Smart Reader September 24, 2020

Looking for a new September 24, 2020
four-legged friend, Volume 18 - #18
who you gonna call?

Chandra
Riberich

Executive Director
of Safe Harbor
Humane Society

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Cats, and dogs, and Chandra Riberich - A

oh my! A Q&A with the Executive Director c

of Safe Harbor Humane Society

What is Safe Harbor Humane Society's For the past four years, Chandra Riberich has been the Executive Director at Safe Harbor cat Charlie will sit and watch us eat and wait
Mission Statement? Humane Society, an open admission shelter and 501(c)(3) non-profit organization serving the for his opportune moment to pounce in and
steal anything he can get his paws on.  One
We are here to support the animals and Kenosha County area. For more information, visit their website at safeharbor night while we were eating spaghetti, out of
the community in which they reside.Through humanesociety.org, or call the office at 262-694-4047. the blue he jumped up on to the table and
our adoptions, fundraising, and community grabbed a huge bite of noodles in his mouth
education; we are able to improve the lives Chandra Riberich joins Happenings Q&A on AM1050 WLIP on and jumped off the table. I reacted and so did
of pets and their families.  Thursday, October 1st at 2:30pm, tune in to hear more. my dogs. As we all chased Charlie down the
hall, he quickly chewed and swallowed as
What is a typical day like for the am never bored and every day goes by so How may pets do you currently own?   much of the noodles as possible as he was
Executive Director of Safe Harbor very fast. running.  From behind it was a pretty funny
Humane Society? Over the years I have owned or cared for picture to see a cat with noodles streaming
When did you realize you wanted to many, many pets. I have fostered cats for over on either side of his head as he was running
There definitely is not a typical day for me, work with animals? 14 years and as with my owned pets I tend down the hall being chased by two dogs and
or the shelter for that matter. We are at the to focus on the ones that have special care a person. By the time he stopped running to
mercy of when animals in need come I have always had a love for animals and needs.  Currently I have three dogs and one finish off the remaining noodles there wasn't
through our doors.  We have  some control found ways to work with or have them cat. My youngest dog, Ruckus, was adopted much left to be shared with the dogs. 
over animals surrendered by their owners by around me. I went to school and obtained a from Safe Harbor three years ago.  Ruckus
requiring scheduled appointments for re- master degree in accounting and my was one of the 52 dogs that came in as part How has Safe Harbor adapted to
homing, but police and animal control can certificate in public accounting. I pursued this of a hoarding case in November, 2017.  He COVID 19?  
bring stray or seized animals to us at career for 13 years but never felt as satisfied was the last dog from that situation which
any time 24/7/365.  and fulfilled as when I was volunteering for we were able to handle and he did not adjust At the beginning we, as many other
local animal rescues.  I very quickly decided well to the shelter environment. Due to the businesses, were much more restricted.  We
For example, my day started with an on- to start my own rescue. As the rescue grew unfortunate situation he came from, he had to limit our public services, such as
call emergency phone call this morning at 6 and demanded more of my time, I went part- needed a lot of dedicated work to gain his spay/neuter surgeries and low cost vaccine
a.m. Animal control was bringing us an time in my account job and then after a few trust and manage his habits.These days, he is clinics, as well as not being open to the public
injured dog that was hit by a car.  In these years decided it was time to figure out how my shadow and very rarely leaves my side. If to come in a view our animals. 
situations, we have trained staff that respond to make animal welfare my full-time job.  you visit the shelter you will most likely see
and meet Animal Control at the shelter to him with me in my office. Over the last several months, we have
assess the dog and discuss what our next Did you always love animals?   been able to modify our procedures and now
steps are to care for the animal within our Tell us a crazy pet story.  we are operating by appointment for
legal and financial resources.  Today this Always - I was the child that begged her adoptions, we have limited the number of
animal was thankfully microchipped with up parents for a cat over and over until they I have an orange cat named Charlie who public spay/neuter appointments we are able
to date registration, and we were able to caved in and got me one for Christmas one loves food he's not supposed to have, much to provide, and we scheduled our volunteers
contact it's owner who came to reclaim it year. like a famous cat we all know and love.  My accordingly so that we don't have too many
and take it directly to their vet for medical people in our building at one time. 
attention.  
All of these modifications are to limit the
After lunch, I taught a new foster family number of people in our building so that we
member how to syringe/bottle feed a one- can practice social distancing to keep the
week-old kitten that was found orphaned public and our staff safe.  We do require that
and brought to our shelter before heading our staff and anyone entering our building
into an interview for our open Animal Care wear a mask.
Attendant position.
What other services does Safe Harbor
The rest of my day is spent managing all of provide?  
the animals in our care, managing the staff at
Safe Harbor, responding to any situations Other than adoption and owner reclaim
that may arise, completing bookkeeping, services, Safe Harbor also provides low cost
ordering, and administrative work to keep spay/neuter and microchipping services.  The
the shelter operating, and keeping the Board spay/neuter appointments can be booked
of Directors informed of any necessary through our website. They fill up very quickly
information.  so if you currently don't see any available
appointments watch our Facebook page and
One of the reasons I love my job so much check the website frequently.  We post new
is because every day is different and busy.  I
See SAFE HARBOR on page 6 for more

Looking to adopt? Loving forever homes wanted!

Visit safeharborhumanesociety.org for more

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As Oregon fights historic fires,
college students on front lines

Paul Catino’s summer Forest Service’s fire, fuel, and vehicle accidents.
internship has put him on smoke science program in
the front lines of the West’s Missoula, Montana. College When hazards include
cataclysmic fire season. students play a big role in 300-foot trees
wildland crews all over the
He and other workers at country, she says, and the Corinne Heiner
timber company Campbell “million dollar question” is
Global launched an initial how agencies that deal with Buystedt, who just
attack against a wildfire on fire can adjust their work
company land, working until forces. graduated from the
the early morning hours with
bulldozers with flashlights to forestry school at
clear a “contingency line” to
box in the fire. He was back Oregon State University
at it for five or six hours the
next day, and the following in Corvallis, recalls the
day worked 12 to 15 hours.
One idea gaining traction summer of 2017, when
“It was an unreal
experience for me,” says Mr. is professionalizing she was on a crew in the
Catino, a senior at Oregon
State University in Corvallis firefighting so there are state’s mountainous
majoring in forest
management. fewer seasonal workers. Three Sisters

The Oregon Department Federal agencies are trying Wilderness. They
of Forestry gave a shoutout
to the company last week, to increase the number of worked late into the
saying that quick work by
employees played a “huge permanent employees night to hand-dig a line
role” in minimizing the fire’s
footprint. through a wildfire to stop the fire’s

And Mr. Catino says he’s apprenticeship program and advance in a heavily
been thanked by several
people who recognized his conversion of temporary forested area, but had to
uniform at the Safeway in
Sweet Home, Oregon. positions to permanent or See OREGON Corinne Heiner Buystedt, then a student at Central Oregon Community College, working as a fire
on page 7 lookout at the Sheep Creek Fire in Utah in the summer of 2016.
“People have thanked me
quite a bit. It’s very nice, permanent seasonal
especially now when so
many communities have positions.
been affected,” says Mr.
Catino, who is working on Risks and rewards Factor in every member of the family
the Holiday Farm Fire. It’s when shopping for new flooring.
one in a series of fires up and “I’ve been a professor and Especially the furry ones!
down the state that have a college student, and it’s
burned about 1 million acres nearly impossible to say, hey,
– nearly double the 10-year can we delay school for
average. these few people?” says Dr.
Brown, who fought fires all
With historic fires burning through college and into her
in Oregon, the state needs all master’s degree. “Students
hands on deck. So last week, who come back late –
Democratic Gov. Kate several weeks, a month,
Brown put out the call to maybe longer, there is no
universities and colleges: way to catch up.”
Please don’t penalize
students like Mr. Catino who She has fond memories of 081320
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missing the start of classes. in the rural town of
They’re needed on the front Oakridge, Oregon, she loved
lines. the outdoor work, that it
was physically challenging,
Seasonal firefighters make that a crew could come
up the bulk of America’s together and do something
forest firefighters, and greater than one single
college students play a person. During her career,
critical role. In Oregon, she served on a helicopter
upward of 30% of the crews crew, a hotshot crew, and as
that contractors put a smoke jumper.
together are students. It’s
high-paying work that can “I loved that it was a little
cover college tuition, but bit dangerous,” she adds. She
with longer fire seasons, it’s paid for that as a smoke
become a challenge for jumper, when her parachute
those who manage fires. collided mid-air with her
partner’s over the Gila
“Fire seasons have gotten Wilderness of New Mexico.
longer and longer due to She lost a leg because of it.
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Free assembly vs. public safety:
US mayors making it work

Portland Mayor Ted guaranteeing constitutional Mayor Jenny Durkan announced at a Sept. 2, 2020, press funds to communities of “We need to protect that
Wheeler has been getting it rights to free speech and conference the shift of 100 officers from specialty units to color. free speech, but we have to
from all sides. assembly, while maintaining patrols to increase community engagement and speed up 911 build a little box around it
public safety when The key for city leaders that if there’s illegal action
After more than 80 days of demonstrations turn violent response. managing these situations, we have to deal with it,” he
protests over racial injustice or destructive. say mayors and observers, is adds.
and policing, one of the city’s protesters and in best political science professor at real, noticeable reform, and
biggest real estate After a summer of practices of dealing with the Portland State University. strong communication with Mr. Nickels never would
developers emailed the protests, rage is still flowing, protests themselves. the public and stakeholders, have turned over a portion
mayor and his City Council from Lancaster, Pennsylvania, That progress includes a including law enforcement. of Seattle to “vigilantes” –
colleagues last month, where demonstrators were Burning mattresses series of police whether of the right or left –
warning about businesses arrested this week for obscure progress accountability measures When Greg Nickels referring to the “Chop”
leaving because of the vandalism and rioting after a passed by the Oregon became mayor of Seattle in occupation (Capitol Hill
“lawlessness you are police shooting, to Los For example, in Portland, Legislature in June, and a $62 2002, it was just over a year Organized Protest) over the
endorsing downtown.” Many Angeles, where a gunman late-night confrontations million fund for “Black Relief after violent clashes between summer, he says. In early
businesses in the city core shot two sheriff’s deputies in with law enforcement, a July and Resiliency” to support 50,000 protesters and police June, protesters staked out a
are still boarded up – and their patrol car on Saturday. showdown with federal Black individuals, nonprofits, had overwhelmed the city six-block area around the
now shrouded in smoke At the hospital where the forces, and the fatal shooting and businesses especially during the World Trade Seattle Police Department’s
from wildfires. deputies were being treated, of a man affiliated with a hard hit by the pandemic. Organization’s Ministerial East Precinct headquarters.
protesters shouted “death to right-wing group by a self- Portland is discontinuing the Conference. He was intent
Over the summer, the police” – which LA proclaimed anti-fascist on use of armed police officers on ensuring the city never Old-fashioned tool:
protesters against police Mayor Eric Garcetti called Aug. 29 have obscured in high schools and went through that again, the Listen to protesters
brutality and racial injustice “abhorrent.” progress on racial justice, redirecting some police former Democratic mayor
sporadically demonstrated at says Christopher Shortell, a recalls. But Mayor Jenny Durkan
the mayor’s condominium. While mayors set a tone and then-Police Chief
When a large crowd broke and are targeted by He talked with his police Carmen Best immediately
windows, sprayed graffiti, and protesters – indeed, chief about having officers in began talking with
set fires at his building on protesters have set upon not crowds to prevent mobs protesters.
Aug. 31, he announced he’d just Mayor Wheeler’s from forming, instead of in
be moving. residence but Mayor riot gear separated from the The city met some
Garcetti’s and those of crowd. Before protests they protester demands on
As Alison Gash, a mayors in St. Louis, Chicago, would set clear “rules of policing, for example by
Portlander and political Seattle, and Pittsburgh – the engagement” for protesters: restricting the use of crowd-
science professor at the power of mayors is relatively Free speech and civil control munitions. Ms.
University of Oregon, puts it: limited, from a legal disobedience rights would be Durkan also dispatched a
Mayor Wheeler is “in a tough perspective at least, in many respected, but unlawful team to negotiate plans to
spot.” cities. behavior would not be facilitate traffic and rescue in
tolerated. the protest zone, shrinking
And so are mayors But despite the costliest the footprint while activism
nationwide, as they grapple civil disorder in U.S. history, In his seven years as and street art continued.
with concerns about police four months into the mayor, Mr. Nickels says there African American community
brutality and systemic racism protests, some cities are were about 30 marches and leaders stepped in as
during a sharply divided making progress on both the protests – mostly about the violence in the zone
presidential election season. reforms demanded by Iraq War and immigration –
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Safe Harbor

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dates monthly.  Microchip appointments can be scheduled
during open hours by calling 262-694-4047.

You usually have several fundraisers a year, with all of
these cancelled during the pandemic, how can people
help support the Safe Harbor Humane Society?

With COVID-19 cancelling all of our traditional
fundraisers for the entire year, we have had to adopt new and
creative ways of generating the necessary income to keep the
lights on and our mission ongoing.

To that end, we have engaged in many digital  fundraising It takes more than just this wonderful staff to make Safe Harbor Humane Society successful - they need the community to
campaigns through our website and Facebook page with
great success.Animal lovers who are interested in supporting reach out and help our little furry friends. Become a volunteer or make a donation by visiting www.safeharborhumanesociety.org
our cause through this very unique and challenging year are
invited to visit our website at or calling 262-694-4047.
www.safeharborhumanesociety.org  and make a donation
using our secure site.We are also happy to accept donations animals, Safe Harbor has taken on many forms. From a What is the average number of pets you have that are
of tangible resources and supplies at our shelter location humane society with the purpose of preventing abuse, cruelty up for adoption?  
(7811 60th Ave), we have a donation bin set up outside our and neglect of both children and animals, to a city pound
doors. One can also use direct shipment using services such attached to the fire department, to the open admission It's difficult for me to give you an average number of
as Chewy or Amazon.  People can also support our Capital humane society serving all of Kenosha County, Safe Harbor animals available for adoption per day but I can tell you that
Campaign on our website, or if they are looking to support Humane Society has grown with our community. we had 1,684 adoptions in 2019 which averages to a little less
in larger ways they can inquire about our naming than 5 per day. 
opportunities.We would love to talk to you.
How can people volunteer and/or become foster Through the end of July, 2020 we have had 981 adoptions
What is your Capital Campaign?   parents?
which averages to a little more than 5 adoptions per day.
Our Capital Campaign is a much needed fundraiser to
support the renovation and expansion of our dog kennel Prospective volunteers who are interested in giving their What is entailed in the adoption process? 
area. The dog kennel area is the oldest part of our building.  time to helping the shelter can
It was considered adequate for the needs of the shelter and email [email protected] for information on The first step is to complete our short adoption
the dogs that the shelter cared for back when it was built in the next  available volunteer orientation. While we have application online through our website.  On the application
the early 1980s, but we are desperately in need of an currently put a brief pause to taking on any new volunteers they can list up to 3 animals they are interested in - all of our
upgrade.  due to COVID-19 limitations, we hope to begin expanding animals available can be viewed on our website. Our office
our ranks again very soon and help will be needed.Volunteers staff will review the application and then call the applicant to
By expanding our building into our back play-yard area, we are most commonly used in help with walking dogs, inform them of the next steps depending on the situation of
will be more than doubling the size of our dog kennels so socializing cats, and assisting in offsite adoption events. the animals they are interested in.  Will then call them to
that they are appropriately sized for the large dog breed schedule an interaction appointment with the animals. If they
mixes that we typically care for.  It will also allow us to If someone is interested in fostering our animals, they can decide to adopt after meeting the animal there is an adoption
provide separate infirmary and intake areas away from the apply through our website. Fosters are most commonly used contract, adoption fee, and then they can bring the animal
dogs that are available for adoption, which will decrease the for our youngest newcomers - puppies and kittens that are home.
stress on the dogs in our care and keep them healthier. The eight weeks of age or younger; who have developing immune
expansion portion of the project which is the first phase of systems, and benefit from being in the less populated How have adoptions been during the pandemic?  
the project and has a budget of approximately $1.3 million, environments of a  home. We also utilize fosters for felines
and we are asking the public to help us raise this money so who need additional socialization in a quiet, friendly setting or Adoptions have been the one thing that have stayed very
that we can continue to provide high quality housing and care animals who have specialized medical needs that would steady and reliable during this time of uncertainty.  I believe
to the dogs in need of Kenosha County and beyond. (Editors benefit from in-home care.  people have found comfort and companionship in pets during
note: A groundbreaking ceremony will take place on Saturday, a time when they are in great need of hope and positivity.
September 26th at 10 a.m.)

How long has Safe Harbor been serving the
community?

Safe Harbor has been around for over a century! It was
incorporated in 1916 as a humane society for children and

Did You Know? 092420 Other than cats and dogs, do you have any other
animals at Safe Harbor? 
Getting a flu shot is more
important than ever! Kenosha Currently we also have two guinea pigs, but we have had all
Visiting Nurses is ready to take sorts of domesticated pets come through our doors.  We
care of you! This season, have seen everything from reptiles to birds and even a couple
flu shots for 5 and up, high dose of potbelly pigs.  We frequently have birds, turtles, and small
for 65 and older will be animals like hamsters, rabbits and guinea pigs.
given at Gateway’s
Madrigrano What should someone do if they find a stray animal?  
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Oregon behind them.” firefighters are in forestry. schools when it comes to that have to find the labor to
Many are doing it because it fire season. They are on the fight fires in the fall.
continued from page 3 forest, true, but also the With his study of forest can pay very well – especially quarter system, which means
camaraderie and teamwork. management, Mr. Catino is in a busy fire season with they start at the end of “We are at max capacity,”
return the next day. “It’s kind of like a family.” By disturbed by what he sees as overtime. With nowhere to September instead of says Bryan Wheelock, vice
the time of the tree incident, a wasteful, reactive approach go and nothing to spend it August. Mr. Bovee’s last day president at Grayback
That morning, she she had been trained as a to fire, instead of a proactive on, it’s not unusual for will be Sept. 20, with classes Forestry, a contractor in
suddenly heard a crew above squad leader who manages a one. Often, he says, he’ll go summer firefighters to make resuming on Sept. 23. But a Medford, Oregon.
them start yelling. She group of four to six people out on a fire and, in his view, anywhere from $10,000 to lot of people are just going
looked up and saw a 300- within a standard crew of 20. the appropriate thing is to $30,000 for three months to take the term off, he says, Over the years, the
foot cedar tree coming At first, it was hard to be let it burn out rather than work. because the fire need is so company has tried to adjust
down on her and her crew. taken seriously as a woman, suppress it. But that’s not great – and the earnings are by screening college-student
They yelled for everyone to she says, but after she what the orders are. Porter Bovee, a friend of so good. Mr. Catino says he’ll applicants more carefully
run – she running earned her squad’s respect, Mr. Catino’s at the university, probably work until Oct. 1, about their planned return
perpendicular to the tree “it was great.” This questioning is a good is studying mechanical and then go back to school. He’s times, and providing housing
and those below her running thing, says Randall manufacturing engineering, already been in touch with to attract more candidates.
downhill. The moment it hit She describes her tree- Rosenberger, associate dean and is in his third summer of professors about it. Mr. Wheelock expects a
the ground, she ran back to episode squad as “really of student success at firefighting. He’s working good chunk of his college
check on everyone. Within incredible,” but also Oregon State University. about 100 hours a week, and Indeed, the university tries students will try to stay
30 seconds, the crew lined traumatized as they “That’s where we get thinks he will be able to to work with these students, longer, but the company is
up. All were accounted for continued working. “A lot of change,” as college students cover tuition for the entire urging professors to be looking to train another 10
and there were no serious guys told me they didn’t with firefighting experience school year. “It’s a fun job,” flexible. They help students to 20 firefighters to replace
injuries. want to go into a certain move up into management he says at the end of a long with course substitutions the students who are
area unless they knew I was across the fire field, he says. day, “but it really is because and even adjust scholarships. leaving.
“It was one of the scariest watching the back door – of the money.” But the return to school is
moments of my entire life,” had my eyes on the fire Delayed start to the still a major concern for “It’s a scramble to
she recalls. And yet, the semester Oregon state schools have agencies and contractors maintain full strength.”
recent graduate loves an advantage over other
fighting fires. She loves the Not all college-student By Francine Kiefer

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my turn And nothing happens. Trump is the
declared champion
While the science when it comes to
lying.
supporting climate

change is irrefutable, both

political parties disagree Similarly, both

on that. Both also the Republican and

Disagreement, disagree on most issues, Democratic
lack of trust put
America in crisis even ones as basic as the parties and

necessity of wearing members in

Harlan Ullman is UPI's protective masks to Congress refuse to
Arnaud de Borchgrave
Distinguished Columnist, a prevent the spread of the trust each other.
senior adviser at the Atlantic
Council and author of the coronavirus. That, in turn,
upcoming book, "The Fifth
At home, the California read him a little history. Horseman:To Be Feared, While the pandemic demonstrates the
Franklin D. Roosevelt was Friended or Fought in a and the economy will be
and the Pacific Northwest attacked by the key the most important second danger
newspapers of the day MAD-Driven Age." election issues, this
are overwhelmed by once- owned by Randolph Hearst administration's great be done or how to do it. signal: the absence of civility
and the McCormack and Harlan Ullman joins power global competition
in-a-century forest fires. Patterson families far more Happenings Q&A on strategy has led to a tariff Obviously, the nation has and compromise across the
viciously and mercilessly Thursday, Oct. 8th at war with China and an been in difficult straits
The coronavirus pandemic than the media is reporting 1:30 on AM1050 WLIP. arms race with it and before. The nation was nation. Without both,
on Trump. Russia. History matters. intractably divided in 1860.
is likely going to worsen as Disruption, a new version Lest we forget, in 1914, That ended in a Civil War. society is in peril. And
Or imagine being born in of the old Cold War Mutual great power rivalry was Today, it appears that
colder weather and the flu 1900. You would have lived Assured Destruction. one of the major causes of partisan political divisions divided government cannot
through two world wars, a COVID-19 is the World War I. Is this where could be as fierce as at any
season approach. The pandemic from 1918-20 messenger for this new era. the United States is time in America's past. So work unless there is a
and a Great Depression. headed? far, violence is less than it
economy is still fragile and You would certainly have Beyond that, the nation is was in the 1960s. And the unifying danger or
witnessed a Cold War and not able to agree on much. Constitution survived
protests and violence most likely the Cuban Congress is incapable of those crises. But will that compromise and civility to
Missile Crisis and the start passing a new relief package continue?
persist over racial of the Vietnam War. to offset the economic bridge these divides.
losses caused by the A political thermometer
injustices. And the 2020 How then could 2020 be pandemic. Republicans call would surely detect two Under these
more dangerous or for a "skinny" bill. danger signals. First, trust in
presidential election troubling? One answer is Democrats refuse to settle government has probably circumstances, the 2020
apparent, yet still invisible. for anything less than at never been lower.
appears to be one of the The current major national least a trillion dollars to aid Governments always lie. election is a potential
security threat is not those in financial trouble. Woodrow Wilson denied
nastiest and potentially China, Russia or other the existence of the political nuclear ticking
powers that, of course, still Spanish flu. John F. Kennedy
most disruptive in history. must be seriously and Lyndon Johnson lied time bomb. Unless one
considered. The overriding about the Vietnam War;
Abroad, in pursuit of a threat is Massive Attacks of The election will provide Richard Nixon about candidate wins by a very
global competition with only a partial answer. The Watergate; and Bill Clinton
China and Russia, the damage done by the over Monica Lewinsky. But substantial margin, the
United States appears to be pandemic will not be
on a collision course with undone and will still need election is likely to be
both and with no off-ramp resolution. If Trump wins,
in sight. Clearly, it is easy to MAD will be ignored and contested in a number of
be pessimistic until one the risks of a major
remembers history. confrontation with China battleground states. If that
and Russia are too likely. If
Joe Biden wins, it will take happens, legal challenges
time for his administration
to form. And it is not clear would overload the
a Biden administration will
understand what needs to Supreme Court. Both

candidates will declare

victory. Yet, how will a

Here are two examples. winner be adjudicated?

Donald Trump claims that Rarely have the dangers
no president has ever been and risks been so stark and
so badly treated by the solutions seemingly so far
press. Someone should out of reach.

The conservative was asked if the The Federalist.
moment
Senate had an Although The

obligation to assess Federalist affirms the

Judge Garland’s power of judicial

The passing of Supreme Court.” Richard Nixon qualifications. She review — and hence
named Harry Blackmun, the
Court Justice Ruth Bader primary author of Roe v. replied: “There’s the role of the judiciary
Wade. Gerald Ford named
Ginsburg gives liberal John Paul Stevens. nothing in the as a check on the other
Ronald Reagan selected
conservatives and Sandra Day O’Connor, who Constitution that says branches — it does not
upheld several challenges to
Republicans what they claim Roe v. Wade, and Anthony the president stops present this as the first
Kennedy, who ruled same-
to have wanted since sex marriage constitutional. Readers may email Cal being president in his or most important
George H.W. Bush picked Thomas at
judicial activism became the David Souter, a liberal, and last year.” Garland function of the courts.
George W. Bush selected [email protected].
norm in the 1960s. John Roberts, who has been Look for Cal Thomas’ new never received a vote. Moreover, The
inconsistent on some book “America’s Expiration
issues, like Obamacare. Date:The Fall of Empires and Some jittery Federalist does not
Superpowers and the Future
From outlawing prayer Democrat presidents Republicans up for re- support the vast
have not faced this problem. of the United States”
and Bible reading in public Their nominees have been election fear intent of Congress: “…the implications of judicial
reliably liberal in their supposed danger of
schools, to the infamous interpretation of the whomever the president judiciary encroachments on review as including a power
Constitution. the legislative authority…is
Roe v.Wade decision, which nominates would harm in reality a phantom. to decide the great moral
President Trump says he Particular misconstructions
legalized abortion, intends to nominate Lindsey Graham (R-SC), their chances. Even so, this and contraventions of the issues of the times and to
someone to replace Justice votes on Trump’s appointee. will of the legislature may
conservative Republicans Ginsburg from a list he has is a chance to do something now and then happen; but adjust the Constitution to
made public, and he’s they can never be so
have yearned for a time challenged Joe Biden to do Charges of hypocrisy will great for the country and extensive as to amount to trends in public opinion.
likewise. Senate Majority an inconvenience, or in any
when a Republican Leader Mitch McConnell be hurled at Republicans for leave a mark worthy of the sensible degree to affect the Finally, The Federalist lends
promises a quick vote when order of the political
president and Republican the Senate Judiciary their statements opposing most patriotic citizen.There system.” no aid to the belief that the
Committee, chaired by
majority Senate might put confirmation of judges in an is no point in having power Supreme Court is the

an end to judges making law election year (when the if one does not utilize it. ultimate interpreter of

and return to the day when president was a Democrat). constitutional meaning,

Congress was the legislator. But what Justice Ginsburg Senators who do not like unanswerable for its

Yet, Republican said in 2016 should President Trump’s interpretations to any

presidents have appointed repeatedly be invoked by personality, but agree with authority but itself.”

several liberals to the Republicans against many of his policies, should One hopes a Senate
majority puts the country
Court. President Dwight predictable Democrat swallow their pride and ahead of personal gain. The
ability to return the Court
Eisenhower appointed five criticism. vote to change the Supreme The conservative to its constitutional
boundaries would be a win
members to the Supreme Court back to the role the Heritage Foundation issued for the ages, even as the
sliming of the candidate and
Court, including Earl The context was Barack Founders intended for it. a helpful statement last street demonstrations are
Obama’s nomination of inevitable.
Warren and William Merrick Garland to replace In Federalist Paper 81, year: “Americans’
conservative Antonin Scalia,
Brennan. Eisenhower who had died. In 2016, Alexander Hamilton contemporary
during President Obama’s
purportedly said years later final year in office, Ginsburg expressed a high view of understanding of judicial

that, “I have made two the Supreme Court as a power is inconsistent with

mistakes, and they are both separate body that would the argument put forward

sitting on the Supreme rarely cause harm to the by Hamilton and Madison in

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t Resuming sex soon after heart attack
r may boost survival

Many heart attack survivors worry that In the study, Gerber's team collected
. resuming sex too soon afterwards might data on nearly 500 sexually active people
aged 65 or under who were hospitalized
trigger another attack. But new research for a heart attack in either 1992 or 1993.
suggests the opposite may be true.
During a median follow-up of 22 years,
Research out of Israel finds that 43% of the patients died. But the study
f resuming a normal sex life in the months found that those who'd maintained or
, after a heart attack may actually boost increased the frequency of sex during the
first six months after a heart attack had
survival. 35% lower risk of death, compared with
y Lead researcher Yariv Gerber believes those who had not.

part of the benefit could lie in a person's The survival benefit of having more sex
mindset. appeared tied to reductions in non-
y "Sexuality and sexual activity are cardiovascular deaths -- for example, fewer
markers of well-being," said Gerber, head deaths tied to cancer -- the researchers
t of the School of Public Health at Tel Aviv noted.
University. "Resumption of sexual activity
soon after a heart attack may be a part of Of course the findings can't prove that a
one's self-perception as a healthy, return to sexual activity soon after a heart
functioning, young and energetic person. attack directly improves long-term survival
This may lead to a healthier lifestyle
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ask amy
seniors edition

Man is resigned to
nights on the couch

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We met while working I handle the finances two split your wife would to your wife ("What about choice about your future.
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eventually was laid off (for talk about money. her meager Social Security want to continue it") is a You (and your wife)
business reasons) and took she said, "We've put in 20- income. Your state is an great one. It's a shame her should read, "The
it personally. She's not working, nor some years" (it's 35). "equitable distribution" answer wasn't more Relationship Cure: A 5 Step
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last 47 years). balance (not extravagantly, forward. Because my wife acquired during your 35- Gottman and Joan DeClaire
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talk with me about work, often). put her in a huge financial soon, and this is a huge life
because she's still resentful bind if I left.
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out years ago. figures, but she doesn't I'm not cruel enough to
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had zero intimacy for four about this (marriage) makes weren't around (death,
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KAFASI is introducing a FREE once a month Covid-19 has made it satisfied, you can ask that your claim be reviewed. You
Pet food Pick-up Program for cats and dogs
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could use some help with feeding their pets.We An Illness or accident can very valid. If a Social Security agent just says no and you
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books Kissinger evokes respect and vitriol
in equal measure

A grandmother and Entire libraries have been written about Henry the tense negotiations about Vietnam, for instance,
granddaughter swap Kissinger, and even now, decades after he left government, readers get a typical exchange that inadvertently
lives in the charming vitriolic disagreements rage about his legacy. Vanderbilt underscores Nixon’s plentiful belligerent qualities. “We’re
novel ‘The Switch’ University history professor Thomas A. Schwartz going to bomb those [expletives] all over the place,”
concedes at the outset of his new book, Henry Kissinger Nixon growls at one point. “The only point I disagree is
Eileen Cotton has dreamed of a London adventure her and American Power: A Political Biography, that he's we can do all of this without killing too many civilians,”
whole life. Now, she’s living the “artisan warehouse taken on an impossible task: writing an objective Kissinger responds. “You’re so [expletive] concerned
lifestyle” in a Shoreditch flat and dating a West End actor. biography of the country's 56th secretary of state. about the civilians,” Nixon accuses, to which Kissinger
answers, “I’m concerned about the civilians because I
It sounds like the set-up to many a British chick lit novel, Kissinger’s defenders cite his steady-handed policy with don’t want the world to be mobilized against you as a
with a twist that elevates the tired trope: Eileen is in her the Soviet Union, his pragmatic dealmaking everywhere butcher.”
late 70s and a Yorkshire grandmother. from Israel to Vietnam, his efforts to establish a working
relationship between the U.S. and China. His detractors The obvious problem here is one intrinsic to any
She and her namesake granddaughter, nicknamed Leena, recall his suport for an anti-democratic military coup in attempt at writing a biography of Henry Kissinger. It’s
both grieving after the death of Leena’s sister, swap lives Chile, his tacit support for genocide during the Bangladesh difficult to avoid pointing out that the secretary, who was
for two months after Leena is put on leave at work in The War, and his accommodation of the Turkish invasion of the willing, eager servant of a president who wanted to
Switch, Beth O’Leary’s follow-up to “The Flatshare,” one Cyprus in 1974. One side says he richly deserved his “bomb the [expletive]” out of civilians, also shares that
of the most charming novels of 2019. In that book, O’Leary Nobel Peace Prize. The other side says he should stand president's guilt.
brought the epistolary novel into a time of sticky notes trial at the Hague for war crimes.
and London apartments so expensive that it takes two Schwartz steps very carefully around that guilt. To take
working incomes to afford one bedroom. Schwartz is well aware of the strong opinions his one example: the White House's 1970 decision to invade
subject evokes, and he claims he seeks for a more and bomb Cambodia, which was heavily criticized by the
Eileen is a triumph – a vibrant romantic lead rather than balanced view. “Most treatments of Henry Kissinger have American public, especially college students, is
a dotty knitter played for laughs. “Young people tend to highlighted his role as a foreign policy intellectual who characterized as something that Nixon mostly decided
find old people wanting to fall in love rather funny. Not advocated a policy of realpolitik for the United States, a while Kissinger was out of the room. Likewise, in
unkindly, just without thinking,” she muses. foreign policy that eschewed moral considerations or summarizing the condemnation Kissinger encountered in
democratic ideology and was geared to a ‘cold-blooded’ 1974 when he suborned a dictatorial coup in Cyprus,
There are plenty of laughs in “The Switch”; O’Leary promotion and protection of America’s security and Schwartz writes,“Kissinger now found himself increasingly
excels at good-hearted wit. While considering the men of interests,” he writes. “This is not incorrect, but it is challenged by those who sought greater morality and
Hamleigh-in-Harksdale (population 168) Eileen notes that incomplete.” respect for human rights in U.S. foreign policy” – an
one potential suitor possesses his “own teeth” and utterly damning bit of phrasing, but Schwartz clearly isn't
“enough oomph in him to chase squirrels off bird feeders.” Drawing on a vast amount of primary sources (including intending it as a damnation.
This is offset by a propensity toward tweed and the interviews with the man himself), Schwartz carefully
possibility that he “might well be a fascist.” charts Kissinger's evolution as one of the 20th century's Kissinger has been out of power for over 40 years, but
most controversial statesmen, briefly sketching his he has raked in millions giving speeches and doing
subject's earlier stint as an intelligence officer in the U.S. consulting work through his firm, Kissinger Associates.
Army and as an academic before concentrating on his Presidents and presidential candidates make a point of
years as secretary of state and national security adviser being seen conferring with Kissinger, making a pilgrimage
for Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford. It was to his Park Avenue offices as a gesture of how serious
during this period that Kissinger conducted his famous they are about their international policy.The period when,
“shuttle diplomacy” and developed his particular brand of as Schwartz puts it, he was “able to conduct a pragmatic
diplomatic dealmaking. and flexible foreign policy” on Nixon’s behalf was in many
ways a turning point, and readers who watched that
Kissinger called this realpolitik, and he practiced it by history as it was unfolding will almost certainly find
sketching out détente with the Soviet Union, opening “Henry Kissinger and American Power” disconcertingly
relations with China, and extricating America from a even-handed in assessing how Kissinger acquired the
shooting war in Vietnam, among other things. “This reputation upon which so much political clout rests.
marriage between geopolitical realism and American
domestic politics, engineered by Nixon and Kissinger, was “I am convinced that it is not necessary to render a
always a tenuous one,” Schwartz writes,“but it served the moral judgment on Henry Kissinger in order to learn
electoral purposes of Nixon and even won Kissinger a from his career,” Schwartz writes, and this is true: it isn’t
Nobel Peace Prize.” necessary. But even so, it might still be the right thing to
do.
Throughout all this, Schwartz always remembers to add
darkly fascinating personal elements. When writing about By Steve Donoghue

Once in London, in addition to trying online dating,
Eileen meddles relentlessly and with excellent results in
the lives of Leena’s friends, all of whom come to adore her.
Leena’s plotline is unfortunately less satisfying. She gets the
standard Hallmark treatment: Big city workaholic discovers
real life and possibly love in a small village while landing in
hedges and being generally klutzy. (One character
acknowledges as much in the book.)

But both Cotton women shine with sincerity, generosity,
and the courage to look past their own grief to leave
others in a better place than where they found them.
“That’s what Eileens do,” grandmother tells granddaughter.
“They look after each other.” And the mixing of the
generations is a steady pleasure, offering many characters
the chance to gain a fresh perspective on what it means to
lead a satisfying, whole life.

If you’ve been having a rough time concentrating enough
to read a novel and just need something with a thoroughly
good heart to hold onto,“The Switch” offers both stalwart
Eileens and enough happy endings to populate an Andrew
Lang fairy book.

By Yvotte Zipp

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two-year-old cat. She was well-being. Keep up with the guest on Happenings Q&A,
captured as a stray and spayed. pheromone spray but add a
She is very social with people. pheromone collar for her to Cathy M. Rosenthal is a
We were told she "hates" wear. longtime animal advocate,
other cats but is okay with author, columnist and pet
dogs. We have a 13-year-old I think she will adjust expert who has more than
male dog who is totally without much interference.
complacent about everything. Her and the dog may not be 25 years in the animal
The cat has started to lay her best friends, but they will work welfare field. Send your pet
ears back, meow annoyance, out their spaces in the home questions, stories and tips to
and chase him from wherever eventually.
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repeat the behavior later. I've The problem is we cannot "Oh, my God, this is outside of our
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transition when a new pet greatly appreciated. - Dan When you get to that point, weight class and judged on criteria the loose in the Knoxville area are the
enters a home with other pets. Smithtown, New York take her outside to relieve including the duration of the ride, the result of mistaken identity. The
Your new cat has to establish herself (after sleeping, playing, size of the wave and special tricks Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency
her space to feel safe, and your Dear Dan, I find a lot of or eating). If she eliminates, say including walking on the board and said the latest in a string of reports of
dog may have to give up some little dog owners allow their "go potty" as she does, then barking. The contest raised funds for a loose tiger wandering the Knoxville
of his usual territory to dogs to eliminate in the house. click to mark the behavior, and the Helen Woodward Animal Center in area took place this week in the
achieve harmony. These dogs, however, are give her a treat. If she doesn't Rancho Santa Fe, Calif.
capable of learning to go eliminate after about 20 Kingsport area. An officer arrived at
You are doing all the right outside to relieve themselves minutes, take her back inside.
things with the pheromones, and can "hold it," as you have Alabama aligator the location of the sighting and
and it's okay to correct her discovered in reverse when determined the animal, which was still
with the hand clapping when she is outside. Be ready.As soon as she starts swims in front yard on the scene, was actually a bobcat.
she is chasing the dog. As long
as she is not attacking the dog Changing this behavior to eliminate in the house, say An Alabama woman shared video of Barry Cross of the TWRA said officials
(or anyone in the household), requires dedication from you. "no" and take her back the surprising sight that greeted her now believe similar errors were to
let her vocalize and express Get a black light (available outside. If she relieves herself when she looked out into her blame for last week's reported
her anxieties without from most pet stores) to see outside, repeat the steps Hurricane Sally-flooded front yard: an sightings, which included a 911 call
repercussions. Talk softly to where she has been above. If she doesn't, take her alligator having a swim.Tina Bennett of from an off-duty Knox County Sheriff's
her, but don't touch her when eliminating in your home.Then back in the house and repeat Gulf Shores posted a video to Office deputy.
she is stressed.Wait for her to get an enzymatic cleaner from the steps above if she starts to
come to you. Make sure she the pet store to clean those Dolphin or no dolphin?
has plenty of places to hide, areas of the floor or carpet to eliminate.
like inside baskets, boxes, remove any traces of waste.
closets, or under the bed, since When you're not home, It's a bit exhausting, I know, Marine rescuers
restrict her to a bathroom, so but if you are consistent and in Texas shared
persistent now, you will teach video from the
her that she needs to "hold it" rescue of a dolphin
in the house and eliminate that was stranded
outside for her remaining in a pond 9 miles
years with you. inland by a storm

surge from

Hurricane Laura.

Numerous officials

responded to

Cameron Parish

when locals

reported a female bottlenose dolphin Meanwhile, across the planet, British
coastguard crews responded to an
was stranded. The rescuers found the estuary on a report of a possible
dolphin stranded in shallow waters --
dolphin was stranded in a pond 9 miles but arrived to find the wandering
creature was actually a 10-foot tuna.
inland with no access to open water. Crew responded after a suspected
dolphin was spotted close to shore in
Rescuers said the mammal was an area of the Exmouth Estuary known
locally as the "Duckpond." A Beer
apparently stranded during a storm Coastguard representative said the
crews arrived to find no dolphins. "It
surge from Hurricane Laura.The teams was not a stranded dolphin, but a very
big tuna estimated to be 10 feet in
said the dolphin was given a physical length and not stranded," the
representative told the East Devon
examination and found to be in good News. The big tuna was caught on
video by a paddleboarder at the scene,
health before being transported to the who posted the footage to YouTube.

Gulf of Mexico.

"This was a multi-day and multi-
organizational effort to rescue,
transport, and release this bottlenose
dolphin," Gabriella Harlamert, the
Audubon Marine Mammal and Sea
Turtle Stranding, Rescue, and Rehab
Coordinator, told WKRG-TV.

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DEAR MAYO CLINIC: It is been a while since we Louie Arecco has been
I'm 19, and I think I might chat. If you are on the same in the industry of Health
have a yeast infection. Or it boat, you might be and Fitness for 14 years
could be trichomoniasis. My struggling to keep up with
symptoms are vaginal odor, your workouts. We have with a passion and
unstable periods and pain had plenty happening in the challenge of helping his
during sex. I don't feel last few weeks to derail clients maintain a fitness
comfortable going to the even the strongest fitness lifestyle at Anytime Fitness
doctor about this. Is it safe to minds. I have passed in Downtown Kenosha.
try an over-the-counter several opportunities to
yeast infection treatment write to you, because I difficult, spending time with
first to see if that works? could not come up with family and friends that don’t
ideas to share how to stay live with you is difficult,
ANSWER: It is people. Half of all new cases cancer. college campuses have health in-shape while juggling my working is difficult,
understandable to have of sexually transmitted centers where students can emotions about the current exercising is difficult, and
some reservations about infections occur in people Cervical cancer screening be evaluated for sexually events. even talking with others
discussing personal topics, ages 15 to 24. is recommended, beginning transmitted infections. Or if over the phone or text is
such as sexual health and at age 21, for all women. they don't offer that service, It does not matter which difficult, because the new
vaginal issues. But to Because of your symptoms they likely will be able to side of the isle your political norm is to feel guilty if you
safeguard your health, it's of irregular bleeding, though, provide you with a list of views are, our small do or if you don’t-
extremely important for you that testing would be resources available in the business owners are held regardless of the activity.
to have an evaluation with a recommended now. And if community. hostage and destruction
health care provider to you haven't already had it, and ruining hard-working So, my wonderful
identify the cause of your you should also be peoples’ lives has become Kenoshans, if you are tired
symptoms and determine vaccinated against HPV currency to get what you to hear from people not
the best treatment. Don't try because certain strains of want. I really should not living in Kenosha
any over-the-counter HPV can cause cervical turn our fitness-blog into a erroneously telling you
remedies without consulting cancer. political discussion. So, I what is happening in
a health care provider first. won’t go there. Kenosha. If you are tired of
To sort through your burning calories by not
In sexually active women, Even if you weren't having symptoms and what they Let’s talk fitness under understanding what is
symptoms such as vaginal mean, you need to work with the pandemic we still have expected from our officials
odor, unstable periods and symptoms, you still should be a health care provider who to deal with. This means and our town to bring
pain during sex have a wide can thoroughly evaluate your keeping distance from harmony and safety, maybe,
variety of potential causes. screened at least once a year condition, arrive at an others, hiding your smiles, it is time to concentrate on
As you mention, it's possible accurate diagnosis and not sharing your fitness your own personal health
you could have a vaginal - and prior to sexual activity recommend treatment. In a toys, and for sure no high- and fitness. Yes, it is time to
yeast infection. This fungal case such as yours, it would fives. If you are lucky to have start focusing on making
infection is quite common, with a new partner - for be best to see your primary a club that has very few your body and mind to be
and it often can trigger care provider or people and you can keep capable to take a few more
vaginal pain and soreness. chlamydia and gonorrhea. gynecologist. Other options Although talking about your distance, you have a months of this. Hopefully, it
Odor is not a typical include a public health clinic huge advantage and have a will all end soon, and we can
symptom of a yeast infection, That's because these two or a clinic specializing in issues related to sexual place to take care of your all go back to attempting to
however, and a yeast women's health. fitness. If you don’t, it is get alone. Until then, let’s
infection doesn't disrupt sexually transmitted health may be time to consider online start by joining a health club
menstrual cycles. If your symptoms are bodyweight workouts or or picking up some
infections don't always cause causing ongoing problems uncomfortable, keep in mind building your home gym. dumbbells and a jump rope.
that you feel need immediate The last two options are
symptoms in women, and attention, consider going to that these conversations are not my favorite. I have Can we all agree that our
an urgent care center. If you always enjoyed being health is important? I hope
they can lead to long-term are a college student, most common for family medicine, around other people while I this is not for debate. After
work out. Not only I all, if you want to be loved,
health concerns, including internal medicine and benefit from their energy you must start by loving
and positive effort, but I also yourself.
infertility, if not treated. In gynecology health care have the opportunity to
learn something new – ones
addition, having an untreated providers. Discussing and in a while.

sexually transmitted managing symptoms The last few months have
presented a number of
The symptoms you infection can increase the associated with sex and obstacles in all fronts.
Socializing is difficult,
describe also could be due risk of getting another one, reproduction is an important meeting new people is

to a sexually transmitted such as HIV or syphilis, if you part of their training, and

infection. The one you are exposed. they can make sure that you

mention, trichomoniasis, Your irregular periods may get the care that you need. -
or may not be related to
causes foul-smelling vaginal your other symptoms. For M. Michelle Winscott, M.D.,
example, thyroid and
discharge, genital itching and pituitary gland disorders can Family Medicine, Mayo Clinic,
lead to unpredictable
painful urination. But other menstrual cycles. And Scottsdale, Ariz.
irregular cycles in
sexual transmitted conjunction with pain while Mayo Clinic Q & A is an
having sex could be caused educational resource and
infections, including herpes, by a disorder of the vagina or
cervix, such as cervical doesn't replace regular
chlamydia and gonorrhea, medical care. E-mail a
question to MayoClinicQ&A(AT
can cause similar symptoms, SIGN)mayo.edu. For more

too. Sexually transmitted information, visit
www.mayoclinic.org
infections are common, and

they are increasing in

frequency, especially in young

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rfoecoidpe&s CINNAMON-
PUMPKIN
Nutrition News
with Charlyn Fargo OVERNIGHT OATS

Lowering Your Alzheimer's risk Here in the Midwest, farmers will soon be harvesting their
corn and soybeans, and the weather has begun to grow cooler
My uncle and my father-in-
in the mornings and evenings. Fall always means pumpkin
law both suffered from time. Here's a recipe to help celebrate fall in the mornings. -

Alzheimer's. It's a terrible Charlyn

disease. So, is there a way to 1/2 cup oats (old-fashioned, uncooked)
2 tablespoons skim milk
lower Alzheimer's risk?
1/3 cup Greek plain nonfat yogurt
A new study finds we can 1/2 cup pumpkin puree
with some lifestyle changes.
2 teaspoons maple syrup or honey
The study, published Charlyn Fargo is a Just doing two or three of fiber to eat? 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
recently in the journal registered dietitian with the healthy lifestyle factors
Neurology, found that healthy was associated with a 37% A: Constipation affects 1 teaspoon raw pumpkin seeds or chopped walnuts
lifestyle choices were SIU Med School in lower risk of Alzheimer's. some 16% of Americans.
associated with a lowered Springfield, Ill. For Those who did four or five of Eating more fiber can help • Add oats to a jar or other container. Pour in milk. Layer
risk of developing comments or questions, the lifestyle factors had a 60% alleviate constipation. But with yogurt. In small bowl, stir together pumpkin, maple
Alzheimer's disease. The lower risk. there are different types of
study analyzed two contact her at fiber. Insoluble fiber, such as syrup and cinnamon; layer over yogurt.
observational studies of over [email protected] The bottom line is our the string on celery, bran, the • Top with pumpkin seeds or walnuts. Refrigerate
2,700 participants who were or follow her on Twitter lifestyle choices make a skin of corn and beans, and overnight, and enjoy in the morning. Let steep for at least
followed for six years. difference in our later years. the skin of fruits and 8 hours in a refrigerator 40 degrees F or colder. Best to
Participants got a score of @NutritionRd. Try committing to making vegetables, is best to help
zero to five based on: two or three of the lifestyle with constipation.The fiber in eat within 24 hours. Makes 1 serving.
for women, two for men). changes. oats and oatmeal is soluble
fiber, which helps in lowering • Per serving: 290 calories; 13 grams protein; 54 grams
No. 1: Not smoking. No. 4: Engagement in Q and A cholesterol. We need both carbohydrates; 5 grams fat (1 gram saturated); 5
cognitive activities. kinds in a healthy diet. milligrams cholesterol; 8 grams fiber; 70 milligrams
No. 2: Engaging in 150 Q: I've heard fiber keeps sodium.
minutes per week of No. 5: Consuming a high- you regular. Is oatmeal a good
moderate to vigorous quality diet -- half your plate LEMON POSSET
physical activity. fruits and vegetables, one- WITH BERRIES
fourth whole grains, one-
No. 3: Keeping alcohol fourth lean protein and lean Serves 6
consumption light to dairy on the side.
moderate (one drink a day 2 cups heavy cream
2/3 cup (4 2/3 ounces) granulated sugar
America’s Test Kitchen 1 tablespoon grated lemon zest plus 6 tablespoons juice

Citrusy, silky lemon posset: The easiest dessert you've never made (2 lemons)
1 1/2 cups blueberries or raspberries
If you have cream, sugar, a
couple of lemons and some • Combine cream, sugar and lemon zest in a medium
fresh berries in your kitchen saucepan and bring to boil over medium heat. Continue
right now, you're only a few to boil, stirring frequently to dissolve the sugar. If the
hours away from tasting your mixture begins to boil over, briefly remove from heat.
new favorite dessert. Cook until the mixture is reduced to 2 cups, 8 to 12

Posset is a chilled English minutes.
dessert with the marvelously
plush texture of a mousse or • Remove the saucepan from heat and stir in lemon juice.
pudding that comes together Let sit until the mixture is cooled slightly and a skin
almost by magic from nothing forms on top, about 20 minutes. Strain through a fine-
more than sugar, cream and mesh strainer into a bowl; discard zest. Divide the
citrus juice.There's no fussing mixture evenly among 6 individual ramekins or serving
with temperamental egg glasses.
yolks or add-ins like gelatin,
flour or cornstarch needed • Refrigerate, uncovered, until set, at least 3 hours. Once
to help the mixture thicken chilled, possets can be wrapped in plastic wrap and
and set -- or to interfere with refrigerated for up to two days. Unwrap and let sit at
the clean, bright taste of
citrus. room temperature for 10 minutes before serving. Garnish
with berries and serve.
We found that using just
• Recipe notes:This dessert requires portioning into
the right proportions of reduced the cream-sugar ensured a silky-smooth easy, elegant recipe deserves individual servings. Reducing the cream mixture to
mixture on the stovetop to 2 consistency (and prevented a a spot. exactly 2 cups creates the best consistency.Transfer the
sugar and lemon juice was cups to evaporate some of "skin" from forming on the liquid to a 2-cup heatproof liquid measuring cup once or
the water before adding the surface of the custard). After For 25 years, confident twice during boiling to monitor the amount. Do not leave
the key to custard with a lemon juice, which in turn a three-hour stint in the cooks in the know have relied the cream unattended, as it can boil over easily.
caused the mixture to fridge, the possets were cold, on America's Test Kitchen for
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Autumn arrives Kenosha History

with Jake Hoey Pennoyer Sanitarium, c. 1890s
The Pennoyer Sanitarium was built in 1890 after a fire which destroyed
This week in Kenosha we October.  For most of the Jake “The Weather Guy” both the Allen Tannery and the Water Cure which was next to it. The
celebrated the autumnal city of Kenosha, the median is Hoey is a freelance tannery was rebuilt larger, and Dr. Pennoyer took his therapeutic business
equinox, which marks the mid October, and a narrow meteorologist who further out of town. Built at the top of what was then called Milwaukee
first day of fall from an strip, directly adjacent to the graduated from the Avenue (now 7th Avenue), the main building was located near 7th Ave
astronomical point of view.  Lake, typically sees late University of Oklahoma. As and 36th Street, with the grounds extending north to the Pike River and
Meteorologically, we consider October.  The earliest first well as a interested in the
all of September to be fall, freeze in our recorded weather, Jake is an avid east to the lakeshore. Intended to help the chronically sick, the
but the equinox marks the history (which dates back to traveler, having visited 49 of Sanitarium embraced a variety of alternative medicines; many of
point when the Sun is most 1944) was September 20th in our 50 states. Jake is also a questionable effectiveness yet others are still used in physical therapy
directly above Earth's 1956 and the latest was recurring guest on
equator.  It is also, November 19th in 1994.  Happenings Q&A M-F today.
approximately, when the However, this data is from a noon till 3pm. For more up In 1919, the Sisters of St. Catherine purchased the building and grounds
hours of day and night are sensor located relatively to date forecasts please for an undisclosed sum, and it immediately became the temporary home
the most identical.  So, going close to the Lake, so looking visit Jake's Kenosha Area of St. Catherine's Memorial Hospital, pending the construction of a brick
forward until next spring's at our other, newer sensor at Weather Page on Facebook hospital on the site. St. Catherine's later moved to a modern facility on
vernal equinox, we will have the Kenosha Airport (which
more hours of darkness than only dates back to 1998), we and follow Hwy 50 in Pleasant Prairie and the Sanitarium grounds live on as
light, and the Sun's rays will see a different story.  The @KenoshaWeather on Pennoyer Park and St. Catherine's Commons.
more directly impact the record earliest there is
Southern Hemisphere than September 24th in 2012, and Instagram.) The little girl sitting at the tree is Miss Nathlie Thiers (Mrs. Fred Hannahs
our Northern Hemisphere.   the latest is October 28th in Jr).
2007.  This is telling both of for the later part of the
This means colder weather the relatively short time span month.  This pattern should Photo copyright of the Kenosha County Historical Society. Want to learn
of the data at this site, and it's moderate some into more about old Kenosha? Visit www.kenoshahistorycenter.org and plan
is on the way, obviously, but more westerly location, November, and by December your next visit to the Kenosha History Center at 220 51st St. (on
farther from the Lake's we should see La Niña start beautiful Simmons Island).
when will that be?  Well influence.   to play a larger role.  This Call 262-654-5770 for details.
well known phenomenon
we've already seen some cold Let's wrap this up with a (the counterpart to El Niño
look at what the rest of fall, which has to do with sea
temperatures the past couple and our impending winter temperatures in the
might have in store for us.  east/central Pacific Ocean)
weeks including our first Our immediate future looks can have a big impact on our
mild and dry with our streak winters, and often result in
drop into the 30s, per the of no rain, since our gloomy higher than normal
and wet spell ended on the precipitation.  This is the case
Kenosha Airport's 12th, continuing for another for us again this winter when
week.  By this weekend, outlooks show above normal
thermometer, on the 19th.  some rain chances should precipitation and no strong
finally return, and a cooling signal for temperature. 
We have returned to trend should kick off for next Outlooks like these have
week.  The final days of certainly been wrong before,
temperatures a bit above September look wetter and but fans of snow have
turn colder as October something to look forward
normal this week, and our dawns.  After the chilly start, to, at the very least! 
climate outlooks depict a
month of September so far is relatively warm and dry
October for us with dry
running at almost exactly signals becoming less strong

normal, so far.  The date of

the first freeze (low temp at

or below 32°F) in this area

varies quite a bit depending

on proximity to Lake

Michigan, but our climatology

tells us that it typically

happens in mid to late

October.  Some locations in

Kenosha County farther

west, like Twin Lakes New

Munster have median first

freeze dates closer to early

What do you country can do for you, but
what you can do for your
believe? country”. 50 years ago
when John F Kennedy was
with Steve Fifer running for president, I was
proud to be associated
In 1986 the Communist the government runs with the Democratic party.
party ceased to exist. After As of present day I feel they
the end of World War II, healthcare (Obama Care), talk about more socialist
the Daily World (Daily party ideas than
Workers) newspaper and Government mandate democratic beliefs. The
the West Coast Weekly beliefs that I grew up with
paper, People’s Daily World wage requirement, and were for better wages,
merged into the Peoples better work conditions,
Weekly World. The more restrictions on and basically in support of
majority reasserted the the working class in our
policies purely Marxist regulations that could Steve Fifer has a country. What I hear from
outlook prompting a passion for helping the democrats running for
minority fashion which cause hardships on private people, so he started a president are; Raise taxes,
urged social democrats to new independent more government health
exit the now reduced party. businesses. Not only does insurance agency at the care, choice restrictions
In my opinion that means age of 66. He thinks of that seem to already be
the communist/Marxist has this mean government his clients like family. starting, and shortages
been a part of the social Steve will make sure you appearing. To me this
democratic party for a long control but a lot more are taken care of, and sounds like socialism in its
time. Do you know what your family is taken care best. Is this really what we
Socialism is? Socialism taxes to pay. Socialism want, are they truly
simply means strict of as well. democrats or is this a
government control over creates sky high taxes, poor socialist party? What do
the economy.Which means you believe?
health care, supplies

shortage, lack luster

innovation, limited choices

on food, clothing, and

more. Government rules

will shackle individual advancement with

freedoms and up stage our competition. In my opinion

constitution. Having a this is what the democratic

socialist government will party is offering. When JFK

also take away the free ran for president as a

market system that democrat his slogan was;

promotes economic “Don’t ask what your

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called life

with Leslie Olano

It’s hard to navigate the school, or do I choose Leslie Olano is a small
world right now, but I am virtual? How do I balance business owner and
trying to stay positive! home and work life? How Kenosha native, who’s
do I grow our business? mission is to share her love
There is no perfect Where is the perfect
answer. I wish I knew what location for us? So many of food with the
the future will hold. All we questions, my head is community. Olano’s
can do is appreciate what spinning! Empanadas is her family
we do have and thank God business, specializing in
for each day. Tomorrow Will our children have a riots. People are speaking down, we must get back up different and realize that we freshly baked empanadas,
isn’t guaranteed, so we safe and healthy planet to out about their thoughts, so we can reach higher have a lot more in common or “South American
must live in the moment. live on? How to we ensure fears, hopes, and injustices. ground! I wish I had all of than we think! Living in Pastries”.Their product can
the health of this planet? It can be scary to open up the answers, but that is not Kenosha makes us all united be found at local farmer’s
Sometimes it’s hard to Sometimes we all feel because some people can the case. All I can do is as one community. We are markets, food truck events,
stay so positive because helpless, but our voices do ridicule and spread hate, listen to my intuition to only as strong as our or through deliveries and
there are so many matter! but if we can find the guide me through this thing weakest link and we must catering. Social media and
unanswered questions out courage to stand together called life. lift each other up. Giving
there. Being a working Over the last few weeks we can accomplish thanks for each day on this website
mom, the safety of my anything. Each human’s story is Earth is essential and we olanosempanadas.com are
children is important, I’ve witnessed our unique and no one walks must make the most of it updated weekly, so follow
however so is my sanity! The struggles make the the same road as anyone while we are here.
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McCuilar, Jeffrey. Mt Pleasant. OWI (2nd) Sept. 28th
McDonald,Tanner J. Kenosha. OWI (1st)
Moreno, Candice R.Waukesha. OWI (2nd) For advance tickets visit hap2it.com, call 800-838-3006 or
Mortensen, Matthew J. Burlington. OWI (2nd) stop in at 1420 63rd St. Kenosha between 11am-4pm Tues-Thurs, 11am-6pm Fri
Paskiewicz, Rana E. Kenosha. OWI (3rd)
Patterson, Keevin L. Kenosha. OWI (2nd) ONLY$12
Pivovar,Tyler J.Trevor. OWI (3rd) No Drink Minimum!
Quarles, James M. Lake Geneva. OWI (1st)
Rehm, Alyssa M. Kenosha. OWI (2nd) With your safety in mind, we have moved the comedy at the
Rios-Ventura, Daniela.Waukegan. OWI (1st) club to the large ballroom to acheive social distancing.
Rocco, Brian M. Bristol. OWI (4th) 5125 6th Ave. KENOSHA
Sanchez, Annissa Y. Antioch. OWI (1st) Presented by
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Usinger, Kyle J. Kenosha. OWI (4th)
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the good news Announcing the

One of the sweetest ways to support the new POW/MIA
Ronald McDonald House Charities is their Pop
Tabs collection! It takes about 1,128 pop tabs to Honor
equal one pound. With about 40-50 cents per
pound the going rate, the program brings in an Chair
average of $6,000 each year. These tabs can
come from any metallic can - including soda tabs, with Jim Kreuser
but also from energy drinks, or soup cans.
On behalf of Kenosha Jim Kreuser has been
In 2015, young Nolan Merfled,  of Kenosha, County, I’m proud to Kenosha County executive
began collecting can tops after his sister Aubrey announce the addition of a since 2008. He blogs here
was born with many complications. The family new memorial that pays
stayed at the Ronald McDonald House in tribute to our men and regularly about county
Oaklawn, Illinois for 43 days. On the wall near women who have not government issues and
the entrance is a mural including the names of returned from military events.You can contact
the one million club - each person who collected service. him at 262-653-2600
over 1 million pop tops for donation. When or at County.Executive@
Nolan saw this, he knew what his next goal was A POW/MIA Honor
- to make it on that wall. It took him just over Chair was dedicated this kenoshacounty.org.
three years to reach his goal, and now he is going past Friday, Sept. 18, at the
for 2 million. Kenosha County Center in families through our
Bristol. For many years to Veterans Service Office.
"I started by asking my family and friends to come, this chair will be on
collect their pop tops for me.  I have also asked display in the building’s In this office, located
local businesses.The word spreads, people keep lobby, a silent, solemn within the Kenosha County
collecting and removing the pop tops becomes a reminder of those who Job Center, you’ll find
habit.  Every year we fill up 2 or more garbage made the ultimate sacrifice Veterans Services Officer
cans to bring to the RMH.  I really want to say for our country. Ali Nelson and his
thank you to all the people who have helped me dedicated staff, who work
collect and reach my goals!" This is the second such hard to connect our
county’s veterans with the
Nolan is not going to stop collecting can tops memorial that Kenosha services to which they are
anytime soon. He hopes to someday become entitled.
McDonald's "largest collector" ever and make it County has added in the
into the Guiness Book of World Records.
last two years — a similar
Pictured here are Nolan with his 'Million Club'
certificate along with a photo of Nolan with chair was dedicated last
parents, Dan and Lisa, and sister Aubrey.
Do you have a GOOD NEWS story? Drop September in the third-
us a line at [email protected],
please use the subject line “GOOD NEWS" floor lobby of the county

22 SMART READER September 24, 2020 Administration Building in

downtown Kenosha,

outside of the County Ali and two of his staff
members,Assistant Veterans
Board Chambers and my Service Officer Jennifer
Blasi and Veterans Benefits
office. Specialist Oscar Rodriguez,
joined in during Friday’s
Both chairs came to us chair dedication ceremony
thanks to Chapter 2 of the in the reading of the names
Wisconsin Branch of of the more than three
Rolling Thunder® Inc., a dozen POW/MIA veterans
nonprofit group that from Wisconsin.
advocates for our Prisoner
of War/Missing in Action Like the chair itself, the
veterans under the mantra reading of the names was a
“We will not forget.” poignant reminder of the
many service members and
I strongly agree that we their families who have
should not forget those sacrificed so much in the
who went lost while name of our freedoms.
defending our country. And
so, when Steve Tindall of Thank you to all of them
Rolling Thunder Chapter 2 and thank you to Rolling
came to me last year with Thunder Chapter 2 for
the offer of the first chair helping to keep their spirits
for the Administration alive in Kenosha County.
Building, the answer was
easy — absolutely!

The same was the case If you or someone you
more recently, when Steve
came back with the know could use help
Kenosha County Center
chair offer. obtaining veterans benefits,

I urge you to contact our

Veterans Service Office at

In short, Kenosha County 262-605-6690, check out its
is PROUD to salute our
fallen heroes. And we are website at
also proud to offer a
pipeline to benefits and https://www.kenoshacounty
other services for our
county’s veterans and their .org/368/Veterans, or search

for “Kenosha County

Veterans Services” on

Facebook.

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A lot has happened and often working on-site, Meridith Jumisko is
changed in our community whether it's greeting you at Public Relations Director
since my last column. Yet the door, cooking for you,
something that never pouring your drink, serving at the Kenosha Area
changes is the need to you ice cream, making your Convention & Visitors
support locally owned, popcorn,  wrapping  your Bureau. Contact her at
small businesses.   purchase,  or  facilitating a [email protected] or
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It's typically the owner @MJ_Kenosha
Small Business that chooses what to carry
in the business.They are the
Administration, more than ones meeting with potential
vendors, going on buying
half of Americans either trips, or taking down barns
to salvage wood. That last
own or work for a small one is what Scott Buell
does for his reclaimed
business, and they create business Against the Grain Weybright from  The Apis
Creative Concepts. Sisters
nearly two out of every Barb  DeBerge  and Hotel & Restaurant does.
Kim  DeBerge  emphasize
three new jobs in the U.S. they seek out interesting The Apis also grows
handcrafted gifts and
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customer's unique style
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