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October 7, 2021 health
lifestyle
Kenosha County Aging & Disability Resource Center community

Should a housewife get news
Social Security Credits?

People frequently write to me those pseudo-credits would that the earnings a married total benefits of $4,500 per they'd be due under the current
with an idea to change Social eventually lead to Social couple have during the course month. system.
Security law in some way that Security retirement checks for of their marriage would be
they think is clever and unique. all homemakers. And where shared for Social Security Now let's say that the Also, under an "earnings
But I usually must tell them that would the money come from to purposes. So, for example, if "earnings sharing" rules had sharing" arrangement, things
their proposal has been pay all those extra benefits? husband Fred made $100,000 been in place all the years that really don't work out for Wilma
considered in the past. After all, per year and wife Wilma was a Fred and Wilma were married after Fred dies. Under the
Social Security has been around And then you would also have stay-at-home mom with no — meaning they each got half of current system, Wilma the
for 80 years now, and for all of to decide how to handle outside earnings, $50,000 would Fred's earnings added to their widow would get her spousal
those eight decades, people women who work part time be put on Fred's Social Security Social Security accounts. Well, benefit of $1,500 per month
have been coming up with plans and stay home part time. For record and $50,000 would be that means Fred would end up bumped up to Fred's $3,000
that they think would improve example, my daughter-in-law put on Wilma's Social Security with a Social Security benefit of rate. But with "earnings
the system. And lots of times, works about 20 hours per record. about half as much as he was sharing," where they each end
those plans don't work out week.The rest of the time she's due under the current system. up with identical monthly
under closer scrutiny. Here is an home being a mom and And then let's look at their In other words, Fred would benefits of $1,500 per month,
example of what I'm talking housewife. So instead of the neighbors, Barney and Betty. If start getting $1,500 per month there is nothing extra to bump
about. $1,000 per month Social Barney made $100,000 per year when he retired. But his wife up to — so Wilma would get no
Security credit you suggest that and Betty also worked outside Wilma, who had equal earnings widow's benefits.
Q: I have been a stay-at-home full-time homemakers get, the home and made $50,000 on her Social Security record,
mom and housewife for the past should she get $500 added to per year, for a total combined would also get $1,500 per Those of you who think
40 years. Other than a few years her Social Security record? income of $150,000, $75,000 month. That's good news for "earnings sharing" might be a
when I worked before I got would be placed in each of their Wilma. She gets her own Social good idea should remember
married, I've never paid into And what about women who Social Security accounts. Security check. But for the two that old saying: "Be careful what
Social Security. So, I am due no work full time but then also of them as a married couple, it's you wish for!"
benefits on my own record. I come home and do lots of work On the surface, this might bad news. Fred gets $1,500 per
will only be due benefits on my around the house? Shouldn't sound like a good idea to some. month and Wilma gets $1,500 If you have a Social Security
husband's record. I don't think they get some kind of Social But one big reason this plan per month, giving them question,Tom Margenau has a
that's fair. I should get some kind Security credit for the never went anywhere is because combined benefits of $3,000 book with all the answers. It's
of Social Security credit for all housework they do? of the negative impact this plan per month. But that compares called "Social Security — Simple
the work I've done as a wife, would have on a married to $4,500 in total benefits
mother and homemaker. I think And for that matter, what couple's potential Social and Smart." You can find the
a certain amount of money — about a man who works full Security benefits. book at www.creators.com/books.
maybe $1,000 per month — time but comes home and
should be added to the Social watches the kids, does some To show you what I mean,
Security record of all women laundry, cooks a meal or does let's go back to Fred and Wilma.
who choose to stay home and the dishes? Should he get Social Fred was making $100,000 per
make a career as a homemaker. Security credits for the year and Wilma had no Social
housework he does? Security covered earnings.
A:Actually, that's an idea that's Under the current Social
been tossed around many times I hope you see where I'm Security system, because he has
in the past. Not quite the way going with this. Your proposal, fairly high earnings, Fred would
you propose. But something although well-intentioned, probably end up with a pretty
similar. It's usually called would be extremely difficult to high monthly Social Security
"earnings sharing." I'll explain implement and administer. To check. Let's say it would be
what that is in a minute. But say nothing of all the extra costs $3,000 per month. Also, under
first, let me explain why your that would be added to an the current system, his stay-at-
specific idea wouldn't work. already overburdened Social home wife Wilma would qualify
Security system. for spousal benefits on Fred's
You suggested that $1,000 record — anywhere from 30 %
per month be added to the That's why when ideas like to 50 %, depending on her age.
Social Security account of stay- yours were kicked around in the To keep my math simple, we'll
at-home moms. Where would past, many Social Security give her the 50 % rate. So that
that money come from? And if it reformers came up with what means Fred will get $3,000 per
wasn't actual money, but just they thought was a better month from Social Security and
some kind of credit added to solution. It was called "earnings Wilma will get $1,500 per
your Social Security account, sharing." month from Social Security for

In a nutshell, that would mean

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D) or Medicare Advantage (Part C) plan? Every year information on a wide range of Medicare topics.
Medicare Part D plans can change the list of October’s Medicare Minutes will be Supplemental • communicate more effectively in challenging
prescription medications they will cover. That means Plans (Medigap).The program will be offered virtually situations
even if you are taking the same medications, the on Thursday, October 14, 2021, from 10 – 11
amount you pay for your medications may change in a.m. • recognize the messages in their emotions
2022! The plans’ premiums, deductibles, and co-pays
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the Medicare Rights Center as a State Health
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Make sure you will have appropriate coverage in Help 472-8008. Or register online at
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free, unbiased assistance with plan comparisons from situations? Are you struggling with tough caregiving
the Elder Benefit Specialists at the Kenosha County decisions? The ADRC offers an online, free, 6-week Virtual Memory Café Meets
Aging and Disability Resource Center. educational series, Powerful Tools for Caregivers, Once of Month
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White Cane Safety Day &

Pedestrian Law there is no walk signal

and you • Yield to pedestrians who are
White Cane Safety Day is white in color or white crossing the highway within a
marked or unmarked crosswalk
nationally recognized each year trimmed with red and which is at an intersection where there
are no traffic lights or control
on October 15. The held in an extended or raised signals

proclamation, signed in 1964 by position or who is using a • Not overtake and pass any
vehicle that stops at an
President Lyndon B. Johnson, service animal, and shall take intersection or crosswalk to
permit a pedestrian or bicyclist
was created by a congressional such precautions as may be to cross the roadway safely

resolution. In 2011,White Cane necessary to avoid accident or Society’s Assets will be
hosting their third annual
Safety Day was also named Blind injury to the pedestrian.The fact celebration of White Cane
Safety Day on Friday, October
Americans Equality Day  by that the pedestrian may be 15, 2021.

President Barack Obama. violating any of the laws “I enjoy being a part of this
important and educational day
The idea behind White Cane applicable to pedestrians does each year.” Tami Frentzel,
Safety Day is to raise awareness not relieve the operator of a Independent Living Coordinator
and ensure equitable safety for vehicle from the duties imposed with Society’s assets shared, “I
visually impaired pedestrians by this subsection. believe a strong community is
an educated community.”   The
who use a white cane or guide General Pedestrian laws are event will include a walk-
through downtown Kenosha
dog. Although this is lightly not well-known in Wisconsin and a meet-and-greet with
information on using and getting
covered in driver’s education, either, and many people are a white cane.

unfortunately, it’s also often unaware of the right of way all

forgotten. The addition of Blind pedestrians have.

Americans Equality Day honors The Wisconsin DOT website Join Society’s Assets and refreshments will be offered
and recognizes the valuable shares the following others at 5455 Sheridan Road from 12:30-2 p.m.
contributions of blind and information: beginning at 11:30 a.m., enter
visually impaired Americans. the door prize drawing and walk Call Tami by October 8 to
Drivers must your chosen route to the Civil register at 262-925-6097.
Wisconsin’s White Cane War Museum (5400 1st
Law reads as follows: • Yield to pedestrians when Avenue), where discussion and By Paula J. Clark, Community
crossing a sidewalk or entering Outreach Coordinator, Kenosha
An operator of a vehicle shall an alley or driveway
stop the vehicle before County ADRC
approaching closer than 10 feet • Yield to pedestrians who
to a pedestrian who is carrying have started crossing at an
a cane or walking stick which is intersection or crosswalk on a
“walk” signal or a green light, if

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books ‘My Beautiful Black Hair’:
How a little sister’s struggle led
to a celebratory book

Craig Johnson’s My Beautiful Black Hair: 101 old she wanted to isolate herself and Hair”?
Longmire novel Natural Hair Stories From the not return to school because of her
spotlights 'horrifying' Sisterhood is the debut book from hair was really heartbreaking. One of the women in the book says
reality for Native filmmaker and activist St. Clair that love is an active process. That
American women Detrick-Jules. The native of And as a big sister, your first really stuck with me because before
Washington, D.C., courageously instinct is to do something to help the book, I hadn’t come to a place
Author Craig Johnson says he hopes Daughter of the explores, through interviews she her. where I totally accepted my natural
Morning Star, his 17th Sheriff Walt Longmire mystery, conducted and photos she took, the hair. And now, I like my curls. But it
makes readers aware that thousands of Indigenous women idea that Black women’s hair is All these thoughts went through my wasn’t until I was actually making the
go missing and are murdered in the United States each inherently political – and multifaceted. mind. I was like I can tell her [her] hair book and talking to all these Black
year. Though Ms. Detrick-Jules is known is beautiful. I can just sort of reinforce women and intentionally surrounding
for her award-winning 2017 it. I can remind her of it. But I think myself with Black women with natural
"If you look at the percentage that Natives make up of documentary “DACAmented” – that it’s one thing to tell young girls to hair that I really came to love my
the population, and you see the state of missing and which features young recipients of the love themselves. It’s another thing to natural hair in a more meaningful way.
murdered women, it's nothing but horrifying," Johnson said Deferred Action for Childhood lead by example and show them I want the book to be remembered as
in a recent phone interview. Arrivals program sharing their stories something tangible. I eventually came a work of art, created about Black
of navigating life during the Trump up with the idea of a photo book ... women, that brings us collective joy.
Author Craig Johnson administration – her latest creation something that she would be able to
uplifts a marginalized group in a hold and feel connected to. I wanted Do you consider Black women
"When I put the [Department of Justice-FBI] statistics in different way. “My Beautiful Black her to physically look at each photo loving their hair a radical act in
the first draft, my publisher, Viking/Penguin, couldn't even Hair” is a testament to the resilience and see her reflection. This is what it 2021?
believe those were correct," he added. "It's just one of of Black women. Ms. Detrick-Jules looks like to love yourself.
those things that an awful lot of the time gets swept under spoke about her inspiration for the It’s definitely a radical act because
the rug. Nobody talks about it. Nobody deals with it." book, published this week, and why What role does the media play there’s so much to lose. I mean the
embracing natural hair is a form of when it comes to how Black CROWN Act hasn’t passed
The novel is now available. It takes Walt and his lifelong liberation. women feel about their hair? nationwide yet. There’s widespread
friend, Henry Standing Bear, from their Wyoming homes to discrimination against natural Black
Montana, where they investigate death threats made How did you know your first I think it plays a big role and it starts hair, and it’s legal in most places. It
against talented high school basketball player Jaya, the niece photo book would center around at a young age. Khloe’s favorite movie starts at school – and when we grow
of Tribal Police Chief Lolo Long. The story is set a year the diversity and richness of Black is “Frozen.” Obviously “Frozen,” like up, the legalized discrimination
after Jaya's older sister Jeanie disappeared. women’s hair? the vast majority of Disney movies, [against] natural hair in the workplace
centralizes white princesses with long is still there. And there’s often
Johnson gave one of the most memorable lines in his I knew that I wanted to do straight hair. Even thinking about “The judgment about it from the people
book to the Native character of Lonnie Little Bird. It sums something for my little sister Khloe. Princess and the Frog,” where you that are supposed to love us. A few
up the situation perfectly: "You are never defeated until During my last semester of college, I finally have a Black princess, she’s people in my book touch on that too
your women's hearts are on the ground, but what if there got a phone call from my dad saying transformed into a frog. And ... how even sometimes their own
are no women and no hearts?" that she was really self-conscious whenever she is a woman in the film, family members weren’t approving of
about her Afro. She was only 4 years her hair is straightened. We don’t get their natural hair textures.
"I am a married man with two daughters and a old at the time. Khloe had been crying that visual representation of actual
granddaughter. It hits very close to home," said Johnson, about her hair, and she didn’t want to Black hair. There is a lot to lose when we
who lives near Native reservations in Wyoming and often go to school because she was so choose ourselves and our hair,
visits friends, conducts research and promotes his books ashamed of it. She is 18 years younger The media upholds Eurocentric knowing that there could be backlash
there. than me, so I felt very protective of beauty standards, so it’s hard to find from all facets of society. While we
her. And the fact that at just 4 years Black women with natural hair. It’s may lose some social acceptance or
"These are my friends, my neighbors and their opinions hard to remember that our beauty is financial stability, the trade-off is
are very important to me. They are just extraordinary still there within us. liberation – so I think it’s worth it.
people, and it is important to me that I get them right."
What did you learn from By Candace McDuffie
Johnson said if he is going to spend the better part of a completing “My Beautiful Black
year writing a book, there has to be a good reason for it -
- and a clever idea for a plot simply isn't enough. Filmmaker St. Clari Detrick-Jules’ latest project is “My Beautiful Black
Hair: 101 Natural Hair Stories from the Sisterhood,” a book she
"If all you're trying to do is write a 350-page book where created from interviews with women and photos she took of them.
you just stack up bodies like cord wood, you're missing the
point," Johnson said.

"I need to have something to say," he added. "There
needs to be a social issue. I tend to refer to it as 'the burr
under the saddle blanket school of writing.' If there is
something I am dissatisfied about or upset about, then I
can use that as fuel."

The key is to address adversity in an entertaining way,
using principled characters readers have come to love and
trust.

"I could get on there and preach for 350 pages, but that
would be a pretty boring book," he said. "You have to try
and find a vehicle for that social issue.They have to match
up."

story continues on page 15

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Alexander Vindman’s faith in
democracy remains intact

Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman the call, and thus to place himself

became a reluctant public figure in the in opposition to the president, Longmire
fall of 2019, when he testified before Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney asked
the United States Congress in the Vindman, “Why do you have continued from page 14

inquiry that led to President Donald confidence that you can do that, Johnson looks to Charles

Trump’s first impeachment. Vindman, and tell your dad not to worry?” Dickens, Victor Hugo and

an immigrant from Ukraine who Vindman replied, “Congressman, John Steinbeck for inspiration

became a decorated Army officer and because this is America.This is the on how to tell great stories

later served as director for European country I’ve served and defended, that reflect real-life troubles.

affairs on the National Security that all of my brothers have "They painted on a large
Council (NSC), was one of several served. And here, right matters.” canvas, but they always
White House officials who listened in brought it back to a very
on the July 25, 2019, phone call on Those who follow the news will human scale," he said. "That's
which Trump was supposed to be familiar with these one of the issues when trying
congratulate Ukraine’s new president, proceedings: not only the call, but to write this type of book."
Volodymyr Zelensky, on his party’s the administration’s hold on
victory in the country’s parliamentary nearly $400 million in security Longmire, a TV drama based on Johnson's books, ran
elections. funds that Congress had from 2012-17 and starred Robert Taylor, Lou Diamond
earmarked for Ukraine; the Phillips, Adam Bartley, Louanne Stephens, Katee Sackhoff,
As the NSC’s expert on Russia and pursuit of a shadow agenda there Cassidy Freeman, A Martinez, Bailey Chase and Zahn
Ukraine, Vindman himself had written by Rudy Guiliani, the president's McClarnon. It remains popular in reruns on Netflix.
Trump’s talking points for the call, but personal attorney; Trump’s
he immediately realized, with alarm, unusual recall of U.S. Ambassador Johnson and most of the cast reminisced about the
that the president wasn’t adhering to Marie Yovanovitch from the show earlier this month in a group video conference that
them. Instead, as the world eventually country. Still, it’s edifying to get Vindman’s wife saw before he did was part of the annual Longmire Days fan festival.

learned, Trump asked Zelensky to Vindman’s perspective. He recalls his that he was about to be thrust into the "That's kind of a circus. Talking to that many actors is

investigate discredited rumors and his colleagues’ bafflement, in the center of a firestorm. When Trump’s like herding cats," Johnson laughed. "The schedules are

involving Hunter Biden and his father, run-up to the call, over Trump’s call became public, Vindman was brutal.They're always running off."

Joe Biden, whom Trump expected to “inexplicable hostility” toward sidelined and badmouthed by those Taylor called in from his native Australia, while Phillips
face in the 2020 presidential election. America’s ally Ukraine, a country,
Here, Right Matters: An American Vindman explains, with importance to who saw him as an obstacle to their and McClarnon participated, even though they were
Story is Vindman’s earnest account of U.S. strategic interests “as a bulwark
his decision to report the call up the against Russian aggression in eEastern own political advancement; he was physically at work on new productions. The rest of the
chain of command, an action that set Europe.” He further describes their
the impeachment in motion. attempts “to do our jobs, now also a victim of harsh partisan attacks stars chimed in from their homes and cars.
somewhat desperately, against a host
As a memoir, the book covers more of mounting obstacles.” in the media. He understood that his "That says something about the friendship and
than that, of course, beginning with the testimony made the Trump White camaraderie the show has fostered for all of these
author’s childhood in Brooklyn and For his part, once Vindman told his House regard him as an enemy. What people," Johnson noted.
spanning his long, distinguished military superiors of the call, he writes, “I’d surprised and saddened him was that
career. Even those early sections, reported what I knew and then gotten
however, by using Vindman’s immigrant back to work.” Somewhat naively, he the army, an institution he loved, began Last year's Longmire Days event was entirely virtual
story and passion for military service notes that even then, “reversing the
to express his deep patriotism, serve hold on the Ukraine funds was the to regard him as “a liability, a headache, due to the coronavirus pandemic, but the 2021 edition -
to frame his actions upon hearing the foremost (and, at this point, nearly the
call. The book’s title is taken from the only) thing on my mind.” and a bad one.” Reluctantly, he retired - which raised money for the National Indigenous
most stirring moment of his
November 2019 public testimony, His dedication to his work is from the military. Women's Resource Center -- was a hybrid. Johnson
when he mentioned that his father – touching. He wasn’t alone: he writes
an engineer who fled the Soviet Union with admiration of the commitment Vindman’s writing is direct and interviewed the individual stars remotely and streamed
(Ukraine was then a Soviet republic) and professionalism of his colleagues unadorned. One wishes he’d quoted the videos for fans who couldn't get to Wyoming. He
to, in his son’s words, “escape an who struggled heroically to keep our more from the hearings to make his personally greeted those who made the trip.
arbitrary, tyrannical government” – foreign policy on track. He is less kind
was concerned that his son would be toward those political appointees in account more dramatic. But “Here, Tourists were able to check out the real-life locations
targeted by the administration for his the administration who had no
role in the impeachment. expertise in Eastern Europe and, as far Right Matters” is still a compelling that inspired places in the books and TV series, and then
as Vindman could tell, cared primarily
Referring to his decision to report about advancing their careers or read. It’s interesting to gain his attended a rodeo and took part in a 5K/1 mile fun run at
saving their own skins.
perspective on these events now that which Johnson waited in a truck at the finish line and

time has passed. “I’ve come to realize handed out autographed cans of Longmire's favorite

that the system worked largely as it Rainier beer.

was supposed to,” he writes. “Good "It turned out to be marvelous," he said.

actors did their duty, obeyed their

Overdue bookoaths, and defended the Constitution.”
returned to TorontoIt’s heartening that Vindman’s

patriotism remains intact, even if he

became collateral damage as the library after 43 years
system did its work.

By Barbara Spindel A Toronto library said a
children's poetry book is

NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLERS back in circulation after
being returned 43 years

after its due date.

PRINT & E-BOOKS NONFICTION PRINT & E-BOOKS FICTION Toronto Public Library
officials said Nicholas
1. Peril (Woodward/Costa) 1. Apples Never Fall (Moriarty) Knock and Other People, a
2. Vanderbilt (Cooper/Howe) 2. The Jailhouse Lawyer (Patterson/Allen) book of poetry by Dennis
3. American Marxism (Levin) 3. Daughter of the Morning Star (Johnson) Lee, was returned to the
4. Yours Cruelly, Elvira (Peterson) 4. Vince Flynn: Enemy at the Gates (Mills) Danforth-Coxwell branch
5. The Body Keeps the Score (van der Kolk) 5. Harlem Shuffle (Whitehead) this month after being
6. Uncontrolled Spread (Gottlieb) 6. It Ends With Us (Hoover) checked out in October
7. You Got Anything Stronger? (Union/O’Leary) 7. Billy Summers (King) 1978.
8. Countdown Bin Laden (Wallace/Weiss) 8. Under the Whispering Door (Klune)
9. Fuzz (Roach) 9. The Last Thing He Told Me (Dave) "While it's not usual to hold on to a book for quite
10. Braiding Sweetgrass (Kimmerer) 10. Beautiful World, Where Are You (Rooney) that long, we always welcome library books back," library
spokeswoman Michelle Leung told Narcity. Leung said
the borrower will not face overdue fines.

"Earlier this year, we announced that we are eliminating
kids' overdue fines in a move to remove barriers to
library access," she said. Leung said other borrowers also
are exempt from overdue fines, as the Toronto Public
Library put a moratorium on fees amid the COVID-19
pandemic.

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Pet World animals

with Cathy Rosenthal in the news

Dogs sometimes bark to Man finds chameleon Monkey wanders into
communicate with their perched on his door airport VIP lounge
owners
A British man taking out the trash at A wild monkey wandered into an
Dear Cathy, Our seven- infection because that can As well as being a recuring his home discovered something airport's VIP lounge in India and
year-old Yorkie, Missy cause some animals to develop guest on Happenings Q&A, unexpected when he returned to his managed to steal a drink of fruit juice
(Mistletoe), has always been strange habits around their door -- a chameleon. The man was before being ejected from the building.
good with using the wee-wee bathroom routines. Cathy M. Rosenthal is a taking the trash out last week at his Passengers at Indira Gandhi
pad since she was a pup. We longtime animal advocate, home in Preston, England, when he International Airport in Delhi captured
take her out for a walk twice a Dear Cathy, Kenya is a author, columnist and pet spotted the unusual creature perched video when the  monkey wandered
day, but the wee-wee pad is for two-year-old Cavalier King expert who has more than on his door. The man did not know into  the lounge. A  video posted
her use at other times. She Charles spaniel that we have what type of lizard it was, but he did online shows the small simian stealing a
always gets a treat when she had since she was a puppy.This 30 years in the animal not believe it to be a native species so drink of fruit juice from the bar
uses it. Recently, she will is our third Cavalier. She is welfare field. Send your pet he trapped it in a box and took it to his counter.Airport officials confirmed the
sometimes stay about 10 feet much more vocal than the questions, stories and tips to mother's house nearby. The man's monkey  was safely removed from the
away from the pad and bark at other two dogs. She barks at brother determined the animal was a building without any injuries to monkey
us. She will wait for us to go us and demands we let her in [email protected]. chameleon, a lizard native to warm or human.
toward the pad, almost like our backyard. She doesn't climates such as deserts and forests.
giving her permission, and then listen when we tell her to Cathy Rosenthal joins The chameleon is believed to be an Bear steals 33-pound
she will go ahead and do her come in sometimes. What can Happenings Q&A on escaped pet, but no owner has come package from
business. Is this normal or we do to get her to quit forward to claim the lizard. woman's porch
typical? - Tom, Westbury, New barking all the time? - Jimmy, Thu. Oct. 21st at
York Tucson, Arizona 2:30 on AM1050 WLIP. A Tennessee woman's home security
camera was recording when a bear
Dear Tom, While that's not Dear Jimmy, I don't think feral kittens are like termites. strolled up to her front porch and
necessarily normal, it's not a she is trying to be demanding. I They eat everything.They grab made off with a 33-pound package.
cause for concern either. It's think she is letting you know from the table constantly.They Robin Sutherland's camera was
hard to know what our pets what she wants and the only act as if they haven't eaten recording at her Gatlinburg home
are sometimes trying to tell us, way she has learned to ever.They break into bread and when the bear approached her front
but she is definitely trying to communicate with you is cheese packages. Is something porch and started sniffing and prodding
tell you something. through barking. wrong with them? - Heidi, at the package that had recently been
Somewhere along the way, she Saint James, New York delivered by FedEx. The video shows
may have gotten it into her If the request is outside the the bear eventually drag the 33-pound
head that she needed to ask scope of her bathroom habits Dear Heidi, Feral cats learn package away from the home. "The
permission before using the and you know she doesn't only things in it were chemicals for my
pad. She also may have seen need to go out or you don't to scrounge for their food or fish pond which were in plastic
something near the pad that want her to go out for bottles," she told WBIR-TV. "I guess the
scared her or is afraid of the whatever reason, begin training catch live prey and they may Dog runs bases in bear's theory is 'steal now, open out of
pad itself for whatever reason. her with a phrase, like, "not have developed some 21.06 seconds for sight.'"
now." Simply say the phrase aggressive eating habits. If that Guinness Record
It's great you give her a and ignore the barking. When is the case, keep your food in Squirrel fills man's
treat for using the wee-wee she stops barking, call her to pickup truck with 42
pad. I would train her with a you (you will need to work on the house secure when you A  Jack Russell  terrier broke a gallons of walnuts
command to use the wee-wee the "come" command as well),
pad, by saying "go to the wee- ask her to sit and then give her can't be around to supervise Guinness World Record when he ran A North Dakota man said he has
wee pad," every time you see a treat. If she doesn't stop removed about 42 gallons of walnuts
her approaching or using it. If barking, walk over to her, stand until they learn they will get the bases at Dodger Stadium in only from his pickup truck after a squirrel
you do that, you can eventually in front of her, step toward her, apparently chose the vehicle as its
say the phrase every time she and point your arm over her more than enough food from 21.06 seconds. Lori Signs, owner and winter storage area. Bill Fischer, of
starts barking, and she will head and say, "not now." This Fargo, said he has  repeatedly spotted
know what you want her to will require her to turn and you. trainer of the canine, named Macho, the red squirrel climbing on his Chevy
do. walk in the other direction, Avalanche while it was parked outside
which immediately stops the But I wonder if they may put  balloons at each of the bases  to his home, and he discovered the small
In the meantime, watch her barking. With training, she will have tapeworms. I am sure motivate the dog to touch each base in animal was filling the vehicle with a
habits closely to see if anything learn what "not now" means they didn't have flea protection order to pop them as he passed. The large amount of walnuts from the tree
else has changed. Often, when and will stop barking when you on the street and fleas are a dog was awarded a certificate for the in his yard. "A lot of places, in the
animals change their normal say it. Then give her a puzzle major cause of tapeworms. fastest time for a dog to run the bases radiator fan, all the way through here,
routine, there can be a health toy to keep her busy. Tapeworms eat the nutrients at a Major League Baseball stadium. that corner has been covered full with
problem connected to it. Get found in their host's intestines, "He was perfect," Signs said. "He hit a walnuts," Fischer told WDAY-TV. "I had
her checked by a vet to make Dear Cathy, I have five so your kittens may be grand slam home run. It was amazing. I to pull the fenders off and clean out all
sure she doesn't have a urinary kittens; two are feral. The two malnourished right now, and am so proud." Signs said Macho was the walnuts out, and thought I had
could even be losing weight. rewarded for his record-breaking them all and took it down the road,
achievement with a dinner of prime rib. turned the corner and found one
Tapeworms are obvious, so rolling inside the windshield where the
check their stools for the 2-foot-tall cow wipers go.” The man said he removed
about 42 gallons of walnuts from
segmented worms. Whether posthumously various locations in and on his truck,
you find any or not, I would get recognized as world's but there are some he can't reach.

these felines checked out by a shortest

veterinarian. A Bangladesh cow that reached a

height of only 20 inches before her

death has now been recognized by

Guinness World Records as the

shortest cow ever. Rani, a Bhutanese

cow that belonged to Dhaka farmer

Kazi Sufian, measured only 20 inches

high and weighed 57 pounds prior to

her death at the age of 2. Sufian said he

knew from an early age that Rani

would be too small to sell for meat, and

he soon started to suspect the cow

might be the smallest in the world. Rani

became an online celebrity when Sufian

began sharing videos and photos.

"More than 20,000 people turned up at

the farm this week to catch a glimpse

of Rani and take selfies with her," Sufian

said in July. Rani died in August after

experiencing a swollen stomach from

overeating and gas accumulation.

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an anti-platelet effect,
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such as warfarin or apixaban.
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maintain good health. take to avoid too much both alprazolam and a www.mayoclinic.org
simultaneous use of multiple interactions increase. medication, it is also narcotic in their system.
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crowded with hundreds of Consider vegetarian or
to treat one or more patient who was prescribed vegan patients who are
newly diagnosed with Type 2
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take a B-12 supplement
patient. However, after seeing an because they do not eat
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conditions. And with those promotes red yeast rice as metformin, which can
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ensure every provider has an cholesterol, she began taking
up-to-date medication and
supplement list, providers it. Red yeast rice naturally
may not accurately know
what patients take or contains lovastatin, a Herbal supplements can
communicate about risks pose a risk in polypharmacy
related to those medications naturally occurring statin. patients because they also
may affect the metabolism of
Without realizing, this a medication or other
supplements. Resveratrol,
patient began duplicating which is found in grape skins,
is often taken as an
therapy with the atorvastatin

her health care provider had

prescribed. She began

experiencing leg cramping,

Blood thinners, diabetes meds among
top causes of drug-related ER visits

Taking blood-thinners and recommended doses, taking mental health and behavior medication use increases nearly 14,000, or about 13%, medication-related ER visits
diabetes drugs at higher- medications prescribed for disorders are involved in with age, peaking among of medication-related ER annually. Allergic reactions
than-recommended doses or others or using medications about 12% of medication- those 75 years of age or visits each year, but are involved in about 14%,
in error often leads to health to treat conditions for which related ER visits, and older," said Budnitz, who is "therapeutic use," or the researchers said.
complications that bring the drugs have not been diabetes drugs are implicated director of the Center for intentional use of prescribed
older adults to hospital approved. in about 10%, the data Disease Control and drugs, makes up more than Medication errors, or not
emergency rooms, a study showed. Prevention's Office of 66,000, or nearly 70%. taking drugs at the
published by JAMA found. Of the 28,000 trips to the Medication Safety. recommended dose or on
emergency room, roughly "Among patients 45 years Harms related to the prescribed schedule,
Adults age 65 and older half result in hospital of age and older, therapeutic Some medication misuse therapeutic use of drugs account for 6% of these ER
account for nearly 28,000, or admissions, according to the use of anticoagulants, or may be intentional and linked include side effects, which visits, according to the
one-third, of the roughly researchers. blood thinners, and diabetes with acts of "self-harm," such lead to roughly one-third of researchers.
97,000 emergency room medications were the most as attempted suicide,
visits related to "medication Anticoagulants -- blood common causes of [ER] visits according to Budnitz and his
harms" annually in the thinners to prevent blood for medication-related colleagues.
United States, the data clots -- account for nearly harms," study co-author Dr.
showed. 15% of emergency room Dan Budnitz told UPI in an However, in some cases,
visits related to medication email. medications may be
Medication harms include harms, while pain prescribed or used in error,
people taking their medications make up 14%. "The rate of visits for they said.
medications in higher-than- harms due to therapeutic
Sedatives used to treat Self-harm accounts for

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food &
recipes

Nutrition News
with Charlyn Fargo

Family Mealtime breasts, consider making them that taking the time Rustic Fruit Tart
six. This way, you can use and effort to eat together
September is officially the extras in other dishes as a family is important. Servings: 12
designated as Family Meals such as chicken salad, Little kids can practice
Month. I've always thought quesadillas or fajitas. counting skills by getting 1 teaspoon extra-light olive oil
it's funny we need to the correct number of 2 tablespoons unseasoned breadcrumbs or panko
designate a month for that. — Say no to takeout. A forks and napkins for the
I grew up eating family quick trip to the drive-thru table. Teens love the 4 large egg whites
meals every night. Even might seem like a speedy independence they have 1/2 cup plain yogurt
with volleyball practice and way to get dinner on the when shopping for
basketball games, we fit in a table, but it could be adding groceries. Hand them some 2/3 cup sugar
family meal. to your family's waistline.A money and a grocery list Pinch salt
simple meal made at home and let them pick out an
Somehow my parents Charlyn Fargo is a from lean protein, whole extra vegetable or some 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
knew that gathering around registered dietitian with SIU grains and fresh, frozen or whole-grain bread for 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
the table to eat as a family Med School in Springfield, canned vegetables is more dinner.
offered all kinds of benefits. likely to contain the 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
My brother and I grew up Ill. For comments or nutrients your family needs — Make it fun.Add some 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
eating what my mom fixed questions, contact her at without all the extra fun and excitement with 1/2 cup dried cranberries
— and we learned to like sodium and dietary fat. food themes. You can use a
foods we weren't crazy [email protected] checkered tablecloth for an 6 cups (about 5 large) mixed apples and pears, peeled and sliced into thin slivers
about at first. or follow her on Twitter Italian-inspired meal or
prepare fresh Asian cuisine • Preheat oven to 375 F. Brush oil onto a 9-inch round springform pan and coat
@NutritionRd. and eat with chopsticks. and lightly dust with breadcrumbs or panko. Beat the egg whites and yogurt in a
Throw a blanket on your large mixing bowl. Beat in sugar, salt, spices and lemon juice. Fold in the flour and
I tried to do the same when they get older. Plus, — Make it a habit. You family-room floor and enjoy mix to form a thick cake batter.Add the fruit to the batter and mix gently, just
with my own daughter and they're closer to their a family picnic. Let everyone until the slices are evenly coated. Pour into the prepared pan. Bake for about 50
son. Family meals allow parents. may not be able to have choose a theme and you'll minutes, or until the top is well-browned. Cool in the pan for at least 15 minutes
parents to be role models see that your choices are
and create a supportive Here are some tips to dinner at the same time endless. Keep everyone before removing. Serve warm or at room temperature. Serves 12.
environment that promotes make family meals happen involved in conversations
healthy eating. Even if you more often in your home: every day, but at least try to by asking each person to • Per serving: 168 calories; 3 grams protein; 39 grams carbohydrate; 1 gram fat; 3
can only eat a couple of share something that grams fiber; 40 milligrams sodium.
meals a week together, it's — Keep it simple. have dinner together happened that day or week
worth the effort. Attempting to make a meal that was funny, weird, scary Pao de Queijo
with 20 ingredients is a whenever schedules or challenging. (Cheese Bread)
Studies have shown that recipe for disaster. Instead,
children of families who build a small collection of accommodate. Makes 12 rolls
regularly eat together are go-to recipes to help you
more likely to have higher get in and out of the — Ask for help. You Vegetable oil spray
intakes of fruits and kitchen in under 30 probably have a little army 1 cup (8 ounces) whole milk
vegetables and are less minutes. of helpers right at your 1 cup shredded extra sharp cheddar cheese (4 ounces)
likely to be obese, have fingertips.Asking kids to set 1 cup grated Pecorino Romano cheese (2 ounces)
behavior problems or use — Choose ingredients the table, pour drinks, chop 1/3 cup extra virgin olive oil
drugs, cigarettes or alcohol that make extra. Instead of veggies or help make a salad
preparing just three chicken doesn't just make your job 2 large eggs
easier — it also teaches 1 teaspoon salt
2 cups (8 ounces) tapioca starch
America’s Test Kitchen

These cheesy rolls, originally from Brazil, are easy to make

Pao de queijo (cheese bread) are small rolls with crunchy exteriors and uniquely chewy, stretchy centers. Instead of using
flour like most baked goods, they use a surprise ingredient: tapioca starch.Tapioca starch (also called tapioca flour) is made
from cassava root (a plant native to South America) that has been ground up into a powder. When combined with liquid,
tapioca starch makes a gooey paste that can trap air and make baked goods rise in the oven. Bonus: it's naturally gluten-
free!

• Adjust oven rack to the middle position and heat oven to 375 degrees. Spray a
12-cup muffin tin with vegetable oil spray.

• Add milk, cheddar cheese, Pecorino cheese, oil, eggs, and salt to a blender.Add
tapioca starch. (Make sure to add the tapioca starch last, or the mixture will turn

to glue in the blender.) Process on high speed for 30 seconds.

• Scrape down the sides of blender jar. Replace the lid and process on high speed
until smooth, about 30 seconds. Pour batter evenly into greased muffin tin cups,

filling each cup about three-quarters full.

• Place the muffin tin in the oven and bake until rolls are golden and puffed, 25 to
30 minutes.

18 SMART READER October 7, 2021 • Place the muffin tin on a cooling rack and let the rolls cool in the muffin
tin for 5 minutes. Run a butter knife around the edges of the rolls to loosen them

from the muffin tin. Remove the rolls from the muffin tin and transfer
directly to the cooling rack. Serve warm.

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jill on money more flexibility in borrowing
by simply agreeing to an
Debt ceiling fight upper limit rather than by
risks fiscal DEFCON 1 specifying different issues of
debt, as it had always done
with Jill Schlesinger before…while a measure to
fund the government is
Like a recurring bad forward looking, enabling the
dream, the debt ceiling is government to spend
back in the news. The money, a measure to raise
periodic political spasm over the debt ceiling is backward
increasing the amount of looking.”
money that the government
is authorized to borrow to Not raising the debt limit
meet its existing legal
obligations is not new, but forces Treasury to make a
because it comes on the tail
end of a global pandemic, it series of bad choices,
seems horribly ill-timed.
including shutting down non-

essential government

services (national parks and

museums would close and

the collection and

publication of vital economic

Jill Schlesinger, CFP, is a CBS data, would cease),
News business analyst. A
The Treasury Department former options trader and CIO furloughing 500,000 or more decade ago, in August 2011, prices and other financial out $15 trillion in household
of an investment advisory firm, just the potential of fiscal turmoil. Our current wealth. Treasury yields,
underscores that “the debt she welcomes comments and non-essential government DEFCON 1 prompted economic recovery would mortgage rates, and other
ratings agency Standard & reverse into recession, with consumer and corporate
limit does not authorize new questions at workers (with another Poor’s to issue its first-ever billions of dollars of growth borrowing rates spike, at
[email protected]. Check downgrade of US debt from and millions of jobs lost.” least until the debt limit is
spending commitments. It 500,000 to one million being AAA to AA+, which then resolved and Treasury
her website at caused US stocks to fall by Moody’s Analytics put it payments resume.”
simply allows the www.jillonmoney.com forced to work temporarily 14% in the subsequent four bluntly: A default would be
weeks. “cataclysmic” and would Given the fragility of the
government to finance Congressional action being without pay), and delaying cause the economy to post-COVID economic
contemplated simply makes Treasury Secretary Janet “descend back into recovery, a debt ceiling
existing legal obligations that good on Uncle Sam’s Social Security checks. Yellen has warned that a recession.” How bad could debacle would be disastrous,
existing obligations. default “would likely things get? Moody’s projects which is why most believe
Congresses and presidents Once those options are precipitate a historic “nearly 6 million jobs would that Congress will jump in
The seemingly arcane exhausted, the government financial crisis that would be lost, and the and raise the limit, as it has
of both parties have made in process goes back a century, would face fiscal DEFCON compound the damage of unemployment rate would done 78 separate times
to the Second Liberty Bond 1: a delay, reduction or (gasp) the continuing public health surge back to close to 9%. since 1960 (49 times under
the past.” In other words, Act. According to historian a missed payment on emergency. Default could Stock prices would be cut Republican presidents and
Heather Cox Richardson, government-issued bonds, trigger a spike in interest almost in one-third at the 29 times under Democratic
lawmakers have already this law allowed Congress to something that has never rates, a steep drop in stock worst of the selloff, wiping presidents). Let’s hope so
authorize “a general amount occurred. The situation
agreed to fund everything of debt during World War I would call into question the
to give the government full faith and credit of the
from tax cuts in 2017 to United States as an entity
that always meets its
COVID emergency financial obligations. A

measures in 2020 and 2021,

on top of the ongoing

commitments to Social

Security and Medicare,

military salaries, and interest

on the national debt. The

Stagflation puts Fed
in a bind

with Jill Schlesinger

As expected, the Federal situation went on steroids of more than 7% this year, to economic growth to create The Fed will need to Fed acts too quickly, it could
Reserve did not alter after the 1973 OPEC oil 5.5 — 6 %, a rate that would jobs and to keep prices in gradually decrease its translate into businesses and
monetary policy in its most embargo and as economic be considered sizzling in pre- check. Chairman Jerome emergency bond buying (the households paying more to
recent meeting. Despite the lore goes, the economy was COVID years. And yes, job Powell has already noted central bank is currently borrow, which could slow
inaction, current economic rescued in 1979 when creation was disappointing in that officials are willing to let purchasing $80 billion of down the economic
conditions must be throwing President Jimmy Carter’s August — just 235,000 jobs inflation run a little hotter, at Treasury securities and $40 progress and job creation
central bankers for a loop. appointed Fed Chair Paul created, only a third of what least until some of the 5.3 billion of mortgage-backed seen to date. If it waits too
The Delta variant has cooled Volcker took charge and economists had expected. million jobs that have securities each month) and long, high prices could
down economic growth, raised interest rates to Still, the economy has vanished since the pandemic, raise short term interest persist and get built into
while inflation remains choke off the price increases. recovered 17 million of the get back online. But even if rates to make sure that consumer expectations,
elevated. Does that mean It is notable that while more than 22 million jobs some prices are starting to prices don’t remain too high which could force the
that the US is about to enter inflation did drop, so too did lost amid the COVID moderate, inflation remains for too long. Whether the central bank to raise rates
a period of 1960s-1970′s the economy — two big recession. at a level we have not seen tapering process starts in more quickly, in turn could
style stagflation? recessions in 1980 and 1982 since the early 1990s and the November or December is stymie economic growth and
pushed up the Current conditions put elevated costs for big ticket not important — the cause a pronounced market
The term “stagflation” was unemployment rate to the the Fed in a tough position. items like cars and everyday announcement of action is reaction.
coined in 1965 by the British highest level since the Remember, the central bank needs like food and energy, what investors are seeking.
politician Iain Macleod, who Depression. The COVID has two goals (“the dual are hurting consumers.
at the time declared in a recession wiped out that mandate”): to foster enough The pressure is real: if the
speech to the House of record.
Commons, “We now have
the worst of both worlds — Given that the Delta
not just inflation on the one variant has caused
side or stagnation on the economists to lower their
other, but both of them growth estimates for 2021,
together. We have a sort of and prices remain high, what
‘stagflation’ situation.” is the current risk of
stagflation? At this point, it’s
In the decade that ensued, hard to know, but most
both the UK and the US saw economists do not believe
the post-World War II that we are about to see
economic boom cool, anything close to the 1970′s
causing a slowdown in model.
growth. At the same time,
wages were stagnating, and Yes, growth is slowing, but
prices were rising. The it is slowing from estimates

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Have you met Carl?

by Michael Nelson

Meet Carl, one of several against speeding and Michael has been writing
urban wild turkeys in running stop signs — an since high school where he
Kenosha. Carl has made a ongoing problem in the
huge impact on the community. grew up in Racine.
community of Forest Park He has resided in Kenosha
and the rest of the city with Carl will often offer a since approximately 1999 and
his antics. He has become guttural cluck, gobble, and has been interested in animal
infamous for his traffic other sounds as he behavior most of his life.
‘control’ as he would often communicates content or
be found harassing cars in displeasure. Sometimes he out the window and
the middle of the street, will even ‘strut,’ which can
usually at an intersection. mean he sees a challenge instantly see a wild turkey photo - Cindy Baumann
He sees his reflection and but can also mean he’s
struts at vehicles, pecks at courting a mate. Strutting approaching your vehicle as ornaments or flags and
the tires of cars when they involves making himself kindly removes them, some
stop. look bigger, using his if for an inspection. He Tips for experiencing Carl if might say he’s an exterior
muscles to expand his starts to peck at your tires you’re fortunate enough to decorator. Carl has become
For the most part, people feathers looking as and notices his reflection in encounter him: acclimated to human
didn’t seem to mind. They handsome or as the paint, he starts making presence, but he does
enjoyed the experience intimidating as possible to turkey sounds as if to • Pull your car far ahead and park. remain wild and does not
even if they were running show dominance. challenge his reflection. You appreciate humans coming
late because of him. What start to try to pull away but • Do not park in front of him as he will approach your car in the anywhere near him.
drivers did not seem to Picture this: You’re this persistent bird races to street.
realize is that by slowing minding your own business the front of your car and Many feel that Carl
down or stopping, Carl may taking your kids to school you stop.You and your kids • You can take pictures from there or get out of the car but do not couldn’t have come at a
have seen the vehicles as a when all of a sudden you approach him. better time with so much
potential threat which often see a wild turkey in the going on in the world today.
initiates his harassment. middle of the street or off • Do not feed him, he has plenty of food. Feeding him can make While it’s been reported
Some residents in Forest to the side of the road.You him rely on food and become more accustomed to people. that he’s lived here for a
Park joke about how Carl slow down and point him long time before he
has been able to help out to your kids, they can’t are enjoying can’t stop • If he’s already in the street and you want to help shoo him back recently became well-
believe it at first. They look laughing at the turkey’s onto the grass, do not chase but follow him and corral him to the known or (in)famous due
escapades so you’re not grass, then back off or he will keep going. to his ‘traffic control.’
upset, and he eventually
moves on. • Do not use loud sounds such as car horns, sirens as that will Generally, Forest Park
stress him and aggravate him. residents seem to feel that
If only that were always Carl is a welcome
• If you get too close, Carl will start moving, back up. distraction. For a lot of
people, Carl seems to
the case. Many are upset urban wild turkeys within represent hope, he often
brings smiles and laughter.
and worried that Carl is the city and county of Carl’s presence and
behavior seems to be
going to be hurt. And there Kenosha. This summer helping teach so many that
life is too short and maybe
was one case where an some poults (babies) were it’s time to slow down,
enjoy everything life has to
impatient driver did seen with their mother in offer.

purposely hit Carl, Pleasant Prairie. Due to the But what about everyone
else? Sadly, not everyone
thankfully Carl recovered amount of wild turkeys in appreciates Carl and his
antics. Some are put off by
and slowed down on the area, there has been his hindering traffic. Carl
can be overbearing and
harassing traffic. some debate as to Carl’s while he’s typically not
aggressive, people may see
photo - Michael Nelson Despite Carl’s fame, a lot sex. He is a tom, he is larger photo - Theresa Ness him as such when they
of people aren’t aware of than females (hens), he has approach too close or park
Now Serving his presence in the city or a dark colored chest, and a to create the page for Carl near him.The idea of a wild
Breakfast didn’t realize they are tuft of what looks like a after she noticed turkey living in an urban
Starting seeing him when they feather coming from his complaints on another environment isn’t exactly
at 8am! encounter him. When Carl neck, typically referred to as Facebook group – Carl was new, but for most it’s new
goes into the street it’s a “beard.” His feathers are so popular that photos of to Kenosha.
usually because a driver dark brown, orange, and him were filling the news
pulls over right in front of bronze. He has ‘spurs’ on feed of this other group and The Kenosha Police
him as he’s foraging on the the back of his feet. A tom’s some were growing Department seems to get a
grass and he reacts, he goes head is a combination of irritated and ‘strutting’ their lot of calls of complaint,
to that vehicle and pecks at red, white, and bluish feathers in their own way. including at least one 911
the tires and often ‘struts’ coloring. Some feel that this extra call about a wild turkey
his feathers against his attention has only made being in someone’s yard. At
reflection. Carl has his own things worse for Carl. the time of writing this
Facebook group (Carl the article, the Kenosha Police
Carl is one of numerous Kenosha Turkey) created by This summer, Carl has Department has attempted
Lisa Hawkins who decided to capture Carl to relocate
him to a state park —
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Part-time position available icon in Kenosha. At the susceptible to being hunted
to deliver Happenings Magazine. same time, this Facebook and has the disadvantage of
group has helped to being comfortable seeing
educate others in many humans around. Carl’s
home is Kenosha, he has
Our trains deliver • Must be a dependable individual w/your ways. Many people are now trees he sleeps in and a
classic American food! own vehicle & automobile insurance learning what to do when route he goes to forage for
• Must be available on Wednesday they see a wild animal; they food. There is no official
are learning about their word on what is to become
of Carl.
F R EE afternoons & Thursday mornings behaviors, how to not
PARKING
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(Many are FREE!). You can This new list is our PDF version of the list. We Hwy. 165 East. This is near
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planning a family fun day, includes the two we did for painted pumpkin displays at on our website with more Outlets. At the center, you
scheduling a date night, or the spring/summer 2020 Jerry Smith Pumpkin Farm. Celebrate the Day of the events and activities listed: can find local information,
entertaining family from months (a pre-pandemic It's FREE to view; prices VisitKenosha.com/fallfun. as well as brochures and
out of town. You can also list and a COVID-19 vary for other activities. A Dead with FREE games and guides for destinations
challenge yourself to version). long-time tradition in Find details on local throughout Wisconsin. The
complete as many items as Kenosha, the Kemper craft activities. The family- attractions, events, outdoor center is staffed seven days
possible ... or have a We decided to change Center Haunted House recreation opportunities, a week from 8 a.m. to 4
friendly competition with things up a bit by adding happens on Saturday nights, friendly Candlelit restaurants, shops, and p.m. through October. The
another household to see categories to this new list. October 9-30, for $10 & more at VisitKenosha.com. hours November through
who can do more. FUN Reading 101 items can be a under. Bring a flashlight and Halloween Hike happens at Also on our website, you March are Tuesday through
101 is also a reminder of all bit daunting to consume at walk among the skeletons can submit photos to our Saturday from 8 a.m. to 4
the great affordable things once, so we've made it of the Dinosaur Discovery Picture Your Kenosha p.m.
your hometown has to easier to navigate through Museum when Dinos In Photo Contest for your
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Fall Outdoor Fun, two at a local restaurant Kenosha's official travel
October 29 for $6 & under. resource since 1986.  We
remind everyone to be
October 30 offers two respectful of the safety
guidelines that individual
We started producing the FREE events for families: venues are setting; be
patient. Also keep in mind
FUN 101 list in 2010. It Trick or Treat on 6th that all event information is
subject to change.
didn't take long before we Avenue in Downtown

started updating the list Kenosha and enjoy Trunk

twice a year – for the Or Treat On 63rd Street in

fall/winter and Uptown Kenosha.

spring/summer months.

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Utilizing Them? customers and more in were able to help others Do you have a business Kenosha native whose family
line to be created.  Those work to survive this owns The Lettering Machine
by Carolyn Serpe that are promoted are pandemic.  came to light.  that made the e-commerce
very profitable.  We have Now that we are no longer in Downtown Kenosha.
fundraiser sites that have under strict quarantine, it is jump recently?  We would
raised up to $14,000 and still a great option to have
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and I decided that it was templates to use and gives a monthly profit of around shopping available for
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racking and scary.  At that set up our website, we COVID hit back in March helped our customers Tickets
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presence online was email individual webstores for $8
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we didn't need to know orders get placed through
much in order to make a the site, they come to our
pretty good looking shop to be produced and
website.  What we used is distributed.
called WIX.com, but there
are many different, free Little did we know back
options out there.  WIX in 2017, that online
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Our Secret missile silos in the area.
Though designated as
Mountain Retreat obsolete and replaced by
newer and more lethal
by Joe Campolo, Jr. weapons systems, old
missile silos were kept
In 1968 after completing intact and under guard,
basic training in Amarillo, however, with all of the
Texas the US Air Force missiles and personnel
sent me to Lowry Air removed.
Force Base just outside of
Denver, Colorado for Joe Campolo Jr. is an The logic in making them
technical training. From award winning author, appear active, was to
Lowry, I would go on to poet and public speaker. mislead Soviet satellite
spend one year at Grand He is known for his three surveillance. Another
Forks, Air Force Base in award winning books The reason was to avoid the
North Dakota, (cold, Kansas NCO, Back to the huge cost and manpower
boring) then thirteen World, and his most requirement needed to
months in Vietnam, (hot, recent publication Three dismantle and remove the
hazardous) with the Wars. A United States Air operation.
remaining eighteen months
of my four-year Force Vietnam War The missile system I was photo submitted by Joe Campolo
commitment spent at veteran, Joe belongs to the assigned to was about one
March Air Force Base in VFW,The American Legion, hour away from Denver, by Surprisingly, only one Air around in the high and we missed our
Southern California (hot… the Kenosha Area Vietnam motor vehicle. Once there Policeman was assigned to mountain forest and we mountain retreat.
but enjoyable). Vets (KAVV), and Vietnam we were given a briefing, the unit, and he worked a slept like logs than night.
then a complete tour of three-day shift; most often (The Security Policeman I was able to pull one
Being 1968 at the height Vets of America (VVA). the facility, which consisted being the only living thing in had a stash of beer which more three-day detail at
of the Vietnam War, all of about six stories the facility. he shared) the missile silo, before I
branches of the U.S. For more from Joe, visit underground. From the went on to my technical
military were ramping up. his website outside, it was hard to tell There were six of us on The next morning, we training. The second time I
After my arrival at Lowry, I that anything of significance the detail and after the Air was there, a bitter cold
was put into a P.A.T.S. namwarstory.com existed there. Policeman’s briefing and resumed our hunt and the spell set in, and tromping
squadron. (People awaiting tour we were issued M-16 around in the mountains
Tech School) There were d a y. rifles and sent back outside Security policeman, with our relatively light
not enough instructors, Some of the men waited for target practice. After field jackets and boots was
classrooms or hours in the over two months to get The innards of the facility, target practice, we were knowing the area and game challenging. High winds
day to process all the into the regular training given free reign to do kept the game spooked, so
troops going through, so schedule. I waited about though empty and stark, whatever we liked, so we much better than the rest we spent most of that
while in PATS, we spent our three weeks. split up into two groups detail inside the complex
time cleaning latrines, were quite impressive, with and went hunting. of us got a nice doe after playing cards. But it was still
performing KP, policing up One detail, which I was Surprisingly, the Security a very good time for those
the grounds and any other fortunate enough to fall elevators going to the policeman on duty locked about two hours. All of us of us assigned to the duty,
detail that could be dreamt into, was called “Ammo the gate and went hunting and I remember it fondly to
up to keep us busy day to Guard”. It actually involved various levels.The complex with us. The first day we were fired up as we this day.
a three day stay at one of didn’t find any game, but it
the remote, but shuttered consisted of several was exhilarating tromping brought the doe into the

conference rooms, control facility where we dressed

rooms, living quarters, and and butchered it. We ate

of course the huge fresh venison for the

foreboding silos remainder of the three

themselves, which once days we were there. After

housed multi-megaton those three days, it was

nuclear devices. hard to get back to the

drudgery of the Airbase,

Brick Layers and Masons Local #4, Probably taken on Labor Day 1907.

Labor Day is a day off for people today, but we need to remember that the rights and safety of workers was paid for in blood by union activism. Part of that activism was
winning hearts and minds in labor parades. Early unofficial parades were crafted to show not just the solidarity and strength of workers, but to show the middle and upper
classes that the working class were not dirty and ignorant.

Labor Day was recognized by the Federal government in 1893, intentionally placed on the opposite side of a calendar from May Day. But it was quickly embraced by labor. By
the early 1900s, union workers would turn out for elaborate parades wearing clean and crisp uniforms. Led by bands, they showed the working man as patriotic and proper.

The Kenosha History Center, 220 51st Place, is now open to the general public. Masks will be required and other safety protocols will be in place, please be
respectful of others when you visit. They are open Tuesdays - Sundays. For more info and great daily Kenosha history lessons, find them on Facebook.

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and drum set. Rock and many 0502.

other musical styles. Learn to read CUT AWAY GRASS Edging to RENTAL/REAL ESTATE

music. Call Tom for details. 262- last - not stringline - will help 1.4 ACRE BUSINESS lot for sale

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REMINDER: PLEASE RESUB- FOREIGN BEER BOTTLE and dryer. Must be in good working WHITENING for a fraction of the YARD CLEAN UP Junk, brush, 189,000 or B.O. Call Al at 224-814-
MIT AD TO RUN FOR EACH
ISSUE. Maximum 3 Listings Per COLLECTION 100+ $1125Call order. [email protected] price! $99 at cabana tan spa. call dog waste, anything to haul away. 9690 or e-mail to [email protected]
Person.
262-764-0831 LOOKING FOR NURSES Aid for to book: 262-843-2411. 20 minute Just call262-654-2509. SENIOR LOOKING TO
MISC
RABBIT CAGES (2) Large, Very in home care. Call Barbara 262- session = a bright white smile! I AM LOOKING FOR WORK as: RENT/SHARE home with Senior
GERMAN
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KENOSHA/RACINE If you speak
German or are enthusiastic about $30. Call 262-657-6049. WANTED TV REPAIR & antenna NURSING CARE stress, babysitter, running errands. and/or mortgage. Vaccinated
the German language and culture,
come and join us. There are no TOW DOLLY 2010 Master Tow tilt service to access TV cable lines & /CONSULTATION: $35.00/hour. I am available Monday-Friday. If Veteran willing to do chores,
membership fees and attendance
is whenever you are available to bed tow dolly. Model 80THDSB. antenna needs; apt 3rd floor, ph Call or text to (262)758-1974 you are interested in an of the errands, and driving. Safe driver,
join. Meetings will be held in the
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an excellent group to practice
speaking German as members' 5' X 12' DOG KENNEL metal, WANTED FOR MY APT leaning including network support, spy- at 224-565-8882 (Gayle) References provided. Please call
language skills are from beginners
to advance and we all have a good $350. 262-456-1962 lady once / month for semi-dis- ware removal, upgrades and PC 1-866-PIANIST PIANO TUNER Ron at 847-340-3446 or 262-729-
time. Please contact me if you are
interested in joining - Susan Blust GENUINE LA-Z-BOY abled veteran; 700 sq ft, 1 bdr/1 repair. For friendly service with a 17 years of experience in Racine, 7330
at [email protected].
ROCKER/RECLINER, Recently bath, ph 847-340-3446. smile, call Vikkex today! Phone Kenosha, Walworth, & Lake Co.
FOR SALE
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4653 Green & tan top; major engine
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Suet feeders for sale Call Robert emissions testing; classic car value
262-654-4653 TILE-TOP TABLE white, wooden monthly basis; willing to provide children call 262-620-4745 minumum 24 hour care is avail- for right future owner; $10K ph.
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MENT CENTER 2 pieces. Lots of legs, 29" square, $49. 262-456- transportation (perfect driving House cleaning woman + a bucket able. Call 262-358-5619 for more 2011 NISSAN VERSA 128k NIS-
display areas $100 obo Panasonic SAN VERSA SEE IN KENOSHA
26"TV works great $50 obo Many 1962 record), contact Ron at 847-340- - reliable, dependable. Also clean information On services available. AT 4121-7TH. AVE. 53140 RUSS
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Linda Putrow 262-694-3554 TALL WOODEN STOOLS black 3446. vacant houses. Call for estimates - work NICE GAS SAVER
[email protected] 2004 TOYOTA COROLLA LE , sil-
with backs, 4. $80. 262-456-1962 WANTED IN TWIN LAKES AREA Sandy 262-221-2289 HAVE YOU RECENTLY had sur- ver, good condition, new tires, A/C
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your interest to me at mechanically inclined. upholstery cleaning with at basic 7:00 AM Contact Linda (262) 654-

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2 BRAND NEW HANKOOK $10/hour. If interested call 262- 5103 AFFORDABLE CAREGIVER

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LOOKING FOR REASONABLE References provided. Please call unused home heating fuel oil for NOW HIRING DRIVERS Looking
priced portable stackable washer
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