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Kenosha have come Lighting on the day after Light Station Museum will War Museum. And that's Find details on local
be open. There will be a not all! The Artistree
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Inflation at 30-year high. Where it
goes next is (partly) up to you.

Inflation hit a 30-year high that doesn’t allay rising Kansas shoppers at grocery stores like Dillons in Topeka can experience a
last month, according to consumer worry. And food tax of up to 11%.That’s on top of price spikes that have raised
federal data released today. upward pressure on wages – inflation concerns. A campaign announced by Democratic Governor Laura
The report from the Bureau driven by a tight labor Kelly this month seeks to eliminate the state sales tax on food.
of Labor Statistics adds new market – can become
fuel to growing worries that another reason for price food 5%. Much of the jump Summers, the handwriting is expanding. Lowering The latest data may speed
recent price increases are hikes to continue.  came from the energy on the wall.“Until the Fed & up that timetable. “Given
not a temporary bump but sector, with gasoline up 50%. Treasury fully recognize the interest rates boosts the that Fed tightening moves
the beginning of high Yet many economists are But even discounting the inflation reality, they are are often prompted by
inflation that could last – quick to point out several volatile sectors of energy unlikely to deal with it economy.) market movements, unless
possibly for years.  reasons the United States is and food, inflation over the successfully,” he wrote in a inflation cools off very
unlikely to return to an era past year still rose 4.6%, the lengthy tweet last month.  This time the Fed is quickly on a sequential basis
American households are like the Great Inflation of highest rate since 1991.  moving much more (which is looking less likely
being strained by rising the 1970s. For one thing, The Federal Reserve has circumspectly. A week ago, by the day), there would
prices for everything from supply chain problems are Many analysts don’t mind acted preemptively in the central bank announced seem to be an increasing
food and fuel to rent, child expected to ease in the new previous economic shocks, it would start reducing its chance of the Fed’s hand
care, and automobiles. year. The other big factor is inflation running higher than raising interest rates before monthly purchase of bonds, being forced earlier than it is
the interplay between public inflation set in or lowering which it has been using to currently thinking in terms
A range of factors are expectations and Federal the Federal Reserve’s 2% them in advance of a support economic growth. of an initial rate hike,”
taking some of the blame, Reserve monetary policy. recession. (Raising interest This  “tapering”  would Joshua Shapiro, chief U.S.
from cargo-container traffic target, to make up for rates slows the economy eliminate all that extra economist at consulting firm
jams and constrained energy One way to put it: The because loans cost more, so economic support by the Maria Fiorini Ramirez, wrote
supplies to coronavirus direction of long-term the  years since the Great people and businesses delay middle of next year, opening in a note today. 
relief programs that put inflation depends partly on making improvements or the possibility of interest
extra money in consumer you. And that may be a Recession, when rate increases starting see INFLATION on page 8
pockets. hopeful sign, since public around late summer. 
expectations currently it  was  under the target. To
But a basic theme is that, aren’t near where they
amid an evolving pandemic, stood at the end of the others, however, like former
consumer demand has 1970s.
rebounded more strongly Obama administration
than the supply of labor and Why are people
goods. And now the worrying about inflation economic adviser Larry
question is, how long will now?
inflation run hot?
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Men are missing from college campuses:
What’s being done to bring them back?

When Emmanuel Smith
arrived on Montgomery
College’s campus in
Rockville, Maryland, two
years ago, he didn’t know if
he would stay. 

Mr. Smith was in his late
20s and had tried another
community college before. It
didn’t go well. Someone
misfiled his paperwork, and
he got bills for classes he
didn’t take. This time, as he
walked into the school office
to fill out financial aid
paperwork, he didn’t know
what to expect. 

Then he met the
administrator. 

The staff member was College students study in a courtyard at the University of Arizona in
older and, like Mr. Smith, Tucson in October 2021. In the last two years, a decline in the
African American. While
helping with paperwork, the number of men attending colleges and universities has accelerated,
administrator talked about widening an already-existing gender gap.
his own time in college, and
why it’s important for Black enrollment fell a total of begins well before college. need special attention ... agreement that gender whether or not they would
men to get degrees. He 9.3% from 2019 to 2021, 4 Still, as universities try to there has been a shift in matters in American be going to college at all.”
offered Mr. Smith his percentage points more than understand why so few men completion,” says Carmen education. 
business card, and told him the drop for women.  have enrolled, it’s becoming Poston-Travis, director of College, for many of these
he was in the right place. more important to retain student affairs and initiatives On average in the K-12 students, is a delicate balance
Now a year away from The  college gender gap  is those who already have. at Montgomery College, system, boys earn lower of cost and benefit. For many,
finishing his degree, the Support programs for men which has hosted an annual grades and spend less time says Dr. Shapiro, the
education major still believes of color are growing more Male Students of Color studying than girls, says pandemic tipped the scales.
him.  common in an attempt to Summit since 2013. Thomas DiPrete, professor Women tended to stay
better meet student needs. of sociology at Columbia home with children as
“They really care about decades old, but experts are Alone, they won’t reverse “More than anything, it’s a University and co-author of schools and child care
you here and I felt that,” says the overall trend. But for community,” she says. “And “The Rise of Women: The centers closed. Men worked
Mr. Smith. “That made me worried about its students like Mr. Smith, students want to have a Growing Gender Gap in longer – and for many of
want to pursue school even retention efforts can have a sense of belonging.” Education and What It Means them, college became harder
more.” acceleration. Male powerful impact.  for American Schools.”  to finish, harder to afford,
Risk vs. reward and harder to schedule.
enrollment is down across “What we know across
the nation [is that in] There are multiple Or harder to restart.
higher education, but the colleges who focus programs explanations for the recent
like this directly on a drop in male enrollment. Back to school? 
recent drops are highest community of students who Experts don’t know which
reason, or reasons, are most Sean Kullman, of
Colleges and universities among men of color in important. But there’s wide Allentown, Pennsylvania, did
not enjoy high school. He
around the country hope community colleges. scored well, but didn’t feel
engaged and didn’t connect
more male students feel the The  financial value  of an with his classmates.When he
graduated in 2018, Mr.
same way. In the last two undergraduate degree is The difference isn’t innate. Kullman wanted some time
It’s cultural, he says. More off – just not this much.
years, the number of men in rising, and a generation of often than girls, boys are
pushed to succeed outside “As soon as I was getting
higher education has young men without one the classroom – in sports or ready to start looking at
manual work – or ridiculed colleges again ... COVID hit
plummeted. According could widen inequality. for less physical hobbies, like and I knew from some
art. According to Dr. previous experience that I
to  new data  from the There’s no quick fix for DiPrete’s  research, girls are did not want to do an online
the issue, which experts say more likely than boys to say schooling kind of thing,” he
National Student they like school. says. “Now I’m just kind of
waiting for that whole thing
Clearinghouse, male to pass.”  

The trend continues into While he waits, Mr.
college. Men enroll at lower Kullman is working in the
rates than women and cheese department of a local
graduate less often. That’s grocery store and debating
especially true for men of whether to enroll in school.
color at two-year colleges, He grew up hearing that
who account for most of the college was the only option
recent drop in enrollment.  after high school, but doesn’t
believe that anymore. He
“The fact that it was
see COLLEGE on page 8
093021 primarily impacting

community college students

is not terribly surprising

because those students are

the lowest income generally

among all college

enrollments,” says Douglas

Shapiro, executive director

of the National Student

Clearinghouse Research

Center. “They’re also ... the

most on the margin of

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Supply chain disruptions mean
high prices are here to stay

Consumer prices soared temporary. Rather, it Living room, kitchen and
in October and are up 6.2% suggests that inflation is dining room furniture
from a year earlier -- higher here to stay. prices are up 13.1% from a
than most economists' year ago.
estimates and the fastest Inflation began to soar in
increase in more than three early 2021 and  has been Another way to think
decades. At this point, that hovering at above 5% or so, about it is to examine one
may be no surprise to most year on year, since May. single product:  Bullfrog
Americans, who are seeing That's more than double Spa's M9 hot tub. It requires
higher prices while the 2% pace that the Fed 1,850 separate parts. Supply
shopping for shoes and has set as a target. chain disruptions have
steaks, dining at restaurants pushed manufacturing time
and pumping fuel in their The reasons prices are from six weeks to six
cars. rising are complex and months. There is no
many. But one of the most industry unaffected.
important relates to the Shoppers inspect Thanksgiving Day turkeys on the first day
One of the big dynamic of supply and of sales at the Schnucks Grocery Store in Des Peres, Mo. In other words, there's no
debates  going on  among demand. And both are to
economists,  government blame. end to the supply chain
officials  like  Treasury
Secretary Janet Yellen and problems. Consumer
other observers is whether
these soaring costs are Even though early in the These trends have strains on the capacity of issue  and plans to spend demand is only going to
transitory or permanent. created more demand than supply chains to deliver in a billions of dollars fixing the
pandemic consumer the delivery carriers can timely fashion. And  severe problems -- but there are increase through the holiday
accommodate, stretching global shortages of not enough workers and
demand dropped as  people their ability to deliver drivers  and other workers drivers to unload the cargo. season and beyond. And
products. For example, the are making it difficult to
hunkered down amid holiday shopping season is expand capacity or fix other that's why inflation  isn't
predicted to have  4.7 problems plaguing the
lockdowns and un- million packages a supply chains, so they can't going away anytime soon.
day beyond what the system break free of the thick mud
The Federal Reserve, employment skyrocketed, it can possibly absorb or they're in. Such delays cost money, Corporate executives --
which would be responsible deliver. Storing these because businesses choose who in many ways will
for fighting inflation if it has soared over the past packages for even a short then to carry more determine whether prices
stays too high for too period costs money. inventory, which they pass keep rising at a fast clip --
long,  insisted again on Nov. year -- not for services like on to customers.  are warning that all of these
3  that it'll be temporary, in Given there is great challenges are going to
large part because it's  tied restaurants and travel, but difficulty finding drivers, continue into 2022 at the
to the supply chain containers and labor across earliest. Some say the
mess  bedeviling economies, for goods, mostly ordered industries, big retailers problems will extend into
companies and consumers. are  offering generous 2023 as well.
online. education and other As an illustration, let's
benefits to attract and keep look at Nike, which  largely
E-commerce activity has employees on hand as a This creates a shortage of depends on Vietnam  for
simply mushroomed to means of adding capacity. products getting through much of its shoe
levels that never existed that limit competition, production. It lost 10 weeks
before the pandemic. All these added costs -- causing price increases. of production because of
Demand for products has to hire, store and deliver -- lockdowns within that
Not everyone agrees  -- significantly outstripped the are usually passed on to There are dozens of huge country. And it's taking an Economists surveyed by
market's capacity to consumers. average of 80 days to get
including  some within the produce  or ship what is container ships  continually shoes from Asia to retailers Bloomberg in October
ordered. Some people At the same time, supply in North America -- twice
Fed  -- and there's been a aren't even going to the chains remain a mess -- idling near ports in Los as long as before the expect inflation to slow to
supermarket, hardware and are only getting worse. pandemic. As a result,  shoe
growing chorus of store or restaurant anymor Angeles, New York and prices are soaring  like 3.4% next summer and hit
because they do all their Bottlenecks have piled up everything else.
economists, strategists and ordering online. all across Asia, putting great elsewhere around the 2.6% by the end of the year.

business executives world, which is tying up While that would be

sounding the alarm that high large quantities of encouraging, it's still well

inflation will likely be with merchandise waiting to be above the pre-pandemic

us well into 2022 and unloaded.  There are over average of 1.8% and outside

beyond. 500,000 shipping the Fed's target. It's unclear

I study supply chains  and Many retailers, such as containers  with about  12 Or consider  Malouf, a whether economists are
their impact. It's true that Macy's, Target and others,
prices are surging largely have had to  navigate this million metric tons of Utah-based furniture recalibrating their
because of the  severe economy with scarce
shortages of goods and inventories and higher goods  near Southern retailer, which reports that expectations after the
labor  in supply chains, but freight costs  to stay alive
based on my research, that during the pandemic. California alone. it has only 55% of its normal October Consumer Price
doesn't mean it'll be
Ports have tried to inventory on hand because Index report. Regardless,
lengthen their operating
hours  -- U.S. President Joe of freight delays. Cars get consumers should get used
Biden  has made it a key
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precipitously plummeted. the next presidential Harlan Ullman joins

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weakness. casual observer to brief time in the Senate,
conclude neither she, nor The poll, as reported Harris took what has is unlikely to succeed. Rep. The French have some
Vice President Kamala the president, are turned out to be the wrong delightful ways of putting
Harris, whose  poll interested in stemming the by SFGATE.com, found that side in the false Russian Jim Clyburn  (D-SC), things, and in their language
numbers  and favorability flow. That may be because “collusion” allegations some phrases might
among the public and even President Biden – and “Harris is more unpopular against then-President attempted to explain and accurately describe Kamala
her fellow Democrats have former President Barack Trump. She also treated Harris. The kinder one is
sunk faster than a rock Obama – have repeatedly than both congressional Supreme Court nominee dismiss Biden’s declining “Tu ne sais pas de quoi tu
thrown in the River Seine, said they want to Brett Kavanaugh like an parles,” which means you
left for Paris this week “fundamentally transform Democrats (29 percent already convicted criminal. approval and rising don’t know what you are
where she is attending a America.” She sought less to discover talking about. The other is
five-day meeting “to focus approval) and information than to impose disapproval numbers. considered vulgar and
on the plight of migrants A USAToday/Suffolk surv a pre-determined personal French slang: “Con comme
and refugees.” ey conducted among 1,000 congressional Republicans conclusion that he was Appearing on Fox News, balai,”  which means as
registered voters from unfit for the bench. stupid as a broomstick.
That’s a laugh, because Nov. 3 to Nov. 5, found (35 percent approval), the House Majority Whip Draw your own
she has done such a The White House and conclusions from what
which is pretty hard to do some congressional leaders said, it’s a “real tough time” Harris has done, or more
are trying to spin these importantly, not done.
as members of Congress latest polls to their to be president. Anytime is
advantage, but that strategy
often receive low marks in a tough time to be

public opinion polls (overall president, but some

congressional approval is at presidents have been more

12 percent).” SFGATE up to it than others. It is

topped the story with this becoming increasingly clear

devastating headline: that Biden and Harris are

“Kamala Harris has a not up to their jobs.

comically bad approval

Two Missouri inmates, two
tales of justice delayed

with Mary Sanchez

Once an innocent person reportedly attempting to Readers can reach Mary juvenile offender simply whom the older man of the that reason for leniency at a
is entangled in the criminal recant her id of Strickland. Sanchez at made some poor choices. duo sexually assaulted. juvenile’s sentencing, also
justice system, it’s Despite the insistence of his He went on a drug-addled begs to consider Bostic’s
damningly difficult to innocence by others [email protected] crime spree of robberies, At Bostic’s sentencing, capacity for rehabilitation.
wrench them free. involved in the case. And and follow her on Twitter targeting good Samaritans the now retired judge He’s had time to mature.
despite the current county @msanchezcolumn. that were delivering gifts to Evelyn Baker tossed a
The public is only vaguely prosecutor’s investigation impoverished families in St. verbal bullet. She told the The judge was Black, as is
aware of this.After all, that’s and declaration that Mary Sanchez joins Louis. young man that he’d “die in Bostic. In fact, Baker was
the point. Someone Strickland is innocent. Happenings Q&A on the Department of Missouri’s first Black female
sentenced to prison is out Tues. Nov. 30th at He committed serious Corrections.” judge at the circuit court
of the public eye. Out of The legislature had to 1:30 on AM1050 WLIP. crimes, threatening the level.
sight, out of mind. pass a new law giving the victims with a gun. But the Baker regrets the remark
county prosecutor the But when a judge bullet that was fired, and the judicial ignorance At the time, the idea of
Yes, in recent years there ability to take the case back sentences you to serve 241 thankfully only grazed a that caused her to pile on juveniles as “super
have been highly publicized to court. That’s happening years at the age of 18, for man. years of time. She’s predators” had taken hold,
cases where inmates are now with an evidentiary crimes committed at the admitted to many in the causing some to see violent
exonerated, found to be hearing. age of 16, the concept of No one was murdered. media that back then, she youth as utterly incapable of
completely innocent of a walking free is swallowed by No one was even seriously judged the crimes of the redemption.
crime that they’ve been For sure, Missouri’s stand reality. injured, at least not in the child before her as if he was
serving prison time for. is heavily politicized. It’s outward physical sense.The already an adult, fully able to Through the years Bostic
Those cases take years of about sounding tough on Until now. A new law, trauma he and his older reason and contemplate the has drawn a fair level of
painstaking legal work.Years crime, pleasing a GOP line written to manage the accomplice inflicted could consequences of his support. His story has been
as in decades, as a rule. scripted for future political complexities of Bostic’s very well have caused actions. retold by major
advertisements, over an case, is allowing him to go lifelong complications of newspapers, television
My city, Kansas City, is in honest assessment of the before the parole board PTSD. Especially for the We now know that a 16- stations local and national.
the glaring media spotlight facts. early in November. woman they kidnapped, and year-old boy’s brain is not
currently because of such a fully developed. Conversely, The ACLU of Missouri
case. If Strickland’s story isn’t It would be disingenuous see SANCHEZ on page 8
embarrassing enough for to claim that Bostic as a
Kevin Strickland, 62 has the state, there is a lesser-
served time for three 1978 known case, one that’s
murders that a widening equally damning on
swath of legal experts Missouri’s commitment to
believe he did not commit. justice.
He was 19 when he was
convicted. This is not a story about
innocence. It’s one of
The state of Missouri, via fairness and humanity.
the attorney general’s
office, is fighting Strickland’s Bobby Bostic should have
release at every turn. walked out of a Missouri
Despite a key witness prison years ago.

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Inflation survey. Their outlook for inflation five years College
out is 4.9%.
continued from page 3 continued from page 4
Should I be worried? may pass on college. 
This sharpening debate over whether
inflation is transitory, as the Fed says, or It’s hard for anyone to take a step back The risk for higher
longer-lasting has political and look at the long-term picture, especially education is that many
implications.  “Inflation hurts Americans’ when they’re confronted daily by rising others feel the same way.
pocketbooks, and reversing this trend is a prices at the gas pump, the car dealership,
top priority for me,” President Joe Biden said and the grocery store. But there are reasons “The trend as far as
in a statement today after the inflation for optimism. 
numbers were released. The president soon enrollment is across the
has to decide whether to reappoint Fed First, major price rises aren’t across the
Chairman Jerome Powell – and signal his board; they’re limited to specific goods board,” says Dr. Travis of
support for the Fed’s current direction – or where demand has outstripped supply. 
nominate someone else. He also has three Montgomery College. “All
other appointments to make  soon  on the “The goods that were expensive got a lot
seven-member board.  more expensive,” says Mark Witte, an community colleges have
economist at Northwestern University in
What do you mean, inflation might Evanston, Illinois. But “it’s really limited to a experienced lower
depend on me? few things. ... Whereas if it were every good
in the economy getting more expensive, that enrollment.” 
To many economists, the persistent low would be a lot more difficult” to fix.
inflation of the past 30 years has been Many four-year
rooted in a basic premise: that expectations Also, the supply chain shortages are likely
of consumers, workers, and businesses are a to end. Businesses will find ways to boost institutions have as well.The
key driver of what long-term inflation will supplies of those goods in short supply or
be. find cheaper substitutes for them. Then University of North Texas
there’s the pandemic. If it eases, then fear of
If they believe that inflation is long-lasting, returning to work is likely to lessen, boosting has nearly recovered to pre-
consumers will buy more in the present, the flow of workers back to the workplace. 
workers will demand higher wages, and firms pandemic enrollment, says
will raise prices more readily than if they It’s worth remembering, however, that it
believe inflation is just a temporary jolt was a flawed prevailing theory that may, in Harold Woodard, program
caused by a one-time shock to the economy. part, have kept the Fed from acting to stem
inflation during the 1970s. The so-called director for strategic
“The most important development in Phillips curve suggested the cost of bringing
monetary economics that I have witnessed inflation down was very high. Is the new retention initiatives. But for A speaker addresses participants at Montgomery College's
over my  now-long career has been the theory, with its reliance on consumer 2018 Male Students of Color Summit in Germantown,
recognition that expectations are central to sentiment, more solid? the last two years, he says, Maryland. The summit is part of a wider effort at
our understanding of  the behavior of the Montgomery and in higher education to retain male
aggregate economy,” Columbia Professor One Fed economist caused a stir two student numbers have been students of color.
Frederic Mishkin, then on Fed’s board of months ago by publishing a paper calling into
governors, wrote in a 2007 paper. question that central tenet of expectations. inconsistent.
“This belief rests on extremely shaky
It turns out that consumers are not foundations, and a case is made that adhering In the fall of 2017, UNT
particularly good at guessing inflation a year to it uncritically could easily lead to serious
out. But they have been consistently closer policy errors,” Jeremy Rudd wrote. If the Fed created its Martial Eagles
to the mark when looking at inflation five relies too much on consumer expectations,
years out. In the latest University of Michigan it might miss the economy’s turn toward program, focused mainly on connection between their caring for his mother, who is
survey  of consumers, they predict 6% persistently higher inflation, he warned. careers and coursework.  legally blind. When he went
inflation a year from now, while the Survey of first-year African American to school, his favorite parts
Professional Forecasters pegged it at around Ultimately, this debate boils down to Nearby, in Arnold, of the day were lunch and
2.4%. Consumers’ five-year inflation outlook public confidence in the Fed. If the public men – the school’s Maryland, Anne Arundel gym. By the end of his senior
has been at 4% or under since the late 1990s believes the central bank can control Community College is year, he wanted more time
– and stands at 3.8% now – a far cry from inflation, the Fed will have a much easier time population most likely to working on similar to work – not study. 
the 10.9% they recorded in 1980. keeping prices from spiraling out of control, programs. Several years ago
than if it loses that public confidence. Last drop out. In it, about two it began the Black Male That changed because of
Another important group is business week,  CNBC reported  that a survey of Initiative, meant to address the influences around him,
owners, because they have to set prices millionaires conducted for it found that a dozen students share a low retention rates.The first like the administrator he
based on their outlook of future costs and majority – 53% – said they agreed with the semester of college often met the first day at
their competitors’ future pricing, which of Fed that inflation was “transitory.” But that dorm, team-building decides whether students Montgomery. 
course depends in part on inflation. Firms’ was down from 72% the previous quarter. will stay enrolled. The BMI
expectations are even more volatile than activities, and a “college attempts to lower financial, Alongside a full-time job in
consumers’, according to data from  a new academic, and social barriers Baltimore, Mr. Smith now
101”-style seminar. The goal in those first few months, takes three or four courses
says Dr. Reginald Stroble, its a semester and hopes to
is to build habits and make coordinator.  transfer to a four-year
college, before earning a
friends, to help students “Most times than not a master’s degree and
student’s aptitude or ability becoming an art therapist.At
leave the Denton, Texas, to learn [is not the his current pace, he’ll
problem],” says Dr. Travis. graduate next December,
campus with a degree. So far, “It’s the struggles that they and for the first time in his
face with other life, he can see the future his
says Mr. Woodard, the nonacademic barriers.” education is creating. 

school’s data shows the Piecing it together “I’ve never been a fan of
school,” he says, “until now.” 
initiative is working. More than 10 years ago,
that was the case for Mr. By Noah Robertson
“They got to know each Smith. He spent his high
other really well and school years working and
developed a sense of
brotherhood, and from that
came a desire to allow
others to hold them
accountable,” he says. 

Across colleges, retaining
students takes this kind of
effort, says Dr. Travis. Male
students at Montgomery
College tend to work and
study full time. Many support
their families. Financial aid
matters, as does a clear

Ullman progress could further erode Taiwan's assistance in the Sanchez few resources, a fact that is only
Biden's standing, as event of a Chinese attack, exacerbated by the amount of time he’s
continued from page 6 expectations were running quickly clarified by White continued from page 7 already served.
high and climate change is House representatives.
the Democratic Party even in among the president's has helped spread the word, not only to At 42 years old, Bostic has served
an equally divided Senate and highest priorities. The expulsion of eight Bostic’s case specifically, but to the longer than many people who commit
slim House majority that Russian officials assigned to changes necessary to the law and far more serious crimes, even murder.
gives leverage to individual The administration has also NATO on espionage charges attitudes so that his situation won’t be
senators and the Progressive managed to worsen the poor and Russia's shutting down its repeated. There are no guarantees in That fact alone, deserves deep
Caucus. And initial success in relations with China and mission in Brussels and how he’ll be judged by the parole scrutiny.
taming COVID-19 no longer Russia. Speculation over a NATO 's office in Moscow board.
seems to be helping the Chinese invasion of Taiwan drove relations even lower. If Often, there aren’t legal levers in
president. Off-year elections was fueled when the continued cyberattacks and Somehow, the secret sauce of just the place to argue a new hearing or trial.
may also hurt the president's president forgot that the the Havana syndrome that right amount of media attention, the Witnesses die.There’s a changing of the
polls. 1979 Taiwan Relations Act may have harmed U.S. building of political and social pressure guard in prosecutor’s offices and within
was not a mutual defense diplomats with high energy has just never coalesced around Bostic. police departments. And always, there
At best, the G20 meeting in pact. At a town hall, Biden sources are attributed to are new crimes being committed by
Rome and then the United dismissed the law, stating the Moscow, a crisis could follow. Kim Kardashian has not called. Nor others, the daily hum of violence that
Nations Climate Change United States would go to has any number of celebrities who have absorbs the attention and time of
Conference in Glasgow, Ironically, given all this bad attached themselves to the causes of everyone in criminal justice.
Scotland, will do the news, one might wonder why people incarcerated who are believed
president no harm. But failure the president's polls are as to be innocent. Stopping to look backward, or even
to achieve any meaningful high as they are, not even directly at those who are imprisoned
lower. Probably it’s because he’s a convict, a under questionable evidence or for
St. Louis man from a poor family with unfair sentences, is just not the norm.

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Support of friends, relatives can help older
adults avoid nursing homes, study finds

Older adults with available support from in nursing homes and researchers said.
relatives or friends, friends or family, the assisted-living facilities
other than their spouses researchers said. and, of the remainder, Of the study
or partners, able to assist 61% live with their participants with social
them with daily tasks and "Seniors who live spouses while 27% live support, 5% required a before, they can no who can help them with
activities are less likely to alone and have support alone, the report found. prolonged nursing home longer manage at home basic care needs should
spend significant time in are better able to stay within two years, without help," Shah said. the need arise are more
a nursing home, a study navigate serious health For this study, Shah according to the likely to need nursing
published by  JAMA changes," study co- and his colleagues researchers. "The results here home care during an
Internal Medicine found. author Dr. Sachin Shah assessed social support show that those who acute health crisis," he
told UPI in an email. levels and nursing home In comparison, 7% of cannot identify someone said.
needs for nearly 4,800 those without social
People age 65 years "They can avoid older adults ages 68 to support had a prolonged
nursing home care more 81 years over a 12-year nursing home stay, the
and older who lived than those who cannot period. data showed.
identify support," said
alone and independently Shah, an assistant All of the participants
professor of clinical lived alone at the start of
and had access to epidemiology at the the study, and 38%, or In addition, 14% of
University of California- just over 1,800, said they
"identifiable social San Francisco. did not have support those without social
from friends or relatives
support" from relatives outside of their spouses support needed nursing
or partners, the data
or friends were nearly showed. home care following a

30% less likely to have a Among the study health emergency,
participants, 63%, or
prolonged nursing home more than 3,000, compared with 11% of
experienced a health
stay within the next two Adults age 65 years shock, or emergency, those who had a friend
during the study, the
years than those without and older represent or relative who could

such support, the data about 16% of the assist them, the

showed. population of the United researchers said.

Even those who States, of more than 54 "Many older adults are
experienced a "health
shock," such as a heart million people, according able to live alone
attack or stroke, had
about a 20% lower risk to a report from the without support until an
for a prolonged nursing
home stay if they had Administration for acute health crisis, so

Community Living. while they may have

Only about 1% reside been independent

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books Clinton and Penny’s ‘State of Terror’
catapults a powerful woman into
risk-taking

Louise Erdrich, What if nuclear weapons fell into warmth, smarts, and humor to the position, and power.  
Minnesota, and me terrorists’ hands? Two new books story. The women’s bond and banter
written by three big names grapple are a highlight of the book.   Subsequent attacks in Chad – plus
I’ve met Louise with the outcome of this unsettling rebellion in North Korea – spark
question via the pulse-racing, globe- “State of Terror” pulses with the heated exchanges and saber rattling,
Erdrich three times in spanning, deal-making genre of the clever asides and turns of phrase that plus increasingly violent face-saving
political thriller. While both stories delight Penny’s fans (and there are maneuvers, between the superpowers
my life. For some probe issues of power, partnership, surprise appearances to boot). But behind the scenes: the U.S. and China.
and trust, they weave their tales – and this is its own story.The writing duo’s
mysterious reason, the reach their conclusions – in quite well-crafted thriller doesn’t shy from A doorstop of a book at 800 pages,
different ways. profanity and sharp political stabs as it Follett’s story captivates but at times
acclaimed author hurtles to its breathless finale. loses emotional steam. This is matter-
State of Terror, co-written by of-fact writing that’s heavier on plot
always seems to appear former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Never, the latest book from prolific and pacing than on the characters’
Rodham Clinton and Canadian and award-winning British author Ken interior lives. 
at exactly the moment bestselling mystery writer Louise Follett, also takes readers into an
Penny, begins  aboard the wryly escalating geopolitical nightmare. The As the tit for tat between the two
where everything is dubbed Air Force Three with Ellen story opens with U.S. President superpowers explodes, the tenuous
Adams. A former media magnate in Pauline Green, a moderate Republican nature of brinkmanship becomes clear.
going belly-up in my life: her late 50s, Ellen now serves as in her third year, touring an Governments are people, Follett
secretary of state in the newly elected underground emergency bunker. It’s an stresses, with their biases, mistakes,
A potential move administration of Doug Williams.  ominous trip that spooks Pauline, and misdeeds. Needed to counter
reminding her “we still live on the such peril are individuals willing to risk
abroad. A breakup. A Early in the story, crisis strikes. Bus edge.” reputation, limb, and sometimes life
bombs explode, first in London and for a good greater than party or
global pandemic. then in Paris. An anonymous code Follett’s tale proceeds to creep country.
received by Washington-based foreign toward that edge via storylines that, at
The first time was service officer Anahita Dahir points to first, seem far-flung and unrelated. Both “Never” and “State of Terror”
amid a quarter-life crisis a third imminent attack that sends Under the blazing sun in Chad, portray individuals willing to take
about whether to move Ellen, her staff, members of the dedicated CIA officer Tamara Levit these risks. Refreshingly, many are
overseas. On a dull day National Security Council, and U.S. works alongside undercover operative women, who, like Ellen, are “in a
waitressing at the allies into overdrive. Abdul John Haddad and French EU position to no longer just talk about
Good Earth restaurant in Minnesota, I happened to see her mission attaché Tab Sadoul to expose change, but bring it about.”
name on the credit card slip. The high-stakes efforts to find the jihadi drug- and people-smuggling
perpetrators and prevent subsequent operations.The characters cross paths “State of Terror” opens with a
“Are you Louise Erdrich, as in, the writer?” I sputtered. violence, including an even larger plot with Kiah, a pragmatic young mother quote from a real-world former policy
She nodded graciously as I blathered on about my love for on American soil, make for rapid and widow desperate to flee the adviser: “The most amazing thing that
her books. reading. Ellen deftly proposes, plans, drought and violence in her village.  has happened in my lifetime ... is that in
and pivots, while navigating a murky the 75 years, 7 months, and 13 days
It was ironic, then, that I went to see her at a Paris book political landscape in Washington and The setting then shifts to Beijing since Nagasaki, a nuclear bomb has
fair nearly a decade later – after my subsequent move icy relations with her counterparts in where progressive Chang Kai, vice not been detonated.” By the end of
abroad and a harsh breakup – in search of a sense of home. Pakistan, Iran, and Russia.  minister of China’s international both novels, readers may well rub
intelligence agency, scrutinizes the their bulging eyes, sit back, and
“From the good earth to French soil,” she wrote inside Never far from Ellen’s side stands moves of allies and enemies alike while wholeheartedly agree..
the cover of my copy of “Love Medicine.” her counselor and longtime best contending with hot-shot peers and
friend Betsy Jameson, who brings elder bureaucrats angling for favors, By Erin Douglass
Now, 20 years after that first meeting, Ms. Erdrich has
published “The Sentence,” a fictional ghost story that takes
place in her real-life bookstore in Minneapolis, Birchbark
Books. In it, she tackles George Floyd’s murder and its
violent aftermath, Indigenous peoples’ rights, and the
COVID-19 pandemic.   

For people like me, who’ve been stuck thousands of
miles away and unable to properly grasp my hometown’s
pain, upheaval, and growth, Ms. Erdrich creates a rare
portal into life in Minneapolis over the past 18 months.The
main characters in “The Sentence” air common grievances,
push readers to reflect on their own biases, and provide an
intimate look at the city’s reckoning and rebirth.

“Everything seemed to be cracking: windows,
windshields, hearts, lungs, skulls,” she writes.“We may be a
striver city of blue progressives in a sea of red, but we are
also a city of historically sequestered neighborhoods and
old hatreds that die hard or leave a residue that is invisible
to the well and wealthy, but chokingly present to the ill and
the exploited.”

I couldn’t have known it then, but as I embarked on my
first trip home in two years this summer, my life and Ms.
Erdrich’s work would overlap once again. Not just in our
third and most fortuitous encounter yet, but in parallel
discoveries of our city – a Minneapolis split apart, exposed,
and sewn together again. 

I watched the video of George Floyd’s murder last year
along with the rest of the world. But as a Minnesotan far
from home, I felt helpless, detached, and yet seeking more
connection to home than ever.

Mr. Floyd was killed just blocks from my brother’s
apartment. My friends worked across from buildings that
were torched during the violence that followed his death.
I became obsessed with the trial of now-convicted police
officer Derek Chauvin, streaming it from my Spanish in-
laws’ apartment in June.

Now, at last, there I was in George Floyd Square in
Minneapolis amid teddy bears, flowers, and artwork, to
remember the man whose tragic death became a wake-up
call for my hometown. His killing squashed misconceptions
of a harmonious, discrimination-free,“Minnesota nice,” and
gave way to the realities of redlining, racial covenants, and
over-policing of minority communities.

“It gives me hope that people are listening and doing

story continues on page 15

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‘The Stolen Lady’ imagines how the
‘Mona Lisa’ came to France

Today, the most the sun for several days, to
calm and moisturize
celebrated Florentine lady reddened skin.” The price Louise Erdrich
of beauty, indeed.
in the world sits protected continued from page 14
Da Vinci entertainingly
behind bulletproof glass in a voices his own chapters. things, talking about diversity, inclusiveness, and sharing
He’s a bit of a whiner, yet their experiences,” says Angela Harrelson, Mr. Floyd’s
temperature-controlled you love him all the more, aunt. She was in George Floyd Square almost every day,
as he stumbles his way chatting with visitors about whatever was on their minds.
, room in the palatial Louvre through the late 15th “People don’t want to live in fear anymore.”
Museum in Paris. She century. He is depicted as a
genius who scatters his fire, Ms. Harrelson recognizes the confluence of her
receives countless love dabbling not only in art, but nephew’s murder with other acts of injustice in America
in a diverse array of – Native American land rights, climate change, social
letters and flowers, which engineering and scientific injustice, the pandemic’s disproportionate impact on
projects. His tendency to ethnic and racial minority populations.
, arrive in her very own procrastinate, even when
mailbox. Leonardo da faced with a major It’s exactly these themes, and the emotions they
commission such as the unleash, that “The Sentence” works to address. Through
Vinci’s portrait, best known portrait of Lisa Gherardini, Ms. Erdrich’s main characters, readers experience the
wife of Florentine cloth frustrations of racial inequality and the precariousness of
as the “Mona Lisa,” is so merchant Francesco del life during a pandemic.
Giocondo, makes it all the
universally popular that the more incredible that the With such true-to-scale depictions, “The Sentence”
painting got made in the fulfills a longing in people like me to not just hold my
French government, which first place. Da Vinci finds a hometown in love and light, but to understand its deep-
connection with the seated challenges.
owns the painting, would be sometimes melancholy Lisa
that gives the painting even The third meeting
unlikely to ever sell it. How more resonance. Morelli
also points out Da Vinci’s On the most recent visit to Minneapolis, I wanted to
did this “icon, an competitive nature, which show my husband and daughters Birchbark Books, never
. embodiment of ideal is revealed in a humorous expecting to see Ms. Erdrich there. But when a figure
scene where an adoring
beauty, a symbol of the public fawns over breezed through the
, Italian Renaissance itself,” Michelangelo’s “David” front door and began
sculpture.  signing books in the
as author and art historian back room, I couldn’t
Flash forward to 1939 believe it. My husband
Laura Morelli describes it, Paris, where an archivist’s asked me if I was going
assistant, Anne Guichard, to say hello.
end up in Paris?  watches as the Louvre’s
employees pack up crates “Only if it’s natural,”
Morelli found refuge of countless artworks to be Switching back to the character of Bellina is I said, silently hovering
during the pandemic in part sent on trucks and hidden Renaissance Italy, we by the cash register
by imagining the saga away at Chambord Castle encounter the story of entirely fictional, the del until she made her way
behind the famous painting, and other locations in the Bellina Sardi, a servant who over.
in her novel, “The Stolen French countryside. A has cared for Lisa since she Giocondo family is drawn
Lady:A Novel of World War dangerous hide-and-seek was a baby. Bellina follows “Hi there, thanks for
II and the Mona Lisa.” Her game ensues with the Nazi her mistress into the del from basic outlines of the coming in,” she said,
exciting dual storylines treasure seekers. Anne Giocondo household after when our gazes finally
span political upheaval from draws strength and courage Lisa’s marriage, and Bellina’s actual historical met.
the Italian Renaissance to from her resolute loyalties are tested as she
World War II-era France. colleagues, and also falls under the spell of a individuals.) I introduced myself, referencing our two past
Morelli’s love for art, intensifies her commitment charismatic monk named encounters. She flattered me, saying she remembered,
history, and character to the Resistance.  Savonarola. The monk has The novel bursts with even though we were both wearing medical-grade face
bubbles over on each page his own schemes, as he and not only suspense and masks.Then I asked what her favorite book was of those
as she brings da Vinci, his his insurgents are bent on intrigue, but also with she had written. From a sky-high stack she was holding,
reluctant muse, and many destroying the property of friendship and even Ms. Erdrich pulled out a light blue paperback.
other historically significant wealthy families and defying romance. It’s far more than
people to vibrant life. Most Medici rule. Bellina’s a book about the “It’s kind of a secret book,” she said.
praiseworthy are two struggles to define her life importance of preserving
courageous women, 500 purpose are heartwarming, great works of art in times It was “Antelope Woman,” a newly edited version of
years apart, who risked and her devotion to hiding of darkness. Morelli hits all “The Antelope Wife,” the first book she published after
their lives to protect the da Vinci’s portrait of her the right notes as she her husband, writer Michael Dorris, took his own life in
lady with the enigmatic mistress is affecting. (While draws on history to 1997. She signed it, referencing our very first Good Earth
smile from harm. illuminate two different, but meeting a million lifetimes ago, and offered it to me as a
parallel, eras in which so gift.
Morelli’s prose is lush much more than art was at
and cinematic, capturing stake.  Now, as I sit in my Paris apartment, my two signed
even small details, such as copies on the bookshelf and Ms. Erdrich’s most recent
the secret to Lisa’s “favorite By Stefanie Milligan book on my nightstand, I wonder what effect writing
skin treatment, a “The Sentence” has had on the author herself. Did it help
concoction of snail water her process the last 18 months of her life? Has it brought
and donkey milk, distilled in her peace?

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Pet World animals

with Cathy Rosenthal in the news

Dog struggling with family Deer crashes through
returning to work post- window into Michigan
COVID store

Dear Cathy, I have a seven- you brushed him for 10 As well as being a recuring Police in Michigan said a deer that
year-old male dog who just minutes every day, make sure guest on Happenings Q&A, apparently "wanted to beat the Black
started marking in the house, that is still a part of his routine. Friday madness" crashed through the
mostly in my master bedroom. You can slowly wean him off Cathy M. Rosenthal is a window of a wilderness decor store.
Yes, there are lots of things other activities you no longer longtime animal advocate, The Walker Police Department said in
going on. A daughter moved can accommodate in your author, columnist and pet a Facebook post  that "Rudolph
out and is getting married. My schedule, but keep playtime, expert who has more than couldn't wait for Christmas" and
husband was working from walks and grooming a part of crashed through the window of the
home a lot; now it's just one his everyday schedule as much 30 years in the animal Wilderness Expressions store "to do a
day a week. I was home more as possible. welfare field. Send your pet little holiday shopping." Officers
during the earlier days of the questions, stories and tips to arrived at the store and found the
pandemic, but now am Next, get him a pheromone animal appropriately wandering in the
returning to normal workdays. collar to wear and put a [email protected]. "deer decor" section of the business.
I feel like these things are just pheromone plug-in in your Police coaxed the deer back outside
"life," and he has been through bedroom. Canine pheromones Cathy Rosenthal joins Cat missing for three the store, and the animal was last seen
our daughters going off to can help dogs feel less anxious, Happenings Q&A on months turns up over heading into the nearby woods.
college, first daughter moving which may reduce the 200 miles from home
out, and many other changes marking. Tue. Dec. 2nd at Firefighters baffled by
before. So, why is he marking 2:30 on AM1050 WLIP. kangaroo on roof
now and how do I make him Finally, while you don't need
stop? What can we do other to monitor him 24/7, you must A New York animal shelter said a cat Firefighters in Australia said a
than not let him upstairs? I monitor him when he is in kangaroo that appeared to be trapped
can't supervise him constantly. your room since that is where brought in as a stray was scanned for a on the roof of a home ended up
Last time I brought him the problem is occurring. rescuing itself -- but how it got onto
upstairs, I went into the closet Don't ever punish him. Instead, Let her out of the crate microchip and found to have gone the house remains a mystery. Local
for a moment, and he marked distract him with a puzzle toy once or twice during each missing three months earlier from a firefighters said they were initially
in the minute that I wasn't so he doesn't think about day's drive to allow her to use Pennsylvania home 200 miles away.The skeptical when a call came in reporting
watching him. - Margo, marking anymore. Clean up the litterbox and get some Montgomery County SPCA said in a a kangaroo stranded on the roof of a
Yorktown,Virginia the urine with an enzymatic water. For her safety, remain in Facebook post that a cat was brought Mount Isa home. "We thought it was a
cleaner. By removing the scent, the car with the doors closed into the shelter by a Fort Plain resident hoax when we got the call, but sure
Dear Margo, When a dog you are removing his desire to when you do this. Do not open who had spotted the feline wandering enough, when we showed up, there it
starts a new behavior, the first remark in that place. the door or let anyone else in loose through their neighborhood for was on the roof," firefighter Patrick
thing to do is take him to the or out of the vehicle, so she is multiple days. The cat was scanned for Buck said. Firefighters prepared to
vet to make sure there are no Dear Cathy, I have a cat unable to bolt from the a microchip and shelter staff mount a rescue to bring the marsupial
health problems.When animals that is 18-1/2 years old.We are vehicle. discovered the animal, named Dex, was back down to the ground. "We went up
have urinary infections and going to Florida for four from Williamsport, Pa. -- more than with all our harnesses and rescue
other illnesses, they can have months. She is very attached equipment, but as soon as we got there
accidents, so please rule out to us, but we don't know if she For the trip, make sure you 200 miles away from where he was he went off the end of the roof and
health problems first. is too old to bring with us. jumped down into some shrubs," Buck
What should we do? - Carol, have all her belongings, found. Dex's owners told the shelter continued. Firefighters said the
While your dog may be Syosset, New York kangaroo left the area on its own, but
used to life changes, he can still medications, food, and even a he had been missing since early August rescuers were left perplexed as to how
get stressed, and is likely Dear Carol, I recommend the animal got onto the roof of the
stressed over you and your taking her with you. If you jug or two of the local water. and they have no idea how he managed house in the first place.
husband no longer being home leave her behind, she could
all the time. Many dogs and become very depressed You could get her used to an to travel so far away from home. "Dex's Disoriented puffin
cats are experiencing the loss because of being separated found 50 miles from
of their families post-COVID- from you. Drive her rather inexpensive spring water story shows the importance of the coast
19 as their families return to than fly her to Florida.While in
offices and school. During this the car, keep her in an airline before you leave, and then microchipping pets," the shelter said. Animal rescuers in Britain said they
transition, maintain his kennel or wire crate large were summoned to a town 50 miles
COVID-19 routine as much as enough for her to stand up and slowly adjust her to the new Woman 'held hostage inland to capture an unusual visitor: a
possible. If you were giving him turn around in. Make sure she water in her new home by puffin. The puffin was found by a
a 30-minute walk every day, has a very soft bed or blanket mixing it with the local water. by a possum' veterinarian near Wakefield, England,
make time to work that walk to sleep on. At her age, her that is 50 miles from the nearest coast.
in before or after work now. If joints will get stiff if she must Wait to feed her at night. You A New Zealand woman had to call "After arrival at the sanctuary, the bird
sleep on a hard surface. was warmed and dried through in an
also should carry her the police for help when she found intensive care brooder, and will require
feeding up," the post said. The wildlife
veterinary records in case you herself "being held hostage by a hospital said its highly unusual to find a
puffin so far inland. The post said the
need care along the way, and possum" in her home.The woman said bird must have been blown off-course
during recent windstorms.
make sure her ID tag and she was unpacking her car at her home

microchip are up-to-date with in Dunedin's North East Valley when

your new, albeit temporary, she felt something run up her leg. "I

location. pulled it off me, thinking it was a cat,

I know you're worried and then I saw it was a possum," the
about her traveling, but a car woman  told the Otago Daily Times.
trip is fine if you make her The woman said she fled into her
comfortable during the ride. I house, and every time she tried to go
don't think she will fare well if outside, the possum would  reappear
you leave her behind. and charge at her. Animal control
officers referred her to police, but the

woman said she was having trouble

getting through to the Dunedin

Central Police Station, so she called the

emergency number to report: "I'm

being held hostage by a possum." Sgt.

Craig Dinnissen said  an officer

arrived at the woman's home and was

speaking with her through a window

when the possum climbed the officer's

leg. The officer was able to stun the

possum using the beam of his flashlight,

and the animal was placed in a box with

some dried pet food. Dinnissen said

the officer relocated the possum to an

area far from the woman's home. The

sergeant said the possum's behavior

was unusual and theorized the animal

may have been formerly kept as a pet

or may have just recently been

separated from its mother.

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the treatment? PrecivityAD and diagnosed with Alzheimer's development in many ways --
disease, making it the most
ANSWER: Morphea, manufactured by St.Louis- common form of dementia, for example, by helping
which is a rare skin disorder, the  Alzheimer's
causes painless hardening based diagnostic company Association estimates. identify the right people for
and discoloration of the
skin. In many cases, morphea C2N, identifies those with In addition to memory clinical trials and by tracking
affects only a few areas on loss, the disease, which can
the body. The condition elevated levels of the protein strike at a younger age and the impact of therapies being
usually goes away on its own progress more slowly than
within several years. In the amyloid in the brain, the other dementias, also can tested," she said.
meantime, treatment often cause problems that include
can keep symptoms in researchers said. speaking and behavioral They also would produce
check. changes. results faster, and be less
recent infection. Morphea extensive, if it does not In people in the early expensive than PET scans,
When morphea first itself is not an infectious respond to topical stages of Alzheimer's disease, PrecivityAD is one of which are the "gold standard"
develops, most people have disease, and it is not treatment, or if it involves this protein accumulates in several blood test-based in Alzheimer's diagnosis,
just one or two lesions, contagious. deeper tissue, then systemic clusters in the brain called diagnostic technologies being Carrillo said.
usually on the abdomen, treatment, such as plaques, disrupting cognitive evaluated for Alzheimer's
chest or back. The lesions methotrexate, may be the function. disease, according to the Based on the results of the
tend to be round areas of next step. association. study presented Thursday,
whitened and hardened skin, Morphea affects only the These plaques, which form PrecivityAD will be used in a
sometimes surrounded by a Methotrexate is a drug before the signs and Others include Simoa, National Institutes of Health-
faint lilac-colored border. skin. It doesn't involve other that suppresses the immune symptoms of Alzheimer's made by Quanterix, and funded clinical trial
Over time, the lesions fade system. It often is prescribed disease appear, typically are Cassava Sciences' SavaDx, called  AHEAD, which seeks
away, but they may leave organs. When a health care in pill form for morphea, and identified through positron both of which measure blood to identify ways to prevent
behind patches of it can reduce symptoms emission tomography, or PET, levels of phospho-tau181, Alzheimer's symptoms, the
discolored or darkened skin. provider suspects morphea, effectively. In dermatology, imaging scans of the brain. another protein that researchers said.
the medication typically is contributes to the
Depending on where it a blood test is performed to used in low doses. Because development of Alzheimer's
occurs, morphea can affect of the smaller dose, more disease, according to the
mobility, particularly if it rule out scleroderma, a severe side effects, such as National Institutes of Health.
forms on the arms or legs. In extensive hair loss, which
some cases, morphea can related and more serious can be associated with "There is an urgent need
cause affected skin to methotrexate in other for simple, inexpensive, non-
atrophy, leading to autoimmune disorder. situations, are not usually a invasive and easily available
depressions in the skin. problem.
Scleroderma causes However, study data
The specific cause of Other treatment options showed the PrecivityAD test
morphea isn't known. It is hardening of the skin and for morphea beyond can accurately predict levels The study, being conducted
thought to be a type of methotrexate also are of amyloid plaques people at 75 research centers across
autoimmune disorder, in the body's connective available. For example, will have on PET scans 81% of North America, is enrolling
which the body's immune phototherapy, which uses the time, which researchers 1,165 participants as young as
system mistakenly attacks tissues, and it can damage ultraviolet light, can improve say may lead to earlier age 55 years, they said.
healthy tissue, causing the appearance of skin diagnosis of Alzheimer's
inflammation and leading to internal organs. A biopsy affected by morphea. A class disease.
symptoms. Possible triggers of medications known as
for morphea can include may be performed to rule tetracyclines also can help. If
radiation, skin trauma or a you are not comfortable
out other concerns. with methotrexate or are For the study, PrecivityAD
interested in an alternative will be used to identify
Although morphea to treat morphea, talk to participants at risk for
your health care provider Alzheimer's, based on
eventually goes away on its about the treatment choices elevated amyloid levels.
that may fit your situation. -- Screening blood tests should
own over time, treatment Jason Sluzevich, M.D., "Blood-based screening is a greatly speed up clinical trial
Dermatology, Mayo Clinic, giant leap forward in enrollment, which often is a
usually is recommended to Jacksonville, Florida detecting changes in the brain long, expensive process, the
among people who do not researchers said.
decrease symptoms. yet show memory loss
symptoms," study co-author
Treatment works best when Dr. Reisa Sperling said in a

the condition is in its early

stages, so the sooner a

lesion is treated, the better.

The first step in treatment
for morphea in a case like
yours, where the condition
is confined to one area,
usually involves using a
topical cream on affected
skin. The cream may include
medications such as
corticosteroids, calcineurin
inhibitors or calcipotriene
to reduce the inflammation
that's causing symptoms.

When morphea is

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Nutrition News nocturnal, so in the study calories you're consuming Pork Chops with
with Charlyn Fargo they were made to eat in a day. If there's room in Cranberries & Pears
during the day. your calorie budget for a
Evening Calories healthier snack, enjoy it, no Servings: 4
The bottom line is if you matter the time of day. 1 tablespoon packed brown sugar
I often get asked if eating eat your designated calories
after 8 p.m. makes you gain during the day and then Q and A 1 teaspoon ground mustard
weight. The truth is, when snack in the evening, you're 1 1/2 teaspoon salt
you eat isn't nearly as going to gain weight. Late- Q: Is an air fryer worth
important as what you eat night snacking often occurs the money? 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
after 8 p.m. -- and what while watching television or 4 (6-ounce) boneless pork chops, cut 1-inch thick
you've eaten throughout even reading. An entire bag A: I like to think of an air
the day. of chips or plate of cookies fryer like a mini convection 1 tablespoon olive oil
can be consumed without oven. Rapid air circulates at 2 large, ripe Bartlett pears, cored and cut into wedges
Some 65% of us eat at Charlyn Fargo is a even knowing it: what we high heat to bake, fry or grill
least one snack in the registered dietitian with SIU call mindless eating.And ask a variety of foods with little 1 medium yellow onion, cut into 1/4-inch wedges
evening, according to the Med School in Springfield, yourself what foods you or no oil. Foods are cooked 1 cup fresh or frozen cranberries
2021 Food and Health typically eat late at night. to perfection in a fraction of 3 sprigs fresh rosemary
Survey by the International Ill. For comments or Most of the time it's not an the time conventional 1 cup hard cider or apple cider
Food Information Council questions, contact her at apple. It's more likely to be ovens take, and with much 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
(IFIC). chips, cookies or ice cream less fat. Another benefit is
[email protected] -- high-fat, high-sugar, high- food can be cooked directly Preheat oven to 425 F. For spice mix: In a small bowl, mix brown sugar, mustard, 1
The studies on late-night or follow her on Twitter calorie snacks. Those types from a frozen state and 1/2 teaspoon salt and 1/2 teaspoon black pepper. Rub spice mix over both sides
of food aren't healthy often without preheating of chops. In a 12-inch cast-iron or heavy skillet, heat 1 tablespoon olive oil over
eating have not been based @NutritionRd. anytime you eat them and the air fryer, which can be a medium-high heat.Add chops and cook 2-3 minutes per side or until browned.
should therefore be eaten timesaver. Air fryers turn Remove chops from skillet.Add pears and onion to skillet. Cook and stir about 2
on large numbers of in moderation. out healthier versions of a minutes or until browned. Return chops to skillet with pears and onions.Top with
wide range of foods while
participants. A study of 32 Try keeping a journal or protecting texture and cranberries and rosemary. Bake about 15 minutes or until pork reaches an
logging your calories in an without sacrificing flavor. I'm internal temperature of 145 F.Transfer chops and pear mixture to a platter. Cover
young women, published in cholesterol) in the blood, app to see how many a fan for all the reasons and keep warm. For pan sauce, carefully add cider to hot skillet. Boil gently over
suggesting nighttime eating listed. medium heat 5 to 7 minutes or until reduced and slightly thickened, stirring to
the International Journal of changes fat metabolism.
scrape up browned bits.Whisk in butter; cook and stir 1-2 minutes more to
Obesity, found that eating thicken. Season with salt and pepper, if needed. Spoon pan sauce over pork chops

late was associated with a And then there is a study and pear mixture. Serves 4.

reduction in calories on research done in mice, Easy No-Bake
Pumpkin Pie
burned and reduced published in the
Serves 10
glucose tolerance. Another Chronobiology 1 single-crust pie-dough (homemade or store-bought)

study of 11 Japanese young International where 1 cup (8 ounces) heavy cream
1 tablespoon unflavored gelatin
women suggested that researchers found timing of 1 (15-ounce) can unsweetened pumpkin puree, opened
3/4 cup (5 1/4 ounces) sugar
nighttime snacking food intake could be more
1/4 cup maple syrup
increased levels of total and important than regular 1 teaspoon salt

low-density lipoprotein exercise for preventing 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
(LDL) cholesterol (aka bad obese mice. Mice are 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger

America’s Test Kitchen Vegetable oil spray

Pumpkin pie is a Thanksgiving staple 1. In a medium microwave-safe bowl, whisk cream and gelatin until all the gelatin
looks wet (mixture will be slightly lumpy). Let mixture sit for 5 minutes.
Most pumpkin pies -- like the ones on your
Thanksgiving table every year -- have fillings 2. Heat the gelatin mixture in the microwave for 1 minute.Whisk until smooth
that contain pumpkin puree, cream, sugar, and syrupy. Set aside.
spices and eggs. Because of the eggs, which
make the filling nice and thick, these pies need 3. In a large microwave-safe bowl, whisk pumpkin, sugar, maple syrup, salt,
to be baked, often for a long time. In our cinnamon, nutmeg and ginger until combined. Heat the pumpkin mixture in the
pumpkin pie, however, we don't use eggs.
Instead, we use gelatin -- the same ingredient microwave until steaming, about 2 minutes.
that is in Jell-O! 4.Add the gelatin mixture to the pumpkin mixture and carefully whisk until well
combined. Use a rubber spatula to scrape the filling into the pre-baked, cooled
And instead of baking our pie, after heating pie crust. Gently shake the pie so the filling spreads evenly to the edges. Let the
up the gelatin and the pumpkin in the
microwave, we chill it. (Well, we still bake the pie cool for 10 minutes.
crust by blind-baking the crust by itself; then 5. Lightly spray a sheet of plastic wrap with vegetable oil spray. Gently press the
we chill the baked crust and its nonbaked greased plastic onto the filling. Refrigerate the pie for at least 4 hours or up to
filling.)
two days. Slice pie into wedges and serve.
How does that work, you ask? We use
gelatin in the filling. Gelatin is a kind of protein. FOR ADVERTISING RATES CALL 262-564-8800
It's made up of long, thin molecules. When
gelatin is mixed with a hot liquid, its molecules
are loose and flexible, and they move around a
lot -- the liquid stays liquid. But when the
temperature gets colder, the gelatin molecules
slow down and start to get tangled, kind of like
earbuds when they're in your pocket.
Eventually, they get so tangled that they trap
the liquid inside. The liquid can't move around
or flow: it becomes a solid -- in this case, a
smooth, sliceable, solid pumpkin pie filling.

A quick tip: You could also use a store-
bought pie crust so there is truly no baking
involved.

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ProPublica: St. Jude hoards billions while
many of Its families drain their savings

A series of sharp knocks St. Jude makes a unique
on his driver's side window promise as part of its
startled Jason Burt awake. fundraising: "Families never
receive a bill from St. Jude
It was the middle of the for treatment, travel,
night on a Saturday in 2016. housing or food -- because
Burt was sleeping in his all a family should worry
pickup truck in the parking about is helping their child
lot of St. Jude Children's live."
Research Hospital in
downtown Memphis, Tenn., But for many families,
where his 5-year-old treatment at St. Jude does
daughter was being treated not relieve all the financial
for brain cancer. He'd driven burdens they incur in
more than 500 miles from getting care for their
his home in Central Texas to children, including housing,
visit her. travel and food costs that
fall outside the hospital's
A St. Jude security guard strict limits, a ProPublica
peered into the truck and investigation has found.
asked Burt what he was
doing. Burt explained that While families may not The SpaceX Inspiration4 mission in September
his daughter and her receive a bill from St. Jude, included Hayley Arceneaux, a former St. Jude
mother, his ex-girlfriend, the hospital doesn't cover patient as a crew member. 
were staying in the hospital's what's usually the biggest
free patient housing. But St. source of financial stress every $5 donated, increased admitted to the hospital. a dramatic expansion in the hometown raised cash to
Jude provides housing for associated with childhood its reserve fund. That includes the rule Burt assistance it will give to pay their bills.
only one parent. Burt, a cancer: the loss of income ran into, that the hospital parents and other relatives
school bus driver making as parents quit or take leave Further, ProPublica found, covers the travel and during their kids' treatment Her cancer relapsed the
$20,000 a year, told the from jobs to be with their a substantial portion of the housing costs of only one in Memphis. following year with several
guard he couldn't afford a child during treatment. For cost for treatment is paid caregiver and one patient. new, inoperable brain
hotel. The guard let the many families, the not by St. Jude but by For many families, the daily Among the most tumors. Burt and his
exhausted father go back to consequence is missed families' private insurance food budget is capped at significant changes are daughter's mom broke up
sleep. St. Jude would do no payments for cars, utilities or by Medicaid, the $50. In some cases, hotel increasing travel benefits to during that round of
more to find him a place to and cellphones. Others face government insurance stays en route are provided two parents instead of one treatment, and financial
stay. eviction or foreclosure program for low-income only if families travel more and covering regular trips to problems piled up.
because they can't keep up families. About 90% of than 500 miles to get to St. Memphis for siblings and
"They were aware of the with rent and mortgage patients are insured, Jude. other loved ones.  St. Jude's Burt said his credit score
situation," Burt said. "I didn't payments. bringing in more than $100 letter to parents  said the dropped so low that utility
push anything. I was just million in reimbursements St. Jude said its assistance changes take effect Monday. companies refused to set up
grateful she was getting Parents at St. Jude have for treatment a year. If a is "based on guidelines to service unless he first paid a
treated and I was doing family shows up at St. Jude ensure fairness and That would've made a big deposit. One of the family's
what I needed to do." exhausted savings and without insurance, a responsible use of donor difference for Burt. Burt's cars was repossessed, he
company hired by the funds" and on remaining daughter, whom ProPublica said. Burt's 2005 Chevrolet
retirement accounts, charity helps them find it. St. compliant with a federal is not identifying at her Colorado pickup has
Jude does cover copays and anti-kickback statute that mother's request, was 300,000 miles on it, many of
St. Jude is the largest and borrowed from family and deductibles, an unusual makes it a criminal offense originally diagnosed with them logged on trips from
benefit. to offer something of value cancer in early 2015, when Texas to Memphis. When
most highly regarded friends or asked other to induce a medical referral. doctors discovered a tumor Burt's daughter was at St.
St. Jude spends about St. Jude declined to explain pressing against her brain Jude for treatment or
healthcare charity in the charities for aid. ProPublica $500 million a year on how the law affects the stem. She had successful exams, he'd work all week,
patient services -- a figure amount or type of financial emergency surgery to then visit on many
country. Each year, the identified more than 100 St. that includes all medical assistance it provides to remove the mass at Dell weekends where he would
care and other assistance. families. Children's Medical Center spend Saturday night
Memphis hospital's Jude families seeking Very little of what St. Jude in Austin, Texas. Medicaid sleeping in the hospital
raises from the public goes "St. Jude has never and Dell Children's covered parking lot.
fundraisers send out financial help through the to pay for food, travel and promised anyone -- neither the bill, but the family was
housing for families, the patients nor the public in still faced with the cost of He asked hospital officials
hundreds of millions of online fundraiser investigation found. Last general -- that it can solve her ongoing treatment. if he could sleep in St. Jude's
year, it was 2% of the money all financial problems," the housing, but they turned
letters, many with heart- GoFundMe, with half of the raised, or nearly $40 million. letter said. "At that point I'm him down, he said.
thinking: 'What am I going
wrenching photographs of campaigns started in the It is unquestioned that St. When parents need to do? I guess I'm selling my Burt said he was happy
Jude has helped thousands additional financial help, St. house, whatever it takes,'" with the care St. Jude
children left bald from past two years. We counted of children and their families Jude's social workers often Burt recalled. "Honestly, that provided. His daughter's
over the decades. Patients send them to smaller was probably a big deciding health is stable, he said, and
battling cancer. scores of other events like have  offered scores of charities or in some cases factor for St. Jude." brain scans taken during her
testimonials  about the suggest that they apply for September exam confirmed
Celebrities like Jennifer concerts and yard sales hospital's generosity and government aid. St. Jude accepted Burt's her two remaining tumors
Aniston and Sofia Vergara care. daughter into a clinical trial, haven't grown. But he's still
sing the hospital's praises in organized to help St. Jude The help St. Jude provides and the family moved to the trying to recover financially.
televised advertisements. St. Jude said it  discloses to families may soon be hospital's patient housing in
This year, St. Jude's families in need. the limits of its aid to increasing. After ProPublica Memphis for several "It's five years now," Burt
fundraising reached outer families on its website and in provided St. Jude with the months. Both parents said, "and I'm not completely
space. The SpaceX One family relied on a material provided to those findings of its reporting, the stopped working for a time, caught up yet."
Inspiration4 mission in mixed martial arts fighter to whose children are hospital informed families of and people in their
September included a help raise money for
former St. Jude patient as a expenses like car repairs
crew member. and cellphone bills, items
that St. Jude would not
Last year, St. Jude raised a cover. Another spent
record $2 billion. U.S. News $10,000, originally saved to
& World Report ranked purchase a home, on costs
it  the country's 10th-best related to treatment at St.
children's cancer hospital, Jude.
and St. Jude raised roughly
as much as the nine Only about half of the
hospitals ahead of it put $7.3 billion St. Jude has
together. It has $5.2 billion received in contributions in
in reserves, a sum large the past five fiscal years
enough to run the went to the hospital's
institution at current levels research and caring for
for the next four and a half patients, according to its
years without a single financial filings with the
additional donation. Internal Revenue Service.
About 30% covered the
cost of its fundraising
operations, and the
remaining 20%, or $1 of

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jill on money in the spring, the optimistic
Tigger was ready for his
October Jobs: Eeyore close-up: a massive 1 million
OUT, Tigger IN new jobs were created in
both June and in July.Then as
with Jill Schlesinger the Delta variant escalated,
hiring slowed down and
The labor market Jill Schlesinger, CFP, is a CBS Eeyore was ready to are pushing up wages. months, the hope is that all in 2022, up from $19,500 for
bounced back in October, as News business analyst. A proclaim that the end of the Average hourly earnings are animals that dwell in the 2021 and 2020.The catch-up
Delta variant cases former options trader and CIO recovery was nigh. Neither up by 4.9% on a year-over- Hundred Acre Wood are contribution limit for
decreased. The economy of an investment advisory firm, character tells the whole year basis, but those able to enjoy that pot of employees aged 50 and who
added 531,000 new she welcomes comments and story of the labor market, increases are necessary as honey, with you-know-who. participate in these plans
positions, at the upper end because for every upbeat Americans contend with remains unchanged at
of the range of estimates — questions at assessment, there are also higher prices. Retirement Plan $6,500. However, annual
and revisions to the two [email protected]. Check lingering effects of the Changes 2022 limits for traditional and
previous months added an pandemic, just as you would As economist Joel Naroff Roth IRA remain unchanged
additional 235,000 more her website at expect. put it: “This report is a clear, In case you missed it, the at $6,000, as does the catch-
than previously reported. www.jillonmoney.com unambiguous reminder that IRS announced that the up contribution limit for
The October hiring, which For instance, the you should not judge the contribution limit for individuals aged 50, which is
was broad-based across adventures: Tigger and unemployment rate, which is economy on one month’s employees who participate $1,000. Go to IRS.gov for
most sectors, brings average Eeyore. I know that Pooh, calculated based on the number.” One month it in 401(k), 403(b), most 457 more information on various
monthly job gains to 582,000 the honey-loving namesake number of people working could be Tigger, another plans, and the federal retirement plan changes for
in 2021, for a total of 5.8 of the book, garners the or actively seeking month it could be Eeyore, government’s Thrift Savings 2022.
million jobs this year. limelight, but the wildly employment, dropped two- but over the course of many Plan will increase to $20,500
upbeat Tigger the tiger and tenths of a percent to a
While a total of 18.2 the downcast Eeyore the pandemic low of 4.6%. That
million jobs have been added donkey exemplify the sounds great, except when
since April 2020, the financial feelings that many you factor in that the labor
fallout from the pandemic is economists have felt about force increased by just
not over: there are currently the labor market over the 104,000, which is not enough
4.2 million fewer jobs (and past six months. to keep pace with
4.7 million fewer people population growth. And
working) than there were in As the economy opened labor force participation,
February 2020, before the which is the share of adults
pandemic hit with great working or seeking work,
force. has held at or below 61.7%
since June 2020 – that’s
The October report made down from 63.4% in January
me think about two of my 2020. In other words, the
favorite characters from A.A. Great Resignation, and a
Milne’s Winnie the Pooh jump in early retirements,
persists.The smaller number
of people working explain
why there are labor
shortages, which are in turn,

Medicare enrollment is the
perfect time for bigger
conversations

with Jill Schlesinger

It’s Medicare open something called time in their lives when
enrollment season, which changes in their thinking
means that more than 60 “overchoice,” which is the processes make it harder to
million Americans over the make financial decisions or
age of 65 have within their phenomenon of overload to recognize scams.
grasp a fat, softcover book,
Medicare & You handbook, you may experience when The Consumer Financial
that is likely destined for the Protection Bureau (CFPB)
recycling bin. According to you are staring at the more warns that “Neighbors,
research from the Kaiser caregivers, professionals, and
Family Foundation (KFF), than 250 items on the 21- even family or friends may
71% of Medicare try to take advantage of
beneficiaries didn’t compare page Cheesecake Factory people as they age.They may
plans during the 2018 Open take money without
Enrollment Period — and menu. permission, fail to repay
the numbers look far worse money they owe, charge too
for those over the age of 85, According to research, much for services, or not do opportunity to take a more hospitals shots or vaccines, and yearly
those with lower incomes, overchoice has been what they were paid to do. detailed look at what’s going “Wellness” visits)
and also for people of color. associated with unhappiness, These are examples of elder on, so that you can identify — Skilled nursing facility
decision fatigue, going with financial abuse.” important red flags. care Part D (Drug coverage):
After reviewing the 128- the default option, and Private insurance companies
page Medicare & You choice deferral which is So, what’s the answer? The We need to add Medicare — Hospice care run plans that follow rules
handbook, the problem may avoiding making a decision CFPB recommends keeping planning to the list of set by Medicare to help
be that there is just too altogether. Given how in touch and staying involved financial issues, like estate — Home health care cover the cost of
much information and choice important health insurance with your loved one’s planning, that families need prescription drugs, including
within the program. In 2021, is, the complexity of the financial matters as one of to address together. Part B (Medical many recommended shots
most Medicare beneficiaries program adds to the burden the best ways to help Someone needs to take the Insurance): or vaccines.
are faced with reviewing 33 that we are putting on prevent abuse. Medicare lead and use the Medicare
Medicare Advantage plans beneficiaries. Open Enrollment may be an Plan Finder to compare plans — Services from doctors After even a cursory
and 30 Part D stand-alone ideal time to start a broader and select what is right for and other health care review, you may be tempted
prescription drug plans. One Additionally, because conversation about your your loved one. Here’s a providers to outsource the process. As
common theme among Medicare is so confusing, it is loved one’s financial life and quick cheat sheet on the with all financial advice,
behavioral scientists is an area that is ripe for elder may also be a good breakdown of Medicare: — Outpatient care before you pay up for
financial abuse. There is professional help, understand
evidence that as people age, — Home health care what brokers or agents are
they often become targets of selling and how they are
scams.The reason is twofold: Part A (Hospital — Durable medical compensated.
many older Americans have Insurance): equipment (like wheelchairs,
ample savings that fraudsters walkers, hospital beds, and
can tap and they are at a other equipment)

— Inpatient care in — Many preventive
services (like screenings,

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It’s picture time! are in the middle of it all.

by Carolyn Serpe Funny that once you see
the photos from the eyes
Fall marks the time of the Carolyn Serpe is a and magic of the
year where things get Kenosha native whose photographer, you notice
colder, leaves and snow family owns The Lettering that even though mom
begin to fall and all the Machine in Downtown caved, the family outfits still
families come out for those Kenosha. She has been came together and looked
traditional photo shoots manager at the shop since pretty cohesive.  The little
for the Christmas cards.  her parents purchased it girl that finally put jeans on,
Our family is definitely one from the previous owners came alive and wowed the
of them.  It is so important back in 2002. Carolyn is a camera.  You see the
to document as much as mom to 3 beautiful girls toddler that was screaming
we can of our little family and a wife for 10 years to when she arrived, sneaking
as we know that time is her handsome husband tiny beautiful smiles from
dad’s chest.  The dog
fleeting and things don’t Chris. Carolyn welcomes all actually wasn’t too bad and
we snapped a few with him
last forever.  Our little girls to her crazy journey in life photo submitted by Carolyn Serpe looking at the camera.  The
oldest did what she does
are growing faster than we and about how she tries to best and shone bright.  And
that husband let his wife
ever could have imagined balance it all. kiss him on the cheek for a
photo that caught the
and we just want to hold Christmas card.  But here with for his first photos…a the spotlight.   family!  My sister, Samantha sparkle of love in his eye.
wonderful way to add to Vaughn with Bird of
onto these moments. is what you are missing… the stress that is a family Even with all of this Paradox Studios, has been These are moments that
photo shoot.  The weather backstory going on, you get taking photos of us since we won’t forget and are
Honestly, we do take which was super cold, to the outdoor location, our little family started.  beyond thankful for the
tons of photos and videos Behind the scenes, there rainy, muddy and damp that look at your photographer, And now her partner in talent that our
on a day to day basis, but is the mom that caves to made EVERYONE want to and instantly feel at ease.  crime, Stephanie Maack, photographers have.  We
having some photos that the lack of enthusiasm this stay home in jammies For us this happens almost takes photos of us as well.  love you Sammy and Steph!
we are ALL in together is year and allows everyone curled up on the couch every time. The drama that They both understand that
just as important.  These to dress in hoodies instead with some premature happens prior is put to life is chaotic and dramatic Have a favorite
are the “pretty” photos of color coordinating Christmas movies playing.  rest, the smiles come out and how much work it photographer?  Does your
that get blown up and everyone in matching You miss the husband and and the ride home is back takes to get the whole family look like this before
framed for the walls.  The festive outfits. You miss the wife silently arguing over to happy.  Not sure if this family put together.  They the shoot?  Please share!
photos that you post on little girl that didn’t want to the need for photos and happens with everyone have patience and grace ([email protected]
social media for others to wear jeans and stormed that they HAD to be done else, or just us.  We have and see your family in a m)
“heart emoji” and “thumbs out of the house screaming that very day.  The oldest been very lucky to have a beautiful light from the
up emoji” the crap out of.   that she just wanted to daughter just wanting to special connection with outside perspective.  They
The ones that make your wear her sweatpants.  The get this all over with, but our photographers… show you what you don’t
family look picture perfect toddler that demanded to secretly excited to be in considering they are or can’t see because you
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The old coal had to be removed once or high heat dispersed the
twice a week. Our orange essencethroughout
furnace driveway at the time was the house. You couldn’t do
half dirt, so Dad had us fill that with natural gas or oil,
by Joe Campolo, Jr. the tire ruts with the because the temperature
clinkers. He would then exiting the vents was
Back in the day, our cape Joe Campolo Jr. is an photo submitted by Joe Campolo drive over them with the lower, and wouldn’t do the
cod home on the south award winning author, car, forcing them into the job. I miss that nice smell to
side of Kenosha, was poet and public speaker. Christmas Story”. He the heat in the furnace was ground. After years of this day.
heated by a coal furnace. He is known for his three could change a flat tire by adding coal, or adjusting forcing clinkers into that
My dad, being rather frugal, award winning books The quicker than an Indy car the flues in the tubes which driveway, you could have My days tending the coal
was one of the last Kansas NCO, Back to the team, and he could change exited the furnace. The probably parked a Sherman furnace at home, served
holdouts in the area to World, and his most an electrical fuse so fast temperature in the house tank on it. me well in later life. While
convert to oil or natural recent publication Three you hardly knew the lights was either very warm, or serving in the U.S. Air
gas heating. (When the Wars. A United States Air went out. But his real area very cool. If anyone The coal bin was no Force at Lowry Air Force
time came, he went with of mastery was the coal messed with the flues, Dad man’s land for any living Base outside of Denver,
natural gas) Force Vietnam War furnace. He could hear a would quiz everyone in the thing. Once you entered, Colorado, I was able to put
veteran, Joe belongs to the furnace clinker clanking, household, like a you left wearing a layer of that experience to good
In addition to providing VFW,The American Legion, even with the TV blasting prosecuting attorney coal dust. When we finally use. All of the barracks at
heat, the old coal furnace the Kenosha Area Vietnam or the radio blaring. grilling a murder suspect. converted to natural gas, the time were built around
was quite an entertainment Vets (KAVV), and Vietnam the nasty coal bin, along WWII, and each one was
system. It created some The only way to regulate The burnt–out clinkers with the beastly coal heated by a coal furnace.
lively debate between my Vets of America (VVA). furnace had to be Two furnace tenders were
parents, regarding the removed. Taking them assigned to each barracks,
necessity to convert to a For more from Joe, visit down and cleaning up after and since I had experience,
cleaner, hassle–free fuel. It his website resembled a federal hazmat I was assigned as one. Being
also generated a test of operation. And for years a furnace tender meant I
wills between me and my namwarstory.com after, the area still had black didn’t have to pull KP, or
older brother regarding coal dust impregnated into report for early morning
furnace tending chores. metal chute from the truck the floor, walls and ceiling physical training. And since
And when fully stoked up would be slidthrough it. joists. I knew my trade well, we
the furnace creaked, The coal would be released stoked up the furnace so as
groaned, banged and into the coal bin amidst I think what finally to keep the barracks warm
whiffed as the flames much banging, roaring and triggered my dad into for about five hours.
roared and the sheet metal rumbling. Coal dust would converting was the fact Thatleft us enough time to
expanded and contracted be everywhere, and when that our chimney was the stroll down Colfax Avenue,
with the heat. It was a done the silence seemed only one in the hitting all the 3.2 bars along
formidable entity. deafening. neighborhood spewing out the way, then getting back
the telltale black smoke. in time to stoke the
When the coal truck My dad was very much “Oh, those darn Campolo’s furnace beforeevening
came, as it did three or like the father in “A and their coal furnace!” muster.
four times during the
winter, that was an exciting A pleasant memory from Nothing like an old coal
time also. The metal coal our coal furnace days was furnace to keep you nice
bin door to the basement Mom putting orange peels and toasty.
bin would be opened and a on the furnace vents. The

This photo, titled “YMCA Road Race” is from the Louis windows and awning, it is now 5824 6th Avenue and October 2021
Theirs collection and taken on Thanksgiving in 1907. It is home to House of Nutrition and Wellness. If we look Court Report
unclear if this YMCA race is the same as the Kenosha across the street to the east side of Sixth Avenue, we can
Mayor’s Turkey Day Run, which began in 1906 as a see a building with seven second story windows and a DUIs
Thanksgiving Day morning tradition. The latter event sign which reads “Cashman’s Clothing.” That building is Arelianao, Margarito.Trevor. (OWI 1st)
was held often but not every year until the early 1950s. also still standing and is now home to Duck Duck Brandt, Randall D. Bristol. (OWI 1st)
The Kenosha Running Club brought the event back in Goose, 5811 Sixth Ave., Wisconsin Outdoor Games, Calverley, Jonathan P. Racine. (OWI 1st)
1978 and it continues to this day. 5813 Sixth Ave., and Vintage Underground, 5817 Sixth Casey, Breanna M. Zion, IL. (OWI 2nd)
Ave. Cerrato, Francisco X. Park City, IL. (OWI 2nd)
Although this photo is 114 years old, a few buildings in Crivello, Britney M. Milwaukee. (OWI 1st)
this photo are still standing in Downtown Kenosha.This Photo courtesy of the Kenosha History Center. Located Deford, Dale C. Kenosha. (OWI 3rd)
pic is taken in the intersection of 59th Street and Sixth on Simmons Island in Downtown Kenosha, the Kenosha Ducksworth, Erik T. Lindenhurst. (OWI 2nd)
Avenue-A looking northeast. For easy reference, the History Center collects and preserves artifacts, records, Earl, Jaimie N. Kenosha. (OWI 3rd)
Orpheum building would take up the right side of this and information vital to understanding the history of the Finger, Evan T. Kenosha. (OWI 1st)
photo today. But this photo was long before the County’s social, cultural, ethnic, and industrial heritage Gholston, Emanuel. Pleasant Prairie. (OWI 1st)
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center on the west side of the street with the three Jeske, Justin K. Kenosha. (OWI 3rd)
Minor,Tyler A. Kenosha. (OWI 1st)
22 SMART READER November 18, 2021 Napoleon, Scott. Mount Prospect, IL. (OWI 1st)
Ohlrich, Clayton. Burlington. (OWI 5th/6th)
Pauly, Cameron M. Glenview, IL. (OWI 1st)
Pofahl, Andrew P. Kenosha. (OWI 3rd)
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