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Published by Happenings Magazine, 2021-06-16 12:12:53

Smart Reader June 17, 2021

Smart Reader June 17, 2021

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June 17, 2021
Volume 19 - #12

Interim Police Chief Eric Larsen
and KCOR President Nick Dennis

are about to embark on a program
to help make life better for
everyone in the community

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A new organization, KCOR, aka
The Interrupters, hopes to make a
positive difference in the community

As like any community, Kenosha is comprised of individuals Salute to the Graduates from the Violence Interrupters Training in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Sister Ameena Matthews
with different interests, opinions and goals in life  However surprised the participants by showing up to help present the 40 Hr Certificates to the Violence Interrupters Team.
after what our community went through last summer most
everyone would  agree  that  there needs to  be some PHOTO via Twitter @TioHardiman
meaningful changes.
large divide between the police and the black community. So, we're walking into...most of the people on the team are from
There is no shortage of opinion as to how last year’s civil like Dennis expressed, Larsen also agreed that those barriers Kenosha, they're from the community...They believe in the
unrest and destruction should have been handled. There is needed to be stripped down so conversations could be had. community and looking out for the community."
also a number of thoughts and opinions as  to why it "We are putting people on walking beats..." Larsen began,
happened in our community. "...you can't make a connection when you're behind steel The Interrupters not only inspire other kids, but adults as
doors and windows of a car...the point [of this] is you well. Larsen stated that one of the main reasons why he was
However  if  common  ground  is  to  be found it’s going to maximize the time that you can [by forming connections so eager to get involved with the Kenosha Interrupters
come from individuals willing to rethink business as  usual. with community residents] when you can, where you can.We group was because he had watched the 2011 American
Under the right leadership, adversity can sometimes result in had the opportunity recently for The Interrupters to build documentary of the same name "The Interrupters". He said
positive change to  the status quo. It  can bring people relations [with our police department] when we brought that the documentary showed how effective and powerful
together to effect change and formulate a new common goal. trainers in from Chicago, [including] Tio Hardiman, the guy the group (The Interrupters) was, and how much positive
Admittedly we may not all agree on how we should arrive or that kind of started everything [with The Interrupters] down change they created. He then spoke about how he actually
achieve those  goals but  what’s  important  is  the  desire  is in Chicago. In that training we had officers...and also The was able to meet up with a few of the Interrupters who were
there to do so. Interrupters. So we put the two groups together to work a part of the documentary (one of those individuals being Tio
together and build those relations. And we did one exercise Hardiman [who was mentioned earlier]).
Behind the scenes our community leaders have  been that's called a peace circle, where everyone got in a circle
working tirelessly with individuals from all walks of life and it was moderated, and we had a discussion about roles Dennis then went on to say how one of his favorite things
sharing a common goal of affecting change so hopefully last in the community and things like that, and it's something is seeing people within the community, from all walks of life,
year’s August events never happen again. It will not be an easy that's never really been done here before." come together and stand as one. He believes that we as a
task and it will take time and a certain amount of trial and community can achieve that unity, and that people just need
error to achieve success. However the encouraging news is Dennis, who was present during this event, said, "That to take the time to stop and reevaluate who they are, and
there has been significant and meaningful dialogue that is circle was an intense circle...You've got to put certain officers continually strive to better themselves. "In order to be
now being put into play. in real life situations on the outside [hypothetically speaking] where I'm at you've got to be able to work on yourself. If you
and see what their answers will be on that side, and if you can't work on yourself then you can't be no interrupter...I
One example of this played out on Monday’s edition of see any flaws in that officer you check it [and correct them] got kicked out of the eleventh grade, but then I went back to
HAPPENINGS Q&A/AM1050WLIP when interim police right then and there...you got to take the right ideas from the school and got my HSED. I went back to school for HVAC. I
chief Eric Larsen returned to our airwaves and brought along group to the new guys [the officers not present at the went back to school after I felt like I didn't want to do
with him Nick Dennis. Nick is the president of the Kenosha circle]." that...so you know, you got to be able to work on yourself
Coalition Organizing Resolution or KCOR for short. The throughout this whole time."
members of this newly organized group call themselves The When asked if this experience changed his view of the
Interrupters. police and if Chief Larsen was "one of the good guys", Dennis Both Police Chief Eric Larsen and KCOR President Nick
responded, "You don't have a lot of guys that's willing to go Dennis believe that coming together and making change
Possibly you have seen the 2011 documentary “The the distance like the chief. I don't trust the police. I trust Eric, happen is possible. Both men believe that we can create a
Interrupters” and if so you have seen how they can play a but it's a different thing." more peaceful and welcoming community for ourselves and
significant role in conflict resolution. the future generation of Kenoshians. Like Dennis said, the
Dennis then went on to explain that, "I don't work for the change starts with us. So, let's all take a step back, reevaluate
"Historically, we as police officers, we respond to violent police...the people haven't had this [a group like the KCOR our goals, and let's make some change. And I think most of
crime. We are not there typically when it happens. We to speak on their behalf], they haven't had nobody that they us would agree with Chief Larsen's last sentence.
respond to the aftermath," says interim police chief Eric can call on...In some situations the police shouldn't come."
Larsen. Dennis described how not every scenario that occurs If you would like to learn more about The Interrupters,
requires police involvement, and he then spoke about the check out the 2011 documentary The Interrupters (which
In  the  radio  interview,  Nick  shared  with  listeners  that different ways in which The Interrupters could prevent can be found on Amazon Prime Video,Youtube, Google Play
KCOR was formed to help enlighten and educate the certain situations from escalating into something more and Apple TV).This documentary follows three interrupters
community as well as provide further insight on how the serious, therefore eliminating the need for the police (in -Ameena Matthews, Cobe Williams and Eddie Bocanegra-  in
police department could handle or diffuse certain situations. these scenarios). However, Dennis then goes on to say that Chicago as they try to help their community as it suffers
there does come a point in particular scenarios when the from a large increase in crime rates.
Dennis is a black man, and a resident of Kenosha county, police do have to intervene. Now again, with the help of The
himself. He is also the father of three young men, and one of Interrupters, hopefully when a situation does escalate to a By Frank Carmichael
the main reasons why he wanted to help jumpstart this point of needing police involvement, they (the police) will be
group in Kenosha is because he wants this city to be a better, informed on how to properly handle said situation. For an encore performance of the recent
safer place for his children. "I shouldn't have to worry about interview with KCOR President Nick Dennis and
that [the police pulling his sons over] here...with the officers "The best decision [that I have made] is being an
that's here in Kenosha, we're supposed to have a better interrupter and being a role model to other kids," Dennis Interim Police Chief
relationship than that because we're so small...It's not just exclaimed. "The whole group got courage and we know what Eric Larsen, tune in to
the police we always have problems with...white people in
the community, when everything was going on [this year], I've Happenings Q&A/
seen a couple of white people standing outside on corners AM1050 WLIP on
with their guns...it wasn't just the police as our issue, it was Friday, July 2nd at 2pm
[that] we as a community need to start liking each other."

Police Chief Eric Larsen agreed with Dennis, stating, "The
interesting thing is that we both want the same thing...we
didn't, in the past, know how to get to that point [of hearing
one another out], and that's what we're working on...we
both want community safety. We both have the same goals,
it's just that we had never worked on that connection and
how to do it."

When asked to further elaborate on what efforts have
been made by the Kenosha Police Department thus far,
Larsen stated that there was too much of a divide between
the police and the community. More specifically, there was a

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Why pandemic forced baby boomers to
rethink retirement plans

When she turned 65, it aside,” says Nancy K. 25 to one with a few part-
Wendy Northcross knew Schlossberg, a retired timers to fill in.
she wasn’t ready to retire. professor and author of 10
When the coronavirus hit a books on retirement and Now, business is starting
year later, she told the board other life transitions. “But to pick up again. But as is the
of the Cape Cod Chamber now with the pandemic, we case with many small
of Commerce that she’d stay really can’t. It’s in our face.” businesses, the firm’s
on as CEO until the recovery is far more muted
pandemic was over. The economic effects are than headlines about the
varied but straightforward: overall economy would
Then came the 20-hour When the pandemic hit in suggest. “We are slowly
workdays as local business March 2020, the economy starting to add staff back on,”
owners flooded in, looking plunged at a speed not seen he writes in an email. “Very
for ways to stave off since the Great Depression. slowly.”
bankruptcy. In a single month – April –
lockdowns knocked more “I’m excited to work on
“It was like working a than 3% of workers – some building the business back in
6.2 million Americans – out 2022 and 2023,” adds the
business emergency of the workforce, more than entrepreneur, who declined
three times the percentage to identify himself in print
hospital,” she recalls. loss in any month in the last because neither his
70 years of records. employees nor his clients
“Businesses would come in know of his plans to sell the Wendy Northcross poses in the JFK museum she co-founded and where she will work after
Many called it quits. By business. “We’ll see where she retires at the end of June. She is currently the CEO of the Cape Cod Chamber of
and you’d triage them. ... I’d September 2020, more things go from there.” Commerce.The pandemic has affected people’s thoughts about retirement.
boomers (generally, those
be up at midnight to 2 in the born between 1946 and Right on the cusp between
1964) had retired in the Gen Xer and boomer, he has
morning looking for grants previous 12 months than in experience that is far from
any year since the oldest unique. One of the surprises
or resources.” boomer turned 65, according of the pandemic’s economic the isolation. herself into learning German Americans, the pandemic has
to a Pew Research report. In impact is that it appears to didn’t pan out. This past fall
The economy rebounded all, according to a survey by have disrupted younger When college professor she volunteered for the changed some priorities.
quickly enough that many of Fidelity Investments, a generations’ retirement Katrine Pflanze of Upper St. Biden campaign, but manning
those threatened firms Boston-based financial plans more than those of Clair, Pennsylvania, retired a phone bank while isolated “Folks are looking at
survived. But by October Ms. services company, a fifth of boomers. According to a from teaching on July 1 last at home proved sterile.
Northcross was exhausted, those within 10 years of survey for The Nationwide year, she felt a giant weight retirement altogether
and by then it was clear the retirement accelerated their Retirement Institute, 62% of lifted from her shoulders. Now, “everything is much
pandemic would have a workforce departure date, millennials and 51% of Gen “July comes around and I’m closer to home and far less differently,” says Ali Ahmed,
lasting effect on the business an added deluge to a Xers said the pandemic had skating around just like I am out in the community,” she
climate. boomer retirement exodus complicated their finances on school holiday,” she says of her new life.“The last director of thought
already known as the silver versus only 27% of boomers. recalls.“I’m so free. I’m free!” thing that I want is to sit in
tsunami. front of a computer. leadership for Fidelity.
One social impact of the [Instead], I just love being in
Others who lost pandemic on new retirees is the garden. Time can just “They’re looking for newer
employment or income have really go by quickly. ... It took
had to delay retirement. me a while to learn to just ways or different ways to
Fidelity found that more than allow myself to do the things
half of all Americans say that I enjoy without feeling fulfill themselves in
they’ll need at least two super-guilty about things.”
“It just gave me clarity that years to get their retirement retirement. And so one of
it is actually a good time to plans back on track. For many newly retired
step down and hand off to Then the reality of the the things that we’ve seen is
someone with energy and One California
new ideas,” she says. entrepreneur was less than a pandemic set in: no spending time with friends
year away from selling his
company and retiring in his retirement reception and family has kind of shot
50s when the pandemic
turned his world upside because of the virus; no up in terms of the ranking of
down. Specializing in live
corporate events, he saw farewell get-together with priorities for a lot of folks.
sales plunge and had to trim
So on June 30, Ms. his full-time workforce from her department except for And … we’ve seen folks
Northcross will join the
surging ranks of Americans something cobbled together saying, ‘You know what?
calling it quits on paid full-
time work. on Zoom. Her plans to take Traveling is not as important

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Chinese put premium on owning homes.
Now Beijing wants to tax them

For mechanical engineer carries far more meaning Duan Ling and her husband, Fang Yushun, install a picture at their new apartment in Wuhan, China, Dec. 16, 2020.
Fan Hongliang, each penny than a roof over one’s head.
saved moves him closer to For millions of single men,
his distant dream of buying a who today greatly
home – a must-have before outnumber single women, it
finding a wife. is a near requirement for
marriage. China has nearly
“I will get a house first, and 18 million more men than
later if I meet someone I women between the ages of
want to marry, I can,” says 20 and 40, according to the
the 29-year-old, who 2020 census data. Whole
currently rents a room in families often scrape
Shanghai. “Shanghai houses together resources to give
are very expensive,” he says, their sons a leg up in
estimating it will take courtship by securing an
another five to seven years apartment or house – assets
before he and his parents, scrutinized by potential
retired coal mine workers, brides and their parents.
can afford a house in the city
outskirts costing around “It’s a tradition for
$315,000. Chinese people – if a man
wants to marry, he must first
In China, homeownership

have his own home,” says debt is still seen as a short- expanding pilot programs for workaround, they set up
Mr. Zhang, a Shanghai term way to boost the the tax.
homeowner and retired economy, which is seen as entities akin to shell
entrepreneur who asked to essential for keeping the The bottom line, experts
withhold his first name for party in power,” says Bruce say, is a growing bill that – companies called “local
privacy. “In most of China, it Dickson, a political scientist sooner or later – Chinese
would be a huge loss of face at George Washington taxpayers will have to foot.“I government financing
for a man to move into his University and author of don’t think a conventional
wife’s home.” “The Party and the People: explosive debt crisis is in the vehicles” (LGFV) that acted
Chinese Politics in the 21st cards,” says Eswar Prasad,
Adam Yao Liu, a China Century. professor of trade policy at as middlemen, borrowing
native and assistant Cornell University and the
professor of public policy at former head of the vast sums without discipline
the National University of International Monetary
Singapore, agrees.“It’s pretty Fund’s China division. “A by arm-twisting local banks,
safe to say that a house is a better way of looking at it is
sine qua non for marriage … somebody has to pay for analysts say.
for most Chinese today.” all this, and who’s going to
Yet while the party has pay for it? Ultimately, it is “Local debt is a significant
The marriage imperative going to be the taxpayer.” financial risk that is looming
is only one reason China’s favored short-term tweaks because the ownership of
latest push to impose the China’s debt problem is this debt is not clear and a
first nationwide property and workarounds, it has composed of corporate, lot of this debt has gone to
tax on homeowners is household, and government finance projects that are not
politically touchy. Taxes are postponed politically debt – with the local that productive – so this is
unpopular in any country, government debt posing one something of a hidden
but in China, a property tax difficult, systemic reforms of the trickiest challenges. problem,” says Professor
could be seen as challenging Prasad.
the cornerstones of middle- that are necessary to sustain When China’s economy
class well-being – family took off in the 1980s, local
prosperity and continuity. economic productivity and governments enjoyed a
Opponents also question surge of revenues that
the legitimacy of a property growth in the long run. The greatly outpaced those of
tax, since in China the the central government in
government already owns property tax issue Beijing. Those revenues Beijing has since indicated
the land. translated into bonuses for these local vehicles will be
represents one test of the local cadres and a big allowed to go bankrupt –
Yet Beijing is gingerly incentive for growth. But and some analysts predict
advancing the property-tax party’s willingness and ability that changed after 1994, the first default will happen
plan to try and confront a when Beijing negotiated a
“gray rhino,” as state media to push forward a new tax-sharing
call China’s debt crisis (it’s arrangement that shifted the
huge, and everyone sees it controversial policy – majority of revenues back to
coming). After decades of the center. This political deal
debt-fueled growth, the knowing it could stir unrest. created a gaping shortfall in Still, more than 10 years
country’s debt burden totals local government funding after Beijing first floated the
about 280% of annual gross Property tax “is going to that continues today, but it property tax idea, some
domestic product. That sum be a tough sell,” says Jean Oi, also gave local governments experts doubt the political
reflects deep institutional a professor of Chinese the tools and autonomy to will exists to impose the levy
flaws in the financial system. politics at Stanford open up new, opaque – saying officials themselves
It also reflects a political University and co-editor of channels to earn revenue may worry lest a tax force
dilemma of the ruling “Fateful Decisions: Choices outside the tax system. disclosure of expensive
Communist Party, which has That Will Shape China’s properties they own.
based its legitimacy primarily Future.” “Taxing the middle “This whole grand bargain
on bread-and-butter issues class is something officials is basically just backdoor As for Mr. Zhang, the
such as steady economic are not sure they are able to financing,” says Professor Oi. Shanghai homeowner, he
growth. do. You don’t want local says he can’t conceive of the
people out there Local governments were government imposing taxes
“The accumulation of demonstrating,” she says.“It’s prohibited from borrowing on people for the houses
a question of political from banks. In a they live in.“The government
stability.” can’t do that,” he says,
explaining that it would run
Ideas for imposing counter to the party’s
property tax have been consideration of people’s
tentatively discussed for basic needs.“It’s not possible
years – driven, in part, by that they will force this on
local governments’ chronic people.”
shortage of steady revenue
streams. This spring, officials A property tax might not
have again floated proposals bother wealthy people, says
for tax reform. The national Mr. Fan, but he worries it
government will “actively and could further delay his quest
steadily promote property for homeownership and
tax legislation and reform,” marriage. “For someone like
Finance Minister Liu Kun said me,” he says, “the policy is
in an article published this not good.”
month, as officials discussed

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HIV/AIDS at 40: Progress has been
plentiful, but vaccine still elusive

Forty years ago, the AIDS long before more cases were vaccine studies were has posed a major challenge
epidemic arrived when the seen in New York City, San effectively repurposed to because the virus has
first cases were officially Francisco and other U.S. make some of the COVID- evolved so much over the
reported by the Centers for cities. 19 vaccines. Both Pfizer and last 40 years.
Disease Control and Moderna use mRNA in their
Prevention. But while there The report noted that shots. "It's really like 50 million
has been monumental different viruses around the
progress fighting the virus two of those first five Genetically engineered world right now," he said in a
since then, questions remain mRNA tells the body's cells video posted online in
about why there still is no patients had died and two how to make the S protein February, noting that the
HIV vaccine. found on the surface of the protein on the HIV virus is
acknowledged having COVID-19 virus so that more "devious" than the one
antibodies can fight it. A that causes COVID-19.
frequent homosexual similar process could
ultimately be found to target Schief and collaborators at
contact with various HIV. Scripps and the International
AIDS Vaccine Initiative have
partners. Warren said it's likely that been working toward an HIV
coordinated global efforts vaccine for more than a
The development of a By the end of 1981, more A rose lays on the Circle of Friends at the National AIDS that fast-tracked COVID-19 decade using a technique
COVID-19 vaccine, in than 100 gay men were dead Memorial Grove in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco, Calif., vaccine development would called germline targeting,
record time last year, has of the disease, and a stigma also be needed to complete which is designed to activate
intensified questioning why enveloped the virus as terms on World AIDS Day, December 1, 2020. an HIV vaccine. rare naive B cells. The cells
an HIV vaccine remains like "gay plague" were widely produce broadly neutralizing
elusive. used. Panic grew further There has been some antibodies that could target
when some insisted that it progress in the vaccine arena weak spots on the HIV virus'
COVID-19 has killed could be contracted just by problem is not lack of the coronavirus both have a over the past four decades. outer surface.
millions, but even a pandemic being near an infected spending.The difficulty lies in spiked protein on their
of that magnitude still person. the HIV virus itself. In surfaces, but Desrosiers says A vaccine candidate in They said the vaccine
doesn't compare to the particular, this includes the the HIV virus is better Thailand in 2009 proved candidate activated B cells in
catastrophic death toll that's Beginning with advances in remarkable HIV strain protected from antibodies somewhat protective against 97% of volunteers during a
been attributed to AIDS medications in the 1990s, diversity and the immune because it has a heavier HIV, but not enough for Phase 1 trial and caused no
over the past four decades - people with HIV can now evasion strategies of the glycoprotein. wide-scale production. At adverse effects.
- an unrelenting disease expect to live a long life if virus," he wrote in The the time, its clinical trial of
caused by a virus that they begin treatment early. Conversation in May. Today, HIV-infected 16,000 volunteers made it "The results were
effectively wipes out the Also, scientists learned a few the largest HIV vaccine trial surprisingly strong," Schief
body's immune system. years ago that the Desrosiers, whose lab patients can take in history. said.
treatments also prevent discovered the monkey
infected people from version of HIV, says the virus' medications to mute the Two other large studies Several additional trials
transmitting the disease to continuous replication are currently testing an are still needed, though, to
While both diseases are others. means it needs a vaccine virus to undetectable levels. adenovirus-based vaccine, gauge the vaccine's potential.
with an "absolute sterilizing followed by a booster that
lethal, a stark difference in barrier" to block the copying But the disease would return contains proteins from Scripps and IAVI are also
process. Other traditional multiple HIV strains. Other working with Moderna on a
their mortality rates exists. vaccines, by contrast, need to full force once the vaccines have previously different mRNA vaccine,
only to keep a virus from used adenoviruses, which are which if successful could
Untreated, AIDS is a death reproducing. medications are stopped -- modified virus vectors that accelerate the arrival of an
can deliver DNA coding for HIV vaccine.
sentence almost 100% of the While researchers could thus, highlighting the need certain antigens.
produce a vaccine to spur "We have not solved the
time. Forty years of study But after billions of dollars antibodies for one particular still for a cure. William Schief, a professor problem yet," Schief says in
spent on research, the world strain, it wouldn't be and immunologist at the the video. "This is the first
have given scientists great is still waiting for a vaccine. effective against the Mitchell Warren, executive Scripps Research Institute in step."
Though the cocktail of drugs thousands of strains that director of the AIDS Vaccine La Jolla, Calif., said the search
depth of knowledge about make HIV a manageable HIV could produce. Also, Advocacy Coalition, said the By Don Johnson
disease, they don't amount Desrosiers said, HIV has COVID-19 vaccine would
an affliction that doctors to a cure. evolved over time to protect not have arrived so quickly in
itself. 2020 without the years and
initially found in years of efforts searching for
For comparison, HIV and a HIV vaccine.
homosexuals and some

observers called the "gay Dr. Ronald C. Desrosiers,
a professor of pathology at
cancer." the University of Miami
Miller School of Medicine,
In its Morbidity and said the complexity of HIV is Warren said the past few
Mortality Weekly Report on the reason a vaccine has decades of research to
June 5, 1981, the CDC been elusive. understand human immune
officially brought the disease responses have helped speed
to the fore by describing the "The problem is not a up the process. He said
first cases in Los Angeles failure of government. The messenger RNA (mRNA)
found in five previously development from HIV
healthy young men. It wasn't

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Distinguished Columnist.  His
next book due out in 2021 is
big agenda The Fifth Horseman and the
New MAD:The Tragic History
with Harlan Ullman of How Massive Attacks of

Disruption Are Endangering,

President Joe Biden After the G-7 summit in Infecting, Engulfing and

makes his first international Cornwall in southwest Disuniting a 51% Nation.

trip this week. Unlike England, the president joins

Donald Trump, whose first the NATO heads of

trip was to Saudi Arabia, government/state meeting Harlan Ullman joins

Biden will see America's in Brussels. And then on to Happenings Q&A on

closest allies first before the main event. Thu., July 1st at 2:30 on

heading to Geneva to Each of these meetings AM1050 WLIP.
confront or cajole Vladimir could dominate this trip --
Putin on Russia's for good or for ill. Russian President Vladimir Putin has expressed a willingness for improving
relationships with the relations with the United States. F
United States and NATO. While the G-7's headline
event is agreement on a global 15% minimum misinformation operations;

New This Summer! corporate tax, the less and emphasis on arms
publicized agenda should control and confidence-

focus on means to end the building measures with

pandemic as quickly as Moscow would have been

possible -- in part by convincing that NATO is

making vaccines universally back after a gap year that

available -- and economic lasted much longer under

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my turn

The 'Can't Do' Readers may email Cal
Thomas at
narrative
[email protected].
continues Look for Cal Thomas’ new
book “America’s Expiration
with Cal Thomas Date:The Fall of Empires and
Superpowers and the Future
President Biden has favored by Democrats that
reinforces the wrong belief of the United States”
pledged to "help narrow that African Americans can
do nothing without
the racial wealth gap and government. Of course, if
government were their
reinvest in communities savior, would it not have statements as one of his
solved all the problems great documentaries, it
that have been left behind Democrats continually talk might start with a picture
about, but do little to fix? followed by these quotes
by failed policies." He used

the 100th anniversary of

the Tulsa race massacre in

Greenwood, a thriving "If you have no

African American confidence in self, you are

community ravaged by a Democrats want to keep twice defeated in the race

racist mob in 1921, as the reminding us how bad race of life." Marcus Garvey (a

occasion to promise more relations have been Black nationalist and leader

federal contracts for historically and how bad of the Pan-Africanism "It is easier to build strong philanthropist and social such thoughts expressed by
children than to repair activist). especially Democrats and
minority-owned companies they are now, but even movement, which sought to broken men." even Republicans when
Need more? Here's one speaking to and about
and address discrimination Democrats must admit unify and connect people of from Rosa Parks: "Each African Americans? Why
person must live their life aren't the successful used
in home appraisals for black we've made significant African descent On giving up because as a model for others." as role models instead of
one believes there is no the constant focus on the
families. progress. I offer just a few worldwide). way out of one's This one seems absent unsuccessful?
circumstances: "We may from all American culture
The Tulsa mob murdered statements from A case could be made for (en)counter many defeats today, regardless of one's The narrative should be:
more than 300 Black men, school choice for low- but we must not be race: "We all have dreams. This is how we became
women and children over a accomplished African income students denied a defeated." (Maya Angelou) In order to make dreams successful, and this is how
two-day period, May 31 to good education in failing come into reality, it takes you can be successful too.
June 1, forcing thousands to Americans who faced inner-city schools: "The an awful lot of Changing the narrative
flee for their lives while purpose of education is to determination, dedication, offers potentially better
watching their homes and crippling discrimination and create in a person the self-discipline and effort." outcomes than the one
businesses burn to the ability to look at the world (Jesse Owens, Olympic presently being promoted
ground. No one was ever racism in their day but still for himself, to make his runner) by liberal politicians.
held responsible for the own decisions." (James
devastation. became successful. These Baldwin, writer). "I had to make my own Why do we rarely hear

motivational words point living and my own

us in the direction we need opportunity. But I made it!

to go and could move many Don't sit down and wait for

from a dependence on the opportunities to come.

government to lives of self- Get up and make them."

But Biden's Tulsa sufficiency. Speaking of the need for (Madam C.J. Walker, an
appearance and speech school choice, here's one
continues a narrative If Ken Burns were from Frederick Douglass: African American

presenting these e n t re p re n e u r,

Naomi Osaka raises issues

surrounding athletes and

mental health

with Mary Sanchez

On the court, Naomi the coming months will tell changed their tune as they
Osaka can still physically determined what was the
pound her opponents to a volumes about society’s, let most socially acceptable
pulp. reply.That process wouldn’t
alone the world of be necessary if people were Readers can reach Mary
She’s the same incredible grounded in science and Sanchez at
athlete. Nothing has competitive sports’, removed from the
changed — except for a antiquated inclination that [email protected]
very public admittance of understanding of mental issues like anxiety and and follow her on Twitter
details about her mental depression are just mental @msanchezcolumn.
health after she chose to health. weakness.
withdraw from the French body, and perhaps the
Open earlier this week. Even though they might After Osaka announced mental & emotional aspect
say the right things in a that she would be declining gets short shrift. This is
Yet in the span of mere situation like this, many in requests to appear before about more than doing or
days, the highest-paid the sports world — the press after matches, a not doing a press
female athlete and the the writers, fans and contractual obligation, conference. Good luck
No. 2 ranked women’s tournament directors alike tennis legend Martina Naomi- we are pulling for
tennis player in the world — don’t fully accept that Navratilova commented on you!”
went from being widely mental health is intertwined TV that Osaka needed to
portrayed as a powerful with physical health. just “man up” and “deal with Others too, soon
businesswoman and a savvy it.” followed with vague,
steward of social justice It’s as if all the research is supportive responses, likely genuine. Yet missed is said was best for her mental
worthy of magazine covers still locked in labs, only But by the next day, including Gilles Moretton, the crucial detail that the
to someone who needs to understood and accepted Navratilova was on board the head of the French four-time Grand Slam health and sidestep the
be handled with kid gloves. by scientists, but not the with a more conciliatory Tennis Federation that winner would likely still be
general public, let alone the statement, tweeting, “I am organizes the French Open, in the tournament if the
This response is telling. people capable of creating so sad about Naomi Osaka. who said the tournament is governing powers had
How this plays out in the structural change within I truly hope that she will be “sorry and sad” about allowed her to do what she
tennis community and the professional sports. ok. As athletes we are Osaka’s withdrawal, though
wider world of sports in taught to take care of our he stopped short of
In Osaka’s case, the apologizing to Osaka. post-match press
change in discourse about
her was traceable in real- Their intentions were conferences.
time. Commentators who
initially heaped on criticism Though she was fined

$15,000 and threatened
see SANCHEZ on page 8

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The Isles of Shoals Steamship Co.’s Thomas Laighton carries sightseers up the Piscataqua River past Kittery, Maine. For E.B.White, to cross the Piscataqua was to come home.

my turn of its church against the It – flows – through – Or – as we approached the river,
pale-red sky stirs me in a land – ev’ – ry – day. he would draw in his
Announcing E.B. way that Chartres could breath, as if girding himself
never do. It was the Perfect. Like a melody for what he knew was
White’s beloved Narramissic that once stuck in my head, this line is coming. And he exhaled
received as fine a lyrical something I can’t seem to only after I had said my
river Robert Klose teaches tribute as was ever paid to escape. Whenever I drive piece.
biology at the University a river – a line in a poem by across the Narramissic en
with Robert Klose College of Bangor, Maine. a schoolboy, who wrote of route to one of Maine’s Alyosha is grown now
He is the author of Adopting it, “It flows through Orland small coastal villages, lovely and living out of state, so
I’m chagrined to say that essay “Homecoming,” in Alyosha: A Single Man Finds every day.” I never cross this time of year, I cannot these days I cross the
I had lived in Maine many which he writes: a Son in Russi and Small that mild stream without help reciting these lines Narramissic alone. Free of
years before discovering Worlds: Adopted Sons, Pet thinking of his testimonial aloud, whether I am alone any critics, potential or
that a route I had traveled What happens to me Piranhas, and Other Mortal to the constancy, the or with passengers, or even active, I’ve grown even
innumerable times lay in when I cross the Piscataqua dependability of small, when I am the passenger, in bolder in singing out the
E.B.White’s very backyard. and plunge rapidly into Concerns familiar rivers. which case I excuse myself inspired words, because
Maine at a cost of seventy- before clearing my throat they are beautiful, they
Is there a need to five cents in tolls? I cannot Robert Klose joins Now I understood and declaring, “It flows remind me of a fine writer,
introduce the 20th describe it. Happenings Q&A on everything. I had always through Orland every day.” and they anchor me to
century’s preeminent Thursday, June 24th at been particularly moved by pleasant memories.
American essayist and I do not ordinarily spy a 2:30 on AM1050 WLIP. the Narramissic and the I’m happy to say that
author of the children’s partridge in a pear tree, or landscape in which it was everyone has been Recently, Alyosha called
classics “Charlotte’s Web” three French hens, but I do saltwater farm he had set, but now my awareness forgiving about this quirk in to announce a visit. After
and “Stuart Little”? A New have a sensation of having aspired to. Of this river he was heightened, as if White my character, even if that he enumerated all the
Yorker by birth but a received a gift from a true writes, in the same essay had given me a new means just smiling things we would do
Mainer by disposition, love. cited above: context, a new way of indulgently. The only one together, there was a
White was spending most looking at this “mild who has ever given me any pause, during which I
of his time by the 1930s in The Piscataqua, by the When ... I dip down stream.” grief is my older son, presume he drew in his
my state, from which he way, is a river. But it is across the Narramissic and Alyosha, years ago, when he breath before asking, “Can
continued to write for The another Maine river, the look back at the tiny town But it’s that quoted was about 11. On each of we go to that river you
New Yorker. His love for Narramissic, that is the of Orland, the white spire schoolboy line that really our many peregrinations to used to take me to?”
Maine is palpable in his fine portal, so to speak, to E.B. grabs me. Inescapably the coast, he heard me
White country, where he iambic, it beautifully recite the magic words as “The one that flows
was able to buy the captures the image of small we crossed over the through Orland every day?”
waves on the river’s Narramissic.
surface: “Yes.”
It got to the point where,
“You got it.”

Sanchez Ullman

continued from page 7 skipping her semifinal match at the continued from page 6 be successful when focused on specific military
Western & Southern Open. subjects such preventing accidental encounters
with suspension from future games, press, Putin has expressed a willingness for like aircraft or ship collisions and de-conflicting
Osaka ultimately withdrew when her Osaka has acknowledged her own improving relations with the United States. The military interactions. Mutual restraints on
request became its own sideshow. She mistakes in how the situation at the SolarWinds, Colonial Pipeline and JBS hacks exercises and advance notification as once
had wanted the fines that she knew French Open was handled. In doing may, of course, be deal breakers as the best existed likewise could be grounds for
would come to be sent to a mental so, she has kept to her brand: Putin will promise is assistance in tracking down agreement.And of course any efforts to advance
health charity. respectful, humble but steadfast in the perpetrators, denying, of course, that his arms control to rebuild confidence would
taking a stand. government was involved. benefit both sides.
Before Paris, the 23-year-old had
been the “it” girl of her sport for both Though Osaka announced she is While the Open Skies Treaty should not have Domestic politics cannot be dismissed and
her on-court achievements as well as taking some time away from the been allowed to expire, arms control for both may play an oversize role. No matter how well
her philanthropy and activism. court, her involvement in sides is critical.Technologies such as hypersonic or badly Biden handles the summit, he will be
conversations about sports and missiles, artificial intelligence and machine savaged by the (dis)loyal opposition just as
She aligned her brand with the mental health is likely only beginning. learning, pinpoint accuracies with relatively Democrats dealt with Trump. Putin is less
Black Lives Matter mantra to “say But these conversations will take small warheads that could target nuclear armed constrained. That said, progress is vital. But
their names” by putting George Floyd, place if and only if the world of tennis, missiles, and others such as missile defense turning what is almost certainly Joe vs. Vlad
Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery and of sports reporting, of women’s complicate arms control. Yet working groups meeting into Joe and Vlad summit may be many
Tamir Rice on the masks she wore at sports and its fans are willing to listen should be established to find common areas of bridges too far.
the U.S. Open. Last summer, she to and believe athletes. agreement to reduce or limit arms races.
joined other pro sports boycotts over
the police shooting of Jacob Blake, Military-to-military talks have often proved to

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June 17, 2021 health
lifestyle
Kenosha County Aging & Disability Resource Center community

news

Rock Star Legends

June celebrates and commemorates the 52nd • More likely, therefore, to face poverty and Veggie Vouchers
anniversary of the 1969 Stonewall Uprising in homelessness, and to have poor health
Manhattan. A turning point in history, it gave rise to • The Kenosha Senior Veggie Vouchers enable
change that in part lead to the growth of the These obstacles can add additional challenges for eligible seniors age 60 and above to purchase locally
supportive LGBTQ non-profit organizations that exist LGBTQ caregivers as well. If you are a caregiver, an grown fresh fruits, vegetables, and fresh cut herbs at
today, including the LGBT Center of SE Wisconsin. adult with a disability or age 60 or over, the Kenosha participating Farmer Markets and Farm Stands.
County Aging & Disability Resource Center may have Look for the sign!
The center, located at 1456 Junction Ave, Racine, resources to support you on your journey. Services are
opened its doors in 2009. It serves Racine, Kenosha and free and confidential. Call the ADRC, Monday - Friday, 8 • Kenosha Senior Veggie Vouchers are non-
Walworth counties. Under the direction of its current a.m. – 5 p.m. at 262-605-6646 to learn more. transferable. Only the participant or a proxy can
Executive Director, Barb Farrar, it has continued to redeem them.
serve these communities during the pandemic. Support Farrar continues to have new vision for the center.
groups and programs, now offered online, have actually She has a strong desire to build a connection for • The vouchers are valid from June 1, 2021 –
grown in numbers. LGBT+ seniors that would create a buddy system for October 31, 2021.They will not be accepted beyond
phone calls and even rides. Volunteers and the end date.
The growth gave birth to a new group, Free to Be: A contributions to support initiatives like these are
Spiritual Journey. The group has 20+ core members always appreciated and assist in the continued growth • The value amounts are printed on the vouchers.
with roughly half of them from Kenosha. “It’s a of quality programs that positively impact the entire Sales tax will not be charged. The farmer can help
wonderful intergenerational and diverse group. Some community. If you are interested in learning more about you get food for the amount you want to spend.
members are in their 60s and 70s, and it has a mix of the LGBT Center of SE Wisconsin, or joining one of the
both allies and persons from the LGBT community,” groups, call 262-664-4100 or email • Restrictions: vouchers cannot be used for non-
Farrar shared. “Members talk about their feelings of [email protected]. You can also visit them online at food items; such as planted or ornamental corn or
isolation that we’ve all felt during the pandemic, and lgbtsewi.org. prepared items such as honey or salsa.
how we can support each other. It touches on
questions of morality, self-interest vs community, self- By Paula J. Clark For more information or questions, call: 262-657-
preservation vs altruism. The group is non- 6686 Redeem your 2021 vouchers and look
denominational, comprised of all faiths and no faiths.” Community Outreach Coordinator, forward to our winter program, Access Produce!
They meet online once a week, Mondays, from 7 – 8 Kenosha County Aging & Disability Resource Center This is a one-time $25 Access Produce Gift Card to
p.m. Festival Foods Stores in Kenosha County.This helps
bridge the seasonal gap for access to healthy food.
The Rock Star Legends is another group that meets
weekly. (1 p.m., Saturdays) Members consist of older
LGBTQ persons, many in their 70s, 80s, and 90s from
both Racine and Kenosha Counties. Many are civic-
minded and were trail blazers of the movement being
celebrated this month. “Conversation allows for a
beautiful way to talk about coming to terms with life.
Members may or may not have come out to their family
and friends. Some have partners, while others don’t.
Some never had a partner, while others lost their
partner early to AIDS or other illnesses. Health
outcomes for the LGBT community are negatively
impacted by the additional challenges this groups
faces.” Farrar explained. “While they sometimes touch
on tough subjects, they are a very joyous, playful and
often silly group.”

LGBTQ older adults have faced a lifetime of
discrimination leading to unique challenges that their
straight counterparts are less likely to face. According
to SAGE, a non-profit organization that provides
advocacy and services for LGBT elders, these elders
are:

• Twice as likely to be single and live alone

• Four times less likely to have children

• Far more likely to have faced discrimination and
social stigma

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Your Kenosha ADRC update

Virtual Memory Café Meets
Once of Month

Please join the Alzheimer’s Association and the
Kenosha County ADRC for a Virtual Memory Café,
on Tuesday, July 13, 1 - 2 p.m. The Virtual Memory
Café is a place for persons with Mild Cognitive
Impairment, early-stage Alzheimer’s, or related
dementia, and their care partners to socialize and
have fun, all from the comfort of your home! Once
registered, you will receive connection instructions.
The Virtual Memory Café meets every month on
second Tuesdays. Interested? Call the Alzheimer's
Association at 800-272-3900.

Medicare Minutes: Original Getting Seniors connected Kenosha County Aging & Disability Resource
Medicare & Medicare Center, together with Walworth County, is offering
Advantage Appeals Attention Seniors in Kenosha County.  Have you two virtual support groups to help family caregivers
considered learning how to use an iPad or computer stay connected and informed. Join others engaged in
Medicare Minute presentations are being offered and wish you had a friend who could help.  KAFASI helping their loved ones manage day to day living, to
monthly by the Kenosha County ADRC. These Senior Connect may be what you’re looking for. The relax, chat and learn helpful tips and strategies.
programs provide information on a wide range of program  connects you with family, friends and the
Medicare topics. June’s Medicare Minutes will focus community.  We can even provide you with a tablet To accommodate employed caregivers, as well as
will be the Original Medicare & Medicare Advantage that can be borrowed long term and pair you with a those at home, the Family Caregiver Lunch Bunch
Appeals. The program will be offered virtually on technology mentor who will help you work through meets the first Thursday of every month. The next
Thursday, June 24, 2021, from 10 – 11 a.m. the challenges of using the device.    This program meeting will be held on Thursday, July 1, noon – 1 p.m.
provides you with the resources you need to learn
SHIP-branded Medicare Minutes are developed by how to share pictures, read on-line books and news The Caregiver Coffee Club meets the first
the Medicare Rights Center as a State Health publications or facetime with family and friends.    It Wednesday of each month from 10-11 a.m.The next
Insurance Program (SHIP) National Technical can also help you be less isolated. Contact KAFASI meeting will be held on Wednesday, July 7.
Assistance Center service. The Medicare Rights Senior Connect at 262-658-3508 for more
Center is a national, non-profit consumer service information.  Available by video conferencing or phone.
organization. They are one of the SHIP National Facilitated by Dementia Care Specialists from the
Technical Assistance Center partners. Are YOU a family caregiver? ADRCs of Kenosha and Walworth County. To
ADRC offers two Family register contact the ADRC in your county: Kenosha
For reservations call the ADRC 262-605-6646 or Support Groups — Caregiver County ADRC: call 262-605-6646 or Walworth
1-800-472-8008. A Zoom link will be provided. Coffee Club and Lunch Bunch County ADRC: call 262-741-3273.

Dementia Friends Information Are you helping with the care of a loved one?
Session (Virtual) Running errands, grocery shopping, doing laundry,
cooking and driving a loved one to the bank and
Dementia Friends help make our community more other appointments are just some of the tasks family
“dementia friendly” by changing the way people caregivers do when caring for a loved one. Often, we
think, act and talk about Alzheimer’s disease and don’t see ourselves as caregivers—we are simply
related disorders. Learn the simple things you can do husbands and wives, daughters and sons, neighbors
to become and Dementia Friend and make a and friends.
difference in the lives of people living with dementia. 
SR042221
Community members are welcome to attend one
of two information sessions being offered. Sessions
will be presented by Susan Johnson, MS, Dementia
Care Specialist, Kenosha County Aging & Disability
Resource Center (ADRC) and Trudy Farrell, a
Dementia Friends Champion.    

Tuesday, July 6, 2021, 2 – 3 p.m.
Register through the Kenosha Public Library
website calendar to obtain a Zoom link via email or
call 262-564-6130.   Prior to the presentation, it  is
recommended to download the DFWI workbook
attached to the calendar entry.

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social security
and you

Self-employed If you have a Social
People 'Cook the Security question,Tom
Books' Margenau has the answer.

with Tom Margenau Contact him at
thomas.margenau@comcast.
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wages, and there isn't topic for another Tom Margenau and to read in five of the last 10 been asking some getting Social Security
much we can do to avoid column.) But today, I'm years. questions way back then. himself.) You would get
paying Social Security going to answer emails past columns and see an amount equal to one-
taxes on those earnings. from readers who features from other Creators The part of the tax half of his full Social
But people who are self- avoided paying Social return that assigns self- Security benefit rate.
employed can frequently Security taxes and are Syndicate writers and employment income for
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lessen their tax burden. consequences. is called the Schedule SE.
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self-employed people do was completed annually,
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Hammocks, fireflies, Do you know what a guncle is? I
and the best books of didn’t before I read Steven Rowley’s
June heartwarming new novel. But my
children’s beloved guncle – that is, gay
The Personal Librarian by Marie Benedict and uncle – sure did. Rowley hits the
Victoria Christopher Murray sweet spot between hilarity and
heart in this endearing charmer
This inspirational novel pays tribute to the woman who about a famous sitcom star who
helped J.P. Morgan shape his rare books collection, which becomes the reluctant,
became the Pierpont Morgan Library. Belle da Costa unconventional guardian of his niece
Greene’s successful career was a rare feat for a woman in and nephew for a summer.
the early 20th century, but what makes it even more
extraordinary – and such rich material for historical fiction As he demonstrated in “Lily and
– is the secret she harbored throughout her long career: the Octopus” (2016), his debut novel
She hailed from a Black family that had chosen to pass as about an adored pet dachshund’s
white. illness, and “The Editor” (2019), about
a struggling young writer whose
The Other Black Girl by editor, none other than Jacqueline
Zakiya Dalila Harris Kennedy Onassis, helps unlock his
career and personal life, Rowley
Nella Rogers, a publishing knows how to tug heartstrings. In
assistant, finds herself the only The Guncle, he doesn’t just flirt with
Black person in her office. So she’s sentimentality, he invites it to move
ecstatic when another Black right in.
woman is hired. But something
about her is a little off, and it may The initial setup is grave, but rest
cost Nella everything to figure out assured that Rowley quickly adds
why. Zakiya Dalila Harris’ debut levity. His underlying message is
novel effortlessly melds together positive. As in “Lily,” he reminds us
suspense and comedy and that love, even though it entails the
transforms an age-old cultural tale into something new. possibility of painful loss, is well
worth the risks. He also reminds us
The Secret Keeper of Jaipur by Alka Joshi that love comes – wondrously – in
multiple forms.
Alka Joshi’s captivating sequel to “The Henna Artist” to a series of (ahem) running gags. everyone else is already taken”) and
exposes corruption and black market dealings in 1969 When 9-year-old Maisie and 6- Guncle Rules. Rule number seven: “In
India. Lakshmi, the herbalist of the first book, sends her year-old Grant O’Hara lose their In between brunches at local this house we wear what we want, it
protégé, Malik, to intern at the Jaipur palace, while taking mother, their father realizes he needs restaurants and kid-friendly doesn’t matter if it’s for boys or girls,”
his new love, a young widow, under her wing in Shimla. to deal with a painkiller habit he excursions to the Palm Springs Aerial he says, as he shows Maisie his caftan
When the royal cinema in Jaipur collapses on opening developed during his wife’s long Tramway and the Cabazon collection and reassures her that
night, Malik sets out to uncover the graft.The novel affirms illness. He asks his older brother, Dinosaurs, the children spend much shorts and T-shirts are a perfectly
that seeking truth is a wholly worthwhile endeavor. Patrick, eminently unsuitable on the of the hot summer in their uncle’s acceptable replacement for the girls’
surface, to take the children for the pool atop his outlandish floats, which bathing suits she loathes. When
Lorna Mott Comes Home by Diane Johnson summer while he checks himself into include a flamingo, a Jeff Koons lisping Grant announces a “loothe
rehab. balloon dog, a slice of pizza, a tooth,” Patrick quips, “What sort of
Diane Johnson returns with another lively transatlantic diamond ring, and a lobster their Dr. Seuss nightmare is this?” Later, he
comedy of manners that takes on an elusive subject: GUP (short for Gay Uncle Patrick), mother gave Patrick to remind him of summons “his inner fairy” to round
happiness. After 20 years of marriage to a former curator as the children call him, is aghast. For his East Coast roots. up some loot for under the boy’s
at the Musée d’Orsay, 60-something Lorna Mott tires of one thing, he too is grieving: Before pillow because he never keeps cash
her husband’s philandering and returns to San Francisco to Sara married his brother, she was his GUP becomes a practiced hand at on hand – nevermind that the
pick up her career as an art lecturer. She finds the Bay Area best friend from college, as we learn applying sunscreen, negotiating treasures are more likely to appeal to
much changed and her grown children from her first in flashbacks that don’t quite dietary battles, (a “vegetarian lacto- a middle-aged thespian than a 6-year-
marriage all struggling financially. Once again, Johnson plays resound.Also, he’s never really gotten ovo pescatarian,” he’s appalled by old boy.
the family dynamics and comparisons between French and over the loss of his partner in a car their predilection for bacon and
American culture to warm comic effect. accident years earlier. hotdogs), and fielding questions like Rowley’s protagonist can’t resist a
“Why do you like boys?” and “Why quip – from “Make the yuletide gay”
Somebody’s Daughter by Patrick isn’t sure he’s up to the job. do you eat fish but not pigs?” to “No more Mr. Nice Gay!” His new
Ashley C. Ford But there’s no way he’s going to let agent’s name, Carrie Everest,
his uptight older sister, Clara, show The margins of my reading copy unleashes a mountain of puns,
Ashley C. Ford’s father was in him up and take charge of the kids. are festooned with what I call vertical peaking with Heidi Himalayas and
prison throughout most of her “What they need is some fun,” he Morse code – exclamation points Amy Adirondacks.
childhood, and her memoir tells her. “What they don’t need is marking delight as GUP, determined
focuses on the twin pains of his someone trying to take their to give the kids an “edu-gay-tion,” lets But when grief surfaces, Patrick
absence and of her difficult mother’s place.” loose with “enough snappy acknowledges the children’s pain and
mother’s presence. Through comebacks to populate a screwball tells them that while grief never
exceptionally vivid memories Patrick O’Hara is an extravagantly comedy.” completely goes away, there are ways
and deep empathy, Ford brings entertaining character who channels to alleviate it. They adopt a dog,
readers through her actor Nathan Lane, albeit taller and Much of the humor involves jabs at celebrate Christmas in July, and mark
experiences growing up as a more toned. He’s 40-something, but Hollywood culture, which fly right their mother’s birthday with a cake
Black woman in the Midwest. his semi-retired state, along with his over the kids’ heads, along with and a cathartic impromptu dance
From vulnerable child to stream of Oscar Wilde quotes, references to “Grey Gardens” and party in the kitchen.
independent adult, she shows the value of compassion for allusions to classic movies, and Dorothy Parker.“Don’t you guys read
ourselves as well as others. avuncular edicts make him seem 20 Variety?” GUP asks when they fail to Yes, “The Guncle” is as schmaltzy
years older. catch the import of his Golden Globe as a Hollywood tearjerker. But it also
The Reason for the Darkness of the Night by John statuette and a cherished “Porgy and glistens with those tears. Rowley
Tresch As GUP explains to the kids, Bess” Playbill. “No, we’re kids,” pulls it off because his protagonist is
they’re all on hiatus from their old practical Maisie replies. Later, GUP – as he might put it – such a gay wit.
In this excellent biography of Edgar Allan Poe, John lives. His midcentury home in Palm chides Grant, “Don’t make that face, Could a new comedy series be in the
Springs, California, provides a you’ll need Botox when you’re nine.” offing?
Tresch is less interested in the scandals of Poe’s life than in fabulous setting for the novel. He is a
sucker for the trappings of He doles out advice via quotes By Heller McAlpin
his role in the scientific milieu.The author of classic horror Hollywood success, including a Tesla from Oscar Wilde (“Be yourself;
he never drives and high-end
and detective stories eventually formulated theories about appliances like the Toto Washlet toilet
that initially spooks Grant – and leads
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Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s muscular his religious faith, reverence for the continued from page 14
dissents on the U.S. Supreme Court Constitution, and close ties to an
made her a liberal icon whose face enslaved man named Robert, whom America on Fire by Elizabeth Hinton
graces mugs, magnets, and a million
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If the power of one’s dissents are a member of the family. Robert may protests are better thought of as political acts of rebellion
the measure of a justice’s greatness,
then John Marshall Harlan, who have been a blood relative, resulting by Black Americans against an unjust society. Hinton
served on the court between 1877
and 1911, deserves a much bigger from a relationship between Harlan’s chronicles how law enforcement efforts to pacify U.S.
tribute. That’s the takeaway from a
sympathetic and well-written new father and an enslaved woman. cities in the last half-century wound up spawning more
biography, The Great Dissenter:
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America’s Judicial Hero, by Peter S.
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other famous dissents. But no one
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brethren, only to be vindicated in
later times.” accomplishments shaped the Harlan documents like the Constitution.

Canellos portrays Harlan as a man family’s “perceptions of what blacks Meade at Gettysburg by Kent Masterson Brown
of principle often standing alone could achieve in freedom.” What
against some of the worst-ever
Supreme Court decisions. At the remains unknown, despite Canellos’ Ever since he allowed Gen. Robert E. Lee’s army to
height of the Gilded Age, Harlan came
down on the side of breaking up best efforts, is how much Robert retreat back to the Confederacy after the Battle of
corporate monopolies, instituting an
income tax, and protecting children directly influenced or interacted with Gettysburg, Union Gen. George Gordon Meade has been
and other exploited workers. He
sought to apply U.S. law equally to Harlan, particularly once he joined the a much-debated Civil War figure. In this meticulously
newly acquired colonies in Hawaii, the
Philippines, and Puerto Rico. court. researched new book, a Civil War expert presents a

Harlan most notably decried the Harlan helped convince Kentucky to Some of the ink devoted to Robert refreshingly complex view of the matter – and rises to
fiction of “separate but equal” stay in the Union but was infuriated might have been better spent further Meade’s defense.
treatment for Black citizens in his when President Abraham Lincoln
1896 dissent in Plessy v. Ferguson. emancipated slaves without giving his exploring the Harlans’ complex and How the Word Is Passed by Clint Smith
What makes his civil rights opinions all state any say in the matter. He was
the more noteworthy is that Harlan even more horrified by the mob often paternalistic attitude towards In his debut work of nonfiction, Clint Smith embarks on
was born into a slave-owning family in violence directed at the newly freed
the border state of Kentucky. men and women. the family’s other enslaved workers. a very personal tour of some key flashpoints in the

Law was the family business for the Harlan, like his father, served as Canellos leaves out unflattering details history of American racism, from Louisiana’s Angola
Harlans: his father served as Kentucky attorney general and helped
Kentucky’s attorney general and Rutherford Hayes secure his party’s noted by earlier biographers that prison to Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello, which is now a
named Harlan after his hero, the presidential nomination at the 1876
nation’s fourth chief justice, John Republican convention. Once elected, implicate Harlan more directly as a bustling tourist attraction. The result is a reckoning both
Marshall. Harlan’s namesake grandson, Hayes turned to Harlan when he
John Marshall Harlan II, also later sought to appoint a southern justice slaveholder. brilliant and unnerving.
served on the U.S. Supreme Court. as Reconstruction ended.
Prominent Black Americans didn’t
This was an era when justices rarely
dissented, but that didn’t stop Harlan hold Harlan’s history with slaveholding
from first objecting vigorously in a set
of five civil rights cases in 1883. Harlan Bill Clinton, Jamesagainst him during his lifetime. Black
rejected the majority’s interpretation
that new protections afforded by the statesman Frederick Douglass called
Fourteenth Amendment limited only
state rather than private action, him a “moral hero” and the author Patterson discuss
leaving innkeepers, railroad officials, collaborating on newnotes Harlan’s death was mourned in
and theater owners free to
discriminate. the Black press as “an epic passage.”
The Washington Bee observed, “we mystery-thriller book
In explaining Harlan’s willingness to cannot help but tremble, and fear that
stand alone on race, Canellos credits
no one after him may dissent against President Bill Clinton and James Patterson say "mutual

decisions against our race.” admiration" was key to their collaboration on a new

Harlan was undeniably on the right mystery-thriller book. The former president and the
side of the history more often than author, both 74, discussed working on the new mystery-
not. His Plessy dissent, along with thriller novel The President's Daughter on Jimmy Kimmel
many others, would ultimately become Live! Clinton and Patterson released a first mystery-
the basis for future Supreme Court thriller book together, The President is Missing, in 2018,
majority opinions, including Brown v. and released The President's Daughter last month

Board of Education, the unanimous On Jimmy Kimmel Live!, Clinton and Patterson said

1954 decision ruling segregated they first connected through their agent, Bob Barnett.

schools were unconstitutional. "We have the same lawyer-agent, and the president

By Seth Stern reads everything. He also reads a lot of mysteries,"
Patterson said.

NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLERS "My agent -- ours -- Bob Barnett, he's a wonderful guy,
said, 'You know, you've written all these non-fiction
books. You're out of politics and need to have fun, why
don't you write a mystery, a thriller? You've read
thousands and thousands of them.' And I have, I've been
an ardent reader of those books probably since the early
'80s. 'So why don't you do one with James Patterson?'"
Clinton added.

PRINT & E-BOOKS NONFICTION PRINT & E-BOOKS FICTION Clinton and Patterson said they work well together
when writing and defer to each other's knowledge and
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drives the plot and heightens the drama, I would defer to
him, because I've been like a schoolboy these last two
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getting sick over this now. She or walks or whatever activity then he ran away," Russell said.
Tue. June 29th at Wildlife officials in Virginia were
waits at the door for him, or treats you know she enjoys. 1:30 on AM1050 WLIP. Contractor finds
seven kittens, 16 cats
doesn't sleep at night, jumps up Time together will help you total inside wall of
vacant home
at every sound and wanders both cope with the loss. summoned to a manufacturing plant
A Philadelphia contractor who was
around looking for him. We Dear Cathy, I have a gray when a bear somehow ended up taking down a wall at an abandoned
don't know what to do. We tabby that meows so much. I home when a kitten fell out ended up
can't get another dog at this have had at least four cats in stranded in the ceiling rafters. The rescuing nine cats and seven kittens
point to keep her company. Do my lifetime, but none meow from the inside the wall. Philadelphia
we remove his beds from next like Willie. He was a rescue Virginia Department of Wildlife Animal Care and Control said in a
to hers? What can we do for who we got when he was Facebook post that the contractor was
her? - Annette, Glendale, New about 5 weeks old. He cries, met, then the meowing may be Resources posted a photo to taking down a wall at a vacant home
York especially at night when we are Facebook showing the bear clinging to where meowing had been heard inside
because he is lonely or wants the rafters about 20 feet off the ground the walls and a kitten fell out through
without any clear methods of climbing the hole he had made. The contractor
attention. Play with your cat in back down. discovered nine adult cats and six more
kittens over his next eight hours of
the morning, then in the late work, officials said. Animal Care and
Control said one of the kittens did not
Dear Annette, I am sorry asleep or getting ready to afternoon/early evening survive, but the others were cleaned
up and given veterinary attention.
for your loss. I know how sleep. It is constant. He will (before the meowing starts, Employees at the business, a Volvo
not in response to it) and manufacturing plant in Pulaski County, "They owe their lives to the
heartbreaking this is for you meow on occasion during the contractor who saved them and
finally close to bedtime for 10 were kept in the cafeteria while state brought them to us," the group said.
and your family. Please know day when he sees us, but The post said it will take some work
minutes each time. Also, make biologists worked on a plan to safely before the felines are ready for
that grief, both yours and your nothing like at night. I have time in the evening to cuddle remove the bear from its predicament. adoption.

other dog's, is normal, come to putting him in the or stroke your cat. Because "After assessing the situation, it was "The cats are scared, some will
require more socialization, but right
expected and different for downstairs room and closing cats are a little less demanding apparent to staff that given the location now they are resting in their cages,"
officials wrote.
every person and pet. the door to get some sleep. He than dogs, they often don't get of the bear, odds were low that it
Wasabi the Pekingese
Even so, if the dog who doesn't seem to mind. The as much exercise and affection would soon safely leave on its own," wins the
Westminster Dog
passed had a separate dog bed room has his food, litter, as they need. Finally, get a the Facebook post said. Show

that sits next to hers, then yes, windows , chairs, etc., but we pheromone collar for your The department said a "chemical Wasabi the Pekingese was crowned
feline to wear as this may help immobilization dart" was used to keep the winner of the 145th Westminster
it's time to remove it as it will feel bad doing this. He has reduce vocalization resulting the bear from struggling while officials Dog Show in Tarrytown, N.Y. He beat
from anxiety. used heavy equipment, including a out about 2,500 dogs for the title of
help you both begin to heal plenty of food and water, so Best in Show. Wasabi -- a 3-year-old
from Pennsylvania -- also won first
from this loss. what is it? Is he lonely? place in the Toy contest earlier in the
weekend.
I was happy to hear you say Nervous? He doesn't want to If your cat meows after all forklift, to bring the animal back down
you weren't getting another be petted, so what could it be? this effort, it is alright to ignore to the ground level. "He's got the charisma and the
dog. Very often, dog owners - Susan,Westbury, New York the behavior. (Never yell at or movement, the showmanship that
punish your cat in any way for The bear was examined by a you'd like to have in a big ring at a show
get another dog right away Dear Susan, There are meowing.) Sometimes, cats can veterinarian and found to be uninjured like this. He's in his prime and he just
get louder and more before being transported to "a suitable looks wonderful," his owner/handler
because they think it helps a numerous reasons why a cat persistent when you ignore site for release," the department said. David Fitzpatrick told Fox Sports. The
them, but you don't want to event was moved from its usual home
grieving dog. While another may meow at you, including Golden retriever of Madison Square Garden in
Manhattan to the Lyndhurst Estate in
dog might be a diversion for hunger and thirst, pain, the suburbs because of the coronavirus
pandemic. No spectators were allowed
your remaining dog, one boredom, loneliness or simply to watch the competition in per
son.The Reserve Best in Show honor
should hold off on adopting being a breed of cat that likes reward this behavior. Instead, gives woodchuck a went to Bourbon the Whippet.

another pet right away for to "talk." Certain illnesses, like maintain the exercise/affection ride to shore

several reasons. First, there is an overactive thyroid or routine and the pheromone A woman visiting a Massachusetts
collar since these things, over lake with her dog captured video when
always some stress when kidney disease, also can result time, should help diminish any the canine picked up an unexpected
attention-seeking behavior. passenger in the water -- a hitchhiking
introducing a new pet into the in excessive vocalizations.

household, which your older If your cat has a clean bill of

dog doesn't need right now. health from the vet and his woodchuck. Lauren Russell said her 2-

Secondly, your attention will other physical needs are being year-old golden retriever, Wally, was

swimming in Lunenburg's Hickory Hills

Lake when he encountered a

woodchuck in the water.

"He was about 100 meters out and a
woodchuck I think just crawled right
up on his back and he swam back to
shore with him," Russell told WCVB-
TV. "We were flabbergasted. It was
unbelievable. We couldn't believe what
we were seeing." Russell captured
video of Wally swimming back to shore
with the woodchuck on his back. She
said the canine did not seem to mind
having a passenger.

"He didn't even care," Russell said.
"He like took a peek back on his back
and then just kept swimming." She said
Wally gave his new friend a ride all the
way back to shore, where the two said
their goodbyes.

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common chronic diseases building up in your child's diabetes may include high
bloodstream pulls fluid from blood pressure, high
among children and teens tissues.As a result, your child cholesterol, heart disease,
becomes thirstier -- and increased risk for stroke and
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diabetes. And many of them no cure for Type 1 diabetes, diabetes, other symptoms Endocrinology, Mayo Clinic,
are children and adolescents. but it can be managed. might include blurry vision Rochester, Minnesota
Cases of Type 1 diabetes and Advances in blood sugar and darkened areas of the
Type 2 diabetes are on the monitoring and insulin skin, particularly around the E-mail a question to
rise among those 20 and delivery have improved neck or in the armpits. MayoClinicQ&[email protected].
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to a study last year by the and quality of life for children Young people who For more information, visit
Centers for Disease Control with Type 1 diabetes. This www.mayoclinic.org

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tip-top shape consistency, and free of when washing dishes, might help strengthen nails
spots or discoloration. • Changes in nail shape, cleaning or using harsh and cuticles.
DEAR MAYO CLINIC: you see ridges, dents or such as curled nails. chemicals.
I have noticed recently that areas of unusual color or Sometimes fingernails Ask your health care
my nails have an unusual shape? Many less-than- develop harmless vertical • Thinning or thickening Practice good nail provider about biotin.
color and shape, and I desirable nail conditions ridges that run from the of the nails. hygiene. Always use sharp Some research suggests
don’t understand why. can be avoided through cuticle to the tip of the manicure scissors or that the nutritional
Although I do enjoy proper fingernail care. nail. Vertical ridges tend to • Separation of the nail clippers when taking care supplement biotin might
gardening, I don’t have a However, others can become more prominent from the surrounding skin. of your nails. It’s important help strengthen weak or
job where I use my hands indicate an underlying with age. Fingernails also to trim your nails straight brittle fingernails. Contact
more than normal. I want condition that may need can develop white lines or • Bleeding around the across, then round the tips your health care provider if
my nails to be sturdy and attention. spots due to injury, but nails. in a gentle curve. you have any questions or
healthy-looking. Can you these eventually grow out concerns about if this right
provide some insight on It’s important to with the nail. • Swelling or pain around Use moisturizer daily. for you.
how to achieve this and understand what’s normal the nails. When applying hand
tips for properly taking and what’s not. Your Not all nail conditions lotion, rub the lotion into Taking care of your
care of my nails? fingernails are composed are normal, however. To keep your fingernails your fingernails and fingernails can be easy and
of laminated layers of a Consult your primary looking their best, here are cuticles, too, for optimal attainable. If you start to
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rfoecoidpe&s Spinach and Mushroom
Quiche

Servings: 6

Nutrition News 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
with Charlyn Fargo 8 ounces sliced, fresh mixed wild mushrooms, such as cremini, shiitake, button

Fiber Benefits or oyster
1 1/2 cups thinly sliced sweet onion
Want to make a simple
1 tablespoon thinly sliced garlic
change that will help you 5 ounces fresh baby spinach (8 cups), coarsely chopped

have a healthier diet? Eat 6 large eggs
1/4 cup whole milk
more fiber. Most of us 1/4 cup half-and-half
1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
simply aren't eating enough. 1 tablespoon fresh thyme leaves
1/4 teaspoon salt
A recent five-year study 1/4 teaspoon ground pepper
presented at the American 1 1/2 cups shredded Gruyere cheese
Society for Nutrition's
annual conference found men, and participants with fiber diet may aid in Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Coat a 9-inch pie pan with cooking spray; set
just 7.4% of U.S. adults met diabetes ate more fiber aside. Heat oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat; swirl to coat
the Institute of Medicine's than those without mediating systemic the pan.Add mushrooms; cook, stirring occasionally, until browned and tender,
recommended daily intake diabetes. about eight minutes.Add onion and garlic; cook, stirring often, until softened
of 14 grams of fiber for Charlyn Fargo is a inflammation and decrease
every 1,000 calories. registered dietitian with SIU But overall, we all need and tender, about five minutes.Add spinach; cook, tossing constantly, until
Fourteen grams of fiber per Med School in Springfield, more. If you've had a the risk for respiratory wilted, 1 to 2 minutes. Remove from heat.Whisk eggs, milk, half-and-half,
1,000 calories translates to colonoscopy, it's likely your mustard, thyme, salt and pepper in a medium bowl. Fold in the mushroom
25 to 35 grams per day. Ill. For comments or doctor recommended morbidity, including asthma, mixture and cheese. Spoon into the prepared pie pan. Bake until set and
questions, contact her at more fiber -- even if you golden brown, about 30 minutes. Let stand for 10 minutes, and slice. Garnish
Researchers analyzed got a clean report. according to study results
data from 14,640 adult [email protected] with additional thyme, and serve.
participants in the National or follow her on Twitter Here's the latest published in the Annals of
Health and Nutrition research on fiber's benefits:
Examination Survey from @NutritionRd. the American Thoracic
2013 to 2018.The research -- A recent study in the
was led by Derek Charlyn Fargo joins journal Endocrinology Society.
Miketinas, an assistant Happenings Q&A on showed that a higher
professor of nutrition and dietary fiber intake may -- High fiber vegetables and dairy foods to the U.S. Department of
food sciences at Texas Thu. July 1st at decrease the risk for such as milk and cheese,
Woman's University in 12:30 on AM1050 WLIP. depression among pre- consumption appeared to according to a study Agriculture National
Houston. menopausal women. published in the European
Research showed women be associated with reduced Heart Journal. Nutrient Database) include
consumed more fiber than -- Adherence to a high-
risk for breast cancer, So what foods are high in raspberries, pears, apples,
fiber to choose more
according to the results of a often? You can't go wrong green peas, broccoli,
with any fruit, vegetable or
meta-analysis of whole grain. But specific Brussels sprouts, potatoes
high-fiber foods (according
prospective observational (with skin), whole wheat

studies published in Cancer. spaghetti, barley, bran flakes,

-- Ischemic stroke risk quinoa, split peas, lentils,
was inversely associated
with the consumption of black beans, baked beans,
dietary fiber, fruit,
chia seeds, almonds and

pistachios.

America’s Test Kitchen

A simple, crispy-topped strawberry-rhubarb crisp that you can make any time of year

Around this time every year, when fresh rhubarb's Strawberry-Rhubarb Crisp
season is coming to an end, we start to anticipate going
months without one half of our favorite fruit-dessert filling. Serves 6 For the topping:Whisk flour, panko, sugar,
But with this crisp, which works with both fresh and frozen salt and cinnamon together in bowl.Add
rhubarb, we can get that bright, tart, floral combination any For the topping: melted butter and stir until no dry spots of
time of the year. Even better, the recipe is literally easier 3/4 cup (3 3/4 ounces) all-purpose flour flour remain and mixture forms clumps.
than pie. 1/2 cup panko breadcrumbs1/4 cup packed
Refrigerate until ready to use.
Making a crisp takes little more than stirring together a (1 3/4 ounces) light brown sugar
topping in a bowl, tossing cut-up fruit with some sugar, and 1/2 teaspoon table salt For the filling:Adjust oven rack to middle
throwing it all in the oven. But baker beware! Follow the position and heat oven to 375 F.Toss all
wrong recipe (or worse, no recipe at all) and you might 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon ingredients in large bowl until thoroughly
end up with a strawberry-rhubarb soup and a soggy 6 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted combined.Transfer to a 10-inch oven-safe
topping -- decidedly not crisp. skillet. Cook over medium-high heat,
For the filling:
That's the real lesson of this carefully tested recipe: 1 pound fresh rhubarb, trimmed and cut stirring frequently, until the fruit has
Different batches of strawberries and rhubarb will exude into 1/2-inch pieces, or frozen rhubarb, released enough liquid to be mostly
varying amounts of moisture when combined with sugar thawed and cut into 1/2-inch pieces (3 1/2 submerged, the rhubarb is just beginning to
and baked. So how do you create a recipe that will result break down and the juices have thickened,
in the perfect (slightly jammy but never stodgy) texture cups) about 8 minutes. Remove skillet from heat.
every time? 12 ounces fresh strawberries, hulled and
chopped coarse, or frozen strawberries, Squeeze the topping into large clumps with
The simplest answer is to cook the filling briefly on the thawed and chopped coarse (2 cups) your hands. Crumble the topping into pea-
stovetop, over moderately high heat, to coax out the 1 1/4 cups packed (8 3/4 ounces) light size pieces and sprinkle evenly over the
excess liquid, reduce it, and thicken it to the consistency filling. Bake until the topping is browned and
you're after. Then you can top the fruit and quickly brown brown sugar the filling is bubbling around the sides of
the crisp in the oven. Applying this simple technique also 2 tablespoons cornstarch the skillet, about 20 minutes. Let cool for
ensures that your topping remains crisp. 1/8 teaspoon table salt
15 minutes. Serve.
And we found that the crispiest topping came from the
inclusion of an unexpected ingredient: panko breadcrumbs.
There was a fair amount of debate on whether we were
developing a recipe for a crisp or a crumble (and debate on
the difference between the two). This topping ended all
confusion on the matter. A crisp topping should be crispy,
and panko is an excellent way to give the topping a lasting,
light, airy crispness.Try it and see.

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jill on money

Is there really a labor
shortage?

with Jill Schlesinger

"We hear every day from
our member companies -- of
every size and industry,
across nearly every state --
that they're facing
unprecedented challenges
trying to find workers to fill
jobs." - The U.S. Chamber of
Commerce America Works
Report

"People actually have a lot Jill Schlesinger, CFP, is a CBS
of money, and they don't News business analyst. A
particularly feel like going former options trader and CIO
back to work." - Jamie of an investment advisory firm,
Dimon, CEO JP Morgan she welcomes comments and
Chase
questions at
With headlines and [email protected]. Check where a paycheck isn't the rest will see the money firms surveyed by labor shortage.The suppliers
enough incentive to go to wind down over the next 90 of labor (workers) are
quotes like these, you would her website at work?" His implication days. At that time, there ManpowerGroup are reacting to the level of
www.jillonmoney.com seems to be that low-wage should be a steady flow of wages, while those
be forgiven if you thought earners, many of whom participants into the labor reporting difficulties hiring demanding workers (firms)
Decision-making report suffered the deepest blows force. When those people are not raising wages enough
that the U.S. jobs market was found that about one in five amid the pandemic, are a start to pound the skilled workers causing to induce workers to work
of the people who are not bunch of lazy couch surfers, pavement, some may ditch for them ... firms will likely
roaring, and wages were working or working less, are happy to live off the largesse their previous jobs in global talent shortages to have to either raise their
doing so because of of Uncle Sam. In fact, these industries like restaurants wage offers or continue to
skyrocketing. While the disruptions to child care or people are making a rational and hospitality, which often "reach a 15-year-high." Diane complain about a lack of
in-person schooling. Many of economic decision: it is far provided low wages and workers." As Heidi
labor market is improving these folks have remained on better to remain safe and scant benefits, and apply for Swonk, chief economist at Shierholz, senior economist
the sidelines taking care of collect more money in the warehouse positions at and director of policy at the
dramatically from last year's their kids aided by enhanced process, then to be at risk places like Amazon, Target, Grant Thornton thinks part left leaning Economic Policy
unemployment benefits of for lower wages. and Walmart, which are Institute, wrote, "I often
COVID-19 induced $300 per week until paying up to fill vacancies. of the problem is the huge suggest that whenever
September 6, just one of the The issue may soon be anyone says, 'I can't find the
economic freeze, there are benefits of the American resolved, as two dozen It's not just at the lower number of older workers workers I need,' she should
Rescue Plan. states are set to end their wage levels where really add, 'at the wages I
still about 8 million fewer participation in the businesses say they are who called it quits. want to pay.'"
Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) government's extended having problems finding
jobs today than there were was critical of the extra unemployment program -- workers. Close to 70% of "Retirements, which
money, wondering "What
in February 2020, before the has happened in our society, accelerated during the

pandemic recession began. pandemic, are the primary

With millions out of work, challenge. Employers will

why is there a labor need to cast their nets more

shortage? widely and abandon ageism

There are a number of to bring back older workers
reasons that are contributing
to the squeeze. The Federal who left the labor market
Reserve's Survey of
Household Economics and during the pandemic."

Economist Joel Naroff put
it more bluntly: "There isn't a

The Savings Game: phases of long-term care
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doing long-term care as one of the most
insurance knowledgeable experts in
this field. He works with all
with Elliot Raphaelson of the insurance companies
who issues these policies.
There is a 70% chance that continence and mobility. If an Lenenberg recently appeared
an individual in the U.S. will individual requires assistance in a podcast ("Fun with
need some type of long-term in two of these activities, annuities,” episode 57) on
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lifetime. Unfortunately, cover some expenses. The he discussed the advantages
private health care policies second category is related to of asset-based insurance
and Medicare will not cover cognitive impairment, such as options.
these expenses. Alzheimer’s disease.
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Traditional LTC insurance Many who have purchased premiums. insurance policies. With that if you apply for asset-
policies can cover some of traditional LTC policies have ever indicated to me that the these policies, if LTC is not based coverage, you would
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based” insurance options are associated with them are not premiums have increased insurance agent who sold the be returned to the owner or no examination required, and
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sold traditional LTC policies terminate the policy or policies. With a traditional LTC
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benefits from LTC care underestimated the benefits the premium they had been would take four to six
policies, you need a doctor it would have to pay paying. Most companies that and they should expect weeks.
to confirm that you need policyholders based on the sold traditional LTC
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is related to six basic daily the state insurance increases. are interested in LTC
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bathing, dressing, toileting, readers who had purchased Fortunately, asset-based In many of my columns options other than a
traditional LTC policies and insurance policies are an traditional LTC policy.
understandably have much to option for insuring against related to annuities, I consult
LTC expenses; benefits are
guaranteed, and there are no expert Stan Haithcock
premium increases. Asset-
based policies combine LTC (stantheannuityman.com).
insurance benefits with life
insurance benefits or cash- For those interested in LTC
value annuities. These are
insurance, Haithcock

recommends Jack

Lenenberg, an attorney and

the head of LTC Partner.

Lenenberg is an expert in all

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How young is variety of activities and see

too young? what she enjoys and what

by Carolyn Serpe sticks.  This August, she will

be attending her first

volleyball camp, which

makes Mommy really

Back in the day when we watching her and her excited!  She has a natural
were younger, sports and teammates running after
extracurriculars didn’t the ball like herding baby talent for it and we are
really start untill 5th kittens.  The coaches, bless
grade.  Now, it seems to their hearts, were excited she is going to try
start as soon as the toddler outstanding and truly
starts to walk.  Is that too wanted them to just learn something new.  In talking
young?  Are you behind if the basics and have fun. 
you start later in This is now the new Carolyn Serpe is a with Casey Price of
childhood?  How young is normal for starting kiddos Kenosha native whose
too young? in sports. For Callie, it was family owns The Lettering Wisconsin Juniors
a struggle at the start.  We Machine in Downtown
These are all questions worried that we were Kenosha. She has been Volleyball Club, Callie will
that my husband Chris and pushing her too hard, that manager at the shop since
I discuss almost daily.  We our ‘tough love’ was going her parents purchased it be about 2 years behind
see talent in our girls to traumatize her and from the previous owners
everyday and in every way.  prevent her from pursuing back in 2002. Carolyn is a some of the other kids her
We would never want to something that she mom to 3 beautiful girls
hinder their growth and enjoyed.  Thank God we and a wife for 10 years to age.  Fortunately, that
opportunities.  But then followed our gut and pulled her handsome husband
you have the question of: her from her kindergarten Chris. Carolyn welcomes all doesn’t rule her out for
Are we not letting them be season.  For her, she just to her crazy journey in life
tiny without the stress of wasn’t ready that early.  and about how she tries to opportunities, but it does
sports or extras?  We have Call it stage fright or being
quite a few friends that are babied by Momma, either balance it all. mean that she will have to
either coaches for sports, way, Callie would start the
run clubs or still play game fine and play well, but her friends and under her work harder to catch up in
actively in adult would end up curled up in current coach, Andrew
competitive leagues.  Most a ball at my feet crying.  Wolf, who works hard to her skill level.
of them say the earlier the Then something clicked, teach her the basics she
better. and her second session in needs to succeed in the Another thing that gets photo submitted by Carolyn Serpe
kindergarten she played, sport.   both Chris and I is the
Callie has been playing and played well!  She will number of extra curricular things that make them personal emotions at bay.
soccer with KASL since now start playing Rush On top of soccer, Callie is activities these kids are in happy.
she was 4 years old.  It was competitive soccer with very talented in many — all at the same time.  At what age did you get
so cute, funny, and stressful other areas.  We tend to Not only do we worry Bottom line is that we
classify her as our ‘sporty about wearing them out, need to follow our guts and your kiddos started with
child’ and at the same time but these sports are not our hearts and do what is
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mentality.  We would love have three kiddos to pay individually.   The hardest
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budget and their ‘activity
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The Teapot Woods

by Joe Campolo, Jr.

Most kids who grew up while we visited the area.

on the southside of For a time, many kids in

Kenosha back in the day our neighborhood raised

were familiar with a pigeons, and we often

wooded area just south of raided the adjacent corn

22nd Avenue,where it fields to obtain feed for our Joe Campolo Jr. is an
award winning author,
curves west to ever-hungry birds. poet and public speaker.
He is known for his three
Springbrook Road. (Just Sometimes we were caught award winning books The
Kansas NCO, Back to the
past St. Therese church) by the shotgun-wielding World, and his most
recent publication Three
The area is adjacent to the farmer who shagged us off Wars. A United States Air

old Vern Iron farm, on both his property Force Vietnam War
veteran, Joe belongs to the
the east and west side. To unceremoniously. He even VFW,The American Legion,
the Kenosha Area Vietnam
this day much of the area is shot over our heads a Vets (KAVV), and Vietnam

still wooded and in couple of times to get his Vets of America (VVA).

farmland. The area is point across.We could hear For more from Joe, visit take a dip in the Teapot have come and gone over As the area around the
his website pond. Riding home on our the years.There was a small Teapot slowly developed,
known as the Teapot the shot peppering the bikes, we air dried. grocery store there for we were always in fear that
namwarstory.com many years. Then a couple our happy hunting grounds
Woods because it’s roughly corn stalks above our There were also foxes, of restaurants and small would be swallowed up by
The Teapot’s pond was muskrats, some beaver, and businesses of one kind or a housing development, but
the shape of… well, you heads, after which we’d full of bullheads, bluegills a few coyotes around the another. But they all came as mentioned earlier, it is
and crayfish.The meat from Teapot, and they’re mostly and went. Now there are still mostly vacant to this
guessed it — a teapot. beat it out of there in a the crayfish tail made great there still today. In fact, apartment buildings on that day. Maybe one day I’ll ride
perch bait, but we mostly there’s actually many more part of the property and no my bike over there and
This area held many damn hurry! let all the bullheads go, coyotes in the area now doubt they will be there for walk through it, just for old
attractions for us kids, since few people we knew than there were back then, some time. The northeast times sake. No doubt it will
besides the woods there When we were old wanted any. The gills were but that’s true of all of corner of the Teapot seem much smaller now
was a large pond and many enough to hunt with real usually too small to keep. Kenosha and the bordered on the Keno than when I was a kid. And
wild critters which we weapons, (aside from our When it was hot, we would surrounding area. Outdoor Theater, which maybe I’ll catch a few
chased/and or hunted as BB guns) we often went has since been removed. crayfish while there. If I
we got older. While still after rabbit, squirrel and Just north of the woods, The Keno provided some don’t use ‘em for bait, I can
young sprouts, we would pheasants at the Teapot. across the street from adventures of its own, but always make some nice
build forts in the woods There were plenty of deer where St Therese’s church we will save those for Jambalaya.
and sneak up on each other in the area also, but we now stands, a number of another story.
from our hidden never hunted any while small stores and businesses
strongholds. there, though others did. I
got my first pheasant in the
We’d usually ride our Teapot Woods when I was
bicycles to the Teapot, about fourteen years old.A
hiding them in the bushes proud moment for me!

What’s new at therefore quite reasonable Donovan Scherer, owner
of Studio Moonfall (5031
Lemon Street? that the Arts provide a Seventh Ave.). He is co-
hosting with Paul Little and
with Lynn Johnston platform for peace, Steampunk General Store
multiple events on Sunday,
progress, acceptance and June 20th from 10am to
1pm. Starting the day with
love one person to Free Book Day at Studio
Moonfall, with special guest
another, one classroom, Jessie Rose, author of
Atomic Love.
Hi all! Slowly and one gallery or theater, and
cautiously, we are all
moving toward our old one community at a time.
“normal.” That being said
effective now we will be Like a pebble tossed into
open on Thursdays from
11-5pm! We are also Lynn A. Johnston is the the water, its ripples will
working on bringing classes Gallery Associate and
back. Though people can Member artist at Lemon spread!   She is a strong
request AlaCarte classes, Street Art Gallery, 4601
such as stained glass, book supporter of the arts in and wildlife.  Her art
binding etc. and we will Sheridan Road creations use all of this
work with you and the (lemonstreetgallery.org) education. Nature and knowledge to create Then the Steampunk Tea
instructor on a date and ceramic sculptures, felt Party is taking over
time. really  is a great calming architecture provide animals, pastels, paintings Simmons Island and setting
agent in a hectic world. and drawings. up just across the 50th
The May/June Featured Every aspect of pottery inspiration for composition Street bridge. Donovan
Artist show will be closing appeals to  me, from says that he knows walking
this weekend, Sunday, June opening a new bag of clay in what she tries to is THE WORST, he has
20th. The current featured to the unloading of the acquired Rickshaw Joe to
artists are Alison Merritt kiln.” I love her pieces, capture.  Mary’s interests help shuttle folks back and
(Drawing/painting), Kavita especially the ‘Creepy Baby forth throughout the day!
Goski (Photography) and always had a love of making Faces’ pieces. Pre-Covid are varied, including Another sign of getting For more information, find
Joan Hoss (Jewelry), come times, Betsy taught our clay “Free Book Day! With the
in quickly and see their things. Being a mother has classes. We are hoping to photography, pastels, inks back to some semblance of Steampunk Tea Party”
works. The new Featured start classes like the event on Facebook.
Artist show opens June given her plenty  of Potter’s Wheel and hand- and paper arts and acrylics, normalcy is the return of
25th, with Betsy Davis building soon.
(Pottery), Mary Mollerskov opportunities to create. mixed media and jewelry the Kenosha ArtMarket!
(Mixed Media and Mary Mollerskov believes
photography) and Sandra From painting murals in art provides expressive art. She is most happy All original art in Union
Nowicki (Painting and outlets through enjoyment,
sculpture). bedrooms and participation or creation in when using a variety of Park at 4500 Seventh
any of its forms, and it is
Here is a little about the sculpting birthday cakes to mediums and tools, and Avenue. There will be over
upcoming Featured Artists,
you can find more on their sewing clothes and enjoys the journey as much 20 artists, live music,
artist profiles on our
website, lemonstreet costumes, her creativity as the creation. Upon demonstrations and Union
gallery.org
usually shows  itself in retirement, Mary has been Park Tap (UPT) food
Betsy Davis says she has
useful things. Betsy has most grateful to find more I hope you enjoyed this

found more time to creative time and many specials. Starting in July, the week's glimpse into Lemon

explore, clay and ceramics creative friends!  ArtMarket will be held on Street and the people and

have taken their hold. Sandra Nowicki enjoys the third Sunday of every art community that make it
making art about animals,
She  began using in particular, horses! It month through October, so much fun to be a part
gives her great pleasure to
underglazes to paint create whimsical, dreamy, from 10am-2pm. So, mark of!  Please stop in and visit
animal illustrations for her
detailed pictures and children's books. Sandra your calendars for July me and the other Artists,
gained a great deal of
portraits on bisque- knowledge from her Polish 18th, August 15th, Associates and all the
grandparents who had a
ware,  which led to some dairy farm in the September 19th and wonderful art at Lemon
Northwoods of Wisconsin.
custom work, mostly pet She spent time  with them October 17th. If you are Street Gallery located at
every summer and learned
portraits. Hand-building about cows, pigs, chickens, an artist, and interested in 4601 Sheridan. Visit our

gives her an  outlet for participating go to Lemon website at

sculpting. Betsy says “It’s Street’s web page or go lemonstreetgallery.org and

nice to have a piece last directly to be sure to like us on

longer than a slice ArtMarketKenosha.org to Facebook and follow us on

of  birthday cake! I also fill out an application. Instagram.

enjoy my time at the Other great local events Stay Safe, Stay Busy, Stay
include our friend Healthy 
wheel. I find that the clay

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If you get the There is no cover charge May 2021
but donations will be Kenosha Court Report
chance, dance greatly appreciated and
there will be cool items Divorces
with Meryl Strichartz auctioned and a raffle with Ashely Ann Acosta & Jesus Bernardo Acosta
great prizes.  Lakeshore Jessica Aiello & Paul Aiello
Ahoy! I’m gonna start created in honor of Tom B. Pedal Tours, who operates Meryl Strichartz is a Erika L. Arzate & Ivan C Diaz-Flores
this week’s column on a sad Hartley. The scholarship the 14-passenger pedal bike Kenosha resident and Richard Bartholomew & Nicole Bartholomew
note, but it has a happy awards KCSC sailing classes hitting Kenosha streets this active board member of Stephanie M Bennett & Daniel A Bennett
ending.  When I was 13, my to youth. The fund is summer, has already the Kenosha Community Michelle Biegler & Adam A Biegler
father died suddenly of managed by the Kenosha donated a pedal tour and a Sailing Center. She is also Jennifer K Bingham & Ryan Wayne Bingham
heart failure.  As a bona fide Community Foundation lot of other businesses have a member of the Kenosha Andrew Mark Bjork & Onna Bjork
‘daddy’s girl,’ I went wild.  I and those unable to attend, given too. Yacht Club and ally to Amanda R Braun & Paul A Braun
believed that there was but who would like to make many Kenosha harbor Magdalena Carolan & Sean Joseph Carolan
nothing to live for but the a donation, are encouraged Dakota Bossingham, co- Carol L Connelly & Joseph D Connelly
day.  I didn’t settle down to visit owner’s of Z’s Auto Sales, businesses and Timothy E Dabbs & Mary L Dabbs
until I was in my late 20s kenoshafoundation.org.  along with Asif Iqbal, are environmental groups. She Robert J DiBiase & Tristan N Myers
and consider myself lucky proud to support KCSC, is the owner of Lakeshore David J Driscoll & Heather L Driscoll
to have survived all the On Saturday, June 19th, “Kenosha loves their Quorra E Ellis & Castiel D Ellis
stupid things I did in the lakefront and a good party. Pedal Tour and Career Valeria Garcia & Gerardo Garcia
name of living in the 10am-4pm, KCSC will host KCSC has been teaching Coaches of Wisconsin. Cynthia L Hilliard & Steven J Hilliard
moment—that’s the happy kids to sail for years and is She has her MBA from Jessica Marie Howard & Sean Christopher Howard
ending part.   a Make-a-Gift Arts and always promoting water UW-Parkside and has Amanda Joyce Jechorek & Andrew Thomas Jechorek
safety around the harbor.As been involved with many Cindy Keefe & Thomas Keefe
Crafts Dockside a proud father myself, I’m Kenosha and Racine Steven Edward Kump & Rufina Mapson-Kump
looking forward to the Jan R Langton & Scott B Langton
Extravaganza.  Children will festivities! We will be nonprofits. Laura M Lopez Sanchez & Cristian A Lopez Sanchez
bringing some classic Shazay Marie Molleda & Ieva Rutkauskaite
have the chance to make muscle cars to showcase to together and get everyone Jose Manual Sanchez & Megan Mae Sanchez
please car enthusiasts. of every age up and dancing Steliana M San Vicente & Ricardo San Vicente
I settled down because I wonderful presents for There’s a lot of lake cruise like pros.  Sunday is Father’s Cody John Schoen & Meghan Nicole Schoen
found the balance between traffic up and down 51st Day, but KCSC wants to Jessica Lorraine Schuner & Bennett Wilhelm Schuner
living large and wanting a Father’s Day or any gift Place, so we’re hoping they celebrate dads as well as all Jamie Lynn Skendziel & Charles Kenneth Skendziel
future.  But there are things will stop to look at the cars the people who make a Coriena Kay Sorensen & Jesse Vasquez
that I missed with not giving occasion.  They will and join the party.” family strong.   Carla Nicole Sutheimer & Joseph Mark Sutheimer
having a father, and one of Arie Elle Williams & Joshua Bradley Williams
them is the father-daughter be able to decorate Then on Sunday, Father’s As a girl who lost her
dance at my wedding.  I Day, from 11am-4pm, KCSC daddy, I personally want to OWIs
know that sounds trite, but birdhouses, paint rocks, is hosting a Family Dance & encourage every father out Allen, Jamie N. Zion, IL. OWI (2nd)
it’s the little things that BBQ.  The cost is $15 for there to dance with their Arzate Melchor, Angeles M. Kenosha.Violation
sting.  Being sensitive to the have their picture taken and adults and $12 for daughters while they can, Baird,Terence Lee. Salem,WI. OWI (1st)
fact that not everyone has a children.  Chef John Baker do not wait until their Barwick, Christopher J. Kenosha. OWI (1st)
father around, the adorn the frames, stamp will be the grill master and wedding. Your family will Bruner, Hannah W. Spring Grove, IL. OWI (2nd)
volunteers at the Kenosha DJ Nico will be playing a probably ask you what you Byford, Devin M. Bristol,WI. OWI (1st)
Community Sailing Center cards, and draw and fill their mix of kid-friendly songs.  want to do this weekend… Connelly, Christopher M.Waukesha. OWI (1st)
(KCSC), myself included, He will also be calling out don’t sit it out, dance!   Crawford, Stephanie R. Kenosha. OWI (2nd)
have designed a slew of own wildflower seed special ‘Daddy-Daughter,’ Duenas, Jorge. Racine. OWI (1st)
activities for the holiday ‘ M o t h e r- S o n ,’ For more information Garcia, Inocente N. Kenosha. OWI (3rd)
weekend that celebrate packets—all perfect gifts ‘Grandparent-Grandchild’ about the Ship Ahoy events, Gutierrez,Tony O. Kenosha. OWI (2nd)
fathers, but families more and ‘Whomever you call you can call 262 997-9343 Guzman Salgado, Sergio. Kenosha. OWI (1st)
broadly. We are calling this for Dad or anyone they Family’ to the dance floor or email at Hartnell, Robert T. Pleasant Prairie. OWI (4th)
weekend of family festivities throughout the day. Mini- [email protected].  Hawbaker, Michael J. Kenosha. OWI (1st)
- Ship Ahoy, and are hoping love.  The cost is $12 per introductory dance lessons The family fun events and Kolodziej, Kyle P.Twin Lakes. OWI (3rd)
it turns into an annual will be held every two the Dock Party will all take Metcalf, Jay A. Kenosha. OWI (5th/6th)
event. child and also includes a hours.  These lessons will place at the Kenosha Yacht Muma, Steven W. Kenosha. OWI (3rd)
teach everyone a few basic Club, 5130 4th Avenue, on Murillo, Ronaldo C. Kenosha. OWI (1st)
child sailboat ride across steps that they can do beautiful Simmons Island Parrish, Sara J. Kenosha. OWI (2nd)
Pease, Zachery G. Racine. OWI (1st)
the harbor (must be See you down at the lake! Ruiz, Raymond J. Kenosha. OWI (3rd)
Tenner,Tonya R. Round Lake, IL. OWI (1st)
accompanied by adult)! Wright, Nashakia N. Kenosha. OWI (injury)

Ship Ahoy will begin Then, when the sun starts
to set, the adult Dock Party
Friday, June 18th, 4pm-6pm will start.  The Dock Party,
sponsored by Lakeshore
with the Kenosha Yacht Pedal Tours, Z Auto Sales,
Great Lakes Yacht Sales and
Club hosting a meet and Southport Marina will
include live music by Revival
greet fundraiser for the – Not Your Uncle’s Cover
Band and drink specials
Hartley Family Youth Sailing featuring the Club’s new
‘Docktail’ menu. There will
Scholarship.  The be a dance floor, plenty of
good food, and the cool
breeze that blows off of the
harbor at night.  

scholarship fund was

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