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Tracing Your Roots Two Full-Length Feature Stories About Genealogy
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CONTENTS OCTOBER 2015 • VOL. 15 ISSUE 10
ON THE COVER – Katherine (Kay) Yates holds a brooch containing a photograph of her great-greatgrandfather, Henry Richardson, who was a POW during the Civil War. Later he purchased and built up two city blocks in High Springs, one of which now houses the Great Outdoors restaurant. PHOTO BY KRISTIN KOZELSKY
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Ties That Bind Local Family History BY KRISTIN KOZELSKY
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Veteran Clif Cormier From Iceland to Iwo and a Nixon Encounter, Marine Trudged Through World War II BY MICHAEL STONE
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The Language of Family Finding Italian Roots BY KRISTIN KOZELSKY
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Furrever Friends Finding Your Fuzzy Companion BY GABRIELLE CALISE
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FROM THE EDITOR œ ALBERT ISAAC
Finding Your Roots For those interested in tracing their genealogy, this issue of Senior Times offers a glimpse into some locals’ history as well as one author’s quest to find her roots in Italy. I’ve done a bit of digging. It began years ago, when I came upon a box of old negatives that belonged to my grandfather. What a treasure trove of family history! I had a darkroom, back in the day. Printing those old negatives was time consuming and involved some expense, but as a hobbyist I couldn’t get enough. Oftentimes I didn’t know who would be revealed in those old negatives until the image came to life in the chemicals of my developing tray. Wow! There’s grandma! There’s Dad, before I was born! There’s a group of complete strangers that I will likely never identify! There was no way I could print them all. But fast-forward a couple of decades and I’m now processing these images again, only this time without the need of chemicals or a darkroom. Now I can scan the negatives into my computer and within seconds see the mysterious faces
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immerge on my monitor. (I still have hundreds of negatives to sift through.) I also inherited the Family Bible, which has priceless information of my lineage, going back hundreds of years. Handwritten in flowing script. My, people had good handwriting back in the day. So I began compiling this information using a family tree program that took the guesswork out of figuring out who belonged to who. I was amazed by the information I have been able to gather — including photographs with names and places. While my efforts have dwindled in recent years, Mom has taken up the torch and has been diligently adding to the database. She has also named the individuals in the old photographs and included personal information that will prove invaluable to future generations — in fact, it is already invaluable to me. I’m so very fortunate that Mom can provide us with all of these wonderful stories (she’s writing a Family Tree book as well). Such stories are lost when family members pass away. How I wish I’d recorded my grandparents in their living years. Of course, recording equipment wasn’t as easy to come by in those days — and one certainly didn’t carry recorders around all the time, as we now do with our cell phones. You don’t want to wait. Now’s the time to tell your stories. Or to meet with your older relatives to learn their stories. Write them down. Make videos. Ask questions and record the answers. Perhaps even make a video of your own stories for future generations to see and hear. You’ll be glad you did. Find your roots. Happy digging!
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See You Next Fall Annie Edson Taylor, a 63-year-old schoolteacher who was strapped for cash and hoping for fame, became the first person to ride in a barrel down Niagara Falls this month in 1901. Taylor’s ride down the falls took 20 minutes to complete and inspired 15 copycats, of which only 10 survived. survived
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generous gift from the people of France to the United States, the Statue of Liberty was dedicated on October 28, 1886. La Liberté Éclairant Le Monde (French for Liberty Enlightening the World) was designed by French sculptor Fréderic-Auguste Bartholdi. An iconic symbol of freedom and hope, this Lady weighs in at 225 tons and stands at 111.5 feet tall with a 35-foot waistline.
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is United Nations Day, an annual ccelebration of the organization’s peacemaking efforts. The holiday falls on the anniversary of the Charter of the United Nations, which came into effect in 1945.
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Julie Andrews OCTOBER 1ST, 1935 British singer and actress Julie Andrews has achieved much success during her 80 years. She made her Broadway debut on the eve of her 19th birthday and soon began earning Tony Award nominations for her work in “Camelot” and “My Fair Lady.” Andrews went on to act in many feature films. Her starring roles in movies such as “Mary Poppins” and “The Sound of Music” influenced generations to come and attracted critical acclaim. Andrews’ signature vocal range was damaged Years Old during surgery in 1997. However, despite a period of sadness that followed her l loss, Andrews has not let this stop her. She has continued to act in films, as well as direct productions and write children’s books and an autobiography.
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Chuck Berry (89) October 18th, 1926
Vladimir Putin (63)
Jeff Goldblum (63)
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October 22nd, 1952
Angela Lansbury (90)
Pele (75) October 23rd, 1940
October 16th, 1925
Game show host Pat Sajak was born in Chicago on October 26th, 1946. He joined the U.S. Army in 1968 and worked as a disc jockey for the Armed Forces Radio. Upon returning to the United States, Sajak worked for several radio stations as on-air talent before Years Old transitioning to the television screen as a full-time weatherman. In the 1980s, Sajak replaced Wheel of Fortune host Chuck Woolery. He still hosts the show to this day.
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“Sometimes you just stumble into something that works, and here I am a quarter of a century later.” — PAT SAJAK
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COMMUNITY œ BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH
Do the Ride Thing PINK PUMPKIN PEDAL OFF RAISES MONEY AND AWARENESS FOR BREAST CANCER By Gabrielle Calise A sea of cyclists wearing pink jerseys and ribbons will descend upon Gainesville this month for the Pink Pumpkin Pedal Off charity bike ride. Barb Wills started the charity bike ride in 2010 to honor the memory of her mother, Susanna Wills. Since then, the annual event has raised over $50,000 in donations for cancer research. Held each October — Breast Cancer Awareness Month — the event raises donations for research conducted at the UF Health Cancer Center on treatment-resistant breast cancer. “Treatment-resistant breast cancers are aggressive and they’re deadly and they usually affect younger women,” Wills said. “In many cases, they end up causing children to be left without their mother, which is what happened to me and my family.” When it first started, the charity bike ride was coordinated with a University of Florida breast cancer awareness event called the Pink Pumpkin Painting Party. Even though the pumpkin painting event has been discontinued, the annual ride is still going strong. The first bike ride hosted 166 participants. For the event’s fourth year, around 500 riders are
expected to come out. Ninety-seven cents of each dollar raised goes directly to the cause. The money is given to local research groups as seed grants, which establish research foundations that make the groups eligible for larger government grants. “Our very first seed grant, about $15,000, ended up allowing the research group to be awarded a $1.6 million grant,” Wills said. “We don’t have to raise a million dollars to have a million-dollar impact.” Another goal of the event is to raise awareness. Riders will don bubble-gum pink jerseys and breast cancer ribbons to honor patients of the disease. Additionally, Wills said that she wants to encourage both women and men to get checked for breast cancer. For this year’s event on October 10, riders can choose one of three routes. Beginners may opt for a 22-mile course that includes the Gainesville Hawthorne Trail and the lush University of Florida campus. More ambitious riders can take on the 40- or 62.5-mile route, which includes rural North Florida roads and the wetlands around Newnans Lake. October 2015
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FAMILY MATTERS
Ties That Bind Local Family History
Story and Photography by Kristin Kozelsky
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ay Yates is a genealogy enthusiast — to say the least — and has traced her family’s history back over 30 generations. Her family has been in the High Springs/Newnansville area since before Gainesville was founded, and much of her family is still local. Similarly, Harriet Whitehurst Jones’s family has been in the Williston area for several generations. Both women can trace their families’ migration into Florida from the Carolinas around the time of the Civil War. “I think that today there’s a real renewed interest in genealogy,” Kay said. In Kay’s genealogy work, there are three main components. First, there is a pedigree chart that traces the family history from a single individual through his or her parents, grandparents, great grandparents, great-great-grandparents, etc., as far back as possible. On her own chart, she has been able to trace her roots back to England William the Conqueror. The second component consists of family group sheets that outline the immediate family members for each generation. These sheets describe the mother and father, when and where they were born, married, and died, and all of their children and children’s spouses birth, marriage, and death dates. Interesting or identifying notes may be made on these sheets. Thirdly, there are the narratives that tell the stories of the family, old news clippings, photographs, and other documents that help piece together a more cohesive picture of the family. Both sides of Kay’s family have been in Alachua County for five generations. Her great-great-grandfather, James Madison
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Richardson, brought is family down to Florida from South Carolina before the Civil War. He established a farm in High Springs, which he eventually gave to his adult sons and moved into Gainesville as the railroad was being built in the area and the county seat was moved from Newnansville to Gainesville. In Gainesville, he helped construct many of the original buildings for the town. In fact, he was commissioned to build a fence around the first town hall because hogs kept getting under the building and causing so much noise that it was nearly impossible to get anything done. The meeting minutes from 1868 requesting the commission are even available online. James Madison Richardson was also commissioned by PBH Dudley to construct a road from Archer to Gainesville. The youngest son of James Madison Richardson, Kay’s great-grandfather, had enlisted in the Confederacy and was
The men made the journey in a covered wagon first, and the women followed on the train. captured by Union soldiers and imprisoned in Indiana for the duration of the Civil War. Upon his return home, he received the Southern Cross of Honor for his time as a POW, which is currently in Kay’s possession. When Richardson returned to the farm in central Florida, he married, had children, and eventually purchased two city blocks in High Springs, which he gave to his sons so that they could set up businesses. Today, seniortimesmagazine.com
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Kay Yates (above), whose family helped build downtown High Springs in the 1800s. Kay has conducted extensive genealogical research on her family and keeps detailed documentation, including photographs, family group sheets and pedigree charts. She has traced her roots back to William the Conqueror.
these buildings house The Great Outdoors, the Opera House, and the Santa Fe Bicycle Outfitters. He also built houses for his two daughters adjacent to these blocks, and Kay still holds the deed to one of them. Harriet Whitehurst’s family also moved into Alachua County from the Carolinas. One side of her family, the Whitehursts, came into the area from Georgia and worked in the citrus industry until they were able to establish a farm in Williston by purchasing 10,000 clear-cut acres from Governor Cone. There they set up a successful cattle farm, which the family still owns and operates today. Harriet’s great-grandfather was born the year the Civil War ended (1865) and moved into the area after a house fire in Georgia. The men made the journey in a covered wagon first, and the women followed on the train. The family farm in Wil-
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liston now extends over 27,000 acres. At its peak, there were about 15 families that lived and worked on the farm and about 10,000 calves on the farm at one time. Harriet wears her greatgrandfather’s wedding band as her own wedding band. It still holds his initials. The Whitehursts had a commissary on the property from the time they purchased the land, which the farm families could walk to in order to purchase their groceries. The commissary building still stands today and was operational until recent times. Harriet recalls seeing big bags of dried rice and dried beans, canned foods, and hanging ham and bacon in the building when she was a child. The farm also produced its own cane syrup and vegetables. Harriet’s mother’s side of the family moved into Georgia from Indiana as part of an experimental community that brought seniortimesmagazine.com
Harriet Whitehurst Jones and her husband, Larry, on their farm in Williston. Harriet’s family came to northwest Gainesville and the Williston area in the 1800s.
families from the north and south together after the Civil War by providing them with land and funds to establish a new home and to help ease the tension between the two cultures. When Harriet’s maternal grandfather moved the family to Gainesville, they purchased land at the corner of what is today 39th Avenue and 34th Street. This area was used as farmland, irrigated by the nearby creek, and primarily grew vegetables. When the land was passed to Harriet’s generation, it was divided among the relatives. Much of the land was sold or developed into areas such as Elizabeth Gardens (named for Harriet’s grandmother), Willow Creek and Chateau Forest. As Kay Yates pointed out, there is certainly a renewed interest in family history and genealogy, particularly as it relates to local history. “I find that many people become interested in genealogy and trying to figure out where they came from and their family history as they get older in life, and they have missed a golden opportunity by not being able to talk with the generation or two above them,” Kay said. s
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ne of Kay Yates’s relatives worked as a spy for George Washington. For one wartime portrait of George Washington on a white horse, he was the man who “borrowed” the horse from the British for Washington to use for the portrait. Two of Kay’s relatives, Francis Cooke and his son John, were among the original passengers on the Mayflower in 1620. “It’s just amazing what you find out if you stick with it long enough, and marvelous stories that you can put together,” Kay said. ____ Kay’s family is also connected to the Dudleys of Dudley Farm. Yates and her daughter participate in living history reenactments there. Yates portrays her great-greatgrandmother Margaret and the lifestyle that she would have led in the mid-1800s. ____ When he was just 16, Harriet’s father — who was later a UF football player and WWII veteran with two medals of honor — would deliver cucumbers, zucchini and bell peppers to New York City to sell. His family worked with a broker up north and would purchase other goods that would be distributed in the South upon his return.
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Healthy Edge Do You Know Where Your Health Information Is?
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ow many doctors do you have? Did you know that, on average, Medicare patients have 6-7 doctors? Even if you only have 2-3 doctors, you’ve probably found that it can be difficult to track down health information when it’s needed for your care and safety. Thanks to the efforts of regional stakeholders and federal grant seed funding, North Central Florida residents may now electronically share their patient information and records with doctors and other health providers on a single system. Secure, private and released only with your permission, your relevant healthcare information can be available in one place. Free to you, the MyHealthStory system gives medical practices, case managers, and health service providers a way — with your consent — to share office information with you. The system also provides a means for healthcare professionals to share your information with one another — again only with your permission — to better coordinate your care. What information is included? MyHealthStory is able to include your up-to-date history of medical tests, list of prescriptions, summary of medical conditions, allergies to medications and advanced directives. It also provides a means for you to securely email your doctor’s practice to request appoint-
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ments or prescription renewals. “When a patient’s health information isn’t shared with the patient’s care team quickly, the patient’s health can suffer,” said Dr. David Willis, medical director of Heart of Florida Health Center. “MyHealthStory keeps the patient’s care team in the know.” If you’re an adult child who helps your parents manage their healthcare, MyHealthStory includes records for those dependents accessible from your account. All of MyHealthStory’s capabilities are “smartphone-friendly.” Compatible with any mobile device, you can add your own medications and allergies to a personal page so that any health provider to whom you give permission may view them. That way, you don’t have to recall the information from memory or carry around a list to show each new doctor. You can also add a history of recent medical tests from other doctors and post attachments. Got a nasty spider bite? Send a picture to your doctor. You can send practices messages securely with health information that you consider sensitive. This can all be done through a mobile device or through any Internet connection. As noted above, with proper consents, it’s a simple matter for adult children to help manage their older parents’ health-
care information or their own dependent children’s information. It’s all kept in one place that is convenient, secure and private. MyHealthStory is currently being made available throughout Alachua and Marion Counties and beyond through two health partner coalitions: WellFlorida Council and Measure Up Marion County. MyHealthStory is working with University of Florida and University of South Florida to improve health outcomes. It’s also part of $7.9 Million grant awarded to University of Florida to expand OneFlorida. OneFlorida is a consortium that represents over 50 percent of Florida’s patients and aligns diverse partners to provide the organizational infrastructure needed to improve healthcare in Florida. MyHealthStory is the same technology used by the Department of Defense so that service-men and –women worldwide can access their medical information. It’s also available to Veterans who want to make sure their civilian doctors have access to their VA records. To learn more about MyHealthStory, contact me at kendrasm@wellflorida. org. To register for MyHealthStory, click on the MyHealthStory icon on the right rail of the communityhealthit. org website. You will be taken into the secure MyHealthStory portal from there. It only takes a couple minutes to register. And, you don’t have to enter everything in all at once; it saves your information for you. Give you and your family a healthy edge by making sure that you and your doctors have access to your RELEVANT health information whenever and wherever it’s needed. s Kendra Siler-Marsiglio, PhD, HCC is the President of CommunityHealth IT and the Director of Rural Health Partnership at WellFlorida Council.
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Tinseltown Talks Last of ‘The Honeymooners’ by Nick Thomas
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rom “I Love Lucy” and “All in the Family” to “Married with Children” and “Seinfeld,” structuring a sitcom around four lead characters often proved a successful formula. “It was the perfect format for ‘The Honeymooners,’” said Joyce Randolph, who starred as Trixie in the popular 1950s series based on two tenementdwelling couples — the Kramdens and the Nortons. As the sole surviving member of the original series cast — which included Jackie Gleason, Art Carney and Audrey Meadows — Randolph, who turned 90 last year, continues to be identified with the show. “I worked mostly in theater and early TV, but people still recognize me as Trixie,” Randolph said. “I’m amazed by the show’s longevity.” “The Honeymooners” was originally a series of short sketches on the DuMont Network’s “Cavalcade of Stars,” and later featured regularly on “The Jackie Gleason Show” at CBS. “I had done a breath mint commercial and got a call that Jackie wanted ‘that serious actor’ to audition for a skit called ‘The Honeymooners’ and to play the sewer worker’s wife,” recalled Randolph. “It didn’t pay much and my character was less developed than the other three, but I was happy to have a job.” Gleason soon recognized that the chemistry between himself, Carney,
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Jackie Gleason, Art Carney, Audrey Meadows and Joyce Randolph in The Honeymooners CBS.
Meadows and Randolph had sitcom potential, and expanded “The Honeymooners” into a half-hour series that ran initially for 39 episodes during 1955-1956. The show was filmed with a live audience at the Adelphi Theater in Manhattan, and generally without full rehearsals. “Jackie hated to rehearse and wanted shows to be spontaneous, so Art, Audrey and me would go over the script together on Saturday mornings,” Randolph said. “Jackie ran everything and nobody
told him what to do. He was extremely talented, and for a big guy was incredibly light on his feet doing physical comedy. For one roller-skating skit, I went with Art and Audrey to practice at a rollerskating palace here in New York. But we never saw Jackie practice. He just came out on the skates and amazed us.” Gleason, however, was not the most convivial of coworkers. “Jackie was a very strange man, not overly friendly and very moody,” Ranseniortimesmagazine.com
dolph said. “He just never sat around and talked. Andrey was very professional and would have the whole script memorized. If Jackie forgot a line, she got him back on track. Art was quiet and it was well-known he had a long history of problems with alcohol, but was a wonderful and talented guy.” And while fans like to imagine their sitcom stars from a favorite show palling around after hours, that wasn’t the case with “The Honeymooners” foursome. “We just didn’t hang out,” Randolph said. “At 9 o’clock, when we finished filming, we all went our own way.” Randolph continued in the role when it once again became part of a new Jackie Gleason show. But when Gleason moved to Florida and revived “The Honeymooners” in several TV movies and in another show from 1966-1970, Randolph wasn’t invited. “Years later I saw Audrey and she said Jackie had looked for me, but couldn’t
find me,” Randolph recalled. “Well, that was a lot of nonsense. Jackie wanted to use his long-time friend Jane Kean to play Trixie, and that’s what he did. But that was fine with me because I wasn’t going to move from New York where my husband had his job and I was happily raising my son.” Today, when she ventures from her New York apartment of 55 years, Randolph happily greets devoted Honeymooners’ fans. “Strangers still come up and want to hug and kiss me and tell me how much they love the show,” she said. “You learn to accept it, but it’s fun and people are nice. The show continues to influence my life.” s Nick Thomas teaches at Auburn University at Montgomery, Ala., and has written features, columns, and interviews for over
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Veteran Clif Cormier From Iceland to Iwo and a Nixon Encounter, Marine Trudged Through World War II Story and Photography by Michael Stone
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it was pretty awful.” By the night of Feb. 19, 1945, more than 550 Marines were dead — about 8 percent of the 6,800 who would lose their lives in the five-week battle — and 1,800 wounded. “In the context of what actually happened, it wasn’t all that many (losses),” Cormier, 96, said from his well-kept southwest Gainesville home, maybe a dozen military medals hanging in a frame across the room. “It could have been a lot worse. That’s what everybody thought when the first day ended.” Cormier, then an artillery officer in the 3rd Marine Division, is one of the 70,000 men, the most ever gathered for a Marine operation, who saw action in the Battle of Iwo Jima during World War II. While Iwo is the most well-known operation he was involved in, Cormier also took part in Bougainville, Guam
“I could actually see bodies being flung around like a rag doll. I’ll tell you, it was pretty awful.” and the pre-war guarding of England’s facilities in Iceland — events that, while widely participated in at the time, are becoming increasingly rare to hear about firsthand as the original WWII veteran total of 16 million has dropped into the hundreds of thousands. In 1938, to get out of rural Louisiana and captivated by recruitment posters, Cormier enlisted in the Marines. Eventuseniortimesmagazine.com
World War II and Korean War veteran Clif Cormier (right) took the photos of children and an artillery post during his time in Korea.
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“To be honest with you, because of the (cold and snowy) weather, we didn’t do a hell of a lot, except sit around and get in trouble.”
ally, as the war heated up in Europe, the U.S., while claiming neutrality, helped England in several ways, including contributing 4,100 Marines to protect Iceland. Iceland had in effect been neutral, but because of its proximity to Atlantic shipping lanes from North America to England, the English military seized control of the island to prevent the Germans from doing so. But the constant threat from Germany meant the troops were needed back home, so the British called on the U.S. to aid by protecting Iceland. In July 1941, months before Pearl Harbor, the Marines arrived on the north Atlantic island. The Germans never attacked Iceland, and Cormier remembered his time in Reykjavik, the capital, as largely uneventful, concerned with roll calls, inspections, keeping up the U.S. encampment and other odds and ends. “To be honest with you, because of the (cold and snowy) weather, we didn’t do a hell of a lot, except sit around and get in trouble,” he said, noting one specific instance of a pugnacious fellow Marine having a few drinks and finding a reason to start a fight that got Cormier and some others confined to quarters.
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One freezing-cold day in December, while helping unload supplies from port for the Army troops who would soon replace the Marines, Cormier went aboard ship for a hot cup of coffee. There, over a radio bulletin, he heard about Pearl Harbor. Nevertheless, he and the other 50 or so unloaders went on with their work, and as they wrapped up that evening, a howling storm moved in, preventing them from heading back to base. “My views of the Army changed (that night) ‘cause they issued us sleeping bags, they fed us a hot meal, we got in a warm Quonset hut, and we had it pretty damn nice,” Cormier said. “And I’m trying to sleep, and all we’re thinking about is, ‘We’re in war! War has started. We’re stuck here in Iceland. We don’t like it, but there’s nothing we can do about it.’” By March 1942, all the Marines on Iceland had made it back to the U.S., but it wouldn’t be until March 1943 that Cormier would head to the Pacific. His first stop: New Zealand, where all the men were gone. “There were no male troops. They were all fighting with the British up the Mediterranean area. … So you can imagine a bunch of hardy Marines and all these women. I was pretty true seniortimesmagazine.com
(Left) A painting of Cormier in full military dress hangs in the living room of his southwest Gainesville home. (Right) Cormier poses beside a Jeep in a photo from his time in the Korean War.
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what the guy looked like, and years later, I read that Richard Nixon’s job had been a loading officer on the airfield at Bougainville. So I put two and two together, and I know it was him.” After recovering in the New Caledonia archipelago, he’d return to combat by mid-1944, participating in the Battle of Guam and, in February and March 1945, Iwo Jima. Though he watched the horror of the Iwo’s first days from afar, he was sent in on the fifth day, just in time to witness the famous flag raising on Mount Suribachi. Within the first hour after landing, he was rushed into battle to participate in taking the second of the three airfields on the island. Cormier’s job was forward communications for the artillery, so he would advance just behind the line and unspool a wire as he went to signal back to the command post. When he arrived at the airfield, many other Marines were already assembled at the edge, ready to attack; when the order came, they charged forward. Cormier remembered dodging endless shrapnel from the U.S. bombings and jumping over a Marine armed with a flamethrower whose body was severely burned by his tank being hit and exploding. “Somehow, we had made it across the airfield, and the Japs were in a trench on the other side,” Cormier said. “Our guys went in after them with machine guns, Browning automatic
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constantly broke out among the students. “That’s where the fireworks were, (and) there were plenty of them,” he said. Once, while reporting at GHS, Cormier walked out to find teenage black Americans surrounding his Ford Mustang. “I said, ‘Excuse me, I’ve got to go, and I need my car, if you don’t mind,’” he recalled. “They looked at me kind of hard, and finally, they started unfurling themselves from the car. I was able to get out and drive away.” The Sun assumed a pro-desegregation stance and was met with much criticism from “typical Southern anti-black” people, once even having the building’s wires chopped with an axe, Cormier said. In retirement, he wrote the book “A Postcard from Joseph” and has been active in veteran activities, including forming the organization Iwo Trio with Alachua County Iwo vets Bob Gasche and Clair Chaffin, who passed away in 2009 at age 83. “We have a camaraderie, if you will, because of what we went through — one of the toughest battles in the Marine Corps,” Gasche said. “Certainly there’s a bonding when we meet, and we can just feel the bond that prevails on the part of the veterans who have been through such intense enemy fire.” With all he encountered, Cormier said he doesn’t know how to explain emerging from the war with just the broken arm. “I was right up there where people were getting killed,” he said. “I can’t describe the feeling of not having been hit considering what I went through.” s October 2015
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Peaceful Paths is a certified domestic abuse network that serves survivors of domestic violence in Alachua, Bradford, and Union counties. Peaceful Paths provides a wide range of services including emergency shelter, transitional housing, crisis hotline, victim advocacy, children’s programming, education and training, counseling and support groups, community awareness and intervention, violence prevention programs, and batterer’s intervention programming. This important organization strives to promote relationships free of violence and control by providing a safe place to receive intervention, advocacy, and education services using prevention strategies and community partnerships. In 1974, Janet delivered one of the first domestic violence victims to a new sheltering organization known as SPARC, and she has maintained a significant concern for victims of domestic violence ever since. In 2000, SPARC transitioned into Peaceful Paths. Together, the two organizations have helped thousands of domestic violence victims right here in our community. Most recently, Janet was involved in the development of Peaceful Paths’ (insert the name here) Emergency Services Campus, a 4-year project that offers victims of domestic violence an expanded housing campus. “The impact of the campus will be substantial”, stated Dr. Theresa Beachy, Executive Director of Peaceful Paths. “We anticipate serving 300 adult and child survivors seniortimesmagazine.com
annually with residential services.” Although money had been donated and raised for the land, building and construction efforts, additional fundraising is always needed. Knowing this, Janet spearheaded an additional fundraising campaign. As a board member with SunState Federal Credit Union, she was well aware of the credit union’s commitment to our community. She knew her fellow Board Members would do all they could to help, especially if they knew she was willing to bac k her comments with a cash. With that in mind, Janet and her husband personally donated $2,000, then challenged SunState to do the same. As she expected, the credit union rose to the occasion and matched her donation. Her real surprise, though, came from the individual employees at SunState. SunState Federal Credit Union Employees Charities of Choice donations are funded by the credit union’s individual employees in the form of automated payroll deductions. The employees themselves determine where donations are made and which groups benefit. When the employees found out about Janet and Swede’s personal commitment, and the credit union’s match, they, too, appropriated a $2,000 donation from the employee fund. In all, $6,000 was raised thanks to the generous contributions from Janet and Swede Larson, the Board of Directors, and the employees of SunState Federal Credit Union. “Peaceful Paths is just an incredible organization that I am so happy to serve and to help’, Janet said, ‘and I just can’t say enough about how proud I am of SunState as an organization, and the individual employees especially for stepping up in this situation. ‘People helping People’ has been a saying associated with credit unions for over 75 years, and nowhere is it more alive and put into practice than at SunState Federal Credit Union.” If you are not familiar with Peaceful Paths and the tremendous service they provide in our community, Janet and Swede Larson, and everyone associated with SunState Federal Credit Union, encourage you to find out more at www.PeacefulPaths.org. If at all possible, make a donation of time or money to help further their good work. If you are interested in some of the other community projects/organizations SunState is currently working to promote and help, look up their Charity of the Month program on the credit union’s Facebook page at www.facebook. com/sunstatefcu.
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n the summer of 2012, my Aunt Marie finished her doctoral degree and decided that the best way to celebrate would be to visit Europe for the first time, including a trip to Italy to see the villages that our family came from. My brother (Mike), his now wife (Sam), and I all jumped at the opportunity to join her for the Italian portion of the trip. I can’t express how thankful I am that we did. Prior to the trip, we knew that my maternal great-grandparents — Carolina Ciarlone and Pasquale Amoruso — had separately emigrated from Italy. We knew the name of the villages (Roccasicura and Ripabottoni), their birth dates, and their siblings’ names, but we didn’t know their parents’ names or any other specific details. Armed with minimal information, no actual knowledge of Italian, and t-shirts that my aunt had made up that said ‘We are looking for the Ciarlone family’ and ‘We are looking for the Amoruso family’ in Italian, we made our journey. We met in Rome and rented a car with the least helpful GPS
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The village of Roccasicura in central Italy is built into an outcropping of rock. This was the starting point for exploring our family’s history.
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Antonia (above) located the birth record of my great-grandmother. The church window (above right) depicts emigration from the village in the 1900s, which my family participated in.
I’ve ever encountered and set off for the mountainous region of Italy between Rome and Naples. Both villages were in this region. Mike, Sam, and I were VERY skeptical about the shirts — we’d all been to Europe before and did not expect anyone to give us the time of day, let alone help us because we were wearing a shirt with some Italian on it… boy, were we wrong! Our first full day, my aunt and uncle donned their shirts and we made our way toward Roccasicura with our almost, but not entirely, useless GPS. After many switchbacks (and a number of wrong turns) on quiet mountain roads, we arrived at the village. Once we found the little town, we stopped on the outskirts to park the car, take a few pictures, and take in the view. It was unlike anything I’d seen before; it looked like something out of a movie. We could not believe that THIS is where our family was from! The village was built up on an outcropping of rock, and the clock tower and other buildings were constructed from the outcropping, so that they were a mix of natural rock and cut stone masonry.
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With no plans in particular, we walked a little deeper into town and happened to hang a left. We walked down a narrow road that opened up into a small square. In the square, a dog (Chico), and his elderly owner greeted us. The man read our shirts and indicated that Ciarlones did live in the town. Fortunately, we also ran into an American named Stuart who was staying in town with his wife, Anna. Anna’s family was from the town and she still owned the family house there, right on this square. The two of them were able to translate and help us track down people who knew the history of families in the town. One of them was an older man named Antonio, who unfortunately couldn’t help us without the names of our greatgrandmother’s parents, which we didn’t know, but I am sure he would have plenty of stories if we did. We decided to try the records in the municipal office at the top of the square. By the time we made this decision, we had a small group of folks gathering around to see what was going on. In the municipal office, we met Antonia, who was extremeseniortimesmagazine.com
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Maria Amoruso helps us locate my great-grandfather’s records. The map shows the locations of the two villages my family is from, Roccasicura and Rippabotoni.
the elderly ladies we had met earlier — came in and started explaining what was depicted in the stained glass windows to me, in Italian. They were pretty disappointed that our family had lost the ability to speak Italian, and of course the one foreign language I am actually conversant in — Czech — was no help at all. Fortunately, between the Spanish and Latin I had studied in school and my ability to pick up language cues after having lived in a country where I had to learn the language on the fly, I was able to more or less follow what she was saying and translate to my family, though I couldn’t actually respond to her in Italian. Eva explained to us that the windows in the church were fairly new and donated by the emigrants from this village, probably to commemorate the 100 year anniversary of the wave of emigration that happened in the early 1900s. Several windows were related to the church and traditional Catholic themes, but the first three windows depicted the emigrants leaving the village from this main square, their entrance into the U.S. at Ellis Island, and the villagers that were left behind. Clearly, the emigration that my great-grandmother’s family was a part of had a huge impact on this community. After our tour of the church, we grabbed a bite to eat and were invited into Stuart and Anna’s house for some espresso and biscuits. They were so incredibly friendly, welcoming, and helpful; it was wonderful to sit with them and learn their story. I’d love to be their neighbor in Roccasicura one day.
The next day we visited Ripabottoni. Mike, Sam, and I all wore our “Cerchiamo la Famiglia Amoruso” shirts after having so much success the previous day. This was our greatgrandfather’s village. Again, we wound our way through many switchbacks up to the top of an old mountain to the town. It was surprising to me how dry the landscape was in this part of the country as compared to the other areas we had seen, which had some similar vegetation to what we have in Florida, including oleander, confederate jasmine, mimosa trees and lantana. As with our great-grandmother, we only knew our great-grandfather’s name, birth date, and brother’s name. Unfortunately, we did not have quite as much luck in this village, but we were still able to track down a little information. We had parked in a lot near the highest point in town and started exploring the village. As we were walking toward the municipal building, someone saw our shirts and found a woman to help us. Her name? Maria Amoruso. Given that my great-grandfather’s name was Amoruso and the Italian side of our family is chock full of Maries and Marys, we thought she was definitely the person we should be speaking with! Maria worked in the municipal office, spoke a bit of English, and was able to find and show us the birth record of our greatgrandfather, Pasquale Amoruso. Apparently Ripabottoni is full of Amorusos that may or may not be related, so it was hard to get much more specific information. Maria also gave us a hard-
I would strongly encourage anyone who has the opportunity to make the effort to visit the places that your family came from and experience your family history.
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cover book about the history of the town, which she signed. While we were there, someone did get in touch with a woman who spoke English and who was going to set up a meeting for us with another Amoruso in the village, but unfortunately it was late in the day, so the town was shutting down for the afternoon and we needed to get going because we were heading back toward Rome, so we were never able to connect. I would have loved to meet someone else from the village and learn more about its history and how it may relate to our family. An interesting postscript is that both Carolina and her sister and Pasquale and his bother immigrated to Newport, RI, where Carolina and Pasquale met, married, and started a family. My grandmother was born in Newport and her family later moved to Somerville, MA, where she met my grandfather. After they married and started a family, they moved to Rochester, NY, where I am from. In 2001, I moved to Boston for a year with a couple of friends. Not knowing anything about the area or my family’s history, we rented an apartment in Somerville, which turned out to be less than a mile from where my grandparents went to high school. My sister Mara and her husband, who live in Mobile, AL and who were also unaware of the family history, decided to purchase a rental property in Newport. It turns out that their house is a short walk from where Carolina and Pasquale lived. Now when we visit Newport, we’re able to walk the same streets as they did and stand on the same street corner where my great-grandfather had his barbershop. I would strongly encourage anyone who has the opportunity to make the effort to visit the places that your family came from and experience your family history, even if it only entails seeing the country or town that they came from. It deďŹ nitely changes your perspective and helps you understand your roots. s
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BARKTOBERFEST
Furrever Friends Finding Your Fuzzy Companion
Story and Photography By Gabrielle Calise
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etired postmaster Leda Carrero has been a dog lover for her entire life. At 72 years of age, she hasn’t stopped taking in animals in need. There’s Sparky, a timid but sweet rat terrier that was found living in a house with 52 other dogs. Pogo, a spunky Jack Russell mix, had a hernia the size of Carrero’s thumb, which made him unappealing to other potential adopters. And then there’s Scout, a flea-ridden puppy that Carrero found living under a car in a parking lot. Carrero currently cares for five pups with her partner in High Springs. Needless to say, pet adoption is something near and dear to her heart. “It’s a great, great thing to do,” Carrero said. “It nourishes you, it nourishes the animal, it brings love into your home.” With Adopt a Dog Month falling in October, there’s no better time to think about taking in a furry friend in need. Adoption is a great option for Seniors who are looking for a loving addition to their lives. But while most people gravitate towards cute and wiggly puppies, there are many older or disabled dogs that are in need of a loving home too. Margot Wilder, Director of Development at the Alachua County Humane Society (ACHS), said that pet adoption can be beneficial to Seniors. She especially recommends looking
into adopting older animals. “It’s really important that [senior citizens] have a companion, and senior animals can be a really good fit,” said Wilder. While puppies can be adorable, their more mature counterparts require much less work. And many shelters are already bursting with older dogs in need of homes. To help alleviate this problem, the ACHS is running a special for the month of October: all dogs over the age of 12 months cost just $25 to adopt. The adoption process starts with meeting a variety of animals. At ACHS, visitors can snuggle with felines in the kitten room, stroll through the selection of dogs in the kennel section and pet puppies in the play area. Potential adopters can also speak with onsite adoption counsellors to determine the kind of pet that would best fit their lifestyle. “Here at the ACHS what we’re trying to do is matchmaking,” Wilder said. “We’re trying to find just the right animal for just the right person so it can be a lifelong friendship.” Each adoptable animal at ACHS is spayed or neutered, with a microchip installed and up-to-date vaccinations. “By adopting from the Humane Society, or any other rescue group that provides spaying or neutering, vaccines and microchipping, you’re literally saving lives,” Wilder said.
“It’s really important that [senior citizens] have a companion, and senior animals can be a really good fit.”
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There are many adoption agencies and resources that offer similar services. Lucie and Paul Regensdorf, owners of the Grady House Historic Bed and Breakfast in High Springs, have been adopting dogs from a Miami-based group called Dalmatian Rescue for nearly two decades. The Rescue is a no-kill nonprofit organization devoted to finding homes for Dalmatians. After taking home their first dog from the rescue group in the mid-1990s (a deaf dog named Cheyanne), the Regensdorfs have returned to the organization again and again, adopting a total of 10 spotted dogs. “We just really liked that breed and just kind of kept with that,” Lucie said. “They’re just wonderful dogs.” The Regensdorfs currently house four friendly Dalmatians that are very popular among the guests. Their latest fourlegged companion is a 14-year-old Dalmatian named Jackie.
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This older pooch hobbles around and suffers from cataracts and arthritis. The Regensdorfs are happy to provide Jackie a comfortable home for her final years. “People don’t typically want to adopt older dogs,” Lucie said. “We found a place in our heart for her and a place in our home.” Of course, adoption isn’t for everyone. Circumstances such as finicky landlords, busy schedules, or loved ones with allergies can prevent animal lovers from taking home their own new friend. But that doesn’t mean people can’t celebrate Adopt-ADog Month or help animals in other ways throughout the year. Consider donating items such as towels, chicken broth and peanut butter to local animal shelters. Or find time to volunteer at an adoption agency such as the ACHS. “Anything that you can think of that might need to be done seniortimesmagazine.com
7 th Annual
MUTTS & PUPS
Dog Show ogs howling along to o live accordion music, an owner/ st, and pet lookalike contest, p th that at a trophy awarded to the pup gives the best kisses. These were just some of the revistrange sights witnessed at p previhows. ous Mutts and Pups Dog Shows. n to The annual event will return th year on High Springs for its seventh me to October 17th. All dogs are welcome join in on the fun. “The event is intended to focus on mutts particularly, although we do have pedigree dogs that participate,” said Leda Carrero, the Mutts and Pups Dog Show producer and director. Carrero started the event eight years ago to celebrate and promote the adoption of mutts. “I have always had mutts, but I never had a place to showcase them,” Carrero said. “I decided to create this event…to show that they are just as talented, just as attractive, just as loving as pedigree dogs.” For an entrance fee of $5, dogs can compete for trophies in a range of categories from Too Cute for Words to Best Trick to Best Kiss. A panel of three judges, including this year’s celebrity judge, WOW 104.9 disc jockey Wolf Bowers, will select winners. The City of High Springs put on the first six shows, but when the event didn’t happen last year, Carrero decided to start it up again on her own. This year, Carrero wants 100 percent of the proceeds to benefit Phoenix Animal Rescue. “This is a great, great fun event. People just love it,” Carrero said. “I’m very pleased to be able to bring it back.”
D The ACHS is a no-kill shelter that prepares dogs and cats from the Alachua County Animal Services for adoption. Kennel technician Greg Bauer holds Daisy, an 8-year-old Maltese with cataracts. Daisy came to ACHS with nine other animals that had been living in the home of a hoarder.
— we need volunteers to help us do that here,” Wilder said. “Whether its playing with the cats and helping to keep the cat litter clean, to walking dogs and helping with our kennel staff, to even assisting our administrative staff at the front desk or volunteering at our thrift shop.” Seniors can also provide temporary homes through a fostering program. “We encourage people to foster,” said Greg Bauer, a kennel technician at ACHS. “It’s a great way to see if a dog is a good fit for your lifestyle.” However, for those who end up falling in love with a foster dog, this could be a sign to look into a more permanent arrangement. “If you bond with an animal, that’s telling you that it’s time to adopt,” Carrero said. “If you make that connection, that to me is a signal that that’s the dog for you.” s
The Seventh Annual Mutts & Pups Dog Show Saturday, October 17 Registration begins at 9 am. Plantation Oaks Senior Living Residence 201 NE 1st Ave., High Springs October 2015
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COLUMN œ DONNA BONNELL
Embracing Life Put Pain in its Place
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erman philosopher, Friedrich Nietzsche, said, “That which does not kill us, makes us stronger.” For 50 years I lived by Nietzsche’s theory. My routine prayers were for strength. God granted me many opportunities to build tough emotional muscles through painful tribulations. He molded me into a strong, independent woman, thus receiving exactly what I requested. Those are admirable qualities if accompanied with a positive self-image. Unfortunately, I lacked self-confidence. A viscous circle consumed my life. I allowed folks to take advantage of me, tolerated their psychological punches and endured the pain. I yearned to earn the love others. My mantra was, “no pain, no gain.” A decade ago extreme exhaustion led me to question if I really needed pain to progress. Was this a self-imposed criterion? I sought assistance on many levels. First, a spiritual mentor suggested I pray for peace, love and happiness. God had already provided me with enough strength. That task took a great deal of devoted divine time. Meditating was a slow enlightening method that enabled me to evaluate my role. My craving to be needed will always be a part of my psyche. Today, however, I do not carry the heavy burden of fixing everyone’s problems. Second, I went to a counselor to discover why I felt so driven to hard
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work for acceptance. Through therapy, I learned, due to childhood experiences out of my control, my behavior became martyr-like. She explained it was my coping mechanism for survival. Furthermore, as strange as it sounds, I began to enjoy the pain. It became an addiction. The tough part was accepting my responsibility in overcoming those longterm embedded feelings. While how my personality developed was not my fault,
I agree with Oprah Winfrey: “Turn your wounds into wisdom.” I had to take ownership in order to initiate change. It took a while, but I stopped placing blame and refocused my energy. I worked hard on myself rather than everyone else. Like any other addiction, it is a lifelong struggle. I have come a long way in equalizing my emotional scale. Experiencing joy is much more important than attracting pain. Third, I studied the works of masters. There are many theories, but no specific scientific conclusions. Even the definition is complicated. Basically, pain is an unpleasant feeling conveyed to the brain. Its evolutionary purpose is to signal injury. The complexity comes in the opinion that it is more than a sensa-
tion. Pain also includes perception — the subjective interpretation of discomfort. Pain is acknowledged when associated with injury or illness. But, misunderstood when accompanied with a psychological condition. Volumes exist on tolerance levels, the ability to feel the pain of others, post dramatic growth, etc. My conclusion — all pain is real and an individual experience. It is how we deal with suffering that matters. Unfortunately, many people choose unpleasant avenues of coping. Substance abuse to dull the pain is devastating. Others feel helpless and resort to suicide. Ideally, we must learn how to put pain in a positive place. Certainly professional help is recommended. However, there are many methods. Folks write in journals, craft emotionally powerful greeting cards, compose poetry or song lyrics. One friend has boxes of notes written about painful incidences. Another places pain in a mental folder to deal with when appropriate. Whatever means works, the value of the event is never lessened. After treatment and healing, what should we do next? I agree with Oprah Winfrey: “Turn your wounds into wisdom.” Regular readers know sharing my challenges in this column is my way of providing hope to readers. Many walk in groups to raise money for research to find cures and promote awareness of illnesses. Survivors reach out to others who are experiencing similar pain. The opportunities are endless. After experiencing pain and gaining that proverbial strength, I fully embrace happiness. My goal is to continue to share my hard-earned wisdom and pray my readers will do the same. 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 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.
DAR Wednesdays 11:00am - 1:00pm GAINESVILLE - Wesley United Methodist Church, NW 23rd Ave. Gainesville Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution meet on the second Wednesday of each month, October through May. gainesvilleDAR@gmail.com.
GAINESVILLE HARMONY SHOW CHORUS Thursdays 7:00pm – 9:30pm GAINESVILLE - Grace Presbyterian Church, 3146 NW 13th St. For all who are interested in learning and singing Women’s A Cappella Barbershop Harmony Music. For information call Beckie at 352-318-1281.
GARDENING Thursdays in October 1:00pm – 2:00pm OCALA - Freedom Library, 2720 E. Silver Springs Blvd. These events cover all things gardening: fertilizer, mulch, wildlife, pests, compost, annuals, perennials and pollinators. Door prizes will be awarded each session. Info: Terry at 352-671-8400.
LADY GAMERS Fridays 1:00pm HIGH SPRINGS - New Century Woman’s Club, 40 NW 1st Ave. The Lady Gamers meet for fun, friendship and food. Everyone is invited. Meet old friends and make some new ones.
AQUIFERious is an expansive, multi-disciplinary exhibition to be presented in both the Main and Mezzanine Galleries and is based on her award-winning book of the same title featuring her large-scale paintings based on our region’s springs, as well the work of the world-renowned photographers, filmmakers and cartographers that have inspired her.
THE IMPOSTERS (THE BEATLES TRIBUTE BAND) Friday, October 2 8:00pm GAINESVILLE - 100 SW 2nd Ave. Downtown Concert Series presents: The Impostors. Enjoy a wide selection of The Beatles’ favorites from the popular hits of the early heydays. The band is known to occasionally throw in some great covers of other groups such as The Byrds, The Hollies, Jimi Hendrix, Neil Young and The Left Banke.
YARD SALE Saturday, October 3 8:00am – 2:00pm HIGH SPRINGS - The GFWC High Springs New Century Woman’s Club, 40 NW First Ave. Collectables, Housewares, Decorations, Ladies Boutique and more. 386-454-0794.
QUILT DAY AND ANTIQUE SHOW Saturday, October 3 9:30am to 2:30pm NEWBERRY - Dudley Farm Historic State Park, 18730 W. Newberry Rd. Featuring popular quilts representative of the Dudley era. Bring your quilt. Historical skills demonstrations, such as pine needle basket weaving, palm weaving, tatting, spinning, quilting, inkle loom & cornhusk brooms. Quilts for sale, quilt-related vendors and more. Admission - $5.00 per car up to 8 occupants. 352-472-1142. www.friendsofdudleyfarm.org.
KANAPAHA GARDENS GUIDED WALK
AQUIFERIOUS EXHIBITION
Saturday, October 3
October through January 6
10:00am – 12:00pm GAINESVILLE - Kanapaha Botanical Gardens, 4700 SW 58th Dr. Enjoy a guided tour of the Gardens the first Saturday of every month. The docent is Master Gardener, Alicia Nelson. Visit www.kanapaha.org.
Times Vary GAINESVILLE - The Thomas Center, 302 NE 6th Ave. The opening reception for the exhibition is Thursday, Oct. 1 from 5:307:00pm. Curated by Margaret Ross Tolbert,
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RISING STARS CONCERT SERIES Sunday, October 4 2:00pm GAINESVILLE - University Auditorium, 333 Newell Dr. For more than 125 years, the Metropolitan Opera has been the artistic home of the greatest singers in the world, and is the launching pad for the opera stars of the future. “Rising Stars” offers fans across North America a rare opportunity to experience remarkable young artists on the cusp of extraordinary careers. Tickets: $25-$35. www.performingarts.ufl.edu.
THE CONCH STORYTELLING Tuesday, October 6 7:00pm – 9:00pm GAINESVILLE - Lightnin’ Salvage, 1800 NE 23rd Ave. This storytelling event occurs on the first Tuesday of the month. Anyone is invited to tell a five-minute true story based on the night’s theme, “The Internet.” Tell your friends, tell your story, or just come and listen. Grow Radio will record the stories and broadcast the best ones as a podcast later in the month. Info: Grow Radio at TheConch@growradio.org.
AUTHOR TIM DORSEY Thursday, October 8 6:00pm OCALA - Ocala Public Library, 2720 E. Silver Springs Blvd. New York Times best-selling crime novelist Tim Dorsey has since published 18 novels in several languages, featuring primary character, Serge A. Storms. Free program but, due to limited seating, tickets are required and available at Headquarters-Ocala Public Library. Info: www. library.marioncountyfl.org or call 352-671-8551.
BETTY FORD: OUR MOST OUTSPOKEN FIRST LADY Thursday, October 8 2:30pm - 4:00pm GAINESVILLE - Senior Recreation Center, 5701 NW 34th Blvd. Although in the White House for a very short time, Betty Ford is considered one of our “great “ First Ladies, admired for her honesty, courage, and willingness to speak out on controversial social issues. Barbara Oberlander, retired Santa Fe College professor of history, will offer another of her informative and engaging presentations on First Ladies. Info: Jean Outler at 352-367-8169.
OPETAIA FOA’I’S TE VAKA Friday, October 9 7:30pm GAINESVILLE - Phillips Center. TE VAKA [The Canoe] is a Polynesian-rock fusion band. Pacific Islander musicians and dancers create a unique mix that combines log drums with electric guitar, Polynesian dance with drum kit and bass, for a contemporary sound infused with the ancient rhythms of the Pacific. Tickets: $10 - $35. 352-392-2787.
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HEAVY PETTY (TOM PETTY COVER BAND) Friday, October 9 8:00pm GAINESVILLE - 100 SW 2nd Ave. Downtown Concert Series presents: Heavy Petty, a Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers cover band.
FALL FESTIVAL TO CELEBRATE TRASH Saturday, October 10 4:00pm – 8:00pm GAINESVILLE - Repurpose Project, 1920 NW 23rd Ave. Trash games, Satchel’s pizza, and locally brewed beer, as well as live music performances by local bands Wax Wings, GUTS, Black Haw Shake, & Corporal Captain. This free, all-ages event aims to give attention to the overwhelming environmental issues that plastic poses, while celebrating the repurposing of “trash” into artwork. www.repurposeproject.org.
WALK A MILE, Saturday, October 10 9:00am – 1:00pm GAINESVILLE - First Magnitude Brewing Company, 1220 SE Veitch St. This event benefits children and families served by the Child Protection Team and is a family fun event to help raise awareness of the effects of child abuse and the challenges our children face. The 5k registration begins at 9am with the race starting at 10am. The race route follows the Hawthorne Trail. Info: www.ufcpt.org.
DUDLEY FARM KIDS DAY Saturday, October 10 10:00am – 2:00pm NEWBERRY - Dudley Farm Historic State Park, 18730 W. Newberry Rd. Scarecrows. Scarecrows. Why were they used? How do you make one? Hands on crafts and much more. Educational for the whole family. Admission - $5.00 per car up to 8 occupants. 352-472-1142; www.friendsofdudleyfarm.org.
BLESSING OF THE ANIMALS Saturday, October 10 1:00 pm OCALA - Joy Lutheran Church, 7045 SW 83rd Pl. at SR 200. Pastor Ed Holloway will conduct the service in the Memorial Garden. The public is welcome to bring their dogs, cats, horses, sheep, birds, and etc. to receive the blessing. Owners must be able to control their pets. Info: 854-4509 ext. 221.
PINK PUMPKIN PEDAL OFF Saturday, October 10 8:30am - 2:30pm GAINEVILLE - UF Cancer & Genetics Research Complex, Mowry Rd. Join cyclists for this annual
2015 Senior Games October 3 – 18 GAINESVILLE - Locations vary. The 15th Annual Gainesville Senior Games is a community event catered to adults 50 and over to promote an active and healthy lifestyle in today’s Seniors. Hundreds of athletes from Alachua County and across the state of Florida will be competing archery, basketball shooting, billiards, basketball bowling, cycling, golf, swimming, table tennis, track and field and 5K road race. Info: Gainesville Sports Commission at 352-338-9300 or email mcrimmins@ gainesvillesportscommission.com. gainesvillesportscommission.com.
charity bike ride benefitting local breast cancer research. Visit www.pinkpumpkinpedaloff. org for more information or to register.
MARJORIE KINNAN RAWLINGS HISTORY BUS TOUR Saturday, October 10 10:00am GAINESVILE - Matheson History Museum, 513 E University Ave. Flo Turcotte, the literary manuscripts archivist and curator of the Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings papers at the University of Florida, will lead the tour and will discuss the importance of sense of place to Rawlings’ writing. Tickets are $60 and include lunch at The Yearling Restaurant and bus transportation from the Matheson History Museum to Cross Creek. Info: 352-378-2280; info@mathesonmuseum.org.
FALL NATIVE PLANT SALE Saturday, October 10 8:30am – 12:30pm GAINESVILLE - Morningside Nature Center, 3540 E. University Ave. Plant native plants! This family-friendly event features thousands of beautiful native shrubs, trees, wildflowers, ferns, grasses and vines grown at area nurseries. Free expert plant advice and Park-a-Plant service that allows you to shop hands-free. Wildflower walk at 11:30 a.m. Info: 352-334-3326.
SANTA FE BRASS CONCERT Saturday, October 10 11:00am GAINESVILLE - Thornebrook Village, 2441 NW 43 St. The Santa Fe Brass band performs during the 31st Annual Art Festival at Thornebrook.
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Repticon Saturday October 17 10:00am GAINESVILLE - Paramount Plaza Hotel & Conference Center, 2900 SW 13th St. This is a reptile event featuring vendors offering reptile pets, supplies, feeders, cages, and merchandise as well as live animal seminars and frequent free raffles for prizes. Exciting, educational, familyoriented fun for everyone. Adult admission - $10; Children 5 - 12 is $5. Under 5 are free. Visit www.reptiday.com.
AUTUMN GIFT MARKET October 10 – 11 10:00am – 6:00pm. OCALA - Marion County Extension Auditorium, 2232 NE Jacksonville Rd. The 20th Annual Junior League of Ocala Gift Market will feature vendors offering items such as holiday wreaths, custom-made home décor, and much more. Tickets are $5.00 and can be purchased online or at the door. All proceeds will benefit Junior League of Ocala’s signature project: the City of Ocala Recreation and Parks Department parks project. Junior League of Ocala has committed to raise funds to build playgrounds and pavilions around the city. Info: Kristi Van Vleet at jloagm@ gmail.com; Sadie Fitzpatrick at Sadie.cone@ gmail.com. www.juniorleagueofocala.com.
THORNEBROOK ART FESTIVAL October 10 - 11 10:00am – 5:00pm GAINESVILLE - Thornebrook Village, 2441 NW 43 St. The 31st Annual Art Festival at Thornebrook is a two-day festival of juried fine arts and fine crafts under the covered walkways and on the grassy areas and plaza. Info: www.artfestivalthornebrook.com.
on November 30. Hear the pros and cons from people who have done it. Learn how to discipline yourself to stay focused and get the job done. Info: nanowrimo.org. www.writersalliance.org.
AARP MEETING Wednesday, October 14 11:00am HIGH SPRINGS - St. Madeleine Catholic Church, 17155 NW US HWY 441. Come early to socialize. Bring a covered dish to share at the luncheon following the meeting. Meeting take place every second Wednesday of the month from September through May. Info: President Gloria James 386-454-9834.
2:30pm GAINESVILLE - Millhopper Library, 3145 NW 43rd St. Panelists who have participated in National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) will speak to the Writers Alliance of Gainesville. On November 1, professional and amateur writers from around the world will begin working toward the goal of writing a 50,000-word novel by 11:59 p.m.
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October 16 - 18 Times Vary HIGH SPRINGS - O’Leno State Park, 410 S.E. O’Leno Park Road. Festival celebrates Native American and immigrant American cultures with music and dancing, living-history camps, demonstrators of historic skills, traders, craftspeople, and food vendors – and a living history event that includes a reenactment of the 1836 Battle of San Felasco Hammock. Battle reenactments are scheduled for Saturday and Sunday only with limited activities on Friday.
ANIMAL FAIR & OPEN HOUSE
SLEEP, AGING, & DEMENTIA
Saturday, October 17
Thursday, October 15
10:00am - 3:00pm GAINESVILLE - Carson Springs Wildlife Conservation, 8528 East County Road 225. Once-a-year opportunity to free-roam through the Wildlife Conservation. For $8.00 per adult, $7.00 per college student with ID, or $5.00 per child 17 & under, the public can experience 26 unique species and 70 animals representing five continents up close in large natural habitats. Info: 954-303-4213 or www.carsonspringswildlife.org.
2:30pm - 4:00pm GAINESVILLE - Senior Recreation Center, 5701 NW 34th Blvd. Primetime Institute presents: “Sleep, Aging, & Dementia: A Key to Preventing Decline?” Russell Bauer, PhD, ABPP/CN, Professor & Director UF Doctoral Programs in Clinical & Health Psychology, will present this month’s program from the UF Institute on Aging. Info: Jean Outler at 352-367-8169.
ALL ABOUT NANOWRIMO Sunday, October 11
ALLIGATOR WARRIOR FESTIVAL
WESTER JOSEPH’S STEREO VUDU
SENIOR CRAFT SHOW
Friday, October 16
9:00am – 4:00pm GAINESVILLE - Senior Recreation Center, 5701 NW 34th St. This non-juried show offering paintings, jewelry, crochet and knitted items, pottery, wood carvings and much more. All items are handmade. Info: Joy Flowers at 352-335-7797; craftyqueen12@cox.net.
8:00pm GAINESVILLE - 100 SW 2nd Ave. Downtown Concert Series presents: Wester Joseph’s Stereo Vudu. Melding rock, soul, blues, alternative and world, Joseph has perfectly synthesized his own new sound.
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FLORIDA FRIENDLY LANDSCAPING CHALLENGE Saturday, October 17 9:00am – 5:00pm OCALA - UF/IFAS Marion County Extension Auditorium, 2232 NE Jacksonville Rd. Come for all things gardening including grass: pests, weeds, mulch, shrubs, trees, flowers and more.
MARION COUNTY GOURD ARTISTS PHOTO BY BONNIE NICHOLS
Saturday, October 17 10:00am BELLEVIEW - Cherokee Park Adult Recreation, 5641 SE 113th Pl. Meet with gourd enthusiasts to share ideas about the interesting world of gourd art.
OCALA BOAT CLUB OPEN HOUSE Saturday, October 17 10:00am – 4:00pm SILVER SPRINGS - Ocala Boat Club, 9570 NE 28th Ln. Guests may tour the facilities and enjoy free pontoon boat rides on the beautiful Silver River. Hot dogs and soft drinks. Free to the public.
FALL PLANT SALE AND ORCHID SHOW October 17 - 18 9:00am – 5:00pm GAINESVILLE - Kanapaha Botanical Gardens, 4700 SW 58th Dr. See the facility admission free as the Gardens celebrates its ‘birthday.’ The American Orchid Society’s judged orchid show will coincide with the Fall Plant Sale and will take place inside Kanapaha’s entrance building. Bring cash because most vendors do not accept credit cards. Pets are not allowed. Visit www.kanapaha.org.
Christian Lane, Organist Sunday, October 25
GAINESVILLE - Phillips Center. Winner of the 2011 Canadian International Organ Competition, Christian Lane is one of America’s most accomplished and versatile young organists. Tickets range from $10 to $30. 352-392-2787.
TIM DORSEY’S BOOK TOUR Monday, October 19 6:30 p.m. WALDO - Waldo Community Center, 13558 NE 148th Ave. Dorsey will be signing books and talking about his eighteenth Florida-set novel, Shark Skin Suite. In this adventure his lovable serial killer Serge Storms takes on the Florida legal system. This free event, open to everyone.
GARY LANGFORD JAZZ ENSEMBLE
SQUARE DANCING LESSONS
Sunday, October 18
Tuesdays beginning on October 20
3:00pm GAINESVILLE - The Thomas Center, 302 NE 6th Ave. Artist Recital featuring Gary Langford Jazz Ensemble. 352-393-8539.
6:30pm - 7:30pm GAINESVILLE - Westside Park Recreation Building, 1001 NW 34 St. Come out and enjoy fun, low-impact exercise. The first two classes are free. After that, classes cost $5 each. Wear casual attire and bring your friends. Children age 8 and up are welcome. Refreshments will be served. Info: Susie 352-283-1296.
EASY BRIDGE LESSONS Mondays beginning October 19 6:30pm – 8:30pm GAINESVILLE - Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 4225 NW 34th St. Easy to learn, fun to play! The first four lessons are free, each additional lesson costs $5. Bring a partner or come alone. Call Joyce for more information at 352-371-8054 or thompsj@gmail.com.
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AUDUBON PROGRAM Wednesday, October 21 7:00pm GAINESVILLE - Millhopper Library Meeting Room, 3145 NW 43rd St. Oaxaca: Land of Bird Diversity,
presented by R. D. Wallace. Oaxaca is a land of bird diversity in the southern Mexican mountains.
TEN STRINGS AND A GOAT SKIN Wednesday, October 21 7:30pm GAINESVILLE - Phillips Center. Ten Strings And A Goat Skin is a young, award-winning bilingual trad/fusion trio that celebrates the music of the Irish, Francophone and Maritime cultures. The group integrates modern and world rhythms with traditional and original tunes. General admission: $25. 352-392-2787.
INDEPENDENCE – WHATEVER IT TAKES! Thursday, October 22 2:30pm - 4:00pm GAINESVILLE - Senior Recreation Center, 5701 NW 34th Blvd. Presented by the Primetime Institute. Learn the philosophy of the Center for Independent Living of North Central Florida, including descriptions of the services and programs. Presented by Donald W. Barnes, MHS, CRC, Consumer Specialist and Mark V. Mayfield, JD, ADA Paratransit Director at CILNCF. Info: Jean Outler at 352-367-8169.
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jewelry, organic products, crystals, stones and candles. Continental breakfast and lunch will be available. Free admission. Cash and checks only. Info: 352-205-6055 or visit www.parapsychclub.weebly.com.
OCALA ARTS FESTIVAL October 24 – 25 10:00am – 5:00pm OCALA - Historic Downtown Ocala, 110 SE Watula Ave. This is the place to get started on your holiday shopping, purchase for your own collection, or browse and appreciate the art! Free parking.
MICANOPY FALL HARVEST FESTIVAL October 31 - November 1
Bat Festival Saturday, October 24 10:00am – 4:00pm GAINESVILLE - Lubee Bat Conservancy, 1309 NW 192nd Ave. This free festival includes games, music, food, bounce houses, environmental organizations, educational presentations and the largest bats in the world. This is great fun for the whole family! www.lubee.org.
THE UNITED NATIONS AT 70
SQUARE DANCING LESSONS
Thursday, October 22
Fridays beginning on October 23
9:00am – 2:00pm GAINESVILLE - Gainesville Woman’s Club, 2809 W. University Ave. The The United Nations at 70: Past, Present and Future focuses is sustainability as the UN adopts the new Sustainability Goals. Keynote speaker Cynthia Barnett will address the issue of water in a changing world. Barbara Oberlander will talk about Eleanor Roosevelt, the first Chair of the UN Commission on Human Rights. David Price will present an overview of the UN’s 70 years. Box luncheons: $17.00 each and must be ordered by October 14 by contacting Lisa Renner at ejrenner@hotmail.com.
6:30pm - 7:30pm WILLISTON - Ornan Masonic Lodge, 250 NE 6th Blvd. Enjoy fun, low-impact exercise. The first two classes are free. After that, classes cost $5 each. Wear casual attire and bring your friends! Children age 8 and up are welcome. Refreshments will be served. Info: Susie 352-283-1296.
RAGTIME October 22 – 23 7:30pm GAINESVILLE - Phillips Center. Ragtime returns to the road in all-new touring production directed and choreographed by Marcia Milgrom Dodge. Tickets range from $20 - $65. 352-392-2787.
PAYNES PRAIRIE HISTORY BUS TOUR Saturday, October 24 10:00am - 2:00pm GAINESVILE - Matheson History Museum, 513 E University Ave. Lars Andersen, author and river guide, will lead an immersive tour of the prairie. Dr. Peggy Macdonald, executive director of the Matheson and author will provide an overview of Carr’s quest to save Paynes Prairie, Lake Alice and Micanopy.
PARAPSYCHOLOGY EXPO MICK MARINO & FRIENDS
Saturday, October 24
Friday, October 23
9:00 am – 4:00 pm THE VILLAGES - Lake Miona Recreation Center, 1526 Buena Vista Blvd. Learn about tarot readers, palmistry, numerology, astrology, aura reading and more. Buy books, gemstones,
8:00pm GAINESVILLE - 100 SW 2nd Ave. Downtown Concert Series presents: Mick Marino & Friends, a classic rock group.
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Times Vary MICANOPY - Downtown Historic District. The weekend schedule of entertainment will feature music and dance as well as the annual auction of items donated by vendors. Returning favorite entertainers will be joined by exciting new additions. Times: October 31: 9am–5pm (auction 2 – 4p.m.); November 1: 9am–4pm. micafest@micanopyfallfestival.org.
BODACIOUS HANDBAG BINGO Thursday, October 29 6:00pm GAINESVILLE - Gainesville Woman’s Club, 2809 W. University Ave. The Bodacious Handbag Bingo supports Guardian Angels Medical Dogs, Canine Companions and other local dog programs. The cost is $35. The winners of bingo games will receive a handbag donated by area merchants. There will be a light dinner. Info: 352-3763901 or email gwcwomansclub@att.net.
GAINESVILLE GONE AUSTIN Thursday, October 29 6:00pm – 10:00pm ALACHUA - Hitchcock Farm at the Santa Fe River Ranch, 29220 NW 122nd St. The Child Advocacy Center’s signature event is country/western themed and features live music, a live auction, a silent auction and a special guest speaker. Catered by Chuy’s. Wear your best boots and blue jeans! Info: www.gainesvillegoneaustin.org.
DAY TRIP TO CEDAR LAKES WOODS & GARDENS Thursday, October 29 10:00am WILLISTON - Cedar Lakes Woods and Gardens, 4990 NE 180th Ave. Presented by the PrimeTime Institute. This botanical garden features 50 separate gardens, numerous waterfalls and koi ponds in an abandoned limerock quarry. Meet at Cedar Lakes at 10 am. The tour involves steep slopes, stairs and wooden boardwalks. There are many benches and picnic tables for resting
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and eating lunch. Cost: $10 and $12, depending on the number of people going. Sign-up at a PTI meeting is required by Thursday, October 22nd. Info: Jean Outler at 352-367-8169.
HAUNTED SWAN LAKE Friday, October 30 7:30pm GAINESVILLE - Phillips Center. Dance Alive National Ballet production combines a festive modern day Halloween party in the royal castle with the classic beauty of the traditional Swan Lake. Tickets: $10 to $40. Guests can also enjoy dinner provided by Sweetwater Branch Inn, before the show at 6 pm. For $50, enjoy dinner, wine and dessert while listening to the music of Strings for Things. 352-392-2787.
SAVING THE SUNSHINE STATE Saturday, October 31 2:30pm GAINESVILE - Matheson History Museum, 513 E University Ave. Women Leaders in the Twentieth Century. Presentation by Dr. Ashley Robertson on the life and legacy of Mary McLeod Bethune. Bethune, who founded Bethune-Cookman University in Daytona Beach, is one of the six women featured in the Matheson History Museum’s current exhibition. $5 per person. Parking is available on the east side of the Matheson History Museum, as well as the Law Office of Attorneys Folds and Walker, and the Kirby Smith Administration Building. Info: 352-378-2280; info@mathesonmuseum.org.
TRICK OR TREAT ON MAIN STREET Saturday, October 31 6:00pm – 8:00pm ALACHUA - Bring the kids for a safe, fun night on Halloween. Free to all.
HALLOWEEN MURDERMYSTERY DINNER THEATRE Saturday, October 31 6:00pm OCALA - Webber Center at the College of Central Florida Ocala Campus, 3001 S.W. College Rd. Celebrate Halloween with a dinner murdermystery theatrical benefit. Tickets are $45 and include a catered meal and the live murdermystery. Proceeds will benefit the CF Visual and Performing Arts Department. Info: 352-873-5810.
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THEATRE Acrosstown Repertory Theatre.......... 619 S. Main Street, Gainesville Curtis M. Phillips Center ................................ 315 Hull Road, Gainesville Hippodrome State Theatre...................... 25 SE 2nd Place, Gainesville Actors’ Warehouse ....................................608 N. Main Street, Gainesville Ocala Civic Theatre ....................... 4337 East Silver Springs Blvd., Ocala High Springs Playhouse ..................... 130 NE 1st Avenue, High Springs
ACROSSTOWN REPERTORY THEATRE
Lydia October 16 – November 1 Set in the 1970s on the Texas border separating the United States and Mexico, Lydia is an intense, lyrical and magical new play. The Flores family welcomes Lydia, an undocumented maid, into their El Paso home to care for their daughter Ceci, who was tragically disabled in a car accident on the eve of her Quinceañera, her 15th birthday. Lydia’s immediate and seemingly miraculous bond with the girl sets the entire family on a mysterious and shocking journey of discovery. This production features adult themes, language and nudity.
ACTORS’ WAREHOUSE
Shipwrecked October 23 - November 8 The adventurous Louis de Rougemont invites you to hear his amazing story of bravery, survival and celebrity that left 19th-century England spellbound. Dare to be whisked away in a story of the high seas, populated by exotic islanders, flying wombats, giant sea turtles and a monstrous man-eating octopus. Shipwrecked examines how far we’re willing to blur the line between fact and fiction in order to leave our mark on the world.
HIGH SPRINGS PLAYHOUSE
Harvey October 2 – October 25 Elwood P. Dowd and his imaginary friend, Harvey, a six-and-a-half-foot rabbit, drive his sister, Veta, to have him committed to a sanitarium to spare her daughter and their family from future embarrassment. Problems arise when Veta herself is mistakenly assumed to be on the verge of lunacy after she explains to doctors that years of living with Elwood’s hallucination have caused her to see Harvey too.
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Ragtime October 22 – October 23 At the dawn of a new century, everything is changing and anything is possible. The stories of an upper-class wife, a determined Jewish immigrant and a daring young Harlem musician unfold – set in turn-of-thecentury New York – all three united by their desire and belief in a brighter tomorrow.
OCALA CIVIC THEATRE
Mary Poppins September 3 – October 4 There’s only one word to describe it: “Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!” When the east wind blows “the perfect nanny” Mary Poppins into 17 Cherry Tree Lane, the Banks family is in for a jolly holiday. With magical and mysterious Mary Poppins around, “anything can happen if you let it,” as children Jane and Michael soon discover. Jack-of-all-trades Bert accompanies them on their adventures from the park to the rooftops of London. It’s an enchanting world under Mary Poppins’ umbrella, full of spectacular effects and lively dance numbers like “Step In Time.” Audiences familiar with classic songs like “A Spoonful of Sugar,” “Chim Chim Cher-ee,” “Let’s Go Fly a Kite,” and “Feed the Birds” from the beloved 1964 Disney film will be charmed by several new numbers composed for this sparkling stage version.
HIPPODROME STATE THEATRE
All Girl Frankenstein October 16 – November 8 Discount Previews October 14 & 15 Published nearly 200 years ago, the legend of Frankenstein has long haunted our dreams and imaginations. Now, just in time for the Halloween season, the Hipp presents the Southeastern premiere of this retelling of the gothic classic Frankenstein featuring a gutsy all-female cast.
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BOOK REVIEW BY
TERRI SCHLICHENMEYER
Fear of Dying BY ERICA JONG c.2015, St. Martin’s Press $26.99 / $31.50 Canada 288 pages
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t’s the natural order of things. People have kids, then they grow old as those kids grow up to have kids, then they grow old as their kids grow up to, well, you know how it goes. That’s the way things should be, but knowing that doesn’t make it any easier to face mortality — yours, or your parents’. And in the new book “Fear of Dying” by Erica Jong, reaching for an anti-aging cure doesn’t work, either. Married more times than she’d admit and of an unspoken age (60 years old. Whoops, there it is), Vanessa Wonderman has finally found some sort of
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semi-Zen. She’s about to be a first-time grandmother, which thrills her; and her husband, Asher, who is quite a bit older and quite a bit rich, adores her. Life is much better than it was four decades ago, but Vanessa is still restless. That her parents are dying might be part of the problem. Once upon a time, they were Hollywood royalty and everybody wanted to be in their circle. Vanessa remembers when their home was filled with sophistication and rowdiness, when she and her sisters sneaked champagne and watched the fun from their perch on the staircase. Then came Hollywood’s Red Scare, and her parents decided it was time to move to New York and settle in, raising their girls and starting anew. Now, they mostly slept and moaned, making Vanessa mourn before they were even gone. This mortality business scared her. Why couldn’t she be like her friend, Isadora Wing, who went through life blithely collecting experiences that she couldn’t talk about in polite society? Dear Isadora, who knew the right things to say when Vanessa’s world imploded and she began to desperately envy anyone young. Isadora, who offered comfort when Vanessa’s dog died, when Asher had a near-fatal aneurysm and the only running Vanessa could do was between hospitals and bedsides. It was too much to bear — and so, reaching for immortality and the Eros of youth, Vanessa did the only thing that made sense to her: she went online in search of a lover. But, unlike her
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friend Isadora, could she actually go through with it? Getting older? Or getting better? I think the latter is true of author Erica Jong: her writing is off the chart in this latest, most poignant novel. Baby Boomers, especially, will totally identify with Jong’s latest heroine in “Fear of Dying.” We’ve lost loved ones. We know exactly what Vanessa Wonderman’s going through and we understand that Who’s-Next feeling, so it’s easy to grasp wanting to escape it. Though, for Vanessa, desperation leads to a little too much navel-gazing, her actions are funny and ribald and just-right wild. Did I mention how wonderful it is to spend time with Isadora Wing again? Yes, there’s that in this risqué, somewhat-sequel to Jong’s 1973 novel, and fans (old and new) won’t be able to resist. If you’re suffering from end-ofsummer blues, in fact, “Fear of Dying” may be just what the doctor ordered. s Terri Schlichenmeyer has been reading since she was 3 years old and she never goes anywhere without a book. She lives with her two dogs and 11,000 books.
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