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CONTENTS SEPTEMBER 2014 • VOL. 14 ISSUE 09

ON THE COVER – Holly Miley and Brad Dinkins of Helping Hands grace our cover this month. Holly is public relations director and Brad is founder and president of Helping Hands, a charitable 501 (c)(3) organization serving the people of Ocala and Marion County. PHOTO BY TJ MORRISSEY for LOTUS STUDIOS

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Tapas Community Page Tinseltown Talks

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Calendar of Events Crossword Puzzle Theatre Listings

columns Enjoying Act Three

by Ellis Amburn

Healthy Edge

by Kendra Siler-Marsiglio

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Marjorie Harris Carr

Still Blooming After 90 Years

Florida’s Bold and Brazen Environmental Foot Soldier

Gainesville Garden Club Celebrates Nine Decades

BY DARLA KINNEY SCOLES

BY SHAYNA TANEN

Constant Care “Clo” Lindsey Knows the Value of Consistency BY DARLA KINNEY SCOLES

Volunteering with Helping Hands Many Hands Make Lifechanging Work BY DARLA KINNEY SCOLES

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Embracing Life

by Donna Bonnell

Reading Corner Review by Terri Schlichenmeyer

WINNER! Congratulations to the winner from our AUGUST 2014 issue…

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FROM THE EDITOR œ ALBERT ISAAC

Change is in the Air… But then again, when isn’t change in the air? As the Greek philosopher Heraclitus said, change is the only constant in life. In this case, change comes not only with the changing season but also in the form of a new arrival here at Tower Publications. So it is with great pleasure that we introduce you to Ericka Winterrowd, our new managing editor. If her name looks familiar it’s because Ericka has been part of Team Tower for nearly a year now, starting ﬁrst as an intern and then staying on as a freelance writer. Welcome aboard, Ericka! In this issue we continue with our monthly Volunteer Series, with Senior Times correspondent Darla Kinney Scoles venturing out to spend a day helping those in need — in this case, Helping Hands, a charitable 501 (c) (3) that serves the people of Ocala and Marion County. This organization assists those in need with shelter, food, clothing, medical, dental, transportation, counseling, and education grants. Helping Hands places a major emphasis on creating and assisting with jobs and placement. Learn more about Helping

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Hands on page 36. If you know of an organization that you would like to see featured in our volunteer series, please let us know. Speaking of volunteering, Clotelia “Clo” Lindsey has been donating her time and energy for the past 40 years at the Ocala Regional Medical Center. She was recently recognized for her service. Learn more about Clo in this issue. And speaking of service, we also have a story for you about the late great environmentalist Marjorie Harris Carr and her efforts to prevent environmental disasters. With fall on our doorstep and winter right around the corner, it may be too late to plant ﬂower gardens, but the colder seasons won’t stop the Gainesville Garden Club from celebrating its 90th Anniversary as well as hosting a variety of events in the coming months. Learn all about the club and how to get involved. So kick back and enjoy this issue of Senior Times. And if you have a short story to share with us, send me an email for consideration in our Community Voice section. s

CORRECTION The subheading describing the UF Samuel Proctor Oral History Program was incorrect in the August issue of Senior Times. This program is the ofﬁcial oral history program of the University of Florida and the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.

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is too precious to use only once clockwise from top ELLIS AMBURN is in the Hall of Excellence at TCU’s Schieffer School of Journalism. Involved daily in volunteer community service, the High Springs resident is the author of biographies of Roy Orbison, Elizabeth Taylor and others. ellis.amburn@gmail.com SHAYNA TANEN is a junior studying journalism at UF. She hopes to become a food journalist in the future, but until then she spends her time studying, eating and riding her bike around town. sgtanen@uﬂ.edu. DARLA KINNEY SCOLES remembers taking a high school journalism class and falling in love with the process. Oodles of years, one husband, three daughters and multitudinous stories later, she’s still in love with it all. That, and dark chocolate. darlakinneyscoles@gmail.com

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TAPAS œ SEPTEMBER

POPULOUS POULTRY There are approximately three chickens for every human bring on earth.

THE AVERAGE HUMAN BODY CONTAINS ENOUGH IRON TO MAKE A 3-INCH NAIL.

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The firefly — AKA lightning bug — is neither a fly nor a bug. It is a beetle. seniortimesmagazine.com

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B.B. King

89 Years Old

BORN SEPTEMBER 16, 1925

The “King of the Blues” was born in 1925 into a sharecropping family in Itta Bena, Mississippi. After serving in the army, B.B. King (born Riley B. King) moved to Memphis Tennessee. King’s ﬁrst experience in the entertainment industry was disk jockeying for a radio station. He began performing a segment called “Sepia Swing Club” on WDIA, where his nickname “B.B. King” arose from his catchy disk jockey name: the Beale Street Blues Boy. King is known by fans and music lovers for his interpretation of blues sstyle and performance. His most popular songs include “The Thrill is Gone” and “Three O’clock Blues.” He is also acclaimed for his talent with a guitar. One night King was performing at a dance in Twist, Arkansas when two men began arguing over a women name Lucille and someone knocked over a barrel of burning kerosene. King ran from the burning building only to run back inside to rescue his beloved guitar. He named it after Lucille, to remind himself never to do something so foolish again. King has won numerous awards and was inducted into the Blues Foundation Hall of Fame in 1984 and into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987. A FEW OTHER NOTABLE

Birthdays this Month Adam West

Stephen King

Chrissie Hynde

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Sept 21, 1947 (67)

Sept 7, 1951 (63)

Gloria Gaynor

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Sept 10, 1929 (85)

Sept 27, 1947 (67)

“The mind can also be an erogenous zone.” — RAQUEL WELCH

74 Years Old

Born September 5, 1940, Raquel Welch is perhaps best remembered for her role as Loana, a sexy cavewoman, in the 1966 ﬁlm “One Million Years B.C.” in her early years, Welch lived in California, took up modeling, and worked as a television weather announcer before she started landing acting roles. Her ﬁrst big break was in 1964, when Welch played a call girl in “A House is Not a Home.” During her career, Welch had trouble removing herself from her “sexy” typecast. However, in 1973 she won a Golden Globe award for best actress for her role in “The Three Musketeers.”

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COMMUNITY œ 2014 SENIOR HEALTH FAIR

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Now in its fourth year, the Senior Health Fair has some big changes planned. With a new venue, more diagnostics and health screening as well as additional vendors, its safe to say the Health Fair is back and better than ever. Across from Santa Fe College, this year’s fair will be held at The Village. There will be as many as 60 vendors that will cater directly to our community’s Seniors. The free diagnostic services will include blood pressure, depression screens, eye exams, hearing tests, memory tests, movement and balance tests, O2 checks and more. And Braya Pharmacy will be providing seasonal vaccinations. As always, the Senior-related vendors will include assisted living facilities, caregiver groups, elder law experts, home healthcare, hospice, physical therapy, specialized physicians, rehab facilities, social services and much more. The vendors and topics covered are broad, addressing everything from blood pressure checks to balance problems to diabetes treatment. Although geared toward Senior health, anyone is welcome. In the past the organization has seen Seniors with their daughters, sons or paid caregivers that brought them to the fair seeking

information so they could be more beneficial to their loved ones. The vendors also benefit, as they get a chance to talk and connect more personally with their target audiences. Chairperson of the fair’s committee Susan Swirbul said that in the past they have seen more than 300 attendees and that every year they expect more than the last. “We are thrilled to be able to provide this forum to Seniors and their caregivers,” Swirbul said in a recent news brief. “With the new location and added vendors we anticipate a great event where people can learn about many of the resources available in our community.” The fair emphasizes general health education to both prevent and prepare for a possible health crisis. The first time many Seniors will address these issues is after the crisis has occurred, she said. “Oftentimes, they don’t think about any of their options until they’re in their option itself,” Swirbul said in a 2013 interview. “You may have to make a rash decision or depend on others to advise you.” Swirbul said that she feels blessed to be able to help people become empowered. “It makes me very proud,” Swirbul said. s

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CHARITY OF THE MONTH

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When Danielle Austin’s son Abbott was diagnosed, she didn’t know where to turn.

bbott had bilateral profound hearing loss, which means Abbott couldn’t hear. “We were lost,” Danielle said. Their family had no history of hearing loss, and the only people she knew with hearing aides were older people. She scoured the Internet looking for answers and support, but what she found were just bits and pieces of information, much of which was outdated. “There were little pieces of the puzzles everywhere, but I had to piece them together,” Danielle said. She saw that many people chose sign language over cochlear implants, so when they made the choice to use implants she fell into an even smaller group. She advocated for her son and at just over 5 months of age he became the youngest child in the state of Florida to receive a cochlear implant. He needed therapy, but the resources for pediatric hearing loss in Tallahassee were few and far between. They decided to seek help in other parts of the state, and they found it in speech pathologist Brittany Lane. Once a week they drove to Gainesville for Abbott’s therapy with Brittany. Then they went once every other week. Abbott is now 4 years old, and with Brittany’s help he now tests on the same level as his hearing peers. “If you didn’t see the implants, you’d never know that he was deaf,” Danielle said. Abbott’s mother feels very fortunate that they got implants for him so early, and the governor has since appointed her to councils to help with infant hearing loss. She said she talks to parents all the time who are lost, and even if they do have Internet access to information they are just frozen by the diagnosis. Brittany and Danielle agree that the amount of support and education about pediatric hearing loss is lacking in North Central Florida. “Parents are the best advocates for their children,” Danielle said. “They need to be as educated as possible.”

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In August, the UF Chapter of Delta Zeta will offer a conference at the Emerson Alumni Hall on pediatric hearing loss through the department of speech language and hearing sciences in the College of Public Health and Health Professions. With 2,264 votes on Facebook, Delta Zeta’s efforts for pediatric hearing loss were awarded the SunState Federal Credit Union charity of the month. The conference’s target audience includes professionals such as audiologists and speech language pathologists, as well as parents, educators and caregivers for children with hearing loss. Their goal is to provide education on auditory training, speech therapy, education placement and social skills through six scheduled speakers. Extra funds raised through the conference will go toward a fund to help provide therapy for children with hearing loss. Danielle said any time professionals and parents can get together in a forum like this it is invaluable to education and awareness. She said she would have loved to have had access to something like this when Abbott was born, and she’s very excited about the awareness it will spread. s

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ECO HEROINE

Marjorie Harris Carr Florida’s Bold and Brazen Environmental Foot Soldier by Ellis Amburn

lorida’s unsung ecological heroine, Marjorie Harris Carr, born in 1915, emerges in a new biography by Peggy Macdonald as a brilliant scientist who wasn’t afraid to fight big business, politics, academe, and even the US Army Corps of Engineers to save Florida from a series of environmental disasters. Entitled “Marjorie Harris Carr: Defender of Florida’s Environment,” the book is at once a lucid account of the origins and growth of modern ecological awareness, a passionate love story of two scientists — Marjorie and Archie Carr, a perfect match in body, mind and spirit — and a riveting narrative of how a Micanopy mom with five children negotiated the formidable obstacles of a sexist society to preserve north central Florida’s natural wonders. The two passions of Carr’s life were her husband Archie and the 74-mile Ocklawaha River, whose 2,769-square-mile watershed spans Alachua and five other counties — Lake, Marion, Orange, Polk and Putnam. The University of Florida, where Marjorie and Archie met and fell in love in the 1930s, was an all-male school at the time, but Archie, a gale force among UF scientists, got her admitted. The Ocklawaha struck Carr as “dreamlike,” and her biographer extols “the exotic beauty and impressive wildlife of the canopied, subtropical river valley.” Carr would spend much of her life holding its despoilers at bay. Her weapons were patience, tenacity, and the kind of activism that eschews violence for mastery of grassroots strategy and the media. During one environmental crisis, five of her calls to newspaper editors resulted in five editorials the following day, according to Frank Graham Jr.’s “What Matters Most: The Many Worlds of Marjorie and Archie Carr.”

The exotic beauty & impressive wildlife of the canopied, subtropical river valley

PHOTOS COURTESY OF MIMI CARR J. C. Dickinson Jr., (who later became the director of the Florida Museum of Natural History) and Marjorie Carr prepare bird specimens after a collecting expedition in Honduras. Also pictured are family friend George Hogaboom (L) and Chuck and Mimi Carr. Below: Wildlife photographer Luther Goldman holds an eastern diamondback rattlesnake and Marjorie Carr with an eastern indigo snake in 1937.

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Perhaps her key attribute, Macdonald writes, was “the composure and commanding presence of a highly educated scientist.” Her credentials included a masters and doctorate in zoology from UF, where president John Allen placed her on the board of the Florida State Museum of Natural History in 1954. Hard-won experience in the trenches of conservation and ecology began for Carr when, at 21, she became the first woman federal wildlife technician. At the Welaka National Fish Hatchery, her job, Macdonald writes, was “to raise fish native to the Southeast and release them into rivers, streams, and lakes.” As ecology matured into a science, Carr underwent what Macdonald calls “the transition from conservation — or the idea of preserving nature for humanity — to environmentalism, whose goal was to protect nature from humanity.” In the early 1950s, Marjorie and Archie bought a 200-acre homestead in pastoral Micanopy where she pressured the town council to preserve 1,000 live oak trees and several 19thcentury shops. Micanopy is on the edge of Paynes Prairie, a majestic wildlife savanna of 50 square miles named after Payne, son of Seminole chief Ahaya the Cowkeeper. Buffalo roam among alligators, sandhill cranes, egrets, ibises, and hawks on the prairie. Florida purchased the land from Jack Camp for $5.1 million, renaming it Paynes Prairie State Preserve. In 1964, construction of I-75 cut through the area, including the Carrs’ pristine natural retreat in Micanopy. Outraged, Marjorie fought the building of new highways such as the Florida Department of Transportation’s (FDOT) $385 million Jacksonville-Tampa turnpike. It would save only one hour’s travel time at the cost of ripping through Florida’s vanishing wild places. People listened to her, and the JAX-Tampa turnpike was scuttled. UF’s Lake Alice was imperiled in the late ‘60s by FDOT’s proposed cross-campus four-lane throughway and a 2,000car parking lot that would “destroy the major wildlife values of the entire lake area,” according to zoologist John H. Kaufmann, who warned the road would reduce the lake to “at best a landscaped pond devoid of visible wildlife.” “The cross-campus highway was a done deal,” said law professor Joseph Little. “Mr. [Stephen C.] O’Connell [UF president] himself told me that, face to face.” Nonetheless, Carr, Little, and Kaufman flew into action, alerting Gainesville residents that officials were “putting something over on the public,” Kaufmann said, adding that Carr was “absolutely fearless . . . [and] brazen.” Her “we’regoing-to-win-this” attitude defeated the throughway. In 1962, under the auspices of the Florida Defenders of the Environment (FDE) and the Alachua Audubon Society — both of which she cofounded — and the national legal organiza-

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“The Rodman Dam was one of a series of Cross Florida Barge Canal projects to manipulate the earth.” tion Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), Carr took on her biggest opponent yet, the US Army Corps of Engineers, whose proposed Cross Florida Barge Canal would slice through the state and endanger its water supply, ﬁsh and wildlife, according to FDE’s environmental impact statement. The canal would also wreak devastation on Carr’s beloved Ocklawaha River. “This beautiful river… was to be murdered,” she said. “The biggest motivation behind the canal had always been graft,” writes Macdonald, who dismisses it as “a porkbarrel project.” Carr appealed in vain to President Lyndon B. Johnson, a champion of the canal, but when she reached out to the First Lady, whose beautiﬁcation program fueled the modern environmental movement, all canal funds were cut off. The President shortly overruled Lady Bird, restored funding, and personally traveled to Palatka to launch the canal with a dynamite explosion. “The Rodman Dam was one of a series of Cross Florida Barge Canal projects to manipulate the earth,” Macdonald said at her book signing in Gainesville. “The dam affected endan-

TOP: Bison cool off in a pond at Paynes Prairie Preserve State Park. PHOTOS COURTESY OF STATE ARCHIVES OF FLORIDA Construction of the St. Johns Lock, and a map of the proposed Cross Florida Barge Canal, which would have wreaked devastation on Carr’s beloved Ocklawaha River.

gered species and impacted fish weight, which went down from 30 to 15 pounds.” The author documents that West Indian manatees died trying to negotiate its locks, and Audubon Magazine reported in 2012 that the dam still “blocks the migration of eels, shad, catfish, endangered shortnose sturgeon, and striped bass.” Angry activists urged Carr to blow up the dam, but she assured them, “This too shall pass,” and continued to rally the press and public to her cause. “People at every level were intimidated by her because she could put their name in the papers the next day,” her PR director at the time, David Godfrey, confided to Macdonald. David Anthony, her co-president at Alachua Audubon, added, “She would say, ‘I’m just a poor little housewife from Micanopy, but—’ . . . and then just devastate her opponents with her total command of the subject.” “All you have to do is walk the halls,” a congressman assured her. “You don’t have to say a word. Just be seen there, and every legislator who sees you will say to himself, ‘Oh, yes, the Barge Canal.’” September 2014

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Marjorie Harris Carr’s Legacy The Marjorie Harris Carr Cross Florida Greenway “probably supports a wider variety of outdoor public recreation uses than any other park and recreation land in Florida,” according to the National Recreation Trails website. Spanning from Yankeetown on the west coast to just south of Palatka on the St. John’s River near the east coast, the Greenway is approximately one mile wide, according to park manager Mickey Thomason, and traverses Citrus, Levy, Marion and Putnam counties. It accommodates hikers, bikers and horse riders and has paddling trails, boat ramps, ﬁshing spots, campgrounds, barrier-free Boundless Playgrounds and picnic shelters. A trailhead in Ocala is the Land Bridge Trail, 11100 SW 16th Ave. Off I-75, exit 341; drive to SW 16th St.; turn left onto SW County Hwy 484; turn left onto SW 16th Ave. The Greenway is on the left. UF’s Lake Alice offers one-day parking passes at the Baughman Center administration building, 982 Museum Rd. Attractions include hiking paths, a meditation chapel, a bat house and bat barn. Watch bats emerge on a warm evening just after sunset. The center’s administration building is open 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. On weekends parking is permitted without a pass. Paynes Prairie extends into Gainesville at Bouleware Springs Park, 3400 SE 15th St. “If I could send people to only one of our many trails, it would be the La Chua, where alligators can be viewed basking on both sides of the banks,” said assistant park manager Matt Bledsoe in a telephone interview. He estimated that on a typical day 200 gators are visible. Along the 16-mile Gainesville-Hawthorne State Trail, horses, songbirds, and such wading birds as coots and moorhens can also be seen. Off US 441, a boardwalk into Paynes Prairie is located four miles south of Gainesville from Archer Rd. On I-75 South, just after Exit 382/Williston Rd., there’s a 325 foot Paynes Prairie boardwalk “shaped like a Florida Queen Snake,” said Ed Seifert, public information specialist with FDOT District 2, in a telephone interview. “The boardwalk has a bunny bulge in the middle, and the tallest point resembles the head of a snake.” Paynes Prairie Preserve State Park, 100 Savannah Blvd., Micanopy, offers a 50-foot-high observation tower, abundant wildlife, camping and nature trails. Open daily from 8 a.m. to sundown. The Ocklawaha River is approximately an hour’s drive south of Gainesville. Motorized and non-motorized boats can access the river at the Johnson Field Boat Ramp off SR 19 at the Ocklawaha River bridge, north of Salt Springs. “This boat ramp provides access to a section of the Ocklawaha River that is largely unaffected by the Cross Florida Barge Canal,” writes Macdonald. The Micanopy Historic District, south of Paynes Prairie off US 441 on NE Cholokka Blvd., features antique shops, an ice cream parlor, a vintage church, the Herlong Mansion, and a museum. The Historic Cemetery is just west of the downtown section on W. Smith Ave. Micanopy can also be reached on I-75 at Exit 374.

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In 1969, through the FDE and EDF, she sued the Corps of Engineers in US District Court for violating the public interest. President Richard Nixon became a powerful ally after she coordinated a letter to him containing 150 signatures solicited from such top ecologists as Barry Commoner, Marston Bates, and Pulitzer Prizewinner Rene Dubos, asking for a moratorium on the canal. One quarter of the signatories hailed from UF, including Archie Carr. On January 15, 1971, Carr and her forces won an injunction, and two days later President Nixon killed the canal project. It marked a monumental victory for Carr, and was also, according to Macdonald, the ﬁrst time in history that an active Corps of Engineers project had been quashed. When Carr died in 1997 at 82, the Florida Legislature named the abandoned canal’s beautiful mile-wide cypress-lined right-ofway the Marjorie Harris Carr Cross Florida Greenway. Its 70,000-plus acres stretch 110 miles across central Florida from the Gulf of Mexico to the St. John’s River, and beneﬁt the public in numerous recreational, educational, and esthetic ways. Its size dwarfs both New York City’s Central Park (778 acres) and London’s Hyde Park (350 acres) — a spectacular tribute to the woman who gave it birth.

Peggy Macdonald offered a hint during her lecture at Gainesville’s Matheson Museum that explains the uncommon warmth and passion of her book. The author came across some “hot and heavy stuff,” she said, referring to a treasure trove of Marjorie and Archie’s love letters. seniortimesmagazine.com

PHOTO COURTESY OF MIMI CARR An Asian hornbill has Marjorie by the ﬁnger and won’t let go in this shot from 1978, when both Marjorie and Archie won the New York Zoological Society’s Gold Medal for achievement in biological conservation.

While Macdonald was being interviewed by Hank Conner on his WUFT/FM call-in talk show, “Conner Calling,” Carr’s daughter Mimi, an old friend of Macdonald’s, rang and said she’d found the letters in the open-air porch of her mother’s condo in Gainesville, safely wrapped in brown paper. They proved to be a biographer’s dream. In one, Marjorie describes her elopement with Archie to the Everglades as “enchantment. Night Herons, mystery, and Saw Grass marshes.” “It was a fantastic and ethereal wedding night,” Archie wrote. When their jobs soon separated them by 300 miles, Archie,

a good-looking guy with an inferiority complex, still couldn’t believe he’d scored a beauty, and wrote, “I’m too skinny and probably will be bald in a couple of years. My right arm is pretty well wrecked . . . I don’t think I’m good enough to hold you. You’re my destiny but yours is elsewhere.” Marjorie replied, “What you need to do is to come down here and sleep with me. I will kiss your doubt of us away and you will know that you are my husband. Please come.” The marriage ﬂourished for 50 years, until Archie’s death. s

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Enjoying Act Three Julia Phillips

hen I met Julia Phillips, future producer of “The Sting” and the ﬁrst woman to win an Oscar in the best-picture category, it was the 1960s and we were both young and wildly ambitious. I was ahead of her professionally, a situation she’d quickly rectify. Executive editor and VP of G.P. Putnam’s Sons, I was editing such major authors as Jack Kerouac and John le Carre while still in my early 30s. Five years my junior, Julia began her career at McCall’s and later Ladies’ Home Journal in jobs that paid $75 and $85 per week respectively. By the time we connected in the ‘60s, she’d moved on to Paramount’s New York headquarters, entering the movie industry at its base level, the story department. Movie story editors had been wining and dining me for years in search of literary properties for their studios to ﬁlm. I liked them because they took me to good restaurants, always paid the bill, and invited me to free screenings. Most of them were women — like my friends Ruth Nodkins and the legendary Kay Brown, who’d acquired “Gone With the Wind” for David O. Selznick. Witty Ruth always derisively referred to the Hollywood “suits” to whom she

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reported as “those people West of the Rockies.” Kay, later an agent at ICM, regaled me with inside information about her clients Ingrid Bergman and Arthur Miller. Gossip makes New York’s intertwined publishing and entertainment worlds go round. I loved mixing it up with movie people, and it sometimes resulted in movie sales for my authors. After I slipped a copy of Francis Clifford’s “The Naked Runner” to LA agent Lee Rosenberg, he brokered a deal with Frank Sinatra for film rights. “I chased Frank down on the golf course and he was delighted to have first look and beat all the competition,” Lee said. In the end I was the beneficiary. When time came to sell off paperback rights, mass market editors, mindful that moviegoers buy the book after seeing the movie, shelled out big bucks. Julia invited me to lunch at Sardi’s, and I thought her beautiful in a Jodie Foster way, as well as blunt and staggeringly bright. We clicked and started hanging out. She introduced me to her husband Michael Phillips, a Wall Street whiz, blond and slightly goofy looking. After work we had drinks at the Tuscany

Hotel bar with my roommate Ron Bernstein, who I’d persuaded my friend Candida Donadio to hire as an assistant. Candida was the red-hot center of the literary world, according to Esquire magazine, representing Tom Pynchon, Joseph Heller, Philip Roth, Bernard Malamud, Bruce Jay Friedman, and an author I published, Pulitzer Prizewinner Alison Lurie. Candida sent Pynchon, the most reclusive novelist since J.D. Salinger, down to my Greenwich Village pad to score some pot. The author of “V” snickered as I prepared a lid and collected $25. Later Candida bought a pound. I wasn’t officially a dealer, but everyone in the ‘60s knew I was always holding. Julia and I were high most of the time, especially when she and Michael guested at our beach house in Fire Island Pines. On the sundeck one Saturday, we all compared salaries, and I made the mistake of bragging mine was the largest, words I felt like eating a few years later when Julia’s first check for “The Sting” was $4.3 million and Ron was running Robert Stigwood’s movie company. When Julia’s Paramount boss fell hard for her, she used our apartment to arrange extra-marital trysts. One evening her vampy outfit astonished me, a spray-on shammy jumpsuit with a bare midriff exposing her perfect tummy and navel. If I hadn’t known she was a Mount Holyoke girl, I’d have mistaken her for a $1,000-a-night hooker. When her lover was fired, he took Julia along with him to his new post at Mirisch. After a year she bounced over to First Artists, a new company formed by Barbra Streisand, Robert Redford, and Sidney Poitier, who paid her $25,000 per year (adjusted for inflation: $183,214). The kid was on her way. s Ellis Amburn’s biography “Subterranean Kerouac,” called “definitive” by the Los Angeles Times, is available on Amazon. He can be reached at ellis.amburn@gmail.com.

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Tinseltown Talks Nehemiah Persoff: From Screen to Canvas by Nick Thomas

ince retiring from acting over a decade ago, versatile character actor Nehemiah Persoff has become a successful artist painting from his seaside home in Cambria, Calif., (see www.nehemiahpersoffpaintings.com). The Cambria Center for the Arts hosted a birthday celebration on August 4 for Persoff, who turned 95 a few days earlier. This included screening a selection of his ﬁlms, and the artist even auctioned some of his works, donating the proceeds to the Center. But in 1989 Persoff experienced a TIA — transient ischemic attack — which is similar to a small stroke and often considered to be a “warning stroke.”

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“The doctors told me to slow down,” Persoff said from his home. He heeded the medical advice and believes that painting contributed to his recovery. “It certainly helped avoid another incident,” he said. “I would recommend to all Seniors that they try painting. They will be surprised by their ability, and the peace and calm that concentrating on the painting provides.” Persoff’s screen career spanned six decades, beginning in the late 1940s, and he became one of Hollywood’s most proliﬁc character actors. Raised in Jerusalem, his natural talent for dialects was quickly exploited when Persoff moved to Hollywood after

a decade of stage and early TV work in New York. Often cast in the role of ethnic villains, he crafted a career playing slick gangsters, ruthless outlaws and menacing military leaders. “I did play many villains, but also diplomats, doctors and scientists,” Persoff recalled. “So I don’t think I was typecast. I enjoyed playing any character that was well written.” In his second film, “On the Water Front” in 1954, Persoff appears on screen for just a few seconds as the tense cab driver in the famous ‘I could have been a contender’ scene with Marlon Brando and Rod Steiger. Director Elia Kazan offered him $75 for the role. “There were Brando and Steiger in the back section of a sawed off car,” said Persoff. “I sat on a milk box with Brando and Steiger behind me. When it was time for my close-up, Kazan whispered in my ear to imagine that ‘the guy behind you killed your mother.’ When I saw the film I was surprised to see how effective the close-up turned out.” He went on to work with other greats including Karloff, Cagney and Bogart on his final film in 1956, “The Harder They Fall.” “He was already very sick and his eyes teared a great deal,” recalled Persoff of Bogart. “But he had moments when he was very sharp. He wasn’t the sort of guy you wanted to tangle with. I heard him give one wise guy a tongue lashing seniortimesmagazine.com

Persoff and wife Thia at The Cambria Center for the Arts Aug 4, 2014. Photo provided by Ian McLauchlan and used with permission

that was devastating — you didn’t get smart with Bogie!” With over 400 ﬁlm and TV roles to his credit, Persoff admits he has forgotten details about some. But he does recall an episode of “Gunsmoke” with James Arness in which the 6 ?-footlawman refused to yield vertical ground to the 5-foot-7-inch Persoff. “I was supposed to be a gunman who challenged Marshal Dillon,” he explained. “I suggested to the director that perhaps I might be more of a threat if I wore lifts in my shows to make me

taller. So the wardrobe people gave me high heels to make me about six feet. When I walked on the set and the showdown came, I looked over at Arness and he was suddenly seven feet tall. He had heard I was getting shoes to make myself taller, so he got a pair too and was still a foot taller than me!” Today, Persoff enjoys retirement and paints several hours a day while basking in the West Coast sunset, rather than the Hollywood spotlight. But he gives credit to his ﬁrst career for helping his second. “When I got a role, I set my sights

on being able to get under the skin of the character,” he said. “At ﬁrst it would seem like a formidable task, but somehow I always got the job done. It’s the same with painting. When you sit in front of a blank canvass, there is a feeling of ‘I can’t do it’ for many painters. But because of my acting experience, I always felt that I could do it, and I did.” s Nick Thomas teaches at Auburn University at Montgomery, Ala., and has written features, columns, and interviews for over 400 magazines and newspapers.

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A Lasting Tribute

for Veterans SunState Federal Credit Union matching funds to help expand the Kanapaha Veteran’s Memorial

rom locations in both the Gainesville and Lake City Veterans Administration Medical Centers, SunState Federal Credit Union has a longstanding tradition of honoring and helping area veterans. In its latest efforts, however, SunState is calling upon not only its members, but the community at large as well, for help. SunState has pledged $7,500 in matching funds for contributions toward the refurbishment of the Veteran’s Memorial at Kanapaha Park in southwest Gainesville. For every dollar contributed to the fund, SunState will match with a dollar of its own in hopes of raising at least $15,000 for the Alachua County Memorial Committee, the group which maintains the Kanapaha facility. “We want to encourage our members to contribute to this cause,” said David Nicholson, who served in the Marine Corps, is a past commander of Post 16 of the American Legion in Gainesville, and is a current board member for SunState. “We’re committing $7,500, and we really want to encourage the community to support this important endeavor as well.” The memorial is in need not only of refurbishment, but expansion as well, according to John Gebhardt, Chair of the Alachua County Memorial Committee. “The memorial is beautiful, but we cannot recognize in proper form veterans from current or future wars,” he said, explaining that the layout is based on a “walk through time” in which one foot of space equals one year. Currently the latest entries run into the parking lot,

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leaving no room for additional recognition. The plan is to reduce the length representing a year to three quarters of a foot, which will allow inclusion of veterans from current wars and still leave room for 80 more years of space – allowing for a more lasting tribute. New memorial stones will be made, with the existing stones being recycled via donations to other memorial gardens and facilities.

It’s easy to donate! Simply stop into any SunState branch with your donation. Cash or checks accepted. While there is no deadline to contribute funds, the committee hopes to have the work completed in time for Veterans Day, 2014. The new memorial will be dedicated with a ceremony that day, and the committee expects thousands of people to come out and help in the celebration. Gebhardt said that SunState reached out to them to offer their support for their project in the form of a matching-funds campaign, which lends a much-needed boost to the cause. To encourage the donations even more, the credit union has made it easy to give; anyone wishing to donate can simply bring a check or cash into any SunState branch and mention that it is for the expansion of the Kanapaha Veterans Memorial. Anyone can give to the cause, be they a member of seniortimesmagazine.com

the credit union, a citizen of Gainesville, or even a traveler passing through. Gebhardt, who served with the United States Army in the Vietnam War, is heartened and encouraged by the campaign and looks forward to seeing the support come in. This is because he knows the importance of recognizing those who have served, and he appreciates the contribution that SunState is making to this cause. “We live in a complex time when there is rich diversity of opinions and activity. All that diversity is guaranteed by the constitution, and vets and current active duty personnel are sworn to protect the constitution. But while we enjoy this diversity, we need to step back and remember who paid the price for the freedoms. “It’s only right and proper that we recognize the service of all veterans and active duty personnel by erecting monuments in their honor,” he continued. “And it’s more important to remember those who have paid the supreme price and were killed in action. We live in a very patriotic community – and SunState has stepped up.”

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As a life-long resident of Gainesville and Alachua County, my family and I are fortunate to call this area our home. As a business owner and publisher of several area magazines, Tower Publications has always supported the veterans in our area. Through the pages of Our Town and Senior Times Magazines, we’ve often written about the brave men and women who’ve served the country, and today I’m happy to be able to support them financially. On behalf of Tower Publications, it is my privilege to commit $1000 to this cause and look forward to seeing the expansion project begin. My hope is that our initial commitment “kick-starts” this campaign and gets SunSate closer to its goal of expanding the Veterans Memorial.

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GO WITH THE CLO

Constant Care “Clo” Lindsey Knows the Value of Consistency

by Darla Kinney Scoles

t is hard, these days, to find anyone who has been doing anything consistently for 40 years. People change locations, jobs, careers, partners and interests at lightning speed it seems. Yet, in and amongst the throngs of short-lived endeavorers one can sometimes find a sure and steady gem like Clotelia Lindsey. When Clotelia “Clo” Lindsey moved to Ocala from Chicago in 1973, it was to help improve her husband’s health. Little did she know then, that she would become involved with improving the health of others from that point on, as well. For the past 40 years, Lindsey has been a regular volunteer at Ocala Regional Medical Center (ORMC), where visitors and patients can most often find her at the front desk greeting those who walk in the door and assisting with their needs. Whether she is providing room numbers to visitors, giving directions to the lost, escorting patients to various parts of the facility, or delivering mood-lifting mail and flowers, Lindsey finds her service there rewarding and enjoyable. “Really, I just like to be helpful in whatever way I can,” Lindsey said. “I originally wanted to be a nurse, so I can be at the hospital this way and help. I like the environment. Here I get to meet people from a variety of places, which I enjoy. And the work is flexible.” Flexible and ever changing would describe the decades

during which Lindsey has watched that hospital evolve and grow. Among the differences she has witnessed are patient demographics, visiting policies, physical facilities, and even the uniforms volunteers wear, noting that even now when she comes in every two weeks, something is different. Through it all, Lindsey has remained such a constant figure that people ask about her when she’s not there. Anne Shannon, ORMC volunteer services manager, described her as “kind, caring, reliable and consistent.” Lindsey was one of the hospital’s first volunteers. She joined the program when all five of her children were enrolled in school and she had some time on her hands. Through the years of raising five youngsters, teaching high school mathematics and caring for her husband, a disabled veteran, Lindsay never missed a beat at the hospital. Now, at age 84, she said as long as she has her walking cane and glasses, she’s good to go. “I am always busy – and helping if I can,” Lindsey said. “If I am not busy out, I am busy at home. But I am up and out just about every day. I can still do it all, but sometimes I get a little behind.” “Clo says ‘Use it or lose it,’” Shannon said. “I have been here seven years and Clo is always simply doing what needs to be done. She is quiet, unassuming and accepts everyone.” Zahra Lapp, 89, experienced that acceptance when she joined the ranks of hospital volunteers 18 years ago. Originally

PHOTO BY DARLA KINNEY SCOLES Clotelia “Clo” Lindsey, 84, has volunteered at Ocala Regional Medical Center for 40 years. When she was hospitalized after a car accident, the other volunteers had to limit the number of visitors the popular Ocala resident could receive.

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PHOTO COURTESY ORMC TOP LEFT: Ginger Carroll, CEO, West Marion Community Hospital (L) and Anne Shannon (R), Ocala Regional Medical Center Volunteer Services Manager, present Clotelia, “Clo” Lindsey with an award for her 40 years of volunteer service to ORMC. Lindsey started volunteering at ORMC in December 1973 and has donated an average of 100 hours per year for the last 40 years. Lindsey has a Bachelor of Science degree in Secondary Education and taught high school in both Illinois and Florida. PHOTOS BY DARLA KINNEY SCOLES TOP RIGHT: Clo Lindsay and ORMC Volunteer Services Manager, Anne Shannon, share a moment in the hospital’s lobby, near Lindsey’s usual post at the front desk. Shannon said Lindsey is a quiet and unassuming volunteer who is simply always doing what needs to be done. Lindsey feels grateful to be able to serve. ABOVE: Clo Lindsey describes her friend and fellow volunteer at Ocala Regional Medical Center, Zahra Lapp, as dedicated. Together, the duo spends Fridays at the front desk of ORMC, helping hospital visitors, patients and staff have a good experience. Combined, they have almost 60 years experience in doing so.

working on Sundays, Lapp spent a Friday volunteering with Lindsey and has continued to do so ever since. The two have become fast friends as they worked side-by-side and talked about their lives, families, neighbors, community and events while serving others. “She is a very caring person,” Lapp said. “I don’t know how she raised five children, volunteered and taught school, though. How did she do that?” “Zahra is a dedicated volunteer,” Lindsey said. “She puts in a lot of time here. But she does find time to relax, playing bridge and mahjong.” “Volunteering keeps them both sharp,” Shannon said. Two Fridays each month, Lindsey and Lapp are fixtures at the hospital main entrance and encourage others to join them. “I’ve talked a number of friends into coming and volunteering,” Lindsey said. “Some have come and stayed many years.

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Others have had health or transportation and schedule changes and can’t volunteer anymore. We always need people.” Lindsey ﬁnds the time to not only help at ORMC, but with the Disabled Veterans Auxiliary, Hospice of Marion County, Girl Scouts, and the local Church of Christ, as well. When asked about her level of community involvement, Lindsey points to her mother, a homemaker that also did church work, helped neighbors and liked being useful, accepting and helpful — all while raising seven children. Recently honored for her milestone accomplishment by ORMC during Volunteer Appreciation Week, Lindsey said, “It feels great to have been able to serve here all these years. I’ve met a lot of people and they have always supported me. Forty years. Imagine that.” That’s consistency. s

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eeling unmotivated, unfocused or in a “fog”? Life in the Information Age makes these sensations more common than ever. Read on to learn the science behind “cerebral congestion” and how to refresh your mind. Science is showing that there are three major reasons that our brains are getting tired from attention demands. REASON 1: Too much mental activity and not enough down time. When we are attentive and completing tasks, our minds are functioning in the central executive mode. If we aren’t in central executive mode, our minds are oftentimes wandering. Mind wandering provides our brains a needed break; it also allows us to solve complex problems using creative capacities that we aren’t harnessing in central executive mode. If you aren’t letting your mind wander enough, it may wander off itself. One of the focuses for Dr. Alice Boyes, a blogger for Psychology Today, is to help people rest their brains to increase productivity and mindfulness while decreasing anxiety. Reason 2: Too frequently “switching” between activities. Ever heard of the “attention switch”? Daniel J. Levitin, Director of the McGill University Laboratory for Music, Cognition and Expertise and Vinod Menon,

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Ph.D., Director of the Stanford Cognitive & Systems Neuroscience Laboratory in the Stanford University School of Medicine found that the switch between mind wandering and attention is housed in a part of the brain called the insula. It’s only been in recent years that researchers are discovering what this brain structure actually does. Think of it like a switch. The insula can quickly help you get between two modes of thought: externally oriented attention and internally oriented attention (self-related thought). The issue: Use the switch too much in a given period, and you can wear it down temporarily. It needs down time! Dr. Levitin reports that switching too frequently causes us to feel tired and even dizzy; he likens the dizzy feeling to the feeling you’d get if you were seesawing rapidly. Reason 3: The degradation of our “attention filter.” Our minds evolved the capacity to orient our attention to alert us to what is dangerous or threatening in our environment. However, with today’s constant information flow, we can become overwhelmed, and then confused about what is important. The overburdening of our attention filter means that we need to be even more mindful in our efforts to let small things go and to prioritize.

According to Dr. Levitin and Dr. Boles, here are some great ways to refresh your brain: • When you are doing a task, give it your undivided attention. This can be easier said than done. Start out with single-tasking for one minute. Each time your mind wanders to the past or future during the one minute, gently bring your attention back to your single task. • Get physical. You don’t need to run a marathon; you just need to do what feels comfortable. Even stretching for ﬁve minutes can get your creative juices ﬂowing, decrease stress and recharge your brain. As always, check with your healthcare professional before starting any exercise regimens! • Get outside. As with exercise, nature helps you activate parts of your brain that are different from those responsible for the central executive mode. Take a stroll or eat lunch outside. If you are walking, have your eyes wander from side to side to reduce stress. • Listen to music. Did you know that listening to your favorite tunes can improving attention and improve your social skills? • Partition your day into project periods. For instance, if you keep up with friends and family with electronic media, do it during a designated BLOCK of time. Checking email and Facebook constantly throughout the day strains your attentional resources. s For more information about refreshing your brain check out Dr. Levitin’s New York Times article at: www.nytimes. com/2014/08/10/opinion/sunday/hit-thereset-button-in-your-brain.html Kendra Siler-Marsiglio, Ph.D. is the Director of Rural Health Partnership at WellFlorida Council.

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Still Blooming After 90 Years Gainesville Garden Club Celebrates Nine Decades of Membership, Service and Friendship story and photos by Shayna Tanen

any people can likely attest that a 90th birthday is not only a celebration, but also an achievement. For the 200 members of the Gainesville Garden Club, this achievement is commemorated not for a person, but for the life of their organization. The Gainesville Garden Club (GGC) will be 90 years old on September 11. To commemorate this milestone, members will host its birthday party from 2-4 p.m. on Sunday, September 20 at the clubhouse. Since its founding in 1924, the GGC has been organizing events, workshops and outreach programs to help make Gainesville a more beautiful and environmentally conscious city. According to the GGC yearbook, the club was admitted to the State Federation of Garden Clubs in 1927 and was organized into circles (the ďŹ rst was Founders Circle), or smaller groups within the club, in 1930. Lynne Randazzo, rentals chairman and member of the trustees,

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Lynne Randazzo, GGC rentals manager and member of the trustees, has been a member of the Garden Club since 1971. She believes the clubâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s biggest contribution to the city of Gainesville has been its efforts to beautify the city with plants and ďŹ&#x201A;owers.

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UPCOMING U PCOMING

EVENTS SEPTEMBER 21 90th Anniversary Celebration 2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

OCTOBER 9 “Second Time Around” by Designer Lorene Junkin • Creative Floral Design 10:00 a.m.

NOVEMBER 20 “Wild Edibles of Florida” by Dr. Dana Griffin • Jasmine Circle - 6:00 p.m. DECEMBER 1 – 3 Bus trip to Biloxi & New Orleans, MS Email searnold@cox.net for more info

JANUARY (TBA) Event Expose at the Garden Club Birthday, Anniversary, Holiday and Wedding vendors

JANUARY 22, 2015 “Gardening in January” by Martha Ann Ronoset, Author • Wildﬂower Circle 10:00 a.m.

FEBRUARY 26, 2015 “Propagating Roses” by Lee Kline Rose Society • Begonia Circle 10:00 a.m.

MARCH 5, 2015 Dr. Gail Hanson - Landscape Horticulture • UF Environmental Horticulture - 10:00 a.m. Meetings, events and membership are open to the community. For more information: www.ggcﬂ.org, or 352 331-0426.

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described the circle system within the group: there are currently seven circles, each consisting of about 10 to 40 people. The circles are divided socially and by area, but the division is very casual and citizens are normally asked to join by friends or family. “Each circle is a club, but all the circles are members of the Gainesville Garden Club,” Randazzo said. “Circles have our own officers, we have our own ways and means, but yet we also follow and do what is requested by the Garden Club.” Each circle also participates in unique service projects and volunteer activities specific to their own interests, but still in line with GGC guidelines. Randazzo has been a member of the GGC since 1971. She joined because she wanted to learn about flowers, environment and horticulture but she also wanted to give back to the community. “The people of the club are all in it for the same reason,” she said. That reason is to volunteer. In its nearly 90 years of operation, the club boasts hundreds of service-oriented projects related to gardening and other environmental topics. Sandra Arnold, the current vice president of the GGC, said many activities center on servicing those in need in the community: one such activity was constructing wheelchair-accessible, raised garden beds at Shands Rehab Center so patients could get hands-on with gardening. “It’s really a neat project,” she said. Arnold also mentioned providing plants for local organizations such as Habitat for Women Build and ACORN (Alachua County Organization for Rural Needs, Inc.). She described other big, long-standing projects that the GGC is involved with, such as helping coordinate the “children’s corner” at the Kanapaha Botanical Gardens Spring Festival for the past eight years. “As the families are going through the gardens and seeing the different vendors, the children can come to our [tent] — it’s a very large tent — and they can either plant plants, or they can draw, color [or] make a hat,” Arnold said. “And we always try to incorporate flowers or insects or bugs or something like that. So we really like to get involved.” Despite its name, the Gainesville Garden Club is about more than just gardening. “Even if you’re not highly involved in gardening, it’s a way for me to get involved,” Arnold said. Many members find the work they do with the club intrinsically rewarding. For second-year GGC President Peggy Billings, one of the most important and personally rewarding projects for her and club members was the restoration of Wilmot Gardens near Shands Medical Plaza last year. She said the GGC donated total proceeds of $2,500, raised by a garage sale, to the restoration of the garden, which was originally planted in the 1950s but recently went into disrepair. Billings particularly loves the GGC’s involvement with Wilmot Gardens seniortimesmagazine.com

ABOVE: Lois McNamera (left) and Florence Cline (right), Garden Club members, educate children about plants and assist them with arts and crafts at the Kanapaha Botanical Gardens Spring Festival. The GGC hosts the “children’s corner” at the festival each year, and kids can even plant seeds to take home. RIGHT: Members planted the butterﬂy garden on the Gainesville Garden Club grounds in 2010. Each circle takes turns caring for the garden during the planting season.

because she said it acts like garden therapy for patients. Billings said she joined the GGC in 2005 after members of the Gainesville Women’s Club who were also GGC members invited her. She is on her second year of presidency of the club. “I really liked it [being president] or I wouldn’t have stayed the second year,” Billings said. One common theme amongst members is the pride they have for the GGC. This pride naturally carries over into recruiting new members, which has been one of the GGC’s higher priorities since the ‘90s. Randazzo, the GGC rentals manager, said, “We’re always looking for and accepting and enjoying new membership because they bring in new ideas.” In recent years the club has faced a dwindling overall membership. Randazzo said that in 1984 there were 20 circles and over 500 members. In 2014, however, only six circles and 200 members are expected. Randazzo explained that the decline in membership is likely due to the increase in average age of existing members and Gainesville residents. Also historically, women had less time to

devote to the club once they began entering the workforce. The GGC does have ways to combat this, such as “night circles” that meet in the evening after many people get off work. The GGC tries to make new membership as easy and accessible as possible. Anyone can show up at a meeting (usually free), and becoming a member is as simple as being asked to join by a friend. Meetings are held every fourth Thursday of the months from September to May. Just as any person can attend a meeting, the GGC’s 90th birthday party is also free and open to the public. The club will utilize its clubhouse and grounds, which people can rent for special occasions like weddings, anniversaries, showers and more. The party will host guests such as public ofﬁcials, Florida Federation of Garden Clubs President Sue Angle, and more. There will also be ﬂower arrangements and a gourmet meal. All of this to celebrate 90 years of local dedicated women and men that have a passion for gardening and giving back. “That’s kind of what we’re all about – is a sense of giving,” Randazzo said. s September 2014

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HANDS ON

Volunteering with Helping Hands Many Hands Make Life-changing Work by Darla Kinney Scoles

ne hot summer day six years ago, Brad Dinkins’ life changed. In turn, the lives of hundreds more have been changed since. It was July 2008, and Dinkins, approached by a homeless man at a fast-food restaurant, worked to obtain shelter for the Ocala beggar with much effort and little success. A commercial real estate broker that happened to be in the process of obtaining an apartment building in default near his ofﬁce, Dinkins saw the situation as an opportunity to help the area’s homeless population. Gradually refurbishing the apartment units and offering them to those in need, Dinkins, his staff and many volunteers have since succeeded in not only operating that complex, but another as well — for women and children. Now a non-proﬁt organization known as Helping Hands Foundation, the group provides not only transitional shelter but assistance with employment, food, clothing, medical and dental care, transportation, counseling and addiction recovery, Bible study and spiritual fellowship, and any other needed services

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that arise in an ever-growing homeless population in Marion County. >> THE NEED “The work is never-ending,” said Pete Whirle, a Helping Hands Director in construction and corporate management, “especially at our thrift and consignment stores. Picking up, sorting, and stocking merchandise is very time consuming. It is amazing how much time and effort it takes to run a store. This is where we could use the most volunteers. Even if someone could only come one day a month; that would help.” While many of those afforded transitional housing by Helping Hands work at the stores, their time there is set up as a way to provide training and experience in preparation for gainful employment in the community. As participants progress with help in their areas of need, whether mental, physical or spiritual, they are expected to provide more and more for themselves. “People come to us in crisis,” said Holly Miley, a Helping Hands Director in women’s and children’s housing and

public relations. “After careful screening and entry into the program, they are given a grace period in which to rebuild and recover. Then they are expected to go out and find work.” Volunteers are needed every step of the way. Some drive participants to appointments. Others provide services such as painting, yard work, cleaning and remodeling at the residences. Businesses, churches, organizations and families offer cars, bicycles, bus passes, legal aid, emergency motel shelter, medical care and spiritual support. Those with specific talents help with fundraising efforts, public relations, photography, data entry and operating an eBay store. >> THE WORK My day with Helping Hands began early, as I attended one of their 7 a.m. devotionals, held three times each week. There, an upstairs office at Dinkins Realty was filled with individuals and families who spent an hour talking and learning about physical healing as found in the scriptures. While not required of volunteers, my time there certainly seniortimesmagazine.com

“Remember, if you ever need a helping hand, it’s at the end of your arm. As you get older, remember you have another hand: The ﬁrst is to help yourself, the second is to help others.” — AUDREY HEPBURN

PHOTOS BY DARLA KINNEY SCOLES Inset, provided by Helping Hands Foundation: Ocala Realtor, Brad Dinkins, saw a need and ﬁlled it in 2008 when approached by a homeless man asking for shelter, while simultaneously taking ownership of a foreclosed apartment building behind his office. Two apartment buildings now offer 18 units to qualiﬁed individuals wanting to build better lives for themselves and their families. Leading a recent early-morning devotional in an upstairs meeting room at his office, Dinkins shared scriptures and stories of healing with residents of his transitional housing. At its heart, Helping Hands offers spiritual as well as temporal healing for people in crisis.

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PHOTOS BY DARLA KINNEY SCOLES Whether volunteering or shopping at the Helping Hands thrift and consignment stores, visitors will ﬁnd treasures on the shelves, at the counter, in the stockroom and in every nook and cranny of the retail outlets. Consistent, committed and compassionate volunteers are needed to pick up, sort and stock merchandise, even if they can only offer one day of service each month. Holly Miley (bottom right), a Helping Hands Director, is the organization’s only full-time employee. (Photo provided by Helping Hands Foundation.)

added to my experience helping at the thrift store, accompanied by many who attended the devotional with me. From the moment I stepped into the back room at the thrift store at 9 a.m., until I left several hours later via the front counter (where I may or may not have purchased a few things), I was made to feel not only needed and welcomed, but also special. I was undoubtedly not the fastest helper the store has had when it came to tagging, hanging, shelving or straightening merchandise, but I was never made to feel that I wasn’t doing enough or doing it fast enough. (I don’t do anything quickly, by the way.) I worked to organize and hang clothing, move displays, restock shelves and generally straighten the store and help

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customers. My work effort was aided by about half-a-dozen others who each did their part to operate the store efﬁciently, professionally and with a friendly and happy attitude. The store, which stays moderately busy, was an interesting place and my time there passed quickly. At the end of my shift, I was a bit sad to leave. The workers there had truly made me feel like one of the family. I wasn’t just appreciated; I was embraced. >> THE REWARDS The small-picture view of sharing sacred time together, coworker camaraderie, helping a great cause and the feel-good aspect of volunteer service alone would be enough reward for seniortimesmagazine.com

PHOTOS BY DARLA KINNEY SCOLES (Left) Ocala resident Jessica Ramos runs the front counter and helps customers ﬁnd just the right treasure to take home. Helping Hands success story, Brendan Sexton, spends his days training for future gainful employment, as the Electronics Manager at the thrift store in Ocala. The organization’s stores help provide many opportunities for building a new and better life.

a half day spent at Helping Hands. All this pales in comparison, however, to the big-picture story that was shared with me between the aisles of gently worn clothing and craft supplies. “Helping Hands saved my life,” exclaimed Brendan Sexton as he playfully struck a pose for his self-proclaimed 15 minutes of fame photo to accompany this story. “Me and my family lived for three months in a van. Homeless. These people gave me a place to live; gave me food; saved my soul; saved my life. I owe them my life.” Sexton talked about his “jaw-dropping” former life in Miami as a long-time drug dealer and how his outlook on everything has changed since leaving that life and turning to a

better one. He credited his wife, Heather, who he said informed him, “God told me to call Helping Hands.” “She called and saved us all,” said Sexton, whose family includes two boys, ages six and seven, and a girl, 15 months. “For the ﬁrst time in 20 years I’m happy. I’m 35 and I feel innocent again. It’s a great feeling. My goal now is to keep moving forward and never look back.” In that moment, his reward was mine also. >> THE FIT Both Miley and Whirle emphasized the importance of having a big, compassionate and patient heart when working with a population of folks striving to get their lives back under September 2014

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PHOTO PROVIDED BY HELPING HANDS FOUNDATION: RIGHT: The Marion County Continuity of Care Council recently presented Helping Hands with a $2,000 check. The charity donation was raised at its 5th annual Appraisal-thon & Silent Auction. (L to R) Holly Miley, public relations director for Helping Hands; Brad Dinkins, founder and president of Helping Hands; Tuesday May, president of Marion County Continuity of Care Council (MCCCC); and Mark Camp, president elect for MCCCC.

control. The words “understanding,” “giving,” “dedicated,” “consistent” and “committed” were mentioned as well. While this may seem to be a speciﬁc list, to me it is representative of all those who choose to volunteer, no matter what the cause. With the variety of opportunities to help this organization I would be inclined to say that if a person has the skill needed, they are a good ﬁt. Flexibility is a given here, and some needs are occasional while others ongoing. “I would love to have someone with couponing experience teach a class a couple of times each year,” Miley said. “Our population needs help with basic daily skills, parenting skills,

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managing money — you name it. We could even use a babysitter for our 7 a.m. devotionals. We’re needy too!” Show up with your helping hands and there will be a place for you. >> HOW TO GET INVOLVED If you have time, skill or talent that you would like to share with someone in need, please email Pete Whirle at petewhirle@embarqmail.com, call 352-732-4464, or click on the volunteer application at helpinghandsocala.org, complete it, and fax it to 352-732-6116. Helping Hands is located at 101 Northeast 16th Avenue in Ocala, in the Dinkins Realty Building. The Helping Hands Thrift Shop is located at 9536 SE Maricamp Road in Ocala (Post Ofﬁce Plaza). Donations are gladly accepted at the store. Pickup can also be arranged by calling 352-680-0287. The Treasure Shoppe thrift and consignment store also offers brand new mattresses and bed frames and is located at 8820 Southwest State Road 200, Ocala (between Oak Run and On Top of the World retirement communities). Call 352-2371761 to consign items. Thanks to you! -Darla Each month Darla Kinney Scoles participates ﬁrsthand in, and then shares with readers, a local volunteer experience opportunity. The needs are great — the rewards, even greater. If your organization

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Embracing Life Reﬂection on Two US Tragedies 9/11 TERROR ATTACKS – 13 YEARS AGO HURRICANE KATRINA – NINE YEARS AGO

nniversaries of two of the top five government failures since the turn of the century are upon us. Paul Light, a Brookings Institution researcher, reports those as the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 and the destruction of New Orleans (due to faulty construction of levees and floodwalls) when hit by Hurricane Katrina on August 29, 2005. After both devastating events, Americans were justifiably outraged. As we reflect, let us remember the citizens who rallied to repair and heal their cities and hearts. Following 9/11, the United States government waged war on terrorism and vowed to hunt down Osama bin Laden, founder and head of the Islamist militant group al-Qaeda (the mastermind behind the attacks). U.S. Special Forces killed bin Laden on May 2, 2011. Our soldiers are still fighting. New Orleans lost an estimated 2,000 lives, 60 percent of housing, schools and health facilities from Hurricane Katrina. Judge Stanwood Duval, U.S. District Court, sited responsibility for the failures and flooding on the Army Corps of Engineers. A lawsuit was filed, as this was dubbed the worst disaster caused by U.S. civil engineering. Because of sovereign immunity in the Flood Control

Act of 1928, the federal agency was not financially liable. Some public figures even questioned whether it made sense to rebuild. Blessed with opportunities to visit both cities in the midst of their rebuilding efforts, I witnessed the emergence of a strong spirit of survival. Once rage subsided, Americans banded together in strong unity. What came as a surprise to me, though, is how the people of each city approached healing in very different ways. Located in the center of the excitement and energy of New York City, rests the quiet solitude of the magnificent 9/11 memorial. The day I visited, visitors lit candles and left special relics, as they prayed for their loved-ones. Others (like me) paused and tried to contemplate the enormity of the suffering and senseless deaths. A solo violinist was playing “Amazing Grace,” which created a perfect atmosphere for reflection. Realizing the venomous effects of global greed and hate, tears ran down my cheeks as my stomach sickened. Perhaps God’s purpose for this holy ground is to serve as a reminder of the nearly 3,000 people who perished from futile anger and brutality. The noise and hustle of the big city

quickly returned when I left the sacred space where the Twin Towers once existed. I found the lifestyle of New Orleans natives very different from those who live with stressful rigid schedules. Their present-oriented philosophy embraces gratitude for simply being alive and an anything-is-possible attitude. These folks have an unconditional connection to where they live. I witnessed their special spirit by participating as a second liner in a funeral for a stranger. The march began slow, filled with deep soulful music. Suddenly the mood changed, the tunes turned to lively jazz and spectators joined the parade. A friend (who moved to New Orleans shortly after Katrina hit to help restore their telephone communications) convinced me to enjoy the celebration. We danced along with the growing procession. The crowd rejoiced for having the opportunity to participate in the festivities, while recognizing the brevity and gift of life. I later learned that this is how many, especially those living in the most desperate neighborhoods, coped with their prolonged hardship. Their powerful displays of gratitude for the reopening of a damaged road or a store affirmed their spirit to revel in spite of hardships and adversity. A quote from “Why New Orleans Matters” sums up their loyalty and resiliency. “Would you let your own mother die because it didn’t make financial sense to spend the money to treat her, or because you were too busy…?” Some reports indicate that President Obama vows to cease combat in Afghanistan by the end of 2014. A 20-year plan to rebuild New Orleans is in place. Life goes on. s Donna Bonnell is a freelance writer who moved to Newberry in 1983. She enjoys living and working in the town she now calls home. dbnewberry@aol.com

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CALENDAR UPCOMING EVENTS IN ALACHUA & MARION FREE FRIDAYS

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Fridays

Friday, September 5

8:00pm GAINESVILLE - Bo Diddley Plaza, 111 E. University Ave. An Eric Clapton Tribute is the first “Free Fridays” concert of the season. From now through October, Friday nights come alive as local and regional bands are showcased under the stars in downtown Gainesville. Hundreds come out to enjoy the free live music and shows in a family-friendly environment. www.gvluculturalaffairs.org.

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

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

CHAIR YOGA Wednesdays 10:30am - 11:30am OCALA - Bliss Yoga Center, 1738 SE 58th Ave. Yoga is accessible to ALL. This class is specifically designed for those with limited mobility. Highly trained instructor leads the group through a series of gentle movements meant to help balance the mind, body and spirit. The class runs every Wednesday of the month with a $25 monthly fee. 352-694-9642.

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PARENT’S NIGHT OUT Friday, September 5 6:30pm – 9:30pm OCALA - Discovery Center, 701 NE Sanchez Ave. Drop the kids off (ages 6-13) for a night of science and fun. “Tangled,” the Classic Story of Rapunzel, will be shown. $15.00 per child and registration closes September 4. 352-401-3900.

RIVERSIDE NATURE WALK Saturday, September 6 8:00am OCALA - Silver River State Park, 1425 NE 58th Ave. Join David, an experienced Naturalist, to learn about the area’s flora and fauna and maybe spot some wildlife. The hike is weather permitting and meets at the Sandhill Trailhead. Sturdy shoes and insect repellent are suggested.

GUIDED WALK Saturday, September 6 10:00am GAINESVILLE - Kanapaha Botanical Gardens, 4700 SW 58th Dr. Kanapaha offers guided tours the first Saturday of every month. The docent is master gardener Alicia Nelson. Regular admission price for non-members and members are admitted free of charge. 352-372-4981.

Thursdays, September 4 – October 9 7:00pm GAINESVILLE - Grace Presbyterian Church, 3146 NW 13th St. The Gainesville Harmony Show Chorus is offering a free 6 week course for women, “Introduction to A Cappella Singing” each Thursday. For more information call 352-870-5555.

JAKE OWEN CONCERT Thursday, September 4 7:00pm GAINESVILLE - O’Connell Center. Jake Owen along with the Eli Young Band and the Cadillac Three will be performing. Prices range from $24-$44 and can be purchased by phone at 352-392-1653 or in person at Gate 1 of the O’Connell Center.

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SPRINGSIDE FLORIDA SAFARI Sunday, September 7 10:00am OCALA - Silver River State Park, 1425 NE 58th Ave. Join Park Rangers for a trip through the REAL Florida. Learn about ecosystems and natural wildlife. RSVP required. 352-236-7148.

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general interest to the audience may also be addressed as time permits. 352-332-6917.

SOCIAL DANCE PARTY Wednesday, September 10 7:00pm – 9:00pm OCALA - Dancin’ Around Studio, 3960 S. Pine Ave. Come learn how to Salsa, Two Step, Fox Trot, Cha Cha and much more all for $10! Singles and couples are invited. Practice makes perfect! 352-690-6637.

PRIMETIME INSTITUTE CLASS Thursday, September 11 2:30pm - 4:00pm GAINESVILLE - Senior Recreation Center, 5701 NW 34th Blvd. Personal Disaster Preparedness. It is vitally important to be prepared for emergencies. David A. Donnelly, Emergency Management Director for Alachua County Fire-Rescue, will offer tips on how we can stay informed, have a plan, create a kit with needed supplies, and arrange for lines of communication with family and friends. 352-332-6917.

A DREAM JOB, TALKING WITH WRITERS Sunday, September 14 2:30pm - 4:00pm GAINESVILLE - Millhopper Branch Library, 3145 NW 43rd St. Hank Conner, host and producer of the radio program “Conner Calling,” will speak at the September meeting of the Writers Alliance of Gainesville about interviewing. Conner is retired from teaching courses in radio and television in the UF College of Journalism and Communications since 1966. His radio program, which airs Fridays from 1-2 pm on WUFT-FM, centers on the interaction between Conner and a literary guest. writersalliance.org.

PRIMETIME INSTITUTE CLASS Tuesday, September 16 2:30pm - 4:00pm GAINESVILLE - Senior Recreation Center, 5701 NW 34th Blvd. How to Recycle Right. Alachua County’s Waste Alternatives Team has helped to build our countywide recycling program for more than a decade through continued community education and outreach. Ever wonder why you’re not able to put plastic bags in the recycling bin? Or what the increasingly common expression “zero waste” really means? This presentation will cover the mysteries of recycling and will help show you how to reduce waste in your day-to-day lives. 352-332-6917.

Tuesday, September 9 2:30pm - 4:00pm GAINESVILLE - Senior Recreation Center, 5701 NW 34th Blvd. Elder Law. Scott Toney, Attorney with Toney Law Firm, will share some of his expertise on topics of interest to Seniors such as wills, revocable living trusts, irrevocable living trusts, Medicare planning, Medicaid qualifying, and beneficiary designations. Questions of

GAWN Wednesday, September 17 11:30am – 1:00pm GAINESVILLE - Sweetwater Branch Inn, 625 E University Ave. The Gainesville Area Women’s Network luncheon — third Wednesday each month. Attend for great networking and a hot lunch. Register: GAWN.org.

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Wednesday, September 17 5:30pm – 7:00pm JONESVILLE - Sabore Restraurant, 13005 SW 1st Rd. Come network with business professionals in a casual setting on the third Wednesday of each month. Invite your friends! Enjoy complimentary delicious hors d’oeuvres!

PRIMETIME INSTITUTE CLASS Thursday, September 18 2:30pm - 4:00pm GAINESVILLE - Senior Recreation Center, 5701 NW 34th Blvd. Emotion in Communication – Hearing What Isn’t Said. Susan Leon, PhD, of the VA Brain Rehabilitation Research Center, will present this month’s UF Institute on Agingsponsored program. The VA Center’s researchers work to improve current treatments as well as to create treatment innovations that may restore impairments caused by neurological diseases and injuries, such as stroke and incomplete spinal cord injury. 352-332-6917.

SPAGHETTI DINNER Friday, September 19

Portraits with Presence Sept 1 - 20 GAINESVILLE - Thomas Center, 302 NE 6th Ave. Presenting work from both emerging and established artists, “ABOUT FACE Portraits with Presence” is one of the most expansive exhibits in the 35-year history of the Thomas Center Galleries. Curated by Anne Gilroy, the exhibit reaches broadly in defining “portraiture.” The collection of work combines classical and traditional work with unexpected interpretations of portraiture in the artist’s enduring quest to capture the presence of a person in both onal nal two- and three-dimensional media edia. 352 393 media. 352-393-8532.

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4:00pm - 7:00pm n nter, WALDO - Waldo Baptist Church Family Life Center, 14370 Kennard St. Come enjoy a $7 spaghetti dinner, including salad, garlic toast, drink and dessert. A Waldo Historical Society fundraiser. Dinners are also made to go. 352-468-1910.

TOUR OF FLORIDA-FRIENDLY LANDSCAPES Saturday, September 20 8:15am – 1:00pm GAINESVILLE - Thelma Boltin Community Center, 516 NE 2nd Ave. The Alachua County Master Gardeners will be offering a tour of FloridaFriendly Landscapes™ in the Duck Pond area. These yards exemplify water conservation and environmentally friendly landscaping practices. Tour begins at the Thelma Boltin Center. Parking is limited; carpooling/biking/walking encouraged. Pre-register: 352-337-6209.

FOLK FESTIVAL Sunday, September 21 Noon - 8:00pm HIGH SPRINGS - Various locations. A different Folk artist will be performing at a different location throughout downtown High Springs. Come visit places you may have never seen, such as the Secret Garden and the High Springs Museum. The Headliner is Brian Smalley, 2013 Florida Folk Album of the Year Winner. Party afterward at the Great Outdoors Restaurant with specials, appetizers, and dinner with Brian. 352-275-4190.

Paint Out O at Kanapaha September 12 - 14 GAINESVILLE - Kanapaha Botanical Gardens, 4700 SW 58th Dr. Local landscape artists will be gathering to create live paintings. The three-day event is part of the 12th Worldwide Artist Paint Out, linking artists and locations all over the world and promoting art as a universal language that has no borders. Regular price admission for non-members and members are admitted free of charge.

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T Tioga’s Free Concert Series C Friday, Sept. 26 F 7:00pm – 10:00pm 7 J JONESVILLE - Town of Tioga. Bring your llawn awn chairs for a free concert series in tthe e park. Held the last Friday of each mo m onth in the Town of Tioga. month

Tuesday, September 23 2:30pm - 4:00pm GAINESVILLE - Senior Recreation Center, 5701 NW 34th Blvd. Relaxation and Inner Peace. Most of us know what stress is — we deal with it every day! But what do we DO about it? Lindsey Dhans, MOTR/L, Occupational Therapist for the Shands Rehab Brain Injury Team, will discuss the nature of stress and its clinical effects on the body. Learn about cu cultivating resiliency, participate in chair yoga, pra practice guided meditation, and discuss building our “Stress Toolbox.” 352-332-6917.

PRIMETIME INSTITUTE CLASS PRIME Thursday, September 25 Thursday 2:30pm - 4:00pm GAINESV GAINESVILLE - Senior Recreation Center, 5701 NW 34th Blvd. It’s Raining Cats and Dogs: English is a Confusing Language. Mary Lynne Moore, D Director of the International Learning Center, w will share some of the ups and downs that forei foreign students experience when they arrive at UF. The Center assists with the developm development of the students’ English language skills and with their cultural assimilation. Its staff and volunteer teachers also offer support as the stu students face daily struggles and work to realize the hopes they had in pursuing their educatio education in this country. 352-332-6917.

WOBtoberfest est Saturday, September ember 27

KYLE KINANE AT BOCA FIESTA 10:00am – 11:00pm

JONESVILLE - Tioga Town Center, 140 SW 128th St. Bring the family and come enjoy a 5K, live concerts, many games and of course, beer! The event will have a German flair to it and will all proceeds will benefit five local charities. 352-727-4714.

Butterflyfest Saturday, Oct. 4 10:00am - 5:00pm GAINESVILLE - Florida Museum Of Natural History. A celebration of wings and backyard things! Explore the lives of bats, bees, birds and butterflies at this fall’s ButterflyFest while celebrating wings, wildlife and biodiversity. Enjoy the Butterfly Plant Sale beginning Friday, Oct. 3 through Oct. 5, one of the Florida Museum’s largest plant sales of the year with more than 150 species available. Food and merchandise vendors available. Visit www. flmnh.ufl.edu/butterflyfest for more information.

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Thursday, September 25 Thursday 8:00pm GAINESVILLE - Boca Fiesta, 232 SE 1st St. The Backyard @ Boca Fiesta & Palomino. Kyle Kinane is a comedian seen on Comedy Central and Conan, as well as peddling his wares in lands near and far. 352-336-TACO. bocafiesta.com.

SWAMP CHOMP Friday, September 26 6:00pm - 10:00pm GAINESVILLE - Girls Place, 2101 NW 39th Ave. Swamp Chomp is a tailgating event where you get to meet and mingle with some of your favorite Gators and fans! Don’t miss out on live music and great food. Sponsorships are available and tickets are $50 in advance or $65 at the door. 352-373-4475.

ARTWALK GAINESVILLE Friday, September 26 7:00pm - 10:00pm GAINESVILLE - 104 SE 1st Ave. Free monthly self-guided tour that combines visual art, live performance and events. Held the last Friday of each month with many local galleries, eateries and businesses participating, Artwalk is an exciting, fun way to experience the amazing wealth of creativity the Gainesville community has to offer.

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10:00am – 5:00pm EARLETON - Greathouse Butterfly Farm, 20329 SR 26. Something for everyone! Enjoy delicious food, activities for all ages, educational talks and walks and three butterfly releases, which include a tag and release of monarch butterflies. Enjoy a delightful shopping experience with a variety of vendors, and don’t forget the Butterfly Emporium. Don’t miss this celebration of the enchanting monarch butterfly, and a most enjoyable time for the entire family.

3:00pm – 7:00pm OCALA - Palm Terrace at Hilton Ocala, 3600 SW 36th Ave. Beer lovers unite and come enjoy the largest craft beer selection in North Central Florida! Tickets are $45 and include unlimited sampling, appetizers, parking and live entertainment. Hotel packages are available at www.myq92.com/pages/brewfest-2014.

HARVEST HUSTLE DUATHLON/10K TRAIL RUN Sunday, September 28

COLOR RUN Saturday, September 27 9:00am GAINESVILLE - Bo Diddley Community Plaza. The Color Run, also known as the Happiest 5K on the Planet, is a unique paint race that celebrates healthiness, happiness and individuality. The start-line window will open at 9:00 am with waves going every few minutes until 9:30 am. Make sure you plan your day with plenty of time. At The Color Run, the start line is its own pre-race party with music, dancing, warm-up stretching and giveaways! The Color Run, a for profit company, works with charities, and is thrilled to be working with Peaceful Paths and Camp Kesem. Visit: thecolorrun.com/gainesville/2014-09-27/.

8:00am OCALA - Silver Springs State Park, 1425 NE 58th Ave. Come out and enjoy Marion County’s first Duathlon. This event consists of a 3.1-mile run, 15-mile bike, and 3.1-mile run bike through marshlands before trekking through a dense forest and trails. All proceeds will benefit United Way of Marion County. Register at www. active.com/ocala-fl/running/trail-run-races/ harvest-hustle-duathlon-10k-trail-run-2014.

PRIMETIME INSTITUTE CLASS Tuesday, September 30 2:30pm - 4:00pm GAINESVILLE - Senior Recreation Center, 5701 NW 34th Blvd.Introduction to Improv.

Learn some basics of the skills behind Second City and Whose Line Is It? This presentation by Karelisa Hartigan, Professor Emerita of Classics at UF and participant in the Arts in Medicine program at Shands, also offers some tips for everyday life. 352-332-6917.

PINK PUMPKIN PEDAL OFF Saturday, October 4 8:30am GAINESVILLE - UF Cancer and Genetics Research Complex, corner of Archer Rd. and Gale Lemerand Dr. Bicycle Rides of 22, 40, or 62.5 miles to support treatment-resistant breast cancer research. Register or donate at www. pinkpumpkinpedaloff.org or call 352-273-5718.

LUKE BRYAN FARM TOUR Saturday, October 4 Time TBA ARCHER - Whitehurst Cattle Farm, 9817 County Road, 346. For the sixth consecutive year country superstar Luke Bryan will launch a series of fall concerts this October known as the Farm Tour. A portion of the proceeds are granted for local college scholarships (“Luke Bryan Farm Tour Scholarship”) to students from a farming family within the communities the tour plays. www.lukebryan.com. s

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THEATRE

August Wilson’s most renowned work, “Fences” explores the life and relationships of the Maxson family. This moving drama earned Wilson his ﬁrst Pulitzer Prize.

Acrosstown Repertory Theatre.....................619 S. Main Street, Gainesville Curtis M. Phillips Center ........................................... 315 Hull Road, Gainesville Fine Arts Hall Theatre - SFC ........................... 3000 NW 83rd St., Gainesville Gainesville Community Playhouse ....... 4039 N.W. 16th Blvd., Gainesville Hippodrome State Theatre................................. 25 SE 2nd Place, Gainesville UF Constans Theatre ................................................. Museum Road, Gainesville Nadine McGuire Blackbox Theatre ................... Museum Road, Gainesville Actors’ Warehouse .............................................. 608 N. Main Street, Gainesville Ocala Civic Theatre ..................................4337 East Silver Springs Blvd., Ocala High Springs Community Theater .......... 130 NE 1st Avenue, High Springs

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John McCutcheon: Joe Hill’s Last Will September 3, 2014, 7:30 pm Multi-Grammy nominee and folk legend John McCutcheon portrays the most iconic songwriter of the American labor movement, Joe Hill, as he awaits execution in his jail cell for murders he claims he did not commit. McCutcheon brings this story of love, injustice and courage to life with tour-de-force acting, rich vocals and stellar instrumental skills.

GAINESVILLE COMMUNITY PLAYHOUSE

Les Misérables September 26 – October 19 Winner of more than 100 international awards and seen by over 65 million people worldwide, ”Les Misérables” sweeps its audience through an epic tale of broken dreams, passion and redemption, against the backdrop of a nation in the grip of revolution.

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Clybourne Park September 3 – September 28 The Hippodrome partners with the University of Florida School of Theatre and Dance on this landmark co-production. Clybourne Park is a wickedly funny,

Bobby Child, son of a wealthy banking family, is trying to make it big in the razzle-dazzle show-biz world of the

entertainingly provocative, and ﬁercely intelligent play about race, real estate, and the volatile values of each, and won nearly every honor the theatre has to offer, including the Olivier Award, the Evening Standard Award, and the Pulitzer Prize. Broadway’s hottest ticket will have all of Gainesville talking!

ACROSSTOWN REPERTORY THEATRE

True West August 22 – September 7 Here is a classic case of sibling rivalry. Austin, the screenwriter, reconciles with older brother, Lee, as their mother vacations in Alaska. Enter the producer, Saul, and things begin to churn. Witness the raw emotions that build to a head: can the two brothers coexist? What of the absent father? Will anyone survive the curse of the family and the battle between the old west and the new? “Shepard’s masterwork…. It tells us a truth, as glimpsed by a 37-yearold genius.” — New York Post

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Fences August 29 - September 14 Troy Maxson is a restless trashcollector and former baseball athlete. Though deeply ﬂawed, he represents the struggle for justice and fair treatment during the 1950s. Arguably

Zangler Follies in 1930s New York City — until his mother sends him to foreclose on the rundown Gaiety Theater in the sleepy former gold-mining town of Deadrock, Nevada. When he falls in love with spunky Polly Baker, the theater owner’s daughter, Bobby decides to put on a show to save the theater. Disguising himself as Mr. Zangler, Bobby pretends to be the show’s producer — until the real Zangler arrives. The glorious Gershwin score includes classics like “Someone To Watch Over Me,” “Embraceable You,” “I Got Rhythm,” “They Can’t Take That Away From Me,” and “Nice Work If You Can Get It.” From Big Apple stages to Wild West saloons, this energetic extravaganza of singing cowboys, tap-dancing showgirls, and screwball comedy is a funny and fabulous ﬁrecracker of an all-American musical. September 2014

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