CAT scanner. Invisible braces are made from translucent polycrystalline alumina, originally created to protect the infrared antennae of heat-seeking missile trackers.

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LONG-DISTANCE

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Space Rock Jimi Hendrix expressed a great interest in matters of an extraterrestrial nature, had admitted seeing UFOs, and once told David Henderson – a reporter from The New York Times – that he was really from Mars.

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Born in San Saba, Texas, Tommy Lee Jones attended Harvard and a was Al Gore’s roommate. Upon graduation, he moved to New York and then on to Hollywood. He began his film career in the small part as Ryan O’Neal’s Harvard roommate in “Love Story” (1970) and then appeared on the ABC soap opera “One Life to Live.”

TV movies followed, such as “The Amazing Howard Hughes” (1977), “Coal Miner’s Daughter” (1981), “The Executioner’s Song” (1982) -- for which he won an Emmy Award -- and the CBS miniseries “Lonesome Dove” (1989).

In 1993, Jones starred in “The Fugitive,” for which he garnered Best Supporting Actor for his performance as U.S. Marshal Samuel Gerard.

Jones has gone on to deliver memorable roles in “Men in Black” and “No Country for Old Men.” A FEW OTHER NOTABLE

Birthdays this Month

Gloria Gaynor September 7, 1949 (63)

Michael Keaton

Leslie Twiggy Lawson

September 5, 1951 (61)

September 19, 1949 (63)

Roger Waters

Michael Douglas

September 6, 1943 (69)

September 25, 1944 (68)

“I’m still in love with what I do, with the idea of making things up.”

— STEPHEN KING

The King of Horror Stephen King’s books have sold more than 350 million copies and have been adapted into a number of feature films, television movies and comic books. He is also known for playing in “The Rock Bottom Remainders,” a band of literary giants including Amy Tan, Dave Barry and Mitch Albom (among others) that has just wrapped up its final tour, dubbed “Past Our Bedtime.”

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COMMUNITY œ TRIP

Affordable Housing for Senior Citizens

PrimeTime Harn Field Trip This month, the PrimeTime Institute (PTI) resumes its programs at the Alachua Senior Recreation Center.

On September 13, Seniors are invited to enjoy lunch and explore the Harn Museum of Art through PrimeTime Institute/ElderCare of Alachua County.

Participants must signup by Sept. 11 for lunch and tour.

At 11:30 a.m., meet for lunch in the Camellia Court Café (below the museum) followed by a docent-led tour of art exhibits.

Signup sheets for the field trip are available at the prior PTI program on Sept. 6 at the Senior Recreation Center, or contact Charity Blomeley: 352-3326917, or e-mail primetime.inst@gmail. com by Sept. 11.

Museum admission is free although donations are welcome.

Opened in 1990 and one of the largest university-affiliated museums in the United States, the museum’s various collections include photography, Asian, African, modern and contemporary art.

In 2012, the museum opened the David A. Cofrin Asian Wing, a 26,000-square-

foot addition for the museum’s extensive collection of Asian art and an Asian garden accessible from the galleries of the new wing.

PTI provides a wide variety of educational programs and social activities for people age 50+ that foster wellness, encourage personal and intellectual growth and that provide an environment for developing new interests, making new friends, and becoming involved as volunteers.

All PTI programs and activities are planned and presented entirely by volunteer members and speakers, with expenses supported by annual membership fees ($20 for September 2012 to August 2013) and donations.

While participants do not have to be a PTI member to attend its educational programs, a small donation is appreciated, but not required.

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COLUMN œ DONNA BONNELL

Embracing Life Season of Stress

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ummer vacations are over. School is back in session. September means more than the start football season.

For many, it is the kickoff of the most stressful time of the year. Fall festivities, election shenanigans and holiday preparations are events that quickly fill our hectic schedules.

We tend to compare our calendars with others to see who is the busiest.

Especially during the holidays, having more commitments than anyone else makes us feel superior. We subconsciously believe the ability to handle stress earns us a dysfunctional merit badge; conquering our chaotic existence warrants wearing this invisible prestigious award.

Unfortunately, that was my mindset.

I prided myself in successfully juggling and completing all tasks. Insomnia and an elevated blood pressure were merely necessary byproducts. The craziness strangely gave me a sense of importance.

When I least expected it, I recognized my own angst; anxiety caused by a self-inflicted overextended daily itinerary. The improbable source of enlightenment was dear old Dad. After Mom died from alcoholism at a young age, our family unit shattered. My sister, brother and I rarely visited Dad. In fact, most of my adult life I unequivocally disagreed with his poor decisions, negative habits and Mafia-like strategies.

The first eight decades of his life, he

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was an easygoing fun-loving man who rarely worried. However, Dad reached his limit. Overcoming obstacles became overwhelming, even for him. His wife (my stepmother), his pets and many friends passed away. Local thieves took advantage of his sad situation and stole

This particular hat included a batteryoperated turkey whose legs danced. Of all the material things he lost, that hat was his only concern.

The stacks of work that seemed to be staring at me surprisingly seemed less important than the missing hat.

Suddenly an epiphany befell my soul and I began to laugh aloud. It occurred to me that perhaps stress is a form of insanity and is optional. Maybe my eccentric Dad has a healthier mental attitude than I do.

Richard Carlson, author of “Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff,” would agree.

He said, “Stress is nothing more than a socially acceptable form of mental illness.”

Carlson’s philosophy is that we spend far too much time fretting over irrelevant trivia and not enough time concentrating calmly on what is going

After Mom died from alcoholism at a young age, our family unit shattered. My sister, brother and I rarely visited Dad. his belongings. Uninvited vagrants moved into his home and threatened his well-being. His house was filthy and could have been condemned.

When the police and Department of Children and Family Services got involved and his health took a downward spiral, he needed help. If God works in mysterious ways, this was definitely a divine intervention on many levels.

My sister lives in New York, my brother in Atlanta and I am a four-hour drive to his home. It was a difficult challenge, at best, to get his life in order. For the past year, I made as many trips as humanly possible and called daily. Along the way, I discovered countless things about my dad and even more about myself.

While sitting at my desk one afternoon, about six months into this process, I made one of those calls. My dad was extremely distraught, upset that his one-of-kind hat was missing.

right. He explained that, “We blow things out of proportion.”

Slowly, over the course of a year, my siblings and I got Dad’s life back in order. Of course normal is relative. While I am not advocating an unconventional or dishonest lifestyle, I accept that my Dad lived his life at one extreme and me the other. Somewhere in the middle would be perfect.

Are action-packed agendas necessary to prove our self-worth? One thing is certain; stress is exhausting and sucks the joy out of life. As I make my way through the season of stress, I will keep in mind my Dad and Carlson’s philosophy — there is no reason to get that stressed, it is simply unnecessary. 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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SILENT POETRY

The Magic of Plein Air Outdoor Painting at Kanapaha Gardens

by Larry Behnke

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ost people may have that image in their head of an artist outdoors at an easel, pallet in hand, painting a landscape.

The tradition is called plein air after the French Impressionists who began such work in the mid-1800s.

The term means open air or open art, and it was made possible by the invention of oil paints that came in tubes. Prior to that, pigments were mixed and paint was created in the studio. Ready-to-use tube paints freed artists up to create outside.

Local artist Tim Malles leads a group of plein air painters who will be at Kanapaha Botanical Gardens on the weekend of Sept. 14, 15 and 16.

“Plein air is almost like an historical reenactment,” Malles said in a telephone interview. “The way it was done 150 years ago.”

Malles said getting outdoors changes the view of the landscape.

“You get the correct lighting and color, as opposed to using a photograph,” he said. “But it can be intimidating at first, having such a wide view of choices.

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Finding a focus is best.”

Malles is part of the Hoggtowne Painters who meet once a month in the Alachua County area, at sites from downtown Gainesville to local springs.

They are a Plein Air Florida subgroup that began a decade ago by local landscape artist, Linda Blondheim.

Malles likes to paint outside during twilight as day becomes night, and he appreciates being able to do so because of North Central Florida’s mostly yearround good climate.

Tina Corbett is a founding member of the High Springs Art Co-op. She has been painting in her studio for years, but

“It will link artists and locations all over the world to promote art as a universal language that has no borders.”

“We try to bring people together as a group,” Malles said. The social gathering goes back to a time when fellow artists, such as Monet and Renoir worked sideby-side painting a scene. Artists are able to talk too, since their work is visual.

Malles took part in the first plein air paint-out at Kanapaha in 2002.

“That sparked me to pursue it as a more serious endeavor. My work improved, to actually finish a work while outside,” Malles said. “Once you get out there and do it, it’s intoxicating, addicting; it even improves my work in the studio.”

has participated in plein air, once with a class and once at a paint-out.

“I had so much fun that I want to do more plein air,” she said in a recent telephone interview. “I could see the colors so much more vividly than in a photograph.”

Corbett still usually paints from photos, but likes the social aspect of plein air.

“A good group of painters is really fun,” she said. “We have great conversations. And I even sold a painting that I was working on.” seniortimesmagazine.com

PHOTO COURTESY OF HOGGTOWNE PAINTERS Tim Malles works on a piece as guest artist during a oneweek plein air workshop at the Trinity Preparatory School in Winter Park, Florida.

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PHOTOS COURTESY OF HOGGTOWNE PAINTERS FAR LEFT: Artist Aliye Cullu paints at a recent plein air event held at the Thomas Center in Gainesville.

LEFT: A painting by Tim Malles inspired by Kanapaha Gardens’ moonlight walk event.

ABOVE: Plein air artist Robin Popp at a Dudley Farm Historic State Park Paint Out in 2009. (photo by Albert Isaac)

Corbett will be one of the featured artists at the Kanapaha paint-out.

Robin Popp is another featured artist who paints because, “Some things cannot be said with words.”

According to her blog, “Painting outside from life is my passion; romantic thoughts of sitting outside among the flowers is hard to resist.”

Popp said that the paint-outs are exhausting, but, “The rewards are high,” and she enjoys connecting with other artists.

Although some plein air artists use acrylics, the tradition has been to use oil paints.

“Acrylic dries too fast outside,” Malles said. “Although it’s a mess working with oils, like having to put the wet painting in a special box. I use oils because of the

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richness of colors and workability. The colors change less with oils.”

He joked about outdoor paintings being more “organic,” as the wind blows bits of leaves, dust and feathers into the wet paint, which most plein air artists are happy to leave in the finished work for authenticity.

Kanapaha is a perfect choice for plein air painting. The beauty of the gardens stimulates creation on canvas. The lush vegetation and beautiful flowers have long been an inspiration for artists, as well as a setting for weddings.

Beginning a week after the paint-out, Kanapaha’s Summer House Gallery will show plein air works. A reception will be held Friday, Sept. 21, from 5 to 8 p.m.

Admission is free, but the gardens will be closed during that time. The show

lasts until January 6.

The 10th Worldwide Artist Paint Out at Kanapaha Botanical Gardens is being sponsored by International Plein Air Painters, and according to their website, “It will link artists and locations all over the world to promote art as a universal language that has no borders.”

Entrance fees and a 40 percent commission on art sales will benefit Kanapaha Gardens.

Malles urges families to bring their children.

“It’s like watching a magician when the painters create,” he said. And paintings make great gifts. “These are unique, original, lasting gifts. You can’t get that feeling from something mass-produced.” s seniortimesmagazine.com

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Thousands of art lovers and collectors are attracted to paintings in a variety mediums, styles and mediums, fiber art, exquisite colorful glass, ceramics in artful and functional forms, exotic wood items, photography in realistic and digital composite images, mixed-media and dazzling jewelry to adorn.

Produced by Gainesville Fine Arts Association and Thornebrook Merchants Association, the event also promises entertainment, food, and children’s activities to round out the family-friendly festival.

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MID-FLORIDA AGENCY ON AGING œ ELDER ANGLE

National Fall Prevention Awareness Day National Falls Prevention Awareness Day is observed the first day of fall — September 22 this year — to promote and increase public awareness about how to prevent and reduce falls among older adults. States are encouraged to host and promote falls prevention awareness and screening activities to draw attention to the problem and offer Seniors practical solutions. Forty-three states, including Florida, participated in the 2011 event.

According to the National Council on Aging (NCOA), every year one in three Americans aged 65+ falls — and that risk rises with age. Falls can lead to injury, hospitalization, loss of independence, and even death.

Falls are costly to quality of life and to our health care system. Each year, we spend $19 billion on medical care related to falls. And that’s not counting family care giving, homecare, loss of productivity, and remodeling to make a Senior’s home safer.

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Why Focus on Falls?

Falls and fall-related injuries among older adults are a serious public health problem in a rapidly aging population: • One third of Americans age 65+ falls each year, meaning every 15 seconds an older adult is treated in the ER for a fall.

• Falls are the leading cause of fatal injury and the most common cause of nonfatal trauma-related hospital admissions among older adults.

Every 29 minutes an older adult dies following a fall.

• In 2010, the direct medical cost of fatal and nonfatal fall injuries totaled over $28.2 billion.

• The financial toll for older adult falls is expected to increase as the population ages and may reach $54.9 billion by 2020.

• Falls result in more than 1.8 million fall injuries treated in emergency departments, including over 650,000

hospitalizations and approximately 20,000 deaths.

In addition to pain and suffering, and the high cost of rehabilitation, falls with or without injury also carry a heavy quality-of-life impact. A growing number of older adults fear falling and, as a result, often self-limit their activities and social engagements.

Resulting limitations can result in further physical decline, depression, social isolation, and feelings of helplessness.

This potentially bleak future for aging Americans is not inevitable; evidence-based interventions that target individual risk factors for falling have been shown to reduce falls and promote falls self-efficacy. It might just be “A Matter of Balance.” This proven program helps older adults improve their balance and combat their fear of falling.

Four things you can do to prevent falls: 1) Begin a regular exercise program.

Exercise is one of the most important ways to lower your chances of falling.

It makes you stronger and helps you feel better. Exercises that improve balance and coordination (like Tai Chi) are the most helpful. Lack of exercise leads to weakness and increases your chances of falling. Ask your doctor or health care provider about the best type of exercise program for you.

2) Have your health care provider review your medicines. Have your doctor or pharmacist review all the medicines you take, even over-thecounter medicines. As you get older, the way medicines work in your body can change. Some medicines, or combinations of medicines, can make you sleepy or dizzy and can cause you to fall. seniortimesmagazine.com

3) Have your vision checked. Have your eyes checked by an eye doctor at least once a year. You may be wearing the wrong glasses or have a condition like glaucoma or cataracts that limits your vision. Poor vision can increase your chances of falling 4) Make your home safer. About half of all falls happen at home. To make your home safer: Remove things you can trip over (like papers, books, clothes, boxes, shoes, etc.) from stairs and places where you walk. Remove small throw rugs or use double-sided tape to keep the rugs from slipping.

Keep items you use often in cabinets you can reach easily without using a stepstool. Have grab bars installed next to your toilet and in the tub or shower. Use non-slip mats in the bathtub and on shower floors.

Improve the lighting in your home.

As you get older, you need brighter

lights to see well. (Use nightlights as well). Hang light-weight curtains or shades to reduce glare. Have handrails and lights installed on all staircases/halls. Wear shoes both inside and outside the house. Avoid going barefoot or wearing slippers.

Check out medic alert bracelets, the Buddy Call & Check System, and have home and cell phone in reach in various areas should you need to call 911 if needed.

For more information about “A Matter of Balance” Fall Prevention Program, please visit: www.NCOA.org or www. healthyagingprograms.org or www. agingresources.org. You may also contact Betty Flagg, Elder Options in Gainesville flaggb@agingresources.org and by phone at 352-692-5219 or 1-800-262-2243.

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LEAN ON ME

Joe Louis Clark A Local Legend

by Ellis Amburn

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nce in a blue moon comes a warrior, someone who will fight to the death for what is right, even if it means running a dangerous inner-city high school with a baseball bat in one hand and a bullhorn in the other. Such a man is Joe Louis Clark, a former Army drill sergeant whose take-no-prisoners educational policy landed him on the cover of TIME magazine and made him the subject of a popular movie, “Lean on Me,” starring Morgan Freeman as Joe Clark.

He has lived in Gainesville and on a horse farm in Newberry for more than 15 years, but keeps a sharp eye on America’s schools, which he still finds wanting — not much improved. In fact, since the furor he ignited in the 1980s when, as the 48-year-old principal of crimeridden, drug-infested Eastside High in Paterson, New Jersey, he transformed a decaying ghetto school into an haven of safety, learning, and self-respect.

The students were mostly AfricanAmerican and Hispanic, one-third on welfare, many of them thugs and pushers. Potheads blew smoke out of shat-

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tered windows, and hoodlums accosted girls in the corridors, leaving them barebreasted and sobbing. Some teachers were afraid to report for work.

Clark sprang into action upon arrival at Eastside, ordering the faculty to compile a list of incorrigibles. Later he walked into a school-wide assembly, which was in total chaos, and restored law order with his 36-in. Willie Mays Big Stick, a megaphone and security guards.

“There were 3,500 in that school,” he recalled in a recent telephone interview. “You cannot have 300 or 400 students disrupting the educational

keep-moving and keep-to-the-right traffic in halls, and toilet- or graffiti-scrubbing for tardiness and class cutting.

At last, students began to get a decent education, but Clark’s tactics outraged permissive parents and teachers. Citing insubordination, the school board threatened dismissal.

Law-abiding citizens weary of outof-control children applauded Clark’s brand of tough love, and so did the White House. A member of President Ronald Reagan’s cabinet, U.S. Secretary of Education William Bennett, told Clark to “hang in there.”

Clark made the cover of TIME on February 1, 1988, exuding dignity and invincibility in a stylish suit and brandishing his ubiquitous bat. process. I extricated them to another abode,” he added, savoring what TIME Magazine would call “his idiosyncratic polysyllables.”

He outlawed loitering and profanity; banned hats, gangsta garb, and scanty come-hither costumes; established

Getting wind of the ruckus in Paterson, CBS’s “60 Minutes” filmed two segments on Clark, turning him into an overnight folk hero. Two years later, New Jersey’s governor declared Eastside a model school.

President Reagan summoned Clark to seniortimesmagazine.com

PHOTO BY TJ MORRISSEY Clark poses with an award bestowed for his inspirational message to Tougaloo College in 2004.

In 1988, he made the cover of TIME Magazine.

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PHOTOS COURTESY OF JOE CLARK WEBSITE ABOVE: Principal Joe Clark with rap group Run DMC at Eastside High School in Paterson, New Jersey.

Actor Morgan Freeman (left) filming “Lean on Me” at Eastside High School, portraying principal Joe Clark.

serve with him on an education panel, and Bennett quipped, “Sometimes you need Mr. Chips, sometimes you need Dirty Harry.” Dedicated to his job at Eastside, Clark declined Policy Development Director Gary Bauer’s offer of a White House post.

Clark made the cover of TIME on February 1, 1988, exuding dignity and invincibility in a stylish suit and brandishing his ubiquitous bat. The headline: “Is Getting Tough the Answer?

School Principal Joe Clark says ‘yes’ — and critics are up in arms.”

Reporter Ezra Bowen wrote, “If tough love is your thing, you can find a lot to love about Joe Clark [who] charms and bullies his way through the bustling corridors of his ordered domain like an old-time ward boss.”

Though TIME liberally quoted Clark’s detractors, he said in 2012, “I’m always pleased with the media. As long as they’re writing about me, I’m fine. I love the media and have had 260 powerful profiles.”

By 1989 he could not have been hotter, Warner Brothers proffering six figures plus a percentage of the net for his life story, “Lean on Me.” When Morgan Freeman was announced as the

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lead, Clark observed on NBC’s “Today,” “He’s a good actor, but I don’t think anybody can fully portray me.”

Freeman, who would subsequently play God — twice — and win the Oscar for “Million Dollar Baby,” replied, “We’re dealing with a man who harbors an awful lot of anger at a system that is destroying itself.”

“I believed in what I was doing. God put me here to raise hell and that’s what I did.”

After studying Clark while filming in Paterson, Freeman said on “Today,” “The bull horn was his third arm. I was a little overwhelmed that I was trying to play a man who was there, a man of so much energy and power, but he was very helpful to me. He is heroic, undertaking his job. I admire his approach to children, his caring — his interest is total.”

“Lean on Me” displayed “Rocky” and “Karate Kid” director John G. Avildsen at his heartwarming best, deftly deliver-

ing a slam-bang teacher-as-hero biopic in the tradition of “Blackboard Jungle,” “To Sir With Love,” and “Dead Poets Society.” Clark emerged as an inspirational dynamo, and later told “Eyewitness News,” “It’s about a guy who was proud but not arrogant, strong but not brutal.”

On “New Jersey Network News,” a student vouched for the film’s veracity, saying, “It’s the real thing, believe me.”

Resplendent in a white suit on Arsenio Hall’s talk show, Clark rated the film “95 percent accurate” and characterized his baseball bat as “my implement of peace...

Young people want direction, and when they get it, they adjust to it quickly.”

Freeman, he said, was a “splendiferous performer.” Scoffing at his critics, he said, “Any jackass can kick the barn down; it takes a carpenter to build one.”

The film opened No. 1 at the box office, the gala Paterson preview sparking local feuds that immediately went national. The city council wanted to fire Clark for a striptease act staged at Eastside High in his absence, councilwoman seniortimesmagazine.com

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PHOTO BY TJ MORRISSEY Joe Louis Clark and his wife Gloria at their Gainesville home.

fire him, nor would he let them “suck the blood and spirit from my soul.”

He also complained that the movie studio hired a prizefighter to promote “Lean on Me,” stating on “Good Day, New York,” “If Mike Tyson can get $150,000 for saying six words, I should at least get something commensurate.”

Though “Lean on Me” grossed $31,906,454, Clark reflected in 2012, “The movie downplayed me immensely. I’m a much more formidable individual, not afraid of bureaucracy, not afraid of being on a Presidential board with Ronald Reagan. I believed in what I was doing. God put me here to raise hell and that’s what I did.”

When asked recently about conditions at Eastside High today, he replied, “I became depressed when I heard of the deterioration of that institution. I went there to show the world inner cities turn out academically inferior Americans. I PHOTO COURTESY OF JOE CLARK WEBSITE left Newark and Eastside Clark was no stranger to controversy and there were those High because it was time who wanted to see him dismissed. His methods, however, had for me to gather a more forearned him much support. In a school board meeting in 1988, midable audience. My work hundreds of parents and students voiced their support for Clark, shouting “With No Joe, Where Will We Go?” had brought cognizance to the educational debacle Vera Ames citing “derrieres showing.” in America. When Dr. Bill Bennett and “Should students see the cheeks of the Reagan administration asked me to guys shaking in front of them?” Matt address the problems in our educational Lauer inquired on “Today.” The G-string system, I found out my efforts in educacrisis was resolved when Clark appeared tion were laudable, but I had another on “A Current Affair” and said the city mission for this planet: a change in our council “sap suckers” had no power to country via our young people.”

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Undergoing open-heart surgery in May 1989, Clark gave up teaching two months later. For the next 25 years he hit the lecture circuit, convinced that “the whale had finally outgrown the ocean. Decadence was etching away at the fabric of our country. It was my moral responsibility to bring about some type of change to lift our young people out of the doldrums of stagnation.”

One of the top five college lecturers, he was nominated for the National Association of Campus Activities Speaker of the Year Award in 1996 and published a book entitled “Laying Down the Law.” In 1995 he took over Essex County Detention House in Newark, which he called, “New Jersey’s largest jail for youth. When they said no one could run it, my heart began to palpitate with glee.

I knew it was the ultimate challenge. My belief was reaffirmed about our young people. All incarcerated came from no homes, no mom or dad, struggling and embroiled with drugs, shootings, not going to school, no guidance. Most had superb intellectual ability but had no chance in our society.”

Eventually, he gravitated to North Florida because “my roots are in the South. I moved back as soon as I could.”

Born in Rochelle, Georgia, on May 7, 1938, Clark migrated north with his family when he was 12, working while in high school to support his mother and siblings.

He received his B.A. from William Paterson College; his M.A. from Seton Hall University; did further graduate work at Rutgers; and holds an honorary doctorate from U.S. Sports Academy.

“My instincts are basically Southern,” he said. “I’ve been here over 15 years, pleased with my decision, ecstatic in fact, as is my wife Gloria. Gainesville is known as one of the best cities to live in; I wanted to be near a college town and settled in a house in Fletcher’s Mill. I also seniortimesmagazine.com

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have a farm in Newberry, ten acres with horses. I am addicted to horses, and used to ride for miles. We spend most of our time in Newberry, where I used to grow vegetables. It’s a massive operation, and now I’m tired and weary of that.

“Gloria has been a most supporting wife. Without her, I would never have been able to endure the pain inflicted on me by adversarial forces. She is a very good person. I’ve been blessed. My wife and I do our own things, and always have, which has worked out fine.”

Their offspring include Joetta Clark Diggs, president of Joetta Sports and Beyond.

“Joetta graduated from the University of Tennessee in Knoxville and was a four-time Olympian,” Clark noted.

Son J.J. (Joe Louis Clark II), a graduate of Villanova University and also an Olympic athlete, coached for 10 years at the University of Florida and is now head track and field coach for both men and women at the University of Tennessee.

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PHOTOS COURTESY OF JOE CLARK WEBSITE ABOVE: Joe Clark at the inner-city school before he transformed it. To discipline graffiti artists, Clark got orange jump suits from the sheriff ’s department and had students wear them and clean up the school grounds.

In 2005, Clark received an honorary doctorate from the US Sports Academy.

HOW ARE AMERICA’S SCHOOLS DOING TODAY? “We, as a nation, are in dire straits in many areas of the educational process.

So often the blame for the deterioration is put on teachers. But like all other professions there are few geniuses, most are average, and there’s a liberal sprinkling of fools. Teachers do a hell of a good job by and large under the circumstances that most confront. They are overworked, underpaid and maligned for the tragic state of affairs in our educational system. Our teachers perform in an exemplary manner.

“A large portion of the educational demise is directly related to the deterioration of the family structure. It would help immeasurably if children had parents who were dedicated and committed to their development as young, vibrant Americans. I believe that children who are born out of wedlock with no father and no mother are put in a precarious situation as relates to becoming productive citizens. If individuals choose to have children out of wedlock it should be their moral responsibility to take care

of the children. It is not the government’s responsibility to take care of children brought into the world by individuals.”

WHAT’S NEXT FOR JOE CLARK? “My goal is not to make friends but to confront problems that are deleterious to the fate of our country. Poor family structures will be felt in high crime rates, unproductive citizens, and gradual breakdowns of all the values that have made America great.

“Concomitant with the aforementioned is a need to rethink the educational format. We must take the system back from the legal-minded, condescending bureaucratic louts and involve teachers, principals, parents and educators in the process of rethinking the educational paradigm. A very important factor is to acknowledge specifically that American blacks are academically inferior and this must be corrected. This in no way is the responsibility of educators; it must be corrected by those individuals adversely affected. It requires massive efforts by a myriad of groups such as churches,

sororities, fraternities, businesses, etc.

Failure to react fervently will result in a needless societal calamity. A glance at the state of affairs relative to some talented young people such as music, dress and deportment clearly indicates the exigency at hand. These vicissitudes must be confronted and changed.”

How such change can be implemented was suggested by Kenneth Tewel, a former high school principal and school administration teacher at Queens College, who asserted in TIME’s article on Clark, “You cannot use a democratic and collaborative style when crisis is rampant and disorder reigns. You need an autocrat to bring things under control.”

Alternately celebrated and scorned as a disciplinarian, Joe Louis Clark’s secret weapon is love, as Morgan Freeman demonstrated in “Lean on Me.” “If the kids didn’t love me,” Freeman said, echoing a familiar Clark refrain, “they’d take my baseball bat and megaphone and simultaneously wrap them around my neck.” s September 2012

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GOLDEN YEARS

Enhanced Independence The Village and UF Join Forces for Seniors

by Ellis Amburn

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he needs of an emerging group of Seniors constitute the focus of a new study and development project currently being conducted by the University of Florida and The Village, a rental retirement community in Gainesville.

“We are looking for a better understanding of the needs of our current population, who are all Seniors,” said James A. Antonucci, Jr., executive director of The Village, during an recent interview in his office at the 104-acre campus.

The University of Florida’s interior design department, led by Nichole Campbell, Ph.D., will participate in the two-year project, utilizing various research techniques “to identify a new life stage of older adults and build a living environment to suit their needs,” stated the project’s publicist, Dani Row, in a memo to Senior Times.

“They will bring recommendations to us based on the feedback of residents,” Antonucci said.

“Current service models for senior living communities across the country typically categorize Seniors in three

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areas, generally referred to as: Independent Living, Assisted Living, and Skilled Nursing,” Rowe said.

The new Senior life stage under study at The Village and the University of Florida falls between the first two levels, Independent Living and Assisted Living, and has been christened Enhanced Independent Living.

“We like being on the leading edge of social trends, science and technology to meet the lifestyles of older adults,” Antonucci stated in the memo. “They are constantly evolving and we strive to be at the forefront of changes to best sup-

“In our research,” Campbell said, “we are trying to understand what leads people to like and use certain spaces more than others. For instance, if we put social spaces on their usual daily paths, will they like and use them more?

“We focus on social interaction and how to optimize [it]. The more we can encourage [it] among Seniors, the less likely Alzheimer’s [will occur] and the happier they’ll be.”

Another health benefit of Senior socializing is that it “keeps away depression,” Campbell added. “It improves the quality of life, helps the retirement

“This is a natural partnership that allows residents of The Village to receive a multi-dimensional health care program.” port individuals’ activities and health.”

Campbell said that her goal was to determine how best to design the new facility to enhance the health and wellbeing of Seniors; how to change buildings to lengthen the lives of Seniors and make them independent longer.

community to be fun and cheerful rather than droll and boring.”

Social space research of the kind UF is undertaking for The Village’s Enhanced Independent Living project organizes the space for the best social function, she said. seniortimesmagazine.com

PHOTO COURTESY OF THE VILLAGE Dr. Nichole Campbell of the University of Florida’s design department discusses the Enhanced Independent Living research and building project with Norma Zabel, a Senior resident of The Village in Gainesville. (photo at right by Ellis Amburn)

In her work, Campbell and her UF research team are studying the impact buildings have on a person’s life and well-being and what attracts people to one place instead of another. While most people think of architecture as an art, Campbell is “interested in architecture as a science.”

Toward that end, The Village launched its Vitality Program in January. Antonucci called it a “hybrid continuum of care.”

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PHOTOS BY ELLIS AMBURN ABOVE: Ann Carney, front, marketing director for The Village, with (from left) Stacy Hill, Kristi Crane, and Jamie Bailey.

LEFT: James A. Antonnucci, Jr., executive director, The Village, a Santa Fe Senior Living Community.

coordination of care between primary care doctors, specialists, home health care, and the family. “Nobody was on the same page.”

Residents of The Village were surveyed prior to moving in.

“We did a wellness assessment, gave a score,” Antonucci said. “’How are you doing — socially, physically, mentally?

Their primary concern was... their medical needs. The average Village resident makes eight trips a month to doctors.

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This logically carries stress — traveling and sharing medical information from an army of doctors. How could we help?”

Antonucci said 80 percent of The Village’s residents use North Florida Regional Medical Center.

“I asked [North Florida] to set up a clinic at The Village — full service, state of the art — specializing in gerontology,” he said. “They thought it was the best idea since sliced bread. All of a sudden, doctors were all talking together whenever there was a medical emergency.”

The Vitality Program was an instant hit at The Village.

“There are already good results,”

Antonucci said. “If someone gets hurt, we have an iPad and out comes their medical record. If they’re a member of the Vitality Program, we get all this information. We’re proactive, ahead of the illness, so we can give them a program and a clinic.”

The clinic, known as the Senior Healthcare Center at The Village, represents a collaboration between the Vitality Program and North Florida Regional Medical Center to provide “on-site, accessible primary care to its residents [by an] interdisciplinary team [of ] board-certified physicians with advanced specialties, advanced registered nurse practitioners, certified geriatric pharmacists, case managers and licensed nurses who all specialize in providing comprehensive primary care to Seniors,” states a Village press release.

“This is a natural partnership that allows residents of The Village to receive a multi-dimensional health care program, so everything they need is conveniently located,” said Ann Weber, M.D., a North Florida Regional Medical Center geriatrics physician and The Village’s medical consultant, in a release.

“The Center’s staff will be able to attend to residents more readily and provide a wide range of services.”

Each resident member of the Vitality Program was assessed with regard to medications, sensory impairments, nutritional needs, physical variations, cognitive functioning, and overall mental and physical health. Services offered include daily check-ins to ensure safety, an emergency response system, 24-hour on-call medical support, home health care, and rehabilitation programs with licensed therapists.

When the Vitality Program was first offered, “ninety-five percent of all residents signed up for it — incredible,” Antonucci said. “Residents get paid by Medicare.

Eleven Assisted Living residents transitioned back to Independent Living — one case a miracle. Our sales tripled.

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ty of Florida are [now] in the project. We took a proactive approach rather than reactive, partnering with the health care community, bringing them together.”

Antonucci, 43, who holds a M.A. in business administration, concentrating on senior living, comes from Westchester County, New York, and has been a Gainesville resident since May 2011.

Also a trained chef and graduate of the Culinary Institute of America, Hyde Park, New York, he worked at Manhattan’s Waldorf Astoria Hotel and served as executive chef at the Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center.

“It took a cook to fix the health care model,” he quipped.

As for the University of Florida’s part, Campbell sees the partnership with The Village as “an opportunity to provide enhanced teaching, learning, and research opportunities to UF students and faculty,” according to the June 12 release.

Antonucci said he expects to learn: “Should we build a nursing home, or more Assisted Living beds, or expand services to Independent Living residents?”

Beginning this fall, UF personnel will create a design program for the renovation of a wing at The Village.

“Phase one is completed,” Antonucci said, recounting the chronology that began with soliciting feedback from residents regarding their needs. “Phase two: design work begins. Phase three: construction.”

The redevelopment project for the new Enhanced Independent Living is expected to begin in 2013. Approximately one year after its completion, the post-occupancy evaluation study begins to assess the project’s success. The budget for the UF research and design project is approximately $70,000, with the majority of it funded by grants.

Antonucci said that costs to The Village would be determined following the submission of UF’s schematic designs for overall construction and development. s

GASTROENTEROLOGY AUGUST

Each month, our practice receives hundreds of questions about colonoscopies and what to expect. We would like to help the community by featuring a question and answer column each month based on our experience and the usual questions that arise.

Dear Dr. Reddy, My husband was diagnosed with Gastroparesis, and his doctor thinks it is linked to diabetes. How can we mange this disease and the diabetes?

— Gretchen*, Gainesville Dear Grace, The cause of gastroparesis is unknown, but it may be caused by a disruption of nerve signals to the stomach. The condition is a common complication of diabetes and can be a complication of some surgeries. Your husband should have an Esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) to confirm whether he has Gastroparesis.

His primary physician probably has record of these symptoms in your husband’s history: • Abdominal distention • Hypoglycemia • Nausea • Premature abdominal fullness after meals • Weight loss without trying • Vomiting People with diabetes should always control their blood sugar levels. Better control of blood sugar levels may improve symptoms of gastroparesis.

Changing your eating habits can help control gastroparesis: Your doctor or dietitian may prescribe six small meals a day instead of three large ones. If less food enters the stomach each time you eat, it may not become overly full. In more severe cases, a liquid or pureed diet may be prescribed.

The doctor may recommend that you avoid

high-fat and high-fiber foods. Fat naturally slows digestion—a problem you do not need if you have gastroparesis—and fiber is difficult to digest.

Some high-fiber foods like oranges and broccoli contain material that cannot be digested. Avoid these foods because the indigestible part will remain in the stomach too long and possibly form bezoars.

The primary treatment goals for gastroparesis related to diabetes are to improve stomach emptying and regain control of blood glucose levels. Treatment includes dietary changes, insulin, oral medications, and, in severe cases, a feeding tube and parenteral nutrition.

If you have gastroparesis & diabetes, food is being absorbed more slowly and at unpredictable times. Therefore to control blood glucose, you may need to: take insulin more often or change the type of insulin you take; take your insulin after you eat instead of before; check your blood glucose levels frequently after you eat and administer insulin whenever necessary; But please: consult with your primary physician before making any changes. *The name has been changed, and any similarity to any person, living or dead, is a coincidence.

Dr. Vishnu Reddy 7 Hill Gastroenterology, PA 316 SE 12th St, Ocala

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SERVICE

Black Water The Great Suwannee River Cleanup

by Jewel Midelis

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riginating at the Okefenokee Swamp in Georgia and meandering for 250 miles into the Gulf of Mexico is the Suwannee River.

Creating a natural border between Florida and its panhandle, the river twists and turns through swamps and marshes.

Florida natives and visitors travel to the Suwannee River to camp, kayak, attend concerts, and even help improve the natural wonder that has been a staple waterway for thousands of years.

The third annual Great Suwanee River Cleanup will begin this September and continue through early December, where members of Current Problems and other volunteers from all over the state will participate in cleaning this flowing river.

Current Problems is a nonprofit organization that began in 1993. Their mission is “to preserve and protect the water resources of North Florida for the use and enjoyment of humans and wildlife through action, awareness and education,” according to the website.

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two friends. The first cleanup was at the river sinks,” said Fritzi Olson, Current Problems’ executive coordinator, in a recent telephone interview. “It just expanded; when one thing is straightened out, you go onto something else. Then, the idea came for the Great Suwanee River Cleanup. It was suggested by the Suwanee River Wilderness Trail, and we said ‘yes.’”

With the help of 517 volunteers at a combined total of 1,889 volunteer hours, last year’s cleanup resulted in an astonishing 20,421 pounds of trash pulled from the Suwannee, according to the website.

“We would like to see less trash, but you just don’t know,” Olson said. “The first year we had 30,000 pounds, and the second we had 20,000.”

The overall cleanup will consist of many small cleanups along the Suwannee and basin areas. After collecting all of the trash for each designated section, each cleanup group will weigh the amount and report the numbers to Current Problems.

Not only are the volunteers focusing their attention on the Suwannee River, they have also added the Santa Fe River

to this year’s agenda.

“We made the decision we wanted to go into the tributaries and chose the Santa Fe as the first,” Olson said. “[The trash removal] will probably depend mostly on the dive team for the Santa Fe.” Olson said that participating in the cleanup is a great teaching tool.

“It can change people’s habits,” Olson seniortimesmagazine.com

The 2012 Great Suwannee River Cleanup Kickoff Saturday, September 8 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

Santa Fe River Park, US 47 Bridge, south of Fort White

PHOTOS PROVIDED COURTESY OF CURRENT PROBLEMS, INC. ABOVE: The Live Oak Kiwanis Club President, Joe Flanagan, with two other club members, glided down the Suwannee River in the clubâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Viking boat, cleaning the river along the way.

RIGHT: Phlockers on the Suwannee Parrot Head Club have volunteered two consecutive years for the Great Suwannee River Cleanup. Terry Doonan, director at large for the Phlockers, said that there was less trash during their second cleanup, but is not sure what to expect this year.

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PHOTOS PROVIDED COURTESY OF CURRENT PROBLEMS, INC. The first year of the cleanup, in 2010, the volunteers collected 30,000 pounds of trash, and last year they collected 20,000 pounds.

Twenty-three boats and 104 volunteers gathered nearly two tons of trash at Camp Azalea, Fowlers Bluff and Town of Suwannee. The volunteers found tires, chicken coops, floating docks, chairs, Styrofoam, 55-gallon drums and more, according to the Friends of Refuges website.

said. “In this particular one, we try to make people in that area more aware of what the situation is, which makes them want to take better care of their river.”

Boy and Girl Scouts, families, friends, businesses, civic organizations and agencies all sign up as groups and register for sections, and then individuals contact those specific groups according to what area they would like to help clean, Olson said.

“Fritzi Olson pretty much says, ‘Ok, if you want to do this, tell me what section you want to do,’” said Terry Doonan in a recent telephone interview. Doonan is the director at large for the Phlockers on the Suwannee Parrot Head Club, which has participated in this event for the past two years.

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“We get a section of the river that does pretty well with canoes and kayaks.

It works out well for us,” he said. “We try to find things to help out and make a little bit of difference and where we have fun getting together.”

In the past two years, the club has paddled their way throughout springs and rivers, using canoes and kayaks to pick up the scattered trash. The group divides along the left and right sides of the river, and then they pick up what they find along the banks. They also use the scales and grabbers provided by Current Problems.

“The first year we did [the cleanup], we were more surprised about how much trash there was,” Doonan said.

“The last year, there weren’t large

amounts of trash because the water levels in the river have been down for a while. This year, after all the rain and flooding, it could be that you have a different situation, where you have a lot of stuff washed down the river.”

Doonan went on to explain why he wanted his group to participate..

“I thought that this kind of thing is important because to some extent we get busy. You know the river is there, but we tend to not realize what is happening on a day-to-day basis. It seemed like a way to get more engaged and become more active to make a difference to make things better.”

Sarah Faraji, a University of Florida senior studying environmental engineering, participated in two cleanups with Current Problems. The 22 year old helped out at the Santa Fe River and Rum Island.

“The cleanup was a lot of fun. We rented canoes from the Santa Fe Outpost and floated down the river, picking up trash as we went,” Faraji said. “People who were floating down the river were handing us their garbage. Everyone was so friendly. There were families and a few people diving for garbage. It was awesome. It’s a great way to spend a Saturday morning.”

“It [the cleanup] is better for wildlife; it’s better for civics and recreation.

It makes the water safer,” Olson said.

“Certainly, it promotes water quality.” s For more information about volunteering and this year’s cleanup, please visit the Current Problems website at www.currentproblems.org

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COLUMN œ ELLIS AMBURN

Enjoying Act Three “The cat’s in the sink,” Nora Ephron told me, “because it’s the coolest place in the house.”

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’d gone to the kitchen to give my Scotch a splash of water, but the cat was not about to budge.

“She loves the coolness of stainless steel against her stomach,” Nora explained. “How about some soda water?”

It was the late Sixties, Easthampton was in the middle of a hot spell, and Nora and her husband Dan Greenburg had invited agent Ron Bernstein and me to dinner.

Once she stretched out on the couch, I don’t remember Nora moving again all evening. Dan must have fixed the spaghetti. One of her most famous quips was that “if you put enough butter on it, everything tastes good.”

An evening with the Greenburgs was cozy and low-key. Nora was such a good hostess that everyone in the room felt included every minute, not through any apparent effort on her part but because she regarded you with such friendly interest.

Both Nora and I had worked at Newsweek, climbing the stepladder from the clip desk to research and reporting. Then she’d graduated to Dorothy Schiff’s New York Post. We loved newspapers and magazines and would never entirely leave them, though

I’d gone into book publishing, and Nora entered a long interregnum between journalism and Hollywood, exploring marriage and motherhood. I would meet all three of her husbands.

She and Dan Greenburg seemed simpatico and even looked alike with long narrow faces. I thought her sexy but she may have been sensitive about her toothy smile, later naming one of her books “Wallflower at the Orgy.”

Dan and I subsequently tried to cook up a book to follow his bestseller “How to Be a Jewish Mother,” but our lunch at the Italian Pavillion devolved into a triple-martini laugh-a-thon.

“The only difference between Jewish mothers and Christian mothers,” I told him, “is that the latter wring their hands until they bleed.”

“You don’t have to be Jewish or a mother to be a Jewish mother,” he replied, quoting from his book.

Nora’s future husband, Carl Bernstein, I met at one of Judy (Ms. Jules) Feiffer’s cocktail parties. Carl was as easy to take as Dan Greenburg, not as full of himself as he’d later appear in Nora’s novel “Heartburn,” in which she dumps a key lime pie over his head for sleeping around on her. “Let’s face it,” she later wrote, “everyone is the

one person on earth you shouldn’t get involved with.”

At Judy’s party Carl and I chatted with Barbara Harris, star of Hitchcock’s “Family Plot.” She was a handful, like Norman Mailer, challenging everything you said. Wearing spike heels, she stepped backward onto a woman’s foot, and in the commotion that followed, Carl and I made our escape.

Husband No. 3 was Nick Pileggi, future author of “Wiseguys,” but only in his late twenties when we met, long before I knew Nora. I was brand new in book publishing and still running with such Texas and Deep South transplants as Bud Shrake and Willie Morris of Sports Illustrated and Harpers, respectively.

Bud invited me for drinks one evening at a bar in Sheridan Square and Nick was with him. We sat in a booth for hours laughing and talking and I found Nick to be one of the smartest and most attractive guys you could ever hope to meet, overflowing with good will.

Years later, I was delighted to learn that Nick and Nora had found each other — two of the nicest wiseguys ever.

If she had to write her memoir in six words, she said, it would be, “Secret to life, marry an Italian.”

As she aged, she said we Seniors are looking good these days, except for our necks and elbows. When she finally wrote her memoir, she called it “I Remember Nothing.”

Nora died earlier this year, at 61, of leukemia. To me, her two best witticisms remain: “Everyone is clueless until 50,” and “I was not at Woodstock, but I might as well have been because I wouldn’t remember it.” 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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CALENDAR UPCOMING EVENTS IN ALACHUA & MARION AARP DRIVING COURSE

KANAPAHA GUIDED TOUR

Through September

Saturday, September 1

Times Vary OCALA - Variable locations. Ongoing driving course. Insurance discount offered to those who complete course. Frank Stoothoff, instructor. AARP members: $12; nonmembers $14. 352-368-6695.

10:00am GAINESVILLE - Kanapaha Botanical Gardens, 4700 SW 58th Drive. Kanapaha is offering guided tours. The docent will be master gardener Alicia Nelson. Regular admission price for nonmembers and members are admitted free of charge. 352-372-4981. www.kanapaha.org.

YOGA Through September Tuesdays 10:00am GAINESVILLE - Senior Recreation Center, 5701 NW 34th St. Wear comfortable clothing and shoes. Bring a yoga mat (instructor may have extra mats). 352-265-9040. For further information, please contact Susan Mickelberry at smickelb@att.net.

PICTURE/STORY II Through September 29 Times Vary GAINESVILLE - The Thomas Center, 302 NE 6th Ave. The collection of paintings in Picture/ Story II is built upon the observational, figurative work of 10 artists. Displayed without titles, each artwork in the exhibition entices the viewer with a hint of narrative mystery.

352-393-8532. www.gvlculturalaffairs.org.

ART IN SANCTUARY Through September Times Vary GAINESVILLE - Unity of Gainesville, 8801 NW 39th Ave. Featuring original oil paintings on canvas by Kate R. Sherrard. Her paintings are designed to bring the vivid colors of the garden indoors. She has painted all of her life and studied with her father, John Ropp, a well-known watercolorist in Jacksonville.

352-373-1030. www.unityofgainesvillefl.org.

SHAAM-E-GHAZAL Saturday, September 1 8:00pm - 10:00pm GAINESVILLE - India Cultural and Education Center, 1115 SW 13th St. On the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr, join in celebrating Shaam-eGhazal — an evening of music, ghazals and qawwalis. Enjoy Gainesville’s premier Indian singing group perform. Also, enjoy Indianstyle tea with snacks and festival desserts.

352-379-2911. www.icec-florida.org.

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TWILIGHT TOUR AND GATHERING Saturday, September 1 7:30pm OCALA - Seven Sisters Inn, 820 E. Fort King St. All proceeds of this celebration will benefit the Humane Society of Marion County. Tapas and wines will be offered. Come and peak, discover and explore the wonders of the Seven Sisters Inn with fellow supporters of Ocala’s magnificent history. Cost is $45. 352-4330700. sevensistersinnevents.webs.com.

SPEAKER, POTLUCK LUNCH AND FELLOWSHIP SERVICE Sunday, September 2 11:00am GAINESVILLE - Unity of Gainesville, 8801 NW 39th Ave. Guest speakers from our congregation are sharing their personal Unity stories. Join us for a potluck lunch and fellowship after the service.

352-373-1030. www.unityofgainesvillefl.org.

LABOR DAZE FEST Sunday, September 2 5:00pm - 10:00pm GAINESVILLE - Bo Diddley Community Plaza, 111 E. University Ave. A free festival that celebrates the people that make this city go: workers and their families. There will be local food, art, activism, politics and speakers. 352-393-7527.

WINDOWS TO THE WORLD Wednesday, September 5 9:00am - 10:30am GAINESVILLE - Senior Recreation Center, 5701 NW 34th St. Explore the easy to use and fun features of the Internet. Use browsers, how to communicate with friends using e-mail, facebook, and how to talk to friends for free using skype.

Learn how to safely shop on the Internet using Amazon, Ebay and more. Weekly on Wednesday and Friday beginning Sept. 5 and ending Sept.

21st. Fee $30.00. No sr waivers. Register through Santa Fe Community Education. 352-395-5193. dept.sfcollege.edu/ce/registrationA.html.

ELDER LAW AND ESTATE PLANNING Thursday, September 6 2:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.

GAINESVILLE - Senior Recreation Center, 5701 NW 34th St. Scott Toney, Attorney with the Toney Law Firm, will address the following topics: Wills, revocable living trusts, irrevocable living trusts, Medicare planning, Medicaid qualifying, beneficiary designations, annual review of documents, probate process and costs, estate taxes, legacy planning and funding, veteran’s aid and attendance, advance directives.

SERVICES FOR SENIORS SERIES Thursday, September 6 10:30am GAINESVILLE - Tower Road Branch Library, 3020 SW 75th St. The Gainesville Alliance of Professionals Helping Seniors will offer an informational session for Seniors, addressing issues that affect them. 352-333-2840. www.aclib.us.

NIGHT FALLS Sept. 7th - Nov. 10 Times Vary GAINESVILLE - Thomas Center Main Gallery, 302 NE Sixth Ave. AFTER DARK More Night Paintings

by Melanie Peter will feature dozens of works by the celebrated regional artist whose unique paintings shed new light on the world long after the sun has gone down. Melanie Peter is a fourth generation Floridian. She paints the after dark neighborhoods near her North Central Florida home. 352-393-8532. www.gvlculturalaffairs.org.

URBAN BOOK TALK AND SWAP Tuesday, September 4 7:15pm GAINESVILLE - Headquarters Library, 401 E. University Ave. This program is for all urban book fanatics. This is the chance to bring in a favorite urban book, share that book with others, and have others discuss and share their favorite urban authors and books. Everyone will leave with a book. 352-334-3900. www.aclib.us.

DREAMDOGZ ALL-STAR PERFORMANCE DOG TEAM Saturday, September 8 10:00am GAINESVILLE - Headquarters Library, 401 E. University Ave. Professional trickdog demonstration team will perform followed by a chance to meet the dream team. 352-334-3900. www.aclib.us.

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LITERACY DAY Saturday, September 8 10:00am - 2:00pm HIGH SPRINGS - O’Leno State Park, U.S. 441.

O’Leno State Park will be celebrating Literacy Day with magic and the Gentle Carousel Therapy Horses, along with local authors and guest readers. There will be nature arts and crafts, and games for young readers. 386454-0723. www.floridastateparks.org/oleno.

WALK TO END ALZHEIMER’S Saturday, September 8 9:00am OCALA - Tuscawilla Park, 899 NE Sanchez Ave. Raise awareness and funds to enhance Alzheimer care and support and advance critical research. Register or start a walk team and collect donations for the cause.

Bring the family and take the dog. Volunteers needed. 800-272-3900. act.alz.org.

Duck Derby Sunday, Sept 16 1:00pm GAINESVILLE - Westside Park, 1001 NW 34th 4 h St. 4t St A fun, family-friendly event. Featuring vendors, dors, s, food, activities, and a rubber duck race.

Enjoy quality time with the family and cheer er for the ducks as they float down the course. se.

All proceeds go to support Children’s Home me Society of Florida’s and the Child Advocacy cy Center. Suggested $5 donations. 352-33440955. www.gainesvilleduckderby.org.

Square Dancing

JAMMING IN THE PARK

Sept 4 - Dec 11

Sunday, September 9

6:30pm -7:30pm Weekly on Tuesdays W

4:00pm - 7:00pm OCALA - Marion Oaks Community Center, 294 Marion Oaks Lane. Live music. Eclectic group of musicians getting together to have a “Jam Session.” All types of music and all types of fans are welcome. Lawn chairs encouraged. 352347-2069. www.salsaandjazz.com/index.html.

GAINESVILLE - Carpenters’ Union Hall, 1910 NW 53 Ave. Free introduction to Square Dancing.

Call Lonnie for more information. No dance on Election Day, November 6th.

El 352-377-1828. www.lonligon.

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GUEST SPEAKER REV. MARITA GRAVES Sunday, September 9 11:00am GAINESVILLE - Unity of Gainesville, 8801 NW 39th Ave. Guest Speaker Rev. Marita Graves is a New Thought minister and Ocala-based speaker. She is a gifted and inspiring speaker.

352-373-1030. www.unityofgainesvillefl.org.

FABRIC COLLAGE Mondays, September 10 9:00am - 11:00am GAINESVILLE - Senior Recreation Center. 3 Mondays. Fabric collage is a technique using fabric as your paint. The fabric is cut to the size and shape and tacked in place with glue.

You keep adding fabric, layer upon layer, until you have created the image you would like. The final step is free motion quilting and embellishments. Fee $34.00 - No sr. waivers.

Optional, bring sewing machine to 2nd and 3rd class. Need small nice cutting scissors and pencil. Kit provided at first class for $25 (paid to teacher at class). Register through Santa Fe Community Education. 352-395-5193. dept.sfcollege.edu/ce/registrationA.html.

FLORIDA FRIENDLY LANDSCAPES

PET RESCUE

Monday, September 10

3:30pm GAINESVILLE - Millhopper Branch Library, 3145 NW 43rd St. Come see adorable kittens and learn why it is important to spay and neuter pets. Presented by Gainesville Pet Rescue. 352-334-1272. www.aclib.us.

6:30pm GAINESVILLE - Headquarters Library, 401 E. University Ave. Presentation by IFAS educator Wendy Wilbur on Florida-friendly landscape and garden practices. 352-334-3900. www.aclib.us.

GAINESVILLE CITY JOB FAIR Tuesday, September 11 10:00am - Noon GAINESVILLE - Martin Luther King Jr. Rec. Center, 1028 NE 14th St. Early admission for veterans from 9-10 a.m. Fair features informational booths, workshops on resume building and interview skills, and more!

This event is co-sponsored by the Office of Equal Opportunity, the City of Gainesville, GRU and FloridaWorks. 352-334-5053.

Tuesday, September 11

CIVILITY IN AMERICAN POLITICS: HOW TO GET IT BACK Wednesday, September 12 5:30pm GAINESVILLE - Pugh Hall-Bob Graham Center. Jonathan Haidt will discuss the moral foundations of politics and ways to leverage moral psychology to foster civil political dialogue.

The event and parking are free and open to the public. The event will also be streamed live at www.bobgrahamcenter. 352-846-1575.

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DOWNTOWN LATINO FESTIVAL

Katharine Stubbs Ward

Saturday, September 15 Noon - 9:00pm GAINESVILLE - Bo Diddley Community Plaza.

111 E. University Ave. The family-friendly celebration attracts vendors and community members from all over north Florida. The purpose of the festival is to celebrate the positive contributions and achievements of the Latino community. The event consists of food vendors, informational booths, cultural performances, live music, etc. 352-393-7527.

Thursday, September 6 9:30am - Noon GAINESVILLE - Senior Recreation Center. The Quilters of Alachua County Day Guild welcomes Katharine Stubbs Ward, representing Superior Threads, headquartered in St. George, Utah, who will present a lecture and demonstration.

“Thread Facts and Fiction,” will cover every facet of threads, including quality, what labels mean, pros and cons of various types, needle selection, and problem solving. 352-373-7791. www.qacdg.org.

AUTHOR WILLIAM LINK Saturday, September 15 3:00pm GAINESVILLE - Headquarters Library, 401 E. University Ave. Local author and professor William Link will be reading from his new book, “Links: My Family in American History.”

His book offers a moving and unsentimental biography of his parents — two individuals who experienced the intense change and tumult of the South during the mid-20th century. 352-334-3900. www.aclib.us.

AUTUMN RUN FOR AUTISM HARN MUSEUM FIELD TRIP

WORLDWIDE PAINT OUT

Saturday, September 15

Thursday, September 13

September 14, 15, 16

11:30am - 2:00pm GAINESVILLE - Harn Museum of Art. Lunch and tour of the 11:30am: Lunch in the Camellia Court Café below the museum; 1:00pm: Docent-led tour of art exhibits in the museum.

Must sign-up by Sept. 11 for lunch and tour.

Sign-up sheet available at prior PTI program on Sept. 6th or call Charity Blomeley, 352-3326917 or e-mail primetime.inst@gmail.com by Sept. 11. Museum admission is free although donations are welcome. www.harn.ufl.edu.

Times Vary GAINESVILLE - Kanapaha Botanical Gardens, 4700 SW 58th Drive. Sixteen local landscape artists are gathering to create live paintings.

The event is sponsored by International Plein Air Painters, and will link artists and locations all over the world to promote art as a universal language with no borders. Sept. 14, 9:00am - 5:00pm, 15 & 16, 9:00am - 7:00pm 352-372-4981. ipap.homestead.com.

7:30am SILVER SPRINGS - Take part in one of Marion county’s most scenic 5K road races. The first 200 entrants will receive complimentary custom shirts. There will be a free kids onemile Fun Run. Post run activities include a drawing for prizes from local businesses and area attractions (Disney and SeaWorld), lots of food and fun, and autism information.

Race benefits New Horizon Academy for Exceptional Students. Register at www.active. com. Adults, $15; Students, $12; after Sept. 10, $20 for all. 352-207-2347 or 352-629-1785.

BIOPOLITICS OF THE POSTHUMANITIES Thursday, September 13 6:00pm GAINESVILLE - Smathers Library, UF. Cary Wolfe (Rice University) asks what separates humans from animals or society from nature, challenging humanists with new directions for research. This event is free and open to all. 352-392-0796. www.humanities. ufl.edu/calendar/20120913-Wolfe.html

CARS: TODAY’S TECHNOLOGY Thursday, September 13 2:30pm - 4:00pm GAINESVILLE - Senior Recreation Center. Local expert on car maintenance will tell you what you should and should not look for in today’s cars. He will also answer questions about cars.

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NORTH FLORIDA MUSE Friday, September 14 6:00pm - 8:00pm GAINESVILLE - Paddiwhack Gallery, 4122 NW 16th Blvd. A talk about land conservation by Alachua Conservation Trust and Conservation Trust For Florida. Light refreshments will be served. 352-336-3175. paddiwhack.com.

WALK TO END ALZHEIMER’S Saturday, September 15 9:00am GAINESVILLE - Bo Diddley Community Plaza, 111 E. University Ave. The Alzheimer’s Association Walk to End Alzheimer’s is the nation’s largest event to raise awareness and funds for Alzheimer’s care, support and research. This inspiring event calls on participants of all ages and abilities. 352-393-7527. alz.org/walk.

OLD TIME DANCE Sunday, September 16 2:00pm - 5:00pm HIGH SPRINGS - O’Leno State Park, U.S. 441.

Family fun for all ages! Dance contra, circles and squares to live music hosted by the Flying Turtles String Band in the 1930’s recreation hall located on the banks of the Santa Fe River. A caller will guide new and experienced dancers alike through a variety of dances. 386-454-0723. www.floridastateparks.org/oleno/events.

CATHY DEWITT Sunday, September 16 11:00am GAINESVILLE - Unity of Gainesville, 8801 NW 39th Ave. Guest Musician Cathy DeWitt

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Cathy is singer/songwriter, pianist and harp therapist. She has been a Unity music director and touring New Thought musician for over 20 years. 352-373-1030. www. unityofgainesvillefl.org. www.cathydewitt.com.

MARGARET LANGSTAFF Sunday, September 16 2:00pm HIGH SPRINGS - Branch Library, 135 NW First Ave. Marlin, Darlin’ is the first book in the “Garnet Sullivan Live from Florida” series, launched in late 2010. The second title, DIVA, came out this year in April. Marlin, Darlin’ is a romp, over the top, and moves like a highspeed car chase. But Garnet’s a “pedal-to-themetal” kind of young lady. Come enjoy this author event! 386-454-2515. www.aclib.us.

PALS PARTY Tuesday, September 18 10:30pm GAINESVILLE - Rockeys Dueling Piano Bar, 112 S. Main St. Event features a dueling piano bar show, hors d’oeuvres, drinks and a silent auction. Tickets are $45 in advance or $50 at the door and include two drink vouchers — valid 21-plus ID required to purchase tickets. Benefiting the Shands Vista Partners in Adolescent Lifestyle Support program.

352-265-7237. www.pals-party.com.

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TEN WARNING SIGNS OF ALZHEIMER’S Thursday, September 20 10:30am - Noon GAINESVILLE - Headquarters Library, 401 E. University Ave. Free educational program about the warning signs of Alzheimer’s disease and the importance of early detection/diagnosis.

Register at 800-272-3900. www.alz.org/cnfl.

COMMON BLOOD PROBLEMS IN OLDER ADULTS Thursday, September 20 2:30pm - 4:00pm GAINESVILLE - Senior Recreation Center. A monthly program of interest to Seniors and discussion of common blood problems in older adults.

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TOMMY USHER LOG-A-LOAD FOR KIDS GOLF TOURNAMENT Thursday, September 20 8:30am CHIEFLAND - Chiefland Golf and Country Club, 9650 NW 115th St. Proceeds benefit Children’s Miracle Network through Shands Children’s Hospital in Gainesville. Includes morning round, luncheon program, afternoon round and awards reception. Registration between $75 and $680 depending on number of players. Registration deadline, Sept. 14th.

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SISTER HAZEL Friday, September 21 7:30pm GAINESVILLE - Phillips Center, UF. Gainesville’s own Sister Hazel returns to help kick off UFPA’s 2012-13 Season. The smash hit “All For You” spent 40 weeks on the Billboard charts, pushing the band into the spotlight. Since then, Sister Hazel has continued its success.

352-392-ARTS. performingarts.ufl.edu.

ART OPENING FOR PAINT OUT Friday, September 21 5:00pm - 8:00pm GAINESVILLE - Kanapaha Botanical Gardens, 4700 SW 58th Drive. Be the first to purchase a

favorite painting, perhaps wet off the easel, or at the reception and exhibition in the Summer House Gallery. A commission of 40 percent on art sales benefits Kanapaha Botanical Gardens.

There is no cost associated with attending the art opening. The outside gardens will not be open at this time. 352-372-4981. www.kanapaha.org.

UNITED DOWNTOWN Friday, September 21 6:00pm GAINESVILLE - Downtown Gainesville. A free, community event held on Friday night before Gator home games by United Way North Central Florida, a non-profit organization whose mission is to unite the community around issues of education, income and health. 352-333-0855.

ELAINE SILVER Sunday, September 23 11:00am GAINESVILLE - Unity of Gainesville, 8801 NW 39th Ave. Guest musician Elaine Silver presents an experience of magic, love and blessings. “Faerie Elaine” has a voice stunningly clear and fine, magnificent, rich and supple; she sings A Capella or accompanies herself on guitar. 352-373-1030. www. unityofgainesvillefl.org. www.elainesilver.com.

HOMELESSNESS: MYTH, MYTHOLOGY AND MISSING OUT Tuesday, September 25 2:30pm - 4:00pm GAINESVILLE - SENIOR RECREATION CENTER. Jack Donovan, the executive director of the Alachua County Coalition for the Homeless and Hungry, will explore three questions: What is the reality of homelessness in America (and Gainesville)? How do the homeless fit into the American Dream?

Is something wrong with our dream?

SHERIFF MEET AND GREET Wednesday, September 26 8:00pm - 9:00pm GAINESVILLE - Headquarters Library, 401 E. University Ave. Alachua County Sheriffs candidate John Annarumma is holding a free, public town hall-style meet and greet for the residents of Alachua County. Please come out and discuss the biggest problems facing Alachua County and the Alachua County Sheriffs Office. 326266-9227. www.annarummaforsheriff.com.

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conquistador on horseback who would have been part of the Hernando de Soto expedition that passed through Marion County in 1539.

The presentation includes displays of authentic armor, weaponry and a horseback-riding demonstration on the museum lawn. 352-2367148. www.floridastateparks.org/silverriver.

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Saturday, September 29 10:00am GAINESVILLE - Thornebrook Village, 2441 NW 43rd St. Festival feature 140 spaces for fine art and fine craft. The location of the show is in Thornebrook Village Shopping Center, which is billed as shopping in a park. 30,000 attendees expected. 352-377-0996.

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Farmers Insurance presents Rascal Flatts. Special guests include Little Big Town and Eli Young Band.

800-745-3000. www. oconnellcenter.ufl.edu.

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promote specific initiatives within agencies that receive funds from the donations that United Way coordinates. Learn more about the United Way focus on helping children and youth, promoting financial stability and improving health.

TANNAHILL WEAVERS Thursday, September 27 7:30pm GAINESVILLE - Phillips Center. As one of Scotland’s premier traditional bands, the Tannahill Weavers’ diverse repertoire spans the centuries with fire-driven instrumentals, topical songs, original ballads and lullabies.

Among the most versatile groups on the Celtic music scene, the dynamic quartet has consistently received worldwide accolades.

352-392-ARTS. performingarts.ufl.edu.

IMMIGRANT RIGHTS AS HUMAN RIGHTS Thursday, September 27 6:00pm GAINESVILLE - Pugh Hall-Bob Graham Center, Buckman Drive, UF. Immigration advocate Cheryl Little will present a frank and engaging talk on immigrant rights and immigration issues facing the U.S. and what these issues mean for American society. The event and parking are free and open to the public. 352-8461575. www.bobgrahamcenter.ufl.edu/event/ cheryl-little-immigrant-rights-human-rights.

SPECTICAST: THE ROLLING STONES Friday, September 28 8:00pm GAINESVILLE - Phillips Center, UF. The Rolling Stones: Some Girls, Live in Texas ‘78 is a rarely seen concert film featuring the classic British rock band at the height of their fame. The film was shot as part of the Rolling Stones’ 1978 U.S. tour, which is still hailed by many fans as their best to date. 352-392-ARTS. performingarts.ufl.edu.

OCALA FUNDRAISER TOURNAMENT Saturday, September 29 8:00am OCALA - Golden Ocala, 7340 N. US-27. This annual fundraiser is for the ongoing teaching and development of Marion County youth through The First Tee of Greater Ocala, whose mission is “to impact the lives of young people by providing educational programs that build character, instill life enhancing values and promote healthy choices through the game of golf.” 352-362-2258.

2012 ALACHUA COUNTY HEART WALK Saturday, September 29 7:00am - 11:00am GAINESVILLE - North Florida Regional Medical Center Duck Pond, 6500 W. Newberry Road.

Three-mile walk route. 7:30 a.m. donation turn-in and company photos, 8:00 a.m. stage presentation, 8:30 a.m. walk begins. 352333-4970. alachuaheartwalk.kintera.org.

CALEB’S PITCH GOLF AND POKER CHALLENGE Saturday, September 29 8:30am GAINESVILLE - Ironwood Golf Course, 2100 NE 39th Ave. The Caleb’s Pitch Golf and Poker Challenge will be hosted by Jeff Cordozo and will feature the opportunity to golf and play poker with former gator athletes and current sports media personalities.

352-393-1211. calebspitch.org.

SPANISH CONQUISTADORS Saturday, September 29 10:00am OCALA - Silver River State Park, 1425 NE 58th Ave. Bill Boston and his horse will give visitors a rare glimpse into the life of a 16th century Spanish conquistador. Boston portrays a

2:00pm GAINESVILLE - Phillips Center, UF. A conductorless ensemble of soloists comprised of the top alumni of the Sphinx Competition for young Black and Latino string players. Performing annually at Carnegie Hall, the ensemble is inspired by its mission to advance diversity in classical music, while engaging young and new audiences through performances of varied repertoire. 352-392-ARTS. performingarts.ufl.edu.

DRESSAGE HORSE SHOW Sunday, September 30 8:00am - 5:00pm OCALA - Florida Horse Park, Highway 475.

Dressage schooling show series for riders and drivers — now including classes for Western Dressage and USEA test-of-choice.

Download show entry form from web site.

Spectators free. Volunteers welcome. 352307-6699. www.stridedressage.org.

GUEST SPEAKER REV. MARTY DOW Sunday, September 30 11:00am GAINESVILLE - Unity of Gainesville, 8801 NW 39th Ave. Guest speaker Rev. Marty Dow is an ordained, nondenominational minister, spiritual teacher and author. 352-373-1030. www. unityofgainesvillefl.org. www.martydow.com.

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

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Drawer Boy Through September 9 Drama with a three-man cast, two older farmers, and a young playwright who comes to their farm to write a play about Canadian farm life and elicits a dramatic change in the “stories” these two men have been telling about their lives together.

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All My Sons Sept. 12 - Sept. 30 Joe Keller is a thriving businessman who reveres the twin American gods: family and profit. That, ultimately, is his justification for his wartime action of allowing defective parts to be fitted to Air Force planes, and letting his former partner take the rap. But, in the course of a single day, Joe is confronted by the consequences of his moral abdication.

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Other Desert Cities Through September 23 The Hippodrome’s 40th anniversary season opens with one of Broadway’s most acclaimed productions of recent years, the Pulitzer Prize finalist and Tony award-winning “Other Desert

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MacBeth Sept. 14 - Sept. 30 Considered to be William Shakespeare’s darkest tragedy, Macbeth deals with themes such as greed and lust for power. Macbeth is tempted by the prophesies of three witches that say he will be king of Scotland. Macbeth’s ambition for the throne drives him to madness with an unquenchable thirst for power. Murder and deceit lurk around every corner.

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Dropped Names: Famous Men and Women as I Knew Them FRANK LANGELLA c.2012, Harper $25.99 / $28.99 Canada 356 pages

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And clumsy. That’s you, as pillows are tossed, furniture bumped, frames go askew, nerves are shattered and so is glassware. You’re Molly McMessy, as knees are skinned, bruises erupt, and moods drop, busted next to belongings on the sidewalk.

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an “unconsummated” man-crush on Raul Julia.

He writes of Rita Hayworth’s illness, when nobody knew much about Alzheimer’s. He tells of a “stupid thing” he did to Jackie Kennedy. He writes of a down-and-out Montgomery Clift, Richard Burton as a “crashing bore,” feuds with Lee Strasberg, bawdy jokes with Elizabeth Taylor, pranks with Robert Mitchum, and...

But dropping things isn’t always bad; just ask author and actor Frank Langella. In his new book “Dropped Names,” he lets go of a few tales and things as he “Dropped Names” is one of writes about the stars he knew, hated, and loved. those Hollywood tell-(almost)It all started with one alls that you never want to end. word from Marilyn Monroe.

It’s the best kind of fluff, Frank Langella was a fifteen-year-old New Jersey if you’re a film buff. boy on a bus trip to New York when a limousine happened to pull up “Fame is... fleeting,” says author Frank in front of him while he stood in Times Langella. So, unfortunately, is this book.

Square. The driver pushed Langella “Dropped Names” is one of those aside and when the limo door opened, a Hollywood tell-(almost)-alls that you vision in white emerged. never want to end. It’s like discovering Marilyn Monroe smiled and said “Hi,” a box of old movie magazines in and Langella was instantly smitten.

Grandma’s attic, or like a movieHe never forgot that whispered marathon on paper. It’s the best kind of word, even through his long career in fluff, if you’re a film buff.

Hollywood and on Broadway allowed him Readers will be happy to know that to meet all kinds of famous characters. there’s enough snark in this book to Because he was a friend of their satisfy the most fierce gossip lovers, daughter, for instance, Longella spent but Langella also writes poignantly long summers at the various homes of Hollywood’s tortured souls and of Paul and Bunny Mellon, and their those who seemed too fragile for fame. luncheons were filled with the rich What’s nice is that he does this while and famous. Langella remembers how calling only the barest amount of everyone was greatly entertained by attention to himself. He tells the stories Noel Coward, and how Jackie Kennedy as he remembers them, without getting was rarely far away. in the way.

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Caregivers of dementia patients also face loved ones who become belligerent or even aggressive. Swirbul suggests talking to the patient in a different tone of voice or learning to walk away for a little while when the situation becomes volatile.

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