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July 29, 2021
Volume 19 - #15

In her first year as Executive Director,

ANDREA FORGIANNI
welcomes you to the Kenosha
HarborMarket every Saturday!

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It’s the 18th season for this popular vendor extravaganza located on Second Avenue and 54th Street. Kenosha HarborMarket members Lynda Ruffolo, Secretary;
Every Saturday, from 9am - 2pm, over 100 vendors line the streets offering services ranging from fruits Andrea Forgianni, Executive Director; and Kristeen Morgenroth, President; enjoy
and vegetables, to the finest arts and crafts, to a delicious plate of tacos, to a great live musician
performing for you. a beautiful Saturday on Second Avenue in Downtown Kenosha.

The Kenosha HarborMarket has served a generation of Kenoshans with a meeting space to shop,
catch up with friends, and just take in the amazing beauty of Downtown Kenosha and our gorgeous
Lake Michigan.

But there is one big thing missing this year from our beloved Kenosha HarborMarket, and that is the
founder himself, Mr. Ray Forgianni. We lost Ray last year, but the HarborMarket carries on just as
strong as ever.Today, Donny Stancato sits down and talks to the new Executive Director of Kenosha
HarborMarket, Andrea Forgianni.

Q. What inspired your season) who have and Avenue every summer customers and others in the
Dad, Ray Forgianni, to continue to participate. Saturday. We as an community, I feel more
come up with the idea of organization have been comfortable with and find
the Kenosha HarborMarket continues evolving, and will continue tremendous fulfillment in
HarborMarket? to be a team effort, with to do so, to best meet the this still new role. As for a
each of us leaning into our needs of our community; we grade, I'd say pretty good,
A. HarborMarket started strengths, and learning in the exist for and because of the but always with room for
process. It's more of a community, businesses and improvement.
in 2003, thanks to the hard responsibility that I feel to people whom we serve.
continue to deliver
work of SEVERAL HarborMarket as the
original, award-winning,
individuals. My Dad's small business incubator and Q. So far, the 2021
customer-favorite outdoor HarborMarket season has
inspiration for market event every week. Q. How do vendors/ been a huge success and
Dedicating my professional you should should be very
HarborMarket came from life to betterment of the entrepreneurs get proud with all the hard
community by joining the work, effort, time, and
his visits to outdoor nonprofit sector was an involved with the market? love you've put into it.
easy decision ten years ago; How do you balance it all?
markets in Europe.That kind this still-new role feels like a market changed this customers and fostering A. Anyone interested in
natural progression of that. season in 2021?  partnerships with other becoming a HarborMarket
of environment, it just community nonprofits. vendor is invited to visit our
These are all central to our website, kenoshaharbor
resonated with him. It mission and are what I market.com.There is a lot of
believe to be the primary information on vendor types
wasn't just the look, but also A. Yes and no. Last year, reasons HarborMarket is and rules involved with
with the pandemic, only successful, and has been vending, as well as the
the ‘feel’ of the markets.That specific vendor types were since 2003. application itself. We have a A. Thank you! Sometimes
allowed to attend and live committee that reviews all
included the visual aspect entertainment was not applications that are I don't balance it well, and I
permitted. This season, all submitted. It's worth noting
(white tents), but also the types of vendors are back, that we welcome several think that's a common issue
including arts and crafts, as new vendors every year, so
pedestrian-only nature of well as musicians, other live individuals interested in with working parents.
entertainment, nonprofits becoming involved with
and more. We do still have HarborMarket for the first However, more often than
vendor booths spaced out. time are encouraged to
Q. What can people However, the overall vibe of Q. What makes the apply. not, I am able to balance it
expect each week at the HarborMarket, of it being a Kenosha HarborMarket
Kenosha HarborMarket? happy, enjoyable and relaxing stand out from other because of the steadfast
shopping, eating and events/activities in the
entertainment experience is area? support of HarborMarket's
very much back, and
A. People can continue to thriving. volunteer Board and my
expect a diverse array of
vendors including local Mom. Our Board,
produce, prepared foods,
pantry staples, arts and A. A few things come to particularly our Executive
crafts, on-site services and
live entertainment. We have mind. Our vendors regularly Committee, works very
over 140 vendors over the
course of the season and tell us that customers come hard to continue to put on a
completely fill up 2nd Ave,
from 54th St to 56th St and up from Chicago and down hugely successful event
the adjacent Place de Douai;
Ray Forgianni, 1949-2020 during the peak of the from Milwaukee just to visit every Saturday. My Mom is
season, vendors can also be
those environments, and, of found along 56th Street. HarborMarket. Our Q. Will your indoor actually the "invisible"
course, the music, sights and market come back this
general positive uplifting reputation as the pioneer year?  support behind
atmosphere. He immersed
himself during those trips, Q. From your point of and leader in the region HarborMarket. She watches
absorbing everything that he view what makes the
could, and brought it back to Kenosha HarborMarket when it comes to both A. We'll have some my kids while I work and
Kenosha. so successful year after exciting news to share on
year? European-styple outdoor that front soon. even prepares some amazing
Q. For 18 years your
dad built has the Kenosha and year-round markets meals for my family. Time
HarborMarket into a
regional draw, how do you continues to expand as we with a few close family
deal with the pressure of
taking over something (meaning HarborMarket, Q. You are about half members and friends also
that is such a staple to the way into your first year as
community? HarborMarket was A. I think that the HarborMarket vendors and Executive Director of the helps to keep me grounded.
HarborMarket - How has
A. First, it wasn't just my designed to be an immersive community embraced, and customers) grow and the experience been so far I'm a bit of a perfectionist, so
Dad who built and what grade would you
HarborMarket. Over the experience, with wonderful continues to embrace, the evolve. Our setting is give yourself? they all help me "dial it back"
years, many have
contributed to its regional things to see, hear, taste and idea of HarborMarket, and perfect for an outdoor when necessary, and remind
success, including the small
businesses (over 140 this do. Our environment, what it brought to the market event, nestled within me of what's really

nestled within green space Kenosha community, abundant green space, with important in life.

with shade trees and starting almost two decades shade trees and surrounded A. It's been rewarding and By Donny Stancato
challenging at the same
surrounded by the Lake, is ago. HarborMarket exists by the Lake. That time. Stepping into this role
under the circumstances
perfect for just relaxing and for altruistic reasons, which environment, where people was difficult on a personal Andrea Forgianni joins
and professional level, of Happenings Q&A on
enjoying the scenery. comes through in everything can relax and enjoy the course. Over the past eight Thu., Aug 5th at 12:30
months, though, with the
Customers are welcome to that we do, including sights, sounds, tastes and unwavering support of the on AM1050 WLIP.
Board and so many vendors,
sit at a table and enjoy their facilitating and supporting smells within a casual,

purchases and the free the establishment and relaxed and beautiful setting,

entertainment. growth of local small continues to draw more and

businesses, creating a fun more customers to Second

Q.Has the look of the and festive atmosphere for

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Many patients billed for preventive
care that should be free

services. For example,

average rates were less than

10% among patients in

Massachusetts and

Colorado, compared to

more than 20% among

patients in Mississippi and

Alabama.

The study was published
recently in the journal
Preventive Medicine.

"The ACA enabled great
strides in making preventive
care free to patients, but the
job is not done," said study
co-author Paul Shafer, an
assistant professor of health
law, policy and management
at the BU School of Public
Health.

Many Americans are being Hoagland, a doctoral student may be less likely to seek out One in four patients who also common for routine "As with any benefit that
charged for preventive -- and in economics at Boston any screenings for fear of used preventive care had has to be implemented by
supposedly free -- health University. getting stuck with a bill," he out-of-pocket costs, with an screenings for cancer, thousands of different health
care, new research shows, added. average cost of $20 to $23 insurance plans that are
and those bills may keep "The direct effect arises per person each year. subject to the ACA, it won't
them from booking from patients who Hoagland and his always be perfect," Shafer
appointments in the future. unexpectedly had to pay for colleagues analyzed 2018 Out-of-pocket costs said in the release.
a preventive service, and national health insurance varied widely depending on
Out-of-pocket charges for who are now less likely to claims data for adults and the type of preventive diabetes, cholesterol, "We found that a majority
preventive care that should return for repeated children covered by services and where patients of patients are receiving
be free under the Affordable screenings," Hoagland said in e m p l o y e r- s p o n s o r e d lived, the study found. depression, obesity, and preventive care for free and
Care Act can discourage a university news release. insurance. They found their those who were charged
patients from receiving total out-of-pocket costs for Annual wellness visits sexually transmitted only paid about $20 or less.
recommended care, said "Indirectly, other potential preventive services totaled accounted for a majority of This is great news ... but too
study lead author Alexander patients who hear about as much as $219 million. the costs, at more than 35%. infections, as well as many people are still footing
these negative experiences the bill for care that most
Unexpected charges were pregnancy-related services. likely should be covered by
their insurance plan," Shafer
Out-of-pocket costs for said.
these services ranged from
$3.63 to $293.28 per
person, the researchers said.

Patients in the South and
rural areas were more likely
to be billed for preventive

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Los Angeles sanitation crew and a flurry of blue face sweep by law enforcement.

is wrapping up dismantling masks toward a shopping Clearing the entire A tented encampment of homeless people line the edges of the beach on June 23rd in the Venice
the home of Jack Rivers. cart. He rolls a round encampment was slated to neighborhood of Los Angeles. Authorities are clearing the area by providing alternative housing.
tabletop out of his way and be done over six weeks,
A yellow-vested worker heaves a bicycle frame. finishing by the end of July. It
rakes the narrow strip of has taken hours to tackle
dirt where the veteran’s The sanitation workers just this one site, as
tarp-covered dwelling once have already tossed

stood – part of a highly carpets, a nylon awning, and outreach workers allow Mr. rooms for homeless people size and number in cities four cities – Chicago;
controversial homeless boards into the maw of a Rivers to decide which of during the pandemic. across the United States. Houston; San Jose,
encampment of about 200 nearby garbage truck. They his possessions to keep for The COVID-19 pandemic California; and Tacoma,
people jammed along the use grabbers to pick up up to 90 days in storage. “I feel very blessed to be forced shelters to reduce Washington – and found
iconic boardwalk at Venice hazardous waste such as And it has taken months of there,” he says of his room occupancy, and while that they coalesced around
Beach. needles. From time to time, visits to persuade the native at the Cadillac Hotel, a pink thousands of unhoused a general strategy of
a mouse or rat makes a Angeleno, who cited his oceanfront property just people were moved into “clearance and closure with
All morning, Mr. Rivers quick getaway as items are battles with illness and half a block down the hotels and motels, many support.”
has been sorting his moved. substance abuse, to move boardwalk. others lost homes and
mounds of belongings, his to temporary housing were simply displaced. It’s an approach that
head wrapped in a T-shirt to This is a voluntary under Project Roomkey, a There’s no hard data, but appears to be gaining
protect him from the sun. clearing – an exercise in state and local effort to experts and advocates To prevent viral spread, ground – but it’s expensive,
With a small crowd looking patience that some secure hotel and motel agree that encampments the Centers for Disease with the cost per homeless
on, he flings a sweatshirt, describe as a more humane like this one have grown in Control and Prevention person ranging from $1,672

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Homeless keep approaching unhoused rental voucher assistance
people, she says, “because and other help passed by
continued from previous page you never know when that Congress this year.
moment is going to be Matthew Doherty, a former
belongings near homeless or incarceration.” Law where they go, ‘You know homelessness official with
shelters, schools, parks, and enforcement, however, has what, I think I do deserve to the Obama administration,
other types of public areas, been involved in the live a better life. I think I do calls it the greatest scale-up
or the person must pay a clearing, mostly standing deserve something better of federal support he’s ever
fine – which some consider guard, but also rousting than this.’ And we’d want to seen addressing
an unfair punishment that beach sleepers in the be the ones to deliver on homelessness, though he
most homeless people middle of the night. that.” adds that communities are
would be unable to pay “struggling to move those
anyway. It’s unclear how In March, LA police Veteran Jack Rivers sorts through his belongings along As of July 19, the workers resources as quickly as they
such an ordinance squares cleared a large Ocean Front Walk at Venice Beach in California on July 9th. brought 131 people from can.”
with a 2018 appeals court encampment at Echo Park the Venice encampment
ruling, upheld by the U.S. Lake that turned into a the pavement as early as 7 leave until just recently, and into interim housing – He also points to
Supreme Court, which confrontation as law and we end when we end.” finally accepted a Project more than halfway to their California’s budget surplus
struck down anti-camping enforcement arrested They are now Roomkey placement, also at goal. They have connected and the $12 billion slotted
laws as cruel and unusual scores of people over two experimenting with late- the Cadillac Hotel. more than 40 of them with for homelessness,
punishment if shelter is not nights of protests. Most of night outreach. She recalls a permanent housing. prevention, and affordable
available. the homeless people living case that took more than a “It really does take time housing. “I’m really
there received interim year of repeated for people who have had More resources, not optimistic about the scale
Still, unquestionably the housing, and most are still engagement – a woman repeated disappointments, enough housing of resources in that
pressure is rising on in it. The city restored the who had set up on Venice trauma, and losses,” budget.”
politicians. California Gov. park’s lawns and facilities, Beach, selling her art as a explains Dr.Va Lecia Adams A big difference is that
Gavin Newsom is facing a and now it is surrounded by vendor. She didn’t want to Kellum, president of St. these workers currently But Venice Beach is just
recall election in a temporary chain-link Joseph. Outreach workers have more resources to one encampment in a city
September in which fence. Families tour the lake offer – federal and county full of them.
homelessness is a major in swan paddle boats, while reimbursement for Project
complaint. And here on private security personnel Roomkey, and more federal see HOMELESS on page 8
Ocean Front Walk in regularly patrol in golf
Venice, where a man was carts. Beachside
killed in a tent last month Stage
and where drug and alcohol The importance of
abuse is rampant, a petition outreach
drive is underway to recall
a city councilmember, Mike Fundamental to the
Bonin, over homelessness
and crime. clearing in Venice are

outreach workers

coordinated by the

Notably, neighboring nonprofit St. Joseph
Santa Monica, which
enforces its regulations Center and the Los Beer
about no overnighting on Garden
the beach, has no beach Angeles Homeless
encampments.
Services Authority, which

last month put out a “best

practices” guide for

dealing with street

“We have a real state of encampments. At the top

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my turn

Truth and

COVID-19 Readers may email Cal
Thomas at
with Cal Thomas
[email protected].
In the 1950s there was a Dr. Ghebreyesus, initially Look for Cal Thomas’ new
quiz show called “To Tell dismissed allegations the book “America’s Expiration
the Truth.” It has been virus originated in a Wuhan, Date:The Fall of Empires and
reborn several times but China laboratory, as Superpowers and the Future
retained its original format. “extremely unlikely.” Now,
A celebrity panel would try he says, he was of the United States”
to discover which one of “premature” to rule out a
three contestants was lab leak. of the world’s highest
telling the truth, as all vaccination rates in the
claimed to be the same Dr. Fauci at first called world, is seeing a surge in
person with identical mask wearing ineffective. In COVID cases because of
backgrounds. an email to Sylvia Burwell, the Delta variant.
the HHS Secretary in the
I thought of that show in Obama administration, Israeli Prime Minister Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious
Fauci wrote: "Masks are Naftali Bennett says the Diseases, is seen prior to a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions
relation to the conflicting really for infected people to Pfizer vaccine is “weaker” Committee hearing to discuss the on-going federal response to COVID-19 on
prevent them from against the Delta variant. Tuesday, May 11, 2021 at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C.
stories and claims that have spreading infection to This, after we were told —
people who are not again by “experts”— the
come from “experts” infected rather than drug is effective against this
protecting uninfected strain. Which is it? No
during the last 16 months people from acquiring wonder the public is
infection.” Fauci said the confused.
of the pandemic. People, “typical mask” is “not really
effective in keeping out the
including two U.S. virus, which is small enough contributed large amounts people who have of Fauci, Fox News White
to pass through material.” of money to the political House reporter Peter
presidents, Dr. Anthony Now he says the opposite. campaigns of Biden and irresponsibly spread Doocy, who has been
other Democrats now nearly alone in confronting
Fauci, chief medical adviser Some people questioned claim the ability to disinformation, like statements by Biden
these and other comments. distinguish between fact administration officials, and
to the president, Dr.Tedros For their skepticism they White House Press and fiction. Given their vaccines cause infertility. an average citizen who
were banned from social Secretary Jen Psaki says the track record it does not followed all the guidelines
Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the media and called spreaders administration is in “regular instill confidence for the There have also been but got COVID anyway and
of disinformation, even touch” with social media vast majority who know barely survived.
director general of the kooks. about what they are little more than the so- misleading media reports
allowing to be posted on called experts. How do we That would be
World Health The UK, which has one their platforms. President know their future that have added to public informative as well as
Biden has said that people statements can be trusted entertaining television. We
Organization, and Dr. who spread disinformation when previous ones have fears. might even discover the
were “killing people.” Is been problematic? truth.
Rochelle Walensky, head of that true? Maybe “To Tell the Truth”
Granted, there have been could serve as a kind of
the Centers for Disease truth serum. The
contestants would be Dr.
Control and Prevention, Fauci, Dr. Ghebreyesus, Dr.
Walensky and President
have all made statements Biden. The panel might
include Sen. Rand Paul (R-
which, at the time, they KY), who has been critical

claimed were accurate and

based on science, but The government and the

turned out to be heads of social media

inaccurate. companies that

News coverage of toilet
paper hoarders and other
pandemic failures

with Mary Sanchez

Remember the Great Most journalists will about social norms and Readers can reach Mary
Toilet Paper Hoard in spring defensively push back on how they drive that Sanchez at
of 2020? that assertion. They’ll note behavior, how people can
that people did rush store be influenced either [email protected]
The pandemic was young, aisles, panicked. They’ll positively or negatively. and follow her on Twitter
the country was fearful, and attest to the fact that @msanchezcolumn.
yet so naive to the coming ethical reporters cover the In May 2020, a paper co-
death tolls, now at more news, they don’t create it. Mary Sanchez joins
than 608,000 dead. authored by a range of Happenings Q&A on
Agreed. But reporters, Tuesday, ?Aug. 10th at
Panicked toilet paper along with civic leaders and social scientists was 1:30 on AM1050 WLIP.
stockpiling, along with the politicians, could more
massive news coverage of adequately address public released and published in personalities greedy to
the run on toilet paper, health by understanding grow their audience and
seems almost juvenile in human behavior and the Nature Human Behaviour. yes, a now former president
hindsight. factors that motivate and who just didn’t care.
dissuade it. Consider this a It’s titled “Using social and
But the fact that those plea for science. Social scientists offer a
images are so readily behavioral science to lot to contemplate. Their
plucked from memory Not the medical, knowledge calls for
illustrates a media failure. pharmaceutical type, the support COVID-19 stepping away from a A customer reaches for one of the last packages of
researched and lab-tested familiar frame: The hyper- toilet paper, which became scares after many
The overemphasis of our development of the pandemic response.” attention to political
more selfish selves is one COVID-19 vaccines. Rather, divides. people emptied stores in a panic in March because
way my profession it’s time for social and It’s a humbling read. As of the novel coronavirus, at a Giant grocery store
inadvertently misplayed behavioral scientists to step the paper posits, there is People with real fears and April 16, 2020 in Wheaton, Maryland.
what could have been a up. We should have been much that society fails to
more productive role in listening to them all along. understand in attempts to hesitancies stand behind often used with the belief
encouraging a commitment encourage acceptance of that it will be an incentive
to public health early on as Human behavior is a the vaccine, of mask- every conservative for people to get vaccinated
COVID-19 spread. science.And much is known wearing and even the or to physically distance (a
efficacy of staying physically politician attempting to much better term than
distant from strangers. social distancing which
debunk mask-wearing as a leans toward the idea of
separation from loved
Into that vacuum came public and personal safety
see SANCHEZ on page 8
politicians shilling for factor. It’s rarely as simple as

optimum political gain, “my party told me that

gadflies pitching masks are bad.”

pseudoscience, cable TV Consider fear. Fear is

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Sanchez also cause people to not act, to be resistant to safeguards
that are within their reach, like in the case of COVID-19,
continued from page 7
Ullmangetting a vaccine.
ones).
There’s also research as to how emotions drive continued from page 6
A health system in the Midwest used an interview with
a hospitalized COVID patient who resisted the vaccine, perceptions of risk, but that these are often to reduce costs and improve efficiency. The record here
contracted the virus and was hospitalized for nearly three
weeks, fearing that he would die as a means to scare misperceptions. Conspiracy theories tend to match in has not always been good.
people into getting the vaccine. It might not be all that
productive.Think of the old “scared straight” approach to proportion the scope of events. The pandemic is global, But with the success so far of these space companies,
juvenile crime in which we let children visit an adult therefore, that calls for some equally globally grandiose perhaps privatizing research and development might
prison. conspiracies. Also, “people are more drawn to conspiracy prove fruitful. Operation Warp Speed produced three
theories when important psychological needs are vaccines for COVID-19 in the extraordinarily short time
Here’s what the paper says:“targeting fears can be useful frustrated,” the scientists said. of less than a year because of the private sector. Given
in some situations, but not others: appealing to fear leads
people to change their behavior if they feel capable of All of this information could be put to use to move the the revolution in military technologies, perhaps
dealing with the threat, but leads to defensive reactions
when they feel helpless to act.” nation forward. It’s better than angrily shouting down the privatizing the Defense Advanced Research Projects

And Lord have we seen the defensiveness. It’s just been unvaccinated as stubborn, or stupid or politically immoral. Agency might be one such idea.
coded as “patriotic,” as an aspect of liberty and freedom
from the overreach of government to turn down About that toilet paper, it’s a common belief that people Government would "sell" or assign the rights to this
vaccination. tend to panic in disasters. Except people don’t tend to new company and provide the R and D funding, as well as
panic in disasters, more often according to the research " priority lists for research. Here, the entity could acquire
Then there is the phenomenon of “optimism bias” cooperation and orderly, norm-governed behavior are shares in the companies being funded, acting as a de facto
where people overestimate their own likelihood of common.” So researchers don’t even really study it private equity firm but with the U.S. government being an
positive results. You hear it every time there is a school anymore. equal partner. If the technologies were successful, in
shooting in the reaction that “we thought it couldn’t essence the government would be rewarded if the
happen here.” In some instances, this can be a protective “Instead, the focus has shifted to the factors that explain companies went public, were in turn acquired by a larger
stand, one that counters being overly anxious. But it can why people cooperate rather than compete in response entity or were profitable, meaning costs to the taxpayer
to a crisis,” the May 2020 perspective paper said. would be reduced. And the entity "owning" DARPA
Join Us For Great Food would pay an annual fee for the rights.
& A Fabulous View! And yet, media reinforced and likely encouraged more
of this negative reaction early on. Indeed, perhaps the only way to close the huge gap
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at 11am weather permitting “News stories that employ the language of panic often the success of these rocket men in privatizing space.
create the very phenomena that they purport to
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Say thanks to this pandemic-survival trend

For America’s millennials, the loneliness, drug addiction, and is relatively immune from gains A greeting card display for the Postal Museum’s COVID-19 project at
long pandemic has created quite other issues associated with and losses.” It is a source for the O2 Arena in London.
an introspective moment. mental health during the resilience.
According to stationery company pandemic, the rise in gratitude has
Shutterfly, 40% of them said they been overlooked. “It is precisely Acting on gratitude may explain
would be sending a greeting card during difficult times where why well-being among individual
for the first time in 2021. gratitude achieves its maximal Americans actually rose in 2020 –
Something in the lockdowns and power,” says gratitude expert by 4% over 2019 on an index of
social distancing is compelling Robert Emmons, a professor at indicators – according to a survey
them to send notes of the University of California, Davis. of 400,000 people by Sharecare, a
appreciation. digital health firm, and Boston
In his own national survey in the University School of Public Health.
The shift toward gratitude fits spring of 2020, Professor Emmons “In the face of disease, death, and
with a new survey in Britain by found more than 56% of American division, we continue to find
Virgin Media O2. It found that adults reported being very promise in the resilience of our
more than half of adults in the grateful, which was 17% greater populations,” the survey’s authors
country have become “more than they reported being happy, concluded in a May report.
grateful” during the pandemic. hopeful, relieved, or joyful. Nearly
Nearly two-thirds of 18- to 24- 70% expected to be even more They note that internet
year-olds, who are usually glued to grateful in the future. searches for “how to thank”
digital screens, made new friends reached an all-time high last year.
in their local areas. The act of “being grateful” – For many, the balm of gratitude
rather than feeling grateful – is a has helped to create a calm over
For all the reports of a rise in choice, he says, “that endures and COVID-19.

My daughter had confidence for both of us

My 8-year-old daughter was My daughter met me in our “Sure,” I suggested. “Let’s cut approved and helped me mark You see, my daughter didn’t
dumpster-diving at our garage with her treasure, out two to size. We’ll lay these pieces of wood to cut.Within an know that I know so little about
neighbors’ house, again. It’s a proudly announcing that she’d mattresses on the floor of your hour we had a wobbly bunk bed making things. I didn’t have much
skill she learned from her found mattresses for her dolls’ bedroom, and your dolls can frame (with mattresses) experience with this growing
teenage brother, who frequently bunk bed. have a sleepover!” screwed together with big, gray up. I never saw my dad use any
made off with boards discarded drywall screws. I know next to tool other than a screwdriver,
from the house renovation next She was, I knew, referring to She was having none of that. nothing about woodworking, so this flimsy doll bunk bed, with
door. This “dumpster” was no the store-bought doll bunk bed but I do know that proper its plastic foam mattresses held
more than a giant green bag that broke two years ago. It had “No, I mean a bunk bed, furniture usually has drilled in place with finish nails, was one
made of heavy-duty woven sat in our attic, along with my where one doll sleeps on top of holes and dowels, dovetail or of my finer woodworking
material and provided by a promise to fix it. But after not the other one. Just like the one box joints, or some other kind accomplishments.
waste management company. hearing any further word about I used to have.” of unobtrusive joints that I don’t
The 4-by-8-by-3-foot item came it – that it was missed or must know how to make. But that’s A couple of years later, when
complete with straps, so it could be fixed – I’d quietly taken it to Trying to picture how to stick OK, because that’s not what she that doll bunk bed broke, she
be hoisted onto a truck. The the dump one Saturday a year bedposts on a piece of plastic ordered. Besides, why try to confidently said to her mom,
yellow straps looked like ago. I confessed this sad news to foam, I asked,“Does this need to build a doll bed that would only “It’s OK. Dad can fix it. He has
ribbons atop a flat parcel, and my daughter. last more than a couple of impress another parent? tools. He can fix anything.”
my kids delighted in extricating days?”
treasures from this great green Undiminished, she looked at The bunk bed took an hour Her mom and I looked at
gift in our neighbors’ front yard. me with expectation. “That’s “It needs to last forever!” she to build. My daughter loved it. each other and smiled. My wife
OK, Dad,” she said. “You can said. And though it was so unsteady was surely recalling the pot rack
My teenage son had designs make one.” that it required me to carry it to I’d made years before – also
on a backyard ski ramp. My Despite the pressure of that her bedroom and would lean in using drywall screws. But she
daughter, following his lead, dug She knew I owned a circular extremely high standard, an idea a strong wind, it was solid agreed with our daughter.
through the detritus until she saw and was now, I thought, slowly began forming as to how enough.
found something she needed. If looking to me to turn a sheet of it might be possible. It seemed I’m happy to perpetuate the
you found a sheet of 1-inch plastic foam into a bunk bed. to me that someone could The bed not only served her idea that with the right tools,
plastic foam, wouldn’t you Before assuming that she was fashion a simple wooden bunk well, but it also allowed me to dads can make anything. And
immediately think, “American truly asking for the impossible, I bed frame to hold two plastic pretend that I was far more though it may not last forever, at
Girl doll bunk bed”? tried to clarify her aims, as any foam mattresses. I figured that handy than I am. least it will last long enough.
backpedaling parent might. someone was me.
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social security welfare program. You
and you must be either over 65
and poor or under 65,
Supplemental If you have a Social disabled and poor to get
Security Income -- Security question,Tom benefits. Your son
It Is a Welfare Margenau has the answer. probably could not get
Program SSI when he was young
Contact him at because your income
with Tom Margenau thomas.margenau@comcast. poorer circumstances NOT by Social Security would have prevented
net.To find out more about couldn't get benefits. taxes.) him from qualifying. But
Q: My son, who is now you referred to SSI as a Tom Margenau and to read once he turned 18, your
42, has been disabled welfare program. I beg to And I remember the income no longer
since birth and is getting differ. I would never have past columns and see very early days within the counted against him and
SSI. He started getting SSI filed for any kind of features from other Creators SSA when we took on that's why he now gets
when he was 18. I will be welfare benefits for my the SSI program. And in SSI.
turning 62 and plan to file son. He is getting a Syndicate writers and those early days, some
for my Social Security. supplemental Social cartoonists, visit the Creators And there were all overly conscientious But like all other
I've been told my son Security check. kinds of stories of these executives within the
might lose his SSI when I Syndicate website at local welfare offices being organization decided to welfare programs, the
go on Social Security. Can A: I will explain what www.creators.com. run like little fiefdoms. In not tell people that SSI
you explain that? And by will happen with your other words, if you knew was a welfare program. It rules require that your
the way, in a past column, son's SSI checks when the right person, or was drummed into us
you go on Social Security maybe if you were the that we were not to refer son file for any other
right religion, or had the to SSI as welfare because
in a bit. But first, let me right color skin, or if you that word has negative benefits he might be due.
straighten out the didn't speak English with connotations. We were
benefits your son is an accent, you were to tell people it was a So once you file for your
currently getting. much more likely to "needs-based" program.
qualify for a little help Social Security
from the system. Personally, I never liked
that directive. I thought retirement, your son is
we were just not being
honest with the people going to be eligible for
who were filing for SSI
I'm sure you've heard benefits. I quickly what are known as
the phrase: "If it looks discovered that many
like a duck and walks like people had no idea what "disabled adult child"
a duck and quacks like a a "needs based" program
duck -- it's a duck." Well, is. But they all knew what benefits on your record.
if a government program welfare is. And once they
looks like a welfare understood they were He will be due an
program, runs like a getting welfare, they
welfare program and has better understood the amount equal to 50% of
rules like a welfare rules that went along
program -- it's a welfare Enter Richard Nixon, with it. your full retirement rate,
program. And believe me,
SSI is a welfare program. or more precisely, some For example, you can even though you will be
To explain this further, let only get SSI if your
me give a quick history higher ups in the Nixon income and assets are getting reduced age 62
lesson. below certain limits.
Administration. In the (Currently, you won't benefits.
qualify for SSI if you have
early 1970s, they realized more than about $800 So let's say your FRA
per month in income and benefit is $2,800 per
that something needed more than $2,000 in month. That means your
liquid assets.) son will start getting
to be done about our $1,400 monthly in DAC
So anyway, SSI is a benefits. And once those
nation's welfare mess. checks start rolling in, his
SSI benefit, which I'm
Their solution was to guessing is around $800
per month, is going to
standardize and stop.

federalize the system.

For most of its history, They set up one national

our country did not have welfare program with

a national welfare one set of rules that

system. Even though would apply to everyone

there was federal money in the country. They Or to help you
understand that better.
involved, welfare called the program He's getting $800 per
month now in SSI
programs were Supplemental Security benefits because he has
no other income. But
administered by states Income and they gave it once he starts having
$1,400 per month in
and sometimes even by to the Social Security income, there is no
longer any need for the
cities and counties. And Administration to run taxpayers to be
supporting him with that
there were wildly because that agency had $800 per month SSI (i.e.,
welfare) check.
different eligibility rules the right infrastructure

from one place to and the right kind of

another. Someone might experience to manage a

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books It’s the little things that make this
family story come to life

It starts with a fire, doesn’t want to stay mornings together making
one that destroys the
kitchen and could at a motel. She banana pancakes to
easily have burned
Paging through down the whole doesn’t need the stressful days spent
summer: Cool reads house. Margreete
for hot days knows that she has to kitchen, she insists. navigating the professional
call her daughter and
Books can be almost as invigorating as a plunge in a cool tell her what She hates cooking. “I consequences that come
lake on a scorching day.This month’s selections range from happened. She knows
captivating novels to touching memoirs to eye-opening she’ll have to admit didn’t want to tell from participating in an
nonfiction. What better refreshment does one need than that she started the
a good book? Our reviewers’ choices this month range fire when she forgot you what happened,” unpopular antiwar protest.
from stimulating novels and absorbing memoirs to a timely that she’d left the pan
exploration of the natural world. on the lit stove. And Margreete tells Each member of the family,
although Margreete
The Forest of Vanishing fiercely resists, it is Liddie. “Don’t boss,” including the children,
Stars by Kristin Harmel clear that everything
in her life is about to she adds just before makes choices and deals
Kristin Harmel’s well- change.
researched and compelling cutting off the call. with consequences –
novel grapples with
purpose, identity, and As Liddie hangs up including how best to
belonging. Yona, kidnapped the phone, the
as a toddler by a conversation leaves address Margreete’s
mysterious Jewish woman, her bewildered and
is taken to the forests of she has no idea how decline. In a family, after all,
Poland and taught to she should respond.
survive. Twenty years later, As a professional decisions do not occur in a
in 1942, she uses her skills cellist living the “large
to help Jews in flight from life” that her parents vacuum and individual
the Nazis, discovering her had wanted for her –
own courage. that they had raised choices impose upon the
her to achieve – she
The Parting Glass by Lissa Marie Redmond realizes that her others.
mother should no longer
Cold-case detective Lauren Riley pursues a long-missing live alone, and that finding There is nothing
Picasso painting, which takes her and partner Shane Reese the next steps will be her
to the coastal Irish town of Keelnamara. There, they responsibility. But what can particularly special about
confront skeptical locals, suspicious police, wild weather – Liddie do from halfway
and dead bodies. The writing moves briskly with smart In her novel, across the country? this family or their
twists. Fifth in a series, the mystery stands well on its own. Besides, she has to prepare
Margreete's Harbor, for concerts. But the experiences, but the book’s
A Place Like Home: Stories by Rosamunde Pilcher confused woman who
Eleanor Morse called her is her mother, plot and circumstances are
Fifteen charming tales, set in London and in the Scottish and Liddie knows she must
countryside, depict British life in the 20th century. The weaves a story about individuality while still act. not what make it shine.
posthumously published collection captures the mysteries wanting to be a part of the
of romantic attraction, falling in love, and sustaining a long the experiences of three whole. Instead, it’s the literary
marriage.
generations of a family as “I burned down the quality of the story:
Open Skies by kitchen,” Margreete tells
Niloofar Rahmani they grapple with life’s her daughter, Liddie, when Readers will be captivated
she finally calls her in
In a gripping account, changes and navigate their Michigan. “And then I by scenarios and dilemmas
the courageous Niloofar caught fire.” As Liddie tries
Rahmani tells of her early relationships. Set largely in to grasp the details of that seem familiar even if
years in a refugee camp exactly what happened and
in Pakistan; her family’s the 1960s, the cultural whether her mother is now the details are different
return to Kabul, safe, Margreete refuses
Afghanistan, under Taliban upheavals of that each of her daughter’s from their own lives. With
rule; and her suggestions. No, she doesn’t
extraordinary journey to tumultuous decade provide want a neighbor to come engaging characters and
becoming that country’s check on her. No, she
first female air force a striking backdrop for an lovely prose, Morse
pilot.
intimate story about what reminds us that it is the
All the Lonely People
by Mike Gayle it means to be a family. simple, everyday

In this winning novel, Mike Gayle reveals how Characters wrestle with experiences that become
octogenarian Hubert Bird, a dapper Jamaican immigrant in
London, slides from lively to lonely. New neighbors, old questions about The story follows the treasured memories. And
connections, and leaps of faith help Hubert rebuild his family through the next 10
“once-full life” – and step into new roles.A late-story plot responsibility and years, through experiences she fully captures what it
twist adds momentum to the tale; the cinematic conclusion as simple as spending
is well earned. independence, about means to be a family.

A Song Everlasting by Ha Jin holding on to a sense of By Joan Gaylord

What is the value – and cost – of freedom? Yao Tian, a Isaac Newton’s forgotten years as a
fictional Chinese singer, grapples with this question, as he cosmopolitan Londoner
starts afresh in the United States after defying his
government, igniting “a psychological duel from across the Many of us tend to like cosmopolitan Newton: William Hogarth and most Fara’s lengthy digressions
world.” Novelist Ha Jin paints in unaffected prose the our geniuses as neatly master of the Royal Mint, of all John Dryden, and are as fascinating as her
struggles of immigrant life and the tensions between lovable caricatures. And president of the Royal their presence wonderfully main subject – particularly
artistic drive and family duty. Tian, a kind man of when it comes to Isaac Society, member of hovers over everything the mini-biography she
conscience, ultimately triumphs. Newton, we tend to parliament, speculator on here. provides of Newton’s
envision a virtually the market, prominent relative and fellow
see page 15 for more disembodied intellect who man-about-town. We see Newton become thorough-going London
was inspired by a falling creature John Conduitt.
apple to revolutionize In many ways it’s a preoccupied with
physics from the quiet of startling portrait, and it’s But on balance, the sheer
his study at Trinity College. clearly intended to be. Fara straightening out the energy of the book shines
is a pleasingly lively through, giving readers a
But even when Newton historical guide – not just complicated mess he’d messier and more thornily
was performing his to Newton’s London life, human Newton than the
intellectual feats at but also to the London of inherited at the Royal Mint. cartoon renditions to
Cambridge in the 1680s, he those decades. It’s the which he’s so often
was eager to move on to a London of Queen Anne and We see him working the reduced. The period
new life. Patricia Fara, covered by “Life After
historian of science at stock market – not always Gravity” has been
Cambridge University, examined in depth in some
seeks to chronicle that successfully, which seems at of the superb Newton
period in Life after biographies that have
Gravity: Isaac Newton's first odd about somebody appeared over the years;
London Career. In this the two best are Richard
book she presents Newton who invented whole new Westfall’s “Never at Rest''
as “a metropolitan and Gale Christianson’s “In
performer, a global actor the Presence of the
who played various parts.” Creator.” But the greater
focus here, like scrutinizing
Here we have not the an antic Hogarth painting,
familiar – and almost yields marvelous and
inhuman – Newton who rewarding detail.
produced his great
“Principia Mathematica” in By Steve Donoghue
1687, but rather a worldly,
kinds of calculus at will.And

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Melting pot: Vietnamese family
settles in New Orleans

In his debut novel, Eric Nguyen Cool reads for hot days
brings masterful masterful storytelling

to Things We Lost to the Water. continued from page 14

The story follows first- and second- Fox and I by Catherine Raven
generation Vietnamese immigrants
living in New Orleans, beginning in the In this thoughtful memoir,
late 1970s and ending with Hurricane Catherine Raven finds
Katrina. His incredible story inspires herself out of sync with the
compassion. world around her and
retreats to a patch of
There is astounding grace, property in rural Montana,
emotional depth, and imaginative where her job is online and
speculations in this saga about a young her neighbors are a
family from Saigon. In the city, Công comfortable distance away.
works as a professor of literature at a All neighbors, that is, except
university; his devoted wife, Huong, is a one: To Raven’s surprise, a
homemaker; and Tuấn is their sweet 5- wild fox begins visiting her
year-old son. “Theirs was a house of regularly, and over time the
love,” Huong thinks. “It was all they two develop an unusual and touching friendship.
ever needed – love.And with love, they
would survive.” Lieutenant Dangerous by Jeff Danziger

But as the chaos of the Vietnam War Jeff Danziger, a Vietnam veteran and former editorial
comes nearer and the threat of a cartoonist for The Christian Science Monitor, looks back
Communist takeover looms, the family on his experiences 50 years ago as a military officer. In
rushes to escape the country. In the this lightly illustrated memoir, he uses wry humor to
confusion, Công disappears as their describe his feelings of futility and regret about the
boat leaves, and Huong and Tuấn face a absurdity and waste of the Vietnam War.

difficult journey to New Orleans, with The Brilliant Abyss by

a new baby, Bình, born in a refugee Helen Scales

camp en route. The world’s deepest seas

Disoriented and grieving, Huong is “make vital things happen

homeless, jobless, and now a single without our knowing,” writes

parent in the United States. But she neighbor who becomes a treasured Ben, embraces his American identity British marine biologist Helen
soon finds a community of fellow babysitter; Donald, an annoying boy and finds a haven in books. He slowly Scales. She argues that the
refugees at the Versailles Arms who bullies Tuấn; and Addy, a little girl realizes that he is gay, and worries he’ll deep is not merely a place to
apartment complex, which sits on the who befriends Bình. Huong finds be alienated from his family because of exploit for its resources, but
banks of a bayou near New Orleans. In employment and meets Vinh, a kindly his sexuality. also a wondrous abode that
alternating chapters, the perspectives car salesman who begins to care for requires protection – a
of Huong and her boys are shared as her and tries to be a father figure to Secrets and lies begin to tear the precious realm that humans
life rushes forward. Huong cannot her sons. family apart, and Nguyen portrays the should care about.
forget Công, and she tries to keep the heartbreaking struggle of the family's
memory of her sons’ father alive, Nguyen’s prose captures the evolution. He notes the space and time The Howe Dynasty by Julie Flavell
sending letters and cassette recordings nostalgia and tumult of childhood and
to him, hoping that he will join them. family life, as well as the complicated needed for individuals to mature as William and Richard Howe commanded British troops
“The world was cold and wild,” Huong issues faced by refugees, including
decides. “A country could collapse. A language barriers and pressures to well as heal, and he signals the desire during the American Revolution. This rich and vivid
father could disappear. She would have assimilate. His keen observations
to protect her sons ... protect them about human nature, made in to find home. “Things We Lost to the history tells their stories alongside those of the family’s
from all the cruelties of the world.” evocative prose, suffuse each page, and
his characters prove endearing and Water” compiles evidence of cruel women, who wielded their own quiet but determined
Huong later writes to Công “about memorable.
the colors of New Orleans, how it prejudice, which is expressed in power behind the scenes. It provides a fascinating
shook her awake and made her feel As the boys enter their teens, gentle
alive, how she had grown fond of the Tuấn, who found refuge in nature and thoughts and deeds, lurks in window on aristocratic British society in the late 1700s.
place because of the colors.” animals, grows away from his family.
Meanwhile, the boys navigate their Instead, he searches for acceptance in memories, and hides in fears. Yet, he
youth, encountering Bà Giang, a nosy a gang. Bình, who now calls himself
also points to the power of kindness, Barack Obama, Bruce
which shines through the difficulties. Springsteen to release
new book 'Renegades'
Nguyen is a stunning new literary
voice. His novel is a magnificent and

necessary tale of bravery and love.
Former president Barack Obama and rock and roll

By Stefanie Milligan icon Bruce Springsteen will release a book together this

year. Obama, 59, and Springsteen, 71, announced Tthat

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conversations" between the pair. In addition, the book

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However, she also does not people and dogs - from a questions, stories and tips to
like any dogs walking by the distance where she won't bark
house. I wouldn't mind if she - and reward her every time [email protected].
just barked, but she gets very she "checks in." Keep this
angry and aggressive. I have practice up for as long as important thing is to be sure
taken her to a day camp twice needed before reintroducing
and left her for four hours. She her to a walk with a few everyone is using the same
has been in with other dogs people and dogs around.
her size and was calm. If this is training techniques as this will security camera recorded video as
a protection problem, what If you encounter another Macy turned to confront the coyote.
suggestions do you have to dog or human, she should help the puppy learn quicker. Four horses escape "She's a super brave dog, I love her so
stop the aggression? I've tried naturally "check in" with you. If It's been a while since I have from rodeo, go much and I just though this tiny dog
calming her and giving her a she reacts, turn and walk the could protect this huge human being,
treat. Would appreciate any other away or step in front of thumbed through new dog running on highway trying to fight off this huge coyote,"
suggestions you have to offer. - her, tell her to sit and then Lily told CTV News. Macy survived the
- Dee, Henderson, Nevada turn so you are in between her training books, but my go-to Police and firefighters in Colorado confrontation and is being treated by a
and the other person or dog. gift for new dog parents is ended up in an unusual high-speed veterinarian for multiple puncture
Dear Dee, I am not sure This posture lets her know "Clicker Training with Your chase when four horses escaped from wounds from the coyote's teeth. Lily's
where she is when other dogs you are in charge and don't Dog: Step-by-Step in Pictures" a rodeo and went for a run on the family said Macy was transferred to
are passing by, so I am going to need protection. written by Peggy Tillman. The interstate. The Colorado State Patrol intensive care when one of the wounds
give you instructions on what book offers detailed and visual said a horse in a makeshift corral at the became infected and she developed a
to do when she is leashed.The If she doesn't improve after instructions on how to use a Eagle County Fairgrounds, which was fever, but she is expected to make a full
first thing I suggest is changing a few weeks, please find a clicker (available at pet stores hosting its annual fair and rodeo, recovery.
to a head halter (available at trainer that you can work with for under $3) to mark knocked down a board helping to
pet stores) when you walk her one-on-one. behaviors you want your dog contain the animals. Four horses fled. Kitten rescued from
to gain greater control over to learn. Once your dog The horses went running on the car undercarriage
her behavior. (Look for videos Dear Cathy, My son and understands what a clicker highway, where they were  spotted by after running onto
online on how to habituate a family have a new puppy. Can means, you will be amazed at the Gypsum Fire Protection District's highway
dog to a head halter.) you steer me to an how quickly they learn. chief.The chief followed the horses for
appropriate book on training a A kitten spotted running in the
Second, get her a dog? I'm overwhelmed by all Make sure everyone in the 3 miles while the state police and the middle lane of a New Jersey highway
pheromone collar for her to the dog training books was rescued from inside the
wear for the next 30 to 60 available. I would hope that my family understands to say the Eagle Police Department stopped undercarriage of a car that stopped to
days.These collars can provide son's two teen daughters help the feline. The  Plainsboro
some sense of calm for a dog, might read the book, or parts command, click the clicker traffic and joined in the chase.Trooper Township Police Department said  a
making her more receptive to of it, also. -- Barbara, North Las woman was driving when a kitten
training. Vegas, Nevada when the dog obeys the Jacob Best said the chase lasted for darted out into the lane ahead of her.
The woman stopped to help the feline,
Next, take her for a walk Dear Barbara, It's great command and give a treat about 20 to 30 minutes before the but the scared kitten fled into the
where there are no people or when the entire family is undercarriage of the car. The driver
dogs around. As you walk, give interested in training the new immediately after the click so horses were safely loaded onto a called police for help, and officers
dog in the house. The arrived with animal control. An officer
the dog makes the connection. trailer. crawled under the vehicle to extract
the kitten. The kitten was not injured
Pair the click with a reward Baby elephant and was taken to animal control.
word like "awesome" so you rescued from narrow
can eventually replace the well in India Two-headed sea
clicker with that word. Give turtle hatchling
this training technique a try Officials with the Indian Forest found at park
and let me know what you Service came to the rescue of a baby
think. It should be easy for elephant that fell into a narrow well Workers performing a routine sea
everyone in your family to and was unable to climb out. Rescuers turtle nest inventory at a South
follow. said the elephant  was spotted inside Carolina state park made an unusual
the well  and witnesses said the small discovery: a hatchling with two heads.
South Carolina State Parks said  in a
pachyderm was unable to climb out of Facebook post  that the Edisto Beach
State Park's Sea Turtle Patrol was out
the well because of the concrete rings doing a routine nest inventory after
detecting a major emergence at the
lining the opening. A  video of the park. The team found three living
loggerhead sea turtle hatchlings still in
rescue  shows forest service officials the nest, "but one hatchling in
particular stood out because it had
and local residents removing one of two heads!" The post said the
hatchling's condition is caused by a
the concrete rings and lowering genetic mutation. All three of the
hatchlings were released into the
wooden planks to allow the elephant ocean. "Other two-headed hatchlings
have been found in South Carolina in
to climb out. The rescuers used ropes past years, but this is a first for the
patrol team at Edisto Beach State
to help pull the young animal. Officials Park," South Carolina State Parks said.

said the elephant  appeared exhausted,

but uninjured, and was reunited with a

group of adult elephants waiting

nearby.

Yorkie protects 10-

year-old girl from an

attacking coyote

A Toronto family's tiny Yorkshire
terrier is being hailed as a hero after
rescuing her 10-year-old owner from
an attacking coyote. Lily Kwan, 10, said
she was walking Macy, her family's 6-
year-old Yorkie, in the Scarborough
neighborhood when  a coyote started
to chase them. Lily said she started to
run away and had to drop the 10-
pound dog's leash because Macy
refused to follow. A neighbor's home

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Certain people at greater risk for
breakthrough case of COVID-19 Delta variant

COVID-19 vaccine school education or less had period, the findings showed. see if the vaccines are safe,
the largest decrease in the researchers said in a
hesitancy among American vaccine hesitancy during the "This finding really University of Pittsburgh
study period, while hesitancy highlights the politicization news release.
adults fell by one-third in the held constant among those of public health
with a PhD, which was the recommendations," said King pointed out that "in
first five months of 2021, a most hesitant group by May. study first author Wendy all the other levels of vaccine
King, an associate professor intent we saw change over
new study finds, but distrust Vaccine hesitancy fell of epidemiology at the time. The lack of change in
across nearly all racial University of Pittsburgh. prevalence of the 'definitely
of vaccines and the groups, with the largest not' group implies those with
decreases among Black Senior study author Robin strong feelings about the
government are still keeping people and Pacific Islanders. Mejia said, "What's vaccine are not likely to
By May, they had joined concerning is there is a change easily. Thinking about
many people from getting Hispanics and Asians at subset of the population how to reach that group, and
having lower vaccine that's got strong levels of having messaging and
vaccinated. hesitancy than white people. hesitancy, as in refusal to take incentives that that group
the vaccine, not potential will respond to is
Researchers analyzed data Counties with higher concern about it, and the Sciences. variants spreading." important."
gathered from about 1 support for Donald Trump in size of that group isn't
million Americans a month the 2020 presidential changing." "I remain concerned about Not trusting the vaccine The findings were
between January and May as election had higher hesitancy reaching the most hesitant and not trusting the published online Friday on
part of an ongoing national rates, and the difference in Mejia is part of special subgroup of Americans," she government were common the preprint
COVID-19 survey. hesitancy between areas faculty in Carnegie Mellon added. "The only way to end reasons for not getting website  medRxiv  and have
with high and low Trump University's College of this pandemic for real is to vaccinated among the most not been peer-reviewed.
Those who said they support grew over the study Humanities and Social get enough people hesitant, while less hesitant
would probably not or vaccinated that we can people were more likely to
would definitely not get reduce the speed of new say they wanted to wait to
vaccinated were considered
to be vaccine-hesitant.

Who were these people?

In terms of education
levels, people with a high

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Nutrition News
with Charlyn Fargo

Sleep and Dementia

d for eight years; my

uncle had it as well. Many of

us worry we might have it

later in life.We know there

are many things that can be

done to help prevent it.The

MIND diet, which is a blend

of the Mediterranean diet

and the DASH diet and

emphasizes fruits,

vegetables, whole grains Charlyn Fargo is a bed early, note that your weight. New Grilled Shrimp Boil
and less red meat (along registered dietitian with SIU observational studies often recommendations suggest Packets
with lower-sodium foods), Med School in Springfield, lack sufficient data to prove you need to drink half your
has been found to help. In a cause-and-effect body weight in ounces of Servings: 4
addition, physical activity is Ill. For comments or relationship, meaning the water. For a 150-pound
key. Now, you can add a questions, contact her at study doesn't establish that person, that means 75 1 pound baby red potatoes, cut into 1-inch pieces
good night's sleep to your better sleep prevents ounces or just over nine 8- 2 ears corn, husked and cut into 4 pieces
routine. [email protected] dementia.We all know that ounce glasses. Your water
or follow her on Twitter many factors can needs are also dependent 1-pound unpeeled raw shrimp (16 to 20 per pound)
You may not think sleep contribute to the on how hot it is outside 2 ounces andouille sausage, cut into 8 slices
@NutritionRd. development of dementia. and your activity level. 4 cloves garlic, crushed and peeled
Other liquids -- and foods 2 tablespoons canola oil
has anything to do with The bottom line is a such as watermelon and 1 teaspoons Old Bay seasoning
good night's sleep is broth-based soups -- can 1 lemon, quartered
your memory or lack Charlyn Fargo joins important. Adequate sleep count toward the total as 4 tablespoons melted butter
thereof, but a new study Happenings Q&A on along with a healthy diet well. Because everyone's Sliced scallion for garnish
found that getting only six and regular physical activity fluid needs vary, the most
or fewer hours of sleep a Thu. Aug. 12th at have all been associated important thing is to listen • Preheat grill to medium-high. Cut four 12-inch lengths of heavy-duty foil.
night was associated with a 12:30 on AM1050 WLIP. with delaying the onset or to your body and honor Divide potatoes, corn, shrimp, sausage and garlic among the foil pieces.
slowing the progression of your thirst.A simple way to Drizzle with oil and sprinkle with Old Bay. Gently toss to coat.Top each
30% higher likelihood of dementia. That's reason tell if you're getting enough with a lemon wedge. Gather the long edges of the foil and crimp, then
enough to make sure you water is to check the color fold up the ends to make packets. Grill the packets until the potatoes are
being diagnosed with get eight hours a night. of your pee. If it's pale tender and the shrimp are pink, 15 to 20 minutes. Serve with melted
yellow, like the color of butter and garnish with scallion, if desired. Serves 4 (1 packet and 1
dementia nearly three Q and A lemonade, you're good.
Anything darker and you tablespoon butter each).
decades later. The tricky part is Q: How much water do I probably need to drink
dementia is known to need to drink? another glass of water. • Per serving: 414 calories; 27 grams protein; 32 grams carbohydrate; 23
Researchers in Britain disrupt sleep patterns. So, grams fat (9 grams saturated); 5 grams total sugars (0 grams added); 4
conducted an observational was insufficient sleep a A: For years, the answer
study using sleep data from contributing cause or an was eight 8-ounce glasses a grams fiber; 582 milligrams sodium.
surveys filled out six times effect of dementia? day. But research finds the
by nearly 8,000 individuals Researchers felt that by correct amount is tied to
between 1985 and 2016. By starting the study at age 50,
the end of the study, 521 it was less likely pre-
people had been diagnosed dementia brain changes had
with dementia at an average begun.
age of 77. Participants
started the study when Before you crawl into
they were around age 50.

America’s Test Kitchen

The perfect picnic side dish

This recipe is designed for peak-of the season, perfectly ripe tomatoes and peaches from your garden or a local
farm. It's perfect for heirloom fruits -- a term used to describe varieties that can't withstand the rigors of long-distance
shipping and are therefore locally grown and readily found at farmers markets. If you like, serve this salad with crusty
bread to sop up the dressing

Summer Tomato and Peach Salad

Serves 4 to 6 • Using a small serrated knife, cut each tomato in half inch-thick wedges following the same method used
from top to bottom (through the stem). Use the tip for the tomatoes. Cut each wedge in half crosswise.
3 ripe tomatoes of the knife to cut out the core from each half. Cut
1/2 teaspoon plus 1/4 teaspoon salt, divided • In a medium bowl, whisk together the oil, shallot,
tomatoes into wedges that are roughly 1/2-inch lemon juice, 1/4 teaspoon salt and the pepper.Add
2 small ripe peaches thick, then cut each wedge in half crosswise. drained tomatoes and peaches to the bowl with the
3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil dressing and use a rubber spatula to gently stir to
• In a colander, combine tomatoes and 1/2 teaspoon
1 tablespoon minced shallot salt and gently toss to combine. Let tomatoes drain combine.
1 tablespoon lemon juice
for 15 minutes. • Tear mint leaves into pieces. Sprinkle mint over
1/8 teaspoon pepper salad. Serve.
1/4 cup fresh mint leaves • While tomatoes drain, cut each peach away from
the pit, then discard the pit. Slice peaches into 1/2-

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Will inflation kill the
recovery?

with Jill Schlesinger

This spring, I wrote about
how consumers and
investors alike should
prepare for inflation and
then two months later, I
wondered whether high
prices would persist. So far,
the answer to that question
is a resounding,“at least for a
while!”

The Consumer Price

Index (CPI), which measures Jill Schlesinger, CFP, is a CBS prices. Powell noted that the seen with car rentals, 40% above the pre-pandemic which could force the
News business analyst. A economy has run headfirst whether pent-up demand levels. Federal Reserve to act
what people pay for goods former options trader and CIO into a “perfect storm of high will cause a temporary sooner, rather than later.The
of an investment advisory firm, demand and low supply.” overshoot?” Adding to the inflationary consensus view among
and services, soared by 5.4% she welcomes comments and pressure are wages, which investors is that the central
Economists concede that are rising. In a rare, Onion- bank will begin reducing
in June from a year ago, the questions at supply chain issues could esque sarcastic headline, the bond purchases as soon as
[email protected]. Check remain with us longer than left-leaning Economic Policy the fourth quarter. However,
strongest annual pace since He’s right, of course, they thought earlier this Institute wrote, “Newsflash: if inflation is sticky, there will
her website at year. Two examples are Higher pay attracts be mounting pressure for
August 2008, when crude oil www.jillonmoney.com because as the economy has lumber futures, which have workers.” While some officials to act more
fallen by nearly 70% from the companies can absorb aggressively, by raising
spiked above $100/barrel. the central bank believe that reopened from the COVID- pandemic peak of over higher employee costs, interest rates, which could
much of the price surge is $1,700, but remain well- others are passing them dampen economic growth.
The core CPI, which strips due to “transitory” factors. shutdown, consumer above pre-pandemic levels, along to consumers, which While a rise in rates is
and semiconductors, where Economist Diane Swonk of unlikely to cause a recession,
out the volatile food and One argument for a chunk demand is red-hot. With $2 a global shortage persists. Grant Thornton believes higher rates could shave
of the price increase being The latter has caused motor could mean that “Some of growth to around 6.5% or
energy components, temporary is that the trillion in excess savings, we vehicle production to stall, the inflation we are less this year (after
current inflation data and as a result, has prompted experiencing could linger.” contracting by 3.5% in 2020),
rocketed up by 4.5% from a compare where we are have collectively ditched our would-be buyers to scorch which would be lower than
today with the depressed the earth to find a used car Even if monthly inflation earlier estimates of more
year ago, a 30-year high. numbers from the pandemic paper towel and disinfectant or truck for their summer were to slow from here, than 7%.
last year, when the economy getaways. Used vehicle price pressures could persist
While these numbers are shut down and prices spending and replaced it prices are now a whopping into the end of this year,
plunged. But Econ 101 laws
eye-popping, Federal of supply and demand are with all those fun things that
also playing a role in rising
Reserve Chair Jerome we couldn’t do for 16

Powell does not seem months, like dining in

particularly stressed out. In restaurants, visiting salons,

his recent testimony before and traveling. The big

Congress, he told lawmakers question, according to

that inflation “has been Capital Economics, “is

higher than we’ve expected whether the prices of things

and a little bit more like hotel rooms and airfares

persistent,” but he also simply return to pre-

reiterated that the gang at pandemic levels or, as we’ve

Lightning Round
Q&A

with Jill Schlesinger

To help get through my retirement accounts (401(k) it into a higher yielding bond 401(k)? any income limits. You start and pulling back on
ever-bulging inbox, I plan to and Roth IRA), and a mutual fund? by making a $6,000 contributions into our kids’
devote a few summer pension. The pension offers A: Given your age it’s contribution into a 529 accounts. At what point
columns to lightning round either a lump sum or an A: This is the saver’s probably better to pay taxes nondeductible traditional should we shift back over to
questions and answers. If you annuity payment for the rest lament. Although reaching now, while your income — IRA and then convert it to a retirement and college
need more in-depth of my life. Is it OK to forego for more interest may seem and tax rates are low. I would Roth. Just remember that for savings?
information, send an email control of the lump sum and enticing, if it is true safety use all Roth, all the time. this to work, make sure
to: [email protected]. dip into the retirement that you seek, I would look Decades in the future, when there are no other IRA A: Presuming that $30,000
Here goes! savings that I have amassed for a higher yielding savings you reach retirement, I think accounts floating around, represents six months to
to pay for big expenses, like a or money market account. you’ll be very happy with which could make things one year of your household
Q: We have two car or a trip? Go to depositaccounts.com your decision. messy and screw up the expenses, then now is the
grandchildren who will be and check out what they’ve whole plan. time to ramp up the
starting college next year A: Presuming that the got. Q:Are there income limits retirement contributions
and we would like to give monthly annuity payment, for a backdoor Roth IRA? I Q: Early in the pandemic, with a goal of maxing out at
them on the right track with plus your future Social Q: I’m 26 years old, have a make $260,000 and was my wife and I realized that $19,500 per year. If you are
investing. Can we open Roth Security retirement benefit six-month emergency fund, hoping to use this technique we only had $15,000 in still short on the savings,
IRAs if they don’t have will cover your basic needs, and I’m also maxing out my to put $6,000 per year into a emergency savings. We got address that first, then
earned income? yes. Remember that the Roth IRA, and contributing Roth. up to $30,000 by stopping all retirement, and then start
money you will withdraw to my work Roth 401(k). retirement contributions adding to the 529 plans.
A: Without earned from the 401 (k) will be Should I also be contributing A:A backdoor Roth allows above our company matches
income, you can’t fund a subject to taxes, so be some pretax money to my high earners to move money
Roth IRA. Instead, how about careful to factor that into into the Roth world without
opening a custodial account your planning. That said, it is
and teaching them how the likely that the retirement
investment world works? It savings should provide ample
may be gratifying for them liquidity, should future needs
learn the basics from their arise.
grandparents.
Q: I’m looking for a place
Q: I am a 70-year-old to put some of my “safe”
widow, and ready to retire. I money, while still earning
have no debt, $100,000 in some interest. Should I pull
savings, $600,000 in money from savings and put

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Lighthouses shine Wisconsin, which sank in person, occasion,
Lake Michigan in 1929. 
bright in Kenosha  anniversary, birthday or

with Meridith Jumisko For a fabulous view of the memoriam? Contact the
lake, be sure to climb up
the tower of the Southport staff of the Kenosha
Lighthouse. Its 72-step
spiral staircase will take you History Center to do so!
to the lantern room for an
When you think of a unparalleled view of Meanwhile, the North
harbor town, what do you Kenosha, the surrounding Pier Lighthouse was built in
think of? Beaches. Sailing area, and, on a clear day, the 1906. It is now privately
Lessons. Amazing Sunrises. Chicago skyline. The tower owned, but still serves as
Kayaking. Charter Fishing. stands 55 feet above the the active, operational
Shoreline Fishing. Marinas. lighthouse grounds. lighthouse for the Kenosha
Boating. We have all that harbor. The lighthouse is
and more in Kenosha. And Meridith Jumisko is The Southport Light the home of the Kenosha
don't forget our two Public Relations Director Station Museum is open Lighthouse Studio, a
Lighthouses!  August 7  is Thursday-Saturday 10 a.m. community destination for
National Lighthouse Day. at Visit Kenosha. to 4 p.m. and Sunday 12 to artists and art enthusiasts. 
It's a time to reflect on the Contact her at 4 p.m. through October. It's Residents and visitors are
roles that lighthouses have [email protected] free admission for the welcome to approach the
played in the past and in the keeper's house tour; lighthouse to take photos
present day. Explore the Kenosha History Center donations are welcome. with the iconic red
Southport Light Station are operated by the The lighthouse climb costs structure – one of
Museum, one of Kenosha's Kenosha County Historical $10 for ages 12 and over / Kenosha's most recognized
five museums in the Society. $5 for children 8-11 years landmarks!
downtown area, to learn old. (Must be 8 or older to
more about these beacons Exhibits inside the climb.) Learn more about local
of history and light. keeper's house detail the attractions, events, shops,
historical importance of Did you know that the and restaurants in our area
The Southport Light Kenosha's harbor.You learn at  VisitKenosha.com. An
Station Museum refers to about Kenosha's lighthouse Southport Lighthouse is the extensive Event Calendar,
the maritime museum keepers – including what our FUN 101 list: 101
inside the 1867 Light they used to light the third government Things to See & Do for $10
Station keeper's house and lighthouse before there was & Under (Many are FREE!),
the 1866 Southport electricity. You also learn lighthouse built on and an informative blog can
Lighthouse tower that's about the shipping and be found on our website.
behind the house. These commercial fishing history Simmons Island, formerly Visit Kenosha has been
structures have been of the harbor. Not to miss Kenosha's official travel
preserved and renovated is the local shipwreck Washington Island? The resource since 1986. We
so that they can now exhibit, which details more remind everyone to please
educate and be enjoyed by than 40 shipwrecks buried light station was the first be respectful of the safety
the public. Located at 5117 near Kenosha. On display is guidelines that individual
4th Avenue  on Simmons a model of the SS navigational light a mariner venues are setting; be
Island, the seasonal patient.
museum and the nearby would see upon entering

Wisconsin from Chicago. It painting by Jason Hedman - FB/IG: Jason Hedman Art

was operational until 1906.

Also, did you know you
can light the Southport
Lighthouse for a special

The Foundation 60's music on the way
home from school, or
by Carolyn Serpe watching Fraggle Rock with
my Grandpa Chatmon on
I honestly believe that Carolyn Serpe is a Three generations of family come together the summer days that we
one of the true foundations Kenosha native whose in Kenosha’s Civic Center Park in 2011. got to spend with him.
of a great childhood lies family owns The Lettering  Grandma Chovan used to
with the Grandparents. Machine in Downtown week to check in, tell them also, and don't ever want to Chatmon constantly fuels take us to all her fun work
 They have been down the Kenosha. She has been how much I love them and live without.   My Grandpa my passion for family events and played games
parenting road before and manager at the shop since do what I do best, talk.  The and Grandma Chovan help history with stories and with us all the time.  These
seem to have a world full of her parents purchased it best part about them is out with the girls as much memorabilia.  Fun fact, all of memories, amongst many
patience for the second from the previous owners that they know the as they can.   They pick our girls are named after others,   will stick with me
time around.   In my mind, back in 2002. Carolyn is a craziness that is my life.  So them up from school and their ancestors.   These and are ones that I share
they are the icing on the mom to 3 beautiful girls when I think that they will watch them once a week bonds that myself and our with my girls and will share
cake of life.   and a wife for 10 years to be upset that I have missed to help relieve childcare girls are forming with them, with their children.
her handsome husband our phone call for a week costs.   Grandpa and will stick forever.   I know
I am beyond lucky to Chris. Carolyn welcomes all or two, they never are. Grandma Swartz also see this because all my Not only have I gotten to
have all my Grandparents to her crazy journey in life   They just soak up the 20 the financial crisis that is Grandparents did the same form these bonds with my
with me today.  That means and about how she tries to minute conversation of going on in this world, and for myself and my sisters as Grandparents, but my
I have 7 people still guiding "Charlie did this" or "Callie are trying their best to we were growing up. Great-Grandparents also
me through this crazy thing balance it all. said that" and "Clara is make sure all their   Those were some of the made a huge impact on my
we call life.   Out of the 7, amazing".   grandchildren and great- best times of my life.   I life.  It was a short but very
there is my Grandpa and them before they leave me grandchildren have some remember my Grandma meaningful time that I had
Grandma Swartz (Chuck to do life on my own. Their support is help in that area. Grandpa Swartz singing to 50's and with them.  The last Great-
and Julie), bonus Grandpa something that I cherish Grandparent passed away
and Grandma Chovan (Joe Now, those of you that when I was 30 years old.
and Becky), Grandpa and know me well, know that I  This is why I push my girls
bonus Grandma Chatmon have no issues talking!  Get to spend time and bond
(Bill and Patritica) and last me going and we can be with their Great-
but not least, my there for hours! Grandparents.   Family
Grandmother-in-law Serpe  Personally, I try my best to means the world to me and
(Alice).   They ALL mean at least give my I want them to have the
the world to me and I look Grandparents a ring once a same values.
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New Exhibit at the Kenosha New York man
History Center hits world's
longest table
Before Allen “Al” Fredrickson (far left in image) was a nationally celebrated photographer, he worked on the tennis serve
docks of our Kenosha lakefront loading and unloading the numerous ships which came into our port at the time,
as seen in the photo below. A lifelong Kenoshan, Fredrickson attended Prairie Lane Elementary and graduated from Guinness World Records confirmed a New York man
Tremper High School. He went on to earn a reputation as a versatile photographer of sports, landscapes, Space successfully set a record for the longest table tennis serve. Eric
Shuttle launches, press conferences, and dramatic events. From 31 July to mid-October, the Kenosha History Center, Finkelstein took on the world record this month at the
220 51st Street (on Simmons Island) will be home to a curated collection of his photos and his life story. Westchester Table Tennis Center in Pleasantville.

Finkelstein made three attempts at the record, surpassing
the previous record of 14 feet, 9 inches each time. His final
attempt totaled 51 feet, 1 inch. The former competitive table
tennis player said he received word that his record from July
11 haf been approved by Guinness.

"I feel euphoric and relieved," Finkelstein told Patch.

Al Frederickson Photograph Collection. Idaho man
balances chair on
chin for over an
hour to break
world record

Water level in Utah's Great Salt An Idaho man with more than 200 Guinness World Records
Lake falls to historic low to his name claimed another title by balancing a chair on his
chin for over an hour.

David Rush, a serial record-breaker who uses his Guinness
attempts to promote STEM education, said the record-keeping
organization's rules dictated he had to use a full-sized chair
intended for adults.

The U.S. Geological Survey announced last weekend the statement. "This information is critical in helping resource Rush said he had intended to try to increase the time far
southern portion of the Great Salt Lake in Utah reached it's managers make informed decisions on Great Salt Lake beyond the previous record of 1 hour, 2 minutes and 18
lowest water level in recorded history. resources.You can't manage what you don't measure." seconds, but pain in his neck and fatigue in his legs caused him
to settle for a less ambitious goal.
The USGS released a statement saying information Researchers attributed the historic low to conditions
collected at the SaltAir gauge location found the water level including the low snowpack from last winter and the Rush successfully completed his attempt at 1 hour, 8 minutes
on Friday averaged about an inch lower than the previous current hot and dry summer. and 39 seconds.
record of 4,191.4 feet, which was recorded in 1963.
"While the Great Salt Lake has been gradually declining Working From Home?
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date back to 1847. its fall to this new historic low," said Brian Steed, executive Brand New
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Rowland said Friday's elevation is not likely to remain a maintaining a healthy lake. Ecological, environmental and 153starting $
record for long. economical balance can be found by working together as at
elected leaders, agencies, industry, stakeholders and citizens
"Based on current trends and historical data, the USGS working together." 
anticipates water levels may decline an additional foot over
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Ahoy—I love a good list. sailing lessons and now is Haley Klinkhammer takes the stage at the happening. It is unbelievable Meryl Strichartz is a
It is just so satisfying to the time to check that off of Kenosha Yacht Club on August 27th to me how much music is Kenosha resident and
cross something off. your list. In just four played in Kenosha. active board member of
Whether it’s a grocery list, a Monday nights, they will around the city and most of what makes me happy. In the Kenosha Community
to-do list “Siri-ied” to my teach you the basics and get the time, someone in the addition to captaining the The Kenosha Yacht Club Sailing Center. She is also
phone or a bucket list.  you sailing.The small classes group has handcrafted a pedal bike, Jim is also a will have musical a member of the Kenosha
Striking through, checking are held in the safety of the playlist. If the groups don’t drummer in a band called performances on Friday Yacht Club and ally to
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will pop up that I originally beginners will start on riders to turn on Spotify or Bohemian Rhapsody, the on August 27th. But as near is the owner of Lakeshore
didn’t have written down. I August 16th. type “bike riding” into Eagles’ Take It Easy and Neil and dear as KYC is to me,
will add them to the list Pandora because my Diamond’s Sweet Caroline they are but one of many Pedal Tour and Career
even after the fact, just so I Bucket lists aren’t the personal playlist is filled are often featured on the places down at the lake Coaches of Wisconsin.
can have the pleasure of only kind of lists that figure with sad and sappy music in playlists he hears.  He with fantastic She has her MBA from
crossing them off. into my world. I am, along minor chords because that’s encourages riders to entertainment happening. UW-Parkside and has
with my two Lakeshore Union Park Tavern has an been involved with many
Learning to sail is often Pedal Tour drivers, Tristine Open Mic hosted by Mark Kenosha and Racine
on people’s bucket list. The and Jim, a professional Paffrath on Wednesdays and
Kenosha Community Sailing playlist connoisseur. On a an Open Jam on Thursdays. nonprofits.
Center (kenoshasailing.org) pedal tour, our groups listen Rustic Roads has artists in
offers adult introductory to music as they cruise their loft including some has a great schedule of jazz
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Peanut Butter and Jam is on your list and get the
AUG 6 & 7 • 8pm back on Thursdays. The pleasure of crossing it off.
Headliner bandshell has the Kenosha
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