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Bah humbug to the scumbags who stole the decorative reindeers from my front lawn last December. May you find lumps of coal in your Christmas stockings.

Greetings, Ms. Ratner. I was profoundly touched by your recent essay “Oblivious” in “The Widow’s Corner” column. In the piece, you have focused on expressing what a woman may experience when there is an unusual growth on her breast. My opinion? I advise you to fight. I say, tell your friends, readers and loved ones. Let the collective energy help you overcome the fear and avoidance. Set your mind to being strong and to winning. Set an example for other women, and yes, men too, to never give up in the face of a frightening adversity.—Norm I’m a gun rights person. I believe I have a right to a gun.

The Second Amendment is a virtue in the Constitution. However, I don’t think that George Zimmerman is

going to be able to solve every problem in his life now at a point of a gun— his relationships, his environment. He is going to kill somebody again. He thought he could literally kill every problem he had. By the way, he’s not alone. There are so many people in America who have poor mental health.

They just want to point a gun at something and blow it away. We should have the right to have guns. George Zimmerman shouldn’t have a gun.

Parents, if you can’t discipline your children, you need to either give them up for adoption or have them taken away from you by the authorities.

Obamacare was a WMD— weapon of misinformation and deceit.

To all those people out there who can’t respect your fellow American, or your American laws: You need to leave. Find somewhere else to live. America is not the place for you.

DUI laws are over-enforced. I had a personal situation today, when I was nearly killed. A motorcycle and a car came through a

The Curmudgeon My Curmuddy Awards for 2013

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rom the White House You Didn’t Build That Room, welcome to the 19th Annual Curmuddy awards, presenting mud-pie statuettes for some of the worst things said and done in 2013.

The Wretched Excess Curmuddy goes to all the mass media for their feeding frenzy of overdone, over-thetop reporting of the Jodi Arias murder trial.

To the city of Seattle, this Curmuddy for Insipid Political Correctness in rejecting “Buy American” ads on its buses and banning employees from using the words “citizen” and “brown bag” because they are “potentially offensive.”

A Perversion of the Press Curmuddy to the Gannett-owned suburban New York City Journal News

for irresponsibly publishing a map with home addresses of all law-abiding licensed gun owners in Westchester and Rockland counties. Among those residents placed at risk are police officers and their families who could be victimized by vindictive criminals.

The award for Zero Tolerance Stupidity is presented to the officials of Park Elementary School in Baltimore, Md., for suspending second-grader Josh Welch for two days because he shaped a Pop-Tart into something vaguely resembling a gun.

Josh “used food to make inappropriate gestures,” said the devoid of common sense school bosses. Other schools around the country have made equally poor judgments related to pictures or other innocuous representations of guns.

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red light and nearly took me out. The signal was red for quite a long time because the green signal for me was long enough for four cars ahead of me to make their turns. As I entered the intersection, it was just about to change from green to yellow, when another car came shooting into the intersection from my right, eastbound. When I caught up to her at the next traffic signal and scolded her for her actions, I could tell she was drunk, but she was aware of her actions. I almost got killed myself. I said, “Lady, you were at fault.”

It’s one of those things where DUI enforcement would make no difference

whatsoever. DUI enforcement is not for minor, minor infractions. I think it needs to be changed.

I’ve lived in my neighborhood for 25 years across from a dirt lot—a couple of acres of dirt. It has an out-of-state owner. The property is probably some kind of tax write off. They can’t bother to keep people from dumping on it, shooting birds or driving ATVs. Child molesters hide in the overgrown scrub. The city of Phoenix is constantly threatening them with fines. When I did meet the ...continues on page 8

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Fred Phelps, the so-called pastor of the Westboro Baptist Church and his family are recipients of the Extreme Hate-Mongering Curmuddy for picketing and disrupting funerals of fallen American military and firefighter personnel. These sickos—who are not Baptists—are equal opportunity haters of Jews, homosexuals, Mormons, Catholics, Orthodox Christians, America, and just about everything and everybody in sight.

In Canada, after having her 2-yearold son in a hospital for five hours, Pauline Tantost and child were ejected from a Montreal city bus and fined $219 for not having the correct fare in coins.

Tantost tearfully walked home. The Lack of Humanity Curmudgeon is awarded to the Montreal Transit Corp.

The Third Annual Clarence Dupnik Curmuddy for Dopiness co-recipients are Bob Filner, the brazen ex-mayor of San Diego who resigned in the wake of scores of sexual harassment charges, and Rob Ford, the erratic mayor of Toronto, Ontario,

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Canada, who admitted taking crack cocaine while being in a “drunken stupor.”

Receiving the Super Silly Censorship Curmuddy is the Air Force for censoring a Christian chaplain, Lt. Col. Kenneth Reyes, for posting an essay on a website using the phrase originating in World War II that “there are no Atheists in foxholes.” The Military Religious Freedom Foundation complained that the wordage was “a bigoted, religious supremacist phrase,” and demanded that Lt. Col. Reyes receive further punishment for expressing a matter of faith. Um, isn’t that what chaplains are supposed to do?

And finally, The Gang That Couldn’t Shoot Straight Curmuddy to President Barack Obama and his inept administration and all the blundering Congressional Democrats who brought us the debacle called the Affordable Care Act, or Obama-Scare, and its multi-million dollar joke of a website.

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achieved an altered state the other day.

Sitting still in my living room— eyes closed, focused on nothing but the sound of my own breathing—I was able to crawl out from under the frantic thoughts that crowd our minds every waking moment. If you get on top of those thoughts, there’s this marvelous, relaxing spot in your consciousness. It’s a quiet state of consciousness that I find energizing and inspiring—right up until my little dog’s bark startles me silly.

Meditation is something I do fairly regularly now. I was horrible at first, but through sheer persistence, have worked up to merely bad. And I occasionally hit a higher sphere of consciousness in the same way a blind squirrel finds a nut now and then. I don’t discuss meditation much because, when you do, people wait for you to hand them a religious pamphlet or hail the Mother ship.

But, in a society strewn with fiscal cliffs, barbed rhetoric and Miley Cyrus’ tongue dangling everywhere, meditation has given me a refuge.

And I figure anyone interested might benefit from what I have discovered along the way.

Rule No. 1: Everybody stinks at the beginning Starting meditation is hard, especially in a family. Children want to climb you, spouses wonder if they can vacuum around you, and you spend a certain amount of time, sitting cross-legged on the floor, wondering how to think about nothing while the cat tries to sit on you. Those early times are tough, because you close your eyes expecting to touch the face of God, and the only action you get is from last night’s sauerkraut. There’s no shortcut. You have to keep trying.

Rule No. 2: Meditation will not make you George Clooney.

I got into meditation for all the wrong reasons. Years ago, I wanted a better job and more money and more … everything. Someone suggested

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meditation as a way to deeper wisdom. (“Yeah! Wisdom! I’ll take some of that!”) So I read a book, and sat in my backyard in the mornings, seeking higher consciousness for the same reasons people start pyramid schemes or chase leprechauns. I didn’t get anything (except a soundtrack of my dogs completing their digestive cycles) and I’m still not wise, but I did learn this: meditation is not a makeover or a slot machine. It can help you be a better version of who you are. But if you don’t like who you are, breathing deeply in a yard full of puzzled dogs won’t make you George Clooney.

Rule No. 3: Don’t shriek at higher consciousness.

Occasionally, if my yard was still, my body would relax, my thoughts would roll to a stop and I’d feel this gentle awareness rise. It was nice feeling—energizing without being edgy. It might have been higher consciousness. I’ll never know because I would immediately shout at it: “What should I do with my life?! Should I get another job?!” Nothing screws up inner harmony faster than chasing it across your consciousness, shrieking questions at it in your mother’s voice.

Rule No. 4: Everybody has an approach, and none of them will fit exactly.

When I wasn’t getting “results,” I thought I was meditating wrong. So I read another book. And another.

What I found was that learning meditation was like learning a golf swing: everyone has a different approach, and most of them contradict each other. Mantra. No mantra. Affirmation. No affirmation.

Lotus position. No Lotus. Sit in a chair. Visualize light. Eyes open?

Eyes closed. Incense? No incense.

You can’t follow one method, without violating many others. Except at the end, they all say, “...then just relax.”

I wound up feeling frustrated and inadequate, and for several years my mantra was, “the hell with it.”

Rule No. 5: Meditation rewards the persistent.

It took a stressful job to make me try meditation again. A very nice Buddhist lady offered a guided meditation class at work. I took it to be nice. But with the addition of a little assistance—and the absence of vacuum cleaners and dogs—guided meditation hit me like a whole lot of umbrella-ed drinks. My shoulders dropped to a place they haven’t been since 1978. But beyond that, I was struck by two things: 1) the ability of a focused mind to release stress and change your perception of the surrounding world, and: 2) the fact that meditation left my hands too relaxed to type the rest of the day.

I would flail at my keyboard like a trained seal, thinking: “I’m gonna write about this when I get my fingers back.”

Rule No. 6: Look for subtle rewards.

We live in a highlight-reel world.

Subtle changes—even profound ones—often go unnoticed. But this is what I discovered about meditation: it slows the game down.

Whenever college athletes move to the pros, they talk about how fast the professional game is, and how they need to get to that place where the game seems to moves slower, so they can read defenses, recognize plays and react better. After a few weeks of meditation, I noticed that

the little workplace dramas at my job were coming at me slower. The people who drove me crazy could not push my buttons as much. I found more time to react, and the ability to react calmly. Meditation gave me a perceptual cushion, where I could stand back and watch the people at that job like they were at a distance or in an aquarium or something. And from that perspective, all of their whispered gossip, crazed office-speak and elaborate gesturing seemed goofy and even a little amusing. Yes, tequila can do the same thing. But tequila is expensive and makes me fall out of my cubicle.

Rule No. 7: Invest the time.

Meditation is more effective when you consistently invest time in it.

People tell me: “I’d like to meditate, but I don’t have time with my job/ life/commitments, etc.” It’s still a struggle for me, too. But I find the time is worth the investment. You don’t feel the benefits every single time—meditation is not a can of Red Bull—but the cumulative payoff is dramatic. And the very act of setting aside time for yourself, to sit down and do nothing, is therapeutic. It’s like flipping the bird to a caffeinated world that goes too damn fast, anyway.

Now if I can only keep that dog from barking.

Michael Grady is a Valley-based freelance writer, reporter and playwright.

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right. He’s mean spirited. When you read the article it just sets the whole tone for what’s a pretty nice insert for my paper. He’s not entertaining. He’s not serving and he’s not informing.

It’s one point of view, to the right of Attila the Hun and it’s nasty. You really should remove him from the paper.

As far as everybody complaining about President Obama: Just have his American Express card relinquished.

Who’s paying for it? We are. Quick and simple. The whole “KISS” principle: Keep it simple, stupid.

Is it just me or does Sen. Ted Cruz have a striking resemblance to Sen. Joseph McCarthy, who started the Communist witch hunt back in the ‘50s?

Domestic help and yard work people, and people who work inside the home, like in remodeling, they all want to be paid by cash, rather than check, or if it’s a check it’s made out to themselves.

I believe all the cash that is given to them is certainly not reported to the government. The rest of us are paying taxes on our income. It does not seem fair to the rest of us.

Drew Alexander deserves a Pulitzer for Obamastein’s monster. It should be read at Christmas as a Christmas story, or even as a Thanksgiving story. He speaks the truth.

Now that everyone has given their gift cards to the food banks, how about figuring out where the money’s going to. The gift

cards are going to the people you’re handing them to. Nine out of 10, they’re given to the recipients where you drop them off and everybody’s having a ball with your money. Think again when you’re giving gift cards to charity.

Is there any wonder why the president and our nation are in such shambles? To date, Obama has had five chiefs of staff.

That’s an average of one per year.

ASU’s 24-point loss to Stanford in the PAC-12 title game clearly confirm that the blowhard head coach, Todd Graham, and his Sun Devils are nowhere nearly ready for prime time.

When Obama’s uncle was arrested for drunken driving in 2011, he claimed he didn’t know him. I heard on the news last night that he lived with him for three weeks when he was in law school. So much for telling the truth.

School children should be taught the final words of President Kennedy’s speech he never got to finish, which was just made permanent in the Dallas memorial plaque. They should learn it the same as Gettysburg. We need more presidents like that.

Hey, hope you all had a great Thanksgiving. It would have been so much better if the commercial people would learn to just transcribe a little line across the bottom of the TV so the children can see the parade. Don’t be so greedy every year.

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The Widow’s Corner I Hate Pink

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y breast lump is tiny and pokey.

It measures 0.6 x 0.3 x 0.2 cm, a circumscribed tumor nodule with a parallel orientation at the 11 o’clock position, approximately 9 cm from the nipple.

Reading over the interim print report, I could only smile about the coincidence of my scheduled 11 a.m. Monday surgery and the position of the nodule.

It sounds better to call it a nodule than a tumor.

“Why did this happen to me?” I wondered aloud. What did “doing everything” to prevent cancer really mean? There are days I skipped sunscreen. I don’t exercise as much and as hard as I should. And, oh yeah, I live in a highly polluted urban area of the United States, but I eat healthy and try and keep my stress to a minimum.

Two weeks before I discovered the lump, I read an interesting article in the New York Times Magazine about breast cancer along with the pop culture of advertising it over the last 10 years.

It began with a disclosure that the author was a breast cancer survivor, so I naturally thought it would be a positive article on the strides in breast cancer that science and the Komen organization has made over the last few years. Not exactly the case. The article talked about the flaws of Komen recommending mammograms as a way to prevent breast cancer. While Komen, along with the American Cancer Society are credited with raising the profile of the disease, encouraging women to speak about their experience and transforming “victims” into “survivors,” the Komen pink-ribbon culture has become less about eradication of breast cancer than self-perpetuation: maintaining the visibility of the disease and keeping the funds rolling in.

For the last 10 years, I have felt a certain disgust in seeing how the pink-ribbon culture has narrowed our awareness of what is being done in research to prevent breast cancer: Pink

ribbons on high-rise buildings, pink garbage trucks, pink gloves and pink spike shoes on football players, pink stockings, and pink ballet shoes—its relentless marketing has made the pink ribbon one of the most recognized logos of our time. It has come to symbolize both fear of the disease and the hope it can be defeated.

One hundred and eight American women die of breast cancer each day.

Some can live for a decade or more with metastatic disease, the median life span is 26 months. I don’t want to be part of the statistics.

On the Friday before my scheduled surgery, I walked over to the breast center to request the radiologist report. I wanted to study it over the weekend, find a weak link in it, a mistake, something that might lead me to discover some inconsistency in the results. I opened the door to find six ladies with large pink ribbons in their hair. They stood around a table set for a party: a cake as the center piece with bright pink frosting, cupcakes with pink and white sprinkles, pink plastic forks and pink napkins, and purple punch with a pink ribbon painted on the glass pitcher.

“What’s going on here?” I asked.

“We are having a mammogram party,” a lady told me in between bites of cake.

After signing the release consent, the receptionist handed me my ultrasound report. I said goodbye to the giggling women just as one of them was called into an exam room. I wished them luck and left.

I didn’t quite understand the concept of the party. It was a sort of celebration before the mammogram study. I couldn’t believe they were resorting to “parties” at the breast center, but then again I had nothing to celebrate yet.

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ear Old Bag: Enjoyed your December 2013 column. I plan on using the suggestion you made about the older generation writing a story/anecdote for the children or grandchildren. I am going to try to help my dad—who is 96 years young—do this for each of his kids. Here is a suggestion for next year! Best gift I ever gave my dad.

My dad has everything he wants and needs, including all of the latest electronics gadgets and enough shirts to last five lifetimes. Last year I wrote in his Christmas card that he was now enrolled in “The Pie of the Month Club.” At first he protested.

“I don’t want no pie of the month,” thinking it was from some company. I explained to him I was going to bake him a pie myself, and he thought that was OK. My dad never calls me, so imagine my surprise when he called me on Jan. 10? He didn’t say “hello” or “how are you,” just “Where is my pie?” He said he had been thinking about that pie and was wondering when it was going to arrive...I baked the pie a few days later at his house so he could enjoy the aroma. He wasn’t home so I left it on the counter.

About 10 minutes after I left he called and with great enthusiasm said the house smelled fabulous, the pie looked great, and he was just waiting for it to cool. He called an hour later to say he cut into the pie, and it was so delicious he had to have two slices.

He called later that evening to let me know he shared a piece with my sister.

He called the next day to say he took some to his bridge buddies and they enjoyed it, too. He called one more time to sadly tell me he had the last piece for breakfast and to thank me again for making him the pie. Pie of the Month has been a wonderful way for my dad to remember all of the delicious pies my mom made and for me to reconnect with my dad. He shares pie with his friends and family.

Everyone wants to be part of the Pie

of the Month and several people young and old have asked to be my adopted dad! Each pie has been good for at least five or six phone calls; pretty good considering he never called me before!

I hope others will consider this way to keep Christmas going all year for their parents.

Signed, C.A.M.

D

ear C.A.M.: I loved your letter and suggestion. It occurs to me that maybe some of those parents who live in the same town as their children, but never hear from them, could bake them a pie once in awhile to get their attention.

Thanks for writing!

D

ear Old Bag: My New Year’s Resolution is to quit (complaining). Before I do, I have to get something off my mind. I have a friend who is living in the past. He was CEO of a big company, but retired 15 years ago. He still thinks he knows everything, and talks about how he single handedly slayed all the dragons.

I have heard these stories many times. I know he is brilliant. I know he has been everywhere. He has done everything.

But now he is just like me—retired.

That life is over and there are a great many interesting and present things to talk about. Can I shut him up and still have him for a friend? Signed, Fed Up Dear Fed Up: Your friend thinks his only importance lies in what he used to be. Perhaps you could say something like, “Friend, I don’t give a tinker’s darn what you used to be or did. I like you now...retired like me. You are an important person right now to your friends.” It won’t change him, but maybe it will make him stop and think. Good luck with your New Year’s resolution!

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his is the time of year when our thoughts turn to that magical date ingrained in our consciousness from the days we started working for a living—April 15.

As a CPA, this time of year is not so affectionately known as “Tax Season.”

For me, tax season means long hours, eating meals on the run, and not seeing my family for three and a half months.

To help make life easier for your “tax lady” or “tax man,” here are some hints to streamline the tax preparation process. It goes without saying that because most CPA firms bill by the hour, following these tips may also save you some money in the process.

• Begin assembling your third-party documentation in one place. This includes your W-2, 1099, 1098, K-1 and Social Security statements.

When you receive them, take a few minutes to review each one to ensure that the numbers make sense.

• If you have purchased or sold real estate during the year, your CPA will need the closing document from the sale (that long HUD-1 form).

• If you sold an asset and there is no cost basis showing on the 1099B from your brokerage firm, work with your investment advisor to determine the tax basis of the property sold. It is not the job of your CPA to divine these numbers – they are not clairvoyant.• If your CPA has sent you an organizer to fill out, do not send it back blank!

A completely filled out organizer will help your CPA efficiently prepare your return. It will also jog your memory and give you an idea of what can and cannot be deducted.

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• If earned income from a business, provide a summary of income and expenses.

• If you own rental property, provide a summary of income and expenses.

• If you have donated “stuff ” to charity, keep in mind that the maximum that can be deducted without filing form 8283 is $500. The IRS implemented this additional reporting requirement

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because taxpayers had a tendency to place a slightly higher value on their well-loved sofa that they donated to Goodwill than the shopper who purchased said sofa.

• Reserve your financial confessions for your minister. You are legally required to report all income—even if it was “under the table” and you didn’t receive a 1099. Don’t tell your CPA about income that you do not intend to report to the government.

• While your CPA is not your priest, they are also not a tax collector for the IRS. If you report $487.23 of prescription expense on your organizer, your accountant does not need to see your receipts. We trust you. If additional documentation is needed for a specific item, we will ask for it.

• Keep your summary sheet at home!

In addition to the information listed above, many taxpayers also give their accountants a handwritten summary sheet of income and deductions. The problem for the CPA is that they need to verify that sheet against the other information in the package.

This adds time and cost to preparing your return.

Naturally, each tax professional runs their business slightly different. If they have different procedures, you should follow their directions.

Finally, keep in mind that because of the government shutdown and the complexity of implementing the tax provisions of the Affordable Health Care Act (also known as Obamacare), the IRS is behind schedule in preparing for tax season. Tax preparers are likewise affected. Be kind and patient with us. We are mere mortals working under tight deadlines to do our best to help our clients.

Teresa Bear, CFP, CPA (www.TeresaBear. com), specializes in retirement planning and asset preservation for retirees and those about to retire. Bear is the author of the new book “She Retired Happily Ever After.” Send questions to TBear@JCGrason.com.

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Jan. 1 Wednesday Happy New Year from everyone at Lovin’ Life After 50!

Jan. 2 Thursday Public Health Nurse Visit, 10 a.m. to 12 p.m., Nanini Branch Library, 7300 N. Shannon Rd., free, 594-5365.

Nurse from Pima County Health Department will answer questions.

Jan. 3 Friday Walking Tours of Old Town Tubac, 10 a.m. to 12 p.m., repeats Jan. 10, Jan. 17, Jan. 24 and Jan. 31, meet at Tubac Presidio State Historic Park, 1 Burruel St., Tubac, $10, reservations required, 398-2252, info@ TubacPresidio.org. Explore the original adobe buildings and discover the rich heritage of Arizona’s first European settlement.

Frontier Printing Press Demonstrations, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., repeats Jan. 12 and Jan. 25, Tubac Presidio State Historic Park, 1 Burruel St., Tubac, $5, reservations required, 398-2252. Professional printer and teacher James Pagels demonstrates the Washington Hand Press used to print Arizona’s first newspaper in 1859 and answers questions about hand press printing, typesetting, and other aspects of this marvel of industrial engineering.

Jan. 4 Saturday Birthday Potluck and Dance, 6:30 p.m. to 10 p.m., Singles and Friends, 2447 N. Los Altos Ave., $5 members, $7 nonmembers, 623-7875, www.facebook. com/singlesandfriendsinc, www.singlesandfriendsinc.com.

Join the group for birthday cake and finger food. DJ Dale entertains.

Tucson Mountain Park Birding Walk, 8 a.m. to 10 a.m., Tucson Mountain Park Ironwood Picnic Area, 1548 S. Kinney Rd., free, 615-7855, eeducation@pima. gov. Join birding expert John Higgins for a guided birding walk to spot canyon towhees, rufous-winged sparrows, Gila woodpeckers, and other birds of the desert southwest.

A Night with the Stars, 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., Pima County Agua Caliente Park, 12325 E. Roger Rd., free, 615-7855, eeducation@pima.gov. Explore the wonder and mysteries of the night sky. Tucson Amateur Astronomy Association volunteers provide an introduction to the night sky and set up telescopes for celestial viewing.

Jan. 5 Sunday Bob Kay, 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Sundays, Singles and Friends Inc., 2447 N. Los Altos, $4, 883-5491. The singing

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drummer/DJ plays “oldies but goodies” at a nonsmoking dance. Bring snacks for the potluck.

Historical Tour of Agua Caliente Park, 11 a.m. to 12 p.m., Pima County Agua Caliente Park, 12325 E. Roger Rd., free, 615-7855, eeducation@pima.gov. Enjoy a guided walk around the lush grounds and historic buildings of Agua Caliente Park, and gain insights into the rich farming and ranching history of the site.

History of the Tanque Verde Valley, 1 p.m. to 2 p.m., Pima County Agua Caliente Park, 12325 E. Roger Rd., free but reservations required, 615-7855, eeducation@pima.gov. The ranching history and personalities that shaped the Tanque Verde Valley are shared by local author and historian Jorga Riggenbach.

Jan. 6 Monday Sweater Nanas, 9 a.m. to 12 p.m., Joyner-Green Valley Branch Library, 601 N. La Canada Dr., Green Valley, free, 594-5295.

Jan. 7 Tuesday Birding at Sweetwater Wetlands, 8 a.m. to 10 a.m., Sweetwater Wetlands, 2667 W. Sweetwater Dr., free, 615-7855, eeducation@pima.gov. Join a local birding expert on a guided walk to see a variety of ducks and shorebirds, sparrows, hawks and warblers.

Tour of Hacienda de la Canoa, 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., 12 p.m. to 1:30 p.m., Historic Hacienda de la Canoa, 5375 S. Interstate 19 Frontage Rd., Green Valley, free but reservations required, 877-6004, CanoaRanch@ pima.gov. Join a walking tour of the Canoa Ranch headquarters to gain insights into the fascinating stories of the people that lived and worked on the ranch. Visit the historic ranch buildings and corrals and enjoy scenic views of the Santa Cruz River Valley.

Jan. 8 Wednesday Wednesday Sonoran Desert Weedwackers, 8 a.m. to 11 a.m., Pima County Tucson Mountain Park, 2020 N. Kinney Rd., free but reservations required, 6157855, eeducation@pima.gov. Join the Sonoran Desert Weedwackers to eradicate buffelgrass and fountain grass in Tucson Mountain Park. Work may require hiking and pulling buffelgrass on steep slopes.

Jan. 9 Thursday Green Valley Stroke Support Group, 10 a.m. to 11 a.m., Zuni Room, La Perla at La Posada, 635 S. Park Center Ave., free but reservations required, 626-2901. For

stroke survivors and caregivers to learn more about stroke, to find positive solutions to shared concerns and to unite in support of each other.

Jan. 10 Friday “Living History: Foods of the Spanish Colonial Period,” 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., Tubac Presidio State Historic Park, 1 Burruel St., Tubac, $5, 398-2252. Volunteers dressed in period clothing describe the combination of native and introduced foods enjoyed by the Spanish soldiers and civilians who lived in Tubac during the Spanish Colonial period (1752-1776).

Tucson Mountains Sweetwater Preserve Hike, 9 a.m. to 12 p.m., Sweetwater Preserve, 4000 N. Tortolita Rd., free but reservations required, 615-7855, eeducation@pima.gov. Join botanist Meg Quinn for a 3to 4-mile moderate level hike and learn about the plants and wildlife that inhabit our local desert.

Jan. 11 Saturday Elvis Presley’s Birthday Night, Dance and Potluck, 6:30 p.m. to 10 p.m., Singles and Friends Inc., 2447 N. Los Altos Ave., $5 members, $7 nonmembers, 623-7875, www.singlesandfriendsinc.com, www. facebook.com/singlesandfriendsinc. Peanut butter and jelly sandwiches furnished; bring a dish to share. DJ Robert entertains.

“The Life and Times of Tom Jeffords, Blood Brother of Cochise—Presented by Von Fowers,” 2 p.m., Tubac Presidio State Historic Park, 1 Burruel St., Tubac, $7.50, 398-2252. Learn how Tom Jeffords was instrumental in creating peace in the region and what he did after Cochise death to maintain that peace.

Claudette Haney, 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., Mountain Oyster Club, 6400 E. El Dorado Circle, reservations required, 721-9295. Arizona state president of the American Association of University Women (AAUW) will address the group about how to retain aging members and recruit and involve Generation Y (Millennials). Haney will also discuss how current members can engage younger members.

Jan. 12 Sunday Peter McLaughlin, 2 p.m., Tubac Presidio State Historic Park, 1 Burruel St., Tubac, $18, 398-2252, events@TubacPresidio.org. National flatpick guitar champion, renowned for his intricate arrangements and stunning virtuosity on guitar, is well known in the Tucson music scene for his country and bluegrass style.

Jan. 13 Monday Lovin’ Life After 50 Expo, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Doubletree Hotel Tucson, 445 S. Alvernon Way, free, (800) 959-1566. The 26th annual event features booth, exhibits and entertainment for the over-50 market.

Tucson Community Stroke Support Group, 10 a.m. to 11 a.m., University of Arizona Medical Center,

Cafeteria Dining Room C, 1501 N. Campbell Ave. free but reservations required, 626-2901. For stroke survivors and caregivers to learn more about stroke, to find positive solutions to shared concerns and to unite in support of each other.

Jan. 14 Tuesday National Active and Retired Federal Employees (NARFE) Chapter 1874 Meeting, 11:30 a.m., Golden Corral Restaurant, 6865 N. Thornydale Dr., $7.95, 400-3456. A member of the Rose Society of Tucson will talk about growing roses in Tucson and how to prune the brushes.

Birding at Hacienda de la Canoa, 8 a.m. to 10 a.m., Histoic Hacienda de la Canoa, 5375 S. Interstate 19 Frontage Rd., Green Valley, free but reservations required, 877-6004, CanoaRanch@pima.gov. Join a guided birding walk at Historic Hacienda de la Canoa to see a wide variety of sparrows, raptors, and other desert and grassland birds.

Jan. 15 Wednesday Write to Heal, 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., repeats Wednesdays thru Feb. 12, Northwest Art Center, 7770 N. Shannon Rd., Room 303, $60, deborah@ deborahmayaan.com. Each class focuses on writing exercises for a topic, including “Increasing Resiliency,” “The Body Electric,” “Visions for Our Bodies” and “Our Lives, My Healing Journey” and “Healing Relationships.”

Heritage Area Structures Rehabilitation Tour, 9:30 a.m. to 11 a.m., Historic Hacienda de la Canoa, 5375 S. Interstate 19 Frontage Rd., Green Valley, free but reservations required, 877-6004, CanoaRanch@pima. gov. Architectural preservationist Simon Herbert discusses the processes and materials used for the rehabilitation of the structures at Historic Hacienda de la Canoa as he leads this behind-the-scenes tour.

Jan. 16 Thursday Green Valley Genealogical Society, 1 p.m. to 3 p.m., Valley Presbyterian Church, 2800 S. Camino del Sol, Green Valley, free, 396-4630, joannherbst@cox.net.

Methods used to trace German ancestors back to Hamburg in 1614 and Irish ancestors back to Ireland in 1816.

“Sorting Out Heart News You Can Really Use” with Lori Mackstaller, 10 a.m. to 11 a.m., Canoa Hills Social Center, 3660 S. Camino del Sol, Green Valley, free, 626-2901. Presented by the University of Arizona Sarver Heart Center.

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Jan. 17 Friday Living History: Chocolate in Spanish Colonial Tubac, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., repeats Jan. 31, Tubac Presidio State Historic Park, 1 Burruel St., Tubac, $2 to $5, 298-2252. Explore the history, geography and culture of chocolate in New Spain. ...continues on page 14

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... from page 13 Jan. 18 Saturday Park, 1 Burruel St., Tubac, $2 to $5, 398-2252. This living history program features a display of medicinal herbs and “Fabulous Fibers—The Fine Arts of Clothing,” plants.

10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Many Hands Artist Cooperative’s courtyard, 3054 N. First Ave., free, 360-1880, MHArtistCoop@gmail.com. Also see Tucson Hand Weaving and Spinning Guild as well as live Alpacas.

Crazy Dress Night Potluck and Dance, 6:30 p.m., Singles and Friends Inc., 2447 N. Los Altos Ave., $5 members, $7 nonmembers, 623-7875, www.singlesandfriendsinc. com, www.facebook.com/singlesandfriends. Patrons are encouraged to wear crazy outfits while dining on spaghetti.

Bring a dish to share. DJ Gloria entertains.

The Famous Juan Bautista de Anza Expeditions to California—Presentation by Jack Lasseter, 2 p.m., Tubac Presidio State Historic Park, 1 Burruel St., Tubac, $15, 398-2252. This is the story of Juan Bautista de Anza’s two famous trips in the 1770s, in which he guided Spanish immigrants overland from Tubac to California.

Jan. 19 Sunday Northern Jaguar Project, 2 p.m., Tubac Presidio State Historic Park, 1 Burruel St., Tubac, $7.50, 398-2252, events@ TubacPresidio.org. Learn about the project and what it is doing to save the population of endangered jaguars, and the dozens of other threatened wildlife species found in the region.

Ancient Native American Pottery of Southern Arizona, 1 p.m. to 2 p.m., Pima County Agua Caliente Park, 12325 E. Roger Rd., free but reservations required, 615-7855, eeducation@pima.gov. Using digital images and actual ancient pottery, Allen Dart shows Native American ceramic styles and discusses how archaeologists use pottery for dating and interpreting archaeological sites.

Jan. 21 Tuesday Tucson Organic Gardeners Monthly Meeting, 7 p.m., St. Mark’s Church, 3809 E. Third St., free, 6709158, www.tucsonorganicgardeners.org. This month’s program is “Grow Grains in the Desert” by Melissa Mundt.

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Wednesday Sonoran Desert Weedwackers, 8 a.m. to 11 a.m., Pima County Tucson Mountain Park, 2020 N. Kinney Rd., free but reservations required, 6157855, eeducation@pima.gov. Join the Sonoran Desert Weedwackers to eradicate buffelgrass and fountain grass in Tucson Mountain Park.

Jan. 23 Thursday Walking Tours of Tubac’s Art History, 10 a.m. to 12 p.m., Tubac Presidio State Historic Park, 1 Burruel St., Tubac, $20, reservations required, 398-2252. Learn why Tubac is the town where “Art and History Meet.”

Jan. 24 Friday Living History: Medicine of the Spanish Colonial Period, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., Tubac Presidio State Historic

Jan. 25 Saturday Hobo Night Potluck and Dance, 6:30 p.m., Singles and Friends Inc., 2447 N. Los Altos Ave., $5 members, $7 nonmembers, 623-7875, www.singleandfriendsinc. com, www.facebook.com/singlesandfriendsinc. Stew and cornbread are furnished as patrons are invited to bring a dish to share. DJ Robert entertains.

Birding at Hacienda de la Canoa, 8 a.m. to 10 a.m., Historic Hacienda de la Canoa, 5375 S. Interstate 19 Frontage Rd., Green Valley, free but reservations required, 877-6004, CanoaRanch@pima.gov. Join a guided birding walk at Historic Hacienda de la Canoa to see a wide variety of sparrows, raptors, and other desert and grassland birds.

Jan. 26 Sunday American Indian Exposition, various times thru Feb. 16, Flamingo Quality Inn ballroom, 1300 N. Stone Ave., Tucson, call for admission charge, 622-4900, www. usaindianinfo.com. Demonstrations and artists change every three to seven days for the event, which features authentic crafts and art from 80 tribal nations.

Jan. 27 Monday Introduction to Microsoft Excel, 8:30 a.m. to 10 a.m., Nanini Branch Library, 7300 N. Shannon Rd., free but reservations required, 594-5365. Session one of six.

Jan. 28 Tuesday Tour of Hacienda de la Canoa, 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., 12 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. Historic Hacienda de la Canoa, 5375 S. Interstate 19 Frontage Rd., Green Valley, free but reservations required, 877-6004, CanoaRanch@pima.gov.

Join a walking tour of the Canoa Ranch headquarters to gain insights into the fascinating stories of the people that lived and worked on the ranch.

Jan. 29 Wednesday Yetman Trail Hike, 9 a.m. to 12 p.m., Camino de Oeste Trailhead, 400 N. Camino de Oeste, free but reservations required, 615-7855, eeducation@pima.gov.

During this 2- to 3-mile easy- to moderate-level hike, the group searches for signs of wildlife and visits the ruins of the old stone Bowen House.

Jan. 30 Thursday Introduction to Computers, 8:45 a.m. to 10 a.m., El Pueblo Branch Library, 101 W. Irvington Rd., free but registration required, 594-5250.

Jan. 31 Friday Looking at Windows, 8:30 a.m. to 10 a.m., Kirk-Bear Canyon Branch Library, 8959 E. Tanque Verde Rd., free but registration required, 594-5275. Part one of two.

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However, this year is going to be different. You’re going to spend more time with the grandkids. You’re going to ease up on the stress you put on yourself. You’re going to find a fulfilling hobby and become really, really good at it!

A new year is a new chance for new opportunities, and throughout history, people took it as a way to celebrate what’s to come. Here are a few New Year’s questions to get your noggin’ puzzlin’ in 2014.

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Have A (Repaired) Heart Advanced technology, positive attitude help mend this cardiac patient.

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erry Gentner has always had a strong heart in the figurative sense. Fixing his physical heart was a much greater challenge.

For years, Gentner was the portrait of an active individual.

Sailing, camping, hunting, fishing, and leading Cub Scouts were just a few activities that kept the Ajo resident busy for decades—not to mention 23 years of service in the U.S. Navy that included time in the Middle East.

More recently, he’s worked for a program near his home that provides counseling for alcohol abuse, domestic violence and anger management.

Even as his health deteriorated, he worked weekends as a fire department dispatcher.

Gentner really never planned to stop. His body, however, had other ideas.

“Well, I am 75,” he says. “I didn’t expect to get old, and I did.”

His work as a dispatcher, as well as long weekly drives to transport equipment for a company where his wife works as an office manager, was no problem.

“I could work or drive sitting up,” he says. “But I couldn’t lay down.

And if I did the least bit of exertion, I had to rest.”

Gentner and his doctor worried that there was something more than old age holding him up. He began to become short of breath after a few seconds of activity. Short walks— even from one room in the house to another—required rest stops. He could no longer lie down to sleep.

“If I got up to go to the front door, I’d be out of breath, in that short of time. And I’m talking about 40 feet.

It was really quite disturbing,” he says. ...continues on page 20

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[Repaired] Heart ... from page 18

Gentner was diagnosed in 2007 with an abnormal heartbeat known as atrial fibrillation. As his condition worsened, his heart began to fail and his chest filled with fluid. Gentner was admitted to University of Arizona Medical Center—University Campus for further tests.

Dr. Raj Janardhanan, associate professor of medicine and medical imaging in the UA College of Medicine—Tucson in the division of cardiology and an expert at detecting and evaluating valve disorders, saw Gentner.

The initial two-dimensional echocardiogram Gentner received upon admittance suggested there might be a problem with his mitral valve, the valve between the heart’s left atrium and the left ventricle. To find out more, Janardhanan called for a more specialized echocardiogram—this time a 3-D look, from the inside. For this echocardiogram, Gentner swallowed a probe that took a sonar image of his heart in much greater detail.

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echocardiography, or 3D-TEE. The internal, transesophageal imaging has been used for well over a decade, but the 3-D look at Gentner’s heart and valve only became possible within the last five years, Janardhanan says. And it’s the 3-D view, what Janardhanan calls the “surgeon’s view,” that really helped. From the details learned in the 3D-TEE imaging, Janardhanan was able to learn the severity of Gentner’s leaking mitral valve, and was able to create a 3-D model for the surgeon.

He confirmed that Gentner’s mitral valve was leaking, which caused blood to flow backward (also called mitral regurgitation) instead of flowing smoothly from the left atrium to the left ventricle. It left Gentner’s body short on oxygen, causing his fatigue and shortness of breath.

Janardhanan was also able to determine that Gentner would not need an artificial replacement valve, as might have been routinely done if doctors only had the two-dimensional image for reference.

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Gentner seems to appreciate keeping as much of who he is as possible. He also was heartened by the fact that the surgery would be performed robotically.

In robotic repair as opposed to openchest repair, the Terry Gentner of Ajo pauses during a cardiac rehab incision is much session with Dr. Raj Janardhanan, who made a 3-D smaller, which image of his heart that helped Gentner’s surgeon repair means the recovery a leaking mitral valve. Gentner’s health has improved time is much faster. greatly since the surgery, which was performed After the surgery, robotically.

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In the end, new technology and he worked with machines and weights. stick-to-itiveness He has since moved his sessions home old-fashioned to Ajo, where he joined a gym and worked together to help Gentner on works out at least three times a week. his recovery. He’s now able to walk

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“I can’t express this too strongly, dogs), and enjoy many activities he’d once written off completely. He’s don’t dread this thing. Go get it fixed.”

Janardhanan agrees. While newer itching to give back, to be more active again. He’s considering working for technology and techniques like the counseling program again, or any 3D-TEE have a lot of potential to help people like Gentner, he stresses “little lifesaving job,” he says. that it takes specialists to operate the It’s all about quality of life.

“Many people with a leaky valve, technology, and advises individuals to they just attribute it to getting old, start with their own doctors.

“Increasing shortness of breath, and they kind of slow down. But once These are common we’re able to fix that, we’re able to fatigue: give them their quality of life, and symptoms elderly people can come that’s the key thing,” Janardhanan across—I recommend seeing their doctors, maybe start with a basic 2-D says. ultrasound which can at least give Gentner certainly agrees. us proof on what’s “I feel much going on with the better. I’m not ready heart muscle and the to run a marathon, status of the heart but my quality of life valve. Those are is just tremendously the two key (pieces more than it was. It of) information we is amazing that I am get from the regular that much better,” echo. That would he says. still be the starting And he has advice Using a new technique called for anyone with three-dimensional transesophageal point. And based on that, we can go health concerns, echocardiography, or 3D-TEE, doctors are able to get a “surgeon’s into more advanced particularly older view” of a patient’s heart and create imaging to fine tune individuals. the best way of “Get yourself a a 3-D model for the surgeon. great doctor, and then go and listen to treatment.” him, and don’t dread what he’s going As for Gentner? to tell you, because what he’s going to “I just want to get back out there,” tell you is probably going to be way he says. “I’m feeling really good, less than you dread,” he says, adding and though I don’t know how much that while not everyone will have better I’ll get, things have improved the benefit of less-invasive robotic mightily.”

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On Martin Luther King weekend, Saturday, Jan. 18, the era of swing will come to life during Marana Senior Prom Big Band Bash, presented by Southern Arizona Arts and Cultural Alliance (SAACA) and MHC Healthcare.

Truly a night to remember, the Big Band Bash will celebrate the days of Studebakers, swing dancing and the beginning of post war “baby boom” at MHC Healthcare Main Campus, 13395 N. Marana Main St., in Tucson.

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Share hearing health tips And of course, it’s never too early to start talking to other family members and young kids about protecting their hearing. Share your knowledge about hearing healthy with loved ones.

Here are a couple things to share: • Remind your family members to lower the volume. If you have to yell to be heard while watching your favorite TV show, it’s too loud.

Discuss the importance of keeping the volume on TVs, radios and music devices at a reasonable level to avoid any damage to hearing.

• Remind your family members that it’s OK to give your ears a break.

Because in today’s busy world, we are constantly around noise. After being exposed to high noise volumes hours on end, it is important to find a quiet space to give your ears a break.

• With these simple strategies, you and your loved ones will be well on your way to better hearing health in the New Year and your ears will thank you.

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Our bodies are craving light and nourishing—and yet fantastically flavored— food right now, and thanks to food writer Gwen Walters, we’re off to a yummy start.

Gwen, who has authored three award-winning cookbooks, emptied her cup of the corporate life a few years ago and filled her plate instead with all things food. On her website www.penandfork.com, we can follow Gwen’s life as a professionally trained chef and food adventurer. The site features cooking tips, cookbook and restaurant reviews, practical how-to cooking techniques plus articles on the latest food trends and other culinary finds.

Gwen’s Pineapple Gazpacho is so gorgeous, it’s a “Made-For-TV” dish, but Gwen first shared this recipe on my radio show. The chopping and dicing of fresh ingredients and the whir of the blender came screaming through the airways. In the studio, we were begging for second helpings—and thirds.

Gwen shares its origin: “This particular recipe is from my book, The Great Ranch Cookbook, and is based on a recipe from Rancho de los Caballeros in Wickenburg.

When I married I didn’t know how to cook. But on my first trip to Georgia as a new bride, my husband Jeff ’s granny and aunt changed all that. They made me see that cooking wasn’t a chore—it could be fun. They pulled me into the kitchen with open arms—and I haven’t left since.”

The Pineapple Gazpacho is the perfect start to a great new year, and a recipe that originated from the historic

Rancho de los Caballeros is a terrific place to begin a brand new season of healthful cooking. Here’s to a yummy 2014!

PINEAPPLE GAZPACHO Makes 4 servings

Ingredients: 1/2 cup chopped yellow bell pepper 1/4 cup pineapple juice 1 small fresh pineapple, peeled, cored and chopped 1/4 cup chopped red onion 1/4 cup peeled, seeded and chopped cucumber 1 tablespoon brown sugar 2 teaspoons rice wine vinegar 1/2 teaspoon hot red pepper sauce 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt 1/8 teaspoon white pepper Garnish: 1/4 cup finely chopped red bell pepper 1/4 cup finely chopped green bell pepper 1/4 cup finely seeded, chopped cucumber 1 tablespoon chopped cilantro Place all ingredients (excluding garnish) in a food processor or blender and puree until smooth. Taste and add more seasoning if desired.

Refrigerate until ready to serve. (Can be prepared one day in advance; stir before serving). Ladle 6 to 8 ounces into chilled soup bowls and sprinkle with red and green bell peppers, cucumber and cilantro.

Kick up the “heat” level by adding a pinch of minced jalapeno or Serrano chile along with the garnish.

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Heart failure also is the leading cause of all hospitalizations in individuals older than the age of 64. Additionally, once hospitalized for heart failure, the patient carries a 30 percent risk of being readmitted with heart failure in the next 30 days.

Can these admissions and readmissions be prevented or at least reduced? The answer is an astounding yes. The patient has a vital role in avoiding one of every five hospitalizations for heart failure.

Furthermore, a dedicated patient may decrease the risk of annual readmission by almost 40 to 45 percent.

True-life tales from some of Arizona’s most fascinating residents.

Dr. Maribeth Gallagher

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As a longtime professional singer, Gallagher moved audiences with her voice, warming up crowds for the likes of Donna Summer, The Beach Boys, Huey Lewis and the News and Frankie Valli.

“I went to nursing school and moved to San Francisco, where I was offered a singing job, which was kind of bizarre,” says Gallagher, a Brooklyn native.

“I thought, ‘This will last six weeks.’”

Her career spanned 30 years.

“That led to me being in some places where maybe an American New York woman wouldn’t be received so warmly, shall we say,” she says.

“On the stage, you can feel the energy of the crowd. So, when I was in Turkey, a predominantly Muslim country, I noticed in about three songs that it was very, very different.

Our differences started to melt away. Our similarity and connection would start to emerge just naturally.

I started to appreciate early in my career that music was so much more than entertainment. It really was a powerful medium.”

Now she is taking her passion for music and improving the bonds between dementia patients. As the director of Hospice of the Valley’s Dementia Program, Gallagher encourages families to listen to music together.

She has seen those with dementia slowly begin to remember words to songs. Married to jazz keyboardist Peter Zale, Gallagher saw one family sing Frank Sinatra’s “Fly Me to the Moon” together.

“They said, ‘We can sit there and hold hands,’” she recalls. “‘We start out by listening to it, then she’ll start singing and then we’ll start singing and then we’ll sing together.’”

It’s the depth of that connection where words aren’t required, she explains.

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allow three days to explore the Selznick produced the movie, which is Gone with the Wind Trail in and the highest grossing film in box-office near Atlanta, but it takes me only one history, earning an estimated $3.3 to become a Windie. A Windie is a billion in today’s dollars. To capitalize die-hard GWTW fan, a person who on the public’s interest, Georgia is immersed in the history, legends created a GWTW Trail that leads and legacy surrounding the Pulitzer people to five sites that are in some way Prize-winning novel and enormously connected to the book, the film or the popular film. Some dream of Rhett; author.

Our first trail stop is in Clayton others dream of Scarlett’s fancy clothes or 17-inch waist. As for me, I dream County, where Mitchell’s relatives of publishing a novel that wins one of had a rural home. As a child, Mitchell the world’s most prestigious awards visited often and listened intently as and is turned into a film that earns me her family elders told stories about their experiences during the Civil millions.

War. Many of these On the surface, tales were transformed GWTW is the wildly into scenes in her novel, romantic tale of Scarlett leading her heirs to O’Hara, a headstrong dub Clayton County Southern belle (played the “Official Home of

by Vivian Leigh in the ‘Gone with the Wind.’” movie) and her love(To Mitchell’s dismay, hate relationship with Selznick upgraded the Rhett Butler, a dashing, comfortable farmhouse successful opportunist of Mitchell’s memory (depicted by Clark into Tara, a much Gable). grander mansion that But on a deeper level, he thought would GWTW is the story of better appeal to movie the American South audiences.) during and immediately One of the most popular pieces The Road to Tara after the Civil War, a in The Road to Tara Museum is time when an entire a replica of the Drapery Dress, Museum has a painting of the old farmhouse, in society was challenged worn by Vivian Leigh. addition to authentic Civil War items and ultimately transformed.

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“Gone with the Wind,” the book, has been published in more than 40 languages, including Amharic (Ethiopia) and Kamnada (India). memorable scenes. But it’s not until I and marry Carole Lombard, the love see the display of foreign edition books of his real life. On the other hand, that I begin to morph from casual his co-star Vivian Leigh got a mere $30,000. Yes, Gable was a mega-star tourist to possible Windie.

GWTW has been translated into but still, I can’t help but wonder what more than 40 languages and sold in Mitchell, who was quite the feminist more than 50 countries, from Albania for her time, thought of that.

Finally, we double back to Atlanta and Burma to North Korea and Serbia.

Why are people all over the world so to visit Oakland Cemetery, where intrigued by a story about a war that Mitchell is buried next to her husband.

Her tombstone is small compared to took place in America so long ago?

We learn the answer the next day many and gives no hint of her fame. when we visit the Margaret Mitchell It’s simply inscribed with her married House, where the author lived when name, Margaret Mitchell Marsh. she began her novel. It takes only a few Someone, a Windie no doubt, has minutes to see the small apartment but decorated the grave with pink flowers, much longer to peruse the exhibits in reputedly Mitchell’s favorite color.

I want to extend my stay in Georgia, the nearby hallway. There, on a large signboard, is a quote by Margaret to delve more deeply into the GWTW Mitchell: “If the novel has a theme, it phenomena and to learn more about the era in which the novel is set. But is that of survival.”

Why, of course. GWTW addresses we have a plane to catch, so I console a basic concern: If their old world is myself by remembering Scarlett’s “gone with the wind,” how do people words, “Tomorrow is another day.” I’ll create a new one that will work in be back. their new circumstances? This is a For more information: www.gwtwtrail.com question asked by everyone who has ever suffered a hardship, be whatever A festival celebrating the 75th the cause. When seen in this light, it’s easy to understand the story’s universal anniversary of the film’s release will take place at the Marietta Gone with and enduring appeal.

Our next stop is Atlanta’s Public the Wind Museum from June 6 to June Library, where there are more than 8. For more information, visit www.

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We’re even more fascinated by the items on display at the Marietta GWTW Museum, Scarlett on the Square, which holds a treasure-trove of photos and ephemera. I examine the film contracts. Gable got $160,000 plus a bonus that Clayton County is proud that Mitchell’s heirs dubbed it enabled him to divorce his wife “The Official Home of ‘Gone with the Wind.’”

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By Pat Lawlis, Preservation of Arizona Resources and Children

All ASO cyclists will tell you that safe places to ride—and even more so to race—are scarce.

Although Arizona has the perfect climate to adopt cycling as regular exercise, it is a sad fact that places for safe cycling are disappearing.

As a proponent of physical exercise as a way of maintaining good health, Arizona Senior Olympics is in favor of the development of facilities and communities that encourage regular exercise. The following article is written about a cause we support.

The Loop 202 South Mountain Freeway (SMF) has been discussed for 30 years. The Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) claims it will save our Valley from traffic congestion and air pollution. ADOT plans to eliminate Pecos Road in Ahwatukee and destroy three ridges of South Mountain to build this $2 billion freeway.

The ASO uses Pecos Road in Ahwatukee as its venue for bicycle races and road races. The elimination of Pecos Road would leave ASO without a venue for these events and with the very difficult task of trying to find a suitable replacement venue.

So the important issues are whether ADOT is going to build the SMF for sure, and whether it is really necessary.

Often, no one looks closely enough at a freeway proposal, so it goes uncontested and approval is quick. The SMF, however, has raised numerous questions throughout

the 30 years since it was first “a line penciled in on a map.” In 2006, when ADOT announced going ahead with the freeway, a grassroots group, Protecting Arizona’s Resources and Children (PARC), decided to examine it more thoroughly.

When ADOT released its Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) on the SMF in April 2013, PARC brought together several experts in various areas covered by the DEIS. These experts examined the document and provided comments regarding issues they saw.

At the very least, their comments would point out any problem areas that ADOT needed to resolve before getting approval to build. At most, the experts would point out issues that cannot be resolved that would result in disapproval of the project.

PARC’s experts found more problems with ADOT’s study than expected as detailed in PARC’s 318page response. Any of the numerous problems would prevent freeway approval if not resolved.

Of particular interest is that PARC’s traffic engineering experts have determined that the SMF would result in no appreciable improvement in traffic congestion anywhere, including on Interstate 10 and on arterial streets.

Further, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) examined the DEIS and came to the same conclusion as PARC’s air quality

experts and gave the ADOT’s study its lowest possible rating. Correct modeling shows that air pollution would get worse rather than better.

The process of closely examining ADOT’s proposal and requiring that all problems be fixed helps all citizens of the Phoenix metropolitan area. If the freeway problems cannot be mitigated, court action may be necessary to protect the interests of the public. This citizen-based struggle is expensive and the PARC

organization needs the support of those who believe in its cause.

On March 1, the public is invited to participate in a family “Cause Walk to Save Pecos.” The event will be jointly produced by ASO and PARC. Walkers are urged to seek per-kilometer pledges to donate to help raise money for this critical issue. Registration for the walk should be made on: www. seniorgames.org, where registrants can also find further information and a pledge form.

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