Smart Reader June 3, 2021

June 3, 2021
Volume 19 - #11

Chris Allen and the
Kenosha History Center

are open for business

… and yes, their collection still
includes a tanned walrus hide

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Education, people, and history - the three
keys to the Kenosha History Center

Q: What is the Kenosha PLAN YOUR VISIT:
History Center's mission?
The Kenosha History Center is located at
A: Our mission is to 220 51st Place (on Simmons Island)
collect and preserve (262) 654-5770
Kenosha County history
through education programs Tuesday - Friday 10am - 4:30pm
and exhibits. Saturday 10am - 4pm
Sunday Noon - 4pm
Q: How long have you
been the Executive Director Masks required. Capacity limited to 25%.
and what made you
interested in the position? science and medical learn about Kenosha's

instruments in our collection history starting in 1835 up

as well. until present day.

A: I've been the Executive Chris Allen, Executive Director of the Kenosha History Center, likes to refer to himself and his But I'd say the tanned We have a whole gallery
Director since December of staff as the “caretakers of Kenosha’s history.” Photo by Katie McAuliffe walrus hide probably takes that deals with that early
2016. So over four years the cake. settlement and pioneer
here. I really got interested in in August? We have a lot of our cars were red, white, and one was made in 1976 for history.
the position by working with photos from the events last blue. And it was called All- the bicentennial. And they Q: What's the oldest
the people that we do every year. A lot of video was American: Kenosha Style.We only made, I believe, 13 of artifact you've ever had here In the Rambler Gallery, we
day here. We have a great taken during the civil unrest worked with a lot of local those for the dealers in this at the Kenosha History take a deep delve into the
staff. We have great in that period of time.We’ve guys to set it up. Actually, area. It had the State Farm Center? industrial and automotive
members, great volunteers, gotten some response, and that one got national logo on it. This one used to history. And obviously we
and it's fun working with the we'll continue to build that recognition—maybe sit over on 30th Ave. This A: That's a tough have a great auto display
community, envisioning these collection as years go on. international recognition. was Joe Werwie’s car. So, a question. We have artifacts right now.
exhibits that we put lot of people in Kenosha that predate our settlement
together. It's just a nice Q: Has COVID or the civil We made it into Muscle remembered that car. But we here. So, I guess the one that Then in our Lyman
challenge. unrest changed your plans Car Review, which is a pretty stuck the Pacer in the corner I think of right off the bat is Gallery, we're able to display
regarding collections and the neat magazine—pretty big for that exhibit, and it was from 1837—we have an ox some artifacts from a
Q: The History Center focus of your exhibits? magazine for us. So that one kind of a lot of fun. cart that came here in 1837 recently acquired women's
does fundraisers during a was neat. from the Upson family. We collection. So, taking a look
normal year. Do you have A: I don't think much has Q: What is the weirdest have that on display in the at women's lives from about
any fundraiser plans in the changed in our strategic It was the first car that artifact or object that you Yesteryear Gallery. That's 1850 to 1950, and telling
future? plan. I would say the biggest they had painted red, white, have seen in the Kenosha one of our oldest artifacts some of those stories.
change is just collections. and blue. A 1967 Rambler, History Center? that ties directly to the
A: Right now, we're What we're deciding to which was painted red, community here. We have Visitors can expect to
focusing on smaller events. collect. white, and blue at Topel A: We've had some odd some other artifacts that have fun. They can expect to
We're doing our Library Rambler; took it down to the ones. I guess the one that I predate that, and they came learn something new. And
Park Walking Tours. Those Soon we're going to be Chicago auto show. And can think of right now is a from those early settlers. we're here to answer any
are the second Saturday of launching an oral history then, AMC caught wind and tanned walrus hide. And you other questions that they
the month, May through project to try to engage the they said, ‘Oh, this is pretty might ask, how is a tanned Q: How do you imagine might have when they're
September. And then we're community and get people neat. Let's do this.’ And they walrus hide connected to the Kenosha History Center here.
also doing something new to tell us their stories and borrowed that color scheme Kenosha? Well, it has to do in the next 50 years?
this year. It's the Kenosha their side of things. There's and started doing that on a with the Allen Tannery, a We’re excited to be back
History Center Cruise-In many different angles and lot of their cars. multi-acre tannery which A: We will continue with open, and we love what we
Nights. We're doing those thoughts when it comes to operated in Downtown our mission here. I'd like to do here. We're very
every last Friday evening of 2020. The Trans-Am Javelin that Kenosha over a century ago just continue to grow and passionate. We have a great
the month, May through we had there, it was one of a - for some reason they improve, increase our group of staff and volunteers
September, in front of our And it's our job to collect hundred ever made and one tanned a walrus hide. capacity to preserve that work hard to preserve
building in the parking lot. stories from all angles and of about 25 still in existence. artifacts, and tell more Kenosha history, and that's
really capture people's So, we accepted it in the stories. the city of Kenosha and
Connecting with the thought process and the And then in the corner, it collection at the Kenosha Kenosha County.
classic car owners in emotions people were was probably my favorite History Center because it We're always trying to
Kenosha, we really, really feeling. car—I shouldn’t say my was a tanned object from think ahead and say, okay, And we're proud
enjoy doing that. Obviously, favorite—but it was one of this local tannery, and the what are people going to be caretakers of this history.We
automobile history is a very Q: What is your favorite my favorites that we've ever Allen Tannery was one of the interested in 50 years from like to change our exhibits
large part of what we do display or feature at the had here. It was a Pacer, and largest in the country. So, now? Because that's what quite frequently so that we
here and a large part of History Center? it was a red, white, and blue pretty interesting, and very we're collecting today. But to can tell more stories and as
Kenosha history. We're State Farm Pacer. I think this odd. We have some odd continue to increase access many stories as we can. We
looking at a few other A: We did an exhibit a to our collections through enjoy what we do. We love
options as things are opening couple years ago, where all of things like digitizing artifacts working with people, and
up now. and photographs, and then we're glad that we're back.
increasing access by having
Q: After the civil unrest in more people come in and Q&A by Donny Stancato
Kenosha last year, did the learning this history.
History Center look to Cover photo by Katie McAuliffe
collect any pieces to So, more education, more
document what happened? ability to preserve artifacts For more with Chris Allen,
and tell stories.
A: We put out a lot of check out the full-length
calls. 2020 was an interesting Q: What can people
time to live in this expect when they return to interview at www.hap2it.com
community. the Kenosha History
Center? Chris Allen joins
We put out calls. Asked, Happenings Q&A on
what was it like to live A: They can expect to see Fri. June 11th at 12:30
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Why are parents so mad in one of America’s
best school districts?

If you’d asked Bonnie passing measures banning
Myshrall a year ago who her the teaching of “critical race
school board representative theory.” Other states, like
was, she probably wouldn’t Virginia, are embroiled in
have been able to tell you. In fights over achievement and
the voting booth, she never equity, including reevaluating
thought twice about board gifted and talented programs
candidates – she’d just follow and accelerated math tracks.
her party’s sample ballot.
“The priorities are messed
“Yet here I am, firing off up,” says Bethany Wagner,
emails and starting a another Fairfax parent.
Facebook group,” says Ms. “When your kids are
Myshrall, a lawyer with a learning from home, and
middle-school daughter you’re seeing issues and
enrolled in Fairfax County trying to reach out to the
Public Schools (FCPS), a superintendent and school
district in northern Virginia. board members – and you’re
not getting feedback, or the
Last summer, as it became feedback is shallow – it Saundra Davis, who has two sons in the Fairfax County school system, voiced her frustration with the county's slow
apparent that her daughter’s makes you want to pay transition back to in-person instruction at a school board meeting. "You have triggered a bipartisan tidal wave of parental
school would remain online- attention.”
only due to the pandemic, pushback,” Ms. Davis told the board.
Ms. Myshrall founded the And while it may be
“OpenFCPS” group to lobby school boards in the tweet made by one of the smaller house than we could retribution from teachers. FCPS has promised a
for a return to in-person crossfire now, history Fairfax board members, a have elsewhere so my kids “Sitting in his room all day return to five-day in-person
learning.While she and other suggests the political impact young Muslim woman, about can go to school in this disconnected was just so instruction in the fall, and
parents agreed virtual could extend well beyond. Israel’s “colonization” of the district.” hard. ... His behavior has Megan McLaughlin, one of
learning made sense at first, Events that give rise to Holy Land. changed.” the school board’s longest-
they grew increasingly grassroots activism – That made it particularly serving members, says she
frustrated by what they saw particularly when driven by Ironically, many Fairfax upsetting for many parents Fairfax was also slower feels confident things will
as the district’s lack of strong emotion, as in the parents say they moved to to watch their children than other districts to return to normal.
urgency around getting kids case of parents who feel the area because of the struggle this year with online reopen. Not until late April
back into classrooms, with their children are being schools. Fairfax, the 11th learning. did the district begin offering Still, she says she’s never
board meetings often negatively impacted – often largest school district in the four days of in-person seen anything like the level of
focused on things like generate broader, and more country, is considered one of “He was an early reader; learning a week, and for parental involvement over
renaming schools or permanent, movements. the best. he loves reading about select students only. The the past few months. During
implementing an electric history and science. But I see move, parents noted, came her decade-plus of service,
school bus fleet. “If [people] get involved in “My husband was military, now that his writing has months after the Centers for the board has wrestled with
and at the end of our service suffered,” says Ashley, whose Disease Control and other hot-button issues, such
one form of politics, it often we could have lived son is enrolled in a Fairfax Prevention had concluded as how to teach sex
anywhere,” says Saundra district school, and who that in-person schooling did education. But never before
“The Titanic is sinking, and spills over and they will be Davis, who has two sons in requested her last name not not cause increased
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deck chairs,” says Ms. engaged in other forms of
Myshrall. The group is now
gathering signatures to recall political activity,” says David
three board members. None
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interviewed by the Monitor. engagement at Notre Dame

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California has the most gun-control
laws in US. Do they work?

California is by far the into the Capitol in
most regulated state in Sacramento carrying loaded
America when it comes to handguns, shotguns, and
restricting the sale, use, and rifles. Not long after,
ownership of guns. Gun- Republican Gov. Ronald
control advocates call it the Reagan signed into law a ban
national leader, the “tip of on openly carrying loaded
the spear” setting the tone firearms in cities and towns.
for other states, as Christian
Heyne, vice president of Since that time, though, it’s
policy at Brady, a gun-control
advocacy group, puts it. liberals who have been

The Golden State also has pushing for more
had a series of high-profile
public mass shootings in regulations, though not
recent years – in San
Bernardino, Thousand Oaks, always successfully. In 1982,
and this week, San Jose. On
May 26, a gunman opened California voters soundly
fire on his co-workers at the
rail yard facility of the Santa defeated a ballot proposition
Clara Valley Transportation
Authority, killing nine people, to restrict handgun
then taking his own life.
ownership. A strong 63%
How did California
become the king of gun opposed the measure. But
regulation?
fast-forward and it’s the
On May 2, 1967,
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same percentage of voters

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banned high-capacity People wait in line to buy supplies at the Martin B. Retting Inc. gun store in Culver City, California, March 15, 2020.
Last year, California gun sales hit a high of over 1.1 million, amid the pandemic, political and racial unrest,
magazines and put new and spiking violence in the U.S.

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sales.

The gunman in San Jose That law is currently awaiting economy shifted from GOP- from the State Firearm Laws element of surprise or
had semiautomatic handguns an appeals court decision. leaning defense workers to Database. And while those randomness that can make
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an email, he writes that the who researches gun violence confiscation of guns from
state turned blue in the As of 2020, California had and regulations. those who are deemed a risk
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Most prescriptions for opioid abuse drug
from few doctors, study shows

Researchers have released "Our study suggests that While the traditional way Researchers found on
new data suggesting doctors targeted efforts to of treating these patients is average the most productive
are underutilizing encourage more current with methadone in hospitals, providers were still far under
buprenorphine as a means to prescribers to become high- buprenorphine is available their limits of the number of
treat opioid abuse. volume prescribers, and everywhere. However, only patients they are allowed
encourage existing high- one in ten doctors has treat at a time
A RAND Corporation volume subscribers to safely access to prescribe the buprenorphine.
and effectively treat even medication.
study published in JAMA more patients, may be a
potent way to increase
found that during 2016 and buprenorphine treatment Stein said the emphasis
capacity," Stein said.
2017 just over half of all The Mayo Clinic recently should be on increasing the
The drug, which is a said buprenorphine is a
buprenorphine drug narcotic, was approved for proven drug that is number of patients for those
use in 2002. "underused."
treatments in the country healthcare providers willing
Buprenorphine helps and able to prescribe the
were prescribed by only five opioid abuse patients drug. Researchers say that while buprenorphine continues to be
manage their illness and underused for opioid abuse treatment, encouraging doctors to
percent of doctors. refrain from using the drugs RAND researchers "Given that a relatively take on more patients could help to further pull back abuse of
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"These findings have withdrawal symptoms. compiled IQVIA prescription the drugs nationwide.
important implications for
efforts to increase data, which includes data on
buprenorphine access," lead
author Dr. Bradley D. Stein, a about 90 percent of all account for most of the increase medication Stein said.
senior physician researcher buprenorphine prescribing,
at RAND, said in a press prescriptions filled in U.S. providing targeted support treatment among people The Biden administration
release. to those willing to safely earlier this year passed new
retail pharmacies, to identify treat more patients may be a struggling with opioid federal guidelines to open up
more promising strategy to buprenorphine access based
drug prescribers from addiction than primarily on its success with patients.

January 2017 to December focusing on increasing the

2018. number of new prescribers,"

Citing surge in fatal overdoses, Biden

promises more drug addiction help

The COVID-19 pandemic epidemics, of the overdose United States." crisis because treatment,
has contributed to sharply crises," he said. "COVID-19 rehabilitation and public
higher drug overdose deaths has made this situation a lot At the same time, he health programs have been
and the federal government worse." celebrated those who are in disrupted and isolation has
will continue to take "urgent recovery from drug increased among people
action" to combat addiction, The Centers for Disease addiction, saying, "We hold with substance abuse
President Joe Biden said. Control and Prevention them in our hearts." problems.
estimates that 88,000
In a video message Americans died from Doug Edwards, vice "Everyone and every
delivered during the 10th overdoses during the 12- community need to see this
annual Drug and Heroin month period beginning in president of HMP Global and for what it is, not only a
Summit last month, Biden August 2019 -- a 27% jump public health crisis but a
noted that fatal opioid from the previous year. director of its Psychiatry and personal one," Nancy Hale,
overdoses surged last year president and CEO of
as the global health crisis The surge was driven in Behavioral Health Learning Operation UNITE, said in a
deepened. part by "rising isolation and statement.
financial insecurity" fueled by Network, said the
"In the shadow of a the pandemic, the president "Those who are lost or
pandemic that has occupied said, adding, "We need to president's participation in who are suffering are our
our attention and has meet this crisis with urgent friends, family members and
claimed more than a half- action." Rescue Plan relief signed into Biden, who called drug the summit "signals that the neighbors. No one is
million lives, we can't lose law on March 12 includes $4 addiction a "deeply personal" immune to the effects of this
sight of these other The $1.9 trillion American billion for mental health and issue for his family, said his addiction crisis is a top horrific epidemic."
substance abuse care, $1.5 administration is committed
billion for prevention and to expanding access to drug priority for the
treatment and $400 million treatment and to "reducing
to support community the supply of illicit administration and
behavioral health clinics. substances coming into the
underscores its gravity."

Edwards also emphasized
that COVID-19 has
exacerbated the addiction

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my turn

Common sense Dr Harlan Ullman is UPI's
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next book due out in 2021 is
American The Fifth Horseman and the
New MAD:The Tragic History
political discourse of How Massive Attacks of
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Disuniting a 51% Nation.
"To argue with a man only 48 pages long, was one
who has renounced the use of the most influential and Harlan Ullman joins
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whose philosophy consists times. If Thomas Paine, Thu., June 17th at 2:30
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my turn

Ministry of

truth 2.0 Readers may email Cal
Thomas at
with Cal Thomas
[email protected].
Secretary of Homeland called propaganda. Look for Cal Thomas’ new
book “America’s Expiration
Security Alejandro We are already Date:The Fall of Empires and
inundated with political Superpowers and the Future
Mayorkas is reportedly correctness, cancel culture
and woke-ism.TV networks of the United States”
considering the spend more time delivering
opinion and slanting stories
development of tools that to particular points of view
than what once resembled
would help America’s – if not objective Nixon’s lies about
journalism – then at least
children discern truth from fairness. Watergate, the lies told by

lies and know when they Lyndon Johnson, members

are being fed of his administration and

“disinformation.” generals about how we

The Washington Times, were winning the war in
which first reported the
story, says a department Vietnam (Johnson had
spokesperson declined to
give details, but that more The list of government pledged during the 1964
information would be officials who have lied is
revealed “in the coming long and dates back to the campaign not to send
weeks.” founders of the nation.
Some lies could be Americans to fight in
defended on national
security grounds. Others Vietnam, another lie), and Chief Justice William Rehnquist administering the oath of office to George Bush on the west
were used to cover up front of the U.S. Capitol, with Dan Quayle and Barbara Bush looking on, January 20, 1989.
wrongdoing or enhance the the CEO of R.J. Reynolds Bush was the first sitting vice president to be inaugurated as president since Martin van
image of the one who lied.
telling a congressional Buren in 1837. (TNS)

Mayorkas might want to committee in 1994 that
start by fact-checking his
recent claim that the U.S. “cigarette smoking is no We have already achieved events. It was also tasked Try this experiment if
southern border is the former in what we are you want to see how far
“closed.” He made the more ‘addictive’ than allowed to say, or not say, with defining truth, which we have moved from
statement when news lest we be smeared with objective truth. Go to any
pictures showed waves of coffee, tea, or Twinkies.” nasty rhetorical stains. Let’s sometimes resulted in popular definition website
people crossing the border. revisit the Ministry of Truth and type in “truth.” They
Should kids believe him, or In recent years, we recall The Washington Post for those who haven’t read “doublespeak,” or assume truth exists and can
their “lying eyes”? the book or need a be discovered.
President Clinton’s denial reported in January that by reminder. contradictions, that served
The truth is supposed to
of having sex with Monica the end of his term, former The Ministry of Truth the purposes of the state. set us free, but if we can’t
was related to Newspeak recognize or define it, we
Lewinsky, President President Trump “had in that it had nothing to do Truth has become will be in bondage.
with truth, but propaganda subjective and relative in Secretary Mayorkas should
Obama’s claim about his accumulated 30,573 by another name. Its job modern times and is now reread Orwell’s novel and
was to falsify historical personal. You have your then abandon any plans to
health care program:“If you untruths during his records in ways that aligned “truth” and I have my indoctrinate
with government policies “truth.” Even when they schoolchildren.
Should anyone, like your doctor, you can presidency — averaging and its version of those contradict each other, it
doesn’t matter as long as
regardless of political party keep your doctor,” about 21 erroneous claims we both feel good about it.

or persuasion, be President George H. W. a day.”

comfortable with Bush’s “Read my lips, no I could go on, but you get
the point.
government telling new taxes,” assertions by

especially children what the George W. Bush George Orwell was
prescient when he wrote in
they can believe and whom administration that Saddam “1984” about Newspeak
and the Ministry of Truth.
they can trust? This is what Hussein had weapons of This flawed notion has
contributed to our cultural
totalitarian states do. It’s mass destruction, Richard decline.

America is
moving on
from Trump’s
divisive hype

with Mary Sanchez

Four months after he left difference between 2016 Readers can reach Mary
Sanchez at
office, the impact of Donald and today is stark, according
[email protected]
Trump is receding. to a recently released study and follow her on Twitter
@msanchezcolumn.
Compared to several from Pew Research Center
years ago, research has called “Views About Mary Sanchez joins
shown that Americans are National Identity Becoming Happenings Q&A on
becoming less beholden to More Inclusive in U.S., Tuesday, June 15th at
nativist thinking, with fewer Western Europe.” 2:30 on AM1050 WLIP.

people believing true A majority of Americans, not see discrimination
where it exists, rather than
Americans are native-born, two-thirds of those being worried about
instances of people seeing it
English-speaking, Christian surveyed, believe that when it’s not there.

and embrace American immigrants want to These are just a few
examples of the attitudinal
culture and traditions. assimilate, up from 54% in shifts visible through Pew’s
data. The nonprofit has
Maybe Americans just got 2018. More people today mapped out the ideological as a country, we might be newcomers. For example, in

tired of hating each other. also believe the nation will divides that drive our most more ready to realistically times of high

Maybe those much- be better off in the future as volatile political battles: embrace what we’ve always unemployment, political

maligned “Hollywood it continues to evolve its what it means to be an been: largely a nation of upheaval, rising inflation and

elites” and pro athletes culture and traditions. American, who is and who immigrants. uncertainty, scapegoats are

who refused to stay in their (Move over ketchup, salsa is isn’t. The study represents Different periods in most often made of immigrants.
countries’ labor and civil North America does not
prescribed lane deserve a in the house!) And more an easing up of more rights history coincide with have a lock on that pattern,

fist bump for the assist. people think it’s a bigger restrictive mindsets,

Whatever the reason, the problem when people do offering some evidence that shifting attitudes toward see SANCHEZ on page 8

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Schools Guns

continued from page 3 continued from page 4 states also pick up,” Mr.
Heyne says. But after the
has the debate at hand 2019.And violence generally San Jose shooting, “we still
involved such a broad swath increased by 20% or more in have a lot of work to do.”
of parents or directly many large and small cities,
affected school employees. California’s included, writes Part of that work,
Dr. Garen Wintemute, a advocates like Mr. Heyne
“This was universal,” says professor of emergency believe, will have to come
Ms. McLaughlin, who is not medicine and violence from Congress. California
one of the members being prevention at the University isn’t an island, he notes, and
targeted by the recall effort. of California, Davis. Through guns can flow across its
“Decisions at school board mid-2020, the size of the borders. But the state has
level suddenly become a key increase in violence was leaders at the federal level
focal point of what’s going to proportional to the size of who’ve long championed
happen with your child’s day the increase in gun sales, he gun control.
to day [life].” writes in an email.

The impact is already Hundreds of protestors arrive more than an hour before the Fairfax County School Board was set to meet at Luther “There was ... social Sen. Dianne Feinstein was
showing up in more Jackson Middle School in Falls Church,Virginia. Some were protesting curriculum changes around the issue disruption on many fronts,
competitive school board of race. Others were there to support an embattled board member criticized for sending pro-Palestinian on a scale we’ve not seen in the architect of the 10-year
elections. According to tweets from her official account. many years. We are just
Ballotpedia’s analysis of the beginning to experience the federal assault weapons ban
country’s 1,000 largest effects of those interacting
school districts in 2016, difference – and that’s part Association should be taught, and what changes,” he explains. “We passed in 1994, and has
more than one-third of of the appeal,” he says. “It’s are likely to have a rough
school board seats went not uncommon for people While education wars approaches are summer.” pushed for its
unopposed, with an average running for Congress to often play out along partisan
of 1.9 candidates per seat. describe how they first got lines at the national level, developmentally appropriate reinstatement. Her home
This year, almost two dozen involved in school board many at the local level insist
of the country’s largest politics.” they don’t see the issues as for young children. More to state bans assault weapons.
school districts in five states partisan at all.
have already had school Miranda Turner, a the point, they say public Other California
board elections, and Democratic lawyer with The OpenFCPS group is
according to a Monitor young children, says she officially nonpartisan and is education faces more Democrats, such as House
analysis, these elections had never would have chaired by one Republican
an average of 2.9 candidates considered running for the and one Democrat. Along immediate problems – such Has California’s Speaker Nancy Pelosi and
per seat. No seat went Arlington School Board in with the satisfaction that approach caught on
unopposed. Virginia before this past year. comes from feeling like they as still-empty classrooms. elsewhere? Vice President Kamala
But frustration over how her are advocating for their
Additionally, there have area prioritized opening children, many members say Ms. Myshrall says the Harris, have also pushed for
been 24 school board recall businesses like shops and the most rewarding part of OpenFCPS group “plans on
efforts against 64 board restaurants before schools their involvement has been staying around,” at least until When it comes to red- gun-control measures,
members thus far in 2021 – led her to throw her hat into working toward the same the board is up for
including the current effort the ring. goal with parents who have reelection in 2023.They plan flag laws, “it was California though few reforms have
in Fairfax. different political beliefs. to rename themselves the
“We are right outside Fairfax County Parents that really created the passed at the federal level in
That kind of engagement D.C., and everyone here is “What I like about this Association.
may very well make its way so focused on national group is that people share model we see today,” where recent decades.
up the political food chain, politics – but it’s the local their thoughts, and I don’t
says Professor Campbell. elections that really have a agree with all of them, but I both police and family Nationally, “we do very
much bigger impact on your don’t feel pressure to ‘cancel’ little to screen individuals or
“Because school board daily life,” she says. anyone,” says Ms. Wagner. “I members can initiate the to separate [from firearms]
elections are low-profile like that we have a shared individuals that we know are
races with low turnout, and Ms. Turner ended her bid purpose.” process, says Mr. Heyne at at risk of dangerous
the number of voters this week after losing her behavior,” Mr. Heyne says.“If
compared to a congressional party’s online caucus, but she Many parents, such as Ms. Anna LaNave is a mother Brady. Indiana and we want to really address
district is small, it means a has vowed to stay active, Wagner and Ms. Davis, say of four, with two Fairfax gun violence in all of its
small group of dedicated tweeting:“My advocacy work they agree that racism is a County graduates and two Connecticut were the first forms, we need a
activists can make a big doesn’t stop here.” problem in America, but they still enrolled in the district, comprehensive approach
believe there is room for who describes herself as a states to have such laws. But that is tactical, that is
Fairfax County Parents debate over how the issue pro-teacher, pro-union surgical, that is very specific
Democrat. She’s going to following California’s to addressing the types of
vote a “straight education gun violence that exist in
ticket” this year. passage, 16 states and the America, because it’s not a
monolith. All of these
District of Columbia passed different forms of gun
violence require different
laws similar to the Golden solutions.”

State’s – including five with

Republican governors.

“People are realizing that California is also home to By Francine Kiefer
we haven’t been paying the University of California & Nick Roll
attention and it’s coming Firearm Violence Research
back to bite us,” says Ms. Center, the first state-
LaNave. “I think this will funded center for such
affect how people vote in research. It’s part of a
local elections for years to holistic approach to gun
come.” violence “that is something
that we have seen other
By Story Hinckley

Sanchez Ullman

continued from page 7 a majority (57%) saying people party leadership position for continued from page 6 it now deserves the love and
today are “too easily offended by continuing the push back against the thanks of man and woman."
not by a longshot. However, Trump what others say.” Trump-fermented lie that he U.S. government, one party did Liz Cheney did in refusing to
effectively churned those waters, actually won the election. This not have veto-proof majorities accept the "big lie" in which
filling his now-banned Twitter Being ashamed of both political happened the same day that in Congress and control both Trump won the 2020 election
account with racist dog whistles correctness and Trump, who Attorney General Merrick Garland ends of Pennsylvania Avenue; and is now consigned to a
too numerous and offensive to denounced political correctness delivered a stern warning to a or a massive crisis such as political Siberia.
repeat. But the social media app, and countless times during his campaign Senate committee studying Pearl Harbor or 9/11 did not
most Americans, finally reached and presidency, seems domestic terrorism about the unite the Congress, without The question is who next
their breaking point with this kind contradictory. As does celebrating insurrection Trump stoked on Jan. 6: civility and compromise, the will stand firm, and who will
of discourse. our country’s diversity but not “I have not seen a more dangerous system is no longer functional. apply common sense? Unless
being concerned about the threat to democracy than the In a rational world, common or until elected leaders
When surveyed, Americans said potentially offensive language we invasion of the Capitol.” sense would mean that answer that question
the things that made them most use. Republicans and Democrats affirmatively, or the public
proud are our freedom, right to The Republican party is currently could find a modus vivendi.Yet, demands they do, the nation's
vote, opportunity, history, These gray areas illustrate just battling its own internal fight. It’s in today's politics, that trajectory is increasingly
education, diversity and sports. And how difficult it is for today’s leaders determining how much of Trump’s rationality seems impossible headed in a wrong and
the things that made Americans to know where to draw the line. divisive language it wants to cling to to achieve. dangerous direction.
most ashamed are the opioid Republicans are already struggling in and how much it’s brave enough to
epidemic, racism, “political real time with how to handle leave behind. Based on the snapshot Paine surely would reaffirm Who will listen, and who
correctness” and Donald Trump. Trump’s past rhetoric. of America in Pew’s study, there’s that: "These are the times that will lead? As long as common
cause to believe that many try men's souls. The summer sense is missing or resting in
The study also found that only This Pew study was released Americans are ready to move on. soldier and the sunshine peace, do not expect any good
four in 10 Americans believe shortly before the GOP ousted patriot will, in this crisis, shrink answers.
“people should be careful what they Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo) from her from the service of their
say to avoid offending others,” with country; but he that stands by

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news

WHO, Fauci urge continued COVID-19
vigilance as infections decline

Health leaders at the World Health "As a result, people often resort to calling variants by still a lot of infections per day."
Organization and in the United States the places where they are detected, which is
warned last Monday that despite stigmatizing and discriminatory," they said. "To avoid Elsewhere on Monday, a scientist
declining infection rates, it's still too this and to simplify public communications, WHO advising the British government said
soon to let up in the fight against encourages national authorities, media outlets and the country is in the early stages of a
COVID-19. others to adopt these new labels." "third wave" of coronavirus
infections.
WHO Director-General Tedros Fauci on Monday told The Guardian that despite new
Adhanom Ghebreyesus, speaking at the U.S. cases falling to the lowest levels in 12 months, "We Ravi Gupta, a professor at the
World Health Assembly, cautioned that don't want to declare victory prematurely because we University of Cambridge, told the
it would be a "monumental error" to still have a ways to go. BBC that while overall new cases are
presume the danger of COVID-19 has "relatively low" compared to earlier
passed, while Dr. Anthony Fauci, "As long as there is some degree of activity in the pandemic, the Indian variant --
director of the U.S. National Institute throughout the world, there's always a danger of now known as "Delta" -- has
of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said variants emerging and diminishing somewhat the triggered "exponential growth" in
the world can't "declare victory effectiveness of our vaccines," he said. Britain.
prematurely."
On Memorial Day in the United States, which marks All waves of infections "start with
In his closing comments to the the traditional start of the summer months, daily new low numbers of cases that grumble in
WHO's annual weeklong high-level cases had fallen to around 20,000 -- half of what they the background and then become
assembly, Tedros said that while the were at the start of the month -- as the number of U.S. explosive, so the key here is that what
United Nations agency is "very vaccinations reached nearly 295 million. we are seeing here is the signs of an
encouraged that cases and deaths are early wave," Gupta said.
continuing to decline globally," it would About 63% of the U.S. population had received at
be "a monumental error for any least one dose of vaccine as of Sunday, according to the This latest wave will take longer to
country to think the danger has U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. materialize than previous ones
passed." because of the greater number of
Even so, Fauci urged that Americans must remain Britons who have been vaccinated, thus potentially
Rather, he urged that all member nations stay alert to vigilant. creating "a false sense of security for some time, and
the continuing dangers of emerging viral variants and that's our concern," he said.
support a new pandemic preparedness treaty, which "We cannot abandon public health measures when
would improve early warnings on potential global you still have a degree of viral activity in the broad In Brussels, the European Commission on Monday
health threats, promote stockpiling and production of community in the United States," he said. "Although proposed that EU member states gradually ease their
pandemic supplies, and "allow for equitable access to we're down to less than 30,000 infections per day that's pandemic travel restrictions in time for the summer
vaccines, tests and treatments." holiday season, especially for those holding digital
"vaccine passports."
All nations, Tedros said, "can only truly keep their
own people safe if they are accountable to each other EU leaders said that starting Tuesday, they will roll out
at the global level," especially after COVID-19 exposed a new system allowing member states to issue a digital
a "lack of sharing" of "data, information, pathogens, EU Digital COVID Certificate to residents who provide
technologies and resources." proof of their vaccination status, granting them
freedom to travel.
As of Sunday, there have been 169.6 million
confirmed cases of COVID-19 globally and more than They set a July 1 deadline for instituting the new
3.5 million deaths, the WHO reported. More than 1.54 system.
billion vaccine doses have been administered
worldwide. "Today, we are proposing that member states
coordinate this gradual lifting of free movement
In a bid to better track variants, the agency on restrictions, taking into account our new common tool:
Monday also announced it has assigned new, simple the EU Digital COVID Certificate," EU Commissioner
labels for the key coronavirus variants using letters of for Justice Didier Reynders said in an issued statement.
the Greek alphabet.
"We now expect member states to make best use of
For example, the B.1.1.7 variant initially identified in this instrument and the recommendation to allow
Britain will now be labeled as "Alpha," while the one everyone to move freely and safely again."
first identified in South Africa will be called "Beta."
In global hotspot India, officials on Monday reported
The scientific names of the variants are complicated the fewest new COVID-19 cases in 50 days.
and have resulted in confusion, agency officials said in a
statement. There were 152,000 additional cases for the day --
the lowest single-day count since early April -- the
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Your Kenosha ADRC update

June 15 is World Elder Abuse
Awareness Day

In 2020, Kenosha County investigated 387 cases of
elder abuse, placing Kenosha fourth in the state,
behind Milwaukee, Brown, and Dane counties.
Experts estimate only one in five abuse crimes are
reported.

Tuesday, June 15, 2021, marks the 15th anniversary
of World Elder Abuse Awareness Day (WEAAD).The
call to action around the world encourages
communities to further their knowledge and
understanding of abuse, neglect and exploitation of
older adults, while working to protect and defend
them.

According to the Administration for Community SHIP-branded Medicare Minutes are developed by many people in our community to be successful. Visit
Living, it is estimated that 5 million older adults the Medicare Rights Center as a State Health our Facebook page
worldwide are abused, neglected and/or exploited Insurance Program (SHIP) National Technical (facebook.com/kenoshacountyadrc) to answer this
each year. Financial abuse and exploitation costs Assistance Center service. The Medicare Rights question: “What makes it easy for you to eat
billions each year. The financial impact often leaves Center is a national, non-profit consumer service healthy?”  Alternatively, send us an email at
elders unable to pay for basic needs such as food, organization. They are one of the SHIP National [email protected] or give us a call at 262-
housing and health care. Technical Assistance Center partners. 605-6646.  We’d love to hear from you!

Abuse is not confined to age, social or economic For reservations call the ADRC 262-605-6646 or
status, race or ethnicity. Unfortunately, the abuser can 1-800-472-8008. A Zoom link will be provided.
also be anyone: a close family member, neighbor,
health care worker or even someone the victim Dementia Friends Information
doesn’t know. Session (Virtual)

Kenosha County Adult Protective Services (APS) Dementia Friends help make our community more
provides investigations, interventions, advocacy and “dementia friendly” by changing the way people
support for adults over the age of 60 and adults ages think, act and talk about Alzheimer’s disease and
18-59 who are physically or cognitively disabled related disorders. Learn the simple things you can do
(adult at risk). An APS worker’s concern is for the to become and Dementia Friend and make a
health and well-being of the person at risk. After difference in the lives of people living with dementia. 
speaking with the individual and determining their
needs and risk of harm, the worker will discuss Community members are welcome to attend one
options for improving the situation and supporting
the individual’s rights. Throughout the investigation,
the victim directs how much or how little change
they want to make. APS will work to get the
assistance needed to address the identified issues.
This can range from getting resources for in home
care and assistance to finding guardianship for
someone who does not have capacity to make their
own decisions.

It’s important to keep in mind that all referrals to
APS are confidential and protect the identity of the
person making the report.

Medicare Minutes: Original of two information sessions being offered. Sessions
Medicare & Medicare will be presented by Susan Johnson, MS, Dementia
Advantage Appeals Care Specialist, Kenosha County Aging & Disability
Resource Center (ADRC) and Trudy Farrell, a
Medicare Minute presentations are being offered Dementia Friends Champion.    
monthly by the Kenosha County ADRC. These
programs provide information on a wide range of Tuesday, July 6, 2021
Medicare topics. June’s Medicare Minutes will focus
will be the Original Medicare & Medicare Advantage 2 – 3 p.m.
Appeals. The program will be offered virtually on
Thursday, June 24, 2021, from 10 – 11 a.m. Register through the Kenosha Public Library
website calendar to obtain a Zoom link via email or
call 262-564-6130.   Prior to the presentation, it  is
recommended to download the DFWI workbook
attached to the calendar entry.

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social security
and you

What happens to If you have a Social
your Social Security Security question,Tom
check if you live Margenau has the answer.
abroad?
Contact him at
with Tom Margenau thomas.margenau@comcast.
net.To find out more about
Maybe it's because SSA's website, Tom Margenau and to read
COVID-19 restrictions
are easing up a bit. And www.socialsecurity.gov. past columns and see
some people probably features from other Creators
have a bad case of Just click the
wanderlust. I'm sure Syndicate writers and
others are just thinking "Publications" link near cartoonists, visit the Creators
about retiring and
returning to their the bottom of the Syndicate website at
homeland. Or perhaps www.creators.com.
still others see some of
the same websites I do homepage. Once there, beckoning you in
that entice you with retirement.
headlines similar to this pull down the "Topics"
one I recently read: "Live
like royalty on your menu and you'll find the
Social Security check in
Belize!" booklet under the If you are not a U.S.
citizen but you have lived
Anyway, I've received "General Information" in this country legally and
more than a few emails worked and earned
lately from folks who section. Social Security benefits, The most common is overseas have their One final point. Your
want to know what then the rules get a little this: If you work for a benefits sent by direct Medicare coverage only
happens with their Social By reading that more complicated. I will U.S. corporation deposit to a bank in the works while you are
Security benefits once briefly explain some of overseas, then you are country where they are living in the United
they pack their bags and publication, you will learn them. subject to the more living. On page 27 of the States. So, if you move to
head to some foreign lenient earnings penalty booklet mentioned a foreign country and
land to live. that if you are a U.S. rules that apply to U.S. earlier in this column, think you will be there
residents. there is a long list of for good, you might as
Anyone planning to do citizen, the rules are countries that have an well cancel the parts of
that needs to read a international direct Medicare for which you
booklet that the Social pretty simple.You can get deposit treaty agreement pay a monthly premium.
Security Administration with the United States. These are usually Part B
produces called "Social your Social Security Assuming you have (medical insurance) and
Security -- Your payments moved to one of those Part D (drug insurance).
While You Are Outside benefits almost anywhere If you are getting Social countries, you will have
the United States." You no problem getting your The key to
can find it online at the in the world. However, Security benefits while If you are getting Social benefits electronically. understanding all of this
is reading that booklet I
the Treasury Department living overseas, you are Security disability If you need to conduct mentioned. I will warn
some kind of Social you that it can be a little
doesn't allow any federal generally subject to the benefits while living Security business once daunting at first, just
you are living overseas, because there are so
government checks to be same rules and overseas, the same rules you obviously can't just many rules and so many
drive across town and potential variables to
sent to North Korea or regulations that apply to apply to you as apply to visit your local Social those rules depending on
Security office. But every your citizenship status,
Cuba. And there are Social Security people living in this U.S. embassy and the kind of benefit you
consulate has a person are getting and where
Social Security beneficiaries in the country. That means, for on staff who is trained to you plan to live. Just be
handle Social Security patient, and I think it will
restrictions that prevent United States. And some example, that your claim business. So, they are a all sink in eventually.
good source of
benefits from being sent of the rules are even will be periodically information and help. Or, Other than that, bon
assuming you have voyage! And send me a
to Vietnam and most of more restrictive. For reviewed to make sure internet access, you can postcard from one of
use the SSA's website. those pretty golden
the republics that example, there is an you are still disabled. beaches in Belize.

formerly made up the earnings penalty that

Soviet Union (places like applies to Social Security If you are a U.S. citizen
living overseas, the
Belarus, Ukraine, beneficiaries in this benefits you receive are
subject to the same
Uzbekistan, etc.). There country who are under income tax payments
that apply to U.S.
are some exceptions to their full retirement age residents. If you are not a
U.S. citizen, then the SSA
those Social Security and making more than will automatically
withhold a portion of
restrictions, if any of about $19,000 per year. your benefits to cover
possible tax obligations -
those remote places are But if you are under your - although there are
some exceptions to that
full retirement age and rule.

living overseas, you

won't get your Social

June 15World Elder Abuse Awareness Day Security check for any

month you work over

45 hours, no matter

how much money you

make. There are

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ask amy Unless you’re leaving

out important

information, your

proposed ultimatum

reflects a strange logic.

Grandmother says: The way I read your
Vaccinate, or no narrative, “Danny” has
grandson been moving between
households since before
Dear Amy: I am the his parents and you were
vaccinated. If that is true,
maternal grandmother of then the risk of the child
contracting or carrying
a sweet, intelligent 5- the virus between
households is much
year-old boy, “Danny,” lower now than it was
pre-vaccination.
who, because of divorce,

spends time at his my first dog since places with the same year of isolation due to
childhood. I absolutely care you would check the pandemic. I suspect
paternal grandma's adore my little mutt. He out pre-schools. she is in denial about her
is really fun to be with dad’s impending death.
house in a conservative Yes, you could tell the and easy to take care of.
child’s mother that you Both daughters and
area of our state. She is You can email are upset about this, but, However, I’m a little One or two days a their partners will soon
Amy Dickinson at if so, you should urge her embarrassed to say that I week of freedom from be visiting.What can I do
a wonderful [email protected] to behave rationally and find the level of everyday these daytime duties may to make sure this is a
or send a letter to respectfully. Unless he attentiveness I must pay give you the breather good visit for everyone?
grandmother, not only Ask Amy, P.O. Box 194, has underlying medical to him somewhat you need, as well as a – Concerned Mom
Freeville, NY 13068. conditions, I assume the exhausting. He’s up very new set of pals for your
because she is kind, You can also follow her on doctor will say that the early in the morning; I dog to play with. Dear Mom: Instead of
Twitter @askingamy risk to Danny’s health is walk him again before trying to make sure this
intelligent, and extremely low, and now bed, and I also want to is a “good visit for
or Facebook. that the other adults are give him all the attention everyone,” I hope you
empathetic, but also vaccinated, the risk of and playtime he will put all of your energy
could deal with his him carrying the virus to deserves. into simply being gently
because her career is in mother (he can’t). I said I this other household is in the moment with your
would have to tell my also very low. I’ve never heard any husband and children.
education. She's a daughter about this. other dog owners Dear Amy: In
mention this as a February, my husband Your eldest, who gives
principal at an Once she finds out, she problem. Should I just began receiving hospice the least, may actually
will insist that her son not have a dog? – care in our home after need the most – but all
elementary school. not go there until Embarrassed Dog-Dad two years of his health of these adults must go
grandma and her deteriorating. through this at their own
I recently discovered husband get the vaccine, Dear Embarrassed: I pace, and in their own
that she has not received and she WILL get the think this is probably a We live on the West way.
the COVID-19 vaccine, lawyers involved. common reaction in the
nor does she have any earlier phase of dog Coast and our daughters Do the family a favor
plans to get it. When I What advice can you ownership. And honestly, and give your daughters’
asked her why, she just give me on how to If the child’s doctor I know of many parents are in NYC. Our partners some errands
shrugged and said it was navigate this mess? Do who feel the same way to run and household
all blown out of we have the right to give suggests that these visits about the earlier phases younger daughter calls jobs to do during the
proportion and she her an ultimatum: of parenthood. visit. They can be
didn't need it. Vaccinate, or no place Danny’s health at regularly and asks about genuinely useful to the
grandson? – Worried I highly suggest that family, while giving you
Grandma risk, your daughter you find a nearby “day us. Our older daughter and your daughters some
care” facility for your time and space to be
Dear Worried: You should share the dog. Check out various rarely calls and when I together.
believe this grandmother
The rest of the family has a duty to “model physician’s written call her, she seems
(the child’s parents and good behavior.” You do,
myself) have all been too. assessment with her ex distracted. She responds
vaccinated, so we can feel
safe going between and suggest that visits to my conversation-
homes, but now we have
this added situation with should be postponed starters with
Danny spending time
with his unvaccinated until Danny can receive monosyllabic answers,
grandmother for long
weekends. his vaccination. and never asks any

Talking to a lawyer questions about our
when you should be
talking to a doctor does lives.
not represent the
healthiest choice. I am particularly hurt
because she seems not
I told my former son- Dear Amy: I recently to care about what a
in-law, thinking that he retired and got a dog – rough time this is for me,
especially following a

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books Slave traders may not have been
social outcasts after all

At the heart of historian Joshua and drawing rooms precisely because merely what these men did, he insists,
the industry of men like them helped it was who they were. Being a slave
Rothman’s amazing, disturbing new to build those clean, well-lit rooms. trader required more than a simple
“Their America incentivized willingness to hurt and terrorize
Bill Clinton's 2nd novel book The Ledger and the Chain is entrepreneurialism, financial risk, and enslaved people. “It required a
racial slavery, and no one made more commitment to those things, an
with James Patterson the slaying of a persistent myth. of the junction among those things enthusiasm for them … the
due out this month Rothman looks at a typical view of than they did,” writes Rothman about collaborative pleasure they took in
pre-Civil War American society – that his unholy trio.“They became some of inflicting pain on the enslaved helped
the richest men in the country as a make them successful.”
Former U.S. President Bill Clinton people North and South, in all walks result.”
has announced his second novel of life, grudgingly accepted the That success was enormous, and as
with James Patterson is set for presence of slave-traders in their The thoroughness of Rothman’s Rothman notes, it arose as much
release in june. midst but scorned them and research occasionally seems to work through ledgers and bills of exchange
considered them soiling presences in against him. He asserts that the vast as it did through whips and chains.
"My second thriller with James any civilized gathering – and he seeks amounts of money commanded by “We do not really understand
Patterson, The President's to dispute and displace that view. men like Franklin,Armfield, and Ballard American history if we do not
Daughter, comes out next month. I bought them acceptance in genteel understand the slave trade,” he writes,
hope you enjoy reading it as much “Slave traders,” he writes, “worked Southern society. But his own “and we do not really understand the
as we enjoyed writing it," Clinton in open collusion with legions of narrative often gives the impression slave trade if we do not understand
tweeted. slaveholders, bankers, merchants, that most people they met in the those who made it work.”
lawyers, clerks, judges, sheriffs, and course of their business dealings
The book is the followup to the politicians, who all recognized their actually did scorn them. Maybe these “The Ledger and the Chain” is a
2018 Clinton-Patterson collaboration, The President is indispensability, and as in most men were just uncouth (or maybe it stunning, unsettling account of a guilt
Missing. occupations, their standing, both in had something to do with all those shared more widely and more
society and the business world, onions), but it seems possible that enthusiastically than many Americans
Clinton served as president from 1993 to 2001. depended on perceptions of their there was also a deeper stain on their like to think. Everyone knew what
Patterson is the author of scores of novels, including the integrity and reliability.” The claim that characters than Rothman is willing to men like Franklin,Armfield, and Ballard
Alex Cross and Women's Murder Club series. admit. did for a living, but their money spoke
louder than their sin.
Terry Crews on new slave traders were reviled social In his own exhortative prose, that
marriage audiobook: outcasts was, he insists, mostly a myth. stain isn’t just professional – it’s By Steve Donoghue
'You are stronger intensely personal. Slavery wasn’t just
together' In order to flesh out his case,
Rothman makes the masterful
dramatic stroke of putting three
prosperous slave traders front and

Terry Crews discussed his center: Isaac Franklin, John Armfield,
new audiobook on marriage and Rice Ballard. “The Ledger and the
titled Stronger Together that Chain” is in large part a
he created with his wife biographical study of these
Rebecca King Crews while men, both as individuals and as
appearing on Jimmy Kimmel symbols of Rothman’s larger
Live. argument. Readers watch them
preen and hustle and manage
The audiobook, available their finances, and although
on Audible, covers Terry Rothman regularly reminds us
Crews and his wife's 30-year- that these men were very
marriage and how they comfortable with “the intimate
worked past issues such as daily savageries of the slave
the actor's previous trade,” he does an eye-opening
addiction to porn. job of making these three vile
men three-dimensionally
Terry Crews said the idea for the project came while he human. They gorge on onions,
was hosting a speaking engagement in Vietnam where he they dote on their families, they
dived into themes of positivity and motivation.The speech form deep friendships, all while
included personal details about their marriage, with engaged in “an undertaking as
Rebecca King Crews eventually taking the stage to answer intricate as it was diabolical.”
how their relationship survived from her perspective.

"We always have this male side and female side, but The business of enslaving
when both of us tell the story at the same time, it's like other human beings was highly
watching it in 3-D because there is two different lucrative. According to
perspectives," Terry Crews said. Rothman, in the first 60 years of

The actor mentioned how marriage, when it was first the 19th century American
instituted, people's life expectancy was lower and how this slaveholders sent roughly 1
naturally led to shorter marriages. million Black people from the
Upper South to the Lower
"We said man, 'We got to let people know what this is South, a trade that dwarfed the
like.That you are stronger together.That you are better off size of the North American
making it. If you can make it work, try,'" Terry Crews said. transatlantic slave trade from
Africa. By 1860, Rothman
The 52-year-old then discussed what inspired the writes, the market value of the
audiobook's title.

"We saw what was happening in the country. We are slave trade was worth more

stronger this way. Republican, democrat, male, female, than the country had invested

black, white, asian, hispanic and everybody we noticed, in manufacturing, railroads, and

there became these camps. It was almost like a willful banks combined.

segregation," he said. And Rothman’s central and

"We decided this is what we have to talk about right most damning point is that a

now.There is a way to make things work but we got to do mass of wealth and commerce

the effort.We got to make it happen," he continued. so enormous could be

Terry Crews also played Name That Famous Celebrity laundered into many kinds of
with Corinne Foxx and Jimmy Kimmel Live superfan Yehya,
in what may be his last appearance on the late night show. respectability if the broader

Terry Crews and Fox were blindfolded while Yehya tried society that benefited from it
to describe a random selected celebrity. Terry Crews and
Fox had to guess which Hollywood star Yehya was talking was willing to look the other
about in order to earn points and were tied at the end.
way, to rationalize, and to

accommodate. Franklin,

Armfield, and Ballard were able

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Stacey Abrams concocts a twisty,
suspenseful legal thriller

To say that Stacey Abrams has Questlove announces
been busy lately is an understatement. new book 'Music is
As a lawyer, an advocate for voting History,' coming this
rights, a former Georgia state October
representative, and a leader in the
Democratic party, she has a keen Questlove announced
understanding of the complexities of that he will be releasing a
high-stakes politics. She’s brought this new book titled Music is
background to her latest novel, While History on Oct. 12, which
Justice Sleeps, which offers twisty will examine America over
good fun and a dense and, at times, the past 50 years.
over-complicated plot.
Questlove, in the book,
Abrams is already a best-selling will be choosing one song
author (for two of her non-fiction from each year starting
books, “Our Time Is Now” and “Lead from 1971 and diving into
From the Outside”), and she’s penned the track's cultural
eight romance suspense novels under significance.
the name Selena Montgomery. Her
political activism has garnered her a Music is History, from imprint Abrams Image, will
2021 nomination for the Nobel Peace explore the role American music has played in issues of
Prize. “While Justice Sleeps” has been race, gender, politics and identity.
picked up for a television series, and
there’s already talk of a sequel. Music is History will also include playlists centered
around personal and playful themes that will touch on
Her latest book opens boldly with subjects such as hip-hop's relationship to music's past.
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Howard
Wynn staging an “epic meltdown” at Questlove released the book's cover on Instagram.
American University, in which he
publicly shames U.S. President "Here we'll look at the last 50 years of America through
Brandon Stokes, declaring that he the prism of music, and the last fifty years of music through
“reveled in swatting down his the prism of history," Questlove said.
initiatives and eviscerating the laws
signed by his administration.” After chess-like clues.To complicate matters never question his logic and his 'Walking Dead art book
storming off stage, Wynn later further,Avery is dealing with her drug- values,” she says of the justice. Brilliant with sketches, concept
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Wynn’s brilliant law clerk, Avery boss in an earlier encounter seem plays out in the final fireworks scene
Keene, soon finds herself swirling in prophetic. “He’s an honorable man… at the Supreme Court.Abrams plays it will be released on
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Pet World animals

with Cathy Rosenthal in the news

Wind phobia is a real
problem for some dogs

Dear Cathy, We rescued or use sheers to allow light in As well as being a recuring
Mikey in July 2019 from a but block any view or
shelter in southern Illinois. We reflection. guest on Happenings Q&A,
moved into our forever home
in Tucson, Arizona, this past You also can reduce his Cathy M. Rosenthal is a
September. He first had anxiety by diffusing an essential
trouble getting around on the oil like lavender in your home longtime animal advocate,
tile floors, but about a month or trying a canine pheromone
ago, he became afraid of collar or plug-in pheromones author, columnist and pet
almost everything. He is 4 around the house. Melatonin is
years old and weighs about 60 sometimes used for storm expert who has more than
pounds, so he's not a small phobias and might work here.
dog. He is afraid to go into our Talk to your vet about the 30 years in the animal
kitchen. Our kitchen has proper dosage for your dog.
windows on two sides. I don't welfare field. Send your pet
know if he sees a reflection in A Thundershirt or Anxiety
the window or there's Wrap can help with phobias. questions, stories and tips to
something outside he's afraid He may not need to wear it all
of, but he won't drink or eat in the time, but if he does, it's a [email protected].
the kitchen anymore. I tried to natural way of handling this
bring his food into another problem. Seven bears crash Tiny puppy rescued
room, but he wouldn't touch litter box. He's been treated high school pool from Texas sewer
it. I am now holding his dish in It takes time to find the for a UTI, but the problem
the family room so he eats. right combination of strategies continues. Is there anything we party in Tennessee A tiny puppy who fell down a lateral
Still, he gets so scared if the for your dog. If all else fails, line outside his owner's Texas home
wind blows that he jumps on your last resort is medication. can do to stop this? We've A pool party in Tennessee was ended up in the city sewer and was
my lap or on top of us during If nothing else works and it rescued by municipal employees.
the night. Someone suggested improves his quality of life -- done the deterrent sprays, etc. interrupted when a group of bears Christina Rivera said she took her 3-
a Thundershirt. Another friend and yours -- then it's worth month-old Chihuahua-rat terrier mix,
said to give him pills. I don't trying. It's getting out of control. - decided to join in on the celebration named Fudgeball, to relieve himself
like either solution. Do you outside her Seguin home when the
have any suggestions? - Kay & Always reward him with Dana, Seaford, New York and go for a swim. Michelle Johnson puppy abruptly disappeared from sight.
Terry McCollom, Tucson, treats whenever he gets Seguin soon discovered Fudgeball had
Arizona anywhere near the kitchen, Dear Dana, Make sure posted a video to YouTube showing fallen into a small lateral line in her
and slowly start moving his Seamus doesn't need a second what happened at a party at the Chalet yard that had apparently been left
Dear Kay and Terry, When food dish from the family round of antibiotics. There Village pool in Gatlinburg. The video uncovered. The line lead into the city's
we think of dog phobias, we room to the kitchen a few could be some lingering shows a group of bears swimming and sewer system. The Seguin Animal
mostly think of their fear of inches at a time. If you can infection still impacting his wandering outside the pool after the Services department was summoned
fireworks or thunderstorms. calm his surroundings and behavior. If he's healthy now, students fled to a safe distance. to the scene, and they called in help
But dogs can develop all sorts reduce the triggers that lead then he may just be returning Johnson said there were a total seven from Seguin Water and Wastewater
of phobias, and wind phobia is to these anxious behaviors, he to where he has marked bears in the group. "Black bears in the personnel. The workers used a self-
definitely something for dogs may eventually feel safe in the before. Buy an enzymatic Great Smoky Mountains are beautiful propelled camera to guide Fudgeball
who are sensitive to sound. kitchen again. cleaner at the pet store and but please be respectful, keep your into an area with a larger opening and
clean everything he's marked distance, and don't feed them," Johnson Brad Compton of the Water and
Dogs with phobias don't Dear Cathy, We have an to remove the urine entirely. wrote. Johnson said in a Facebook post Wastewater Department, climbed into
always get over their phobias, 18-year-old deaf tabby named that Chalet Village employees told her the sewer to retrieve the canine. Rivera
but you can help Mikey manage Seamus, who up until now has As for his relationship with bears are frequently seen in the area, said Fudgeball was given a bath and did
his fears by reducing his been the perfect pet. We also the new baby, Seamus may be but the group that visited the pool was not appear to be injured after his
triggers. With wind, it's the have an 18-month-old baby less tolerant now that she is unusually large. ordeal.
sound, so put on TV, play some girl.We have been teaching our up and walking around. Just
music or turn on a sound daughter to be kind to Seamus, know that a baby is a stressor Kitten trapped under Firefighters rescue
machine, especially in the and she is for the most part, small dog from
kitchen, to block it out. If you except for the occasional tail- for your cat, and he needs time vehicle goes through underground animal
think the window bothers him, pulling. A few months ago, burrow
keep the blinds partially closed Seamus started urinating on to adjust to his new normal, car wash
her things. He was also Firefighters came to the rescue of a
constantly in and out of the especially at his age. Police in New York said a kitten dog that fell into an underground
trapped under a vehicle went through a animal burrow and ended up trapped
Next, put a feline car wash before being discovered by overnight. The Plymouth Fire
pheromone collar on him so the driver and rescued by authorities. Department said crews responded on
he feels less anxious, and put The driver had made an approximately a report of a dog that fell into a hole on
away as much of your 10-mile drive from Buffalo to its owner's property. The firefighters
daughter's belongings as Cheektowaga, gone through a car wash discovered the dog, a small Yorkshire
possible to remove and parked at a mall before a bystander terrier, was trapped in an animal
temptation. Then, for the next heard the kitten meowing in distress burrow beneath the home's deck and
few weeks, give him lots of under the vehicle. A pair of police concrete stairs. "The stairs were set
attention when she is present officers were called to the scene and into the side of a hill, and the burrow
and hardly any when she is not climbed under the vehicle to rescue had a 3- to 4-foot tunnel entrance that
around, so he learns that she is the feline.The owner of the vehicle said led to a large cavity," the fire
something positive in his life. department said in a release. The
firefighters, who could hear the dog
she did not know where the kitten making noises, attempted to dig into
the burrow by hand and use a broom
could have come from, as she does not handle to widen the opening. The
rescue became more complicated
own a cat.The kitten was taken to the when they hit a concrete wall. The
rescue was called off for the night to
SPCA for care. prevent accidental injury to the canine,
and crews returned the next morning.
Angler hooks They could still hear the dog inside the
hole. "With assistance from bystanders
alligator in marsh the entrance to the burrow was
secured and crews dug further,
A South Carolina angler who thought eventually finding the dog and pulling
he had hooked a stingray in a saltwater him out," the department said. The
marsh was surprised to discover the Yorkie, named Brownie, was checked
creature on the end of his line was an out and is doing well after the rescue.
alligator. Captain Robert Birchmeier
said he was fishing for flounder in
Murrell's Inlet when he felt something
big on the end of the line. "I think I got
me a stingray," Birchmeier says in a
video he posted of the encounter. He
said the reveal came as a shock. "I was
not thinking alligator by any stretch of
the imagination." The captain said he
was able to remove the hook and
safely release the gator. He said it was
the first time he has hooked an
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months ago. Her mobility has skills lost due to a stroke. pathologists, who are
returned to near normal, but
she still has some difficulty Strokes can affect speech, sometimes called speech
communicating. She can read which is the physical
and understand others when production of sounds, and therapists, use various
they speak, but she often language, which is the mental
struggles to find the words representation of words, techniques to improve
she wants to say. While their meanings and the rules
frustrated, she refuses to try for combining words. People communication. After initial
speech therapy, saying it will who experience a stroke can
not help. Could speech have difficulty with speech, evaluation by a speech-
therapy help someone like language or both.
my mother? language pathologist,
Finding words is part of
language. The medical term rehabilitation can include Recovering language skills can be a slow process.
for language difficulty due to
a stroke is “aphasia.” Aphasia working one on one with a
can affect a person’s ability
to comprehend what they speech-language pathologist that aid in relearning words or correct errors. Keep relationship problems and in
hear or read, find words, distractions to a minimum by some cases depression.
appropriately combine word and participating in groups and sounds. Props and turning off the TV and other
forms, and form full electronic devices while you Continue to encourage
sentences. Aphasia, which with others who have communication aids, such as talk. Allow time for relaxed your mother to make an
can be a significant barrier to conversation. appointment with her health
clear communication, often aphasia. The group setting pictures, notecards with care provider to discuss
leads to frustration. Recovering language skills speech-language therapy.
ANSWER: The can be particularly helpful common phrases, and a small can be a slow process. With They should be able to help
Working with a speech- patience and persistence, find a speech-language
effectiveness of speech language pathologist can because it offers a low-stress pad of paper and pen, often however, most people can pathologist who has
help. The goal of speech and make significant progress, experience working with
therapy for people who have environment where people are encouraged as part of even if they don’t completely people who have had a
return to the level of stroke. — Heather Clark,
communication difficulties can practice communication speech language function they had before a Ph.D., Neurology, Mayo
stroke. It is important to Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
after a stroke depends on skills, such as starting a rehabilitation and can seek treatment for aphasia
because if left untreated, E-mail a question to
many factors, including which conversation, speaking in improve a person’s ability to communication barriers can MayoClinicQ&[email protected].
lead to embarrassment,
area of the brain the stroke turn and clarifying convey his or her thoughts. For more information, visit
www.mayoclinic.org
affected, the severity of the misunderstandings. You, other family members
and friends also can help
brain damage, the person’s A speech-language your mother rebuild her
pathologist also can direct communication abilities.
awareness of his or her your mother to resources Consistently include her in
she can use outside of conversations. Give her
difficulty, and the ability to speech-language therapy plenty of time to talk. Don’t
sessions, such as computer finish her sentences for her
learn and apply strategies. programs and mobile apps,

Generally, speech therapy

can help those whose

speech is affected by a stroke

Aggressive weight loss plan can beat diabetes, help heart health

An aggressive weight- The weight-loss program Participants who weren't Scotland and Newcastle in
loss program not only begins with 12 weeks on a being treated for high England.
achieves remission of Type nutritionally complete diet blood pressure saw a sharp
2 diabetes, but may also of low-calorie soups and drop in blood pressure More than half of the 4.5
end the need for blood shakes. from week one, the million people in Britain
pressure medications, new findings showed. For those with Type 2 diabetes also
research shows. If fully followed, the who stopped taking need high blood pressure
regimen will lead to a medications when the pills to reduce serious
"Our study shows that, weight loss of more than study began, blood complications affecting the
in addition to possible 33 pounds, the researchers pressure also fell, but more blood vessels, Lean noted
remission from Type 2 said. slowly. in a journal news release.
diabetes, there are other
very important health That's followed by Just over one-quarter -- "Being overweight is the
benefits, as weight loss is a support to help people eat 28% -- of those patients
very effective treatment wisely and keep the weight had to resume blood main cause, and losing
for hypertension [high off. pressure medications while
blood pressure] and its on the formula diet. But weight can bring a
associated serious health the same percentage of
risks," said researcher Participants' diabetes authors noted. folks were able to remain remission from
Mike Lean. and blood pressure drugs off blood pressure
Maintaining the weight were stopped at the outset Overall, average blood medicine for at least two hypertension for many, as
He is a professor at the of the study, and resumed pressure fell steadily as years.
University of Glasgow loss enabled eight out of only if their blood sugar or people shed pounds. It well as a remission of
School of Medicine, blood pressure rose. remained lower after the The weight management
Dentistry and Nursing, in 10 participants to become formula diet ended and program was developed by diabetes," Lean said.
Scotland. during tests 12 and 24 researchers at the
free of Type 2 diabetes, months later, according to Universities of Glasgow in "Withdrawing blood
the report published
without the need for Monday in the journal pressure medications is
Diabetologia.
diabetes medications for at Of the 143 people who safe, provided people lost

least two years, according began the diet, 78 were on weight and blood pressure

to results from the blood pressure was checked regularly, in

Diabetes Remission medications at the start, case tablets needed to be

Clinical Trial. and 44 were on two or reintroduced."

more drugs, the study

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rfoecoidpe&s Easy Peach Crisp

Servings: 2
1 teaspoon butter
1/2 cup rolled oats
1 teaspoon sugar
1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
1 tablespoon olive oil
2 cups peaches, diced

Nutrition News Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 6 1/2-inch cast-iron skillet with butter.
with Charlyn Fargo In a small bowl, toss the oats with the sugar, cinnamon and olive oil. Put the
fruit in the skillet, and then top with the oat mixture. Bake for 35 minutes,
Make a Lifestyle Change until fruit is bubbly and oats are golden. Let cool 5-10 minutes, and top with a

The statistics say that 1 in scoop of frozen vanilla yogurt, if desired.
3 U.S. adults is currently at
risk for developing Type 2 treadmill with an iFit also a good idea to check Per serving: 220 calories; 3 grams protein; 30 grams carbohydrates; 10 grams
diabetes. The problem is program and love walking your vitamin D, as fat (2 grams saturated); 4 grams fiber; 15 grams sugar (2 grams added); 0 grams
most adults don't know all over the world. As our supplementation may lower
that. travel has been limited due risk of developing Type 2 sodium.
to COVID-19, this makes diabetes for some. A simple
For anyone worried me feel like I'm in blood test can tell if you're review of studies found that study, reported in the
about getting Type 2 Zimbabwe or Turks and adequate in vitamin D. men who drink two to nine journal Circulation, found
diabetes, know that there Caicos or wherever I'm cups daily are 9% less likely that for those who drank
are lifestyle changes you Charlyn Fargo is a signed up to be with a The good news is with a to develop prostate cancer. one or more cups (versus
can make to prevent it. registered dietitian with SIU trainer. I'm learning about few lifestyle changes, this Each cup was associated people who didn't drink
Med School in Springfield, the culture, having fun and disease is something we can with a 1% drop in prostate any), the risk for heart
Diabetes runs in my working out. all prevent. There's no cancer risk. Researchers say failure over time decreased
family. My grandfather, Ill. For comments or better time to get started. it's coffee's antioxidant and between 5% and 12% for
father and brother all had it. questions, contact her at No. 5: Check your anti-inflammatory effects each 8-ounce cup
Those statistics always numbers.The way you'll find Q and A that may protect against the consumed each day in the
catch my eye. [email protected] out if you have diabetes is disease. In addition, one or study. Drinking two cups or
or follow her on Twitter to check your hemoglobin Q: Is coffee good to more cups of black, more per day decreased
Here are a few of things A1c (every three months) drink? caffeinated coffee a day is the risk by about 30% in
we can do to lower our @NutritionRd. and your blood sugar. It's associated with lower long- another study.
risk: A: Black coffee, yes. term risk of heart failure. A
less often.
No. 1: Lose weight. The Flavored, sweetened
goal is for anyone No. 3: Make fiber your
overweight (body mass best friend. Aim for three coffees, not so much. A
index over 25) to lose 7% servings of whole grains
of their starting weight every day. Soluble fiber is America’s Test Kitchen
through diet and physical found in whole grains, fruits,
activity. vegetables, nuts, seeds and Once the caramel corn pops, you won't stop snacking!
beans. Adding soluble fiber
No. 2: Choose a healthier to meals reduces blood Did you know that popcorn comes in different shapes? There are two main kinds: butterfly (also called snowflake)
diet. Changing what we eat sugar spikes after a meal. and mushroom. Most of the popcorn you get at the movies or buy at the market is butterfly shape, which pops up
can dramatically improve We need 25-35 grams of light and fluffy with lots of "wings" sticking out.
blood sugar control. Try a fiber daily.
Mediterranean diet that Caramel popcorn, however, is often made with mushroom popcorn, which is a rounder shape (like a mushroom
cuts back on refined grains No. 4: Hit the treadmill. with a cap) and a sturdier texture. Both popcorn shapes work for this recipe, but if you fund mushroom popcorn in
and cereals, added sugars, We need to be physically a specialty store or online, give it a try with this caramel popcorn recipe! Note: Use plain popcorn in this recipe, not
salt and processed meats active every day. If it's not popcorn with butter flavoring. Make sure to use dark corn syrup here. Light corn syrup won't give you that deep
and relies more on healthy the treadmill, find caramel-y color.
oils (olive, canola), fruits, something you love to do
nuts, seeds, vegetables, to get moving -- biking, Caramel Popcorn
beans, minimally processed rowing, walking outside,
whole grains, seafood and jogging -- whatever you Makes 7 1/2 cups Use a rubber spatula to carefully scrape the
yogurt. Choose red meat love. I recently got a caramel mixture onto the popcorn in the baking
Vegetable oil spray pan (the saucepan will be heavy, and the caramel
Kids get a FREE smmeaalllpfuunrcnheal scea.ke 7 cups popped plain popcorn will be hot). Use the rubber spatula to gently stir
with any kid’s 5 tablespoons unsalted butter until the popcorn is evenly coated. Spread the
3/4 cup packed light brown sugar
popcorn into an even layer.
1/4 cup dark corn syrup
1/4 teaspoon salt Place the baking pan in the oven and bake for 20
minutes. Remove the baking pan from oven. Place
3/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/4 teaspoon baking soda baking pan on a cooling rack. Use the rubber
1/2 cup salted peanuts (optional) spatula to carefully stir the popcorn, scraping up
caramel from bottom of pan (the pan will be hot).
Adjust the oven rack to the middle position and
heat the oven to 250 degrees. Spray the inside Spread the popcorn back into even layer.
bottom and sides of a 13-by-9-inch metal baking
pan with vegetable oil spray. Place popcorn in the Return the baking pan to the oven and bake until
the popcorn is deep golden brown, about 40
baking pan.
minutes, repeating stirring halfway through baking.

Part-time 042921 In a large saucepan, melt butter over medium-high Remove the baking pan from the oven. Place the
Servers & heat.Add brown sugar, corn syrup and salt to the baking pan on a cooling rack and carefully stir the
saucepan. Bring mixture to a boil. Reduce heat to popcorn one last time (the pan will be hot). Let
Cooks medium-low and simmer, stirring occasionally with caramel popcorn cool completely in pan, about 30
Wanted. minutes. Break the popcorn apart with your hands
Apply In a rubber spatula, until the mixture thickens
Person. slightly, about 3 minutes.Turn off heat and the and serve.

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jill on money

Should kids be able
to invest?

with Jill Schlesinger

One of the best investor Jill Schlesinger, CFP, is a CBS parents can monitor account education, and yet, many of them to achieve greater invest, they still may end up
developments of the past News business analyst. A activity online, and through the newbies still end up financial success for in a ditch.
decade is how technology former options trader and CIO monthly statements, trade getting information from themselves and their
has made the process of of an investment advisory firm, confirmations, and by social platforms and message families.” The problem is that we
putting money to work so she welcomes comments and viewing debit card boards. How can we prepare not only need to teach the
much easier. transactions. Parents can them to learn the basics and A laudable goal, but one basics of being behind the
questions at also set up alerts to notify not fall prey to the latest that may be elusive: wheel, but we also need to
After the advent of index [email protected]. Check them of trades, transactions investment fads? One group according to Dorothy A. provide new investors with
funds fifty years ago, the and cash management of business, sports, Brown, law professor at defensive maneuvers. The
ability to use an app to buy her website at activity. Deposits are capped entertainment and nonprofit Emory University and study notes that financial
and sell at low or no cost www.jillonmoney.com at $30,000 annually; the leaders believes it has the author of the compelling The literacy is less effective with
has allowed millions of service does not charge answer: Financial Literacy Whiteness of Wealth: How time and that there is a “real
investors globally to access minimums. So now we’re account fees or commissions for All. the Tax System Impoverishes but narrower role for ‘just-
markets without struggling giving keys to our cars to for online trading, mirroring Black Americans-and How in-time’ financial education
to navigate an antiquated teenagers, whose parents the policy for all online John Hope Bryant, Chair We can Fix It, “Financial tied to specific behaviors it
system that often required may or not be willing to accounts. At age 18, the and CEO of Operation literacy training has been intends to help.” Before
an expensive intermediary. practice driving in a teen’s account is converted HOPE and a Co-Chair of the proven to be ineffective: A opening new accounts for
deserted parking lot, before to a retail brokerage account initiative with Doug study found that financial teens — or anyone else, it
That’s the good news.The hitting the road. for free. McMillon, the CEO of literacy accounts for only would be helpful if these
bad news is that we have Walmart, said the group 0.1% differences in behavior large firms and platforms had
essentially given a lot of A couple of caveats about I know this sounds like a aims to embed financial when it comes to financial ways to help new investors
people the keys to our cars. the Fidelity accounts: only great way to create young literacy into American decision-making.” In other understand the risks that
These are people who kids whose parents or investors, but investment culture and hopes to “reach words, even if we provide they are about to take
haven’t been behind the guardians have an existing companies and apps always millions of youth and drivers education to before trades and
wheel and have not yet taken account at the firm can open promise to provide investor working adults, enabling Americans before they transactions occur.
drivers education. I thought a youth account — and
about that when I learned
that Fidelity had rolled out a
new product: The Fidelity
Youth Account. It’s touted as
an “account where teens 13
to 17 can learn to spend,
save, and invest.” Fidelity also
provides a free debit card —
with no account fees or

family home, according to economists call this “recency
NAHB. bias”, which means that we
believe that what has just
Similarly, last spring chip happened will continue to
manufacturers made what occur in the future.
they believed was a smart
Will high prices pandemic onset last year, seemingly out of nowhere is decision: concentrate on And when it comes to
persist? when the economy shut lumber. Early in the producing semiconductors inflation, recency bias can
down and prices plunged. pandemic, sawmills shut for consumer electronics, make matters worse — just
with Jill Schlesinger down production, in which would no doubt boom look at the nervous people
2. Supply chain issues, anticipation of an economic as the country was sitting at in the Southeast, who were
which were a bit shaky prior slump. They may have been home in front of screens. filling cars and gas cans to
to the pandemic due to right about the slump, but That decision came at the the hilt, just in case. There
trade disputes, got worse as they had no way of expense of making chips for was no reasoning with those
producers had to deal with anticipating that it would be vehicles, which many who were fearful of rising
sudden changes in safety short-lived, at least when it believed would be hit hard prices — amid limited
procedures and a surge in came to housing. Demand by the pandemic. Few supply, consumers drove
consumer demand for went from zero to 60 in anticipated that the prices even higher.
goods. weeks, as people sought to pandemic would spur a Economists worry that if
remodel or build new broad-based auto buying these feelings spread beyond
3. Demand is jumping as homes. A year later, the spree. Today we are seeing the gas pumps to other parts
vaccinations continue, and price of lumber is up over prices surge for new, used of the economy, then
many local economies open, 400%, which has added and rental cars and trucks. In inflation could stay elevated
newly flush with cash. nearly $36,000 to the price addition, as more people are for a while.
of an average new single- driving, gas prices are up
My favorite example of nearly 50% from a year ago, One upside to inflation,
how inflation has increased the largest annual increase in
more than a decade. according to Mark Miller or

Earlier this year, I warned 3% from a year ago, a nearly For context, even with the Retirement Revised is that
that prices could rise. Those 30-year high. Let’s not 12-month surge, inflation
fears came to fruition in conflate this report with the remains below where it was there could be “a hefty Social
April, as the Consumer Price Colonial Pipeline issue – the for much of the 2000s and
Index (CPI), which measures reporting period for the also where it was before the Security cost-of-living
what people pay for all goods April CPI occurred PRIOR pandemic. Compared with
and services, jumped by 4.2% to that shutdown. two years ago, prices were adjustment [COLA] for
from a year ago. It was the up a less worrisome 2% in
strongest annual increase There are a few reasons April. But we are humans and 2022.” Estimates range from
since 2008. The core CPI, why prices are rising: are often influenced by what
which strips out the volatile has just happened. Behavioral 3 to 4.7%, a huge increase
food and energy 1. We are comparing
components, increased by where we are today with the from the measly 1.3 percent
depressed numbers from the
COLA in 2021.

Unfortunately, until retirees

actually see that increase,

Miller says seniors might still

struggle to absorb higher

prices.

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Priorities and
anticipation

by Carolyn Serpe

Thank you to all my make things. Their growth photo submitted by Carolyn Serpe Carolyn Serpe is a
family and friends that this past year was Kenosha native whose
reached out asking outstanding; even through a camper has been a dream the camper, but I had to He was looking out for us family owns The Lettering
pandemic, those teachers and wanted to make sure Machine in Downtown
where my articles were stood their ground and of mine since I was little dive head first into that it didn’t cause issues Kenosha. She has been
in the last couple issues. made sure the Children down the road. But manager at the shop since
Prioritizing is EXTREMELY were not suffering. They camping with my family and Pinterest and Blogs to honestly, whoever has her parents purchased it
hard in general, but for me, embraced the short Aunt/Uncle. Those are figure the rest out for backed anything up with from the previous owners
seems like it is the hardest amount of virtual class we their spouse, knows that back in 2002. Carolyn is a
part about life.What comes had to do and tried to some of the best memories myself. words are had no matter mom to 3 beautiful girls
first, what can be put off? I make it as easy as possible what! LOL! and a wife for 10 years to
have said this before...I only for us working parents. I have and I couldn’t wait to On top of the technical her handsome husband
put in my schedule what Callie’s teacher even had a create some great information, the first Needless to say “Ginger Chris. Carolyn welcomes all
I/my family wants/needs to powerpoint presentation moments with Chris and question he asked was if the Jayco” joined our family to her crazy journey in life
do. But balancing is still a for our parent-teacher our girls (and Chase of BOTH Chris and I were in Aug of 2019 and it took and about how she tries to
huge obstacle to navigate conferences! We were so course!). Let me tell you wanting this commitment, us till the next summer to
through. blessed to have Ms. Owens though, I do NOT recall all responsibility and financial get her to a campsite. We balance it all.
and Ms. Parkkonen this past the hard work it was to burden that came along wanted to make sure we
The past month, May, is year and are excited to see prep and camp! My parents with owning a camper and had everything that we campground that was the
always one of the busiest what the new school year did a great job at masking going camping all the time. needed to camp with 3 perfect distance away so if
with the end of school brings about. all the hard with all the fun Our family is very tight knit little girls and a puppy. And we needed anything, we
activities, so something had we were having! My Uncle and cares about each other that we chose a had help close by.We did a
to give. Teacher But now that school is did the best he could to so very much. We use our couple trips that year and
appreciation is one of my over, we can focus on some prepare us with the main past experiences and felt safe and like we were at
favorite times of the year. much needed family time! essential information for knowledge to offer advice. home in our camper.
Our classes get to spoil Two years ago we
our teachers that work so purchased a camper from Do you love to camp?
hard throughout the year my Aunt and Uncle.We are Please share your favorite
to help enrich our children. very blessed that they took spots with us!
This year we were blessed such great care of the ([email protected]
with 2 amazing teachers at camper m)
St. Joseph Catholic
Academy. It was the most while they had it and Thanks for reading -
fun because Clara and prepped it with so many Carolyn
Callie were old enough to great family memories for
help pick things out and us to build off of. This

Kenosha Harbor, photo by Louis Milton Thiers

A part of the Allen Tannery industrial park is visible here along the busy Kenosha harbor.The large building in the center was located about where Common Grounds coffee
shop is today.

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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Gone Fishing

by Joe Campolo, Jr.

I like to fish, have been him that day. Joe Campolo Jr. is an
fishing since I was a little award winning author,
kid, fished all over Kenosha, One of the adventures poet and public speaker.
all over Wisconsin, and Art and I had, was nearly He is known for his three
many other parts of the getting trampled by an award winning books The
U.S. as well. I even fished in Amish horse, while fishing Kansas NCO, Back to the
Vietnam during the war, near a small dam. That World, and his most
hillbilly style, using story is on my website recent publication Three
grenades. blog. Another mishap we Wars. A United States Air
had, was when my small
And with all that fishing, row boat left our boat Force Vietnam War
trailer as we were towing veteran, Joe belongs to the
I’ve had my share of it. It fairly sailed in the air VFW,The American Legion,
for a time, before coming the Kenosha Area Vietnam
adventures and back down to earth. That’s Vets (KAVV), and Vietnam
on the blog also.
misadventures. (Reference Vets of America (VVA).
Sometimes Art and I
my blog website). We would fish from shore, or For more from Joe, visit
off of one of the piers on his website
currently have a trailer in a the north side of the lake
where we lived. We’d namwarstory.com
remote location near the usually set out two lines,
with a different bait on this, I was thinking to
Germania Marsh in Central each. One day, while on the myself,“my damn rod is out
pier, Art and I were here somewhere”. No
Wisconsin. Before that we catching catfish left and sooner had that thought
right. I reeled in a pretty entered my mind, when I
had a mobile home on Lake nice one, but failed to bumped an object with my
anchor my other rod foot. I kicked the object up,
Puckaway, about fifteen securely. So, while I was and sure enough, covered
tending to the cat I had just in silt though it was, there
miles south of where we caught, another cat was my fishing rod!
grabbed my bait on the
are now. other rod and before I The fish that pulled it in
knew it, the fish pulled the was long gone, but
Puckaway is fed by the rod into the water. Well, it everyone got a big kick out photo submitted by Joe Campolo the end of our good luck phone, and he eventually
Fox River of the North and was long gone and nothing of the story. Art spent a for a while. Fortunately, the came out with his pontoon
flows west to east. I could do about it. long time cleaning the reel found that rod and reel. current flowed our way, so and towed us in.
Between the river and the up, but it never worked we eventually drifted out of
lake, we caught some very About two weeks later, properly again. Another adventure Art the river back into the lake. As we were being towed
nice fish while there. I often my wife Ann and I were and I had, was when our We still had quite a way to back, we trolled a couple of
fished with my daughter swimming next to the same This happened to me one outboard motor died, go to get to our pier, and lures and picked up
JoAnn, and other family pier. Puckaway is a very other time on Lake about three miles up into since we were on a large another nice walleye and a
members and friends. But I shallow lake, and I was Puckaway, only that time I the Fox River. We had pontoon boat, paddling was few more catfish. For his
most often fished with our walking myself out towards was not so lucky, I never caught a couple of catfish, a not an option. I called our trouble, Ken got the
next-door neighbor Art. the middle. While doing few walleyes and some friend Ken from my cell walleyes, we kept the cats.
Art liked to fish for catfish, sheep head, (which we
and we caught some big didn’t keep), but that was
ones over the years. My
best was a 14 ½ pound flat
head that gave me a real
tussle. Art caught a 35-
pound carp one time, and it
took him about a half an
hour to get it in. We were
hoping it was another big
catfish, as it pretty much
took all the starch out of

Look to the sky

with Jake “The Weather Guy” Hoey

The main weather story found a rainfall deficiency Jake “The Weather Guy” photo - visitkenosha.com September though we summer is less certain to be
of spring 2021 in Kenosha which was starting to Hoey is a freelance remained in D2 for the rest
County has been the lack of become a problem. We can meteorologist who Drought" (D3 is called of the year. Before that, the hot, and there is also
rainfall and worsening of now see that if it was not for graduated from the "Extreme Drought"). Our last time we had a D3
drought conditions. Our the heavy snowfalls of University of Oklahoma. As current status makes this the drought was 2005 during the uncertainty about
February featured much January and February, this well as a interested in the most significant drought summer and fall. 2003 was
more snowfall than normal drought would be a much weather, Jake is an avid since 2012 which was the another year with drought precipitation trends. While
and came close to exceeding bigger problem and much traveler, having visited all last time Kenosha County problems in the spring and
the overall total of winter more noticeable than it 50 states. Jake is also a reached D3 classification. It fall but it stayed at D2 or we could definitely use some
2019-20. The snowpack already is. Now, in early recurring guest on looks like we have not below throughout.
swelled to around 2 feet by June, we have only seen 3 to Happenings Q&A M-F reached D4 since at least the good, healthy rains in the
the second half of the month 3.5 inches of precipitation noon till 3pm. For more up year 2000 which is as far The outlook for June
and concerns about the since March 1st whereas to date forecasts please back as data is available. The shows hot temperatures weeks ahead to nip this
spring flooding to come normal would be around 10 visit Jake's Kenosha Area drought of summer 2012 likely but no strong signal on
were mounting. However to 11 inches during these 3 Weather Page on Facebook also featured record precipitation. The rest of the drought in the bud, at least
March brought with it the months. This is actually the breaking hot weather and
onset of abnormally dry lowest total rainfall from and follow ran mostly from July to we don't have doom and
conditions and our March through May in @KenoshaWeather on
snowpack was able to Kenosha's recorded history, gloom outlooks for a bone
gradually melt off without dating back to the 1940s. Instagram.)
much rainfall to exacerbate The previous record lowest dry summer. So let's hope
flooding. However as March was the spring of 1992 when is in D1 "Moderate
gave way to April this below 3.68" fell. Drought". The southeast half for some rains this summer,
normal rainfall continued is D2 and the northwest half
and started to impact At the time of me writing is D1. The scale they use but not when all our favorite
gardens by late in the month. this, the U.S. Drought runs from D0 "Abnormally
As May and especially April Monitor currently has Dry" to D4 "Exceptional outdoor events are planned!
brought above normal around half of Kenosha
temperatures the swiftly re- County in D2 "Severe
awakening plants and lawns Drought" and the other half

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Multi-generation

outings in Kenosha  

with Meridith Jumisko

As grandparents start to Meridith Jumisko is
spend time with their Public Relations Director
grandchildren once again,
it's perfect timing that the at Visit Kenosha.
staff at Visit Kenosha has Contact her at
put together an All in the [email protected]
Family: Multi-Generation
Vacation Itinerary. You can aunt and uncle can take the
use this itinerary for ideas
on how to Be A Tourist In kiddos, parents get a break.
Your Own Town! Here are
different scenarios: A day could start with

All Together:When you're shopping downtown or a
all together, you'll want to
do things that are fun for visit to one of our Farmers
everyone. The Kenosha
Public Museum is a great Markets on a Saturday.
place to start since there is
a little bit of everything – Adults can also enjoy a visit
art, natural history, science,
and hands-on areas for kids. to one of four local photo - visitkenosha.com

You can go fishing with breweries (Kenosha vino at Wine Knot, feast on You can be dropped off at is an ice cream cone at learn to paint together.
the Kenosha Area Charter incredible Tuscan-inspire the Dinosaur Discovery Scoops Ice Cream & Candy
Boat Association to catch Brewing Co., Rustic Road seafood at Tuscany Bistro, Museum where you will or some specialty popcorn Read the full itinerary and
salmon and trout - or enjoy share small plates at find the Nation's largest from Sandy's Popper. learn more about the local
a relaxing ride on a sailboat Brewing Co., PUBLIC Craft Twisted Cuisine, or enjoy a collection of meat-eating shops, restaurants, and
with Sail Away Charters. If Chef's Table experience at theropods! Parents and Kids:You can attractions in our area that
you prefer to stay on land, Brewing Co., and R'Noggin The Apis for dinner. You'll head to the treetops as a need and deserve support
stroll along the Sculpture never want the day to end. For lunch, enjoy an old- family at Boundless in-person or online at our
Walk at HarborPark to Brewing), or visit the fashioned drive-in with Adventures. If you prefer to website VisitKenosha.co
enjoy art and photo Grandparents and Kids: classic burgers, shakes, and stay grounded, rent bikes at m. Visit Kenosha has been
opportunities together. Or Petrifying Springs Time with your grandkids, homemade root beer. You Total Cyclery and tour the Kenosha's official travel
make your own works of or even nieces and can choose between The lakefront on two wheels. resource since 1986. We
art at Alpaca Art Pottery Biergarten for a giant nephews, is such a special Spot Drive-In and Big-Star Another classic family remind everyone to be
Painting. You'll each be able treat. There is plenty to do Drive-In. Of course, if outing is a trip to the respectful of the safety
to pick your own piece of pretzel and pint. to keep everyone occupied you're like me with my ballpark to catch a Kenosha guidelines that individual
pottery and paint your own and happy. Start with some nephews, you'll want to get Kingfish game at Simmons venues are setting; be
design. Lunch at a coffee shop or fun nostalgic activities, like special treats, so shopping Field. If your crew is feeling patient.
rooftop bar overlooking taking a ride on an at Duck Duck Goose for creative, you might want to
Parent Time without the water is the perfect authentic Electric Streetcar. games and toys is a must.As check out Pinot's Palette to
Kids: If grandparents or an date day vibe before
strolling along the
boardwalk. Perhaps you'll
climb the Southport
Lighthouse to add a bit of
adventure to your time
together. Sample flights of

Small steps move
us forward

with Leslie Olano

In 2013 our business plan farmers markets and Leslie Olano is a small photo submitted by Leslie Olano of it and Alex used his wait to bring it back to the
consisted of baby steps, catering events. My husband business owner and kitchen expertise to make Kenosha Public Market on
goals that we worked hard is always thinking outside Kenosha native, who’s and everything that we it his own. Saturdays. Also we will be
to achieve.We noticed that the box and wanted to mission is to share her love need to make empanadas. getting a new wrap done to
the food truck industry was convert it into a pop-up Four weeks ago Alex was the outside soon, so keep
growing, but Kenosha only empanada truck, so we of food with the When the company driving to our base kitchen an eye out for it!
had a couple of them. The could literally stand up community. Olano’s delivered the food trailer, and when he arrived, the
opportunity was there and inside of it and sell. This Empanadas is her family we noticed there was no oven had fallen on its side. Thanks to our customers
we were focused on it.Also concept had been done business, specializing in manual. We had to figure Thank God no one was for staying with us on our
the closest empanadas with VW Vans, so why not freshly baked empanadas, out this thing on our own. hurt, but we took it journey. We missed seeing
were either in Chicago or try it with a Nissan or “South American It was pretty intimidating immediately to our your smiling faces in 2020,
Milwaukee. We had to act 2500NV. Pastries”.Their product can and honestly we didn’t use equipment provider in you guys keep us going and
fast because we could be found at local farmer’s it for the first three weeks. Illinois. We just got it back, motivated to keep growing!
predict that the food truck We searched nationwide, markets, food truck events, Where would we start? but it needs to go through It’s all about baby steps.
wave was coming. and low and behold the or through deliveries and Little by little we became inspections again, which can
person who said yes to more comfortable. Luckily take a few days. We cannot
We weren’t able to buy a converting our van for us, catering. Follow my dad is pretty handy and
food truck right away has a business right here in olanosempanadas.com to he guided us through a lot
because it was way too Wisconsin. Josh from stay up-to date with their
expensive for us, so we Caged Crow Fabrication, in
decided to be a food St Germain, WI is well journey!
vendor at farmers markets. known for building food
Our set up with a white trucks, but had never done to reach our goal to own a
tent, tables, signs, and plenty a project like ours. We are food truck with a
of empanadas. We needed thankful that he said yes to commercial kitchen inside.
to get the word out face to our idea! It paid off and it We worked hard for years
face and build our was a hit! It is something and we saved up enough for
customer base. unique and people love the a down payment for a 16
design too. foot food trailer.That is the
We purchased a catering trailer we have today. It has
van in order to transport This would be a perfect a convection oven inside
our equipment to and from “next step” for us, in order

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