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As a commercial pilot weapons. de
certified to carry a gun gr
while he flies, Paul Valone
has had training on how to In countries from th
use a firearm to neutralize Norway to New Zealand, law
mass shooters and thwart the United Kingdom to wh
terrorists. Canada, where mass a
shootings have shocked pr
It’s not with glee that the nations, publics have put ab
North Carolinian had to their trust in the authority civ
learn how to unjam a gun of democratic governments. ro
with one hand or manage it In Switzerland, which has of
blindfolded. Rather he sees one of the highest per capita to
his skills acquisition as a rates of gun ownership in ba
civic duty, at a time when he the world, citizens rely on
says values are fraying in one another – not just va
American life – underscored themselves – to maintain a
by the latest shooting to healthy culture of gun safety, cle
shock the nation: seven centered around a common
people shot dead at a good. of
Fourth of July parade in
Highland Park, Illinois. It Am
happened less than six
weeks after 19 elementary th
school students and two
teachers were shot dead in And in Latin America, a Mark Yonjof, owner of Atlantic Outdoors, locks up a hand gun after showing it to a customer th
May in their classroom in region among the most in Stokesdale, North Carolina in December 2015. After mass shootings, American have
Uvalde, Texas. violent in the world and tended to seek out more guns for protection, not fewer to end the violence. we
where trust of institutions
Like 63% of American gun and one another is much im
owners polled by Gallup in lower than in the U.S., a
2019, Mr. Valone carries a mentality of arming oneself rat
weapon for self-protection doesn’t emerge, in no small
– relying on himself to keep part because of doubts stu
his family and friends safe. about the example the
United States has set. 20
“Weapons shouldn’t be
comfortable.They should be tra
comforting,” says Mr.Valone,
a federal flight deck officer brave. Be ambitious,” says Jaclyn Schildkraut for the to the Uvalde school bright-pink strawberry th
and president of Grass Gill Marshall-Andrews, chair Regional Gun Violence shooting, boosting so-called
Roots North Carolina, a gun of the Gun Control Research Consortium show red flag laws and bolstering popsicles on their walks U.
rights group. “Any place I Network, which was formed 402 mass shootings in the background checks for To
can be legally armed, you out of a civil society U.S. between 1966 and those under 21, it was the home.
can rest assured I will be.” movement after the 2020, the numbers steadily U.S.’s neighbor to the north Ex
massacre. rising with each decade. that moved more radically. There have been three
Mr. Valone is part of an They do not include gang Within a week of Uvalde,
undeniable trend: A country Whatever the locale, The American gun debate violence or terrorist attacks Canada introduced new school shootings in Mexico
filled with disquiet is holding trust remains a key factor in has always stood out, not in their tally. legislation to freeze buying, since 2014. But the go
its guns close. Each mass determining how a nation just because of its importing, and selling national su
shooting reignites a long- responds to guns. Exploring proportions but also its handguns. subsequent
standing fight for more gun the levels of trust – in composition. Since its conversation in Mexico ba
control – and a sense of institutions and in each frontier founding, gun laws “We need only look after their recent school wh
disbelief around the world other – helps explain some are protected under the south of the border to shootings, including one in th
that anyone would see of the gaping disconnect U.S. Constitution, and the know that if we do not take cr
another solution. But between the U.S. and the National Rifle Association is When societies have been action, firmly and rapidly, it 2020, has focused on the U.
Americans have tended to rest of the world when it singular when compared faced with the kind of gets worse and worse and erosion of family values,
seek out more guns for comes to mass shootings with other gun lobbies tragedies that come with more difficult to counter,”
protection, not fewer to try globally in its power to stories like that of Aiden Canadian Prime Minister mental health, and the
to end the violence. Avoiding “the American protect those rights. McCarthy, the toddler found Justin Trudeau said. corrupting nature of violent re
road” wandering alone at Highland video games. Access to guns gu
“Too many guns are Yet gun control is Park on July 4 after both his “A gun isn’t going to help is rarely mentioned.That’s in ow
purchased in our society polarizing everywhere, and parents were shot dead, them”
because people don’t trust public trust has had to be most have moved part because it’s so hard to
their fellow Americans,” says earned. It was so divisive in legislatively – and effectively South of the U.S. border,
U.S. historian Randolph The Scottish voices in the the United Kingdom in 1996 – to prevent a repeat. Mexico is awash in guns and legally obtain one in the first
Roth, author of “American video message are sober. that campaigners received violence. Americans see
Homicide.” “We want you to know that death threats. “In 1996 images of daylight shootouts place, leaving weapons to
change can happen,” they pistol shooting was the in public squares or
Around the world, the say. “It won’t be easy, but fastest growing sport in the quinceañeras – the kind of circulate mostly among
question of who national continue to remind U.K., and we were told barbarity that can seem like
societies trust most when it everyone of exactly what there couldn’t possibly be a a Hollywood production. criminals.
comes to guns and public happened at your school ban on handguns because of
safety rarely follows the U.S. and of the devastation that. We were told this was Australia pushed through But along the broad But amid such high rates
example of prioritizing caused by just one person all too ambitious,” says Ms. sidewalks outside the of violence, in a culture that
individual discretion with with one legally owned gun. Marshall-Andrews. “But we a gun buyback program Benito Juárez elementary focuses on family and
Never let anyone forget.” managed to get a complete school in central Mexico community, and given its
ban. It’s totally transformed after the 1996 massacre in City, one thing Fernando trajectory of gun laws, a
the culture of guns in this Rendon doesn’t worry mentality of arming oneself
country. We were going Port Arthur, Tasmania. about is a mass shooting – the values Mr. Valone
down the American road.” inside his 8-year-old son’s espouses, for example –
Research from the classroom. doesn’t take root.
That was a quarter
century ago. There have University of Sydney shows “It’s just not that easy to
been only three mass get a gun,” says the father, as
shootings, and not a single the proportion of families schlep backpacks
school shooting, in the U.K. festooned with cartoon
since. In the U.S., figures by Australians who hold a gun characters at school
dismissal and kids eat
They are the survivors of license fell by 48% between

a shooting in Dunblane, 1997 and 2020. New “I think a lot of people
calculate a gun isn’t going to
Scotland, 22 years prior, Zealand banned help them” in Mexico and
other parts of Latin
addressing student semiautomatic rifles less America, says Adam Isacson,
director for defense
survivors of the attack on a than a week after a far-right oversight at the Washington
Office on Latin America, a
Parkland, Florida, high extremist killed 51 research and advocacy
organization. “Gangs are
school in 2018, when a members of a mosque in either really well armed or
control the local police – or
gunman murdered 17 2019. control everything in a
neighborhood. If you kill one
people. Canada tightened its gun [gang member], even in self-

After the mostly 9-, 10-, laws after a 1989 mass story continues on next page
and 11-year-olds were killed
in Uvalde, Texas, the shooting of 14 women at
message of activists who
managed to change British Montreal’s École
gun laws after Dunblane
remains unchanged. “Be Polytechnique. And while

the U.S. last month did see

passage of its first major gun

safety legislation in a

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Mass shootings

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defense, you’re in even year, politicians on the right

greater danger,” he says. in Chile, Brazil, and Colombia

Today, Mexico has some of have put forth proposals that
the strictest gun-control lean into individual rights to
laws in the hemisphere, bear arms and access
which makes legally obtaining weapons. In 2016 a proposal
a firearm a lengthy – and was floated in the Mexican
pricey – endeavor. There are Senate to allow guns to be
about 16.8 million firearms in carried in cars and private
civilian hands in Mexico, companies but was roundly
roughly 4% the total number rejected.

of guns in the U.S., according Eugenio Weigend Vargas,

to the Small Arms Survey the director for Gun

based in Switzerland. Violence Prevention at the

And from the southern Center for American This undated photo shows the class of Dunblane Primary School, Scotland, and their teacher, Gwen Mayor. After 16 children and Ms. Mayor
vantage, Mexicans have a Progress, researches gun were killed by a gunman on March 13, 1996, the United Kingdom banned handguns.The country hasn't had a school shooting since.
clear view on vicious cycles violence and trafficking in the
of armament – and how U.S. and Mexico. He says “Mexico is a weak state, neighborhood to another – Uvalde shooting. But such access to guns, so I don’t
American gun laws make some politicians in Latin and that means that in many or even fleeing the country. checks have raised human really think about that.”
their security worse. In 2004, America may be “repeating cases, individual citizens and “It underscores to me that rights concerns in Mexico,
the U.S. ban on assault the narrative you hear in the communities are left to people realize having a gun is and she says she doesn’t Communal responsibility
weapons expired, and almost U.S.” around gun rights, but defend themselves,” says not going to make you safer,” expect a new policy to go
immediately the homicide “the overall perception is David Shirk, an expert in says Mr. Shirk. into place, as she adjusts her Swiss youth, on the other
rate shot up in Mexico. one that people look at the U.S. organized crime and violence hot-pink-framed glasses after hand, have easier access to
study showed that, between and say ‘I don’t want to be in Mexico at the University Outside the Benito Juárez school. “They don’t have guns.
2014 and 2018, 70% of guns like that.’” of San Diego. school, first grade teacher
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Gun violence has Mass shootings 10% bought their weapons. lower the temperature –
long-term effects
on survivors, their Dr. Aebi says a lower level mostly because it’s at least a
families of polarization allows the
gun culture consensus to step.“We have not been able
remain. “There has been a
continued from previous page gradual polarization of to pass anything significant in
societies everywhere, but
On a sweltering June regulations in referendums. this polarization is 30 years. The last gun laws
weekend, men, boys, and particularly important in the
families gathered at The Swiss have found United States. This were passed when I was 10,”
Switzerland’s Federal Field consensus on the issue – polarization that exists
Gun violence can cause In addition, gunshot Shooting contest, held at putting trust in each other means that you do not trust Wsays Lanae Erickson, senior
significant, long-lasting survivors averaged nearly sites across the country and and the rules they have people that do not think like
mental harm to survivors $2,500 a month more in billed by organizers as the agreed upon to keep guns you,” he says. vice president for social
and their families, according direct healthcare costs in world’s largest shooting safe. policy, education, and politics
to a new study. the year after their injuries. competition, with roots Switzerland, on the other
dating back to 1872. Sandro Klotter teaches hand, has a long history of bat the center-left think tank
seven young shooters in the neutrality and democracy, as tThird Way.
nearby town of Arlesheim. well as a depersonalized gThat does not reflect the
They all had to master style of politics since it is
handgun expert Jeff governed by a council of moderate position that most
Cooper’s four safety rules – seven ministers who take
In the year after their That suggests direct consider every gun loaded, turns serving as president. Americans hold. In new w
injury, survivors are at healthcare spending for U.S. don’t aim at something you “[In Switzerland,] trust in
increased risk for pain, gun violence survivors totals At one of the don’t want to hit, keep your institutions is high, and polling by Third Way in
mental health and substance $2.5 billion in the first year competition’s sites outside trigger finger straight, be interpersonal confidence
use disorders. Their family alone, according to findings Basel, participants as young aware of your target and too.” Washington after Uvalde, c
members also have higher published April 5 in the as 14 gathered for the mid- what’s around it – before 73% of respondents in D
likelihood for mental health Annals of Internal Medicine. June annual festival, some in getting a weapon. Trust and violence North Carolina said it was In
issues. Both victim and loved full folkloric costume or too easy to get a gun.
ones have the added burden military attire despite the “My guys, they don’t get a The interplay between p
of higher healthcare costs, heat. In a nation with a gun unless they can recite trust, safety, and guns is at
researchers found. In the first year, cost- standing militia, where that,” he says.“I must be sure the heart of research that Mr. Valone is opposed to g
sharing -- including copays military service is that I can call them at 3 Dr. Roth at Ohio State has
and deductibles -- rose by an compulsory for all men, the o’clock in the morning and carried out, from the colonial the new U.S. gun control law; d
average $102 per person gun has a long tradition here. ask them what is safety rule era to recent anti-police
per month among gunshot And while it symbolizes No. 3? Safety is No. 1.” protests. he protested at the office of th
survivors. death and divisive politics in
many places in the world, The shooting community His basic finding: Low Sen. Thom Tillis of North a
guns reflect for many here a knows avoiding accidents is murder rates tend to
About 40,000 people in national ideal – and fun. key to keeping their correlate with periods when Carolina, a Republican who n
the United States are killed treasured tradition going – Americans have a strong
by guns each year, while an and avoiding tighter level of trust in the helped pen it. After Highland
estimated 85,000 survive regulations. “There is really a government and in each
gun injuries. trust from the government other. Park, he says further r
The increases in illness towards us that we are restrictions, from an assault to
responsible with the rifles Over history, when people
and spending were even and the guns,” says Mr. were best off, violence weapons ban to trigger laws, "a
Bleuler.“Us shooters look all remained low. World War II
more dramatic among those the time at security. Security brought peace around the wouldn’t have made a o
is all the time in focus. We world, including the U.S.
"Understanding how whose gunshot injuries don’t want an accident to Murder rates dropped. The difference in this case. m
firearm injuries reverberate happen.” turbulent ’60s and ’70s saw
across peoples' lives and resulted in admission to violence rise again, at Instead, he has dedicated re
families provides insights Switzerland has on different rates among
that we can use to provide intensive care units, and Elia Sammarruco, a 20- average about 50 homicides different groups. Murder tireless hours as an activist "d
better care for patients," per year. Including attempted among white people rose in
said lead author Dr. Zirui among survivors of year-old participant, murders, guns were used the Carter era, but fell in the trying to build bipartisan th
Song, an associate professor only in 10% of the cases in Reagan years. The opposite
of healthcare policy at intentional shootings, compares shooting to 2019, according to Swiss was true for Black support in his own state for th
Harvard Medical School federal statistics. In the U.S., Americans. The homicide
who practices at the including assaults, self-harm meditation after one of his where figures leave out rate peaked in Los Angeles in improving mental health s
affiliated Massachusetts attempted homicides, 67% of 1992 – the year that the
General Hospital in Boston. and law enforcement events, stressing he prefers murders involved a gun that Rodney King riots stunned reporting for background a
year, says Marcelo Aebi, the nation. And then the
shootings, the study found. real shooting to the virtual professor of criminology at murder rate went down. checks. He also supports w
the University of Lausanne,
The findings show the version in video games. “It’s Switzerland. Then there was the killing more federal funding for
need for doctors to screen of Michael Brown in
gunshot survivors and their just you, the gun, and the “One key difference Ferguson, Missouri; the school security. A
family members for signs of between Switzerland and the Malheur protests in Oregon;
mental health problems and target,” he explains.“So I can United States is that military the white nationalist rally in “Gun owners are saying, p
to be alert to the increased service is mandatory for Charlottesville, Virginia; and
risk of substance use leave all my thoughts and just men,” he says. “That means protests against the murder ‘What can we do?’ But our b
disorders when treating pain every man considered to be of George Floyd in 2020 –
in gunshot survivors, the focus. ... Gaming sometimes sound of mind and physically the anger bleeds into philosophy of what can we g
researchers said. able receives training on gun violence. At the same time,
To learn more about the can be really stressful and safety. the murder rate rises. do is dramatically different e

long-term effects of gun hectic and fast. Here it is While the option of The pandemic flamed new than people who think they U
purchasing one’s weapon iterations of “them” versus
violence on survivors and slow.You take your time.” after completing service and “us,” and two years ago, the are going to disarm violent a
taking it home was once the U.S. saw a record 23 million
those around them, the Switzerland counts 2,500 norm, those who do are guns sold. This year has seen sociopaths,” says Mr. Valone. th
shooting clubs nationwide. today a tiny minority, Dr. the highest number of mass
researchers analyzed 10 With about 130,000 Aebi adds. In 2004, 43% of shooting victims in history. “And to deter a violent d
members, the Swiss Shooting people serving were
years (2008-2018) of "The heightened risk for Association is the largest purchasing their service The new U.S. gun control sociopath, you have to c
these complications among sports club in the country. arms. That represented law has been hailed as a
Medicare and private both survivors and their Local communal ranges like 20,000 assault rifles and significant step forward to convince him that he’s likely o
families should be on this one outside Basel are a 20,000 pistols. By 2017, in a
insurance claims data. The clinicians' radars, and feature of Swiss life, like county of 8.5 million, only to encounter an armed w
individuals who show signs hockey rinks in Canada or
data included nearly 6,500 of secondary trauma should baseball diamonds in the U.S. American who isn’t prepared w
be referred for appropriate
gunshot survivors and care and follow-up," Song that day to be a victim.” U
said in a Harvard news
nearly 12,500 of their family release. The trick moving forward, w
says Ms. Erickson, is p
members, including convincing gun rights sa
activists like Mr. Valone that c
spouses/partners, parents restrictions won’t make d
America less safe, and on the s
and children.

In the year after being "Given the magnitude of “It’s a wonderful other hand, convincing the
shot, survivors had a 40% pain, suffering and expense tradition,” says Steven
rise in pain diagnoses, a 51% that firearm injuries can Bleuler, a member of the most ardent gun opponents st
rise in mental health cause over both the short Schliess-Sport Helvetia Basel
conditions, and an 85% and long term, it's crucial club. “I can go shooting with that guns don’t need to be h
increase in substance use that we take all the my grandfather, with my
disorders, compared with preventive measures we can father, with my brother ... abolished. T
other patients. to improve safety, at the [and] if I had children of the
same time as we enhance right age they could come “If we can show proof of a
Family members of our guidelines for care in shooting.” concept that it works, then -a
the aftermath of an injury to we can maybe talk about the S
gunshot survivors had a 12% minimize impact on gunshot next thing that we agree on. fo
survivors and their families," And I think it’s much more fr
increase in mental health he added. Switzerland hasn’t been likely at this point that those M
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greater restrictions that have can have a conversation fl
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including ones imposed by talking about confiscating all b
members of other patients. the European Union after
the Bataclan terrorist attack
in Paris in 2015. But guns, and guns,” she says,“and also that
the restriction of them, have
not become a major wedge Congress can actually get a
issue in part because citizens
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week diminished the power Despite these figures, the
of unelected bureaucrats to current administration is w
effectively make law. A 6-3 presiding over record-high
majority ruled the gas prices, hoping they will St
Environmental Protection force us into electric cars.
Agency (EPA) does not Electricity doesn’t fall from top-selling Model Y SUV, time it takes to charge an reverse. The Biden c
have the power to set the sky. It must be created raising it to $69,900. Ford electric vehicle, according
standards on greenhouse by something, such as coal, has also increased prices to Carfax.com, ranges from administration and its lo
gas emissions from existing oil, natural gas, nuclear on its EVs. less than an hour to 12
power plants. It said that’s Readers may email Cal reactor, wind, or solar hours, depending on which green allies want to force w
up to Congress. Thomas at power. The latter two are There are less expensive of three charging levels one
not available in sufficient electric cars, but challenges chooses. us into electric cars before H
The ruling came while [email protected]. quantities to drive 289.5 remain. These include the
President Biden was in Look for Cal Thomas’ new million American cars. availability of batteries. The most people can afford m
Europe promoting his book “America’s Expiration lithium in them comes
green energy agenda, even Date:The Fall of Empires and The Wall Street Journal mostly from China. Do we them and before they se
while Germany announced Superpowers and the Future carried a story last week want to underwrite more
it is firing up new coal about the rising cost of of the Chinese economy become as practical and h
plants to conserve gas of the United States” electric vehicles. General and its military at a time
because of supply Motors has added $6,250 when Beijing is a threat to Suppose you are stuck in convenient as gas-powered
shortages due to Russia’s power. to the price of its Hummer American interests? The traffic during an evacuation
cutback in gas deliveries to electric pickup truck. That last time I filled up my tank from a hurricane and your cars. a
the Continent. This, while Even the EPA vehicle now costs between with gasoline it took me battery runs out of juice? If
France gets 70 percent of acknowledges a decline in $85,000 and $105,000. about two minutes (and there is no charging station The next two elections, if –
its energy from nuclear greenhouse gasses (GHG) Tesla has increased prices cost $75, twice what it cost nearby, what do you do? If
without the additional three times this for a two years ago).While there your vehicle stalls, a Republicans play their cards sw
regulations the Biden performance version of its are several variables, the massive backup is likely to
administration wants to ensue and your plan to flee right, should reverse this S
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today as when the 14-year- white racism. Emmett was
old was brutally murdered, Black. The believed killers ‘H
nearly 67 years ago in 1955. were white.
b
This isn’t because a But in 1955, there was no
needle-in-a-haystack search federal hate crime statute. to
of dusty old files recently Emmett challenged a
turned up an unserved southern social code by Readers can reach Mary People mount a portrait of Emmett Till at George yo
warrant. The document throwing a wolf whistle at Sanchez at Floyd Square on June 3, 2021, in Minneapolis.
names the woman who may the young white wife of a ev
well have set the believed local grocery owner. To [email protected]
killers (one of whom was authorities, she later and follow her on Twitter K
her then-husband) toward accused him of more, @msanchezcolumn.
Emmett. claiming that he grabbed so
her by the waist and hand Mary Sanchez joins
Don’t know the story? and used foul, sexualized Happenings Q&A on mother made the heart- chases. The latter are often River, weighted down by a g
These days, a shocking language. wrenching and poignant gunned down, as if their
number of people do not. Fri. July 29th at decision to order his casket lives matter less. cotton gin fan. re
Still living, she’s the 2:30 on AM1050 WLIP. to be opened at the funeral,
Emmett was a cherub- woman with the unserved letting her son’s horribly Bryant-Donham has been The men were tried and m
faced, gregarious boy from warrant alleging her disfigured and decomposing protected by her gender
Chicago who one summer involvement in the body be shown to and race. And both factors quickly acquitted of murder.
visited beloved relatives in kidnapping of Emmett. Her mourners in Chicago for are entwined with Double jeopardy allowed u
the Mississippi Delta. He name is Carolyn Bryant- five days. misplaced codes of their orchestrated retelling a
returned home to his Donham. Southern chivalry, allowing
mother as a horrifically her to escape legal from ever being used at M
disfigured corpse in a In recent days the outcry questioning at the time of
casket. No one was ever to charge Bryant-Donham, Bryant-Donham was His mother’s insistence the murder. retrial. Instead, they re
convicted in the case. who is believed to be living initially named. on a public viewing has long pocketed a few thousand R
in Raleigh, North Carolina, been characterized as a She gave her account at dollars to have their words fi
Emmett’s plight has with something, with flame that spurred activism one point, but not to the published in Look magazine. re
alternately mortified and anything, has risen to jolting for civil rights legislation. jury. Authorities reasoned
energized people for levels on social media. But a The anguish and anger that there was no need to If Bryant-Donham iss th
decades, often after they warrant is not new about what happened to No, Emmett continues to haul her in for questioning, suspected of anythingg d
stumble upon the many evidence, despite the recent Emmett has never receded, resonate because so much because she had young chargeable, neither her agee u
gory details, various headlines and wishful never found solace or of his story underscores children at home. nor infirmity should matterr. c
theories out there about thinking to the contrary. It’s justice. Mostly, it’s because what is so damningly But truth does. Provabilityy
who was involved, and not even a new revelation. his trauma feels so in sync current. Memes call her the
intriguing subplots. It’s always been known that with today. original “Karen.” matters as well. fa

Her former husband New York-basedd th
(Roy Bryant) and Bryant’s Keithh e
It’s not just because half-brother (J.W. Milam) all documentarian
Bryant-Donham wasn’t but bragged about the Beauchamp understandss p
really questioned until the Emotions about Emmett incident, providing details that well. He’s hopeful p
case was first reopened by about what happened to
the FBI in 2004, then again are tripped every time that Emmett, whose body was evidence of Bryant-- o
in 2017. It’s not because the found in the Tallahatchie
initially accused were able headlines show a white Donham’s complicity, of herr a
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Migration choice left but to flee.”

Bertha, a Honduran

continued from page 7 mother who asked to use

only her first name, knows

meet. “We all planned it 2020, burying all their that feeling.When her family
together, so that they could belongings under more than
have a different life, so they two feet of mud. It was the started getting threatening
could achieve their goals and only path he could envision
dreams,” she told Telemundo out of poverty for his family, phone calls nearly a decade
in an interview at her home and away from ever-present
in western Honduras. gang violence that chases so after her environmental
many young men like himself.
“I hope you triumph,” she activist husband’s unsolved
recalled telling her boys
before they parted ways. killing, she took the danger

So far, four people face Migrants walk in a caravan after growing impatient waiting for a humanitarian visa seriously.
charges in connection to the
deaths of 53 migrants in the to cross the country to reach the U.S. border, in Tapachula, Mexico, July 1, 2022. She felt “great pain” telling
tractor-trailer
The day after Jessica told on my door and say, ‘The now had to decide whether She sees an element of her 16-year-old son to go
As border policies tighten, him it was a bad idea, she gangs killed your son.’” to apply for asylum in resilience in the ahead and try his hand at
reliance on unscrupulous realized he was never asking Mexico or return home – unaccompanied minors that reaching the U.S.
human smugglers grows. But permission: He’d already left. Dwindling choices possibly to start the journey pass through the shelter, and
these journeys north don’t north again from scratch. a maturity that comes at the “I thought no and yes at
always end in tragedy – for “It’s not always up to the The pandemic has made cost of “not living a the same time,” she says. “I
many, that’s the kernel of life even more challenging Few in the group of mostly childhood” in their home was confused about
hope that motivates many parent. Often these are for youths in the region. young boys had discussed country. “They don’t play, everything.” She didn’t eat or
migrants to take on the Many lost parents or the voyage with an adult they can’t go into the streets sleep while waiting for news
outsize risks – and they decisions made by the child, caregivers to COVID-19, before taking off. Oscar, a 17- because of gangs and of his safe arrival. Eventually,
don’t always begin with a becoming de facto year-old from Guatemala, left violence,” she says. “Often,
parent’s input. who is frequently a breadwinners for their his 5-year-old brother and they can’t even go to Ishe was deported home from
families in countries already parents behind almost two school.”
For Jessica, a mother of teenager,” Mark Greenberg, facing high unemployment months prior. He says his Mexico.
four outside San Pedro Sula, and low wages. Children in family opposed the idea, Unimaginable decision
Honduras, who asked to use former acting assistant Latin America have on asking him repeatedly to
only her first name for her average been out of school consider other options in It’s hard for the average
family’s safety, she wasn’t secretary for the longer than kids in any part Guatemala – like looking for American to understand
given a say in her 17-year-old of the world according to work in the capital. But he “the desperation these
son’s departure for the U.S. Administration for Children UNICEF, and the longer kids could see his dead-end individuals have” in migrating “If parents were
last year. One winter are away from the future at home, and wanted or watching their child
evening, he mentioned he and Families, with classroom, the less likely to take financial decide to migrate alone, says irresponsible, they wouldn’t
planned to leave with a they are to return. The loss responsibility for himself and Essey Workie, director of the search for options so that
group of friends. She told responsibilities for of hope in a future at home his loved ones. human services initiative at their kids could survive and in
him no, “don’t go,” she drives many to seek the Migration Policy m
recalls. unaccompanied child opportunity elsewhere. “There’s nothing for me” Institute.
in Guatemala, Oscar says.
But her son had been migrants under the Obama Early in the pandemic, a “No school, no work, no “We certainly have get ahead in life,” Bertha’s So
talking about the need to go group of kids ranging in age life.” poverty and challenges in the
north ever since back-to- administration, told the from 11 to 17 sat at folding U.S., but they pale in son says about his mother’s o
back hurricanes destroyed tables in the sparsely “So many of these kids are comparison to the level of
their home in November Monitor last year. In the past decorated cafeteria inside born into violence,” says deep poverty and safety decision to let him leave. “I b
the Casa Mambré refugee Eréndira Barco, a social issues” in Central America
decade, the number of shelter in Mexico City. The worker at Casa Mambré. and parts of Mexico, she consider it an act of wanting o
Guatemalan, Honduran, and “The moment they decide to says. “When someone
unaccompanied minors Salvadoran children were take this journey, they are witnesses a family member to protect my life. I faced a w
stopped by Mexican officials prepared for it in a really or community member
arriving at the U.S. border en route to the U.S., and unfortunate way.” raped or killed in front of risk here and on the journey, m

has ballooned from 7,000 in but she knew that I had

2011 to 122,731 in 2021. better opportunities”

Despite feeling panicked in beyond Honduras. yo
the minutes or hours yo
between texting her son at Bertha says if a parent has an
the start of his journey, the means to keep their child
Jessica says she came to safe at home with them, ar
realize there’s a trade-off to that’s obviously the best d
her worries.
choice. But it’s not always ch
as
possible.
co
“Living in Honduras is the “For your kids, you’ll an
most fear you can have,” she endure anything,” she says.
says.“It’s not that I sleep that “For the good of your kids, m
well. But I sleep a little you are willing to make any tr
better, because at least I
know someone won’t knock sacrifice.”

their eyes and then is By Whitney Eulich & Anna- fu

Sanchez skeptical.A man of faith, he’s involved – one for whites, threatened directly that Catherine Brigida w
also at peace with the idea another for people of color
that God ensures that – that people feel viscerally, they’re next? There’s no co
people reap what they sow. even without being deeply
continued from page 6 schooled in the case. al
the talent behind the 2005 In a phone call, the Rev.
film “The Untold Story of Beauchamp said. “And as Wheeler Parker, Jr., “They don’t talk about Ullman m
Emmett Louis Till,” and has Emmett’s cousin, said when how they took the law into sm
worked on the Till and people of color, we’re the FBI and the civil rights their own hands,” Parker
other unsolved civil rights division of the Department said. “The atrocities… to a to
murders for nearly 30 always just supposed to of Justice last closed the boy who had just turned 14. continued from page 5 ch
years. case in December of 2021, It’s like he got what he al
accept what the they’d interviewed Bryant- deserved. And I’ve had to In earlier times, these questions would have been
Beauchamp is among the Donham, but couldn’t find live with it, all of these laughed out of court on the basis of yelling fire in a
many filmmakers, journalists government says.” enough evidence to bring years.”
and historians who have any charges.
been enveloped by the But too often, the The emergence of any crowded locale just to generate a reaction. Will courts,
story. Through his work, he government was complicit “You never know,” new document helps many that are already overloaded with cases, have no p
grew close to Emmett’s or hesitated in finding the Parker, 83, said. “Maybe she complete the historical choice but to allow criminals to go uncharged and T
mother, Mamie Till-Mobley, justice that Emmett’s is tired, and she will confess record. Beauchamp and the
who died in 2003. mother sought. and will say what she needs others who publicized it released, be capable of dealing with an even greater o
to say.” after it was found deserve
As a ten-year-old he’d high praise and credit for workload? The answer is certainly no. th
stumbled across a copy of He was in the house the their perseverance and
Jet Magazine that showed For now, Beauchamp is night people kidnapped dedication to Emmett’s At home, inflation, unprecedented in decades, and co
the vibrant and alive pressing for District Emmett, asking for the boy legacy. gasoline prices are hugely disruptive to the well-being of n
Emmett, and then his body Attorney for the Fourth “who did the talking.”
in the coffin. His parents Circuit Court District of Emmett’s been bearing hundreds of millions of Americans. In a nation that has o
discussed it with him, and Mississippi W. Dewayne Today, Emmett’s name is the burden of the nation’s
later, when he dated inter- Richardson to act on the sometimes misspelled, even need for racial arguably not been as divided and polarized since 1861, any an
racially, they warned him warrant and at least in the Black press. The reconciliation for a long,
“don’t let what happened to investigate if Bryant- details of the case are often long time. He likely will issue, large or small, can be explosive. Congress's Jan. 6 d
Emmett Till, happen to you.” Donham could be culpable twisted and retold in continue to, as long as his
for the kidnapping and versions that couldn’t pass a case illuminates current hearings have disrupted the political order over whether
Emmett became a murder. basic fact check. emotions and present racial
“boogie man story.” inequities. a former president should be held accountable and even ch
Other scholars on the But it’s the racism, the tried for crimes that could include conspiracy to commit T
“I could never shake case are less sure, believing two-systems of justice sedition. m
Emmett out of my head,” the possibility has been co
investigated. Over the past 246 years, the United States has faced re
many crises beginning with winning its independence from in
Even the last living Till Britain. The Civil War was perhaps the most dire. Is it re
relative present the day conceivable that today could be even worse? an
Emmett entered the H
grocery where Bryant- That such a question can be raised is terrifying. From im
Donham was working, is climate change to cyber, social media, debt, terror and o
pandemics, MAD is existential if we ignore it. And the h
most pernicious form of MAD is failed and failing
government--the condition that paralyzes Washington and
is infecting the nation's political, social and moral

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mother is developing dementia. It’s
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not a specific disease, but rather a
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memory, thinking and social abilities
ad ANSWER: It is understandable that severely enough to interfere with daily
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negative connotation. What it really
your mother’s memory. Memory lapses means is that a person’s brain function
as and modest decline in thinking skills is impaired enough that the person
ld cannot live alone and requires help
m, are common as people age. There’s a with some daily tasks. Memory loss
st difference, however, between normal that disrupts daily life is one of the first
and more recognizable signs of
ys changes in memory and memory loss dementia.
associated with neurodegenerative
Other early signs can include:
’ll conditions such as Alzheimer’s disease conditions cannot be diagnosed by Create a predictable and soothing
ys. and Lewy body dementia. And some • Asking the same questions completing a one-time memory test. environment. Establishing and
repeatedly. strengthening routine habits and
ds, memory problems are the result of Regardless of diagnosis, here are a minimizing memory-demanding tasks
ny treatable conditions. • Forgetting common words when few things that you can do to help your can make life easier for all. Keep her
speaking. mother’s memory: keys, purse and regularly used items in
It may help to think of memory the same place. Post a large calendar in
• Mixing words up, such as saying Encourage independence and a common area to track daily
a- function as running on a continuum, "bed" instead of "table." purpose. Every person wants to feel schedules and appointments. Remove
purposeful, so help your mother excess clutter to create a restful
da with each person’s memory and • Taking longer to complete familiar, remain active and perform daily environment.
simple tasks, such as operating a activities for as long as possible. You
cognitive functioning falling somewhere microwave or washing machine. may need to modify some activities. Encourage exercise. Your mom may
For example, labeling cabinet doors or not be able to run a marathon
along it. Some people have sharp • Being unable to perform complex writing instructions for household anymore, but regular movement
tasks with many steps, such as appliances can provide a sense of improves blood flow, moderates mood
memories and can recall even the following a recipe or playing a board independence. and improves sleep. Gardening, walking
game. and dancing are low-impact, safe
smallest details, while others struggle Foster social interaction. Research activities for many people.
• Misplacing items in inappropriate has shown that regular social
to remember big events. Memory places, such as putting a wallet in the interaction slows cognitive decline. Plan healthy meals. People with
refrigerator. However, when people start to have memory concerns may forget to eat,
changes can be viewed as movement memory problems, they often pull back lose interest in preparing meals or not
n along this continuum. • Getting confused while walking or socially to avoid embarrassment. eat a healthy combination of foods.
a driving in a familiar area. Schedule social time with a small, safe Make every calorie beneficial by
s, Minor changes in memory as a group who is familiar with your mother planning nutritionally dense meals that
o person ages are considered normal. • Transposing numbers, such as when so she doesn’t need to worry or feel are rich in fruits, vegetables, whole
balancing a checkbook or dialing a self-conscious about repeating stories grains and legumes, fish, healthier fats,
d This includes misplacing reading glasses telephone number. or asking questions. and herbs or seeds.

r or occasionally having difficulty finding • Limiting participation in Talk about preferences. Some people It can be challenging to cope with
conversations. want to know if they have already cognitive and memory changes.
the right word. These situations are asked a question or be gently Remember to surround yourself with a
I recommend that you schedule an reminded. This could agitate others. care team that includes neurology,
d common and within the range of appointment for your mother with a Ask her which option is preferred and neuropsychology and psychiatry, as
of normal memory changes. These types memory care expert. Alzheimer’s recognize that this could shift as well as other practitioners who can
disease and other neurodegenerative conditions change. Identify a way to offer more advice. — Kari Mongeon
s of lapses don’t interfere with daily life confirm that she would like help. A Wahlen, Neurology, Mayo Clinic Health
simple nod or finger flick could signify System, Mankato, Minnesota
y and are not considered signs of that it is OK to lend support or
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pulled out of there. But I made more money than o
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questions. So today, more made a decent income, reforms they come up benefits from husband No.
random Social Security but my wife (a doctor) has Syndicate website at with will have a long lead- 1 as long as you are Q: How come you "e
questions and answers. made a great income. As www.creators.com. in time. In other words, married to husband No. 2. never write about h
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to know about Social she is alive. If she dies be retiring 10 or 20 or A: Because, frankly, I y
Security retirement Security? before you do, and even more years from don't know all that much to
assuming you meet all the now. For example, when
benefits over the phone A: Not really. Social eligibility requirements, they raised the retirement I don't want to plant any about it. Even though c
Security is essentially you will get widower's age from 65 to 67, they thoughts in your head, but
this morning. But to be gender neutral. In other benefits on her record, did so gradually over a if you divorced your Social Security and T
words, the same benefits which can be as high as span of about 40 years. current husband, you
honest, I wasn't all that that are paid to wives are 100% if you are over your could turn around and Medicare are associated
also paid to husbands. full retirement age. Q: I was married for 22 pick up widow's benefits
impressed with the clerk years to a wealthy man, from your rich first with each other, they are
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Social Security retirement that Congress is going to today.We are both 68 and just live with a guy, you for 32 years. I never th
will mess up the amount benefit. Only after that will pull the rug out from we each get our own could turn around and worked for the Centers a
they look to your wife's under me and cut benefits Social Security. He gets remarry him -- and for Medicare and Medicaid p
of my Social Security record to see if you can or start means-testing about $2,400 and I get because you would be Services (the federal h
get any extra spousal benefits. So, I'm thinking of $1,850. My first husband remarrying after age 60, agency the runs h
benefit and I won't be paid benefits. But because the filing now. What do you just died. Is there any way you could continue to Medicare). They produce o
spousal rate (for a wife or think? I can get any of his Social receive your widow's an easy-to-understand re
correctly. Is there anything husband) is only Security? benefits from your first
somewhere between 30% A: I think you should husband.
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your age when you file), it Security decision based on remarried before the age
A: What you can do is is doubtful you will get any politics. There is no
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Dear Amy: I'm a 65- moment I recognized my confidential memory greatest potential for
pattern of meeting an
year-old woman. I’ve interested man, "reeling screens every Monday, 8 positive effect and the
him in" with all that
been divorced three flattery and attention, a.m. - noon. Memory opportunity to
and then realizing he's a
times now, and have also totally inappropriate fit screens are suggested participate in making
and discarding him, often
had a couple of other only after years and years overwhelming your male handle the anxiety that for anyone concerned future decisions
of misery. prey. My theory is that goes along with being
serious love when you apply your quiet, and see if you still about memory changes, Warning signs of
What the hell is wrong charm with a fire hose, love yourself if you put
relationships – all with me and how do I you fall in love – with the pin back into the love at risk of Alzheimer’s dementia include
stop?! I've wasted nearly yourself. grenade and do more
unsuccessful. I'm single my entire life in this self- active listening. disease due to family forgetting people’s
sabotaging behavior, and I Your behavior seems
now and trying to just want to scream, and on the surface to be all Listen to an idiot for history, or who wants to names and events, asking
hang my head in shame. about the other person, five minutes, and you’ll
understand what I've I'm hoping you have but it’s really all about know he’s an idiot. You check their memory repetitive questions, loss
some wisdom for me. – you. won’t need to marry him
been doing wrong. Yikes and then reject him years now for future of verbal or written
I suggest that when later. In the process,
Dear Yikes: Barroom you realize that you are you’ll build up a residual comparison. skills, confusion over
epiphanies can be actually “enough,” you’ll affection for yourself and
Understand, I'm the extremely powerful, but stop lobbing your lovely confidence in your own Some memory daily routines, and
one doing the leaving the point of love bombs at every man discernment.
every single time, so my enlightenment is not to in sight. problems can be readily personality changes.
ou "excuse" has been that I waste time beating up on Ask a friend to remind
ut have a "broken picker,” yourself, but to take the Try this: Stop doing you to reel yourself in. A treated, such as those Screening results are
but that sounds like BS – insight and the wisdom that, and see how it feels! wingwoman would really
even to me. I was reading forward in order to This would require that help to keep you honest. caused by vitamin not a diagnosis, and
I your column and the make some changes. you deliberately suppress Also, need it be said?
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The Half Life of Valery K by Natasha Pulley mule.” After President world and that of the ever- h
Dr. Valery Kolkhanov is transferred from a prison in growing world of this s
Siberia to a secret Russian territory in 1963 to study the Abraham Lincoln’s newer, whiter America.” p
effects of radiation on animals. Natasha Pulley builds a Cow Tom survived the b
surreal world that slowly reveals immense dangers. It’s an assassination, however, his forced relocation of the r
absorbing Cold War thriller as well as a tribute to courage Trail of Tears, eventually s
and determination. successor,Andrew Johnson, settling with the tribe in in
How to Read Now by Elaine Castillo present-day Oklahoma. He r
“‘How to Read Now’ runs off the tongue a little easier reversed the order, became a leader of the “
than ‘How to Dismantle Your Entire Critical Apparatus,’” Creek people and in 1866 c
writes novelist Elaine Castillo in her debut nonfiction restoring the land to its negotiated a treaty with p
book, but such deconstruction is what makes for smarter, the U.S. government that
stronger readers. Boundless erudition and eloquent Confederate owners. guaranteed citizenship h
exasperation define her essay collection, which provokes rights for all Black people p
and discomfits, but ultimately engages, edifies, and In his eye-opening new in the tribe. At that time, G
thoroughly entertains. book, “We Refuse to Gayle reports, there were in
The Church of Baseball by Ron Shelton Forget: A True Story of roughly 1,600 free Black it
Screenwriter and director Ron Shelton writes Black Creeks, American Creek persons in a nation lo
entertainingly about making the 1988 film “Bull Durham,” Identity, and Power,” Caleb of 13,500 (many had r
which no less than Sports Illustrated judged the best Gayle traces the fascinating perished during the t
sports movie of all time. His book is a story of inspiration, and largely forgotten catastrophic westward D
talent, persistence, good fortune, and even better timing. history of Black members journey). w
Into the Great Emptiness by David Roberts of the Creek Nation, who h
In 1930, a young Englishman and his crew set off on an were able to acquire land Throughout American “
expedition to Greenland’s ice cap, dog-sledding through from the government. history, the U.S. n
blizzards and dodging crevasses. What they ultimately government’s policies T
gained wasn’t so much an understanding of a fantastic, Addressing the reader toward Native Americans to encourage individual enslaved). a
frozen landscape, but of life’s essentials – love, leadership, directly, Gayle references have been calamitous. The
and big breaks. the erasure of Black Native 1887 passage of the Dawes farming and with it, Toward the end, Gayle 8
identity from the face of Act divided communally reflects on how the w
story continues on page 15 contemporary history, held Native lands among assimilation to capitalist prosperous descendants of m
writing, “It is puzzling for tribe members in an effort Cow Tom, who inherited h
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people who were both gained through tribal p
Black and Indian.” He adds authorized the government membership, helped him a
that being “both fully Creek understand “the moral “
and fully Black seems to determine who was imperative of reparations.” L
nearly impossible,” even He writes that being Black m
“contradictory.” Contact Native American using and Creek “created “
between the Creek Nation opportunities when so F
and Africans, he explains, “blood quantum” many other Black c
likely began with Spanish Americans had limited h
conquistador Hernando de standards – that is, chances for success” and n
Soto’s brutal 16th-century imagines how Black life in d
expedition to North assessing what it called America might have p
America. Some of the evolved differently if h
enslaved Africans the “Indian-ness” based on the formerly enslaved people a
conquistador brought with had also received land they t
him escaped and sought fraction of “Indian blood” a could have passed down to T
refuge with Native tribes. their descendants. w
tribe member possessed. P
By Barbara Spindel “
The Dawes Rolls, used to o

distribute allotments of

land and money to

individuals, listed all tribal

members. It categorized

Black Indigenous people

separately on the Dawes

Freedmen Roll (a

misleading designation as

not all Black Native

The Creek Nation also Americans had been
enslaved people, but unlike

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On the Maine coast, a lifelong friendship
between two women is tested

Maine, long attractive to available to them. Their
talents were subsumed into
writers for its rocky utility and support.” Agnes 5-year-old publishes
intended her books as book, earns world
coastlines, woodlands, and “cautionary tales ... that real record
women would learn from.”
wildlife, lends itself to

stories about tensions

between locals and summer

people, and between We meet Agnes in 2000, A 5-year-old British
girl earned a Guinness
developers and struggling to write one last World Record when
she published a book
conservationists. In her Franklin Square novel. She that she wrote and
illustrated.
exquisitely written, utterly is less concerned about her

engrossing new novel, recent cancer diagnosis

“Fellowship Point,” Alice than the future of

Elliott Dark explores these Fellowship Point, the

strains while celebrating coastal peninsula in Maine Guinness World

Maine’s gorgeous but where she has summered Records confirmed

threatened landscape. At her whole life and felt most Bella Jay Dark Bella Jay Dark earned
the record for
the same time, she free and happy. In 1872, her

celebrates the beauty – and great-grandfather, William youngest person to

sticking points – of a Lee, a Philadelphia Quaker publish a book (female) when her book,The Lost Cat, sold

lifelong friendship between from a rich merchant family, more than 1,000 copies, the minimum set by the record-

two women whose choices bought 145 acres on keeping organization.

have taken them down Maine’s fictional Cape Deel Dark wrote and illustrated the book with help from her
mother, Chelsie Syme, and the tome was published by
different paths. and established the Ginger Fyre Press.

It is hard to write about Fellowship Point

this novel without gushing. Association with his turn. Several contingent back, but can’t help being "Both her dad and I are very proud," Syme told The
plotlines add intrigue, impressed by Maud’s mettle Dorset Echo. "It's about a cat that goes out getting lost and
You sink into it with a sigh brother and three Quaker including the unfortunate – especially when she realizes she should not go out without her mum, so it has
ordeal of a smart local learns that the young got a good message to it."
of contentment, as into a friends. Its rules state that landscaper who is falsely woman, a single mother, is
accused of theft by Agnes’ further saddled with the
hot bath. Its characters, its five members would ostentatious cousin Archie guardianship of her
Lee, a shareholder eager to intractably depressed
settings, and deftly woven own shares in the capitalize on his holdings. mother. Syme said she received confirmation from Guinness
The other two original World Records this week.
plot pull you right in, the association rather than families no longer come to
Fellowship Point, and we
better to soak in its individual plots of land. eventually learn what
happened to one of them
reflections on aging, writing, Further, shares tied to the 40 years earlier. Dark "She has done the all the drawings by herself apart from
cleverly uses Agnes’ one towards the back her older sister Lacey-May
stewardship, legacies, five “capacious, yet not intimate notebooks written produced," Syme said. "This achievement is well deserved
at the time to pull off this for all the hard work and dedication she's put into The Lost
independence, and absurd” family cottages long flashback. The novel’s various Cat, and which we're sure she will continue to do with her
up and coming books.Watch out for The Lost Cat 2."
responsibility. At its heart, William designed were to “Fellowship Point” has plotlines dovetail with
the complexity, pace, and
le “Fellowship Point” is about be passed down to only length of an absorbing 19th amazing grace, culminating
century epic. Another
he caring for the places and one blood-relative member narrative strand involves an in a moving, well-earned
ambitious New York
of people we love. in each succeeding editorial assistant named climax. “Fellowship Point” Dark's book was published when she was 5 years and
Maud Silver, who hopes she 211 days old.
ed Dark is best known for generation. Agnes and Polly can jumpstart her is, on one level, the story of
publishing career by
or her twice-filmed, are the current convincing Agnes to write a how Agnes gradually lets The record for youngest person to publish a book (male)
memoir callled “Agnes belongs to Thanuwana Serasinghe of Sri Lanka, who was 4
al prizewinning story, “In the shareholders of their When,” about how she down her guard and opens years and 356 days old when his book, Junk Food, was
came to write the “When published in 2017.
m Gloaming.” First published family’s cottages, Leeward Nan” books, now up, beginning with her
celebrated for their proto-
al in The New Yorker in 1993, and Meadowlee. feminism. Agnes, with big uncharacteristic decision to
secrets to hide, pushes
s.” it is about a mother who, in William and his share her notebooks from 12-year-old author
ck losing a son to AIDS, becomes youngest to
ed rediscovers what it means descendants have the early 1960s, a turning publish a book series

so to really love and be loved. particularly treasured a 35- point in her life. “It’s awful

ck Dark, who teaches creative acre wildlife sanctuary at what we do to ourselves by

ed writing at Rutgers-Newark, the property’s tip, dubbed not talking openly,” she

nd has been working on the Sank. But to Agnes’ comments. Polly, too, An author from

in “Fellowship Point” for dismay, this hallowed land, blossoms with her Saudi Arabia became a

ve nearly 20 years. It shows. formerly Abenaki territory, recognition of how the Guinness World

if There is nothing half-baked is threatened with “habit of a lifetime of Record holder at the

le about it. desecration by a local acquiescence” had age of 12 when she was

ey developer who hopes to prevented her from confirmed as the

to At the novel’s center is build a resort and village on recognizing her own world's youngest

80-year-old Agnes Lee, a Fellowship Point by luring intelligence. This person to publish a

writer who has never shareholders with the magnificent novel affirms book series (female).
el married. She is beloved for
promise of an economic that change and growth are

her “When Nan” series of windfall. Agnes’ counter- possible at any age. Ritaj Hussain

children’s books about a plan, which changes By Heller McAlpin Alhazmi, who is now

plucky 9-year-old girl’s somewhat over the course 13, was 12 years 295

adventures, beginning with of the novel, is to muster days old when

“When Nan Was a the required majority of Best books of July Guinness World Ritaj Hussain

Lobsterman” in 1965 to the shareholders – three votes continued from page 14 Records verified her

most recent installment, – to dissolve the Agent Josephine by Damien Lewis title.

“When Nan Ran a Wind association and establish a Journalist Damien Lewis tells the exhilarating story of Alhazmi published her first novel, Treasure of the Lost
famed performer Josephine Baker’s espionage activity Sea, in 2019, and the sequel book, Portal of the Hidden
Farm.” But what Agnes trust to protect the land. during World War II. Drawing on newly released historical World, was published the same year.The third book in the
documents, he chronicles her bravery and ingenuity on series, Beyond the Future World, followed in 2020, and the
considers her real work are She is counting on her behalf of the Allies. fourth book, The Passage to the Unknown, is currently
being written.
her six “Franklin Square” friend Polly to support this Proving Ground by Kathy Kleiman

novels, published one per move, but, frustratingly, Kathy Kleiman’s debut nonfiction is a celebratory
biography of the six women who helped program ENIAC,
decade under a Polly doesn’t do anything the first general-purpose computer. In engaging prose, she
describes how the women found opportunities during
pseudonym, which enabled without consulting the men World War II, while many men were overseas, and Alhazmi, who wrote her novels in English, said she has
overcame discrimination and harassment to accomplish been writing short stories since she was very young. "I
her to write undercover in her life. their important work. started writing at the age of six while I was accompanied
by my family to study abroad," she said.
about women from her Dark sets up a tug of war
between Agnes’ strident
tony Philadelphia social set. independence and Polly’s
deference to her self-
To her dismay, these important husband and The young author said she wanted to fill a niche for
money-hungry eldest son, young readers. "I write for my fellow children community. I
women, like her best friend who belittle her at every realized there aren't many novels for this age group, so I
decided to create a few of my own," she said.
Polly Wister, made

“themselves smaller in

order to fit into the roles

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NRA evolved from machine gun ban to blocking
most firearm restrictions

The mass shootings at a ownership restrictions
Buffalo, N.Y., supermarket before turning into a rigid
and an elementary school in politicized force.
Uvalde, Texas, just 10 days
apart, are stirring the now- The NRA was formed in DT2021-1
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over guns seen after the veterans from Northern
tragic 2012 and 2018 school states who had witnessed
shootings in Newtown, the typical soldier's inability
Conn., and Parkland, Fla. to handle guns.

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1970s, gave gun enthusiasts
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organization was losing the
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animals C
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in the news

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seen my snake?’ h
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Authorities in Michigan said a
‘Ey bear, get out of reported boa constrictor on the loose Pet World W
my beer!’ is believed to be an escaped pet. The s
Kent County Sheriff's Office said with Cathy Rosenthal c
A Florida man captured video when members of the public reported r
he discovered a black bear helping itself spotting a snake in recent days. The c
to a snack from the a refrigerator in sheriff's office said Kent County Parks in
the garage. Jason Mickel of Sanford a Department officials have been made in
neighbor alerted him to an intruder in aware of the suspected boa constrictor a
his garage and went out to discover the in the area, but they are not actively c
bear rummaging through his searching for the animal at this time. c
refrigerator. "Going through my fridge, I The snake is believed to be an escaped
see, aren't you?" Mickel says in the pet, the sheriff's office said. Dog is anxious around the swimming pool, B
video he filmed. "Take all my food?" The but seems 'ok' once in the water Ja
bear, apparently startled by Mickel's Escaped sheep picked C
presence, walks out of the garage, up by local police
leaving a trail of snacks in the driveway. Dear Cathy, We have an environments (i.e., around the a
Mickel said he got into his car and An escaped sheep that wandered inground pool in our house or out in the back a
followed the bear through the onto a Maine resident's property backyard. Our daughter and yard.) Dogs must be trained to p
neighborhood until the animal vanished received a lift home in the back of a her family live two hours away, listen to your commands in t
into the woods. police cruiser. The Old Town Police
Department said in a Facebook post so they are not here often. She As well as being a recuring different environments with
Curious George on that a sergeant and deputy chief has a sweet, well-behaved guest on Happenings Q&A, increasing levels of distraction. n
the loose in Portland responded to a report of a loose sheep Goldendoodle. When they
on a resident's property in Old Town. visit during the summer, the Cathy M. Rosenthal is a Another way to reinforce c
Residents of Portland, Maine, The officers were able to wrangle the dog gets very agitated/excited longtime animal advocate, "stay" is to train a dog to stay g
reported seeing an unusual animal on sheep and coax it into climbing into the when people are swimming. on a small carpet or towel, and c
the loose in the city -- a monkey. Anna back seat of a police cruiser.The deputy She runs around, barking, and then have your daughter in
McMurchy said she spotted what she chief "lives on a farm and has extensive tries to jump in the pool on always bring that carpet or t
believes to be a monkey running across experience handling farm animals," the top of the kids. Once she is in towel to your house. Dogs will A
the street and climbing a fence. post said. "After a brief stroll around the pool, she swims around sometimes learn to "stay" W
McMurchy posted about her encounter the neighborhood, they were able to
in a Portland-area Facebook group, locate the sheep's home and return more quickly if they are asked
leading some locals to report similar him to his owner," the department
sightings in the same area. Troy Jason said. ok, but she tries to paw if she author, columnist and pet to stay on the same square of g
said he spotted the monkey on the gets near anyone. She has to expert who has more than
same day as McMurchy's sighting. "I Sea Lions torment be gently pushed away fabric each time. b
took a closer look and I'm certain it beach-goers because her nails scratch. 30 years in the animal
was a monkey," Jason told the Bangor Sometimes someone will welfare field. Send your pet Dogs are always on alert so m
Daily News. Beth Taylor Weyand said A visitor to a southern California restrain her on the patio on a questions, stories and tips to it's important to teach and a
her daughter may have spotted the beach captured video of beach-goers leash, but we would like to find train the dog to relax as well. g
same animal. "My 3-year-old daughter fleeing in a panic two sea lions appear a way to let her swim safely. - [email protected]. Train the dog to "stay" and h
said she saw a monkey in that area a to aggressively charge after them -- but - Tom, West Hartford, then wait for what I call the g
day or two ago," Weyand wrote in a one expert said the animals may not Connecticut the water. She may be pawing "roll and sigh." When a dog p
reply to McMurchy's Facebook post. have been concerned with the humans you because she doesn't feel first goes into a stay position, je
"She has an active imagination so I at all. Charlianne Yeyna, who posted the Dear Tom, When kids play stable. A life jacket removes they usually drop on all fours. c
chalked it up to that, but I guess I need now-viral video to TikTok, said the in the pool, they sometimes that fear. It's not a relaxed position, but w
to give her more credit." chase began when a woman attempted look like they are flaying. A one that allows them to pop m
to take a photo of a sleeping sea lion at dog, whose instinct is to Next, teach her to step into up the first chance they get, fa
McMurchy said she reported her La Jolla Cove in San Diego. protect his family, may feel the pool (not jump) using
sighting to the Greater Portland Animal anxious and helpless or encouragement and positive which they always do when
Refuge League. "They didn't seem to "The sea lions were sleeping and overstimulated in this reinforcement. Make sure
take it too seriously," McMurchy said. were just massive on the beach and I environment. Since your everyone is out of the pool there's a distraction. t
She said she looked at photos online was just watching them and this granddog eventually gets into when you do this. I don't
and believes the monkey may have woman got really close to them, like 4 the pool (assuming this is on expect you to tell your It's not until the dog rolls fa
been a young rhesus macaque. feet away, and was trying to take a her own and she is never grandkids to stop playing onto one hip and lets out a fa
photo of it up close, and it just woke up forced in), she is either loudly in the pool. But you sigh that your dog is showing a S
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told NBC San Diego. The sea lions or by the rambunctious the kids get to swim for 45 to relaxed state with praise or a
eventually returned to the water and activities around her. Her 50 minutes, then they have to treats, regardless of whether n
swam off without causing any serious pawing everyone once in the take a break (and eat
injuries. pool is a sign of her continued popsicles) while the dog goes you asked the dog to stay or
anxiety. in for her training/water time.
A spokesperson for Sea World San not. If the dog feels any d
Diego reviewed the footage and said You can address this in Once she is in the water, let responsibility for the lives in o
the animals may not have been several ways. First, don't let her know that she is doing a the pool, helping her relax and s
intentionally chasing the humans. The her run around and jump in good job through positive letting her know you got this is
representative said the first sea lion the pool independently. Keep language and tone. You might will help make for a more a
may have simply been fleeing from the her on a leash, so at the very even put a floating toy in the enjoyable experience for s
second. least, she won't jump into the pool to try to get her everyone.
water and cause injury to attention. If she gets
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paws you, then take her out of put her on a tie-down or in
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her. Make sure it fits snuggly as next hour. remain outside, and doesn't t
this will mimic an anxiety require someone to hold onto C
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anxious dog.At the same time, should teach her to "sit" and
the life jacket also buoys her in "stay." I am sure she has, but sure she is in the shade and s
most dogs only learn to sit
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Calif. farmer
says worsening
drought could
have big impact
on consumers

As much of the are causing crops to be
Western United States smaller than average.With
suffers from drought and crops getting smaller and
cities turn to water grocery prices climbing, it
restrictions to help is becoming more
conserve water, farmers necessary than ever to
in California are becoming help conserve water.
increasingly worried Jacobsen urged families
about how it will impact across the West to
consumers around the conserve water at home,
country. so more farmers can
continue growing food for
Fresno County Farm the state.

Bureau CEO Ryan

Jacobsen's farmers in "This does affect

California's Central Valley everybody in this nation.

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ck almonds in an area that
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n the state's supply.
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the match and then put brokerage account. management by using index advised fund) from your IRA,
every single extra penny funds? Question: Is there any way without paying tax on the retirement benefits early
toward paying down the Question: My husband and to avoid taxes on Required amount of the donation.
credit card debt. Once it’s I inherited a large sum of Answer: Paying one Minimum Distributions from While you are not entitled (before your full retirement ye
paid off, redirect the money money about ten years ago percent for straight-up my IRA? I don’t need the to claim a charitable age) means that you are H
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markets. compelling when financial ho
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funds are cool again. A self- Instead of being lured into
funded safety net can be the thinking that you will make 20
difference between tossing more by investing than
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good night’s sleep. find that the guaranteed (and
risk free) return that debt Isl
So, while the economy is pay down delivers is not just
still growing, make sure that good for your balance sheet, If we're headed for a slowdown, consider up-skilling yourself, either through free platforms, or lik
your emergency reserve it will likely end up being
fund can cover 6-12 months your best investment of the see if your company will foot the bill for a certificate program, writes Jill Schlesinger.
of living expenses. If you’re year.
already retired, increase it to sm
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forced to sell assets at lower be brave about investing prefer to stash your cash for this to work, you need to reports of some former vo
levels just to pay the bills. amid a market collapse. under the proverbial have non-retirement funds growth companies pulling
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make the leap into safe stuff employer-based retirement
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Reserve has increased short- your hard-earned dollars,
more compelling. If you have and when you retire and than 11 million job openings stream of income — on the ou

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now worth $7,500, a platforms, or see if your income and to exert some al
conversion today would add can use them to help control company will foot the bill for control over their financial th
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convert keeps you in a Security benefits and/or activated if your situation

increased costs of Medicare,

which are income tested.

5.Your job may be a ballast
against uncertainty. The
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AMC car owners

reunite in Kenosha

by Meridith Jumisko

One of the free services

the Visit Kenosha team

provides is reunion planning

assistance. This includes

class reunions, as well as

family and military reunions

in the Kenosha Area. This

summer, one very large and

very special reunion is

taking place.Visit Kenosha is Meridith Jumisko is
Public Relations Director
a proud sponsor of the
at Visit Kenosha.
to Kenosha Homecoming Car Contact her at
ur Show, which is produced by [email protected]

er. the Kenosha History

Center.We join the Kenosha

History Center in Events will take place at
various locations. The big
welcoming AMC collectors car show/swap meet is on
Saturday, July 30 at Kennedy
s. and fans from around the Park. Other activities painting by Jason Hedman Art
include: car cruise-ins
y world to our community. including one at Mars
Cheese Castle, swap meet
y Typically held every three at Kennedy Park on Friday, a residents of the state would governmental services. Calendar, 2022 Kenosha looking for #KenoshaFun.
nt years, the Kenosha parade leading from need to pay an additional Area Visitors Guide, FUN Visit Kenosha has been
e Homecoming Car Show Southport Park to the block $580 per household to Be sure to use our 101 list, blog, itineraries, and Kenosha's official travel
nt consists of a series of events party outside the History maintain the current level of website VisitKenosha.com – more – as a resource when resource since 1986.
%) Center on Friday, and more. including our Events

o that will be held July 26-31.
if There were close to 1,000
of cars on display in 2017,
when the show was last

al held. It's believed that there and Present Kenosha’s Premier
d
it is no larger AMC show in Most events are free to FREE SUMMER CONCERT SERIES
ll the world! ALL Kenosha- attend as a spectator,
e made cars are welcome: including the July 30 car 20th 2 Performances every Thursday
Nash, Gremlin, Pacer, show. The parade and block Year in July & August
party are completely free –
d Hornet, Rambler, Javelin, even for those showing 11:30AM - Get a sneak preview of the
r Jeep, and more. Show your their car.You'll find a variety
r car or just come as a of AMC merchandise in the evening show when select members of
museum's gift shop. Access
all the details – including the band perform an accoustic show.
how to register your car –
y, spectator! at VisitKenosha.com/AMC. 6PM - Amp up the sound when the full
band takes the stage for the evening show.
For anyone reading this
VETERANS MEMORIAL PARK
who may be new to 54TH ST. & 6TH AVE. KENOSHA, WI

Kenosha: our community

has a 108-year history of

automobile manufacturing This event is just one
example that tourism exists
and engine assembly in in Kenosha. Kenosha JULY 14 AUGUST 4 For the Latest
County currently ranks 13th News and PB&J
Kenosha. The Kenosha out of 72 Wisconsin PRESENTED BY PRESENTED BY Updates go to
counties for annual visitor KENOSHA LAKESHORE HABUSH HABUSH & ROTTIER S.C. Hap2it.com, that’s
History Center (also known spending. In 2019, Kenosha BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT where you’ll find
County ranked 18th. Visitor SCOTT DUBOSE & more band info
as the Kenosha County spending in Kenosha County DISTRICT THE 101 RANCH and exciting new
reached its second highest additions to this
Historical Society) level in 2021 at $231.9 11:30AM “This is not your father’s Country Music, year’s season.
million. Kenosha County's This is Ranch Rock!” Scott started his
celebrates the area's record level was in 2019 at KRISTEN band “The 101 Ranch”. He was doing Also enjoy great
$239.7 million. Also in 2021, ROSE KELLY shows and then running across town to do tasting food in
industrial history – including Kenosha County tourism shows with his band. “It really came down the oasis located
collected $23.3 million in She is a melody first inspired writer as her to what I truly loved. I left theater because directly behind
how Kenosha's auto-making state and local tax revenues. lyrics fall naturally into place. Kristin is con- country music is what was in my heart.” the PB&J Stage
Kenosha County tourism
shaped history through the accounted for 3,084 jobs sidered by numerous writers as prolific. AUGUST 11
with $99.6 million in related
20th Century – both inside income in 2021. 6:00PM PRESENTED BY
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its museum on Simmons LIBIDO FUNK
CIRCUS AND COOLING
Island and through events
LFC's origin dates back to 1996 when DWAYNE DOPSIE & THE
like this one. a group of guys from Chicago's original ZYDECO HELLRAISERS
music scene decided to throw a disco
party for their closest friends. When the Dwayne Dopsie is on the 100 rea-
disco band they wanted to hire was out son people come back to Louisiana
of their budget, they decided... "What
number 29. Their music reaches
the heck, let's do it ourselves!" everyone and is for everyone

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he Kenosha's auto bine musical genre to create
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rfoecoidpe&s excretion of sodium and Europe. Their sodium and
potassium in participants potassium levels were
urine -- the most accurate measured with at least two
way possible to measure 24-hour urine samples,
intake. meaning all urine produced
in a full day, which is
Nutrition News Researchers calculated considered the optimal
with Charlyn Fargo that each daily increment of method.
1,000 milligrams in sodium
Less Sodium, More Potassium excretion was associated During an average follow-
with an 18% higher up of 8.8 years, there were
Here's more proof that cardiovascular risk and 571 cardiovascular disease
skipping the saltshaker and each daily increment of events such as a heart
processed foods with high 1,000 milligrams in attack or stroke. The
sodium, along with adding potassium excretion was researchers found that
potassium-rich foods, can associated with an 18% higher sodium levels, lower
lessen your risk for a heart lower risk. potassium levels and higher
attack. sodium-to-potassium ratio
Most of us consume far were all associated with
higher risk.
more sodium than the
After adjusting for other
recommended 2,300 cardiovascular risk factors
such as age, smoking status,
milligrams of sodium per cholesterol and diabetes,
participants with the
day, not from the saltshaker, highest levels of sodium in
the urine (an average of
but from packaged foods about 4,700 milligrams)
were 60% more likely to
In a large-scale study of and restaurant meals. have a cardiovascular event Slow-Cooked
than those with the lowest Southwest Chicken
more than 10,000 adults On the other hand, we sodium levels (about 2,200
don't get enough milligrams). Those with the Servings: 6
with accurate sodium potassium, found in fruits, highest levels of potassium 3 cans (15 ounces each) black beans, rinsed and drained
vegetables and legumes. (about 3,500 milligrams)
measurements from Charlyn Fargo is a had a 31% lower risk of 1 can (14.5 ounces) reduced-sodium chicken broth
registered dietitian with cardiovascular events than 1 can (14.5 ounces) diced tomatoes with mild green chilies, undrained
individuals, researchers those with the lowest levels
SIU Med School in (about 1,750 milligrams). 1/2 pound boneless, skinless chicken breast
from Harvard T.H. Chan Springfield, Ill. For Too much sodium in the 1 jar (8 ounces) chunky salsa
comments or questions, bloodstream pulls water The bottom line: Cook at 1 cup frozen corn
School of Public Health into the vessels, increasing home where you can
contact her at the volume of blood control your sodium intake, 1 tablespoon dried parsley flakes
reaffirmed that lower [email protected] flowing through them. That and opt for fruits, veggies 1 teaspoon ground cumin
or follow her on Twitter can lead to high blood and whole grains, skipping 1/4 teaspoon pepper
sodium consumption and pressure and an increased the more processed foods.
@NutritionRd. risk of heart attack and Your heart will thank you. 3 cups hot, cooked brown rice
higher potassium intake is stroke. Potassium helps
Charlyn Fargo joins lower blood pressure by In a 2- to 3-quart slow cooker, combine beans, broth, tomatoes,
linked with lower risk of Happenings Q&A on lessening the effects of chicken, salsa, corn and seasonings. Cover and cook on low for 6-8
sodium. hours. Shred chicken with two forks and return to the slow cooker:
cardiovascular disease in Thu. July 28th at heat through. Serve with rice. Optional: add a dollop of low-fat sour
1:30 on AM1050 WLIP. cream or Greek yogurt and sprinkle with cilantro. Serves 6 (1 cup
most people.The study was
linked to cardiovascular chicken mixture and 1/2 cup rice).
published in the New disease.
Per serving: 320 calories; 19 grams protein; 56 grams carbohydrates; 1
England Journal of This study measured gram fat; 21 milligrams cholesterol; 8 grams fiber; 873 milligrams
sodium.
Medicine, November 2021.

Researchers decided to The researchers
conduct the study because examined data from 10,709
past research had used less- generally healthy adults
than-ideal methods to who were an average of 52
assess sodium and got years old. They were
mixed results -- with some participants in six different
studies showing both low studies across the U.S. and
and high sodium diets

America’s
Test Kitchen

Your family will be very pleased with this gooey baked mac and cheese

Macaroni and cheese was born in Italy. Since Italy is the land of pasta, that's not very surprising. But did you know that Baked Macaroni and
an American president was the first to bring mac and cheese here? In the 1800s Thomas Jefferson tried macaroni and Cheese
cheese on a trip to Europe and brought a hand-written recipe back to the White House.

Recipe tip: Make sure to use thinly sliced American cheese from the deli section of your grocery store in this recipe,
not individually wrapped cheese "singles" -- they are made from different ingredients.

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about 35 minutes. Remove baking dish from oven and place on a 37
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