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What better way to observe Arbor Day than
with a few questions for a tree guy

John Bernacchi has been a tree guy hopefully saving many trees. most communities. shade, or fall color. We are always happy to
for most of his adult life. With Arbor help customers with that decision so give
Day upon us we thought this would be Q. In recent years, our area has been Q.  Many years ago, it was Dutch use a call.
as good a time as any to ask him a few hit hard by insect infestation, specifically elm disease that felled so many
questions about trees, specifically the emerald ash borer. It has been area trees. Could there be another Q.  If someone asked you what are the
 trees found in our area. directly responsible for the loss of so insect infestation on the horizon?  benefits of planting a tree what would be
many trees. Do you have an estimate as your response? 
Q. How and when did you get to how many trees were lost?  Back in the 60's and 70’s, Dutch elm
started in the tree business?  disease destroyed almost all of the A. Everybody knows the benefit of urban
A. The emerald ash borer has been American elms in the east and trees. From air quality to the shade they
A. My sister and brother-in-law started devastating to Kenosha and ultimately to all midwest. There will always be provide. They add so much to our urban
at Matt's Tree Service back in the mid- of northern Illinois and Wisconsin. pressure from invasive species, but landscape.Something people might not
60's. We worked for them during the nothing on the horizon like the realize is the effect trees can have on heating
summers while in high school. In 1987, Unless you start treating the tree as a emerald ash borer or Dutch elm and cooling bills. Something to consider
we bought the business from them and preventative 10-12 years ago, you will disease. when planting or removing.
changed the name to Lakeside Tree Care. ultimately lose your ash tree to this
infestation. Q.   A new study specifically Q. Can you tell us what type of trees
Q. We understand that you recently identified both Milwaukee and you have on your property? 
sold your business, who is taking Lakeside Tree Care/Hoppe Tree Service Chicago as hot spots with a high
over?  has taken down tens of thousands of trees. concentration of dead trees A. Some of my favorite trees are purple
My estimate is that 80%-90% of Ash trees in primarily due to the emerald ash leaf ash  and river birch, for it's interesting
A. Thirty-four years later I have been the state will be lost. borer. Were emerald ash trees bark,  and just about any tree that has
lucky to find a great company that shares popular everywhere or is that a vibrant fall color. 
my values and will take care of my client list. The city of Milwaukee was very aggressive regional thing? 
Lakeside Tree Care is merging with  Hoppe early in treatment for their street trees and By Frank Carmichael
Tree Service of Milwaukee.The two brothers have faired much better with survival than A. It would be easy to say that ash trees
August and Fred Hoppe are a great fit.Their were over planted making the problem John Bernacchi of Lakeside Tree
Dad started service fifty years ago! worse. They were a great choice for Care joins Happenings Q&A on
residential and commercial planting and
I will be staying on untill the end of the popular all over the midwest. Monday, May 2nd at 1:30.
year so I will still be the contact for all my Tune in to AM1050 WLIP
old customers and help them with the No one saw this coming.
transition. Please contact me. 262-654-8050 Arbor Day
or request a quote on the website Q.  Have you heard or been aware of a 2022 is
lakesidetree-disposal.com, or Hoppe Tree threat of any infestation from some other April 29th
Service at 414-257-2111. insect species?
This year we celebrate Arbor Day on
Q. In your many years in business have Gratefully, I have not heard of anything this April 29. However if you want trace back
you ever felt conflicted about removing destructive on the horizon. Let hope it stays the roots of this event (no pun intended)
healthy trees at the request of a that way. you would have to go back in time,
customer?  specifically April 10, 1872. Originated by J.
Q.   Is there a specific variety of tree Sterling Morton of Nebraska City,
A. Some times customers might think that you recommend for our area of the Nebraska, it was on this date that an
their trees are in decline, dying, or pose a country? estimated one million trees were planted in
threat to home property or the building the corn busker state. 
foundation. Over the years, I have been able A. People ask all the time, "What tree
to help with tree health and risk evaluation, would you recommend?” The decision on However it wasn't until April 15, 1907
the type of tree is relative to desired when Theodore Roosevelt issued an Arbor
projected height, branch structure, desired Day proclamation that the movement
gained significant traction. 
Insects could kill 1.4 million trees in U.S.
Today in association with the National
cities including Milwaukee and Chicago Arbor Day Foundation there are over 3,400
tree cities in the USA including Racine and
Invasive insects could kill 1.4 Workers removed nearly 800 ash trees in St. Louis cities that include New York, Kenosha. For a city to participate it must
million trees by 2050 in cities in November 2014 in advance of the arrival of the Chicago and Milwaukee, which have established either a tree board or
across the United States, which emerald ash borer beetle. have high numbers of ash trees department, and an ordinance in place for
could cost more than $900 and have been introduced to the tree care. It must also have in place a
million to replace, according to a against pest infestations. While to cause 90% of the 1.4 million emerald ash borer or are in its community forestry program with an annual
new study.The study, published in we know this more intuitively for urban tree deaths projected in path. budget of at least $2 per capita. 
the British Ecological Society's monocultures of crops, many the study.
Journal of Applied Ecology, used cities continue to plant what are Researchers also examined
data from around 30,000 urban essentially monoculture urban The U.S. Department of the potential impacts of other
areas across the country to forests." Agriculture and state agencies insect species that have not
create the forecast and have long struggled to fight the arrived in the United States. The
recommend that cities take steps The emerald ash borer, a green invasive species, which has study found that wood-boring
to plant a variety of trees rather jewel beetle native to northeast already killed millions of ash insects from Asia, such as the
than trees from a single species. Asia, is projected to kill nearly all trees across North America. citrus long-horned beetle, could
ash trees in more than 6,000 cost the United States as much
"These results can hopefully urban areas. The beetle, which The new study found that the as $4.9 billion by 2050 if they are
provide a cautionary tale against lays eggs and feeds under the death of urban trees will be introduced in the country.
planting a single species of tree bark of the ash trees, is expected concentrated into "hot spot"
throughout entire cities, as has "This paper shows that unless
been done with ash trees in we plant a variety of tree species
North America," Emma Hudgins, in our cities, urban trees are
the study's lead author, said in a seriously at risk from invasive
press release. pests," said Jane Memmott, an
ecologist and entomologist at
"Increasing urban tree the University of Bristol, who
diversity provides resilience was not a part of the study.

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‘Like a Kafka novel’: Witnessing
China’s zero-COVID policy

“You should go home,” and the cost-benefit
warned the restaurant calculations made by a few
owner, pointing to a are upending the lives of
surveillance device posted millions of ordinary Chinese
above us on the street. people.
“There’s a lockdown and
cameras are everywhere!” Chinese leader Xi Jinping
has put his personal stamp
I turned back onto the on the zero-COVID-19
deserted Shanghai sidewalk policy, hailing its successes
and moved on. It was April as proof of the superiority
1, and I was on my first foray of the country’s Communist
outside my hotel room Party-led political system
under China’s zero-COVID- compared with those of
19 regime. After 14 days other nations. From Mr. Xi
quarantined in a room with on down, party officials
an alarm that sounded know their careers depend
whenever I opened the on stamping out – or better
door, I might have been yet, preventing – serious
forgiven for enjoying a outbreaks.
breath of fresh air. In fact, I
was on a mission: to secure To be sure, China’s Residents stand behind barricades set around a sealed-off area in Shanghai on April 11, 2022,
food. draconian approach has during a massive lockdown to curb the spread of COVID-19.
been credited with
Two weeks earlier, I had achieving a low level of Glued to my window, I that tracks their test results, “The slightest mistake, After weeks of denying a
landed in Shanghai with my cases and deaths compared locations, and even whether and the whole game is lost,”
husband just as the city of with many other countries. watched quarantine they’ve bought medicines said another. lockdown was imminent,
25 million people was But as cases rise, the rigid related to COVID-19. It
emerging as an epicenter in anti-COVID-19 strategy is enforcers – nicknamed da automatically assigns them a Although strangers, we Shanghai officials imposed it
China’s worst coronavirus exacting an ever greater green, yellow, or red risk traded tips and cheered
outbreak since the social and economic toll. All bai, or “big white” – begin status that determines each other on, gaining some overnight – giving residents
pandemic began in Wuhan in but 13 of China’s top 100 whether they can move comfort in our solidarity.
late 2019. I had waited for cities, which together shouting through around, are restricted at virtually no time to prepare.
three years for the China account for 70% of gross home, or are quarantined. Eroding trust
visa I needed to take up my domestic product, have now megaphones at a nearby Despite nightly news
post as the Monitor’s Beijing imposed some quarantine Complicating matters, Faint at first, the
bureau chief, and Shanghai restrictions. intersection. how to obtain and keep the unmistakable sound of coverage showing
was the required port of coveted green status can be screaming broke the night
entry. As it turned out, they opaque. Each city has its quiet. I pushed open the truckloads of vegetables
were summoning residents own system, and data is window. From apartments
At the airport, an army of for testing, carrying out an shared with police. scattered across Shanghai’s arriving in the city, food and
pandemic enforcers – extraordinary order by high-rise horizon, people
workers covered head to Shanghai authorities to test “This is like a Kafka were crying out their medicine shortages took
toe in white protective the whole city in a single novel!” exclaimed one frustrations en masse.
vests, face shields, and gloves As the rest of the world day. China’s zero-COVID-19 traveler on the WeChat hold because people were
– swarmed the incoming moves away from playbook is essentially this: instant messaging group I’d
travelers from my flight. In lockdowns and other strict Test everyone; quarantine joined of mostly Chinese not allowed to go to the
much the same way, the measures, China risks positive cases and close people from my flight. We
strictly controlled, techno- becoming stuck in cycles of contacts in hospitals or were all headed to Beijing, store, food delivery services
bureaucratic system I’d costly lockdowns that wear huge, makeshift shelters known for its extra-strict
landed in closed its grip, residents thin, as I known as fang cang; and entry rules. were overwhelmed, and
dominating my daily discovered in Shanghai. repeat until case numbers
existence in a way I’d never return to zero. government distribution
imagined.
plans failed at “the last 100
The unparalleled scale
and extremes of China’s meters,” officials admitted.
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Tear gas, arrogance, and resistance:
Life in Russia-occupied Kherson

She knew it wasn’t wise forces, where Ukrainians
to argue with Russian mounting frequent protests
troops occupying her home against the Russian
city of Kherson, in southern presence have been shot at,
Ukraine, but Aliona says she hunted down in their
was beyond caring, angry at homes, and kidnapped,
the arrogance, ignorance, residents say.
and wanton violence she
was witnessing. Aliona, who like others in
this article asked that only
When a Russian patrol her first name be used, says
stopped her in a park and she gave the Russian patrol
asked if she could add an earful.
money to their Ukrainian
SIM cards – they would pay “I told them, ‘How can I
her, they said – the relate to you when we are
homemaker refused and lying on the floor and the
lied, saying she could not do neighbors’ house is being
it. shelled? When civilians die?
When a grandmother and
Then the Russians asked: her grandson died when
“How do you feel about you shot at their car?’” she
us?” recalls.

Here the truth came out, The Russians answered: Demonstrators, some displaying Ukrainian flags, chant “go home” while walking
in the first and only major “But we told them to stop, toward retreating Russian military vehicles at a pro-Ukraine rally in the occupied
city occupied by Russian they did not stop.” southern city of Kherson, Ukraine on March 20, 2022.

Come Eat With Us! “You just turned their car resulting in the increased medicine shortages due to a soldiers firing live rounds,
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that a single civilian was with new weapons and in the “first time I hear about people, and in every way
Some restrictions harmed in Bucha, and calls new uniforms, not boys” in Nazis.” suppress any resistance. But
may apply reports of atrocities by its “old Soviet helmets,” she we hold on.”
troops “fake news” staged says – illustrates the Then the Russians asked
by Ukraine. challenge of living under the if she was aware that Ukrainian President
Russian yoke in Ukraine. Ukraine had planned to Volodymyr Zelenskyy last
Yet even in Kherson, 45 attack Russia with biological week disciplined two
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Russia may want to win disconnect between the Moscow claim. charge in the Kherson
over citizens to create a region, stripping them of
pro-Russian statelet called occupier and the occupied, “I only know that, on their rank for “violating
the “Kherson People’s March 1, I was going to take their oath to Ukraine.”
Republic,” the occupation and Russian troops’ my child to school, and you Residents believe that was
has been brutal, if less so took that from me,” Aliona for leaking addresses of civil
than in Bucha, where streets inconsistent treatment of replied, angrily. “You took society activists and the
are littered with incinerated everything from me: My families of those serving in
Russian armor and evidence Ukrainians in Kherson, at friends who immigrated the Ukrainian military and
of abundant shelling. who knows where, the intelligence – lists the
least, which veers from peace of mind of my child Russians have used in door-
Images of wholesale who is afraid to go to the to-door efforts to erase
destruction in Bucha and following apparent, windows ... afraid to walk anti-Russian sentiment.
further northwest in down the street.”
Borodyanka, as well as a occasional orders to “be
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Resentment of the Dr Harlan Ullman is senior
West driving adviser at Washington's
Vladimir Putin's Atlantic Council, the prime
barbarism in author of "shock and awe"
Ukraine and the upcoming book "The
Fifth Horseman and the New
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Disruption Became the
What is driving Russian here as a sign of a country Looming Existential Danger to Graves with bodies of civilians, who according to local residents were killed by
President Vladimir Putin out of control, that practice a Divided Nation and the Russian soldiers in the town of Bucha, northwest of the Ukrainian capital
and his unconscionable, is not confined to Russia. Kyiv, on April 4. Ukraine and Western nations accused Russian troops of war
barbaric invasion of During WWI, America's World at Large." crimes after the discovery of the mass graves and civilians who were
Ukraine? Is Putin in control Sedition and Espionage Acts apparently executed near Kyiv.
of his emotions or is he detained citizens for merely Harlan Ullman joins
irrational? Here are some criticizing Army uniforms. Happenings Q&A on
possible answers.
Thus, from this Thu., Apr. 28th at
1:30 on AM1050 WLIP.

First, the West never fully perspective, Putin's actions,
comprehended the depth
of Putin's resentment and however despicable, should
animosity toward the
United States, NATO and not be surprising. For
the European Union until it
was too late. Both grew like example, a majority of
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my turn

Parents rights: Readers may email Cal
Round 2 Thomas at

with Cal Thomas [email protected].
Look for Cal Thomas’ new
The battle over whether lunch will not contain book “America’s Expiration
parents, or public schools harmful substances, as well Date:The Fall of Empires and
and elites should decide as the right to keep their Superpowers and the Future
what goes into the minds kids from having a secular-
and souls of students has progressive political agenda of the United States”
entered a second stage. tainting their minds.
victory, largely on the issue
The Washington Times Caldwell-Stone has it of parental rights. Last Several states are considering legislation to give
reports LGBTQ activist backward. It is not the week, Youngkin signed into parents greater say over school curriculums.
groups are complaining conservative and religious law a measure that requires
about parents who object parents who have stirred the state’s schools to notify what the education suggestive books some For parents who live in
to children as young as five up this hornet’s test. It’s the parents if their children are establishment and left-wing wanted banned from states that don’t offer the
being taught gender issues left-wing secularists who assigned books or other activists want to impose on libraries. school choice option they
and reading books that are indoctrinating children materials with sexually them. should, if possible, pull their
contain profanities and and stealing their explicit content. Few, if any, issues rank kids out and put them in
anti-police messages. innocence. I suspect many How is it that parents higher for parents than the private schools, or home
parents want teachers to In New Jersey, educators are encouraged to exercise well-being of their children. school them.
Deborah Caldwell- stick to traditional subjects. are taking the opposite parental control over their It is why school choice is an
Stone, who directs the Parents can teach whatever approach. According to the child’s computer and movie option in growing numbers If private or home
disingenuously named they wish to their kids at New York Post, first choices (there are apps and of states. According to the schooling are not feasible,
Office of Intellectual home. The public schools graders will learn in sex icons for this), but when it website edchoice.org, parents can start showing
Freedom for the American should focus on catching up education classes “gender, comes to their schooling “There are 76 educational up at school board
Library Association (ALA), to China on subjects like gender identity, and gender they are told to butt-out? choice programs … in 32 meetings and demand their
is quoted by the newspaper science and math, as well as role stereotypes” from a states, the District of rights to be the primary
as saying, “A parent or teach the full breadth of film called “Pink, Blue and I doubt cries of Columbia and Puerto educators of their children
group should not have the American history. Purple.” Let’s see how long “censorship” from the ALA Rico.” The one thing and the ultimate
right to restrict through it will be before New Jersey will have the impact it did in elected officials fear most is determinators when it
government action what Caldwell-Stone parents follow those in the 1980s when the when voters start paying comes to what they learn.
another parent’s child may apparently missed the Virginia and show up at organization made similar attention to what they are Showing up and protesting
choose to read.” That will significance of last school board meetings, claims about intellectual doing. at school board meetings
come as a surprise to many November’s election in demanding the right to freedom over sexually worked in Virginia.
parents who have a right to Virginia, which saw Gov. protect their children from
believe their child’s school Glenn Younkin ride to

The sequel to Walt Disney’s
‘Don’t say gay’ troubles will
end differently

with Mary Sanchez

No one’s going back into Fox News, of all outlets, Members and supporters of the
the closet. just showed us another LGBTQ community attend the 'Say
reason to have faith in the Gay Anyway' rally in Miami Beach,
If you sliced the American wisdom of younger
population into segments, generations to push the Florida, on March 13, 2022.
most people under 30 nation past this anti-
aren’t buying what transgender, homophobic heterosexual, without ever LGBTQ employees and factually-challenged news
conservative politicians are nonsense. mentioning their same- their allies sent the coverage, is so dangerous.
shoveling. gender partner? following statement to
Yes, Fox. management:
They are not interested Disney, pushed by its own
in retreating to the era Recent reporting found Readers can reach Mary employees, eventually spoke "Fox Pride denounces "FOX News is one of the
when people were made to Sanchez at out as a corporation against statements made regarding
feel so ashamed of their that LGBTQ employees at the law. Disney is one of sexual orientation and most watched cable
sexual orientation that they [email protected] Florida’s largest employers. gender identity on FOX
faked straight marriages, the company used their and follow her on Twitter News in the past week. networks in the nation and
lied to family and clergy @msanchezcolumn. After that, it was hellfire While the internal support
about who they loved, and leverage to speak out and brimstone against any and resources Fox Corp. we must be mindful that the
desperately tried to shove kindergarten to third grade. of Disney’s beloved offers to LGBTQ+
the most natural aspects of against the twisted, characters. Pontifications employees are amazing and impact these words have on
being human – sexuality and The law is vague, likely by began about “doom and supportive, the public facing
gender identity – aside. opportunistic news design. Educators fear they groom,” and talk of “the messaging and rhetoric is the LGBTQ+ community –
might be held accountable. oligarchs of the mouse the opposite. We find it
The political jousting of coverage by some of the What if someone complains company” and “chemical disheartening and a step especially youth. LGBTQ+
late, especially the uproar about a teacher who castration” became a part backward in the acceptance
over Florida’s so-called network’s top talent, acknowledges that a of Fox News coverage. of the LGBTQ+ youth have the highest rate
“Don’t Say Gay” law, won’t student is being raised by community," the group
change this fact. including Tucker Carlson two loving and devoted Spoofs like “the Woke wrote. of suicide and words
men, or women? World of Disney” also took
Younger generations are and Laura Ingraham. hold. A step backward, indeed. matter. Hateful words and
too open-minded, too Hence, the “Don’t Say The group also firmly stated
accepting and too educated This began in March, Gay,” moniker, which is a As first reported by a why such legislation, generalizations about
on these issues to allow when Florida Gov. Ron stretch. The law does not media gossip group and followed by ethically and
even the most vocal and DeSantis, a Republican, criminalize the word gay. later by The Daily Beast, an sexual orientation and
politically savvy among us signed into law the internal group of Fox
undercut what they believe. “Parental Rights in But what about gay or gender identity have a
Education” bill. lesbian teachers? Are they
to pretend that they’re direct impact on people’s

lives."

The law makes it illegal When DeSantis signed
for any state school the law, he noted, "We will
employee or invited guests make sure that parents can
to give “classroom send their kids to school to
instruction” on “sexual get an education, not an
orientation” or “gender indoctrination."
identity” in grades
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Heart disease remains No. 1 killer of women,
but awareness falls

Heart disease is the trials led by a female doctor known as "broken heart Even risk factors shared
leading cause of death for tended to have more syndrome," Itchhaporia and between the genders --
women in America, women participating in Miller said. cholesterol, high blood
accounting for more than them -- 45%, compared with pressure, inactivity, obesity -
one in five deaths. Still, far 38% when a man is in "Broken heart syndrome - can sometimes affect
too few women realize the charge of the study, women differently than
danger. Itchhaporia said. is like a stun gun to the men.

heart where there's a "For example, women
with diabetes are more
trauma and the heart looks likely to develop disease
than men with diabetes,"
In fact, "Awareness of Not just smaller like it's having a heart attack, Itchhaporia said. "Smoking
heart disease as the leading versions of male hearts among women is a greater
cause of death among but it's not," Miller risk factor for heart disease
women actually declined compared to men."
from 2009 to 2019," Dr. "Generalization of trial explained. "Generally,
Dipti Itchhaporia, president Women even suffer
of the American College of results may be inaccurate if people recover. That's far different symptoms when
Cardiology (ACC), said they're experiencing a heart
during a HealthDay Now the studies are only more likely to happen in attack, the experts said.
interview. "We've done so
many educational efforts comprised of men. And so I women." Studies have shown that
over the past decade and some younger women, ages
still less than 50% of women think improving Heart risk factors also 30 to 55, who experience a
recognize that heart disease differ heart attack had been
is the number one killer." representation of women in experiencing symptoms for
as long as a month, Miller
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also come different risk the types of heart problems they have, the risk factors for
real-life results that reflect factors for heart disease in "They just sort of ignore
women. it," Miller said. "They didn't heart disease they carry, and even the symptoms they
the broader patient recognize the symptoms experience during a heart attack, experts say.
because sometimes they're
population," Itchhaporia very vague."

said. Some occur directly from "You don't have the Because of these
specifically female medical classical chest pain," differences, Itchhaporia
It's also not widely known "The bottom line is conditions. For example, Itchhaporia said. "Now they believes there "needs to be
that women differ from men preventing and treating women can develop high can, but they may have more this redoubling of efforts by
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hearts, the types of heart workforce that's as diverse during pregnancy, and those shortness of breath. So I women's health" to educate
problems they have, the risk as the patients seeking the increase the risk of heart think it's just important for women on their gender-
factors for heart disease care," she added. disease, Itchhaporia said. us to remember that specific heart risks.
they carry, and even the atypical quality. There are
symptoms they experience So what are the "One of the newer things some true sex differences." "Studies show that
during a heart attack, differences between women community-based programs
experts say. and men when it comes to we found is that your -- at churches, grocery
the heart? stores, hair salons -- are
menstrual history has an effective in improving
awareness and ultimately
"Let me just start by impact on your heart," outcomes," Itchhaporia said. For more heart healthy
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Kherson “Waiting for our army” Russian troops among Ullman
Ukrainians, based on the evil,
continued from page 4 “I admire these people Even if the Russian subhuman creatures from continued from page 5
checkpoints, abductions, who go to protests because presence in Kherson has had the Lord of the Rings trilogy.
Russian looting of shops, and it takes courage, and a lighter touch than front might have been a test. If so, what should be the response?
food and cash shortages. courageous they are,” says lines near Kyiv, or in cities “Everyone is very hopeful
Raisa, whose social work has devastated by constant and waiting for our army to About NATO, it has no army; nations have armies.
“For us it is difficult, prevented her from going. bombardment like Mariupol return,” says Lena. “At the Hence, despite additional deployments of troops and
mentally,” says Raisa, a social Caught near one protest, or Kharkiv, the occupation same time, I sometimes meet headquarters to Eastern Europe, in reality, this is a tripwire
worker in her mid-fifties. where locals regularly chant, has upended Ukrainian lives. people in lines in stores who defense. These are insufficient to stop a major attack and
Especially irritating are “Kherson is Ukraine!” and sound like they have lost are present to reinforce deterrence and Article 5 -- an
vehicles marked with the “Shame on you!” she “I have not yet met those faith. They say Kherson was attack against one is an attack against all.
letter “Z,” which has been experienced herself the people who would support abandoned, but I think this is
adopted by Russians, on the percussion of flash-bang Russia,” says Lena, a 30- the work of Russian Putin, of course, has a vote. Suppose Putin needs a
battlefield and in their grenades and the taste of something graphic designer propaganda in order to diversion or misdirection. Moldova would seem to be a
homeland, to show support tear gas. in Kherson. “Many of my induce panic.” prime candidate. Russian troops have been stationed there
for the war. friends, even those who used for nearly 30 years. And threatening Moldova's neighbor
In another incident, she to be pro-Russian, have now Joy has been in short Romania from both land and sea would surely divert some
“We constantly see cars says, she was stopped by a changed their point of view. supply, says Lena, as Russian of NATO's attention.
marked with ‘Z’ in the city, man in civilian clothes, who troops have searched
big and small,” says Raisa. covered his face with a “They were infuriated by neighboring houses, and I have argued for a Porcupine Defense to deal with
“When they entered the city, balaclava and asked her for everything Ukrainian,” she placed snipers on rooftops. Russian aggression, making intensive use of drones,
they plundered our car directions to a specific says, “and said the Ukrainian Stingers, Javelins, electronic and deception systems, huge
dealerships and now they are address. language is the language of Happiness comes in improvised explosive devices, sea mines, long-range
driving around in new cars villagers. Now they hang glimmers, though, at news of surface-to-surface and anti-ship missiles; aerostats (lighter-
with ‘Z’ stickers.To say this is “They detain people and Ukrainian flags and began to another village “liberated” by than-air vehicles) with long-range radars; local low-Earth
unpleasant is to say nothing.” push them for cooperation ... speak Ukrainian.” Ukrainian soldiers, as they orbiters to replace C4ISR space capabilities. maximum
and since our people are not advance from Mykolaiv information warfare to attack the morale of Russian
Cash is in short supply, in the mood for cooperation, Lena says she is “too toward Kherson. soldiers and a decapitation strategy to kill Russian generals
after “our guests” – says they let them go – but some emotional” about the and colonels. Clearly, Ukraine has proven the worth of this
Raisa, referring to the still cannot be found,” says Russian presence, and “The most joyful day will concept.
Russians – pulled several Raisa. describes taking risks by be when our forces are in
ATMs from walls, causing swearing at and making rude the city,” says Lena. “I will The Ukraine invasion may not prove to be a harbinger
banks to stop resupplying gestures toward passing meet them with flowers.” of 1914 or a combination of the Dec. 7 attack on Pearl
them. convoys of Russian “orcs” – Harbor and Sept. 11 that leads to a global war on terror
an increasingly used term for By Scott Peterson or world war. Understanding Putin's motivations is only
part of the solution. But only a coordinated and cohesive
China Western strategy that enables Ukraine to prevail will
succeed.

continued from page 3 Sanchez

Tragedies soon followed. continued from page 6
With hospitals prioritizing
COVID-19 patients, people The statement leans into the falsehood that children can
with other illnesses began to be turned gay. Florida legislators and news hosts have also
perish. One Shanghai nurse talked about “grooming” children and used language that
died after her own hospital disingenuously links pedophilia with homosexuality.
refused to admit her.
Shanghai has not reported Heavy sigh there. It’s tragic that such diatribes still have
any COVID-19 deaths during resonance.
the latest outbreak.
Homophobia, a lack of understanding about gender
“You can starve, but you Police argue during a disorganized effort to register a large group of travelers from dysphoria, will not be erased anytime soon. Similar
can’t die from COVID,” said Shanghai – including the writer – on April 8, 2022, at the train station in Nanjing, destructive laws will likely be passed in other states.
one Shanghai netizen, joining Jiangsu province, China. The police were worried about preventing the spread of
an outpouring of online COVID-19 from Shanghai to Jiangsu province. There was also heated news coverage of a series of
complaints. videos that showed Disney executives discussing the need
for more diversity in lead characters for their films. One
Anger surged over from the provinces. process. Arguing and yelling were detained again for executive said that she’d like to see 50 percent of future
conditions in the cavernous at one another, the police several hours by police at roles be for LGBTQ-identified or racial and ethnic
quarantine facilities – one Our Shanghai escape lacked clear direction and the Beijing station. A helpful minorities.
with 40,000 beds – and a gave none to us.After forcing Foreign Ministry official
policy, later adjusted, to On Friday, as the U.S. State us and many others to miss secured our release to a But as the video was discussed by many politicians, the
separate parents from Department warned U.S. connecting trains, they began hotel, for another 14-day statement was shortened, nixing the fact that the 50
children. citizens not to travel to to quarantine the stranded quarantine. percent goal also included people of color.
Shanghai, my husband and I travelers from Shanghai.
As sporadic anti-lockdown got the last-minute test Almost immediately, our Even more basic math will eventually play out.
protests broke out, the results and precious green The Nanjing dragnet phones started ringing with Republicans have gay family members too.
Shanghai Communist Party codes required to board a showed how desperate dozens of calls from Nanjing,
committee issued an open train to Beijing. other provinces are to Xuzhou,Tianjin, and Beijing – On their behalf, there will be pushback, often from the
letter urging all party prevent the Shanghai all the cities we had passed children of conservatives. Around dinner tables across
members to “dare to show As the high-speed train outbreak from spilling onto through after leaving America and around virtual water coolers, people educate
their swords” and speak out accelerated out of the city, their turf. Shanghai. Word arrived that others on these issues.
against “rumors.” But many zipping north past green we may have been exposed
online comments suggest a fields into the province of I managed to get our to a positive COVID-19 Increasingly, it’s teenagers who lead protests against
lack of confidence in local Jiangsu, I exchanged passports back and used a case, and could be taken to a school boards attempting to eliminate LGBTQ-themed
leaders. celebratory messages over phone app to buy new centralized quarantine books from libraries. Their stances differ from those of
the escape with others in my northbound tickets. Over facility. even a decade ago. More youth are involved. And there’s
“Will there be a future for Beijing-bound WeChat the next 24 hours, we were often a deep sense of being allies to LGBTQ students.
a Shanghai government that group. But the elation was detained twice more. In the In China today, that
the masses are not willing to short-lived. northern Jiangsu city of inadvertent exposure, call You can’t erase such a commitment to fairness and
trust?” asked one person Xuzhou, quarantine workers from police, and involuntary human dignity with flagrantly vague legislation.
who claimed to be a party Changing trains in Nanjing, held us overnight in a fenced quarantine could come at
member. passengers from Shanghai area outside the station, any time. But after yet This isn’t a call for older people to step aside and let
were surrounded by scores where we slept on the another negative COVID-19 younger generations take this on solo. Too often, that
Meanwhile, Beijing of police in personal sidewalk. The next day we test, we have been given occurs, as if what older generations have soiled in society,
protective equipment who made it to Beijing, but by permission to stay in the the younger ones should fix.
authorities ordered Shanghai seized our ID cards and then our Beijing green codes hotel.
passports and herded us into had turned yellow, so we Rather, there should be more efforts to lift them up.
to double down on its crowded lines for a chaotic, By Ann Scott Tyson Businesses should give them a platform, like the one used
hourslong “registration” by the Fox employees.
approach and sent in 2,000
But eventually, support for laws like “Don’t Say Gay” will
medical personnel from the run dry.This kind of legislation has a shelf life.And the date
is coming due.
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information online. So am The SSA produces Syndicate writers and
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So, I go online for answers on the "Publications" link,

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go straight to the horse's popped up, there were better chance of getting
mouth, which would be But just pull down the publications is because I more than a few that led the information you need. government agencies
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Security Administration. "Topics" menu and you have a direct link to them. the SSA's actuaries and around the nation and
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general information about
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books Jefferson’s travel advice inspires
a trip – and a reckoning

The best books of Derek Baxter says that Thomas by the fact that he was a slaveholder. and women who not only built
April hint at change Jefferson has long been his hero, Baxter, who is white, is relieved, then, Jefferson’s structures but kept
in the air and he has the proof: He began to sidestep the issue of slavery while them running. While the Founder
visiting the Founding Father’s following Jefferson’s travels in Europe, opposed the institution of slavery
Spring is a time of fresh starts, and many of the books home, Monticello, as a child; which he reasons is a world away in theory, he consistently relied on
recommended this month amplify that message. starred as Jefferson in a fourth- from the Virginia plantation where and benefited from it, in
grade play; took his prom date to enslaved men and women cultivated contradiction to the “core values”
Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus the Jefferson Memorial; and Jefferson’s tobacco fields. While he he wished his buildings to express.
“Children, set the table.Your mother needs a moment to majored in history at the Jefferson- avoids it for a time, however, Baxter
herself.” It’s 1961, and these brisk, bold words close founded University of Virginia. slowly comes to realize that “In Pursuit of Jefferson” packs a
“Supper at Six,” America’s hit TV cooking show hosted by practically everything Jefferson did lot in – the book blends travel
Elizabeth Zott. Brilliant and determined, the 30-something So it makes sense that when was tied up with slavery. writing, memoir, and American and
chemist would rather work in a research lab; the story of Baxter was in the throes of a French history with mini lessons
why she doesn’t, her efforts to return there, and the social midlife crisis – dissatisfied with his Take architecture: With Jefferson, a on topics ranging from wine and
toll of the era’s noxious sexism roils and rivets in this predictable job as an attorney for a self-taught architect, as their guide, horticulture to the 2018 political
potent debut novel. (Full review here.) government agency, exhausted by Baxter and his family visit the ancient protests in France. While the
Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel the demands of parenting two Roman amphitheaters and temples of structure is at times hard to get a
Gaspery Roberts travels through time, hunting for young children – he looked to his Provence, France. They learn that handle on, the earnest Baxter will
answers to a mysterious anomaly. Emily St. John Mandel’s idol for direction. His discovery of Jefferson favored classical and likely win readers over.
new novel, intertwined with, but not dependent upon, her “Hints to Americans Traveling in neoclassical designs over ornate
previous one, “The Glass Hotel,” transports readers from Europe,” an obscure, unpublished Gothic and Rococo structures. “He “The more I’m able to learn
British Columbia to New York to the farthest planets.The travel guide Jefferson wrote in 1788 believed that buildings should express about the enslaved people
precariousness of civilization, plus the impact of today’s for two young men planning their a nation’s core values,” Baxter notes. essential to Jefferson’s projects ... the
decisions on tomorrow, receive thoughtful, lyrical grand tour of the Continent, captured Jefferson intended Monticello, the more uncomfortable I feel on this
treatment. his imagination. In his debut book, “In Virginia State Capitol, and the journey – which I’d intended, perhaps
The Patron Saint of Second Chances by Christine Simon Pursuit of Jefferson: Traveling Through University of Virginia – all of which he naively, to be a joyous, uplifting one,
The self-appointed mayor of Prometto, Italy, needs to Europe With the Most Perplexing designed – to evoke Roman filled with personal growth,” the
secretly raise tourist dollars to save the village. So he starts Founding Father,” Baxter winningly architecture, with simple white- author reflects. Disillusioned in his
a rumor that a famous actor is filming his next movie details his experiences following columned buildings reflecting pure hero, he jettisons the project for a
there. Excitement spreads through the town, even reaching Jefferson’s itinerary while also and honest republican virtues. time.We’re fortunate that he picked it
the ears of the actor’s agent, who makes the rumor true. grappling with his complicated legacy. back up, working toward an
This charming comedy, filled with devoted and lovable Back home in Virginia, however, understanding of Jefferson’s profound
characters, is a breath of fresh air. Jefferson’s “Hints” starts in Baxter learns that the architectural failures along with his towering
Hope and Glory by Jendella Benson Amsterdam and ends in Paris, with plans Jefferson drew up for the achievements.
A British Nigerian woman returns to London to try to stops in Germany, Switzerland, and University of Virginia pointedly
mend her fractured family after the death of her father. Italy. Because Baxter isn’t in financial omitted the cottage that housed Baxter delivers on the personal
Jendella Benson shows both the racist stereotypes under shape for a grand tour himself, he enslaved laborers. The author begins growth, too. As travel and research
which the family labors and the hidden strength and plans shorter trips over a period of to learn more about the enslaved men expands his perspective, his outlook
goodness of her characters. several years, accompanied at various on his own history and privilege
Theatre of Marvels by Lianne Dillsworth points by his exceedingly supportive changes. He spent his early years in a
Zillah, a young biracial woman performs as The Great wife, his children, and his parents, all of trailer in Arkansas and thought of his
Amazonia at Crillick’s Variety Theatre in the late 1840s.An whom come to life through his warm family as “self-made” for rising to the
encounter, plus a glimpse of a horrifying new stage act, sets and witty anecdotes. middle class. He rethinks that
Zillah on a path out of complacency. The novel considers assessment as he considers, for
the costs of pretending – and the challenges of choosing Baxter describes the guide Jefferson instance, that Black men would have
only parts of one’s identity. wrote for his young protégés as “a been barred from the union jobs his
sober travel regime with themes to grandfathers held in the Jim Crow
explore and questions to answer, South. “Only now ... do I see how my
designed to keep them on the straight family benefited from a thumb on the
and narrow.” Jefferson asked them to scale,” he writes. The progression of
focus on eight “Objects of Attention his thinking is moving and sincere –
for an American,” and Baxter, and relevant. At a time when cultural
naturally, does the same.Among these battles over everything from
are agriculture, manufacturing, monuments to school curricula often
architecture, landscape gardening, and turn ugly, Baxter provides a hopeful
government policies. model for an honest reckoning with
history.
The author’s admiration for
Jefferson had always been dampened By Barbara Spindel

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On her first visit to Hearst Castle without telling her family that she was Regardless of the size or notoriety Putting conflict in
in San Simeon, California, author homesick. of a project, Morgan consistently context: A reading
Victoria Kastner heard the tour guide displayed a solid commitment to list for Ukraine
explain that “an architect named Julia When she returned home in meeting the needs of the client and
Morgan built this entire estate” – triumph, Morgan carved out a prolific their budget, blending classic beaux When Russia invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24, even avid
complete with interior design and career, designing and overseeing the arts style with modern energy, and news watchers throughout the West were stunned.
landscaping – “but we don’t know construction of approximately 700 utilizing materials that were so Despite the well publicized military buildup of Russian
anything about her.” Kastner’s structures. The impressive list not durable they could withstand even the forces on the Ukrainian border for many months, it
curiosity was piqued, and she only includes private residences and region’s biggest earthquakes. seemed on some level unbelievable that Russia would
eventually became the official women’s clubs – as was the primary launch a land war on a European nation while, thanks to
historian at Hearst Castle, the grand focus for female architects of her time As her fame grew across the United social media and the 24-hour news cycle, the whole world
estate of newspaper magnate William – but also a grand hotel, houses of States, she maintained a humble spirit could watch – and unite in sympathy with the valiant
Randolph Hearst. worship, municipal buildings, school that led her to turn down press Ukrainians. One natural response on the part of all these
campuses, commercial centers, a interviews in favor of keeping busy shocked onlookers was to look for books to help them
Now Kastner has written “Julia theater, and a mausoleum.Visitors can with the work at hand. (Incidentally, make sense of what they were seeing in their news feeds.
Morgan: An Intimate Biography of the still explore sites like the Grace H. one of the few interviews she gave in
Trailblazing Architect,” which draws Dodge Chapel and the Chinese her lifetime was for The Christian "Beyond Crimea: The New Russian Empire," by Agnia
back the curtain on the first woman Historical Society of America Science Monitor in 1931.) In Morgan’s Grigas,Yale University Press, 352 pp.
to study architecture at the École des Museum in California, as well as some mind, no job was too small, and no
Beaux-Arts in Paris in 1898 and the of the dormitories of Principia publicity was necessary. That annexation of Crimea wasn’t acceptable to
first female licensed architect in College in Illinois, which Morgan took Ukraine, of course, and the result was war, which journalist
California in 1904. Lovers of art, on for Maybeck after site changes and Perhaps this is why Morgan’s Tim Judah covers in granular detail in his gritty and
history, and women’s studies alike will labor unrest became an issue. achievements have gone largely intensely moving book “In Wartime: Stories from Ukraine.”
thoroughly enjoy this comprehensive uncelebrated. The author explains The fighting Judah covers can’t help but read as a prelude
account of a figure who not only As the biography also makes clear, that it was only after several to the larger-scale violence filling the news today, but the
overcame incredible obstacles to part of what made Morgan so adept individuals lobbied the American stories Judah relates are more detailed and focus on the
pursue her craft, but did so with at her craft was that she could create Institute of Architects on Morgan’s war’s effects on ordinary Ukrainians.
considerable grace and inner something livable and satisfactory behalf that she was posthumously
strength. even for clients with the most awarded a Gold Medal in 2014. She "In Wartime: Stories from Ukraine," by Tim Judah, Tim
outlandish ideas. One memorable was the institute’s first female Duggan Books, 288 pp.
Drawing upon firsthand anecdote tells of a couple who recipient.
commissioned a house with the Readers anxiously studying the headlines have likewise
recollections from Morgan’s family stipulation that it possess no right As her longtime engineer and looked for books about the attacked country itself. The
angles. Even more extraordinary was friend, Walter Steilberg, wrote in best of these is Serhii Plokhy’s “The Gates of Europe: A
members, colleagues, and even the work she undertook for Hearst, Morgan’s obituary for the American History of Ukraine,” which came out in 2015 and takes a
with whom Morgan enjoyed several Institute of Architects: “Julia Morgan’s scrupulous, panoramic look at over a thousand years of
recently discovered diary entries decades of creative partnership.Their long and useful life is evidence that Ukraine’s history – including its long and convoluted
most notable project together, Hearst even in these frantic times an relationship with Russia. Plokhy is a tremendously engaging
from Morgan herself (1872-1957), Castle, is a testament to Morgan’s architect with real ability and writer, and “The Gates of Europe” is an absorbing reading
steadfast character and artistic vision, dedicated purpose can – without experience that well deserves its newfound bestseller
Kastner paints a well-rounded, given Hearst’s tendency to change his resorting to either publicity tricks or status, however tragic the reason.
mind, overextend his finances, and displays of egotism – contribute much
engaging picture of her subject from import more pieces of art from to the advancement of the profession "The Gates of Europe: A History of Ukraine," by Serhii
Europe than he could house or knew and leave a beloved and honored Plokhy, Basic Books, 448 pp.
both a deeply personal and what to do with. Throughout their memory.”
time together, Morgan relished the One of the most devastating chapters in Ukraine’s
professional lens. opportunity to “play at work.” By Hannah Fish history gets its own excellent book in Anne Applebaum’s
“Red Famine: Stalin’s War on Ukraine” from 2017, which
While Morgan’s father, Charles, was details Stalin’s policy of “Sovietization” in Ukraine, which
a pie-in-the-sky businessman, chasing resulted in a consciously planned and mercilessly executed
one unsuccessful venture after the widespread famine that killed many thousands among
next, she most likely inherited a sense Ukraine’s peasantry and left deep scars on the fabric
of joyous persistence from his connecting the two countries. In the course of her study,
example, Kastner argues. Likewise, Applebaum examines the hot-button topic of Ukraine’s
Morgan’s mother, Eliza, was a nationalist aspirations, the dreams of its people – and the
powerful role model, since Eliza had long-standing Russian urge to quash them.
to pick up the pieces after Charles’
latest flop. She was the pragmatic, "Red Famine: Stalin's War on Ukraine," by Anne
intellectual one in the relationship. It Applebaum, Anchor, 608 pp.
was the combination of these
qualities that held Morgan in good The dreams of ordinary Ukrainian people are at the
stead when she traveled to Paris after center of Anna Reid’s 2015 book “Borderland: A Journey
college to study architecture. Through the History of Ukraine,” in which she travels the
country and talks to people from all walks of life. Her book
The journey overseas was at the is evocatively written, and she matches the personal
encouragement of her teacher and portraits she relates with a sweeping history of the
mentor Bernard Maybeck. He was an country on a broader canvas.
alumnus of the École des Beaux-Arts
himself, having studied there in the "Borderland: A Journey Through the History of
1880s.When Maybeck met Morgan at Ukraine," by Anna Reid, Basic Books, 368 pp.
the Mark Hopkins Institute of Fine
Art in San Francisco, he quickly took Reid’s book moves readers right up to relatively
notice of her superior talent among present-day events, and those events touch the wider
his students. Morgan even helped international world mainly because of one overwhelming
design a few homes under Maybeck’s tension that’s on the minds of even the most disinterested
supervision before making the trip. observers: What are the chances that this conflict in
eastern Ukraine could spill out in the larger arena of first
Morgan faced one difficulty after Europe and then the rest of the world?
another in Paris. She had to jockey for
entrance into a highly competitive
program that (initially) did not allow
women. Once admitted, she endured
sexist taunting from her classmates.
Expenses were tight and she slept
little. While many male students took
six years to finish the program,
Morgan did it in three, and became
the first woman to earn a certificate
of completion. In all these instances,
her quiet sense of purpose gave her
the strength to forge ahead without
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Day holiday in the District of [email protected]. Check card and be sure to indicate consider for making a route involves fees. If you pay
Columbia. that the payment is for an payment. monthly through automatic the IRS is about as likely as
her website at extension. Making a payment withdrawals, there is a $31
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Paying for college

with Jill Schlesinger

As college acceptance Even when families limit College funding experts recommend that students should
letters pour in, it’s time for the amount of borrowing, borrow less than what they will earn in their first-year salary,
families to get real – and to the numbers are astounding. writes Jill Schlesinger.
make decisions that could By the end of 2021, the
have long-term implications. Federal Reserve reported milestone, like paying down the decisions families make schools. There is also a on any further action.
the total amount of student outstanding credit card and about financing college will
Let’s start with a loan debt was $1.749 trillion other debt, establishing an impact their lives for years Consumer Financial Forbearance Update —
mathematical fact: although held by 43.4 million emergency reserve fund, or and sometimes decades to
we are in a tight labor borrowers. saving for retirement. come, so it is important to Protection Bureau (CFPB) New Extension: Various
market and wages are rising, underscore that financial aid
an undergraduate degree is The numbers are a little packages are notoriously portal that can help. government actions helped
still worth it. According to less daunting when we drill difficult to read and compare
research from the Federal down. According to the because there is no single Forbearance Update: nearly 37 million student
Reserve Bank of New York, a Education Data Initiative, way that schools are Various government actions
college education can add despite horror stories of six- There is also a non- required to detail helped nearly 37 million borrowers push the pause
nearly $1 million in earnings figure loan balances, the scholarship, grant, and loan student borrowers push the
over the course of a career, average federal student loan financial cost of student information. pause button on their loans button on their federal loans
which is a 15% rate of return debt balance to attain a since March 2020. Beginning
above what those without a bachelor’s degree in 2021 loans. In Psychology Today, When you have detail in May 2, 2022, the clock since March 2020. Just as we
degree earn. was $37,113 ($30,030 for hand, consult two restarts, which means that
public university students). Kate H. Choi Ph.D. cites government search tools, loan servicers will resume were going to print, the
Even those who borrow Given that the average College Navigator and collection of payments,
money to attend school are starting salary for the research which shows that College Scorecard, which are interest accrual, and Biden Administration
likely to be better off than graduating class of 2020 was designed to help families involuntary collection of
they would have been $55,260, it would seem that “having a sizable student consider costs, graduation defaulted loans. announced that for the sixth
without the degree. The big the numbers work. rates, job placement rates,
issue is that it is important debt may be hurting the and earnings of various time in two years, borrowers
not to borrow too much But average is average, and
money to earn it. many struggle to whittle mental health of young will get even more time
away the debt they have
How much is too much? accumulated. It is likely to adults. Students with high before the clock restarts
take the average borrower
College funding experts 20 years to pay back their debt tended to have poorer The new extension means
recommend that students student loans and this year’s
should borrow less than graduates are projected to psychological functioning that loan servicers wil
what they will earn in their take 10 years to pay back
first-year salary. For parents, $44,595 of debt if they make than those with little resume collection of
who are increasingly helping monthly payments of $372.
to foot the bill, a good rule of financial concerns.” Although many are hoping payments, interest accrual
thumb for borrowing for all Carrying debt means that for another extension, or
children should be less than many borrowers delay at Borrowers report higher even White House action to and involuntary collection of
annual income, including least one major financial eliminate these loans,
cosigned loans. levels of tension, anxiety, and experts caution not to count defaulted loans as of

can also lead to sleep issues. September 1, 2022.

To state an obvious fact:

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Mayo Clinics

How much screen time is too much screen time?

DEAR MAYO CLINIC:
My son began virtual
learning when the COVID-
19 pandemic shut down our
local school system. He is 14
and enjoys school online, so
we have continued this.
Unfortunately, my son's only
extracurricular activities are
screen-based, as well. Should
I limit his activities online,
even though he's doing well
in school?

ANSWER: In an
increasingly digitalized
world, where most people --
even children -- own
electronic devices with
screens, many parents worry
about the effects of screen
use on themselves and their
children.

To complicate matters, Many people have cried, lack of empathy for others, video games or screens, even appropriate based on your methods of relaxation and
some screen time can be laughed or been startled which can lead to violence. though you can't afford it.
educational for children and while watching a movie. This Also, kids who rely on son's reactions. Set entertainment, such as taking
support their social is because their brains screens and social media to
development. With the process and react to the interact with others typically • Cutting back on social or reasonable limits for your a walk, playing a game, having
COVID-19 pandemic and sensory input as if it were feel lonelier than kids who
stay-at-home orders, many happening to them. This interact in person. recreational activities child's screen time and video a dance party or reading a
children and teens spent same type of engagement is
even more time playing possible when a person plays Chronic hyperarousal can because of preference for game types, especially if your book.
video games to socialize a video game. have physical symptoms, as
with friends, since they well, such as decreased screen time or video games. child's use of screens hinders • Encourage a balance
couldn't get together in immune function, irritability, involvement in other between screen time and
person. jittery feelings, depression • Continuing to play video activities. activities that require in-
and unstable blood sugar games or participate in
levels. In children, some can screen time, even though Also encourage active person social interactions,
develop cravings for sweets you know it's causing
while playing video games. problems in your life, such as screen time over passive such as family activities or
Combined with the poor performance at school
While gaming, a gamer's sedentary nature of gaming, or work, or letting screen time. Active screen extracurricular activities.
brain is processing the children's diet and weight household responsibilities
With screens virtually scenario as if it were real. If can be negatively affected, as go. time is when you interact • Create structured,
the game depicts a well. Sometimes children will with other people you know, screen-free times, such as
everywhere, controlling a dangerous or violent even avoid stopping the or when you are cognitively during mealtimes, in the
situation, the gamers' bodies game to go to the restroom, or physically engaged. For mornings and before
child's screen time can be react accordingly.Their fight- which can lead to hygiene example, play educational bedtime.
or-flight response to that issues. games, or games that require
challenging. It's difficult to perceived danger is triggered players to build something • Consider using apps that
by exposure to intense Similar to tobacco, alcohol together -- or fitness-type control the length of time
avoid screens completely. stimulation and violence in or drugs, screen time or games that require your child can use a device.
the game. Excessive video video games can become an movement while playing.
However, excessive screen game use can lead to the addiction if it damages your • Displaying signs of Passive screen time includes • Keep screens out of
brain being revved up in a health and relationships, and irritability, anxiety or anger bedrooms.
time can affect people's constant state of you are unable to control it. when forced to stop playing,
hyperarousal. even for brief periods of
— mental, social and physical Some symptoms could time.
s health. include:

d Too much screen time has • Having intense urges for • Lying to others about
screen time or to play video the extent of your use.
t been linked to: games, and these urges block watching screens with
out other thoughts.
e • Obesity. minimal cognitive • Require that all devices
• Spending money on be charged outside of
s • Poor sleep or insomnia. • Needing more screen engagement, such as scrolling bedrooms at night.
e time over time to get the
e • Behavioral problems, same level of enjoyment. through social media or • Learn about the game
n including impulsive actions. rating categories and only
Hyperarousal looks • Neglecting your watching online videos. allow your children to play
appearance, including lack of
h • Loss of social skills. different for each person, interest in grooming or Consider these tips:
clothing.
s • Violence. and it can include difficulties • Follow guidelines for video games suitable for
e screen time, such as those their ages.
s. • Less time for play. with paying attention,
s • Eye strain.
managing emotions, If you are seeing any of suggested by the American If you're concerned about
these signs, it may be time to
controlling impulses, revisit your approach to Academy of Pediatrics. a child or loved one's use of
your child's behaviors and
l • Neck and back following directions and use of screens. • Model healthy use of screen time, consulting a
screens and video games. behavioral or addictions
f problems. tolerating frustration. Some Consider unplugging when specialist can help determine
you first get home from treatment options. -- Fiona
, • Anxiety. adults or children struggle work, at dinner and when Swanson, Social Services,
f driving. Model other Mayo Clinic Health System
with expressing compassion in Mankato, Minnesota

f • Depression. and creativity, and they have You'll need to decide how
much media to let your child
• Difficulties with work or a decreased interest in use each day and what's

school. learning. This can lead to a

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rfoecoidpe&s and vegetables and avoiding raise the risk of (garlic, onions) are foods
ultra-processed cardiovascular and eye that are high in
convenience foods." diseases and some cancers. antioxidants. Eat at least 4
The simplest way to get 1/2 cups of produce daily,
Prior to this study, plenty of antioxidants is to having a serving with every
experts at the ECU eat lots of different fruits, meal and snack.
Institute for Nutrition vegetables, whole grains
Research had identified a and plant-based foods.
link between eating more Brightly colored foods and
fruits and vegetables and foods with strong flavors
improved mental health in
Nutrition News Charlyn Fargo is a the long term.This indicates Sheet-Pan Eggs
with Charlyn Fargo registered dietitian with that the healthy cooking w/Spinach & Ham
students were not just
Grab your apron and improve your SIU Med School in feeling better because they Cooking spray
mental health Springfield, Ill. For became more confident in 18 large eggs
comments or questions, the kitchen, but also 1/4 cup 2% reduced-fat milk
Cooking at home not who took part in the because they were eating 1 1/2 teaspoon smoked paprika
only helps you eat better, healthy cooking course contact her at healthier. 1 teaspoon salt
but it also helps your experienced significant [email protected] 1 teaspoon black pepper
mental health, according to improvements in general or follow her on Twitter Individuals who had not 1 teaspoon onion powder
a new study at Edith Cowan health, mental health and changed their diet after 1 (10-ounce) package frozen chopped spinach, thawed and
University. subjective vitality. These @NutritionRd. completing the program squeezed dry
benefits were perceivable had still reported improved 1 cup shredded sharp cheddar cheese (4 ounces)
In a partnership between immediately after the Charlyn Fargo joins mental health, suggesting a 1/2 cup diced ham
program and persisted for Happenings Q&A on link between cooking
ECU,The Good Foundation six months after the confidence, satisfaction
course. Thu. May 5th at around cooking and mental
2:30 on AM1050 WLIP. health benefits.

and Jamie's Ministry of Q and A

Food initiative, a mobile Q: How can I get more
antioxidants in my diet? I've
food kitchen provided heard they are good for
you.
cooking classes in the The participants
A: Antioxidants are
community and on college exhibited substantial rise in poor mental health, substances that can help Preheat oven to 300 degrees F. Generously coat a large, rimmed
prevent or slow oxidative baking sheet with cooking spray.Whisk eggs, milk, paprika, salt,
campuses from 2016 to improvements in cooking obesity and other stress to your cells. They pepper and onion powder together in a bowl. Pour onto prepared
are the antidote to free baking sheet and sprinkle with spinach, cheddar and ham. Bake at
2018 to 657 individuals confidence and gained the metabolic health radicals from the 300 degrees until just set, 20 to 25 minutes, rotating pan from back
environment that can cause to front halfway through baking to ensure even cooking. Cut into
over seven weeks. ability to easily change disorders," said Dr. Rees in damage to cells and
accelerate the aging 12 squares. Serves 12 (serving size: 1 square)
Researchers at the ECU eating habits and overcome a press release. process, which in turn can Per serving: 164 calories; 14 grams protein; 3 grams carbohydrate;
11 grams fat (5 grams saturated); 1 gram fiber; 1 gram sugar (0
Institute for Nutrition lifestyle barriers to healthy "Future health programs
should continue to grams added); 455 milligrams sodium.
Research measured the eating, according to the prioritize the barriers to
healthy eating such as poor One-Pot Shells with
program's effect on study authors. Lead food environments and Peas and Sausage
time restrictions, while
participants' cooking researcher Dr. Joanna Rees placing greater emphasis on Recipe note: If you can't find ground sweet Italian sausage, you can use 1
the value of healthy eating pound of sausage links; use kitchen shears to cut open the casings
confidence and self- said the study showed the via quick and easy home
cooked meals, rich in fruit lengthwise and peel off and discard casings before adding to the pot in
perceived mental health. importance of diet for step 1.

The study results, mental health.
published in the journal
Frontiers in Nutrition, "Improving people's diet
revealed that individuals quality can be a preventive
strategy to halt or slow the

America’s Test Kitchen 1 pound ground sweet Italian sausage
1 small onion, peeled and chopped fine
One-pot pasta means easy cleanup on busy weeknights
3/4 teaspoon salt
This recipe uses just one pot to cook the pasta and the There is just enough broth for the pasta to absorb and 1/4 teaspoon pepper
sauce together; no draining a separate pot of boiling water become tender, plus a little extra to create the sauce.And 1/8 to 1/4 teaspoon red pepper flakes (optional)
required! This is possible not through magic, but through that sauce takes shape when you stir the pasta -- hard! -- 1/2 cup plus 3 1/2 cups chicken broth, measured separately
the precise measurement of the liquid needed to cook after it finishes cooking. The pasta releases starch as it 4 1/2 cups medium pasta shells (12 ounces)
your pasta. cooks, helping the liquid thicken into a creamy 2 cups frozen peas
(creamless!) sauce. 1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese (1 ounce), plus extra for serving
2 teaspoons grated lemon zest plus 1 tablespoon lemon juice,
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1.Add sausage, onion, salt, pepper, and pepper flakes (if using) to a
Dutch oven. Use a wooden spoon to break sausage into small
pieces. Cook over medium-high heat, stirring occasionally and

continuing to break up sausage, until sausage is lightly browned and
dark brown bits have formed on bottom of pot, 10 to 12 minutes.
2. Carefully add 1/2 cup chicken broth and use a wooden spoon to
scrape up browned bits on the bottom of the pot. Cook until liquid

has mostly evaporated, about 2 minutes.
3. Stir in pasta and remaining 3 1/2 cups broth. Bring mixture to a

boil.
4. Reduce heat to medium-low and cover pot with lid. Cook until
pasta is tender, 10 to 12 minutes. (Some liquid will remain in pot.)

Turn off heat.
5.Add peas, Parmesan, lemon zest and lemon juice. Use a wooden

spoon to stir vigorously for 1 minute. Let sit, uncovered, for 5
minutes to allow peas to warm through and sauce to thicken

slightly. (Sauce will continue to thicken as pasta cools.)
6. Use a ladle to divide pasta among individual bowls. Sprinkle with

extra Parmesan cheese, if desired. Serve.

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animals Pet World

in the news with Cathy Rosenthal

The safest place for a pet to ride in the car

Misty the rescue dog foiled her mom's TV aAppearance Dear Cathy, Where is the As well as being a recuring up the amount of time she is in
by trying to eat some delicious on-set chicken safest spot for my senior guest on Happenings Q&A, the car. You might consider
bulldog to sit on car trips? We buying a pheromone collar or
Pet psychic's 'greedy' Cockatiel lost for have a small SUV with side Cathy M. Rosenthal is a pheromone spray or wipes to
dog interrupts three years identified curtain airbags in the back longtime animal advocate, use during this desensitization
morning show with help from TV seats. I live in Los Angeles author, columnist and pet process (see the next letter).
segment theme song County and avoid the freeways expert who has more than
as much as possible when Elvis After all this, if she
A British morning show's interview A Pennsylvania family's pet cockatiel is in the car, but sometimes 30 years in the animal continues to shiver and shake
with a woman who claims to be able to was identified after three years on the this is not possible. I love him welfare field. Send your pet around cars, then it's time to
psychically communicate with animals loose thanks to the bird's love for a so much I almost want to questions, stories and tips to talk to your veterinarian about
was interrupted when the woman's classic TV theme song. Louise Duncan leave L.A. so I can keep him some medication, which can
dog ran off to raid food intended for a said she knew the bird she found on safer. Advice? -Kimberly, San [email protected]. help during the desensitization
cooking segment.Vernon Kay and Josie the front porch of Christ United Dimas, California process, and maybe a trainer
Gibson, the temporary hosts of ITV's Methodist Church in Lancaster County trail of herring and liverwurst. or behaviorist who can work
This Morning while regular team are was not a native species. "I knew it was Dear Kimberly, Just like Any words of wisdom? - one-on-one with you to tweak
on vacation, brought Beth Lee- not a normal bird that comes by with small children, the safest Shelley,Tucson, Arizona your efforts.
Crowther on the show to talk about because it had an orange or yellow place for any pet to be is in the
her purported ability to communicate plume," Duncan told WGAL-TV. back seat of the car, preferably Dear Shelley, You have the Let me know how she does.
telepathically with animals. The Duncan and Pastor Roseann Goldberg- in a harness, car tether, car right idea. Begin by
segment was interrupted when Lee- Taylor wrangled the bird into a box and seat (for pets), or carrier to encouraging her to walk or sit Dear Cathy, I would like to
Crowther's dog, Misty, dashed away contacted local animal rescue group secure them. In the front seat, near the car. You can even address the pheromone issue
from the couch and went wandering ORCA. ORCA posted photos of the a deployed airbag could extend that food trail into the that has been discussed
around the studio.The cameras caught bird on Facebook, and soon received a severely injure or kill a pet car, across the back seat, and recently in your columns. I
the moment Misty found her way to message from a family in Ephrata who (side airbags don't seem to out the other side door. Once agree that pheromones alone
the set's kitchen and raided a chicken reported their cockatiel, named Lucky, come with the same she is comfortable doing that, do not solve behavior
dish intended for a cooking segment had escaped from their home three warnings.) You also may secure encourage her to sit in the car problems in cats, but it would
later in the show. The footage shows years earlier. Libby Rannels of ORCA your dog in the back of the by tossing yummy treats onto seem that pheromones are a
stage hands taking the dish away from said rescue workers and the family SUV, but I recommend using a her seat. credible addition to behavior
the dog and attempting to herd Misty compared the bird to photos of Lucky trolley tether to secure him or modification techniques. Here
back to the couch. "What do you think and were pretty sure of the bird's a crate that is large enough for The next step, start the is my experience: I adopted
Misty is thinking right now because identity, but a family member suggested your dog to stand up and turn car's motor. Stand far enough Molly, a very needy shelter cat,
she's actually done a runner," Gibson another test: seeing if the cockatiel around in. The crate also away that she won't get some years ago. Molly was
asks Lee-Crowther in the clip. "I tell would react to the theme song from provides some extra anxious and toss treats to the extremely anxious and over-
you what Misty is thinking, Misty has The Andy Griffith Show. "He started protection for your dog in ground, moving closer to the groomed to the point that she
tucked into Ainsley's chicken," Kay says. whistling that song, and the bird started case you are in a rear-end car each day. When you are had a bald spot that ran right
Misty returned to Lee-Crowther and dancing, kind of bobbing his head, so we collision. near the car, toss treats across down her spine. My vet
the segment continued."Misty is very knew then that it had to be the same the back seat again to see if suggested a pheromone
greedy because she's rescued. She's a bird," Rannels said. Lucky was reunited Dear Cathy, Two months she will follow the trail into diffuser. Molly's nervous
good girl, she's had a hard life," Lee- with the family, but Rannels said the ago, I adopted a three-year-old the car while the motor is behavior did not completely
Crowther says in the video. "Sorry owners now live in a smaller home and husky mix. She was a stray and running. If you get her to do disappear, but over time, with
about the chicken." determined they did not have space to had a poorly healed fractured this, you're halfway home. The loving attention and care, her
properly care for the cockatiel. ORCA leg. She is a great dog but she next step involves sitting in the anxiety subsided, and her fur
Kitten rescued from said in a Facebook post that Lucky will locks up and refuses to get car with her while the motor eventually grew back. I would
inside bathroom wall have a new permanent home as the into cars. She is too big for me is running. like to believe that the
of California home organization's office pet. to carry. When I first brought pheromone diffuser played a
her home, she relaxed once When she is comfortable part in relieving Molly's stress.
Firefighters in California came to the Big alligator with she was in the car, but recently with that, it's time to take her -Barbara, Massapequa, New
rescue of a kitten found trapped inside missing foot stops I took her back to the vet and on a drive. Encourage her into York
the bathroom wall of a home. The traffic on Florida road she was terrified and shaking the car with the treats and
Fresno Fire Department said in a the whole time we were once she is comfortable, pull Dear Barbara, Thank you
Facebook post that crews responded A driver in Florida captured video of driving. Initially, I couldn't even out and then back into the for sharing your experience.
to a home where a resident reported the moment a large alligator missing a get her to walk toward the driveway, eventually building You explained their use
hearing meowing coming from inside a front foot walked across the road, driveway that had the car beautifully. Pheromones don't
bathroom wall. Firefighters used an bringing traffic to a temporary halt. parked in it. She is generally change behavior. They can
infrared thermal imaging camera to Daniel Kaufman said he was driving indifferent to food and treats, simply create a sense of calm
locate the kitten and then used an ax when he spotted the large gator but I have gotten her to walk for some animals, which helps
to break through the wall to rescue the dashing into the road and stopped to closer to the car by laying a with training, desensitization,
feline. Firefighters said the kitten and take video.The video shows traffic stop and other behavior
its mother had apparently entered the for the alligator, which was missing its modifications.
home through the attic and the smaller right front foot, as it makes its way
feline fell through to the bathroom across the road, and directly toward
wall. "Unfortunately, the kitten's Kaufman's vehicle. Kaufman said he
mother ran away when the resident could feel his truck shift as the massive
opened the attic to investigate," the reptile moved underneath it. He said
fire department said. "No other kittens the gator emerged from the other side
were located, but the resident said that of the truck and made it to the
they would try to find the rescued kitty opposite side of the road.
a forever home."

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A mojito for Mother Earth

by Meryl Strichartz

I love Earth Day! Recreational Area pond organization needs
Honestly, I pretty much project, please reach out to
love all celebrations and them at rootpikewin.org. financial and volunteer
parties! So, let’s get this
one started… support. They do great

First, I want to let you Second, Kenosha things with just a handful of
know that the Kenosha
Community Sailing Center Sportfishing & dedicated volunteers.
will start offering their
adult sailing classes and Conservation Association Please get involved.
watercraft rentals in May
and their youth sailing (KSFCA) will once again be Kenoshasportfishing.com.
classes in June. So, get
yourself registered and do holding their Annual Kids Third, Gateway Technical
something different this
Summer by learning to sail. Meryl Strichartz is a Fish N’ Fun at Anderson College’s Celebrate Earth
Kenoshasailing.org Kenosha resident and
active board member of Park Pond on Saturday, May Day event is also back.This
Also, keeping with the the Kenosha Community
Earth Day news, the Sailing Center.  She is also 14th, 9am-noon. This event year it will be held in-
Kenosha Community a member of the Kenosha
Sailing Center (KCSC) is Yacht Club and ally to is free and pre-registration person on the Kenosha
proud to support Root- many Kenosha harbor
Pike WIN in their pursuit is not necessary for kids Campus on Saturday, April March 2022
of clean water, restored businesses and Court Report
habitats and creating environmental groups.  She ages 4-12 (must be 23, 2022, 10am-1pm. They
opportunities for the is the owner of Lakeshore DUIs
community to better accompanied by an adult). will have environmentally Agnew, Raymond V. Des Plaines, IL. OWI (2nd)
connect with Lake Pedal Tour and Career Benfield,Tyler C. Lindenhurst, IL. OWI (1st)
Michigan. Coaches of Wisconsin. Complimentary rods and focused exhibitors and Boardman,Terry K. Summerville, SC. OWI (3rd)
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In particular, the Kenosha UW-Parkside and has reels are given out to kids vendors, children’s Estes, James C. Salem,WI. OWI (1st)
Community Sailing Center been involved with many Floreani, Evan R. Pleasant Prairie. OWI (2nd)
supports Root-Pike WIN’s Kenosha and Racine while supplies last and it is activities, Pike Creek clean- Gascoigne, Craig T. Kenosha. OWI (5th/6th)
efforts to restore the Gonzalez Martinez, Armando. Kenosha. OWI (2nd)
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Area pond and prairie in Jackson, Sada A L. Zion, IL. OWI (3rd)
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an ecologically diverse of them still loves to fish, Kiemens, Lyndsay R. Union Mills, IN. OWI (2nd)
destination for native so I figure that KSFCA has There are other Earth Kuester, Michael B. Kenosha. OWI (5th/6th)
species, citizens, and about a 50% success rate! Day events and activities Larsen, Alexander J. Burlington,WI. OWI (3rd)
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more about the Shagbark introducing them to any with a cocktail recipe for Mitchell, Anthony C. Kenosha. OWI (2nd)
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blue curacoa it will turn a Oliver,Taylor James. Kenosha. OWI (1st)
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to find the funds to raise a drink and toast Mother Ramos Alvardo, Jose. Joliet, IL. OWI (4th)
the fish fingerlings (baby Earth because there Reinhardt, Justin C. Beach Park, IL. OWI (1st)
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without her. Robinson, Stephen D. Round Lake Heights, IL. OWI (1st)
Rosengarten, Sarah E. Carpentersville, IL. OWI (1st)
Into the Woods to open at Sanfellippo, Matthew Joseph. Genoa City,WI. OWI (1st)
The Craft of Art Archive in Racine Schulz, Steven A. Kenosha. OWI (4th)
Seamons, Sebastian Andrew. Munfordville, KY. OWI (1st)
Nowadays most shopping elaborately carved and and Grayslake. When we from our first show.We will Smith, Nicholas E. Kenosha. OWI (1st)
involves big box stores and turned pieces of specialty first started collecting, it have artisans from the Sota, Patricia A. Arlington Heights, IL. OWI (3rd)
strip malls filled with harvested woods from the was all in person. eBay did Milwaukee Area Wood Stankovich, Joseph John. Dyer, IN. OWI (1st)
merchants’ goods and world’s forests. not exist. Until 1995. turners (MAWt) showing Strom, Patrick. Lake Villa, IL. OWI (1st)
services that are found in hand turned items that will Swain,Terrance. Kenosha. OWI (3rd)
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the stores with uncommon Archive? to look for? days. They have beautifully Taft, Dana L. Kenosha. OWI (3rd)
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objects.We have items from interest children? from 10-3 each day. We are
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place to discover and learn metal and stone. We puzzles on display, and Colleen Belmont & Paul Belmont
about international arts & continue to be amazed by vintage musical instruments Lathrop Avenue, located on John Charles Braun & Nancy Riker Braun
crafts. The Craft of Art artists’ ability to capture that will intrigue kids. Yvonne Contreraz & Shenna Camacho
Archive is a free 30-day both human and animal the east side of the street Cassandra Faye Cothran & Justin Lamar Cothran
Pop-up gallery featuring a spirits from inanimate Is everything for sale? Jamie L Cusker & William C Cusker Sr
private 50-year collection pieces of wood found in the between Washington D’Andrea Cheree Dixon & Samuel Randell Hender
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& crafts. Dale & Susan collection are not for sale. Avenue and Durand Alicia Gomez & Homero Juarez Juarez
Staehle, longtime Racine When did you start But this show is different Jessie Ellis Haight & Christopher John Haight
residents, both curate and collecting wood items? Avenue. See more at Eric John Hannes & Susan Lucille Brown-Hannes
are at the gallery to answer Raquel Pauline Hays & Jeffrey James Hays
questions about the My husband purchased archivepopup.com Maribel Hernandez & Sergio Hernandez Jr
collections. our first Japanese Sasano Heidi L Kunz & Mark C Kozik
Bori rooster carving in the Adam Lepley & Elizabeth Lepley
Their Spring show “Into gift shop at the Milwaukee Christopher C Marohnic & Lisa M Marohnic
the Woods” showcases Art Museum in the James Mecozzi & Abril Mecozzi
artists and craftsman who seventies. Connor Craig Minkey & Emily Rae Hermanek
have created amazing Irma Y Nava & Gaudencio Nava
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and complex, from whittling items? Roxanne Schutzen & David William Schutzen
tree branches to Kristine E Scott & KaTravis M Pilcher
We visit antique shows Kenneth Allan Thorpe & Susan Thorpe
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Tourism week the dogs. The three dog
parks in the Kenosha
free days County Parks system will
offer free single day
by Meridith admission. The parks are
Jumisko Carlisle Family Dog Park at
Petrifying Springs Park,
Sunday, May 1 through Meridith Jumisko is Harris Family Dog Park at
Saturday, May 7, is National Public Relations Director Old Settlers Park, and
Travel and Tourism Week. Warren Close Bark Park at
It's an annual celebration of at Visit Kenosha. Kenosha County Veterans
the U.S. travel industry's Contact her at Memorial Park. Dogs must
contributions. Tourism plays [email protected] have current
a significant role in our license/vaccinations. The
community. It provides jobs, #KenoshaFun and to share parks are open 7 a.m. to 10 Dose Café. Find the specific and Explorer Backpack photo by Jason Hedman
lowers personal taxes, with their friends and family. p.m. size of coffee and hours the rentals will be offered at
improves our local Visit Kenosha has partnered offer is valid at Pringle Nature Center, Saturday, May 7, get a free
economy, and provides a with local venues to help PLUS, visit K9 Kibble for a VisitKenosha.com/Tourism which is located at Bristol pack of seeds at Feed &
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economic development. during Tourism Week Free hours are 12 to 6 p.m. Did Thursday, May 5, free to hunt for Geocaches in operated by Jerry Smith
Days. Take advantage of you know the shop offers tower climbs will be offered the park, or a family-friendly Produce & Pumpkin Farm.
We encourage you to many special offers. You'll free consultation services at the 1866 Southport Explorer Backpack filled
Shop Local, Dine Local, and find all the details at regarding food and other Lighthouse, which is part of with all the tools you need Discover more ways to
Play Local during this week VisitKenosha.com/Tourism issues your dog may be the seasonal Southport for a fun exploration. First Shop, Dine, and Play Local at
– and all year round! The Week. Here's the general having? Light Station Museum. Must come-first serve. Driver's VisitKenosha.com. The Visit
same things that visitors information: be 8 years or older to climb. license or ID required to Kenosha Events Calendar is
love about our community, Tuesday, May 3, The Civil Thursday hours are 10 a.m. check out. Hours are 10 at VisitKenosha.com/Events.
residents love as well. We Sunday, May 1, you can War Museum offers free to 4 p.m. a.m. to 3 p.m. Visit Kenosha has been
thank you for your loyalty in admission to its main exhibit Kenosha's official travel
supporting our small, ride the Electric Streetcar "The Fiery Trial", which is an Friday, May 6, free GPS resource since 1986.
independent, locally owned immersive exhibit with a
shops and restaurants as for free. Hop aboard a 360-degree film "Seeing The
well as our incredible Elephant". The other areas
museums, art galleries, beautifully restored of the museum are free all
recreation spots, and other the time. The hours are 10
attractions. authentic electric streetcar a.m. to 4 p.m.

While our mission is to for a scenic trip along the Wednesday, May 4, enjoy
bring visitors to the one free coffee at these
community, we are also a Lake Michigan shore as well three locations: The Buzz
resource for residents. We Café, Harborside Common
encourage locals to use our as through historic districts Grounds, and The Daily
visitors guide and website,
as well as their own and Downtown Kenosha.
experiences to find
Sunday hours are10:35 a.m.

to 6:15 p.m.

Monday, May 2, is a day for

What’s the word

with Justin Sawyer

The State of the stage, from the universe. Kenoshan Justin Sawyer It was a scary time, but also passionate. Another exciting coffee shops, and start going
and beyond has over 15 years in the pushed the envelope in the note happened during the back to concerts. I know, I
I spent the better part of 7 creative department where Grammy’s where we saw the know there are “new norms”
Do you hear that sound? years living out of a suitcase food and beverage an almost darwinism sense road crews not only being that might be a headache, but
That low hum and whisper traveling the country, industry, as well as a of purpose grew overnight. noticed, but applauded and I promise you there are few
not too far off in the sleeping in vans and hotels, former Tour Manager for thanked for all the hard work and far between feelings that
distance? That, my readers, is moving up to full sized tour national touring artists for Fast forward to last year, that no one seems to see. are more rewarding than a
the lovely sound of live music buses. I saw 48 out of 50 7 years. His interests and we saw tours slowly being Without those stage hands, live concert with great
back in full swing. It’s been a states, and 3 provinces of pieces will cover a wide announced, the smell of a merch people, managers, people. Buy that t-shirt,
long 2 (going on 20 it seems) Canada before I was 25. I can variety of topics ranging cold brew and concert fare drivers, assistants and so sacrifice the extra hour or 2
years since we’ve had some firmly say those were some from music & art, food & was no longer a distant many more, the live show of sleep, and make memories
normalcy with live music. of, if not the best years of my fashion, to mental health pipedream as we started wouldn’t go off without a that you’re going to look ack
life. It’s hard work, long and self awareness. excitedly planning over hitch. So from me to you, fondly on, because money
Let’s rewind, it was a crisp hours, a lot of sacrifice but calendars for various events. thank you for all you do, have comes and goes, but
and hopeful Tuesday it’s overall beyond rewarding. the music industry since I’ve done, and continue to do. memories are timeless &
afternoon in March, where been alive. I cannot applaud the priceless. Stay safe, check in
everyone felt the itch of a For me, it was the sounds people within the industry In closing, I want you to on your friends, and be a
warm plate of Irish fare, of the amplifiers, the glowing Throughout all the enough for always finding start opening up the little kinder to yourself.
washed down with a pint of faces of those willingly struggles, we saw the ways to preserve, to push on newspapers, checking those
Guinness. Suddenly, those trading their hard earned strongest survive. Bands and keep their nose to the flyers hanging in your local
dreams were shut down money for that t-shirt with started offering live stream grind of something so
faster than your mom saying tour dates, with a cold brew performances, getting on
your friend couldn’t sleep in hand. board with “Live from home”
over on a school night. free sets on instagram and
As an avid music fan, and facebook, and finding new,
All live music events went former road manager I creative ways to engage their
dead, thousands of people couldn’t imagine something fans. I saw friends pursue
were out of jobs overnight so important as music being their own brands, falling in
with no clear idea of an end put on hold. I felt for my love with new industries like
date in sight. Box offices, friends in the music industry, vintage clothing reselling, etc.
stage hands, road I can’t imagine the fear and
management and even those uncertainty they felt. I
on stage sat and watched the couldn’t imagine venues
run be ripped out from closing down, and never re-
under them, with nothing but opening, bands calling it
a shrug and an “I’m sorry?” quits, and the biggest shift in

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Our Kenosha

by Jason Hedman

Former strip club overcomes numerous crimes
and eventually receives a new lease on its life

With the recent news of licenses of seven topless- liquors, with a value at
local taverns having bottomless entertainment $190.25.
problems which our venues in the city of
Kenosha City Council has Kenosha, one being the In September of that
decided to try to solve Pucci’s Little Six Club. same year, it was hit again,
themselves, lets take a look and in the same way.
back at a small In August 1971, Josephy Thieves ripped the grate
neighborhood joint on the Brozosky took over as over the wall fan cover to
city’s west side and its holder of the liquor enter the bar and steal
interesting history. license, the bar was named several liquor bottles.
Mario’s (after Julio’s
On February 29, 1960, brother, and with Brozosky By the mid-1980s, it was Father & Son Tavern, located at 4609 38th Street in 1990, was one of
Augustus B.Thompson was stating that he was not renamed Foxy Lady II. The numerous busineess located in this building over the last 62 years.
given the authority to build interested in bringing back original Foxy Lady was Photo: Kenosha News archives via newspapers.com
a new, but pre-built the nude ladies. located at 1827 65th
restaurant at 4609 38th Street. throughout the short March 5, 1991.The Council After the crime, the teen
Avenue. By the end of the Mario’s kept the live Father and Son Tavern run. said that business owner told a citizen that he
year, Thompson would music going through 1971 A few late night drinkers Kurtis Kilticks accumulated wanted to get crack
open the Dun-Roamin’ as the tavern appeared to were upset when they In August 1990, Kilticks 105 demerit points from cocaine and mentioned
Restaurant and Motel. The return to its country were refused service at was given a ticket for August 1st to November robbing the restaurant,
long, narrow building had western old days of the closing time on October disorderly conduct and for 10 of 1990 for various leading to his arrest.
the small restaurant in the 60s. 20, 1986. After the allowing two teenagers in violations.
front and a very small bartender told them the the tavern. A 22-year-old Through the 1990s, it
number of rooms for rent In 1974, it was known as bar was closed, multiple woman complained after The tavern license will be
in the back. Later on, the the Pour House. Licenses gunshots were fired she put money in the returned to its owner, was briefly known as
hotel rooms would and management continue through the front door of jukebox, she was told to Donna Pillizzi, who has
become transformed into a to fluctuate over the mid- the Foxy Lady II. leave. The woman wanted owned the license since American Family
3-room apartment. 70s until Frank Iaquinta her money back and 1977, but leased it to other
takes over the place, then The following summer, Kilticks pulled a gun and operators since 1983. Restaurant and Fat Sam’s
known as Club Morocco 27-year-old Donald Banks held it at his side until
and offering 20 cent tap pleaded guilty to a charge everyone left. The Council asked Pilizzi Ribs. But by February 1997,
beers each day from 7- of causing injury in a July to not reopen a tavern in
9pm. But Iaquinta didn’t 18, 1987 stabbing of a In September 1990, that location but was the restaurant sat on the
stick around with his Club patron at the Foxy Lady II. Morgan Simmons began allowed to sell her license
Morocco very long either. arguing with some patrons to another location. market with little hope for
On the evening of In April 1988, the bar was in the bar at closing time
In the mid-1960’s it was September 24, 1975, known as Smacker’s Bar and began firing a .45 Roy Mock, was a local a new entrepreneur to
known as Tommy’s Tap Iaquinta was tending bar and a man entered the bar caliber pistol in the parking tavern owner who
before Ken Penrod bough when a man entered the at 3pm on a Friday lot. Nobody was injured, operated Pot O’ Gold take over.
the building and opened empty tavern with a afternoon and demanded but Simmons got in his car Tavern, 2926 Washington
Penrod’s Last Call Tavern, a revolver in his hand and money from the 22-year- and continued driving Road. Mock filed an Reverend Todd Cook was
country bar and grill in wearing a ski mask. Iaquinta old pregnant bartender. He south on 38th Avenue application to transfer his looking into a permanent
1966. gave the man $210 from his struck the bartender and while continuing to fire the license to the site and open home for his church.
wallet and another $35 escaped with an gun at a car following him. a new tavern in the Formally instituted in 1992,
By 1968, a new operator from the cash register. undermined amount of Police found him parked in location of the Father and the Community Baptist
comes on, Ken Menning. cash. Christopher Hines the Kmart parking lot at Son Tavern. Mock was began meeting at Bullen
He hosts a “Name the Perhaps it was the scare was later captured and 4100 52nd Street. denied in May 1991. Junior High from 1991 to
Tavern” contest and selects of the robbery, but the charged with armed 1993, then looked into
“Ken’s Korral” as the next month, Frank was out burglary and endangering Crime continued to It never became a bar other locations before
winner. of the bar business, selling safety. He was identified, accelerate around the again, but it did still bring in Cook found this former
his tavern license to Lester but he was not located tavern with a 24-year-old business owners, and more restaurant/rowdy bar/strip
Ken’s Korral featured Banovez in late October until June of 1991 when he man being beaten and trouble. In 1993, it was club in 1998 and made an
1975. was living in Gary, Indiana. pistol whipped in the bar in known as the Home Front offer of $45,000.
many national touring acts It would take two trials, but early October 1990, and a Restaurant and two
On Saturday, November Hines would be found woman received eight masked men, one with a
including Nashville 8th, Banovez proudly guilty and was sentenced stitches after being beaten shotgun, robbed the In May of 1999, the
presents Razz M’Tazz. by Judge Mary K. Wagner- with a chrome pipe by a restaurant of about $80
recording star Bobby Malloy to 12 years in former boyfriend. from the cash register right Community Baptist
This time, the thieves prison. before closing on Monday,
Pierce, The Paul Rushing struck overnight, breaking Due to the escalating January 11, 1993, Church purchased the
in to the Razz M’Tazz the In April of 1990, it was issues over the past year,
Trio and Hayden morning of Wednesday, given a new owner once the City Council voted to The restaurant was property and planned to
April 27, 1977 and ran off again and name, when revoke the liquor license robbed again on April
Thompson. with close to $300 in two Kurtis Kilticks opened for the Father and Son 1993. This time by a 17- remodel the building into a
bank banks and an Father and Son Tavern. Tavern, closing the bar on year-old who escaped with
In late May, 1969, the undetermined amount of More trouble began between $50 and $70. church. It was a major
tavern license is coins from the vending and
transferred from Menning game machines. project. The entire building
to Julio Pucci and the name
is changed to Little Club By August 1977, Mary P. was jacked up and a new
Six. It didn’t take long for Savaglio and Donna M.
new owner Pucci to take Pillizzi opened Sleepy concrete foundation
the bar up a notch. Within Hollow, proclaiming some
two weeks of opening, the of the best hot beef poured. Windows were
Little Club Six brought in sandwiches around!
Go-Go Girls dancing every removed, the interior was
night and the Country In late January 1980, the
Playmates on the tavern was hit again by gutted, a new roof was
weekends. Things heated burglars. This time a hole
up over the summer with was punched through an necessary and a brand new
performances when Suzy exhaust fan at the Sleepy
Q Duo, and Saboo the Holly and the crooks were 21-space parking lot was
exotic snake dancer with able to reach in and take
live reptiles took the stage. about 50 pints of assorted constructed. When

completed, the interior

includes two new central

bathrooms, a nursery, a

small kitchen, entry hall

and a 60x20 foot wide

auditorium that seats 100

for worship.

They hoped to open by

the end of 1999, but it took

A March 1971 ad reads, a bit longer. On Sunday,
“If nudity offends you, pass
us by. Pucci’s Little Club April 23, 2000 the
4609 38th Ave.” Miss Sue
Marshall, a voluptuous Community Baptist
dancer from California,
makes her first Midwest Church opened services at
appearance at Pucci’s in
early 1971. their new location at 4609

38th Avenue.

By May of 1971, Kenosha Once invested with crime, this location is Today, the location still
officials try to revoke the now home to the Northpoint Church. stands and is now home to
Northport Community
Baptist Church.

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It’s A Party with

RONNIE RICE

Sat. May 14
8:30pm at 5125 6th Ave. Kenosha

If you remember greasers,
surfing, hot rods, American
Bandstand and all those great
dances, fads and songs that
came out of Detroit,
Philadelphia and California or
if you just want to have a really
terrific time listening to some
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Have a favorite song, just yell it
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go to it! Want to sing along,
sing it LOUD! Just remember,
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