Smart Reader September 9, 2021

September 9, 2021
Volume 19 - #18

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“We need each other” Singer-songwriter
Crystal Bowersox talks about the emotions
which inspired her

If you’re excited that listening is medicine for the ever spoken on the show by believe, the best collection
Crustal Bowersox is coming soul. Music can change the Simon Cowell, before he left of songs I’ve ever put out
back to perform in world.” for America’s Got Talent, into the world. I have Billy
Kenosha, you’re not alone. was a single word he used and the crew to thank for
The singer is excited about With a heart set on a to describe her finals that,” she says.
her latest return to the city, career in music, Bowersox performance:“Outstanding.”
as well. moved to Chicago on the Similar to her beginnings,
cusp of 18, where she spent Her time on the show Crystal's intentions are to
“I love Kenosha,” she said her days busking in the proved to be well spent, as make music that has healing
in a recent telephone streets of the city and on she immediately left the power.
interview.“I’m a midwestern subway platforms. Chicago’s soundstage for the
girl. I love the friendly rich and diverse culture recording studio in 2010, “A few of us lost loved
approach and feel the helped her to broaden her releasing her debut album, ones during the process of
people have. Everybody musical horizons and she “Farmer’s Daughter” on Jive making this album,” she
knows your name and says shared her talents with a Records. explains. “As we each travel
‘hi.’ ” variety of venues and down our unique roads,
audiences. Since her introduction to long after the recording
Bowersox will play the the world, Bowersox has sessions end, we have to
“My time in Chicago was released 3 LPs, two EPs and remember that there isn't a
Wyndham Garden Hotel a great learning ground and several singles. Additionally, soul among us that will get
a bit of a social experiment,” she has used her voice and to their destination on their
and Ballroom on Friday, she says. “It gave me the talents to benefit several own.We need each other to
opportunity to try new causes close to her heart make it through life. In this
Sept. 17. The show starts at material, see what worked and has become an way, I suppose we are all the
and what didn’t. I learned inspiration and advocate for Hitchhiker.”
8:30 p.m. General admission how to give an audience the people living with Type 1
best, most memorable diabetes. She also looks forward to
tickets are $20 and prime experience I could just maybe dropping in a new
performing solo like that.” song or two from the album
reserved seating in the front during her Kenosha show.
The experience also
rows is $28. Tickets can be taught her a valuable lesson “I can’t wait to see and
about using her most perform for everybody
purchased at important instrument: her again,” she says. “See you
voice. there, Kenosha!”
www.hap2it.com.
“Singing on the train On Friday, September
The show will be opened platforms was a great lesson Most recently, Crystal 17th, Crystal Bowersox
by Phillip-Michael Scales, in how to project my voice,” takes the stage at the
nephew of the legendary she remembers. “I always released the first single photo via instagram.com/crystalbowersox Wyndham Garden Hotel,
B.B. King, who will play what made it a point to sing 5125 Sixth Ave. with special
he describes as “dive bar above the sounds of the from her long-awaited “and how kindness is with crew on the album,” guest Phillip-Michael Scales
soul” before Bowersox trains.That built connection healing.” she says. “I've never before (the nephew of legend BB
takes the stage with her with the crowds – album, “HitchHiker.” worked with someone so King). A limited number of
country-rock-folk singer- something I still work to do. Produced by Nashville personally invested - not reserved seats are still
songwriter show. I don’t want the audience to “Courage to Be Kind,” was songwriter and musician only in the music, but in the available for $20. by visiting
ever feel a distance between Billy Harvey, “HitchHiker” is people contributing to the www.hap2it.com or stop in
me and them.” written in 2017 with likely to become Crystal’s project. Billy is the heart and the Happenings office,
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national prominence on the has been delayed by the with any questions.
ninth season of American Steve Seskin. In the folk- pandemic, but Bowersox That community is one
Idol, finishing as runner-up says it could be available filled with the incredible
to Lee DeWyze. She is rock gospel anthem, early next year – now that talents and dedication of
proud, she says, that the last she is signing with an players such as JJ Johnson,
A northwest Ohio native Crystal’s voice soars as she independent record label. John Ginty, Doug Lancio,
currently calling Nashville, words Another single, she teases, Audley Freed, Chris
Tenn., home, Bowersox has tackles several controversial may be coming in the next Donahue, Randall Currie,
built her life around music. couple of months. Dave Eggar, and a choir of
Her love for it developed at topics. Nashville’s finest, forty
an early age from her need “I'm absolutely in awe of women deep.
to find peace in a chaotic “It takes courage to be the genuine friendships that
world. kind / To be brave enough to have transpired from the “I cannot wait for fans to
walk your love across a songs and by how much I hear this record. I could die
“For me, music has always party line.”. While the song have learned throughout tomorrow a happy woman,
been the most effective is a new release for her, it the entire creative process just knowing this record is
form of catharsis,” she already has within it a while working so closely finished and that it is, I truly
explains. “I grew up in a history hundreds of years in
tumultuous home. My the making. Little did the
escape from it all was music writers know that the
– playing it, listening to it, nation would become as
feeling it. The simple act of divided as it seems to be
today.

“The song is about the
magic of humanity,” she says,

To hear Her new single, “Courage to be Kind”
more about
what to expect “Courage to be Kind” was written a few years ago in striving for. It will leave
at Crystal’s response to the nine racially motivated murders that took room to realize that we
upcoming place in Charleston, SC at the Emanuel African Methodist have so much more in
appearance, Episcopal Church. My co-writer Steve Seskin and I were common than what divides
tune in to incredibly moved by the words of the victims’ family members us. 
Happenings immediately following the seemingly unforgivable acts. The
forgiveness and compassion they chose to give to the very Love must always win.
Q&A on person who stole their loved ones from them was highly
AM1050 WLIP controversial, but intensely powerful.  "Darkness cannot drive
(or streaming out darkness; only light can
live online at I think the most difficult choice we can make while looking do  that. Hate cannot drive
www.wlip.com) into the eyes of hate, adversity and divisiveness is to show out hate;  only love can
kindness and compassion. Not one among us is perfect, but I do  that." - Martin Luther
on Monday, think kindness and mindfulness are practices we need to be King, Jr.
September
13th at 12:30 (via crystalbowersox.com)
photo via instagram.com/crystalbowersox

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Tony Bennett's son, Danny, on why the
legend's Radio City Music Hall shows went
so well -- and why they were his last

It's been almost two and held in anticipation of Lady Gaga and Tony Bennett perform at the 57th Annual Grammy
weeks since standard- the platinum pair's second Awards at Staples Center in Los Angeles on Sunday, Feb. 8, 2015
bearing crooner Tony duets album, "Love for Sale"
Bennett and his collaborator (to be released October 1 aspect but, rather, the Gaga, and announcing their memory loss. But some fans with Alzheimer's for the last
Lady Gaga ripped via Columbia/Interscope traveling. Look, he gets tired. tribute album to the songs of were certain the evidence four-five years, it's cognitive.
triumphantly through two Records) - were billed as The decision is being made Cole Porter, the shows at showed otherwise. He has short-term memory
sold-out shows at Radio Bennett's final New York that doing concerts now is Radio City Music Hall were, loss.That, however, does not
City Music Hall in New York City shows, with additional just too much for him. We in Danny's words, "They kept telling me that mean that he doesn't still
City, the first of which concerts to follow along the don't want him to fall on "triumphant. He sounded we lied, that there was no have all this stored up inside
celebrated his 95th birthday, east coast. stage, for instance -- amazing for a man of any way Tony had Alzheimer's," of him. He doesn't use a
complete with a Gaga-led, something as simple as that." age." says Danny with a soft Teleprompter. He never
congratulatory sing-along. Sadly, however, the Radio But, emphasizes Danny, chuckle. "I assured everyone misses a line. He hits that
And Danny Bennett's head is City Music Hall shows will "We're not worried about Danny Bennett tells a that he does. ... Yes, here he stage, and goes.Tony may not
still spinning. be Bennett's last anywhere, him being able to sing. We was, at 95, and still singing remember every part of
as the announcement came are worried, from a physical funny story of how fans of like this: strong, Emotive. But doing that show. But, when
From his father's usual that Bennett's short run of stand point... about human still, it is a complex question: he stepped to the side of the
concert entrance pose with fall 2021 tour dates had been nature.Tony's 95." his father approached Danny how can he do this? stage, the first thing he told
arms held high and spread canceled. The brief casino me was: 'I love being a
wide to the complexly tour was to have consisted It has been, in Danny during the Radio City Music "My answer is that this is singer.'"
nuanced manner he which of pre-pandemic concert Bennett's estimation, an where he has lived his whole
he addressed each syllable, dates that had been exciting month. Along with Hall shows. In 2020, the life and where he is most By A.D. Amorosi
the singer was at his best rescheduled for 2021, dropping a video for "I Get a happy -- on the stage, making
during those Radio City starting in September and Kick Out of You" with Lady family revealed that Tony music. Dealing as we have
Music Hall shows. ending in December.
Bennett had had Alzheimer's
"Tony always takes "There won't be any
chances," says Danny additional concerts," his son disease since 2016, a
Bennett, 66, his father's makes clear. "This was a hard
manager for the last 40-plus decision for us to make, as debilitating form of age-
years, and the man who he is a capable performer.
helped make the Astoria- This is, however, doctors' related dementia
born saloon singer a orders. His continued health
household name for the is the most important part characterized by progressive
MTV generation. "It is, as he of this, and when we heard
has always said -- when the doctors -- when Tony's
others zig, he zags." wife, Susan heard them --
she said, 'Absolutely not.'
The two Radio City He'll be doing other things,
concerts, dubbed "One Last but not those upcoming
Time: An Evening With Tony shows. It's not the singing
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One town’s beacon of 9/11 kindness:
Gander shines on

carrying about 6,500 see two spectrums: What coincidental – that when you
walk into Cookie Starts
passengers – half the you saw was the worst of With C, the first thing you
see is a big bulletin board,
number of the town’s entire mankind in the United States with the words “Pay it
Forward” painted in black
population. Most in Gander [9/11 attacks] and you cursive above it, where
residents can buy treats for a
and surrounding towns had a probably saw the best of it stranger. One index card
attached with a pushpin
job they could do – taking here,” says Mr. Elliott. “The reads, “1 piece of
Cheesecake. For: A police
people into their homes, more of that good news officer.” Another:“Muffin and
Medium specialty tea or a
offering hot showers or a story we can get out, no coffee.To a mom who is just
surviving.”
quiet place to reflect, lending matter what the story is, it’s
It sets the tone for the
their cars, tracking down good – get it out, because it place Ms. Gushue wants her
bakery to be – a tone that
kosher food, helping to refill seems harder to get the harks back to elementary
school, she says: “With 9/11,
prescriptions, or taking care good out than the bad.” my parents just brought
sandwiches, books, muffins.
Charlotte Gushue, who as a third grader helped her mother bake tea buns for of pets that had been in Small offerings add up Like, it doesn’t seem like a
stranded passengers in Gander, has no doubt that the experience led to her cargo. lot, but a simple offer of a
owning her own bakery today. “There was something so big happening. ... It For host and guest alike, hot shower or a
was a very defining moment, even at age 8,” she says. “We saw people from 95 the story doesn’t end on comfortable bed can mean a
countries that needed help. 9/11, but continues to lot. That all kind of funnels
Charlotte Gushue was a ubiquitous, and many of Trans-Canada Highway And we poured out love and reverberate. Kevin Tuerff, an through my life.We can do a
Canadian third grader when them had no idea what had passes beside it, and compassion for complete American in Austin, Texas, lot of small things and they
four hijacked airplanes were happened until the motorists can get what they strangers because that’s was a passenger on his way add up to be really big things
used to perpetrate the community set up TV need without even turning what we would want if we back from Paris on 9/11 for a lot of people.”
deadliest foreign attack on screens. Charlotte witnessed into town. were stranded in their when his flight was diverted
U.S. soil. She hardly the horror on their faces as place,” says Claude Elliott, here. He still remembers the Diane Davis was Ms.
understood it. What she the images flickered. From high in the sky it’s who was mayor at the time. simplest gesture: a young Gushue’s teacher on 9/11.
knew was that thousands of different: Planners built “They couldn’t believe that boy handing him an air She says this very lesson,
passengers, on flights “It’s a hard word to periphery streets in the complete strangers would mattress, comfort from the which her former pupil is
suddenly barred from describe,” she takes a long shape of a goose head bring them into their homes cold floor. carrying forward, is one that
entering American airspace, pause.“There was something discernible from above. For and say, ‘Hey, you know, just she learned herself from
landed in this small town in so big happening. ... And I Gander, it’s the airspace that sit there. I’m going to work; “It’s a very humbling 9/11.
Newfoundland and that she don’t think my parents matters, anyway: The airport you stay here for the day, experience to be a recipient
was sent home from school. actually explained the – opened in 1938 – was a take my car, go for a ride.’ of kindness,” he says. It made The retired teacher has
concept of terrorism. I think staging point for World War They asked,‘Is this real?’ But, such an impression that he helped sponsor Syrian
A troublemaker back then the focus wasn’t on that for II Allies, and later, a refueling you know, that’s the way we started a “pay it forward” refugees in Gander. They
by her own admission, she us, but it was really on what stop for transatlantic jets. live here.” day at his company. Today it often thank her with food.
read the room and stayed we can do and how we can has grown into a “kindness” But sometimes they bring
quiet. When her mother, help because that had to be So, it was a logical landing Those actions, he says, charity, Pay It Forward 9/11, her gift cards for gasoline.
between hurried phone calls, a priority for everyone at point during 9/11: Gander were instinctive well before that this year is focusing on “The first time it happened, I
asked her to go up and look that time.” received 38 commercial jets 9/11, on a rugged island random acts of kindness that was upset, because they
where you stick together to forge unity – the kind the don’t make a lot of money.
survive. But since then, U.S. said it wouldn’t forget I’ve done it my whole life,
they’ve defined this town – after 9/11 but so clearly has said, ‘No, you don’t have to.’
inspiring the hit Broadway in its riven politics, says Mr. But I realized that I take
musical “Come From Away” Tuerff. away their opportunity to
– and have re-instilled simple get satisfaction from that,”
lessons that 20 years later, That boy who gave him she says. “So now I take it
and in the face of the the mattress – which quickly and say thank you.”
pandemic, perhaps resonate deflated, but that’s beside the
even more now. point, he says – would’ve She tears up as she
been around Ms. Gushue’s recounts the five days she
“When you look at it, you age. It’s fitting – although spent helping to house, feed,
and care for so many others.
through her books and Over the next five days, But she’s hardly the only one
stuffed animals to donate, she watched her mom who feels 9/11 right at the
she was mad. surface.
tirelessly bake batches of tea
A musical about 9/11?
Teeth gritted, she did it buns and muffins, her
“Come From Away” has
anyway. parents doing their part to added a whole new
dimension to the Gander
Like most children in deliver food. She has no narrative.
Gander on 9/11, Charlotte doubt that’s why she became
got the rest of the week off a baker. Derm Flynn – who at the
time was the mayor of
from class, as schools In a flour-dusted outfit in nearby Appleton and is
portrayed in the musical as
immediately turned into her sweet little “Cookie well as Ms. Davis, Mr. Elliott,
and Mr. Fudge – says that
shelters. But this was no Starts With C” shop she just when he heard a production
was in the works, he had
snow day: Oz Fudge, who opened off the main stretch,
see GANDER on page 8
was on patrol as police Ms. Gushue also has no

constable, saw kids helping doubt that it set the tone for

their parents drop off food, what she hopes the bakery

clean sheets, and will mean for the

toothbrushes, and some community. She’s cultivating

even cleaning toilet bowls. the basic goodness Gander

“It just done the cockles came to encapsulate on 9/11 Gander Day in August drew sparse crowds. “When the best thing you
of my heart,” he says. – goodness that’s captured can do for someone is stay away from them, that’s hard for us to get
the world’s attention ever our heads around,” says Gander Mayor Percy Farwell.
Charlotte returned with since.
her parents to her school
and understood something “It was a very defining
major was happening: moment, even at age 8,” she
Sleeping on the gym floor says.
were 770 passengers.
Gander may not look like

Cellphones weren’t much from the ground. The

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Tiny Home Village offers
path out of homelessness

What Henry Esquivel likes COVID-19 complications, The main source of heart of the campus, where Nowhere was that street “the message was: not in my

most about his new house is the January 2021 count of inspiration for Albuquerque residents can cook, do community more visible in back yard.”

the blast of cold air it those experiencing is the Opportunity Village laundry, hold meetings, go to Albuquerque than in “Tent Three years on, the
delivers when he walks in. the library, and watch criticism has not
homelessness was Eugene (OVE), in Oregon. television. Nearby is a small City” six years ago. The disappeared – particularly
It’s a big change from the community garden – with given how many tiny homes
Ford F-150 he used to sleep incomplete, but there’s no Opened in 2013, it combines tomatoes, chilis, onions, and informal homeless remain empty. Taxpayers
in, where temperatures paying $5 million to house
would sometimes reach 110 doubt homelessness accommodations with encampment sprang up by a so few “is a cost-prohibitive
degrees. It’s more spacious monument to poor use of
too, despite his new house increased during the access to social services and rail yard near downtown. public money,” the
being just one room. And it
pandemic. As a result, cities work opportunities.

have been exploring new “They already had so
much in place to help us,”
ways to provide shelter and says Ilse Biel, resource

services.

comes with neighbors – all “We see the level of manager for the Albuquerque Journal

of whom, like him, recently visible homelessness in a Albuquerque THV. editorial board wrote in late

What Albuquerque most July.

wants to mimic is OVE’s self- But for the THV to be

governance model. The successful, it needs to be

residents themselves are key more than just a place where

players in deciding how the people can sleep in safety. It

village runs day-to-day. That Mark Larusch stands on his front porch at Tiny needs to be a functioning
responsibility, dignity, and Home Village, a transitional housing community, community so villagers can
sense of community are on Aug. 17, 2021, in Albuquerque, New Mexico. hold each other accountable
invaluable in helping them He hopes that sharing his story will help others in and develop the physical,
make a sustainable transition emotional, and financial
from the streets, says Ms. the village feel less alone. stability they need to stay off

Henry Esquivel, a resident of Tiny Home Biel. squash – as well as a picnic Campers chalked addresses the streets for good.
Village, stands outside the community center “We’re trying to give the area, where trees are slowly for their tents on the curb, Achieving that means
on Aug.17, 2021. Mr. Esquivel was one of the villagers some tools that growing to provide some as if to declare it a starting with a fairly high bar.

first residents to move into the village. would stand them in really natural shade. community. Applicants are tested for

good stead once they do The relatively spartan But tensions with drugs, must have been sober
move out,” she adds. nature of the homes neighbors and law for 10 days, must be
compared to the array of enforcement arose, and Tent committed to recovery from
experienced homelessness. completely different state Tent City to Tiny Home gathering spaces and chores City lasted only a matter of any addiction or substance
than we have” in the past, – doing dishes, weeding, months. Yet it sparked a abuse issues, and must
A few doors down is Mark says Donald Whitehead, Albuquerque’s THV watering the garden, and debate that eventually led participate in maintaining the
Larusch. The father of three executive director of the cleaning the bathrooms, Debbie O’Malley, a Bernalillo village. Of the eight people
has potted plants and an National Coalition for the occupies one acre on a among other things – is County commissioner, and approved to live in the THV
Adirondack chair on his Homeless. “That’s really intentional, says Ms. Biel. some of her colleagues to since February, two were
patio. A few doors further pushing people to look for sleepy block on the city’s propose a tiny home village. asked to leave due to
away is the woman whose new options, that are really disruptive behavior.
large, black Labrador, Dottie, old options.” southeast side. There are 30 The public loved the idea
greets Mr. Esquivel excitedly and voted for two bond
every day. stand-alone houses in the programs that provided
nearly $3 million for the
“It’s not big, but I don’t village, each with the same village. (Roughly $2 million
need big,” he says. “It keeps more came in from other
me sane, it keeps me safe.” layout: bed, desk, two chairs, When people sources.) But then the
pushback started. “When it
The Tiny Home Village shelves, and closet space, as experiencing homelessness came down to location,” says The public are
(THV) in Albuquerque Commissioner O’Malley,
opened in February, and he Albuquerque is relatively well as a front patio. move off the street, “they “overwhelmed with the
was one of the first people late in adopting tiny home
to move in. A pilot program villages, which have been But villagers aren’t lose [their] community from amount of people
funded by the local Bernalillo established around the supposed to spend too
County, the THV hopes to country over the past much time in their new the street,” says Ms. Biel. “It experiencing homelessness
provide Mr. Esquivel and his decade. Villages vary in size, homes.
neighbors with the shelter amenities, and philosophies, takes forever to forge a new ... not just as a city, as a
and resources to help them but they all provide four
complete the often walls and a door that locks community.” country,” says
bewildering transition from (and the peace of mind that
life on the streets to comes with that) in the The real center of the “With this model we’re Commissioner O’Malley.
permanent housing. short term, and in the long community is meant to be almost trying to force the
term a small, structured the “Village House” at the issue,” she adds. see TINY HOME on page 8
The number of people community that can equip
experiencing homelessness residents to find – and keep 5125 6th Ave.
has increased – and become – permanent homes. Kenosha
increasingly visible – in cities
around the country in Building on earlier If It’s Not Live, You’re Not Living!
recent years. Albuquerque is examples
Fri. Sept. 17, 2021 • 8:30pm
Albuquerque has looked
to other tiny home villages Crystal Bowersox
for both inspiration and
lessons learned.

Denver’s Beloved

Community Village provided

no exception. something of a cautionary with Phillip-Michael Scales
tale: It had to relocate after Tickets starting at $20
In January 2020, before two years because it had
the pandemic, the ranks of only a temporary permit for Season 9 Crystal Bowersox, a northwest Ohio native currently calling Nashville home,
the unhoused nationwide its original site. With that in has built her life around music. Crystal’s love for music developed at an early
had grown 2.2% over 2019, mind and despite having age from a need to find peace in a chaotic world. Through art and creation,
the fourth consecutive year trouble finding a location, Crystal was able to direct her energy and emotion, finding a way to mend a
of increases. (The count the founders of the mind in turmoil. For her, music was always the most effective form of cathar-
includes the unsheltered, Albuquerque THV secured a sis, and she would play for anyone, anywhere. In her own words, “my guitar
those living on the street, in 30-year lease on a lot owned
cars, etc.; and the sheltered, by the Albuquerque Indian was an appendage. I couldnt live without it.”
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clear that the Taliban were spreading to desperate
incapable of governing Afghans who had no future President Joe Biden's administration was caught on the
Afghanistan and its 38 and no operation under horns of an intractable dilemma in Afghanistan.
million people. Taliban rule except revolt.

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my turn politician had the right and
duty to exercise personal
Not so easy responsibility. It would be
difficult to conceive of
summertime Readers may email Cal worse advice to offer
Thomas at German mandarins. It was
with Cal Thomas followed, right to the bitter
[email protected]. end in 1945.”
There once were journalist, Paul Johnson. It’s Look for Cal Thomas’ new In this handout provided by the U.S. Central Command,
summertimes when the titled “Modern Times” and book “America’s Expiration This history should U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Chris Donahue, commander of the
living was easy, as the song it’s more than just a history Date:The Fall of Empires and prove an eternal warning 82nd Airborne Division, XVIII Airborne Corps, boards a
from the Broadway musical of the world from the Superpowers and the Future that the power of the state C-17 cargo plane at Hamid Karzai International Airport
“Porgy and Bess” 1920s to the 1980s it’s a must always be curbed by Aug. 30, 2021, in Kabul, Afghanistan.
melodically reminds us. But chronicle of what can of the United States” the people lest it become a
not this summer, not with happen to a people and functional or actual
COVID-19 still spreading their leaders who docility.” dictatorship.
dangerously across the land deliberately ignore history
and uncertainty over what and thus doom themselves With America’s Even before Germany leading legal philosopher, which Churchill said Japan
happens next after the to repeat it. was split into East and West argued “order could only would not present a
withdrawal of U.S. forces deepening debt and a to curb its power following be restored when the “menace in our lifetime.”
from Afghanistan. In his chapter on the rise World War II, it contained demands of the state were The letter was written in
of Hitler in Germany, Democrat president and rival geographic interests. given over the quest for an December 1924. Seventeen
Before the entire world Johnson writes with German courts and juries illusionary freedom.” Such years later he would be
became glued to the profound implications for Democrat Congress tended to favor one half a position was the natural proven wrong about Japan,
internet, social media, and our day, which many over the other and here outcome of what was being even though his warnings
summer TV re-runs, many Germans rejected: “The desiring to spend more, can Johnson provides a lesson taught in German schools about Germany were
people took the time over Western liberal notion of for our own modern times: and universities. Anyone shown to be correct.
the summer months to freedom of choice and it be denied that Americans “Why did juries, else notice similarities
read books and catch up on private provision based on representing ordinary between academic and There is so much more
things they thought they high wages (preferring) the are increasingly relying on middle-class people … political institutions in in this 800-page book,
didn’t have time for the paternalistic alternative of tend to side with the modern America? including the difficulty of
other nine months of the compulsory and universal government to take care of Easterners against the imposing a moral code on
year. security. The state was Westerners? One chief Johnson writes of the people who wish to live
nursemaid as well as them, rather than the once reason was what they were propensity for even wise immoral lives.
Still, despite this sergeant-major. It was a taught in the schools, which and educated people to
summer’s flood of towering shadow over the universal value of self- itself reflected the political delude themselves. He History is not just a
“breaking news,” I managed lives of ordinary people and tone of the universities.The recalls a lengthy letter collection of old names and
time to re-discover a their relationship toward it reliance with government tragedy of modern written by Winston dates to be memorized in
classic book by the English was one of dependency and Germany is an object- Churchill to British Prime school. History is full of
as a last resort, not a first lesson in the dangers of Minister Stanley Baldwin in lessons we never fully
allowing academic life to learn.
resource? become politicized…”

Johnson quotes German Carl Schmidt, Germany’s
sociologist Max Weber
from an address in 1919:
“The honour of the civil
servant is vested in his
ability to execute
conscientiously the order
of superior authorities.”
Johnson adds Weber
believed that “Only the

Of Midwest stockyards

and diverse neighbors:

The roots of Ed Asner’s

humanity'

with Mary Sanchez

Ed Asner’s earliest Show,” then in the drama incredible performances in Readers can reach Mary Honoree Edward Asner accepts the Lifetime Achievement
memories were of the series by that character’s the television miniseries of Sanchez at Award onstage during The Humane Society Of The United
scorching Kansas summer name. The measure of a life “Roots” or “Rich Man Poor
sun. And packing house that spanned 91 years Man;” both of which I loved [email protected] States' Los Angeles Benefit Gala at the Beverly Wilshire
workers, Depression era ought to last longer than as a young girl, or the and follow her on Twitter Hotel on May 16, 2015 in Beverly Hills, California.
people who’d emerge onto our current news cycles. endearing Pixar film “Up.” @msanchezcolumn.
dusty streets, their white “white bread village.” It was studio execs and became
work coats splattered with I’ve watched and read the No, what resonates are Mary Sanchez joins
the blood of the animals coverage. Much of it merely the stands that Asner took Happenings Q&A on
they labored over. nods to Asner’s Midwestern when he wasn’t acting, Tue. Sept. 21st at 1:30
beginnings, clauses in when he wasn’t playing a
My paternal grandmother sentences mostly, not role. on AM1050 WLIP. a better neighborhood, with virtually blacklisted as an
could well have been one of explanations.
the workers the future Look to his earliest Start with that junkyard, far nicer homes, but what actor.
actor watched. Know that when Asner memories for the seeds of his father’s work. He wasn’t
spoke of Kansas City, he the political and social the proprietor of a landfill, he noted was the lack of The offense? He stood up
The Asners lived in the wasn’t referring to the activism that would later but rather the steward of people of color.The packing for El Salvadorans who
stockyards of Kansas City, Missouri city, but it’s too derail his career for two business that found value house district had was were fighting a Civil War.
Kan, across the street from often less lauded, Kansas decades. Asner’s awareness where others didn’t. much more diverse. The U.S. backed the
the Armour Packing Co., sibling. of bigotry and willingness to
one of several not only stand up for the Both of Asner’s parents “ …there was not a single government.
slaughterhouses operating And if you delve into his voiceless, but to do so at were immigrants, his
then in the West Bottoms. 2019 autobiography,“Son of great personal cost, those mother from Russia and his minority to be found,” he Asner was sparked to
It’s where my abuela a Junkman: My Life From impetuses were planted father from Lithuania. wrote. “Being Jewish, I felt activism when a nun
worked during those same the West Bottoms of early. like an outsider from the showed him a documentary
years, as a single immigrant Kansas City to the Bright His two best buddies other side. I felt like I didn’t of the death squads and
woman raising my father. Lights of Hollywood,” it’s Asner’s religious training, when the Asners lived near belong.This feeling followed schooled him that our
clear that many of the studying Hebrew and having the stockyards, they were me throughout my life.” military was training some
pinnacle life lessons that a grandfather who was a both Mexicans.
shaped his soul began here. Yiddish scholar, were deeply That’s a deeply personal of the people doing the
impactful. The term He writes of when the
To me, it’s not the “mensch” was wisely family later moved to an admission.And a clue to the killing of innocents. The
journalism portrayed in included in several of the area that Asner dubbed
Asner died recently (Aug “Lou Grant” that marks his recent tributes. foundation of his empathy. assassination of Archbishop
importance. Nor is it his
29), regaled for his long, Despite his early Oscar Romero is probably
successes, Asner had two the most widely known of
award-winning acting decades — the 1980 s the outrages.

career, but especially for his

role as Lou Grant, first on and 1990 s — of sparse see SANCHEZ on page 8
work after he crossed
the “Mary Tyler Moore

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From wrecked Gander “In dealing with trauma, next year: “[The story]
pier to public both at the individual level reminds people that this is
park: Exploring continued from page 4 and at the societal level, the way we should be living,
New York’s people try to make meaning where your neighbors
Little Island thoughts that “weren’t very than 50 years, didn’t and coherence that is worried about you. And I
nice, actually.” “We thought, communicate that each positive in nature, soothing think people are looking for
A new Gotham green space hovers above the Hudson ‘Well, how can you write a separately had invited three in nature, empowering in that something to hold onto,
River. Open since May, Little Island boasts selfie-worthy musical about 9/11?’ It’s people to stay with them, nature,” she says. that light in the window, and
views of the jagged Manhattan skyline. The addition to almost sacrilegious. ... And and the resulting collision of they are saying, ‘I’d like to be
Hudson River Park leads guests up a gangplank to a space – also, ‘How can you write a kindness had all six stranded Gander Day, in August, was able to get there.’”
upheld by tulip-shaped concrete columns – where they can musical about people giving passengers squeezed in on
traipse short trails, enjoy live performances, and picnic on a someone a bowl of soup and air mattresses and a one of the first civic He’s probably right: When
grassy slope. The city is inseparable from the human-made a sandwich ... normal things chesterfield sofa. One of “Come From Away”
oasis, as chatter blends with the muffled roar of the West that you would do them became such a close gatherings after Canada’s reopened in London in July,
Side Highway. anyhow?’” family friend that the Flynns the cast had to hold for
were the second people he post-pandemic reopening. applause after the opening
Private money props up the public park. Developed over Mr. Flynn explains that he called on the birth of his first act for a minute.
a decade, Little Island was mostly funded by the family was surprised by how wrong child in New Jersey. Mayor Percy Farwell
foundation of media mogul Barry Diller and fashion designer he was. His kitchen, where “Usually, we hold for three
Diane von Furstenberg. (The couple’s philanthropy also he was interviewed while About 100 tourists have welcomed back Gander to five seconds, and we are
supports the nearby High Line, an elevated park.) Mr. Diller cooking cod he’d just caught, visited the Flynn home to out,” says Petrina Bromley, a
conceived of Little Island, whose structure was designed by is full of “Come From Away” revel in these tales. citizens who’d gathered to Broadway actor in the show
Heatherwick Studio in London. New York-based MNLA memorabilia.The musical has who is from Newfoundland.
designed the landscape, which rises above the remains of a kindled such fresh interest in What 9/11 summoned, listen to live music – much of
hurricane-wrecked pier. Gander and surrounding COVID suppressed She expects the same
towns that also welcomed it odes to tough island life. reaction when the Broadway
Currently, visitors to the park, which is free, must make passengers that he and his A yearning for the Gander production is set to resume
timed-entry reservations from midday onward to help curb wife, Dianne, began offering story is not surprising given He said their actions on 9/11 Sept. 21. “So many people
crowds. With 2.4 acres to explore, there’s not much space tours of their home called the backdrop of something have been through so much
for solitude. But the petite park offers something pandemic- “Meet the Flynns.” as unimaginable as 9/11, or were natural and that in the past year and a half,”
weary New Yorkers might crave even more: whimsy. “For given global pandemic she says.
me, if you walk up that bridge and you leave New York The tour includes their repercussions today, says pandemic restrictions
behind, and you enter our little Oz, and it brings you story of the first night of the Jennifer Mascaro, lead “So, a little story about
pleasure, it was all worthwhile,” Mr. Diller told The Wall jet groundings here: The scientist in the department contradicted that basic being nice to people goes a
Street Journal. couple, now married more of spiritual health at Emory long way.”
University, in Atlanta. nature:“When the best thing
Waist-high blooms abound. Square tiles tinkle like bells By Sara Miller Llana
when tapped by feet. One June afternoon a boy rolls down you can do for someone is
the slope, his shirt picking up loose strands of grass.
stay away from them, that’s
Space is a hot commodity in dense cities. In
New York, a "little Oz" built over the remains hard for us to get our heads
of a hurricane-wrecked pier is changing ideas
around.”
of how – and where – to build parks.
Because of the pandemic,

9/11 anniversary

commemorations –

including a production of

“Come From Away” – have

been scaled back. But Mr.

Fudge, now a Gander

councilor, is sure it’ll happen

Tiny Home the THV provides access to homelessness,” he adds.

an occupational therapist and Those who eventually
move on from the THV to
continued from page 5 psychiatric nurse, as well as permanent housing will
continue to have access to
volunteers who help the village and its services,
but Ms. Biel hopes they’ll also
They “want to see more chores – as well as some residents with computer become “navigators” to help
people off the street.” other people's. “I hate to see current residents.
messes,” he says. skills, résumé building, and
“That’s understandable.” Mr. Larusch doesn’t know
she adds. “But we have Indeed, among the mock interviews. Future when he’ll be ready to leave,
criteria. It’s not just ‘open the measures of success Ms. Biel but he’s already begun to
doors.’” looks for are signs that plans include bringing micro- assume some “navigator”
“they’re house-proud” – responsibilities.
“They’re not alone” villagers “really getting upset industries into the village so
about seeing a counter not “I try to help people out as
Mr. Larusch used to run wiped, a cigarette butt residents can start de facto much as I can. Mostly by
businesses and build houses, somewhere.” sharing my story,” he says. “It
he says. But for the best part small businesses in pottery, maybe helps somebody out,
of two decades, he’s battled It shows that they’re and makes them feel like
with depression, anxiety, and settled into the village, and at carpentry, and they’re not alone.”
physical injuries as he the midpoint of what she
bounced between shelters, describes as a “stability stonemasonry. By Henry Gass
rehab facilities, and the curve.”
streets. But patience is key for tiny
To help villagers move home villages, advocates say.
At the THV, he values both toward the endpoint of that
his independence and the curve – permanent housing – “In many cases it’s not just
community. He does his about their lack of a home.
There’s so many other issues
involved,” says Mr.Whitehead
from the National Coalition
for the Homeless.

“It takes a village to help
people overcome long-term

Ullman or when the Taliban likewise cannot Sanchez racially and ethnically diverse portion of the
govern. That incompetence will drive that Greater Kansas City area.The Asner’s brick
continued from page 6 country into chaos.What should the Biden continued from page 7 house is still there, the neighborhood now
administration do now? a part of the multiculturalism.
The Biden administration believes and Obviously, Cold War mentalities were
assumes that the Afghan crisis will pass.The Because of domestic politics and the still very much at play. Ronald Reagan was Asner Iron & Metal Co., the now
elections are 14 months away. If Congress enormous backlash the Biden White president. modernized “junkyard” is still operating in
passes at least an infrastructure bill and House will face, largely but not entirely the same location as its original founding in
even a watered-down version of the from Republicans, it needs a subtle Asner was branded a Communist. He 1903. It’s believed to be the region’s oldest
massive $3.5 bill, that will be taken as a strategy.The obvious choice for the lead is was the SAG (Screen Actors Guild) Jewish-owned business. Asner’s niece owns
huge victory. Democrats running for the the United Nations. The administration president, a very public and prominent role. it.
House should be able to use that passage should begin a behind-the-scenes effort to
to advantage in seeking re-election. build support for a U.N. General Assembly Advertisers fled the popular Lou Grant In recent days, Ed Asner’s family has
COVID-19 will be important and will and Security Council resolutions that show. Asner needed a bodyguard for the gently nudged back at some of the recent
dominate the news, regardless of whether pledge funds and assistance overseen by a bomb threats. Lou Grant was soon descriptions of their patriarch’s life. They
the pandemic diminishes or continues to U.N. task force to address all the canceled. posted on his Twitter account, noting that
spread. humanitarian aspects of the crisis. although he embraced the term socialist, he
Otherwise, there will be no way of Later he’d travel with Muhammad Ali to preferred “humanist.”
As the Biden administration failed to avoiding the moral consequences of this Cuba, delivering medical aid to children.
anticipate and plan for the stunning tragedy. Yes, that fits.A great humanist has left us.
collapse of the Afghan government and And he was deeply pro-union, having But what an example he left, from Kansas
security forces, it cannot repeat that folly if worked for a time as a Kansas City auto City, Kan. to the world.
plant.

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and you

Think twice before If you have a Social
jumping on husband's Security question,Tom
maximizing Margenau has the answer.
bandwagon
Contact him at
with Tom Margenau thomas.margenau@comcast.
net.To find out more about
I probably have written Q: My husband is Tom Margenau and to read wait until your full your full retirement rate, retirement benefits now.
more than 100 columns absolutely determined to or $1,390, and subtract
about the obsession maximize our Social past columns and see retirement age, which for that from one-half of his Oh, I forgot to mention
older adults have with Security benefits. That's features from other Creators full retirement rate, or a possibly crucial point.
"maximizing" their Social why he is going to wait you is age 66 and 10 $1,505.The difference, or And that has to do with
Security retirement until age 70 to file for his Syndicate writers and $115, would be added to future widow's benefits.
benefits. I'm not going to Social Security. His name cartoonists, visit the Creators months, and start your reduced retirement Assuming Frank dies
get into that issue today. I is Frank, and he is benefit. So, from that before you do, your
personally don't think it's currently 62 years old. Syndicate website at collecting $1,390. Then a point on, you'd start widow's rate under
always the right move. My name is Ann, and I'm www.creators.com. getting $1,117. either scenario will be
But if you're determined also 62. I have a much little more than three exactly the same. When
to employ these alleged smaller benefit than Tom Margenau joins That's $388 per month he dies, you'll start
strategies (which almost Frank does. I want to file Happenings Q&A on years after that, when he less than you'd get if you getting his age 70 rate, or
always mean delaying for my benefit now and Thu. Sept. 16th at 12:30 follow Frank's advice and $3,970, in the form of
starting your benefits as switch to higher benefits turns 70, he wants you to wait until you are 66 and widow's benefits.
long as possible), then go on his record when he on AM1050 WLIP. 10 months to file. But
ahead and do it.And then starts his at 70. But he is file for spousal benefits remember, in Frank's So, for example, if you
hope you just live long telling me that to get the would be $1,390. If you option, you wouldn't get do take benefits at 62
enough to beat the highest possible benefit take benefits at 62, you'd on his record. At that a nickel in Social Security and start getting $1,002
system! and maximize my Social get $1,002. benefits until you are per month then, and then
Security payout, I should point, you'd be due an almost 67 years old. In $1,117 per month at 70,
But today I'm going to wait until my full And before I go on, your option, you'd start you'd start getting an
deal with another side of retirement age to start here's an apology. Most amount equal to 50% of getting benefits now. additional $2,853 per
the maximizing coin. This my own and then switch of the rest of this column month to take you up to
has to do with spousal to his when we're 70. is going to be filled with his age 66 rate, not his So, let's compare the his $3,970 level after he
benefits. It's based on an Will you please help me lots of numbers and lots two scenarios. What dies.
email I got from a woman decide what to do? of math. I hate too many age 70 rate. Fifty percent would you get in total
whose husband is trying numbers and too much benefits between now Or if you waited until
to convince her to get on A:The best way to help math. I think it just of $3,010 is $1,505. So, and the point when you are 66 and 10
his maximizing you figure this out is by confuses most readers. Frank turns 70? In your months to file and
bandwagon. And I'm looking at the numbers. But in order to make the you'd keep getting your option, you'd get $1,002 started getting $1,390
going to give her some Your husband gave me points I want to make, I for 8 years (96 months) per month and then
food for thought to help the benefit projections in have to trot out all these $1,390 retirement for a total of $96,192. In $1,505 per month at 70,
her decide if that is really a subsequent email. numbers. If your eyes Frank's option, you'd get you'd start getting an
what she wants to do. To Frank's full retirement start to glaze over with benefit and then you'd $1,390 for 3 years and 2 additional $2,465 per
see what I'm talking benefit is $3,010. His math anxiety, just go to months (38 months) for month to take you up to
about, let's start with the benefit at age 70 will be the last paragraph or two get $115 in spousal a total of $52,820. his $3,970 level after he
email. $3,973. He told me your of the column to see my dies.
full retirement rate bottom-line message. benefits to take you up So, you'd get $43,372
OK, here comes the more in benefits between The point I am making
math! to the $1,505 rate you now and age 70 in your here is that you suffer
option. But again, your absolutely no reduction
Frank wants you to are due. spousal rate beginning at in your future widow's
age 70 would be $388 benefits if you take
Now let's look at what per month less. In other reduced retirement
words, it would take you benefits on your own
happens if you do what 112 months, or more now.
than 9 years, before you
you want to do -- file for come out ahead of the So, what should you
game using Frank's do? Your husband wants
reduced retirement "maximizing" strategy. you to jump on his
maximizing bandwagon
benefits now. That means So, if you're pretty sure and wait almost five
you are going to live well more years to file for
you'd start getting past age 80, then you Social Security. I'd be
probably are ahead to inclined to suggest you
$1,002 now already.Then follow Frank's advice. But jump off that wagon and
if you're not so sure file for benefits
you would keep getting about your life tomorrow. But before
expectancy, or if you just you take my advice,
those reduced happen to be a "live for remember this: you've
today" kind of person, got to live with Frank. I'm
retirement benefits until then call Social Security just an old goat you meet
tomorrow and tell them once a week in the
Frank turns 70. At that you want to file for your newspaper!

point, here is how they

will figure your spousal

benefits. They will take

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books ‘The Magician’ unwraps the life of
literary giant Thomas Mann

Life in wartime: Women Seventeen years after he published
dominate a quartet of “The Master,” his bravura novel about
World War II novels Henry James, Irish writer Colm
Tóibín takes on another literary titan
The fortitude and ingenuity of humans when pushed to in this powerful historical novel about
the limit is an enduring theme in literature. What are we German novelist and Nobel laureate
capable of? What hidden reserves can we tap? Thomas Mann.

The Magician masterfully weaves
together Tóibín’s take on Mann’s
personal and interior life with the
creation of his major works –
including “Death in Venice,” “The
Magic Mountain,” and “Doctor
Faustus” – against the backdrop of the
insidious rise of Nazism. Hitler’s
election in 1933 sent Mann, his wife
Katia – who was born into a wealthy,
highly cultured family of assimilated
Jews – and their six children into exile
in Switzerland and later in the United
States.

The 4 best recent novels set during World War II The result is a remarkable dual Colm Tóibín peels back Thomas Mann’s life, from his
show the ingenuity of women who put everything portrait of Germany’s history in the family to his closeted sexuality to Germany’s descent into
on the line to defeat the Nazis. 20th century and of a great, Nazism in “The Magician.”
internationally famous writer who
Also familiar: authors confronting these questions was thrust into a public role with surprise of his abrupt engagement to private life” and that Thomas must
against the backdrop of World War II. Its oppressive which he was not entirely Katia Pringsheim. Tóibín does a learn to think.
threats, heinous actors, and vast footprint offer comfortable. Mann, who had the ear particularly sensitive job depicting the
innumerable settings and situations for compelling of the Roosevelts, became outspoken Manns’ long, successful marriage, Heinrich, like Mann’s oldest son
storytelling. against Nazism, although his natural whose happiness and stability rested Klaus, also a prolific novelist, was left-
inclination was to withdraw from the on a tacit understanding that Thomas leaning. Their books, unlike Thomas’,
A recent crop of novels, all set during the conflict, places raucous world into his study and his would do nothing to embarrass Katia did not sell well in the United States,
women at center stage, exploring their contributions to work. by acting on his desires – although she and they both ended up relying on his
the war effort as well as their resilience and sacrifices. Each recognized and accepted them, even support. The poet W.H. Auden –
well-researched book (all inspired by true events) gives “The Magician” can be enjoyed when they surfaced in his work. whom the Manns’ oldest child, Erika,
readers an opportunity to learn and to think, while paging even by readers unfamiliar with Interestingly, three of their children married in order to secure an English
through a bracing, richly painted tale. Mann’s novels, and should appeal not were openly gay or bisexual. passport – wittily referred to Klaus
just to fans of Tóibín’s work but to Mann, one of three Klauses in the
The Rose Code by bestselling author Kate Quinn history buffs who are interested in Tóibín, who has joked that he family, as “The Subordinate Klaus.”
zooms in on Bletchley Park, the top-secret British campus the buildup to World War II and its hopes never again to write about a
of Allied code-breakers, dubbed by one character “the aftermath. family with six children, does Tóibín also conjures his
biggest bloody lunatic asylum in Britain.” It’s both an apt yeoman’s work bringing Mann’s protagonist’s frequently conflicted,
description for the colorful characters streaming between Among other things, Tóibín’s novel extensive, fractious clan to life and self-critical thoughts, in which he rues
the decoding huts in 1940, and a foreshadowing of a key is a stirring paean to literature and keeping track of them as they move his timidity in taking a resolute
plot point unspooling in the parallel storyline eight years in music, which his introspective around the world during the war like political stance at various junctures in
the future. protagonist compares in several of pins on a map. As a family saga, “The his life. In a particularly powerful
the book’s most soaring passages. Magician” encompasses numerous passage, Mann reflects on his
Three complex heroines form the heart of Quinn’s While listening to his youngest son upheavals, including multiple suicides. reluctance to address evil “so darkly
engrossing tale. There’s quick-witted socialite Osla out to Michael’s string quartet perform outside his own comprehension” in
prove she’s anything but a “silly deb”; brilliant Beth battling Beethoven’s Opus 132 for family and There are also marked political his work: “He could imagine decency,
lifelong doubts and a stifling mother; and driven, working- friends in the embarrassingly opulent disagreements among various family but that was hardly a virtue in a time
class Mab whose droll defenses obscure painful secrets. Pacific Palisades house the Manns members. One ongoing source of that had grown sinister. He could
Around the trio swirls a saga’s worth of plot – betrayals, built during the war, Mann marvels at stress in Tóibín’s narrative is Thomas’ imagine humanism, but that made no
traitors, breakthroughs, and losses, victories, growth, and music’s power to transcend the lifelong rivalry with his older brother difference in a time that exalted the
great love. rational and “to evoke feelings that Heinrich, also a celebrated novelist in will of the crowd. He could imagine a
allowed for chaos as much as order pre-war Germany, now best known frail intelligence, but that meant little
The code-breaking work is impressive; Bletchley Park’s or resolution.” At one point he for “The Blue Angel,” the film in a time that honored brute
denizens put in exhausting hours and push the bounds of regrets that his writing often falls adaptation of one of his books. After strength.”
their mental capacities. But at times, the story bogs down short of the sublimity of music, but Thomas’ early success with his
in descriptions of intricate machines and processes, leaving comments, “it is a grubby business coming-of-age novel,“Buddenbrooks,” This sobering, cautionary reminder
the less crypto-inclined a bit, well, puzzled. writing novels. Composers can think which chronicles the decline of their about what happens when bad people
about God and the ineffable.We have wealthy merchant family in Lübeck, gain popular support is a magnificent
The madness of war – its flashes of searing violence, to imagine the buttons on a coat.” Heinrich comments that “novels achievement.
shifting alliances, and unthinkable barbarism – infuses the should not deal so obsessively with
story. So, too, does the burden of secrecy that Bletchley Tóibín imagines far more than the By Heller McAlpin
Park demanded. The women and men who entered the buttons on a coat, taking us deeper
facility’s gates were forbidden to talk about their work, into his character’s psyche than a
thus suffering the vitriol – and worse – of those convinced nonfiction biography would allow. As
they were shirking their patriotic duties. in “The Master,” his style is
considerably less ornate than that of
“The Rose Code” delivers a smart, well-crafted story his protagonist, but many of Tóibín’s
that builds to a heart-pounding and solid conclusion. familiar themes are here, including the
pain of the exile’s return after a long
Duty or conscience? absence, which he described movingly
in “The Empty Family” as coming
Pulse-racing accompanies the next two novels as well, home to “a landscape of endings.”
both of which take place in Poland.
A prominent theme shared with
The Forest of Vanishing Stars by Kristin Harmel “The Master” is the lifelong strain of
follows Yona, a 2-year-old girl kidnapped from her home in his main character’s carefully
Berlin by a mysterious Jewish woman, who brings her to repressed homosexuality. In fact,
the forest and teaches her to survive. Two decades later, Tóibín’s focus in the early chapters on
young Thomas’ longings heightens the
story continues on page 15

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Can humans and animals be friends?
‘Fox & I’ raises the question

How much can we ever really know World War II novels
a wild animal? When a fox starts
visiting her home each day, naturalist continued from page 14
Catherine Raven is captivated – and
left with many questions. these skills are tested when, under the shadow of war
and all alone, Yona encounters Jews hiding from the
At the beginning of her utterly Nazis. At first fearful and reluctant, she agrees to teach
captivating book Fox & I: An the terrified group how to survive in the wild as the
Uncommon Friendship, Catherine violence against their community intensifies.
Raven is talking with a scientist
acquaintance about a wild fox that has Harmel asks big questions about purpose, morality,
taken to visiting her at her remote and identity. How much can, and should, we deviate from
cabin on a regular basis. The a path set by others? Is duty or conscience calling when
acquaintance tells her, with the gentle we act? As her characters make difficult decisions, the
condescension that female naturalists answers differ for each.
have been hearing from men for well
over two centuries, that her fox A wild fox spent so much time seeking out author A fast-paced survival tale in awe of its characters’
experience is just fine “as long as Catherine Raven at her Montana home that she began to courage and resilience, “The Forest of Vanishing Stars”
you’re not anthropomorphizing.” describe it as a “friendship.” Their relationship became the rewards readers with an afterword about the real
people who inspired the story.
Raven, a former park ranger and inspiration for her nonfiction book, “Fox and I.”
experienced teacher of natural history, Pam Jenoff’s The Woman With the Blue Star offers
is well aware of the stigma associated of popular natural history writing, Raven thinks. “As if hanging around a another portrait of survival, this time in – and below –
with imparting human traits to wild readers learn a good deal about wild fox was tantamount to decorating a the German-occupied city of Kraków.
animals. “You don’t need much foxes as they’re learning about this terrier in tartans or teaching a parrot
imagination to see that society has particular fox. to solicit crackers.” In alternating chapters, readers meet two young
bulldozed a gorge between humans women who are a study in contrasts: Sadie, a Jewish
and wild, unboxed animals,” she writes, Raven is a natural teacher and an It’s the essential strangeness of Fox working-class 18-year-old who loves books; and Ella, a
“and it’s far too wide and deep for easy, digressive storyteller. The that makes him so compelling. He lonely Roman Catholic 19-year-old living in loveless
anyone who isn’t foolhardy to risk the seasons, the wildflowers, the rhythms chases prey and is chased as prey; he luxury with her stepmother, a Nazi collaborator.
crossing.” of the natural world fill these pages dens and raises kits. And yet he seems
and pull the reader in. She mentions at to enjoy her company, and she finds When Sadie and her parents escape the liquidation of
In “Fox & I,” Raven risks that one point, for instance, that her default herself asking human-sounding the ghetto, it’s not to the forest they flee, but to the last
crossing.The resulting book is beautiful hiking gaze is permanently set at 1 questions: “Did he have a personality? unguarded hideout in Kraków: the labyrinthine sewers.
and wise without ever being sappy or meter (3 feet) above the ground – Did he care about me? Had he wanted In the dark stinking wet, they set up housekeeping in a
manipulative. bear height – because she’s had to be my friend?” windowless concrete shelter with another family. Rats
encounters with bears and doesn’t scuttle. Hunger gnaws. Danger and death are never far.
Soon after sequestering herself out want to repeat the experience. “If you Fox’s exit from the narrative (the
in the Montana wilderness (teaching cannot spot a bear within thirty one stark caution of natural history After the girls spy each other through a street grate, a
classes online, but otherwise keeping a meters,” she writes, “neither your books like this one is that the exit is friendship forms as Ella, horrified by Sadie’s plight, vows
wide distance from her nearest human running ability nor the sidearm in your preordained) is as unfathomable as his to help.The kindness isn’t one-sided; Sadie soon realizes
neighbors), Raven realizes that the fox shoulder holster will save you from arrival. This, too, evokes no Ella also needs care. As the story unfolds, Jenoff shows
is arriving at the same time every day. injury.” sentimentality in Raven. She will go on the many ways her protagonists mirror the other: Both
He seems more curious than cautious. – the book ends with plans for the have big dreams, impulsive tendencies, and a longing for
“He thrust his face at me,” Raven But Fox is the star of the show, and future – but there will now be the connection – commonalities that shrink the divide of
notes at one of their first meetings.“A there’s nothing more important to before and after. As Raven puts it, the wealth and religion.
normal fox would have run away when Raven than his wildness. Although he time before was “impoverished by
the door opened. His boldness grows more comfortable over time, foxlessness.” “The Woman With the Blue Star” is a rough read with
suggested that I was in his territory, he’s never anything but self-possessed. its dire setting and increasingly desperate situations.Yet
instead of the other way around.” When a student muses about how Finishing this book, readers will feel the tale is alight with compassion.The questions it poses
close Raven is to Fox (“I was sure you the same. And they’ll be happy to have about our responsibility to others are critical and ever
They come to know each other, and were going to call the little fellow made his acquaintance. relevant; so, too, are the book’s insights on the topic of
it’s impossible to avoid concluding that ‘Foxie’”), it already feels odd to the confinement.
they also come to like each other. reader. “Foxie? As if he were a pet,” By Steve Donoghue
Raven hauls a chair outside and reads Brave saboteurs
in Fox’s company; he pretends to sleep
only a few feet from her and stores his France provides the canvas for Natasha Lester’s The
fresh kills on her doorstep for Riviera House. The story alternates between 1940s
safekeeping before bringing them Paris, as Éliane, a young employee at the Louvre, secretly
home to his den. In the best tradition catalogs artworks stolen by the Nazis, and 2015 on the
Riviera, where fashion blogger Remy tries to rebuild her
life following the deaths of her husband and young
daughter.

NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLERS Desperate to earn money to help feed her four
younger sisters, Éliane agrees to spy on the Nazis’
activities at the Jeu de Paume, a gallery serving as the
transit station for plundered masterpieces. Sharp,
multilingual, and passionate about art, she poses as a
naive waif to operate unnoticed alongside other brave
saboteurs. It’s perilous work.

PRINT & E-BOOKS NONFICTION PRINT & E-BOOKS FICTION “Civilization was more than a mass of people,” realizes
Éliane. “It was also the beautiful things that came from
1. American Marxism (Levin) 1. The Madness of Crowds (Penny) minds and hands and that touched hearts.” Art, too, must
2. The Body Keeps the Score (van der Kolk) 2. Billy Summers (King) be saved.
3. The Long Slide (Carlson) 3. It Ends With Us (Hoover)
4. Hero of Two Worlds (Duncan) 4. The Last Thing He Told Me (Dave) Women, long underestimated then as now, prove their
5. Dopamine Nation (Lembke) 5. Lightning Strike (Krueger) mettle in these four novels. The books are part of a
6. The Reckoning (Trump) 6. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo (Reid) growing segment of the World War II historical fiction
7. Braiding Sweetgrass (Kimmerer) 7. Nine Perfect Strangers (Moriarty) genre, one that focuses on stories about women and
8. Caste (Wilkerson) 8. People We Meet on Vacation (Henry) other marginalized groups. An example of the latter is
9. What Happened to You? (Perry/Winfrey) 9. The Midnight Library (Haig) “Sisters in Arms” by Kaia Alderson, which tells of the
10. Woke, Inc. (Ramaswamy) 10. Love Songs of W.E.B. DuBois (Jeffers) first Black female officers to serve in the U.S. Army.

Immersive and heartfelt, these novels offer
opportunities to ponder courage, compassion, and
persistence.

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Pet World animals

with Cathy Rosenthal in the news

How to keep your pets Deer rescued from
safe when painting inside rope swing in Lake
your home County back yard

Dear Cathy, We're painting husband, and he is likely to Sheriff's deputies and an animal
the inside of our home. We've attack me if I make any
got two birds. What kind of movement. Needless to say, he As well as being a recuring rehabilitator came to the rescue of a
paint do you think we should is very attached to my husband guest on Happenings Q&A, deer found with its antlers entangled in
use? Also, we're going on and always wants to be with
vacation for a week. Would him. He tolerates others near Cathy M. Rosenthal is a a rope swing behind an Illinois home.
that be sufficient time away for my husband grudgingly.
the birds? - Dee, Sheridan, longtime animal advocate, Lake County sheriff's Deputies Tommy Hurricane Ida causes
Michigan I don't know if this extreme author, columnist and pet Flores and Ann Mock responded to a problems for animals
attachment causes over expert who has more than Barrington home where the residents too
Dear Dee, Fumes from a possessiveness or if it is a form 30 years in the animal reported a buck had gotten its large
freshly painted room can be of protection. At the moment, welfare field. Send your pet rack of antlers entangled in a backyard
lethal to your feathered friend. we cope by restraining him, questions, stories and tips to rope swing. Flores said the 160-pound
There are harmful chemicals in but obviously this is not ideal.
paints called Volatile Organic He has been prescribed [email protected].
Compounds, or VOCs. Fluoxetine HCL 10 mg twice
Basically, these are chemicals daily. Any suggestions to animal was thrashing dangerously while
that are released into the air correct his behavior? -
and can "off-gas" in the home Margaret and Walter, Newport turns brushing him, training trying to free itself. "I didn't get too A dolphin that became stranded in a
for several years. News,Virginia Louisiana neighborhood by Hurricane
him, or playing with him in the close," Flores  told the Daily Herald. Ida's floodwaters was rescued and
returned to the wild. SeaWorld Rescue
presence of the other. Give "We have tools to deal with all types of said in a news release that a crew
worked together with the National
him a puzzle toy when he situation, but not for this." The Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, Audubon Aquarium's
cannot get on the couch as a deputies summoned Dawn Keller, Coastal Wildlife Network, the Institute
for Marine Mammal Studies, the
distraction. Start these habits founder and director of Barrington- Dauphin Island Sea Lab and the
National Marine Mammal Foundation
in the late afternoon and move based Flint Creek Wildlife to rescue a dolphin stranded in a small
Slidell pond. The dolphin  was first
the time you do this forward Rehabilitation. Keller carefully spotted  by residents last week after
Hurricane Ida's floodwaters swept
When painting with a bird, Dear Margaret, While you by 15 minutes each day until approached the deer and administered through the area. SeaWorld said the
other pets or even children in can teach an old dog new rescue team was able to remove the
the home, look for low-VOC tricks, it is difficult to change you are doing these things in an anesthetic to keep it calm. "His dolphin from the pond and take it to a
or zero-VOC paints or paints an ingrained behavior that has facility to be examined by a
that are labeled Greenguard been around for 10 years or the evening in the family room. adrenaline was so pumped that it took veterinarian. The dolphin was found to
certified. There are many more. I don't know what your be uninjured and was returned to the
major brands that offer these husband does when your dog We need him to look forward us three rounds of anesthetic to get wild, SeaWorld said.
paints now. They aren't really behaves this way. But if he sits
VOC-free; it just means they and allows the dog to remain to the evening as time spent him groggy," Keller said in a post on the
have low levels. next to him, it is just
reinforcing the bad behavior with both his "parents." wildlife rehabilitation group's Facebook
Keeping your bird (and and letting the dog know it's
other pets) away for a few days alright to be aggressive with If the behavior persists, page. Keller said she was able to
is a good thing to do. When you. consult a behaviorist. They can remove the rope about two hours
you return, open all the observe what's happening in after being summoned to the scene.
windows to let the home air Instead, your husband needs real time and help formulate a She used a portable foam cot as a
out and keep your bird in a to stand up and make the dog more comprehensive plan, if barrier between the buck's antlers and
well-ventilated area for a few get off the couch. Then, don't needed. her body. Keller administered a
extra days. let him back on the couch for counter to the anesthetic and said the
a week. If he gets back on the Dear Cathy, I have a six- deer appeared healthy when it left the
Dear Cathy, About 10 couch and does this again, keep month-old Chihuahua/Maltese scene. "He stood up and basically
years ago we adopted a small him off the couch until you can mix. I have tried many types of trotted away. I feel hopeful," she said.
male poodle. He had been let introduce a new routine for food but can't find one he will
go because he was aggressive him. I know this will be hard In a related story, a rescue crew in
toward the man's wife. for your husband, but when eat. Can you help? - Marina, Louisiana came to the aid of a cow
Unfortunately, we have the you have a dog who likes one found wedged in a tree above the
same problem. During the day, owner and is aggressive with Bayshore, New York floodwaters left behind by Hurricane
he is lovable and friendly with the other, the one he is nice to Ida.The St. Bernard Parish government
everyone, including me. He needs to be clear that the Dear Marina, When a said  in a Facebook post  that parish
comes to me for attention and behavior won't be tolerated, puppy doesn't want to eat, he employees teamed up with a private
to be petted. My husband is and the best way to do that is likely has intestinal worms. citizen to rescue a cow found stuck in
elsewhere at these times. remove couch privileges. When they don't feel well, they a tree.The crew used chainsaws to cut
However, in the evening when associate the food they are branches from the tree and bring the
we both relax in the family While doing this, develop a eating as the cause of their cow back down to the ground level.
room, he sits beside my new routine for him that physical ailment. Your vet can
involves both of you. Take deworm him, and he will feel Two-headed snake
better overnight. But it also turning 'sweet 16'
could be food allergies. Either
way, you will have to introduce A Missouri nature center is throwing
him to a new food, so look for
pet food labeled "limited a "sweet 16" birthday party for one of

ingredient diet," as this often Lawn-mowing goats its most unusual resident animals: a
takes care of food allergies. escape and wander
two-headed snake. The Cape
through town
Girardeau Conservation Nature

Center, which is operated by the

A herd of goats and rams rented to Missouri Department of
graze on an overgrown Michigan lawn
wandered away from the home and Conservation, said the female black rat
were rounded up by police. The
Southfield Police Department snake,  which has two heads with fully
said officers responded to a report of
loose goats wandering through a functional brains, will turn 16 on
neighborhood Monday and arrived to
find several goats and rams behind a Saturday and visitors are being invited
resident's house. The resident told
police the animals did not belong to to join the celebration. Alex Holmes, a
him.The goats and rams were rounded
up and taken to Macomb County naturalist with the MDC, said rat
Animal Control. Police said the animals
had been rented from a Tecumseh snakes typically live about 10 years in
farmer to clear overgrowth from a
Southfield lawn, but they got loose and the wild, and conjoined twins usually
went wandering through the town.
Goats have become a popular, eco- live for far fewer years because their
friendly alternative to traditional
landscaping services in recent years. body's lack of dominant leadership

makes them an easy target for

predators. "Having two heads or being

conjoined twins as they are happens in

nature, happens in any kind of species,"

Jamie Koehler, assistant manager of the

Cape Girardeau Conservation Nature

Center,  told WSIL-TV. "It's just typical

that she wouldn't have survived out in

the wild because someone would have

her for breakfast or lunch."

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9/11 anniversary could cause some
to relive trauma, stress, experts say

With the 20th anniversary the University of California- Flashbulb memory is a "Recalling painful or
of the terrorist attacks of Irvine, told UPI in email. clinical term in mental traumatic times of our lives
Sept. 11, 2001, approaching, healthcare used to describe ... is not inherently a bad
widespread media coverage "This may be particularly "a vivid, enduring memory thing, as long as we can stay
of tributes and memorial associated with a personally grounded in the present," he
ceremonies is likely to cause true in light of all the significant and emotional said.
some people to relive the event," according to the
trauma of that gruesome heartbreaking media American Psychological
day, experts say. Association.
coverage associated with the

end of the war in Afghanistan For many, watching or

and the evacuation efforts," participating in

said Garfin, an assistant commemorations of the

Many across the United adjunct professor of health, Those who experience anniversary of the attacks
States will pause to reflect flashbulb memories often
on the lives lost -- seeing society and behavior. recall where they were or and experiencing emotions
images of them online and in what they were doing at the
the media. For some it could Much of the research time of the event, though like sadness and anger "can
be healing, but for others perhaps not accurately, the
looking back could be conducted by Garfin and her association says. help us process" these
detrimental to their mental
health. colleagues found that people attacks and other conflicts healing, [so] I would suggest memories and adapt,
and natural disasters such as avoid coverage that displays
who have mental health Hurricane Katrina.And it has graphic images or politicizes Wolfson said.
been borne out in studies the issue."
problems or who that assess the long-term "I encourage people to
mental health effects of 9/11, An assessment of New make space for the
"responded negatively to she said. York City high school Saturday's 20th challenging thoughts and
students, published in 2004, feelings that might come up,
prior collective trauma" are "Those who struggle with found that, even without anniversary will likely as opposed to trying to
media exposure as a distress watching media coverage, avoid them, and to do so in
"People [with] depression at increased risk for trigger may want to avoid many of them had "flashbulb generate extensive media an intentional way," said
media coverage," Garfin said. memories" of the Sept. 11 Wolfson, who has treated
and anxiety may be more experiencing distress "However, coverage that attacks three years later, coverage that includes survivors of the attacks and
seeks to honor and causing many to experience New York City residents
susceptible to experiencing following subsequent events remember may even be emotional distress. images of the events of that traumatized by them.

increased distress as they and even media coverage of day and mental health

witness media coverage of them. professionals expect to see

9/11 unfold," Dana Rose This has been seen most patients affected by them,
recently during the COVID-
Garfin, of the Resilience, 19 pandemic, but also in the New York City-based
aftermath of terrorist
Epidemiology and psychologist Dan Wolfson

Community Health Lab at told UPI.

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food & Mexican Chicken
recipes Casserole

Nutrition News Servings: 4
with Charlyn Fargo 1 pound boneless, skinless chicken breast, cut into 1-inch pieces

Healthier To Go 1 red bell pepper, seeded and chopped
1 yellow bell pepper, seeded and chopped
Do the words "healthy"
and "takeout" even belong 1 onion, chopped
together? They can. Like 4 garlic cloves, peeled and minced
everything else concerning
your diet, it all depends on 1 tablespoon cumin seeds
your choices. 1 tablespoon chopped fresh oregano

For most of us, food from Charlyn Fargo is a For Chinese takeout, try your next pizza and the 1 teaspoon chili powder
restaurants is a part of life - registered dietitian with SIU swapping in a steamed dressing for your salad on 1/4 teaspoon salt
- busy schedules, athletic Med School in Springfield, summer roll or dumpling the side so you control the
practices and late nights at for the deep-fried version. amount you're eating. 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
work all contribute to a Ill. For comments or Many times, we simply don't Instead of sour cream on 2 large tomatoes, peeled and chopped
pace that results in little questions, contact her at ask. Does your favorite your burrito, try sliced
time left for a home- Mexican restaurant offer avocado or salsa. Choose a 14 ounces canned yellow hominy
cooked meal. More than [email protected] baked tortilla chips and marinara sauce over the 1 1/2 cups cooked pinto beans
65% of Americans regularly or follow her on Twitter soft-shell tacos instead of creamy Alfredo on your 1 1/2 cups cooked brown rice
order food to go, according deep fried? Choose fajitas pasta. 1/4 cup chopped fresh cilantro
to the National Restaurant @NutritionRd. with onions and peppers 1/4 cup nonfat dairy sour cream
Association. over a cheese-laden When you can, ask for
Charlyn Fargo joins burrito. The same goes for brown rice over white and • Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Coat a 13-by-9-inch baking dish with cooking
Here's the key -- think Happenings Q&A on dipping those chips -- salsa whole-wheat bread over spray. Coat a large nonstick frying pan with cooking spray and place over medium
about what you're going to is a better option than the white. Load your next sub
order before you get to the Tue. Sept. 21st at queso. sandwich with plenty of heat.Add the chicken, bell peppers, onion, garlic, cumin seeds, oregano, chili
drive-thru window or 2:30 on AM1050 WLIP. veggies on whole-wheat powder, salt and pepper and saute, stirring frequently, until the chicken is golden,
pickup line. Speaking of cheese, the bread to boost the fiber. about 5 minutes.Add the tomatoes and simmer for 5 minutes.Add the hominy,
veggie intake. Try a veggie sauces, dressings, butter pinto beans and rice and cook for 5 minutes more. Remove from heat and add
Start with more burger or portobello and similar extras can make The bottom line is fast the cilantro and sour cream. Stir to mix well.Transfer to the prepared dish and
vegetables and fruits. You mushroom burger if it's an otherwise healthy meal food can be healthier with a bake until bubbly, about 45 minutes.To serve, divide among 4 individual plates.
can swap sliced apples for offered. much less so. If you don't few tweaks. It's all about
the fries in a kids' meal want to skip them thinking ahead and perhaps Serves 4.
from McDonald's and a Another key is to phase completely, ask for less -- trying your favorite foods
fresh fruit cup at Chick-fil- out fried foods. Ask for ask for half the cheese on prepared in a different way. • Per serving: 400 calories; 36 grams protein; 55 grams carbohydrates; 4 grams
A. Many restaurants will items steamed, baked, total fat (1 gram saturated); 66 milligrams cholesterol; 7 grams fiber; 448
double the vegetables (such broiled, grilled and roasted milligrams sodium.
as broccoli or a side salad) instead of fried. Even fast-
in your takeout meal upon food restaurants that Thai Grilled-Beef Salad
request. If your favorite specialize in fried chicken
pizza place offers a often offer grilled chicken. Serves 4 to 6
cauliflower crust, give it a 1 teaspoon sweet paprika
try. Even simple things like 1 teaspoon cayenne pepper
adding lettuce, tomato, 1 tablespoon white rice
onions or pickles to a 3 tablespoons lime juice (2 limes)
burger can help boost your 2 tablespoons fish sauce

America’s Test Kitchen 2 tablespoons water
1/2 teaspoon sugar
This bright, balanced Thai grilled- 1 (1 1/2 pound) flank steak, trimmed
Salt and white pepper, coarsely ground
beef salad will be your new 4 shallots, sliced thin
1 1/2 cups fresh mint leaves, torn
favorite summer salad 1 1/2 cups fresh cilantro leaves
1 Thai chile, stemmed and sliced thin into rounds
Thailand's famous grilled-beef salad known as nam tok is release some of their interior moisture, which the fire's 1 seedless English cucumber, sliced 1/4-inch thick on bias
far more than just a steak salad. Served warm or at room heat then pushes to the meat's surface. When turned at
temperature, it features slices of deeply charred steak this point and cooked for an equal amount of time on the • Heat paprika and cayenne in an 8-inch skillet over medium heat; cook, shaking the
tossed with thinly tossed shallots and handfuls of torn mint second side, the steak emerged deeply charred on the pan, until fragrant, about 1 minute.Transfer to a small bowl. Return the now-empty skillet
and cilantro in a bright, bracing dressing. The cuisine's five outside and medium-rare within.
signature flavor elements -- hot, sour, salty, sweet, and bitter to medium-high heat, add rice, and toast, stirring frequently, until deep golden brown,
-- work in balance, making for a light but satisfying dish For the dressing, we used a base of fish sauce, lime juice, about 5 minutes.Transfer to a second small bowl and cool for 5 minutes. Grind rice with
that's traditionally served with steamed jasmine rice. sugar and water, and then added a Thai chile and a mix of a spice grinder, mini food processor or mortar and pestle until it resembles fine meal, 10
toasted cayenne and paprika, which added earthy, fruity red
After testing a handful of cuts, we decided flank steak pepper flavor.We also made our own toasted rice powder, to 30 seconds (you should have about 1 tablespoon rice powder).
was the best choice for our version of this dish.After a few a traditional ingredient in Thai grilled-beef salad recipes.
minutes over a modified two-level fire, this uniformly • Whisk lime juice, fish sauce, water, sugar and 1/4 teaspoon toasted paprika mixture in
shaped, moderately priced cut was beefy and juicy, and it As for the vegetable components, we chose ones that a large bowl and set aside.
sliced neatly. complemented -- but didn't compete with -- the grilled
beef: The requisite mint and cilantro, plus a thin-sliced • For a charcoal grill: Open the bottom vent completely. Light a large chimney starter
The name nam tok (literally "water falling") refers to the cucumber, which contributed a cool crispness to this nicely filled with charcoal briquettes (6 quarts).When top coals are partially covered with ash,
beads of moisture that form on the surface of the steak as balanced, complexly flavored Thai classic. pour evenly over half of the grill. Set cooking grate in place, cover the grill and open the
it cooks -- an age-old Thai cookery clue that the meat is
ready to be flipped.While this method sounded imprecise, lid vent completely. Heat grill until hot, about 5 minutes.
we found it to be a surprisingly accurate gauge of when the
flank steak is halfway done. Here's why: As this steak's • For a gas grill:Turn all burners to high, cover, and heat the grill until hot, about 15
interior gets hotter, its tightly packed fibers contract and minutes. Leave the primary burner on high and turn off other burner(s).

18 SMART READER September 9, 2021 • Clean and oil the cooking grate. Season steak with salt and white pepper. Place steak
over the hot part of the grill and cook until it begins to char and beads of moisture
appear on outer edges of the meat, 5 to 6 minutes. Flip steak and continue to cook on
the second side until charred and the center registers 125 F, about 5 minutes longer.
Transfer to a plate, tent loosely with aluminum foil, and let rest for 5 to 10 minutes (or

allow to cool to room temperature, about 1 hour).

• Slice meat, against the grain, on bias into 1/4-inch-thick slices.Transfer sliced steak to a
bowl with fish sauce mixture.Add shallots, mint, cilantro, chile and half of the rice powder;

toss to combine.Transfer to a platter lined with cucumber slices.
Recipe notes: Don't skip the toasted rice. It's integral to the texture and flavor of the

dish. If a fresh Thai chile is unavailable, substitute half of a serrano chile.

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jill on money

Ida, Caldor, and
insurance

with Jill Schlesinger

The Caldor Fire, Jill Schlesinger, CFP, is a CBS the process of filing future insurance company has when you first review the approved contractor or hire
Hurricane Ida, and numerous News business analyst. A insurance claims a lot easier. inspected the property and your own, be sure to secure
other climate events should former options trader and CIO you have agreed on the cost adjuster’s written references and evidence of
serve as a wake-up call to all of an investment advisory firm, AFTER of repairs. insurance.
of us — everyone should she welcomes comments and assessment of the damage.
claw through their files to — Take photos and list — Meet with the adjuster.
review their homeowners questions at damaged or lost items. The The insurance company will Additionally, avoid cashing or
and rental insurance policies. [email protected]. Check list should include the date send either one of its own
I published a lot of this of purchase, value, and adjusters or an independent depositing the insurance — Create a paper trail. In
information after previous her website at receipts, if possible. one, who will survey the addition to calling, register
storms but have updated it www.jillonmoney.com damage. Be sure to ask if the company’s check until you all complaints in writing —
and divided it into what you — Report the claim adjuster is authorized to the more specific, the better.
should do before and after a allowing rain to fall inside. quickly. Insurance companies make claim decisions and review the full report and If problems persist, contact
disaster. The majority do not cover usually respond on a first payments on behalf of the your state’s insurance
damages that result from come, first served basis. company. If the adjuster is agree with all items and commissioner. Keep working
BEFORE rising water unless the Once reported, be sure to independent, ask for the the process-it can take
homeowner lives in a get your claim number and name of the in-house costs. Adjusters should patience and persistence, but
— Locate your property designated flood zone and write it down. company adjuster who will ultimately, you must be your
and casualty insurance has purchased insurance review your information. account for regional own advocate.
policies. If you have physical through the federal — Avoid making
contracts, ask the company government’s National Flood permanent repairs. If you — Don’t be hasty with differences in the cost of
or agent for a digital version Insurance Program. need to make temporary first offer. All settlement
that you can access easily repairs to prevent further offers from insurance materials and contractors,
from anyone’s computer. — Take photos, while the damage to your property, companies can be
While you’re at it, do the weather is clear. Given the inform the insurance negotiated, so don’t go nuts but if they don’t, make a case
same for all your estate or increase in climate events, company. But don’t do
other important documents, take a set of photos of your anything big until the for a higher amount. If you
in case you need to access home and maintain a list of
them, and you are out of its contents. Doing so makes see a problem, return the
your home for a while.
first check and request that — Keep track of Uncle
— Know what’s in the
policy. Most insurance the adjuster revise the Sam’s Help.
policies cover structural and
water damage in limited report, then request a check DisasterAssistance.gov will
circumstances, like when a
falling tree knocks a hole in a from the insurance company provide details about direct
roof or breaks a window,
for the correct cost of the government support for

damage. victims and the IRS provides

— Be careful with guidance and updates for
contractors. Whether you
use an insurance company’s disaster victims.

Financial literacy: donate and invest, “one for
Sham or real? each of the four money
management choices a child
with Jill Schlesinger should be taught from the
time they are small.”
As millions of kids head literacy as the way to create
better outcomes. I rethought At about this time, you are
back to the classroom, most that notion after probably thinking, “Wait, it
interviewing Susan Beacham can’t be that easy, can it?” Of
parents are delighted for the a co-founder of Money Savvy course not. Just teaching the
Generation, whose mission information will not
professional teachers to take is to help parents and their necessarily mean that adults
children get smarter about will thrive financially.After all,
back control of the money. I wrote a whole book, “The
Dumb Things Smart People
educational process. Beacham’s approach relies Do with Their Money:
on reaching kids at a time in Thirteen Ways to Right Your
However, there are still areas their lives when they are Financial Wrongs,” about
open to the financial why that may not be the
that require parental content, when they can case. And critics of financial
“touch kids emotionally and literacy as the panacea for
involvement including change their behavior.” financial woes rightly point
Money Savvy tackles the out that even a solid
financial literacy. For years, basics with kids as young as foundation of literacy may
four in order “to get out in not help adults when they
many have bemoaned the front of money management confront the major financial
behavior before bad habits decisions of their lives. But
poor level of understanding set in.” To do so, the does that mean we should
organization returns to the abandon the process all
that Americans demonstrate quintessential symbol of together?
saving: the piggy bank. But
about basic financial instead of one cavernous Beacham does not think
body that acts as the so. Nor does Laura Levine,
concepts. They have argued repository for all things the president and CEO of Responding to critics that To prove the point, Levine in the classroom…
money, the Money Savvy Pig Jump$tart, the nonprofit have poo-pooed financial
that only when these piggy bank has four Coalition for Personal literacy efforts, Levine and Beacham point to ‘children’s economic
chambers: save, spend, Financial Literacy that is wrote,“We know that better
concepts are taught in the committed to advancing education alone won’t independent research knowledge can be improved
youth financial literacy. protect victims of financial
nation’s school systems, will fraud or discrimination, conducted by Eric A. via direct, purposeful
won’t provide better access
we create a generation of to service and opportunities, Hagedorn and Mark C. Schug instruction’. In other words,
and won’t guarantee
smarter financial decision- workers a livable wage. We in the Journal of Economics if we teach children basic
do believe, however, that
makers. financial education is a strong Teaching that supports the economic and financial
foundation on which equity,
I have been all-in on talking access, opportunity, service, effectiveness of financial concepts, they do learn.”
about money with kids as and consumer protections
early as the toddler years. can — and will — be built.” education. Although these
According to research,
money habits start to form efforts are relatively new, the In addition to Money Savvy
by age seven, so it’s
imperative to start when paper cites two studies that Generation, check out the
they are even younger. But I
have been dubious about the show “students can and do Consumer Financial
effectiveness of financial
learn economics when their Protection Bureau’s web site,

teachers understand the Money as you Grow to start

content and when they money conversations with

incorporate the use of high- the kids in your life.

quality educational materials

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coming up locally

with Meridith Jumisko

Sure, the school year has Biergarten Oktoberfest is Meridith Jumisko is
started. But that doesn't September 17-19. On Public Relations Director
mean that event season has September 17, the
ended! In fact, fun events Remembering Garfield at Visit Kenosha.
happen in Kenosha year- Goose and Friends Contact her at
round. Here are some of program happens at the [email protected]
the highlights from this Kenosha Public Museum. It's
month's calendar: Kenosha Streetcar Day on p.m. The park will remain photo via visitkenosha.com
September 18 with open for the general public
The free City of Kenosha activities at the "streetcar to climb that day, with to meet the medical and State Recreation Area. It's restaurants, shops, and
Fall Festival takes place barn" (Joseph McCarthy civilian tickets available for physical needs of Kenosha more at VisitKenosha.com.
September 11 at Veterans Transit Center) at 724 54th purchase.All proceeds from children with disabilities. also the day of the In addition, check out our
Memorial Park. At the St. The Kenosha Streetcar the civilian tickets and FUN 101 list: 101 Things to
event, the Wisconsin Giant Society presents this event other donations will help See & Do for $10 & Under
Pumpkin Growers will once that celebrates Kenosha's support local veterans. (Many are FREE!) and the
again host a weigh-off, with streetcars. Details of how to register blog on our website.
prize money for the for this event are on our
heaviest pumpkin. Also on Also on September 18, website. Visit Kenosha has been
September 11, the Walk in Blue House Books hosts Kenosha's official travel
the Woods Art Fair takes the grand opening of its Bloomin' Bands happens Friendship Park resource since 1986. We
place at Hawthorn Hollow new store at 5915 6th remind everyone to be
Nature Sanctuary & Avenue A and the Fall Fun September 24-25. The Kenosha County Fall Neighborhood Sidewalk respectful of the safety
Arboretum. Admission is Festival & World Migratory guidelines that individual
$10 per vehicle. (Cash only, Bird Day happens at Pringle Admission is free to this Wheel Ride is September Sale in Downtown venues are setting; be
please.) Nature Center inside patient. Also keep in mind
Bristol Woods Park. On event that's held on the 25. Ride your bicycle from Kenosha. Plus this month, that all event information is
More events on September 19, the Kenosha subject to change.
September 11 include: the ArtMarket takes place at Kenosha Moose Lodge Kennedy Park to the the fall season begins at
Library Park Historic Union Park.
District Walking Tour #286 festival grounds. Enjoy Petrifying Springs Jerry Smith Farm with the
(register with the Kenosha It's Free Military and
History Center), the Great Veterans Family Day on great live music by Kenosha Biergarten, starting at 9 hand-painted pumpkin
Lakes Brew Fest at September 24 at Boundless
HarborPark Celebration Adventures. Active-duty area bands and musicians. a.m. This is a 12.6 mile displays (no charge to view)
Place, and the Old Settlers military, reserve personnel,
Oktoberfest at Old Settlers veterans, and their Bloomin' Bands is brought round-trip bicycle ride. The and many family activities
Park. immediate families (up to
four people) are invited to to you by The Kiwanis Club event is free; riders are (there is a fee).
The Petrifying Springs climb for free from 3 to 9
of Western Kenosha in encouraged to register Find details on these and

partnership with Kenosha ahead of time. more events at

Cross Roads. Proceeds On September 26, the VisitKenosha.com/events.
Wolf Lake Trail 5K
benefit the Extreme Room Run/Hike and 1 Mile Walk Also learn about
happens at Richard Bong
Makeover Project, which attractions, outdoor

provides home renovations recreation opportunities,

Simmons Company office, C.E. Dewey, 1944.

The office building at the Simmons Company plant was on the north-east corner 5th Ave and 56th Street. Designed by Kenoshan Max Dunning and completed in 1920, it
served as the corporate headquarters of the Simmons Company until it moved to New York in 1923, and remained as the main company office until Simmons moved the offices
and factory to Indiana in 1959.

When Simmons left down, the building was purchased by Kenosha Auto Transport (under the name K.A.T. Realty) and leased to AMC, and then Chrysler. Jupiter Transportation,
who eventually purchased K.A.T., eventually received permission to demolish the building in December 1989.

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

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The Pigeon Guru

by Joe Campolo, Jr.

One of the fads in our
old neighborhood back in
the day, was raising pigeons.
At least seven kids on our
block raised homing
pigeons, some for several
years.

I got into the craze early, Joe Campolo Jr. is an photo submitted by Joe Campolo
purchasing a small pigeon award winning author,
coop and two Tumbler poet and public speaker. and chicken like in their mostly made money
pigeons. Tumblers were He is known for his three through paper routes,
pigeons that would fly up award winning books The cutting grass and shoveling
into the sky, then tumble Kansas NCO, Back to the snow. Pigeons were not
end over end towards the World, and his most cheap, so we usually traded
ground. They would repeat recent publication Three them for other pigeons or
this performance non-stop Wars. A United States Air relied on natural
until they tired and reproduction to increase
returned to the coop. Force Vietnam War our flock. (Pigeons are very
There are many varieties of veteran, Joe belongs to the prolific)
Tumbler pigeons, and they VFW,The American Legion,
all exhibit the strange the Kenosha Area Vietnam There were times,
tumbling behavior. I always Vets (KAVV), and Vietnam however, when we ran out
figured it was some sort of of feed and had to
mating ritual. (But I never Vets of America (VVA). improvise. Desperate, we
tried it myself) occasionally raided nearby
For more from Joe, visit corn fields, earning the
After two weeks of his website habits. One kid in our wrath of the farmer, and
our fathers when caught.
homing, (holding them in namwarstory.com neighborhood kept them,
Despite our various
their coop to imprint Werwie. Werwie lived on and his family added them mishaps and shenanigans,
the north side of Kenosha we enjoyed our pigeon
them) my Tumblers were and raised and sold to the menu. Tasty and raising adventures very
pigeons, along with pigeon much. And I can still see
released from their coop. feed and other related large, they also made a those Tumblers, soaring
products. He also high into the sky, then
And they did come back, dispensed information to large mess! Some of the tumbling back, over and
rookies and novices alike. over, stopping just short of
much to my relief. After Any serious discussion in pigeons we had over time, the ground.
Kenosha regarding pigeons,
that, they were let out referenced Werwie at least remained unknown
two or three times during
every day to fly as long as the conversation. Visiting regarding their proper
him was like a trip to
they wanted.The coop was Mecca for all the pigeon identity.
fanciers.
attached to the inside of Racing pigeons was very at the
The different types of exciting. Pigeons would be
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Grewenow) School and my nesting under railroad killed by storms. our weekly headliner
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floor, facing the block we Doves”.The Tumblers I had
were rare, and so for a
lived on. I would race home time, my rank in the local
pigeon hierarchy was
at lunch time and release elevated.

the Tumblers; when I Fantail pigeons were kind
of a “fancy Dan” bird, not
returned to class after very active but showy. My As kids, our finances
brother and I had some for were usually stretched to
lunch all the kids in class, a time, but soon tired of the limit. Nobody in our SEPT. 10 & 11 • 8pm
their dull behavior. blue class neighborhood Headliner
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After my brother got DELIVERY HELP NEEDED SEPT. 24 & 25 • 8pm
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large pigeon coop, replacing to deliver Happenings Magazine.
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other’s pigeon coops. But Mon. - Fri. 11am - 4pm
for the most part we all
cooperated and shared
information about the
birds, trading them on
occasion and helping each
other out.

Back in those days 121919
Kenosha had a “pigeon 090921
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To Live or to die… Carolyn Serpe is a hopeful, the sadness of
Kenosha native whose losing that part of me was
for the sake of a family owns The Lettering very present.  Talking with
Machine in Downtown family and friends about my
uterus Kenosha. She has been emotions helped me realize
manager at the shop since that this was important to
by Carolyn Serpe her parents purchased it keep my life moving
from the previous owners forward and to focus on all
E n d o m e t r i o s i s .  for me.  They all started back in 2002. Carolyn is a the good that is in my life.   
Adenomyosis.  Fibroids.  when I was 18 and had to mom to 3 beautiful girls
Cysts.  Chronic Pain.  have a fallopian tube and a wife for 10 years to Now, recovery for a photo submitted by Carolyn Serpe
Chronic Bleeding.  Tilted removed due to cysts.  her handsome husband hysterectomy is 4-6 weeks
Uterus.  HYSTERECTOMY. From there, symptoms of Chris. Carolyn welcomes all and as a working mom and box with all my favorites, a and filled in for me on top
endometriosis set in.  to her crazy journey in life wife, it is very difficult to be notebook to log my of everything else he had
Let’s just get all those Chris and I lost our first and about how she tries to out of commission for that thoughts and life stories, going on.  
words out in the open… child when we were 17 long.  Thankfully the help cards, texts, phone calls,
even though they might weeks into our pregnancy, balance it all. and love that surrounded and an extremely I can’t express how
make our readers but were then blessed with us was unthinkable.  From thoughtful meal train that thankful I am for
uncomfortable.  But these 3 beautiful and healthy little gave me hope and the info everyone at The Lettering we appreciated beyond everything.  Have you gone
are important words that girls in the years to come.  for Dr. Park with Aurora.  Machine, including my words.  Boy was I spoiled!  through this before?  We
need to surface at some Fortunately the pain and One appointment with him Mom, that supported this Yet behind the scenes was would love to hear about
point.  For many women, symptoms subside during and the procedure was even though it meant that a super helpful husband, your experience.
some of those words have pregnancy, but about a year scheduled.  There was a their work loads would be and kids, that stepped up ([email protected]
affected their lives.  For or two after, they come light at the end of the heavier till I came back; to m)
some, ALL of them are an back with a vengeance.  tunnel.  Because I was my Dad, Mother-in-law and
issue.  And yet for the lucky That brings us to today.  unable to carry anymore Grandma who helped out
ones, none.  I unfortunately Today I sit here, on doctor’s children, surgery to TREMENDOUSLY with the
am not one of the lucky orders, recovering from yet remove the uterus was the kids, they made it possible
ones.    Each year in the another surgery.  Hopefully best possible option to for us to focus on my
United States, nearly my last.  On August 25th at relieve the pain I was in, to recovery.  Even more
500,000 women get 37 years old, I had a give me a better quality of support came from friends
hysterectomies hysterectomy. life and longevity for my and family.  There were
family.  As the anticipation flowers delivered by
Female issues run in our A good friend of mine, of relief was exciting and Summer’s Garden, a fruit
family, so it wasn’t a shock with the same problems, basket, an awesome care
that the same was in store

What’s new at in his watercolors; to feel
excited and amazed at
Lemon Street? what he has created, not
only fascinates him but
with Lynn Johnston urges him to explore
what's next.
It’s been a while since I more info and examples of
have reported on all the James MacAyeal (oil/
going-ons at the gallery. their work at acrylic painting): James
Summer fun got in the way, paints in acrylic and oil on
but I am back and lots to lemonstreetgallery.org. canvas, wood panel, and
tell you, so here goes: Masonite. His paintings
Melody Bigalke (gourds, Lynn A. Johnston is the include figurative and art by James MacMyeal
mixed media): Melody Gallery Associate and abstract works, as well as photo submitted by Lynn Johnston
Bigalke admits she’s a Member artist at Lemon landscapes. These works
One of our artist scrapper and a survivor. Street Art Gallery, 4601 express his most intimate I want to take the financial means to get
members, Sculptor Matt This feisty, crafty lady is a feelings and memories of opportunity to give a shout proper paints, brushes, and
Bellefeuille will be showing multi-disciplined artist that Sheridan Road people and places in his life, out to Kenosha’s newest frames, so I was forced to
exclusively at Lemon Street brings something unique to (lemonstreetgallery.org) as well as celebrating the art gallery- Gallery No. 7, be creative with that area
Gallery, his 2021 Artprize whatever medium she components of art and its located in the Kenosha of my art as well. I have
entry “Inner Peace” This 8 works. Ceramics, print- every tax return is different source in abstraction. Tattoo Company at 3012 NEVER bought a frame for
foot tall copper powder making, jewelry but her and enjoys that challenge. 30th Avenue-directly north any of my work. I specialize
coated and illuminated most distinctive art are her The Kenosha Art Market of Gateway. Not only are in making my own, up-
giraffe sculpture will be gourds. Melody was a James Block (watercolor has just two more third they displaying art from cycling used/broken frames,
seen in its final form young transplant from painting): James states that Sundays left for 2021. their own team of artists, and love to add the mixed
Saturday, September 11th Racine to Kenosha. A Art unfolds his mind’s eye September 19th and but local artists like myself. media to my pieces. I hand
from 6-9pm. You have to graduate of Bradford, and in new and exciting ways.  October 17th from 10am- If you are interested in sand anything that needs to
see this fabulous piece in art from UWM, she has He is drawn, compelled to 2pm! All original art in showing your works at this be smoothed over, or
person! spent 24 years at HR Block feed the embers of images Union Park at 4500 7th wonderful new Gallery, needs a new coat of paint.
where she enjoys working of my imagination.  He Avenue. There will be over contact Jeannie at It’s a lot of extra work, but
The current Featured with people and says that thirst to explore his 20 artists, live music, jeanniebeans3389@outloo I’ve made it part of my
creative nature as he demonstrations and Union k.com …and be sure to process.”
Artist show in our Brick expresses these emotions Park Tavern food specials. check out the works
displayed. I hope you enjoyed this
Gallery runs through Featured at the Art week's glimpse into Lemon
Market this month This month’s artists Street and the people and
Sunday September 12th. (September 19th) will be spotlighted at Gallery 07 art community that make it
David Jones and Marilyn are Kelsie Morway and so much fun to be a part
The current featured Propp of Anchor Press myself!!! of!  Please stop in and visit
Paper and Print (AP3) me and the other Artists,
artists are Eileen Martin .They will be doing demos About Kelsie Morway: “I Associates and all the
and a ‘print a page’ am a creative, self-taught wonderful art at Lemon
(Photographer), Bobby fundraiser. painter/artist. I took one Street Gallery located at
actual drawing class in 4601 Sheridan. Or check us
Childers (Steampunk If you are an artist, and college and changed career out at lemonstreet
interested in participating directions because I was gallery.org and be sure to
jewelry & mixed media), in Kenosha Art Market, go told art “wasn’t a job” like and follow our
to Lemon Street’s web more times than I could Facebook and Instagram.
and one of our founders, page at lemonstreet count.
gallery.org to fill out an Stay Safe, Stay Busy, Stay
Diana Becker (Acrylic application. I’ve never had the Healthy 

painter). I want to take the

opportunity to wish a very,

very Happy 93rd birthday

to Diana Becker!!

A little about the sculpture art by Matt Bellefeuille
upcoming Featured Artist photo submitted by Lynn Johnston
show that will run from
September 17- October
24, with Second Saturday
reception on September
11, 6-9pm. You can find

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