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Published by Happenings Magazine, 2022-02-24 14:19:42

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Keywords: Smart Reader,Kenosha

February 24, 2022
Volume 20 - #4

100 YEARS AGO, KENOSHA

CELEBRATED THE OPENING OF THE

ORPHEUM

KENOSHA’S FIRST

GRAND MOVIE PALACE

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100 Years of the Orpheum -
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Author’s note: This story vaudeville acts would take length feature film,
has been heavily edited for the stage for evening cartoons, and even free
casual reading, if you are performances and Sunday popcorn.
interested in learning an in- matinees. Admission at the
depth history of this time was 25 cents for the In the summer of 1960,
Downtown Kenosha icon, films and 40 cents for the the words “Air
visit hap2it.com and click weekend shows (2022 = Conditioned” were first
on the Smart Reader tab. $4.18 and $6.69 used in Orpheum
respectively). advertising. That year movie
prices were 95 cents for
The Orpheum theatre By 1924, the building as a matinee, and evening The “screaming four-reel comedy” “A Sailor Made Man,” starring Harold
was constructed at a cost of whole was going strong. performances were $1.25 Lloyd, shows at the Orpheum in June 1922, its inaugural year.
$400,000 (2022 = $1.65M) The Kenosha Evening News (2022 = $8.95 and $11.77,
and first opened its doors called it ‘a veritable city in respectively).
on March 14, 1922, where itself.’ In addition to the
the livery barn of Chet theatre, other tenants in the Bradford High School’s
Wattles and the wholesale building included a drug prom of the late 1950’s and
liquor sales office of L.H. store, a men’s clothing through the 60s make
Beall once stood. Although store, an optical shop, a light today’s proms look pretty
numerous smaller movie lunch emporium, physician tame by comparison. The
houses were in Kenosha, the and dentist offices, a beauty biggest social event of the
Orpheum was Kenosha’s parlor, insurance and year for many high school
first real “movie palace.” advertising agencies, voice students was held on a
culture instructors, piano Friday evening in April and
and violin teachers, a tailor just hearing the plan for the
shop, a soda fountain, long evening is exhausting. The
distance telephone booths Downtown Kiwanis Club
and more. worked with the Eagles
Club and the Orpheum for
The Orpheum was a full evening (and morning)
of entertainment.
The day prior to the operated by Saxe
grand opening, the Kenosha After the completion of
Evening News  provided Amusement and managed the prom, all the students On December 30, 1963, a called when a large sheet of “Frogs,” kids can get in free
over four entire pages to were led by a police escort few top notch TV and metal from the ornamental if they bring in their pet frog
coverage about the the new locally by Edward Dayton to the Orpheum where recording stars appeared in molding atop the building (in a cage). Cash prizes were
movie palace. they enjoyed a premiere a one-night only show. began to blow loose during awarded to the most
until February 1928, when showing of a new movie. Johnny Tillotson, nightclub, a recent downpour. beautiful frog and the kids
While the film played, television, and recording were encouraged to dress
Fox Theatres Inc. took over. Kiwanis Club members headliner, appeared with up their frog, suggesting mini
transformed the Eagles Club Paul and Paula, a young bikinis or tuxedos.
Fox changed the name to into a colorful arrangement singing duo. The program
for the second phase of the also included appearances In 1974, the Orpheum
The theatre had a The Lake and it stayed that prom – The After-Glow. by Ronnie Cochran and the Additionally, a falling piece began to cater exclusively
dramatic contrast of its After the film, the students Kasuals Orchestra for two of masonry left a dent in a to the adult crowd, regularly
plain commercial exterior. way for the next five years. returned to the the Eagles showings, at 7:30pm and parked car below and showing X-rated fare, and
The lush extravagant to be treated to a buffet and 9:55pm. firemen had to nail the nearly abandoning its
interior was designed in the In August 1933, Saxe more dancing into the wee loose pieces back into place. daytime family functions.
French Renaissance style hours of the morning. As Win a puppy! That’s right,
and decorative details regained control of the dawn began to break over in September 1965, the In January 1975,
included rich rugs, gold Lake Michigan, a breakfast Orpheum hosted a Gonnering Realtors had
pendants, mirrored lights, theatre and The Orpheum was served to the students promotion with the posted that the building was
silk-beaded upholstery, after a long night of fun.This screening of the new film for sale.  Advertising for
velvet drapes, silk wallpaper name returned.  In was created by Kiwanis “My Pal Wolf,” the story of a In June 1970, the first X- sales returned in June 1975
in red, blue, orange, and gold after some parent voiced little girl and her dog. rated film was shown at the again with Gonnering’s
tones, and a $20,000 (2022 September, 1941, the concerns of kids not going Everyone in attendance Orpheum, titled “Vixen.” pushing the sale of the
= $331,000) Barton organ. directly home after prom, received a free wolf dog But the Orpheum wasn’t Orpheum.
management of the theatre but seeking additional fun, whistle and kids were the only local theatre
sometime venturing to encouraged to enter the getting in the adult movie A buyer did come
changed hands once again Milwaukee or Chicago. This coloring contest where two game – that same weekend, forward. Bernard ‘Bargain
tradition would continue to puppies were given away to the Roosevelt Theatre was Bernie’ Chulew was well
when the Orpheum was involve the Orpheum until the winners at the Saturday showing the X-rated “The known in the area for his
1970, the following year and Sunday matinee Best House in London”. expertise in selling furniture
one of nine Wisconsin prom-goers would attend a showings that week. However, this wasn’t a and his memorable TV
screening at the nearby permanent direction for the commercials. After starting
theatres involved in a deal Lake Theatre. In the summer of 1968, Orpheum. The following in sales at Barr Furniture,
the Orpheum changed week, the theatre brought in Chulew became the owner
where Saxe Amusement The vaudeville and other ownership hands once the family film “A Boy of a number of furniture
non-cinematic forms of again. United Artists Circuit Named Charlie Brown.” stores in the area including
Company leased the theatre entertainment didn’t come Inc. purchased a chain of 22 Furniture Seconds and Mr.
around as often as they used Prudential theatres in six Furniture. Chulew also
Kenosha Evening to Fox-Wisconsin to at the Orpheum in the Wisconsin cities including dabbled in real estate.
1960s. But they still had the Orpheum. 
News  called the Orpheum Amusement.  From here their share of interesting September 30, 1975 was a
performers. In September 1969, the dark day for the Orpheum,
“A structural masterpiece; after, the Orpheum name theatre, now in its 47th year, both literally and
was beginning to show signs figuratively. It is the day
in exquisiteness of exterior remained unchanged. of aging. Firefighters were Bernie Chulew officially

and interior design.” In January, 1948, the new see ORPHEUM on page 4
film “Blaze of Noon,”
The opening night’s main starring William Holden and In time for Christmas
feature was the US debut of Anne Baxter, opened at the 1971, the United Artists
“Smiling Through,” a 96- Orpheum and a special Theatre Circuit, owners of
minute drama starring guest was in attendance.The the Orpheum, opened UA
Norma Talmadge. In 1922, actual Academy Award won Cinema 1 & 2 at the Welles
the theatre sat 1,422 and by Baxter in 1947 for her Plaza Shopping Center on
was billed the safest theatre role in “The Razor’s Edge” 75th St and 57th Ave. The
in the world. was on display in the theatre two theatres with a shared
lobby. lobby and concession stand
In addition to screen seated 500 and 350 each.
attractions, the Orpheum Beginning in 1958 and
also hosted vaudeville acts into the 1970s, the First Although the Orpheum
on the weekends. On National Bank of Kenosha
Mondays – Thursdays, the hosted an annual Junior was playing plenty of X-
theatre would show First Banker Party at the
National and Paramount Orpheum. All youngsters rated features, it was still
films continuously from with their Junior Banker
noon to 11pm. On Fridays Badge could come out on doing family-friendly
through Sundays, the Saturday morning for a full-
promotions in 1972. For a

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A beef with ‘bigs’: Why rethinking the
competition starts with meat industry

Mike Callicrate doesn’t sacrificing some cost and Cattle occupy a feedlot in Columbus, Nebraska on June 10, 2020. Many
mince words: “Break ‘em efficiency to guard against ranchers would like more options in marketing their cattle, beyond four large
up,” says the Kansas future pandemics?” says processors that dominate the industry.The Biden administration and some
cattleman of the four Azzeddine Azzam, an lawmakers in both parties see the industry as ripe for more competition.
meatpackers that dominate agricultural economist at
his industry. “We’ve got to the University of Nebraska, blames much of that price poultry production: labor prices low for American packers don’t want to build
have a different model going Lincoln. rise on the lack of shortages,” Julie Anna Potts, consumers over the long an expensive plant and then
forward. It’s going to be a competition within the president and CEO of the term, certainly lower than in wipe out their suppliers, he
smaller, more local, regional Big meatpackers have meat industry. “Capitalism North American Meat Europe, which has adapted a points out. The packers’
model.” survived public scrutiny without competition isn’t Institute, said in a statement model closer to what efficiency-powered profits
before, such as food-safety capitalism. It’s exploitation,” last month. reformers are proposing. give them more leeway to
It’s a notion that is gaining scandals in the early 1900s President Joe Biden said last pay ranchers what they
attention, and not just in and price-fixing concerns in month in announcing his With bigness, efficiency And while the big need to stay in business.
agriculture. While few the 1920s. Today’s talk of plan to help smaller processors have been
would go as far as breaking resilience, however, poses a processors, the same phrase Nor is it clear that squeezing ranchers, taking a But there are also costs
up companies, the idea that bigger challenge because it he used last July when bigger and bigger share of to bigness – some apparent
concentrated corporate goes to the heart of how signing an executive order bigness is always bad.A 2021 the consumer dollar spent and some hidden. (Neither
power needs more the industry is set up. “It taking on Big Tech’s on beef, their extreme the meat institute, which
government oversight is represents a larger potential anticompetitive practices. study for the National efficiency has allowed them represents the processors,
catching on. From academia for change than food safety,” to afford to pay ranchers nor three of the biggest
to Congress to the White says Bill Winders, a But the reality is more Bureau of Economic more than they otherwise processors themselves
House, people are sociologist at Georgia Tech complex. Weather, an would get, says professor responded to emails for
reconsidering “bigness.” in Atlanta and co-editor of historic drought in the Research found that while Azzam, the University of comment.)
“Global Meat,” a 2019 book West, the constant supply Nebraska economist. That
The industries getting the on the industry. adjustments by ranchers to concentration increased in sounds contradictory, but see BEEF on page 8
most scrutiny so far are Big price signals, plus changes in
Tech and meat. Complaints Four big companies consumer demand brought consumer-facing industries
about the reach and on by the pandemic have
influence of giant Four international had a big impact on meat over the past quarter-
technology companies such corporations control 85% prices. “The Biden
as Meta (formerly of U.S. beef processing Administration continues to century (think airlines or
Facebook) are rising from capacity, according to the ignore the number one
both sides of the political White House: JBS S.A., the challenge to meat and rental cars), product
spectrum.And shutdowns of world’s biggest meat
huge packing plants before supplier; Tyson Foods Inc., concentration actually went
and during the pandemic, the biggest U.S. meat
which sent meat prices company by sales; Cargill down. In other words, the
soaring, have caused the Inc., the nation’s largest
White House – as well as privately held corporation; more dominant Kenosha Funeral
bipartisan groups of rural- and National Beef Packing. Services and
state senators – to propose The other popular meats – corporations became, the Crematory
new steps for reform. The pork and poultry – are also
idea is: Reliance on a few highly concentrated and more fiercely they
players with big, efficient controlled by some of the
operations may be hurting same players. But beef is competed with each other,
the economy’s resilience in drawing the most attention,
the face of unexpected in part because it’s the most crashing rivals’ markets with
challenges. concentrated and also
because it’s an inflation new products of their own.
Even some economists leader, with an 11% jump
are beginning to reconsider that’s the fastest 12-month And the efficiency of the big
their devotion to efficiency rise in beef prices in four
and are asking: “Should we decades. packers has kept meat
start thinking about
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continued from page 2 owners, particularly those of “It was awesome – it was Current owner of the Orpheum, Alex Kudurna, sits in
purchased the building from the Kenosha Lakeshore one of my first gigs, I was theater #3, what once was the original balcony.
United Artists Theatres. group, were calling for the nervous but the place To hear more about the Orpheum and Alex’s plan, tune
Without much fanfare, the building to be razed. sounded and looked so in to Happenings Q&A on Wednesday, March 9th, at
Orpheum film projectors freaking cool, it was 12:30 when Alex joins the show on AM1050 WLIP.
shut down on the same day In early 1988, a group of definitely the perfect
after 53 years with the final young people attempted to Halloween gig,” Henthorn sore spot for the downtown on the $265,000 loan and by building as a shared and
showing being an X-rated revive the Orpheum as a said in a recent interview. for many years now… the November the Orpheum short-term office space.
double feature of performing arts center. “Before the show, we got to matter of razing it is being was facing foreclosure. The
“Emmanuelle” and “Candy.” wander around the building reviewed… I imagine it’s Orpheum once again closed “The Orpheum had a lot
Kelly Mackay was looking a little bit. It was kind of something we’re going to its doors in January 2000. of owners over the years,”
Chulew did not want to for a Kenosha location to spooky. Some parts of it proceed on in the very near Kudrna told me. “I feel they
see the theatre closed. In a host rock concerts. One of looked like it had just closed future,” Schultz said at the But interest in the caused a lot of historical
recent interview with his the first places he looked at and things were still in their time, according to building was still strong. damage in 1990’s when they
daughter, Rebecca Chulew, was a large warehouse on places.We explored through the Kenosha News. One was Illinois developer tried to save the theatre by
she believes that the city 22nd Avenue and 56th the tunnel under the road Paul McDonough. adding four theatres. The
was not working with her Street (now home to the and found a barbershop Bernie Chulew did not two owners after the 90s
father to help keep it open. VMC Lofts). That place with the combs still in the want to see his theatre be did a lot to preserve the
didn’t quite suit his needs, now-empty glass jars that destroyed. building and added much
“My dad tried and he but the owner of the once were filled with needed infrastructure.  I feel
really took pride in the building, one Bernie Chulew, cleaner solution.” “I think I’m being singled each owner worked to
Orpheum,” Rebecca told told him about a theatre he out,” Chulew said in 1992, as upgrade the space so it can
me in a recent interview. owned in downtown The Smashing Pumpkins reported by the  Kenosha continue to stand and be a
played their first out-of- News. “There are a lot of usable building.”
Orpheum circa 1988. state show in Kenosha at buildings downtown in McDonough purchased
Photo via newspapers.com - Kenosha News the Orpheum on November worse shape than mine.” the Orpheum building in As the Orpheum
18th, 1988. The little known 2001 and put $200,000 into celebrates 100 years,
Chulew cannot be held Kenosha and how that might Chicago band was building a In October 1994, Mayor the building looking to Kudrna said that a birthday
completely responsible for work. solid reputation and were John Antaramian delivered attract new businesses. party for his beloved
the downfall of the honing their skills at what could have been the Although his offer of “six building is a must.
Orpheum.There were many “It was a mess.” Mackay Chicago clubs Avalon, 21 death sentence to the months free rent” didn’t get
other factors at work here told me in a recent Club and the Metro before Orpheum. any bites on the four-theatre “For the 100th
as well. In the 1970s, interview.“It was the middle coming to Kenosha. movie house, three anniversary we are planning
downtown Kenosha had of winter and there was a “There needs to be a businesses did move into on a 2-day block party. I
become a shell of what it waterfall of ice coming from Mackay recalls his resolution in the next 30 the storefronts in the Spring can’t release too many
once was. the ceiling. Back stage interaction with the future days,” Antaramian said, as of 2003: Peacetree details yet, but you won’t
behind the curtain was 3 superstar frontman at the reported by Kenosha News. Originals, wireless phone want to miss this event!”
feet deep in pigeon (feces) time. “After that, it’s time to start company Nextel, and Divine
and carcasses. I put the the process of bringing the Essentials. As time went by, As the owner of Backyard
word out and next thing you “I remember sitting on building down.” McDonough, a consummate Dream Productions, Kudrna
know I had a ton of people the corner with Billy businessman, put the is a indeed a self-professed
around my age who were (Corgan) from Smashing Although some claimed building back on the market. dreamer. The Orpheum is a
totally into it. I was 17 and I Pumpkins and he asked me the building was beyond long way from its glory days,
Many business were came from a performing what I thought of his band’s repair, it was repaired. Jennifer and John Heim but Kudrma said that if
abandoning their downtown arts background in school. name. I told him I personally Rather quickly too. bought the building in 2005 money isn’t an issue, the
locations to move to brand My hope was to have a didn’t like it, but it was and opened The Laboratory grand movie palace will
new accommodations in youth directed performing clever and marketable and Jeffrey Maher, chairman of Toy Store in the southwest return.
strip malls on Kenosha’s arts center.” they should stick with it.” JDM International Realty corner.  Although visitors
west side (so much that bought the building in early found the toy store a unique “What I would love to
Kenosha converted Sixth It took three months to The Orpheum as a 1995 and costs for community asset, the cash do… if I could afford it,
Ave to the Southport Mall in clean everything out of the concert venue was a valiant renovation are said to have registers didn’t share that would be to restore the
the fall of 1975). Numerous theatre. Mackay said he effort through 1988, but run close to $500,000 (2022 enthusiasm. In the spring of theater to as close to its
local politicians and would sleep in one of the unfortunately it did not last. = $914K). 2014, the Heims were original condition as
investors saw the Orpheum empty offices so he could Heating and other problems looking for new owners to possible, seating for 1400, a
as well beyond its prime and get up at the crack of dawn, curtailed performances in On November 19, 1995, take over the Toy Store and full balcony, a modern
not worth the time and stop at Franks’ Diner for the winter of 1988-89 and the Orpheum triumphantly Scoops Ice Cream Shoppe. parking garage in the back –
money. coffee, then work on the after conflicts between the re-opened as a two screen Heim’s Toy Store closed and bring national acts here
theatre throughout the day. event organizers and budget theatre. Movie goers their doors in the summer to perform.”
In January 1976, the property owner Bernie would pay $2 (2022 = of 2014 and the Heim family
theatre became home to The Orpheum hosted a Chulew, live music did not $3.66) admission to see relocated to Chicago and We can appreciate that
the Kenosha Indoor Flea number of shows through return in 1989. “Babe,” “A Walk in the began renting the space.  dream, Mr. Kudrna, and we
Market on weekends. that summer and fall, Clouds” or “Apollo 13” on Julie and Carl Soldenwagner are rooting for you to make
including national acts like In 1990, the Orpheum its opening weekend. bought Scoops and the second hundred years of
Throughout the mid- Overkill, Nuclear Assault, was perhaps in the worst relocated the store in early the Orpheum even better
Warzone, and Dag Nasty condition of its history. The Within a few years, the 2017 to Eighth Avenue. than the first.
1970’s and approaching the and local favorites Ash Can businesses occupying the theatre would split once
School, Die Monster Die, storefronts were gone, the again, now occupying four By Jason Hedman
80’s, the storefronts and Beautiful Bert, Num Skull, offices upstairs were empty, screens with the former In September 2016, the
and Screamer. and in September 1990 the balcony being converted to Special thanks to Kathy
offices in the building classic marquee was two additional theatres. But Orpheum received another Bassinger, Chris Bacewicz,
Lisa Henthorn, rhythm removed by city order. By the variety in films over four
seemed to be doing well. guitarist of the band Oops! 1992, the Orpheum was smaller screens, even at shot of life when Alex Rebecca Chulew, Lisa
at the time, recalls the night seriously face to face with budget prices, couldn’t keep Henthorn, Alex Kudrna, Kelly
They were home to such her band played with Die the wrecking ball, many city the audiences. Kudrna, owner of Backyard Mackay, Jonathan Martens,
Monster Die on October officials saw it as an eyesore
businesses as the The 31, 1988. and were hoping for By spring 1999, Orpheum Dream Productions, Paul McDonough, Ann
redevelopment. developer Jeff Maher McGovern, Lou Rugani, JoEllen
Express Restaurant, Finance stopped making payments purchased the building with
James Schultz, director of Storz and Dale “Dr.
System of Kenosha, Kenosha the city Department of big dreams of turning Destruction”Wamboldt.
Housing and Neighborhood
Christian Fellowship, Water Development said that the portions of the four-story
necessary repairs for the
World, Automotive Parts building were well over the complex into a digital
value of the building.
Company, Wisconsin production studio, rented
“That building has been a
AMVets, Transcendental office space, movie theatre,

Meditation, Spectrum Music concert venue, restaurant,

Studio and the Big Brothers and more.

and Big Sisters organization. By December, 2017,
Kudrna opened The O in
But by the end of 1986, the second floor of the
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The early days of COVID- the U.K. population, and messages that present
people who were more spending as a route to
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more anxious about opposite result.Those more
urgency to shopping for COVID-19, were seen to exposed to social media, like
display greater levels of teenagers and young adults,
certain items. Toilet paper, materialism. . may be more likely to
embrace materialism and
pasta and bread flew off the Fresh focus encounter some of the
negative effects it brings.
shelves as people stocked There may be benefits to
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with Harlan Ullman author of "shock and awe"

For the moment, the Rusk famously responded, and the upcoming book "The
Ukraine crisis seems less "We were eyeball to Fifth Horseman and the New
tense as, reportedly, Russia eyeball, and I think the MAD: How Massive Attacks of
has moved some of its other side just blinked."
forces from the Ukraine Disruption Became the
border back to garrisons. This was not a blink by Looming Existential Danger to
Russian President Vladimir
a Divided Nation and the
World at Large."

Some will suggest that Putin. From the beginning of Harlan Ullman joins
perhaps this is a signal this crisis, and despite the Happenings Q&A on
similar to the Cuban Missile prima facie evidence of Thu., Mar. 10th at
Crisis of nearly 60 years Russian troops massing 1:30 on AM1050 WLIP.
ago. When Soviet leader around three-quarters of
Nikita Khrushchev ordered Ukraine's borders, an Civilians train to hold Kalashnikov rifles as they take part in a training session in
his ships destined to Cuba invasion seemed the most the Ukrainian capital of Kiev on Sunday. Photo by Vladyslav Musiienko/ UPI

to reverse course, foolish action Putin could

Secretary of State Dean take. Had he done so, his major aims of a new on rebuilding defense that

strategic framework for Kennedy said had been

Europe based on pre-1997 eroded by the Eisenhower-

conditions; ending NATO Nixon administration,

expansion; and denying promising to redress the

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Vince Acevedo Andy Beningo Tony Vinh Mike Marvell Larry Reeb Sal Demilio presidential election. John F. he met the new U.S.
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slimmest of margins. His Kennedy's reaction to the
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my turn

Mayor Eric Adams Readers may email Cal
is half right Thomas at

with Cal Thomas [email protected].
Look for Cal Thomas’ new
It is usually Republicans wants cheerleaders, book “America’s Expiration
Date:The Fall of Empires and
who blast the media for perhaps he should hire Superpowers and the Future

what they consider biased some from the National of the United States”

or unfair coverage of their Football League.

policies, but increasingly we Mayor Adams is right New York Mayor Eric Adams pictured Jan. 3, 2022.

are hearing Democrats about the lack of diversity professionalism of

engaging in the same in a media that regularly journalists of color and

behavior, apparently promotes racial, ethnic, suggests because of their opinion writer. How should a Black would follow an
journalist cover these
frustrated their agenda is gender and sexual race they should support “I’m a Black man,” said statistics in ways that announcement by a white
the mayor, “but my story is would satisfy Adams?
not being embraced by orientation balance in politicians who look like being interpreted by Should crime be ignored? politician that he – or she –
people that don’t look like Most crime victims are
some of their fellow other areas of American them.This attitude fuels the me.” How would he people of color, as are most would grant interviews
“interpret” the uptick in of the perpetrators. Should
Democrats and the public. life. A 2018 article in perception among many crime since he took office? Black journalists overlook only to white reporters.
As The New York Post these facts that bring
Last week, New York Columbia Journalism news consumers that the reported, “New NYPD important information to Equally infuriating would be
City Mayor Eric Adams, statistics reveal serious the public?
who has yet to stem rising Review referenced a media overlook too many crimes, including in the a conservative politician
crime as he promised to transit system, are only Chicago Mayor Lori
do, criticized reporters for Census Bureau finding that faults among Democratic increasing.” Adams has Lightfoot has said who announced that no
what he regards as their dismissed concern over something similar. On the
negative coverage of his while racial and ethnic and liberal politicians. All these incidents, and notes occasion of her second interviews would be
administration.To be fair, he the paper is spreading a anniversary in office,
was just sworn in on Jan. 1, minorities comprise 40 journalists should apply the “perception of fear.” It is Lightfoot said she would granted to liberals.
2022, but there are few more than a perception of only grant one-on-one
signs that the policies he percent of the population, same standard to all fear. It is legitimate fear interviews to journalists of Statements like these by
has so far implemented caused by what growing color, criticizing local media
have had much of an effect. they “make up less than 17 politicians regardless of numbers of New Yorkers for being “overwhelming Adams and Lightfoot do
see as unsafe streets and white.” One doesn’t have
percent of newsroom staff their race, gender, or subways. to imagine the furor that not help their believability,

at print and online sexuality. It is why I have or the credibility of

publications and only 13 opposed professional modern journalism.

percent of newspaper associations made up solely Individual journalists,

leadership.” of Black and Hispanic especially those of color,

The mayor is wrong, journalists. Such should push back against
though, when he implies
At a news conference, that a Black journalist organizations suggest a such racism. So should
Adams went a step further would – or should – report
and blamed the lack of on him more favorably than different standard for journalism organizations.
“diversity” in newsrooms a white reporter. Such an
as the reason for his assertion demeans the covering the news and that Not to do so will further
negative coverage. If he
is bad, not only for the damage an already

profession, but for the damaged profession.

individual reporter and

Oh Canada, how the U.S.
encouraged a few disgruntled
truckers to spin into a
movement

with Mary Sanchez

Oh Canada, please know more likely to be
that most of the United vaccinated..
States understands you’re
one of our biggest trade These counter protests
partner. by Canadians began during
the weekend. Police, who
We get it that elected wisely hesitated to use Readers can reach Mary Demonstrators against COVID-19 vaccine mandates block the roadway at the
officials of one country force, began to make Sanchez at Ambassador Bridge border crossing, in Windsor, Ontario, Canada on
shouldn’t meddle in the arrests at the Ambassador Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2022. (Geoff Robins/AFP/Getty Images/TNS)
doings of another. Bridge, which is a key to [email protected]
economic trade, linking and follow her on Twitter
The anti-vaccination, anti- Windsor and Detroit. @msanchezcolumn. crept in, seeing the There have been reports shuttered, as the platform
government “Freedom that QAnon supporters are cited violence and unlawful
Convoy” quickly dotted Initially, the protests were opportunity of social among the protesters in activity of the protesters.
Canadian cities and even said to be in opposition to a Canada, there have been
jumped overseas. But it had vaccine mandate that meant unrest. Swastikas sightings of Confederate That sent the Texas
a lot of fools and their tools those hauling loads into and and “Don’t Tread On Me” Attorney General Ken
egging them on from the out of Canada needed to be government sorts. reportedly showed up. And flags, both emblematic of Paxton to announce an
U.S. side of the border. vaccinated or face a the curious way that folks investigation for he termed
quarantine period of two Prime Minister Justin protesters were quoted on this side of the border the Freedom Convoy a
weeks. can’t get our own history “worthy cause” and a “pro-
Trudeau is not popular, spouting the heinously right, then repurpose those liberty movement.” U.S.
But most of the truckers symbols for far right, racist Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene
carrying loads between the holding a 42% approval misguided idea that COVID and even violent means. jumped in to decry the
countries are vaccinated. Google “Charlottesville” “corporate Communists.”
Some of the most And associations like the rating. But again, other protocols have any relation for a few examples.
Canadian Trucking Alliance Like a heat-seeking
irresponsible of the voices quickly raised that point. polling shows that to what Jewish people faced Partially due to U.S. missile to discord, Donald J.
Further reporting began to media hype, a GoFundMe Trump, began chiming in
were U.S. politicians, cable note that many of the Canadians largely during the Holocaust. account to support the too. He preached the
protesters weren’t long truckers raised about $7.8 virtues of the protesters at
media personalities, haul truckers at all, but supported the strict vaccine FOX News, along with million before it was a Texas rally. Clearly, Trump
rather a mishmash of anti- celebrity yappers like Glenn
conspiracy theorists, anti- mandates of their country, Beck and Tucker Carlson see SANCHEZ on page 8
jumped in, eager to
government militia types especially now as Omicron promote the far right, anti-
government strain of the
and the misguided rantings is fading and restrictions are protests. They were far less
willing to debunk the many
of our former president. expected to ease. conspiracy theories that
began to propagate.
All stepped in, sensing an Very quickly, something
opportunity. But it wasn’t to else happened around the
amplify the voices of most protests.
Canadians, who among
North Americans are far Far more errant voices

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Ullman

continued from page 6

summit: "He just beat the hell out of me." Khrushchev
drew the obvious conclusion that would resolve his
dilemma.

Instead of spending billions on matching America's
nuclear might, Khrushchev would outflank it with shorter-
range nuclear missiles that could target the U.S. east coast
from Cuba. Cuba would agree, and the United States had
short-range Jupiter missiles aimed at Russia in Turkey. A
weak Kennedy would have no choice except to accept the
fait accompli.

U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and his wife, Christie, pay for an order during The decision was ratified at the Extraordinary 22nd
a visit to Wheat Ridge Poultry and Meats, a locally owned butcher shop, on Jan. 14, Party Congress in October 1961. But it did not work that
2022, in Wheat Ridge, Colorado. Mr. Vilsack made the stop to talk about Biden way. The United States discovered the bases before the
administration efforts to widen market opportunities for American farmers, missiles were operational. Khrushchev was forced to
ranchers, and consumers. withdraw them. Two years later, he was out of office for
"harebrained" scheming.

Putin's logic was similar. He wanted to be heard and his
priorities taken seriously. Putin resented how Russia had
been treated since the end of the USSR in 1991 and in his
view disrespected, degraded and exploited.As Khrushchev
resorted to the threat of missiles, Putin used the entire
Russian military to threaten Ukraine.

Beef Democratic Sens. Jon Tester and Bill Kuhnert, partners in The tragedy is that had Putin expressed himself and his
of Montana and Ron Wyden Vermont Family Farms, demands in civil terms, and the West listened, we all would
continued from page 3 175,000 fish. The five largest of Oregon to require that which buys cattle and hogs have been better off.And we also might have been in 1960
One is wages. By moving meat processors also were packers buy a certain from small farms and had Nixon won.
hit hard by the pandemic, amount of their beef on the aggregates them into lots
plants from the Corn Belt to with at least 269 worker cash market, rather than rely that can be sold to niche Sanchez
the Great Plains to get plants deaths attributed to COVID- on private contracts whose processors, say they can get
closer to ranchers, 19 in the first year of the terms are not disclosed. The 120 hogs processed a day. continued from page 7
processors were also able to pandemic, according to a idea is to make price-setting But they point out that
shed unionized workers and House select subcommittee. more transparent. Smithfield’s Tar Heel, North is adept at anything he can use to gin up distrust in
replace them with rural, Carolina, plant, the world’s governments, still failing to grasp his own failed reelection
poorly paid, nonunion – and To counter this market Last fall, a larger bipartisan largest, processes 32,000 campaign.
eventually immigrant – labor. power, the Biden group of senators also hogs a day. “It’s just so far
Another is manipulating administration has a plan introduced a bill to reinstate apart,” Mr. Curran says. A Trump written statement said,“The Freedom Convoy
prices. JBS, Tyson, and pork- that would extend $1 billion the American Beef Labeling “You’d need a whole lot of is peacefully protesting the harsh policies of far-left lunatic
processing giant Smithfield in federal aid to small Act, so U.S. meatpackers plants to get close to Justin Trudeau who has destroyed Canada with insane
Foods have all settled processors and expand and would no longer be allowed matching that or have any Covid mandates.”
lawsuits for price fixing. strengthen regulations to try to put a U.S. label on beef meaningful impact.”
to level the playing field. imported from abroad. Even What kind of a neighbor are we anyway if this is what
Then there are the small processors who might some are so eager to export?
environmental and health A new political climate benefit from the Biden
problems. Because the in Congress program doubt that such The political power is also The reality check: Canada has lower death rates from
processing plants are so big, measures will come close to tilted in favor of the bigs. COVID because of high vaccination rates and the society’s
they generate enormous Efforts at reforming the leveling the playing field.“We general acceptance of the ideals of public health, that the
amounts of waste. Last year, industry are also underway really appreciate what the When President Biden precautions that one person takes can save the life of
for example,Tyson agreed to in Congress – and in a Biden administration is another citizen.
a $3 million settlement for bipartisan way. Republican trying to do,” says Mike was vice president, President
releasing thousands of Sens. Chuck Grassley of Lorentz of Lorentz Meats, a
gallons of partially treated Iowa and Deb Fischer of niche meat processor based Obama proposed
wastewater into an Alabama Nebraska have joined with in Cannon Falls, Minnesota.
river, killing an estimated And “we have grown strengthening federal laws As for the contention of a “destroyed Canada,” well it’s
exponentially in the past 20 the protests that have disrupted business on both sides of
years. But we are still not against price fixing in the border. By one estimate, about $50 million a day was
even a blip on the radar.” lost just within the auto industry.
agriculture, “The power of
The difference in
operating scale is just too those big processors
great to overcome – and not
just in beef, but in pork and undermined it, says Philip Finally, an unsettling siren call has been issued for a
poultry as well. Mark Curran similar truck convoy to cross from the west to D.C. in
Howard, a professor in the time for the State of the Union address on March 1. It’s
troublingly reminiscent of the one that brought the
department of community marauding, pro-Trump protesters to the U.S. Capitol on
Jan. 6 of last year. Presumably, the goal will be a similar
sustainability at Michigan pushback against vaccine protocols and masking, mixed
with a general disdain for President Joe Biden.
State University at Lansing.

“It’s a different political

climate now. [But] it’s going

to be difficult to see

substantial change.” A full post-mortem, the type of informed and studied
view that can dissect the elements surrounding the fast-
By Laurent Belsie spreading protests that blocked key trade crossings is a
long way off. A full assessment will be crucial.
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Exercise may improve memory
among seniors, study shows

Want to preserve all has multiple benefits impact on brain and
memory," Aghjayan
those precious beyond physical explained.

memories, including your movement, namely Exercise has shown
promise in increasing
first kiss and how you felt reducing stress and brain health as people
age, but when it comes
the first time you got enhancing well-being - all to memory, studies have
been mixed until now,
behind the wheel of a of which are important she noted.

car? for brain health," For this latest study,
Aghjayan and her
If you do, start moving: Aggarwal said. colleagues reviewed 36
studies including 2,750
New research shows And you don't have to people (average age 71)
exercise every day, the who exercised for about
that when sedentary study authors noted. 15 to 90 minutes three
times a week for 18 to
older adults started to 39 weeks. Folks aged 55
to 68 showed the
exercise, they showed "Exercising for three greatest improvements in
memory when they
improvements in times a week was enough exercised, the findings
showed.
episodic memory, or the to see a benefit, and it
Still, some questions
ability to vividly recall looks like it takes about remain. "We don't know
what intensity is needed
meaningful moments and four months to reap to see these benefits,"
Aghjayan said.
events. these benefits in episodic
Always get a green light
These benefits were memory," said lead study from your doctor before
embarking on a new
most pronounced among author Sarah Aghjayan. exercise plan, and try to
find something you enjoy
folks who weren't She is a clinical and doing so you will be more likely to stick with "What's good for your The amount of
it, she advised. heart is good for your exercise that most
experiencing any biological health brain," said Dr. Laura people in the new study
"Our study looked at DeFina, president and reported falls just short
memory loss yet, but psychology PhD student walking, dancing and chief executive officer of of the current exercise
swimming, but choose The Cooper Institute, in guidelines, which call for
everyone saw some in the Kenneth P. Dietrich anything that piques and Dallas. at least 150 minutes to
holds your interest, and 300 minutes a week of
benefit when they School of Arts and choose something that a It's never too late to moderate exercise, or 75
friend would want to do start exercising, said minutes to 150 minutes a
exercised consistently Sciences at the with you," Aghjayan DeFina. week of vigorous
suggested. exercise per week, she
several times a week. University of Pittsburgh. "If you are older than noted. But "anything is
The findings were 50, you do want your better than nothing, and
Episodic memory is the And this makes sense, published online recently doctor's approval if you all movement counts,"
first to show changes in Aghjayan said. in the journal are a complete non- DeFina said.
people living with Communications exerciser or couch
Alzheimer's disease, said "We know that regular Medicine. potato," she said.
Dr. Neelum Aggarwal, a physical activity can
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was not involved in the body weight, and all of
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Your Kenosha ADRC Update

ADRC Offers Two
Dementia Caregiver
Support Groups

Caregiver Coffee Club and Family Caregiver
Lunch Bunch

Kenosha County Aging & Disability Resource
Center (ADRC) is offering two virtual support
groups to help family caregivers who are taking care
of someone with dementia. Join others engaged in
helping their loved ones manage day to day living, to
relax, chat and learn helpful tips and strategies.

The Caregiver Coffee Club meets the first
Wednesday of each month from 10-11 a.m., the next
meeting will be on March 2. To accommodate
employed caregivers, as well as those at home, the
Family Caregiver Lunch Bunch conveniently meets
from 12-1 p.m. on the first Thursday of the month.
The next Lunch Bunch meets March 3.

Available by video conferencing or phone.
Facilitated by Susan Johnson, Dementia Care
Specialist with the Kenosha County ADRC. To
register call 262-605-6646.

March Virtual Connect for The online sessions will be held from 5:30 to 7:30 related dementia, and their care partners to socialize
Seniors p.m. each Wednesday, March 9 through April 13. A and have fun, all from the comfort of your home!
class in Spanish will be held later this year. Once registered, you will receive connection
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will receive a brief phone call from the program
• Monday, February 28, 2 p.m. leader prior to the first session on how to use the Online Learning Platform
Zoom video conference program. for Family Caregivers
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• Wednesday, March 16 11 a.m. Preventive Services COVID-19 pandemic.

A fun discussion about your favorite book or Medicare Minute presentations are offered If you provide care for a loved one, friend or even
book character. monthly by the Kenosha County ADRC. These neighbor, you are a family caregiver. As a family
programs provide information on a wide range of caregiver, it can be hard to find the right resources.
• Monday, March 21, 11 a.m. Medicare topics. March’s Medicare Minutes focus is Even harder when your time is limited. Trualta’s
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information. 262-605-6646 or 1-800-472-8008. A Zoom link will In addition to learning skills to manage your loved
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offer Powerful Tools for Virtual Memory Café Discover ways to connect with your loved one and
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Next free, six-week course to begin Wednesday, Please join the Alzheimer’s Association and the To participate, caregivers must have internet access
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The Kenosha County Aging and Disability Memory Café is a place for persons with Mild
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its next Powerful Tools for Caregivers course, to be 6650 or email [email protected]
conducted online. New for 2022, the ADRC will also
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Maids and Nannies If you have a Social
and Social Security Security question,Tom
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with Tom Margenau
Contact him at
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wife and I are the last net.To find out more about
middle-class couple in the our mid-70s, we could Tom Margenau and to read
country who haven't hired
a maid to clean the house. continue with these past columns and see
I know we are the last features from other Creators
couple in our biweekly household
neighborhood who are Syndicate writers and
"maidless." Every week, up chores. Besides, some of cartoonists, visit the Creators
and down our block, I see
maids pulling up to the maids I see in our Syndicate website at
houses, getting out their www.creators.com.
vacuums and buckets and neighborhood don't look
other cleaning gear, and actually a question for the
spending a couple hours like they need the money. Internal Revenue Service.
or so making our The IRS is responsible for
neighbors' houses gleam. A couple of them drive all tax matters, including
Meanwhile, my wife and I the payment of Social
run our fingers across much nicer cars than we Security taxes. But I know
dusty tabletops and enough about the issue to
windowsills and wonder if have! get you thinking in the
we should be doing the right direction.
same. But all that got me to you must report those tax employees and deducts hired nannies, maids, yard
thinking about a column I Whether or not you taxes from their workers and other people
Actually, this past wrote a long time ago have to deduct Social payments to the federal paychecks. to do for them what my
Christmas, I seriously about hiring maids and Security taxes from your wife and I have always
considered hiring a maid nannies and other nanny's pay depends on government. To learn how But if you did simply done for ourselves. And I
service as a gift for my household help and how it several circumstances. hire some person "off the learned from talking to my
wife. Although, in truth, it relates to Social Security. I Some nannies are self- to do that, you should street" to come in and neighbors and others in
would have been a gift to found it, "dusted it off," employed. In other words, clean your home, and the community that
myself, because I'm the (get the pun?) and am they run a business that read an IRS publication assuming that person does almost none of them paid
one who straps on the presenting it here again supplies nanny services. If not run a housecleaning Social Security or other
apron once every week or today. that is your case, then it's called "Household business, i.e., is self- taxes for their hired help.
two and dusts and gets the nanny's responsibility employed, then you must And I never saw any of
down on my hands and to pay self employment Employers Tax Guide." You follow the IRS rules those folks hauled off to
knees to scrub the kitchen Social Security taxes out outlined in my answer to jail.
and bathroom floors. My of the money you give her. can find it at their website, the first question.
wife does the vacuuming Now, if you were
and cleans the sinks and But if you have simply www.irs.gov Q: We have hired a planning to run for
toilets. hired a woman to serve as nanny and I know we are political office someday,
Q: We are going to hire your nanny, then you may Q: We have hired some supposed to deduct taxes then I'd suggest you
Anyway, I finally decided a nanny to help care for have some tax obligations. maids to clean our house. from her paycheck. But immediately get that IRS
our two small children.We If you will pay her at least They show up once a she has pleaded with us pamphlet mentioned in
have heard different $2,100 per year, then you week and spend about not to do that. She said the first answer and start
opinions about whether must deduct Social three or four hours she would prefer having us doing the right thing and
we will have to deduct Security and Medicare vacuuming, dusting, etc. just give her that money paying those taxes. Every
Social Security taxes from taxes from her pay. And We don't have to rather than send it to the once in a while, you hear a
the wages we will be withhold taxes from the government. So far, we've "nannygate" story about a
paying this person. Can money we pay them, do abided by her wishes. But Supreme Court justice
you please clarify this? we? I'm wondering if we could nominee or some other
get in trouble for this. high-powered political
A: I'm a retired Social A: Probably not -- if by aspirant who loses his or
Security guy. I know all "hired some maids" you A: If you were asking her chance at an influential
about the output side of mean you've contracted this question of someone position because he or
the program (Social with one of the many at the IRS, I'm sure they she failed to pay taxes for
Security benefits), but not companies that supply would tell you: "Yes, you a nanny or other hired
much about the input side maids to households. If so, are breaking the law!" But help.
of the ledger (Social you are probably paying since you asked me, a
Security taxes). This is the company a fee, and retired old goat who And here is one final
then that company, in turn, happens to write a column message directed at your
pays a wage to their about Social Security nanny. Just tell her that
issues, I'd say: "Well, you're you heard from an old
SR042221 certainly not alone." Social Security guy who
SR022422 interviewed hundreds of
As I said at the start of retiring nannies, maids and
this column, my wife and I other household workers
have never hired any during his career, most of
household help of any whom rued their
kind, so I have no direct shortsighted decision to
experience in these forgo the payment of
matters. But we lived for Social Security taxes and
many years in an exclusive were stuck facing their
suburb of San Diego, senior years with minimal
California. (We were the or even no Social Security
poorest people in a or Medicare coverage. It's
neighborhood of fat cats something she should
and yuppies -- think "The seriously think about.
Beverly Hillbillies"!)

Anyway, we were
surrounded by folks who

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books The design dream team of the
19th century

Tales of courage The two men could hardly have The Stonehurst mansion in Waltham, Massachusetts, built in
and grit lead the been more different: Landscape 1886, was designed by Henry Hobson Richardson in
7 best books architect Frederick Law Olmsted was
of February a taciturn perfectionist, while collaboration with landscape architect Frederick Law Olmstead.
architect Henry Hobson Richardson
February’s books tackle wide-ranging themes, from was outgoing and well liked. Yet their facility for people with mental and afterward studied architecture at
escaping authoritarian regimes and racial preconceptions friendship shaped the direction of illnesses in Buffalo, New York, and a the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris
to discovering a sunken piece of slavery’s past and a history American design in the mid-to-late- private estate in Waltham, (there were no architectural schools
of the humble index. 19th century, and their work Massachusetts, called Stonehurst. in the United States at the time).
influenced the evolution of cities and Richardson competed against France’s
The Next Ship Home by Heather Webb suburbs. A Connecticut Yankee best and brightest at a time when
Heather Webb’s novel tells the story of two young Napoleon III had commissioned
women brought together in 1902 at Ellis Island.The briskly It’s not clear how Olmsted and Born into a prominent Connecticut Georges-Eugène Haussmann to
moving tale, interspersed with newspaper articles of the Richardson first met. Both men family, Olmsted was a jack-of-all- modernize Paris. The young architect
period, illuminates corruption at the immigration facility arrived in NewYork City at the end of trades who never attended college. returned to the U.S. in 1865 and
while underscoring the grit and resolve of New York City’s the Civil War. Both lived in the same He was a self-taught journalist, established himself in New York City,
newcomers. neighborhood on Staten Island and wartime sanitary commissioner, where his reputation slowly grew.
Our American Friend by Anna Pitoniak took the ferry to Manhattan each day. mining company manager, farmer, and
“When you become a stranger to your past self, what do Their offices were a minute’s walk ultimately, in his mid-30s, the nation’s Buffalo commission
you call that?” wonders Moscow-born Lara Caine. As the from each other’s. But as Hugh first landscape architect (a term he
first lady of the United States, the mysterious former Howard writes in Architects of an and his partner Calvert Vaux It was Olmsted and Richardson’s
model narrates her story to biographer Sofie Morse.Anna American Landscape, “If their invented). After Vaux and Olmsted shared commission on the Buffalo
Pitoniak’s page-turner considers the costs and meeting was unavoidable, it was far won the Central Park design State Asylum for the Insane, as it was
consequences of truth-telling during the Cold War and in less certain that [they] would become competition, the two began their called then, that would solidify the
the fraught political present. dear friends. Separated by education famed partnership on America’s best- duo’s combined genius. During the
Recitatif by Toni Morrison and age, they had been on opposite known public park in 1858. early part of the 19th century,
Toni Morrison’s only short story, “Recitatif,” written in sides of the era’s defining divide. facilities for people with mental
1980, is a brilliant, provocative experiment that tests Richardson’s prosperous merchant Olmsted’s early years as a travel illnesses were few and small, and
readers’ deep-seated racial preconceptions. It’s about two family had owned enslaved persons, writer, his visits to the Royal Botanic catered to the wealthy. In 1869, New
poor girls who room together in a state shelter when while Olmsted’s voice had been Gardens at Kew in England, and later York authorized the building of an
they’re eight, and then run into each other years later. One essential in the antislavery his summer in the Yosemite Valley asylum in Buffalo.
girl is white, the other Black, but Morrison deliberately, movement.” made him aware of nature’s profound
masterfully obfuscates which is which. (Find the full review influence on human emotions. There After the Buffalo project,
here.) Still, the two men had much in is perhaps no better example of Richardson and Olmsted “would soon
The Naked Don’t Fear the Water by Matthieu Aikins common. “Each believed deeply in his embark on a series of innovative
As the war in Afghanistan winds down, a young Afghan work. Both looked at the world in Olmsted’s work than The Ramble in collaborations that melded buildings
translator who worked with U.S. forces flees the country three-dimensional terms – or even Central Park, which gives one a sense designed by the former to landscapes
as a refugee. Rather than let him travel alone, his close four-, as times past and future would of wildness in the midst of the city. shaped by the latter.”
friend, a Western journalist, hides his own passport and figure into their designs,” Howard His emphasis on nature set the
sets out with the translator on the perilous journey. It’s a writes. Richardson and Olmsted template for the layout of “virtually As their professional lives grew
gripping true story of courage, fear, danger, and sensed an opportunity to put their every suburb constructed since,” together, so did their personal lives.
compassion. stamp on an America that was Howard writes. They built homes on adjacent lots in
White Lies by A.J. Baime rebuilding after horrendous civil Brookline, Massachusetts, where their
A.J. Baime writes a groundbreaking biography of strife. New Orleans raised families mingled. And as author
American civil rights leader Walter White, who literally led Howard concludes, “Their shared
a double life: as a Black man giving shape to both the “Architects of an American Richardson grew up in a wealthy understanding of the unfolding
Harlem Renaissance and the NAACP, and as a white man Landscape” serves as both a dual New Orleans family with summers panorama of American life in their
writing searing journalistic pieces about the evils of biography – it tells parallel stories of spent on his grandfather’s antebellum time informs ours.”
lynching and the plight of Black men in the South. the two men’s lives – and a detailed plantation. He was a larger-than-life
The Last Slave Ship by Ben Raines survey of their achievements. The character and a gifted student; at age By Richard Horan
Ben Raines made headlines in 2019 when he discovered book’s extensive drawings, 17 he left home to attend Harvard,
the remains of the Clotilda, the last ship to bring enslaved manuscripts, and photographs
people to America. His gripping, affecting book chronicles illustrate projects ranging from
his search for the vessel in the swamps of Alabama and tells Olmsted’s Central Park in New York
the stories of its captives and their descendants. to Richardson’s Trinity Church in
Salmon P. Chase by Walter Stahr Boston. The men never became
In this revelatory reassessment of Abraham Lincoln’s partners, but they did collaborate on
secretary of the treasury, Walter Stahr presents readers a series of commissions, including a
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‘We can learn from these kids’:
Street children in Zambia

When Daniel Mulilo Chama, a Street kids are everywhere and the yourself to these kids.You have to win Three romance
Zambian social worker, and Chris inequalities that determine their lives their trust. That trust was very novels celebrate
Lockhart, a longtime American aid are faced everywhere. The number of important. And me myself, from being belonging,
worker in sub-Saharan Africa, met at street kids around the world is there, I know what that life entails.The friendship, and food
a conference about youth growing exponentially. But at the same intelligence and the heartbreak. That
empowerment in Lusaka, Zambia, in time, the book is rooted in this idea it’s not an easy thing. Charming confection
2011, they quickly realized they that small good deeds by individuals Julie Tieu’s debut novel, The Donut Trap, is a sweet
shared a mutual wish.They wanted to can go a long way, which is something Q. How do you make sure you’re confection with real substance. The story, whose
see the stories of children living on that happens again and again in the portraying them fairly and accurately? universality will appeal to readers nostalgic for their own
the streets in Zambia told better. book. youth, also takes on specificity as Tieu explores the
Mr. Lockhart: As part of the data dynamics of a Chinese Cambodian American family. The
When they were written about at Mr. Chama: That idea of doing a collection, we did these things called Tran family owns Sunshine Donuts, near Los Angeles.
all, street children often appeared as good deed for the next person – that event reconstructions with the kids. College grad Jasmine, known as Jas, feels like a failure,“back
statistics, or worse, “treated like every time someone does a good We went to an empty lot and said, at square one, living with my parents and helping out at the
subjects and not real people,” Mr. deed for you, you must do it for the “OK, tell us exactly what happened shop, as if college never happened.” Her spirits are buoyed
Lockhart says.And Mr. Chama, himself next person – that’s a lesson that here” – even if we did have a by Alex, an old college crush; the return of her brother, Pat;
a former street child, knew there was applies to everyone, and is something researcher who observed it directly and putting her work dreams into action.
a heft and complexity to these we can learn from these kids. and had an audio recording, which we Tieu’s story sparkles with flirty banter (between Jas and
children’s lives that could never be often did. But we always did these Alex) and exasperated parent-child exchanges, until finally
captured in a non-governmental Q. This book is told in a very kinds of event reconstructions with healing avenues of communication open up. Readers will
organization’s report. novelistic style. It’s mostly scenes and the kids. It almost became like putting witness what it means to be a first-generation American
dialogue. How did you conduct the on a play. They would tell us, “This is coping with immigrant parents. The novel, in which
That meeting was the beginning of a research? what happened here.This person was forgiveness is a beautifully resonant theme, evokes
nearly 10-year project that culminated standing here when I entered the empathy and understanding.
in a new book, Walking the Bowl: A Mr. Lockhart: The kids have a scene.This is what I was thinking.This
True Story of Murder and Survival name for the kind of researchers they is what I was smelling. This is what I Ambitious podcaster
Among the Street Children of meet a lot of. They call them clickers, was seeing.” And they knew that In Uzma Jalaluddin’s Hana Khan Carries On – which
Lusaka, which follows a group of kids because they come with their iPads because we were going through all of will be adapted into film by Mindy Kaling and Amazon
who become entangled in a murder and they just click, click, click, taking this, [it] was going to be part of the Studios – Hana is a smart and ambitious 20-something
investigation. After the discovery of down all the information and then book. So they could say, “I don’t want South Asian woman living in Toronto. Her dreams of
the body of a street child, the book’s going away.We didn’t want to fall into this in here. I don’t want to talk about becoming a broadcast journalist are just beginning to take
protagonists – among them suspects, that category. We wanted to build this.” We respected that. flight with her anonymous podcast, “Ana’s Brown Girl
family members, and bystanders – trust. So we spoke to the ethics Rambles.” Too busy for a boyfriend, Hana interns at a radio
must navigate what justice could look committee at the University of Q. As researchers, did you ever feel station and serves customers at her family’s failing halal
like in a city that treats them as Zambia, and someone there suggested a tension between wanting to just restaurant. She is shocked when a new, hip Indian
expendable. we create an independent community observe what was happening in the restaurant moves in nearby.
ethics board to oversee our research. lives of these kids and wanting to Jalaluddin successfully re-imagines the 1995 rom-com
Mr. Chama and Mr. Lockhart spoke So that’s what we did. We included intervene, to help them, which might “You’ve Got Mail,” setting it within a loving Muslim
to the Monitor about their research teachers, local leaders, people from then alter the story? community that is facing racism. Hana’s texting friendship
process, the book’s message, and the faith-based institutions, local with her loyal podcast fan, StanleyP, competes for her
particular challenges of writing nongovernmental organizations, Mr. Chama: There were a couple heart’s attention with her intriguing rival Aydin, son of the
ethically about young people living on respected elders, and one shopkeeper of kids who are not included in the new restaurateur. Hana reaches our hearts with her desire
the margins of their society. because that was somewhere the kids book specifically because of that.They “to tell diverse stories that made a difference, that framed
spent a lot of time.They advised us. wanted to be included but there were personal narratives in a way that allowed people to think
Q. The book’s title, “Walking the big issues with abuse and violence about the world in a whole new light.”
Bowl,” comes from a story about a And then for the research itself, we going on. So we had counselors step Love letter to two cultures
hungry traveler who is given a bowl of worked with five former street kids – in at those points and it really changed Love, Chai, and Other Four-Letter Words, Annika
food by a good Samaritan. Her only four boys and one girl. We basically the trajectory of those kids’ lives, and Sharma’s captivating debut in “The Chai Masala Club”
condition is that he walk that same trained them to act as embedded they couldn’t be part of the book series, is a stunning love letter to NewYork City and Indian
bowl to someone else in need – to journalists.That took a year – training anymore. There was always a risk- culture told through a heartwarming, interracial love story.
pay it forward. Why did you give the them on participant observation, benefit analysis that we had to Indian American biomedical engineer Kiran Mathur falls
book this title? rapid interviews, recording with an reassess as we went along. for her charming new neighbor, Nash Hawthorne, a white
audio recorder. And then they fanned Tennessean and child psychologist. The two enjoy getting
Mr. Lockhart: At one level, we out to different areas [in Lusaka].They Q. What do you hope readers take to know each other on adventures around the city,
want folks reading [“Walking the each had a special area where they away from this book? checking off items on their bucket lists, a tradition started
Bowl”] to be aware of the social worked and they each had a different by Kiran’s three best friends – who are her family in
inequalities these kids face, the relationship with one of the four kids Mr. Chama: These kids have America. Kiran is mindful that her parents, who were told
structural injustice. We don’t want who’s at the core of the book. dreams. They are resilient. And they by village elders to disown her older sister in India for
them to look at it and say, “This is have a story to tell, like any children marrying outside their caste, will be vehemently opposed
about Africa. These kinds of Mr. Chama: We focused on do. to her new relationship. She and Nash ultimately face
inequalities exist only in Africa or only observing events as they unfolded. Just ancient Indian cultural beliefs that would keep them apart.
in Zambia.” This is a global issue. observing everyday life. You entrust By Ryan Lenora Brown Still, she summons resourcefulness and patience to restore
broken family ties. This enchanting novel feels like one
Chris Lockhart (left) and Daniel Muilio Chama are co-authors of “Walking the Bowl: beautiful soul-searching conversation.
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Lowering burdens: Overdraft fees in US,
plastic packaging in France

In addition to actions by heavily on the most
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around $35 to any
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aren’t enough funds. When
these charges multiply, the differently. High levels of
overall financial burden can
mushroom, too – hence the gender-based violence have
fee’s reputation as a “penalty
for being poor.” Capital One long persisted in Brazil,
and Wells Fargo decided to
cut overdraft fees entirely, despite efforts to protect
while Bank of America
reduced charges to $10 and women. Magalu first set up a
JPMorgan Chase is
eliminating fees for domestic violence hotline,
customers who overdraw
by small amounts up to $50. Canal Mulher (Women’s

Channel), in 2017 after a Chief Justice Gulzar Ahmed (left) swears in Ayesha Malik as the
first female justice of the Supreme Court of Pakistan.
store manager was killed by

her husband.

Since then, Magalu’s rapid 3. France toys. are donating their voices 5. Pakistan
response team has grown to
include specialists such as France has banned the With 37% of France’s in support of local Ayesha Malik is the first
psychologists and social use of plastic packaging
workers who offer mental for most fresh produce. fresh produce previously languages. The three woman on Pakistan’s
health services alongside the Apples, carrots, tomatoes,
company’s legal and financial and cucumbers are among wrapped in plastic, the bestselling voice-activated Supreme Court. Justice
support. Of its 25,000 the 30-odd fruits and
female employees, Magalu vegetables that must be sold government estimates the assistants – Siri, Alexa, and Malik, a former high court
has helped nearly 700 leave without plastic under a law
abusive relationships and that went into effect at the measure will prevent the Google Assistant – stay judge known for
has paid to relocate 100 of start of 2022. For packages
these women away from over 1.5 kilograms and waste of 1 billion pieces of mute when approached in championing gender
those who abused them. more delicate products like
Each year, U.S. banks make “Once [my ex-husband] berries, peaches, and plastic each year. Some in any of the over 1,000 native equality, joins 16 male
around $15 billion from knew Magalu was mushrooms, plastic is still
overdraft and nonsufficient intervening, he knew he was allowed, but France will the packaging industry languages spoken justices. Until now, Pakistan
funds fees, according to data no match for a big company eliminate single-use plastics
from the federal Consumer like that, and that played a by 2040. Later this year, worry about increased costs throughout Africa. was the only nation in South
Financial Protection Bureau, big role in him stepping magazines and other
which planned to take a back,” said one employee publications will need to and businesses not having Companies that collect Asia to never have had a
tougher stance on these whom Magalu helped avoid plastic in their
charges. Eighty percent of extricate from a violent shipments, and fast-food enough time to adapt, but a voice data, including female Supreme Court
that money comes from marriage. “For the first time chains will no longer be
only 9% of consumers. I felt I wasn’t by myself.” allowed to hand out plastic 2019 poll found that 85% of vocabulary, intonation, justice, according to Human
“These are people who have
low balances or are France’s population accent, and patterns of Rights Watch, and women
struggling paycheck to
paycheck,” said Lauren supported banning single- speech, normally keep the account for only 4% of
Saunders from the National
Consumer Law Center.“The use plastic. Some European information private to train Pakistan’s high court judges.
overdraft fees fall most
Union countries are their own machine-learning “In a country where crimes

following suit, and algorithms. In recent years, of gender-based violence

neighboring Spain has there’s been a push to are a constant reality, [this]

announced plans to democratize that data and can hopefully have a domino

implement a similar law in expand the technology’s effect,” said lawyer and

2023. linguistic reach. activist Nighat Dad. “It

4. Africa Common Voice, opens up endless

Across Africa, people developed by the Mozilla possibilities for other

Foundation, is a women in the legal field.”

Wrapped peppers sit on display at a shop in Paris on Dec. 31, 2021, crowdsourced platform Justice Malik’s path to the
a day before the plastic packaging ban on produce took effect. where users record snippets Supreme Court proved
of their own voices as well divisive. Some lawyers and
16 SMART READER February 24, 2022 as check the validity of judges vehemently criticized
other submissions. The the nomination, arguing that
anonymous voice samples she cut the line in front of
are available to researchers, three more senior jurists.
startups, large companies, After her nomination was
and any average person to rejected by the same
use. Only a handful of the commission last year, Justice
some 90 languages collected Malik earned her spot this
so far are Indigenous African January by a 5-4 vote. “I tell
languages. But the non- my children, work hard,
English language with the keep at it. One day it will
most recorded hours of make a difference,” Justice
speech (2,260 in total) is Malik told a United Nations
Kinyarwanda, native to agency before her
around 10 million people in nomination. “The gender
Rwanda, eastern Congo, and issue is all about community.
some parts of Uganda. The ... Don’t just open the door
hope is that the initiative for yourself. ... You must
can avoid the problems of keep it open for others.”
gender and regional bias
pervasive in voice The Indian Express, BBC

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Mayo Clinics Heart complication
after COVID-19
Kids 5-11 and the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine vaccination rare in
teens, young adults
DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I
have three girls, ages 6, 8 and Teens and young adults COVID-19 vaccination are
11.They have been attending are less likely to develop a
school virtually for the past heart-related complication rare, and that the likelihood
year and a half, and I have associated with COVID-19
been limiting their after being vaccinated than of developing MIS-C is much
encounters with friends and they would be if they caught
family due to COVID-19. the virus, according to a greater in children who are
Although I am vaccinated for study published Tuesday by
COVID-19, I'm not still sure the Lancet Child and unvaccinated and get
if my children should be. I'm Adolescent Health.
worried about side effects COVID-19," said Yousaf, an
and how effective the
vaccine will be in young epidemic intelligence
children. Do you have any
advice? service officer with the

CDC.

In the United States, 21 The agency recommends
COVID-19 vaccination for
ANSWER: With the confirmed cases of the everyone age 5 years and
Food and Drug older in the United States.
Administration granting complication, called multi-
emergency use authorization
for the Pfizer COVID-19 them to return to in-person ability to return to some their own. Possible side system inflammatory MIS-C is a new illness
vaccine in children 5-11, schooling in the future. With effects, which are normal identified during the
nearly 28 million children in this age group now eligible normal activities more safely. signs that their immune syndrome, or MIS-C, were COVID-19 pandemic that
the U.S. are newly eligible to for COVID-19 vaccination, system is building affects children about four
be protected by COVID-19 it's expected that cases of It is known that one of the protection, can include pain, reported among more than to six weeks after infection.
vaccination. COVID-19 in schools will redness or swelling at the It has some of the same
decrease over time, most significant effects of the injection site, as well as 21 million people ages 12 to symptoms as Kawasaki
hopefully causing fewer fatigue, headache, muscle disease, a disorder that
disruptions in schooling due COVID-19 pandemic on pain, chills, nausea or fever. 20 years after they received causes inflammation of the
to exposures and blood vessels, according to
quarantines. children has been around a dose of a COVID-19 the American Heart
Association.
A misconception at the their ability to participate in vaccine, the data showed.
beginning of the pandemic
was that COVID-19 does activities they enjoy, This amounts to one case
not affect children. However, of MIS-C per 1 million
Mayo Clinic and the children have been especially in-person people vaccinated in this age
hospitalized for COVID-19, group, the researchers said.
Centers for Disease Control and they have died from schooling, play dates, If side effects develop, then
COVID-19. Thankfully, the pain relievers can be given
and Prevention's Advisory rate of COVID-19 infection extracurricular activities, and for comfort. Many children
in children is much lower will have no side effects. No
Committee on Immunization than in older segments of visiting with friends and serious side effects in this However, of the 21 cases
the population. age group were seen during of MIS-C, 15 had been
Practices strongly loved ones. the clinical trial. Ongoing infected with the virus, while However, MIS-C causes
While some of the surveillance will occur to the remaining six may have more severe inflammation
recommend that children 5- children who were infected All of this has had detect rare events, like developed it as a side effect that can affect different
with COVID-19 had risk serious allergic reactions, or after vaccination, according parts of the body, including
11 be vaccinated for factors for more severe significant effects from anaphylaxis, and heart to the researchers. the heart, lungs, kidneys and
illness, some were otherwise inflammation that have been digestive tract, it notes.
COVID-19. healthy children who no one educational and mental seen in some other age
would have predicted to groups.
Regardless of their become severely ill. Children health perspectives.
schooling situation, your are also at risk for a rare but
children are still at risk for potentially life-threatening Increasing rates of mental
exposure to COVID-19. As complication from COVID-
with other vaccinations, such 19 known as multisystem health issues have been seen These six cases of post- A study published last
as influenza, having a inflammatory syndrome, or vaccination MIS-C equates summer by JAMA Network
COVID-19 vaccination MIS-C. Currently, there's no in children over the course to a rate of 0.3 per 1 million Open estimated that for
provides your children with way to prevent that vaccinated, they said. every 1 million people age
protection from the complication, except to of the pandemic -- things like 21 years and younger
infection and reduces their prevent the initial COVID-19 infected with COVID-19,
risk of getting sick. It also will infection itself. anxiety, depression, and 224 develop MIS-C.
reduce their risk of
transmitting the infection to Also, one of the biggest feelings of social isolation. All of the people who
others, including loved ones benefits for having your developed the complication
who may have a weakened children vaccinated is in their Regardless of your It is also important to after vaccination had been About 80% of children
immune system or have a decisions to participate in remember that children are given the Pfizer-BioNTech who become sick enough
chronic health condition like virtual or home school, not considered fully shot, the only one from the virus to require
diabetes or heart disease. getting children 5-11 immunized until two weeks authorized for use in hospital care suffer from the
vaccinated for COVID-19 after their second dose of children in the United States complication, which can
helps them return to certain the vaccine. at the time the study was cause the heart to lose
activities that they enjoy or conducted, the researchers some of its ability to pump
get involved in activities they Continue to follow your said. properly, coronary artery
haven't been able to dilation and leaking heart
participate in -- all with less local public health guidance valves, based on earlier
risk of getting infected with studies.
COVID-19 and less risk of on masking and physical
transmitting infection to
others. distancing, even after your "As part the
comprehensive effort to
child has been vaccinated, as monitor COVID-19 vaccine
safety in the United States,
In clinical trials for it's known that layering these [the Centers for Disease
children 5-11, the Pfizer Control and Prevention} has
COVID-19 vaccine was prevention strategies is been closely monitoring
found to be safe and 91% cases of MIS-C in vaccinated
effective in helping prevent more effective than any children," study co-author Most recover within
symptomatic COVID-19 Dr. Anna R. Yousaf said in a three to five months,
infection. Side effects from getting single measure alone. -- press release. research suggests.
vaccinated for COVID-19
are similar to those from Nipunie Rajapakse, M.D.,
other routine childhood
vaccinations. They are Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Symptoms include fever,
generally mild and resolve rash, eye redness and
within one or two days on Mayo Clinic Children's gastrointestinal symptoms,
such as diarrhea, stomach
Although your children Center, Rochester, ache and nausea, according
are not attending school in to the CDC.
person now, you may want Minnesota

"Our results suggest that
MIS-C cases following

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rfoecoidpe&s White Bean
Turkey Chili
Nutrition News
with Charlyn Fargo Servings: 10
2 pounds lean ground turkey
Antioxidant Power 1 teaspoon poultry seasoning
1 (28-ounce) can crushed tomatoes
February is a big month 1 (15-ounce) can tomato sauce
1 (15.5-ounce) can white kidney beans, rinsed and drained
for health: It's both 1 (15.5 ounce) can pinto beans, rinsed and drained
1/2 cup cilantro, chopped
American Heart Month and
1 cup chopped onion
National Cancer 1/2 cup chopped red bell pepper

Prevention Month. And 2 cloves garlic, minced
2 tablespoons chili powder
whether we're talking 1 teaspoon ground cumin
1 teaspoon dried parsley
about cancer, heart disease, 1 teaspoon dried oregano

diabetes or other chronic 1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon black pepper
diseases, healthy eating 1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes

applies to all. 2 bay leaves
Garnishes: (optional) 2-3 fresh limes, quartered; baked tortilla strips; 1 green
When it comes to Charlyn Fargo is a
cancer, we know that foods registered dietitian with onion, finely diced
high in antioxidants are key
to helping reduce cancer SIU Med School in • Cook and stir ground turkey in a large pot over medium heat until crumbly
risk. But what are they and Springfield, Ill. For and no longer pink, about 5 minutes.Add poultry seasoning and continue to
where are they found? comments or questions, brown the meat. Stir in the crushed tomatoes, tomato sauce, kidney beans,
pinto beans, cilantro, onion, bell peppers and garlic. Season with chili powder,
Antioxidants are the contact her at cumin, parsley, oregano, salt, black pepper, red pepper flakes and bay leaves.
antidote to oxidative stress, [email protected] Bring to a simmer over medium-high heat, then reduce heat to medium-low,
according to Karen Collins, or follow her on Twitter
nutrition adviser with the cover, and simmer 2 hours. Remove the bay leaves and garnish chili with
American Institute for @NutritionRd. multicolor baked tortilla strips, green onions and a squeeze of fresh lime juice,
Cancer Research. That if desired. Serve 1 cup of chili with a side salad. Serves 10 (Serving size: 1 cup).
oxidative stress occurs overwhelms antioxidant antioxidants alone. Focus seen a list of superfoods, it • Per serving: 310 calories; 27 grams protein; 31 grams carbohydrate; 8 grams
when highly reactive defenses. on balance, variety and takes a combination to
molecules, known as free moderation. Choose plenty boost your immune system. fat (2 grams saturated); 60 milligrams cholesterol; 7 grams fiber; 5 grams
radicals, rise to unhealthy Aren't more antioxidants of fruits, vegetables, whole The key doesn't lie in the sugars; 770 milligrams sodium.
levels.When levels are high, the answer? grains, pulses (like dried hands of one specific food.
they create cell damage that beans and lentils) and nuts. It takes a variety of foods to Cheesy Zucchini-
increases susceptibility to Many believe that and Add variety by eating the provide the right balance of Carrot Crisps
cancer and other chronic rainbow -- dark green, deep vitamins and minerals.
diseases. take extra vitamins A, C and orange, white, purple, Immune-boosting foods Serves 2 to 4 (Makes 12 crisps)
yellow and red foods. It such as citrus fruits, bell 1 small zucchini (6 ounces)
E (essential antioxidants). doesn't matter if it's fresh, peppers, broccoli and sweet 1 small carrot, peeled
frozen or canned -- they all potatoes may help lessen 1/2 teaspoon salt
But it's more than vitamins; provide benefit. Make these the severity and duration of 1/3 cup panko bread crumbs
the biggest portion of your a cold (thanks to vitamins A
antioxidants are found in eating choices, and you'll and C and fiber). Nuts and 1/4 cup shredded cheddar cheese (1 ounce)
crave less processed food, seeds help boost the 1 large egg, cracked into bowl and lightly beaten with fork
phytochemicals too. processed sugar and immune cells response.
processed meat. Lentils, lean meat and 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
Phytochemicals naturally seafood help maintain cells
Q and A and build new ones as we • Adjust oven rack to the upper-middle position and heat to 425 degrees. Line a
Free radicals come from occur in plant foods. battle infection. Foods rimmed baking sheet with parchment paper and spray with vegetable oil spray.
Q: Is there one food I containing refined sugar • Trim off the ends of the zucchini and carrot. Shred zucchini and carrot on the
exposure to environmental Studies have shown links should eat to boost my and salt and processed
immune system? meats high in saturated fat large holes of a box grater.
hazards like pollution and between eating more may actually harm the • Set a fine-mesh strainer over a large bowl.Transfer shredded vegetables to a
A:There isn't a superfood immune system. strainer and sprinkle with salt. Stir until combined. Let sit for 10 minutes to
secondhand smoke. The produce and lower cancer that can sweep in and do
this. While you may have drain.
goal is not to eliminate risk, but the number of • Place a clean dish towel on counter.When salted vegetables are ready, transfer
to the center of the dish towel. Gather the ends of towel together, twist tightly,
them all. It's the rising levels antioxidants reaching the and squeeze hard over the sink, draining as much liquid as possible. Discard any

of free radicals that trigger body's cells can depend on liquid from the large bowl and add vegetables to the bowl.
• Add panko, cheddar, egg, and garlic powder to bowl with the vegetables. Stir
our bodies to amp up our how much is lost is cooking
mixture until combined.
complex antioxidant and how well compounds • Use a 1-tablespoon measuring spoon to scoop and drop the vegetable mixture
onto a baking sheet in 12 mounds (about 1 heaping tablespoon each). Use your
system and turn on cancer- are absorbed.
hand to gently press each mound to flatten into a thin circle.
protective defenses. The Here's the bottom line • Bake crisps until edges are browned, 13 to 15 minutes. Remove the baking
for cancer prevention: sheet from the oven and place on a cooling rack. Let crisps cool for 10 minutes.
health risk comes when the Don't just focus on
Serve.
level of free radicals
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These crisps live up to their name

Vegetables and fruits such as carrots and
zucchini (surprise -- a zucchini is
technically a fruit!) are mostly made up of
water. (A zucchini or carrot is about 95%
water.) It can be a challenge to deal with all
that water when cooking or baking -- no
one likes soggy zucchini bread!

One of salt's many superpowers is that
it can pull water out of food. Plants are
made up of countless tiny cells.When you
sprinkle salt on vegetables and fruits, some
of the water inside the cells is pulled out
toward the salt. This process is called
osmosis. Squeezing the shredded zucchini
and carrot in a towel gets some of the
water out, but salting them and letting
osmosis do its work lets you squeeze out
double the water! So, for crisps that are
crispy -- not soggy -- use salt to draw out
that extra water before cooking.

18 SMART READER February 24, 2022

animals Pet World
in the news with Cathy Rosenthal

Leopard with plastic How can I make my newly adopted dog
jar stuck over head comfortable around men?
rescued in India
Exotic coatimundi Dear Cathy, We recently As well as being a recuring employ this strategy. Since she
found wandering Animal rescuers in India assisted a adopted a nine-year-old Yorkie guest on Happenings Q&A, is a temporary visitor, my
loose in North leopard cub seen wandering for at least who is afraid of me and men in suggestion is a temporary
Carolina 48 hours with a plastic jar stuck over general. We're sure he had a Cathy M. Rosenthal is a solution.Ask your son to bring
its head. Forest officials said they spent tough life. What can we do to longtime animal advocate, over her favorite scratching
Authorities in North Carolina said an about 48 hours searching  for the bring him around? -- Jeffrey, author, columnist and pet post when you cat-sit and buy
unusual exotic animal was captured leopard cub after it was spotted with West Hartford, Connecticut expert who has more than a plastic cover for your couch.
while wandering in Raleigh -- a white- the jar on its head. The cub was She will have no interest in
nosed coatimundi. The  Raleigh Police located, and the rescuers were able to Dear Jeffrey, It's not 30 years in the animal scratching a plastic cover, and
Department said  the coatimundi, a remove the jar. Rescue team members uncommon for a dog to have a welfare field. Send your pet it will fully protect your couch
South American animal often known as said the big cat had been unable to eat fear of men. Many people think questions, stories and tips to from damage. I know this
a coati, was found wandering through a or drink water for at least two days. it's because of abuse, but it's won't be attractive for the few
neighborhood. Coatis have long snouts The leopard was evaluated  by generally because the dog [email protected]. days she is there, but you can
like anteaters but are more closely veterinarians and will be released back wasn't properly socialized toss some inexpensive throws
related to raccoons. The coati was into the wild once it has been cleared around men, especially as a Cathy Rosenthal joins on the couch to make it more
taken to an exotic veterinarian, where by medical staff. puppy. Men, in general, are Happenings Q&A on inviting and comfortable. It's
it was later reunited with its owner. bigger, look more intimating, Thu. March 14th at the best way to protect your
Missing dog reunited and have deeper voices than 2:30 on AM1050 WLIP. furniture and your relationship
Raleigh  currently allows  for the with family after 12 women and children, which with your grand cat.
keeping of exotic animals as pets, but years in California can be scary for some dogs. If creates a dog who will learn to
the city has been considering a new a man's behavior is focus on and trust you, which Dear Cathy, We just put
policy to regulate exotic and Authorities in California said a dog unpredictable or volatile, it will diminish his fears. down a weed and feed on the
potentially dangerous animals after a that went missing from its owner's also can make the family dog lawn and simultaneously our
venomous zebra cobra escaped from home in 2010 was reunited with the more anxious. There's no guarantee he indoor cat started hissing and
its owner in the city in the summer of family 12 years later when the canine will ever be comfortable attacking us. We're trying to
2021. was left on a rural property. Animal The first rule of thumb is to around all men, but he see if there's a correlation
Services Officer Brandon Levin not force interactions. Don't definitely can learn to be between the odors from the
Large ball python on responded to a recent report of a dog pick up your dog or force comfortable with you. Be kind, chemical and his attack, which
the loose in California that apparently had been abandoned at yourself on the dog in any way. patient, and predictable, and he lasted for at least three days.
park a rural property and appeared "old and Instead, ignore your dog (at will learn to trust you. This is the second time this
unwell." Levin scanned the canine for a first), and wait for him to event happened.We put down
Officials with a California park said microchip and discovered the dog, come to you. As your dog's Dear Cathy, My wife and I this chemical at least two
they are searching for a large ball named Zoey, had been reported comfort increases, he will be cat-sit for my son and his years ago and our cat had a
python spotted slithering on the loose missing from its Lafayette home in more likely to seek your girlfriend's cat when they similar reaction. All
after apparently being abandoned by its 2010. The sheriff's office was able to attention. travel. The cat is a beautiful suggestions are welcome. --
owner. Anna Hoffman said she was reach Zoey's owner, Michelle, who now well-behaved Siamese female. Rita, Boynton Beach, Florida
hiking near Oakland, when she spotted lives in Benecia. Michelle was reunited Second, make yourself She loves to scratch every
the snake and snapped photos. with her long-lost pet. "Honestly, I'm appealing and interesting to once in a while, either the Dear Rita,
Hoffman alerted park officials, who still in shock, like, I definitely didn't your dog by keeping treats in carpet or our dining room
initially identified the snake as a red- expect this to ever happen, so, I'm your pocket at all times. chairs. We just got a brand If your cat's behavior
tailed boa constrictor, but later said it really excited," Michelle said in a video Whenever you see your dog, new expensive couch, and we changes when this product is
appeared to be a ball python. Neither shared by the sheriff's office. toss treats his way. We want are afraid that the next time applied on your lawn, then yes,
boa constrictors nor ball pythons are him to associate those treats we cat-sit for her she will there is a chance your cat is
venomous or dangerous to humans, Bat falcon spotted in with your presence. scratch our new couch. Do reacting to the product in
experts said. "It was probably a pet the United States for you have any suggestions on some way.The only things you
someone had four to 20 years, decided the first time Third, talk sweetly to your how we can keep her from can do are find an alternative
they didn't want it anymore and dog.A softer, gentler voice will scratching the new couch? -- product that won't result in
discarded it like a piece of garbage," The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said help your dog feel safer. If your Johnny, Miller Place New York the cat's change in behavior or
Oakland Zoo Manager Adam Fink said. a bat falcon spotted in Texas is the first dog approaches, don't try to make sure your cat is in the
"The chances of them harming you is member of its species to ever be play with him. Talk to him or Dear Johnny, While you house when you apply the
zero." documented in the United States. "This pet him gently and maybe he could work on training her, it product on the lawn and is not
is the first recorded time that a bat will sit quietly with you. doesn't sound like she is at exposed to it in any way for
Officials said park staff are searching falcon has ever been seen in the U.S.," your house long enough to three days. Whoever applies
for the snake, but the park the Facebook post said. The species is Fourth, desensitize your this product should change
encompasses 3,304 acres and provides typically found in Mexico, Central dog by being present or having their clothes in the garage
plenty of hiding spots. America and South America.The Santa other men over. The rules before coming into the house,
Ana National Wildlife Refuge said above apply to these male and immediately take a
The spokeswoman said officials are the  falcon was first spotted  in visitors as well. shower. Put the clothes in a
concerned for the python's long-term December and is believed to be a garbage bag and take them
safety. "The snake may be in danger, as juvenile due to its coloration. The size Finally, work on obedience directly to your washer to be
it is not native to our Bay Area climate, and shape of the avian's beak implies it training. This may sound cleaned. Your cat may be
which is much colder than its native is likely a male, the refuge said. counterintuitive, but training reacting to product that got
habitat of warm tropical forests or can be fun for a dog because it onto that person's clothing.
grasslands," she said. involves praise and treats.
Basic obedience training

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jill on money which has caused many to
wonder whether they should
Is the backdoor Roth proceed with their annual
dead? contributions. While it is
possible that the legislation
with Jill Schlesinger would be retroactive to
January 1, 2022, as we get
This Q&A is devoted to deeper into year it seems
your questions about Roth more likely that if the bill
IRAs and other retirement were to pass, it would
planning options. Send me become effective as of
your questions by going to January 1, 2023. To be
jillonmoney.com and clicking conservative, it may make
“Contact Us.” sense to wait a few more
months to see what
Question: I have been Jill Schlesinger, CFP, is a CBS happens.
doing backdoor Roth News business analyst. A
conversions for the past five former options trader and CIO I have also been fielding
years, but I am hearing that of an investment advisory firm, questions about Roth
Congress may not allow she welcomes comments and accounts in general — and
them anymore. Can you whether BBB is just the first
please explain? questions at step toward eliminating all
[email protected]. Check tax benefits associated with
Answer: Let’s start with a the Roth status. While one
her website at can never be 100% sure
little background. With a www.jillonmoney.com about future Congressional
legislation, IRA expert Ed
Roth retirement account, the 2022 threshold amount Slott reminded me that
($204,000 — $214,000 Congress likes the Roth,
you do not take any tax married filing jointly and because it brings in tax
$129,000 — $144,000 for revenue today, rather than
deduction today, but like single filers), you can make a having to wait for it from
$6,000 ($7,000 if over age folks who pull from their
other retirement accounts, 50) contribution into a accounts in the future. Until
nondeductible IRA account we hear otherwise, I remain
there is no current taxation and then convert it to a Roth a big fan of the Roth and
IRA. The process has been encourage people to
on earnings or capital gains called the “backdoor” into consider it as one of the few
the Roth universe for higher ways to control future tax
on trades made in the earners. liability. Question: I’m a single
28-year-old engineer and
account, but when you The Build Back Better work for a startup that
legislation that Congress has doesn’t offer a 401 (k). I now
access and withdraw the been contemplating would contribute $6,000 to a Roth
eliminate the ability to do a but want to save even more.
funds after age 59.5, there is backdoor conversation, What else should I do to
save for retirement?
no tax due.Additionally, Roth your answer. Although you would be well served to pay make sense to continue to
Answer: A plain old didn’t say how much you the taxes now, and then convert and pay the taxes
IRAs are not subject to taxable brokerage account is make now, I assume that invest the money in a tax now, before I have the added
because you are contributing efficient index fund that does income that will come from
Required Minimum to a Roth, you are under the not throw off too much those RMDs? Doing so will
limit, which means that your income. eat into my cash on hand.
Distributions (RMDs). tax bracket is historically
low. I would argue that given Question: I have been Answer: Presuming you
Currently, you can only your earnings capacity and converting my traditional leave yourself with one year
the potential for higher tax IRA into a ROTH in the of living expenses on hand, I
use a Roth IRA if you earn rates in the future, you years before I’ll need to would continue with the
begin taking RMDs. Does it conversions.
below a certain amount of

money (Roth 401 (k)s and

403 (b)s do not have any

income limitations.)

However, if you make over

How to fight inflation

with Jill Schlesinger

As the post-COVID Private Label Manufacturers to lock in fixed rate corrosive nature of rising rents. derived from a fixed rate and
inflation spike persists, it is Association. If your favorite mortgages now. Don’t worry prices. Consider these asset a semiannual inflation rate.
abundantly clear that we are brand is not available or a bit if you missed the rock- classes for inclusion in your — Stocks: Long-term data For bonds issued Nov. 2021
going to be contending with too pricey, it’s time to bottom levels of the cycle, account. show that stocks, especially — April 2022, the total is a
higher prices for longer than consider a generic brand. borrowing for the long term dividend-producing ones, whopping 7.12%.There are a
previously thought. As a is still historically cheap. If — Commodities: When tend to perform well in few caveats to consider the
result, it’s time to dust off Help the planet (and your you are refinancing, you may inflation rises, the price of inflationary periods. purchase of I Bonds:
some of the inflation-fighting bottom line): Sticker shock want to fold in home equity commodities like gold and
strategies that consumers at the gas pump and with loans or credit card debts energy increase. However, — Treasury Inflation Maximum Purchase per
used four decades ago. utility bills might prompt you that are tied to variable, this is a volatile asset class Protected Securities: To help calendar year: $10,000
to reduce driving (or go short-term interest rates. that flatline over long the investor dilemma of electronic bonds, $5,000
Delay spending: Whether electric), better manage your stretches of time.Try to limit inflation eating into a bond’s paper bonds
it’s a new device, a much- thermostat, and seal up Diversify your portfolio: commodity exposure to fixed-income return, the US
desired wardrobe addition, a those inefficient windows The goal of every long-term three and six percent of the government introduced Minimum term of
home renovation, or a family and doorways. Yes, the little investor is to grow your nest total portfolio value. inflation-indexed bonds ownership: one year
trip, delaying a purchase is things add up to a lot. egg at a quicker pace than (TIPS) in 1997, which are
the easiest way to avoid the rate of inflation, while — Real estate investment linked to the consumer price Interest-earning period: 30
being slammed with higher Boost your income: keeping focused on the total trusts (“REITs”): The index. years or until you cash them,
prices. Workers have more power risk level you are willing to ultimate “real asset,” REITs whichever comes first
today than they have in two assume. When inflation tend to perform well during — I-Bonds: Issued through
Be flexible: As inflation decades.That means it’s time arrives, a diversified portfolio inflationary periods, due to the US Treasury, these Early redemption
soared in the 1970′s, to ask the boss for more can help shield you from the rising property values and savings vehicles provide an
manufacturers introduced money, either in the form of annual interest rate, which is penalties: Before five years,
the concept of generic a raise or perhaps a one-
alternatives to brand names, time bonus. If you don’t want forfeit interest from the
to reduce prices. In the early to leave, consider a side
1980′s generic sales made up hustle previous three months
2.4% of all grocery sales,
according to Selling Areas Prepare for higher interest
Marketing Inc.Today, generics rates: The Federal Reserve
and private labels account has told us it will increase
for 19.5% of all units sold in short term rates, probably at
2020, according to the the next meeting in March.
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Dining and giving go

together

by Meridith Jumisko

You still have time to take

advantage of special

discount menus and offers

from more than 50

restaurants and food shops

throughout Kenosha

County! While February 27

is the last day of this year's

edition of Kenosha

Restaurant Week, we hope Meridith Jumisko is
Public Relations Director
your desire to support local
at Visit Kenosha.
businesses continues! Contact her at
[email protected]
Participating venues and

menus can be found at

VisitKenosha.com/RW.

As you enjoy the many Fogata Mexican Grill, and 5125 6th Ave.
options and delicious deals Waterfront Warehouse are No Drink
and cuisines during each donating $1 from Kenosha Minimum!
Restaurant Week, please every Margarita (regular
consider making a donation price) sold to the Kenosha If It’s Not Live, You’re Not Living!
to the Shalom Center or County Food Bank. Sandy’s
The Sharing Center, the Popper is giving 10% of all
official nonprofit partners of gift card purchases during
Kenosha Restaurant Week. Restaurant Week to the
Too many people don't Shalom Center. Twisted
know where their next meal Cuisine is donating $1 from
will come from and need a all specialty cocktail orders
lift up. Please pay it forward! during Restaurant Week to
the Shalom Center.
Shalom Center is
Kenosha's only homeless Jersey Mike’s Subs February 25 & 26 • 8pm • $14 Lou Perrine’s Gas & Groceries & Luisa’s Present
shelter, largest food pantry, Kenosha and Somers
and longest running nightly locations are donating $1 Nathan 2022 Comedy Festival
meal program. The Sharing from every Giant Sub sold “Tricky” Allen
Center has been serving the to Safe Harbor Humane A Weekend To Remember...
needs of Western Kenosha Society. Jersey Mike’s Part magician, part comedian, ...16 Headliners All Under One Roof
County families since 1983: Kenosha/Somers will match Nathan Tricky Allen
homelessness, housing, the first $1,000 raised performs a highly- • Vince Acevedo
hunger, and more. You can between the two stores to caffeinated blend of
find donation links to these add to this donation. These magic and comedy! Vince • Chris Barnes Chris
very worthy organizations two local franchises give adultsonlymagic.com atthe
at VisitKenosha.com/RW. back to the community Acevedo • Anthony Bonazzo Barnes
throughout the year.
We thank our dining
partners for participating in The Red Oak Restaurant • Sal Demilio
Kenosha Restaurant Week – will be donating $1 per
and would like to guest to the Sharing Center. February 26 • 7:30pm • $6 • Jeanie DooganAnthony Sal
acknowledge those that Tuscany Bistro Bar & Grill Demilio
added a charitable has said that 10% from Zaido Bonazzo
component to their Restaurant Week Specials Cruz
menu.  Of course, this is no food sales will be donated • Bill Gorgo
surprise as locally owned to Women and Children’s Acoustic guitar player singer/songwriter
business owners give back Horizons.Horizons. performing powerful originals and Jeanie • Brian Hicks Bill
to their community in Gorgo
abundant ways throughout passionate covers from the 50's, 60's, Doogan
the year. From supporting and 70's. Beatles, Everly Brothers,
youth sports teams and The Animals, etc... • Keith Lenart
school fundraisers to
donating food to seniors Music Act Brian • Mike Marvell Keith
and those in need, they have Hicks Lenart
generous hearts and helping And that's not all! Once • Dr. Bill Miller
hands! again, Visit Kenosha has
partnered with The March 11 & 12 • 8pm • $16 • Brian Noonan
Here are the dine and Lettering Machine to
give opportunities during produce Restaurant Week Mary Mike • Bob Phillips Dr. Bill
Restaurant Week that we merchandise. This year we Mack Marvell Miller
are aware of: have a new design with
Certified Kenosha Foodie • Larry Reeb
Sazzy B is supporting the messaging. Available through
Kenosha County Food Bank the online Visit Kenosha • Ralph Roberts Bob
with a food drive and Swag Shop, one dollar from Phillips
donation jar. On February each item purchased will be Brian
21, Ashling on the Lough split between the Shalom Mary is the voice of Jesse on Hulu’s
held Make-a-Wish Monday Center and The Sharing Noonan Thurs., Fri. & Sat.
with 5% of sales going to Center. No profit will be Solar Opposites &
help a child with cancer. Beef made on the merchandise March 3rd • 4th • 5th
Jerky Experience Pleasant by Visit Kenosha. Go was raised in Northen
Prairie declared that 1% of to VisitKenosha.com/RW or
sales from the first day of VisitKenosha.com/Swag to Wisconsin which adds 3 Day Pass $26 • 1 Day Thurs. $12
Restaurant Week would be access the swag shop.
donated to a local charity. a fun perspective to at the Larry 1 Day Fri. or Sat. $16 Ralphie
her performance. Reeb Roberts

Saturday, March 12 April 15 • 8pm
April 16 • 7pm & 9pm
Cabin Fever Breakout...Girls Night Out!
Jimmie “JJ”

Walker

James Carter Walker Jr. is an American

actor and comedian.

Walker portrayed

James Evans Jr. on

Good Times at the

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Supporting those

you care about

by Carolyn Serpe

Co-workers, family and

friends are what I am

referring to in the title of

this blog.  I have been

raised to support the

successes of those around

me and praise people for

putting themselves out

there and sharing their

talents.  This is something Carolyn Serpe is a

that we are trying to instill Kenosha native whose

in our children as well.   family owns The Lettering photo submitted by Carolyn Serpe
Machine in Downtown “Stephanie Ann Maack.  You make us so proud and we love you more than
Last weekend, we had the Kenosha. She has been words can express! Congrats on all your amazing accomplishments.”
opportunity to attend the
Miss Kenosha Scholarship manager at the shop since
Competition.  This is the her parents purchased it
third year I took Clara and from the previous owners
Callie.  We are hooked by back in 2002. Carolyn is a
these amazing females and mom to 3 beautiful girls
all the guts and smarts and and a wife for 10 years to
talent they possess.  We her handsome husband
want our girls to grow up Chris. Carolyn welcomes all
to her crazy journey in life

with some of these values and about how she tries to

as a foundation in their balance it all. with them in their new and Casey (BHB) have

lives and mindsets. We also to wear for this event. Circle of Impact program.  quickly become important January 2022
have gotten the privilege to in our lives and we can’t Court Report
support our cousin One of my favorite parts This is a way for businesses wait to join them for this
Stephanie Maack as one of of the competition is the event.  They also are huge DUIs
the contestants.  For the special person/final look to get involved in the club supporters of our Barnes, Bruce A. Kenosha. OWI (3rd)
third year in a row, she won walk.  This is where the community and those that Barnes, Scott A.Winthrop Harbor, IL. OWI (1st)
Miss Congeniality!  This is contestant and their special and help support the are important to them.  Basilio, Jonathan D. Kenosha. OWI (2nd)
just one title that shows someone walk across the That night, they are Bell, Eric B. Milwaukee. OWI (1st)
how wonderful this woman stage together and strike a community.  Our shop is throwing 10% of sales to Bonner, Jessica L. Kenosha. OWI (1st)
truly is.  She is someone super cute pose at the the band!  Which brings me Booth, Arthur W. Bristol. OWI (1st)
that my girls can look up end.  My cousin Steph has always looking for ways to to Violet Wilder.  I know Booth, Sean J. Kenosha. OWI (2nd)
to, count on and go to for chosen the three people that I have written about Carroll, Ryan P. Kenosha. OWI (4th)
anything. that mean the world to help and when our close them in the past, but these Casas, Fabian. Kenosha. OWI (3rd)
her.  Uncle Rich went up three women are worth Estrada Salazar, David R.Waukegan, IL. OWI (1st)
The pageant had some first, the second year her family friend (more like my writing about a million Evans,Vyonica L. Milwaukee. OWI (1st)
changes this year that I feel brother Jon and this year times.  We love supporting Fuchs, Chelsea L. Union Grove,WI. OWI (1st)
are worth mentioning.  The Aunt Kelly dominated that adopted brother) Jayna, Melissa and Kim Grota, Brad A. Oak Creek,WI. OWI (1st)
swimsuit section was walk.  Our family couldn’t whenever we can.  We got Heichelbech, Eric J. Glendale,WI. OWI (1st)
eliminated.  They added a be prouder of them! approached us with this close to them when Jayna Huster, Joshua J.Wilmot,WI. OWI (4th)
section that allowed each started working at our Iwinski, Amy B. Pleasant Prairie. OWI (2nd)
contestant to briefly On a different note, this opportunity we couldn’t shop! Jamison, Adam W. Antioch, IL. OWI (1st)
explain their social impact coming weekend Chris and Koziy,Volodymyr. Buffalo Grove, IL. OWI (1st)
initiative.  And instead of an I get to join my Mom and resist.  Not only do we get No matter what or who Manley, Patrick J. Hoffman Estates, IL. OWI (1st)
evening gown event, they Dad (Dave & Tina or how much, look for Mesic, Brian E. Mundelein, IL. OWI (1st)
evolved into a red carpet Chatmon) at the Boys and to be involved in the ways to support those that Newman, Douglas A. Kenosha. OWI (1st)
event.  We enjoyed seeing Girls Club for a little event are putting forth effort to Niette, Alisha L. Kenosha. OWI (2nd)
their personalities shine they are hosting for those community, we get to make lives and Parrish, Debra J.Trevor. OWI (1st)
with what outfit they chose that have partnered up communities better. Paschke, John P. Bristol. OWI (1st)
support Jason (Justus), his Sawyer, Justin S. Kenosha. OWI (3rd)
Simpson,Troy W. Kenosha. OWI (2nd)
new role at the BGC and Smikowski, Anthony. Franklin,WI. OWI (1st)
Stark, Robin M. Rochester,WI. OWI (1st)
all the hard work he has Tatro, Michael D. Somers. OWI (1st)
Tomaszewski, Jason A. Kenosha. OWI (3rd)
put in to grow the program

for the club and the kiddos

that need it. 

After this fun event, we
are heading over to Blue
House Books for an after
hours event!  This is going
to be a blast as we get to
support not only BHB, but
Violet Wilder as well!  Sam

Truax, Jordan A. Kenosha. OWI (3rd)

Don’t Miss The Cabin Fever Williams, Darren S. Sturtevant,WI. OWI (2nd)
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