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Reaching out to the Kenosha and Racine
teens who need it the most - a conversation
with Scott Carpenter of Teen Reach

After the chaotic year we Teen Reach], you're only them just by giving them prepare, and the list was not together who want to be to help out they can help
all just had, it's easy to dwell responsible for two teens. some love -it's a, you hate to short! counselors...and [we're out with donations.We have
on the negatives and focus So you can really make a see it end...when they get getting] the list of kids to raise $50,000 a year to
solely on everything that's connection with them, and involved in camp it's a great "Right now we're working together and getting a hold hold camp. Also, if they
wrong with the world. you'll have their full experience and you see a on planning camp...we of their foster parents and know anyone who is a
However, in order for there undivided attention...You're change in them. When they actually have a 12 month making sure they have foster kid or has a foster
to be dark, there has to be able to have that one on get off the bus, they're kind plan. Every month you start everything that they need. kid, send them in my
light. And I cannot think of one connection where of quiet, and by the end of getting things going, if Sometimes kids show up direction. It costs them [the
anyone who lights up a you're by their side most of the week they open up like there's training that needs and don't have anything, and foster families] nothing to
room more than Scott the time, and it also helps to a flower! They're not that to be done, if we need to if they don't we have to go be in the camp; it is totally
Carpenter. give them that attention same teen, in most cases, order t-shirts, if we need to out and get it for them...We free to them.
that they desire...Foster and you make a friend. And, do fundraising, and stuff like kind of build up throughout
Scott currently serves as teens are often put off to hopefully, they decide that that. Another thing that the whole year just doing So, if you or someone you
the co-director of the Teen the side and [they're] just they connect with that we're doing right now is small things. It's not a job, know would like to
Reach Adventure Camp for living life, and if we can counselor and the getting a list of people like a paid job, so you kind participate and learn more
kids ages 12 to 15 in the change them one degree in counselor decides to do the of do it when you have free about this program, visit the
Kenosha and Racine areas. a positive direction, then it mentoring program, and time so that you can sort of Teen Reach website at
can help them down the [hopefully] they [the teen] spread it out." www.krtrac.com. Help
When asked about the line. It could make a big do it, too." make a difference in
camp, Carpenter described difference and help keep After hearing about all of someone else's life today!
it saying, "It's a three day them from getting into Also, yes, you read that the incredible things that
long camp that we typically drugs or living on the correctly. In addition to the Scott and his coworkers do By Sophia Matteucci
host here [in Wisconsin] in streets." yearly summer camps, Teen for these teens, I asked if
the summertime, but this Reach also offers a there was any way people Scott Carpenter joins
Carpenter then shared mentoring program to within our community Happenings Q&A on
year it will be in the fall.We the story of one girl in anyone who participates in could help out or get Tue. Aug. 31st at 12:30
work with the teens on particular who was a their summer camp involved.
team building skills, and we former participant at the program, and (as previously on AM1050 WLIP.
try to give them some self camp for a few years. stated) the teens can Scott happily responded,
esteem and raise them up," choose whether they want "Yeah, they could be
he began. "The teens we "There was one specific to participate in this interviewed if they want to
bring in are at risk foster teen that I met, she had mentorship with their camp be a counselor. If they want
kids, and they don't usually gone through Teen Reach counselor or not.
get to spend much time Adventure Camp for three
with their families, so we all years, and she is now in Scott explained the
work together and teach college going through mentorship as being a
them some life skills." nursing school to become a chance for the teens to
nurse. She didn't have a meet with their counselors
Scott then went on to list family and she lived in and once or twice a month, and
some of these skills, such as out of four or five foster when they do the
tie-dyeing, ironing, baking homes, and never really had counselors can, "... help
(more specifically, cookies), a parent, but was able to get them with their homework,
how to use cordless power assistance and go through teach them how to balance
tools and showed them school." a checkbook, and things like
how to cut wood, how to that. And then, you can
change the tire on a car, and Carpenter then discussed really see progress. You can
so much more. how helping make an impact see some progress in the
in that girl's life, as well as camp, but if they decide to
After asking him what many other teens like her, is do the mentoring program
made this program unique the reason why he enjoys you really see that
when compared to the rest, being a part of this program. progress."
Carpenter replied, "I think
the one thing that makes it He said, "When you see a So, because this year's
really unique is that we are smile on their face, and you activities will be held at a
really close with the kids know that you touched later date, I asked Scott
because, as a counselor [at their lives and changed what he and the rest of his
team were doing to

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Wastewater analysis shows rise in opioid,
sedative use during pandemic

Use of easily abused imposed in many parts of the
prescription opioid pain world to stem the spread of
medications and sedatives COVID-19 limited interstate
designed to treat anxiety and international trafficking
spiked during the first few of these substances, they
months of the COVID-19, a said.
study presented during the
fall meeting of the American "Our results match with
Chemical Society found.
all of the sources that we

could find pertaining to

The analysis of raw other drug estimations in
sewage produced by two
towns in western Kentucky the community," study co-
and northwest Tennessee
detected increased levels of author Alexander
the opioid pain drug
hydrocodone between Montgomery said in a press
March and June 2020, the
researchers said. release.

Based on these findings, This includes declines in
city and state police
consumption of the drug, methamphetamine and
cocaine seizures, said
one of the most abused Montgomery, a graduate
student at Murray State
University in Murray, Ky.

prescription opioids, At the start of the
pandemic, in March of last
increased by 72% during the year, stay-at-home orders
and other restrictions
four-month period, the data drastically affected how
people lived and worked,
showed. leading to social isolation
and economic instability,
The change may have been Murray and his colleagues
said.
fueled at least in part by the

use of telemedicine, or An analysis of wastewater revealed increases in opioid and sedative
use during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic.
medical appointments

conducted by phone or

online, which gave people

easier access to doctors, As a result of these
stressors, mental health
according to the issues such as depression
and anxiety have become
researchers. more common across the State researchers used a presence in the sewage increased," study co-author
country, causing some to technique called wastewater entering treatment plants.
In addition to the rise in turn to drugs, previous epidemiology, collecting raw Bikram Subedi said in a press Guida Brown joins
hydrocodone use, the research has shown. sewage samples from
analysis revealed a 30% treatment facilities in two The researchers also release. Happenings Q&A on
increase in consumption of towns. assessed the wastewater
benzodiazepines, which are samples for isoprostanes, Thu., Sept. 9th at 1:30
sedatives used to treat In the lab, they measured which are hormones However, "the trends that on AM1050 WLIP. She is
anxiety, and a 40% bump in for levels of easily abused produced by the body in we are reporting are only for the Executive Director
levels of antidepressants in prescription medications, response to stress and
the sewage. illicit drugs and their anxiety, and found that they the first four months of the of the Hope Council on
metabolites in samples from increased over the same
Drug overdose deaths a three-month period. period. early COVID-19 pandemic, Alcohol and Other Drug
rose 30% nationally in 2020
as the pandemic forced They calculated per capita and they may not be true for Use, a non-profit
many people into social consumption for a diverse
isolation, due to school and set of drugs based on their an extended period of time," organization providing
business closures, according
to the Centers for Disease said Subedi, a researcher at supporting services to
Control and Prevention.
Use of illegal drugs such as Murray State. the Kenosha community.
methamphetamine and
cocaine dropped during the "That tells us as people's By Brian P. Dunleavy
same period, however, likely
because travel restrictions anxiety levels increased, the

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Vets see many US failures in Kabul.
Military intelligence is just one.

bombs sent from Pakistan, here” and convince them to
and they had 24/7 air look the other way – or
support. We declared it a desert.
success – but really it was
theater, to present the It also comes after 20
illusion of competence.” years of warfare in which by
far the vast majority of
This was a common deaths were suffered by the
Afghan people. More than
experience among U.S. and 66,000 Afghan National
Army and police were killed,
NATO troops, says Vanda in addition to more than
47,000 Afghan civilians,
Felbab-Brown, senior fellow according to Associated
Press numbers. And tens of
at the Brookings Institution thousands of Afghans
supported the U.S. military
in Washington.“I know many and NATO allies, with most
of them still trapped and
ground-level U.S. waiting for long-promised
help.
commanders who were
This week’s debacle was
training the kandaks [Afghan fueled by the absence of
solid Afghan leadership from
battalions], who would the top down, says Stephen
Biddle, who was senior
honestly report the very adviser to Gen. Stanley
McChrystal in Kabul in 2009
poor state of the kandak and and is now professor of
international and public
would be told to give them a affairs at Columbia
University. “There’s a strong
higher grade, or it would tendency in the U.S. and the
military to see war as a
reflect badly” on the U.S. material enterprise: If you
provide enough weapons
commander. and field enough soldiers and
equipment, then you’ll
Afghan National Army soldiers attend their graduation ceremony after a three-month “Guys on the ground saw succeed. But war isn’t
training program at the Afghan Military Academy in Kabul, Afghanistan, Jan. 5, 2020. that the training wasn’t engineering and physics – it’s
The Pentagon has said it was stunned by the Afghan National Army’s failure to fight working,” says Dr. Dempsey. social science.”
to keep Kabul in the wake of U.S. withdrawal this month. The one-year tours of duty,
however, meant that it was In a developing state
While the fall of Kabul to risking more lives lost, or Amid the finger-pointing and certainly be wrong to easy to pass the problem without a functioning
Taliban forces this week staying longer before the blame-dodging for the along to the next unit. “It’s judiciary system to impose
produced image after image inevitable happened – as the shocking final week of the conclude that the United your incentive to show consequences for bad
of heartbreak as Afghans Biden administration and war, the initial temptation progress, so you do some behavior, for example, the
clung to cargo planes and many before it have argued – has been to heap fault on States military did not view small-arms training, some first order of business for
women tried to lift babies the speed with which the allies left behind. That, some map reading and decide,‘OK, any president or prime
over airport barriers in an collapse came seemed, even analysts say, ignores U.S. as a distinct possibility that I did the best I could’; then minister is to establish a
effort to save them, it was so, to take everyone’s breath failures of training, lack of you leave. What you don’t balance of power. “The
also a baffling theater of the away. understanding about the the Taliban could overrun realize is that the guy before armed elites, otherwise
absurd: How could a bunch nation it was trying to build, you did the exact same known as warlords, are
of guys in flip-flops, with no The Pentagon has said that and wasted resources that the country.” Still, he added, thing, and the guy after you pretty satisfied when they
body armor and nary a the next two weeks will be ultimately encouraged did the exact same thing.” are extracting resources
fighter jet in sight, have focused on evacuating the corruption, to say nothing of “One of the things we roughly equal to their armed
defeated an Afghan army that 10,000 to 15,000 Americans the tens of thousands of following,” says Dr. Biddle.
the United States gave still in the country as well as Afghan lives lost fighting the couldn’t anticipate – and For Afghan presidents,
billions upon billions of former Afghan comrades in Taliban.
dollars and thousands of arms and their families. But didn’t anticipate – was the see KABUL on page 8
lives to help build? honestly assessing what was When one reporter asked
going on in the field over the Monday if it was a failure of degree to which Afghan
If the war’s end was a past 20 years is crucial to intelligence not to have
choice between throwing future military efforts, as predicted the quick fall of forces capitulated,
good money after bad and well as U.S. global leadership. Kabul, Maj. Gen. William
“Hank” Taylor, director of sometimes without a fight.” He has since watched
current operations for the Afghan troops he trained
NOW HIRING chairman of the Joint Chiefs On this last point, many “fold as soon as anyone
SERVERS! of Staff, could say only that U.S. veterans beg to differ. else.” But it’s hard to blame
STOP IN he had no answer to that There have long been signs them, he adds. Troops were
AND APPLY question. that the military training isolated and supplies were
effort wasn’t working, says often snapped up by
Pentagon press secretary Jason Dempsey, a former commanders who sold them
John Kirby endeavored to infantryman with two for their own gain or
come to his aid. “It would deployments to Afghanistan survival. “Put yourself in the
who is now an adjunct shoes of an Afghan soldier.
senior fellow at the Center There are five to 10 of you
for a New American sitting in an outpost hours
Security. He recalls, while away from resupply, not
working with Afghan troops getting ammunition, not even
years ago in command and getting fed consistently,” Dr.
control, “posturing that felt Dempsey says. “It doesn’t
like play-acting.” Behind the take much for a local elder
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All play, no fun: Pushing back on the
pressures of youth sports

Melanie Redd is feeling the system that expects children Laila Redd, a 12-year-old, enjoys playing a variety of sports. Her Putting a price on hope
heat as coaches and other and their parents to treat athleticism and natural talents have drawn the eye of travel coaches
parents set their eyes on her game time like a career with and parents, who are pressing hard for her to choose one sport and How much does this hope
daughter Laila, an athletically adult demands and cost? When Colin William
gifted 12-year-old. From expectations. train year-round in pursuit of a college scholarship. and his wife, both professors
basketball, touch football, at Purdue University, sat
and volleyball, to family ski Laila is one of the experience before the And then there’s the reality found it, Mr. Engh says, by down five years ago to tally
and snowboarding vacations, fortunate ones. That’s pandemic started.” that society has turned its “defunding parks and how much they were
Laila loves sports – and because Ms. Redd knows back on public parks and recreation departments.” spending annually to keep
seems to excel at most better. She’s the strength Though parents often get recreation programs that Since then, he continues, their then-12-year-old son
everything she tries. coach at Chaminade Julienne the blame for bringing too historically delivered youth- cities have been “more than playing tennis, they were
Catholic High School in much pressure to bear on sports experiences. … happy to pass off sports shocked to learn the total
But the world of youth Dayton, Ohio, and over the their kids, Mr. Dorsch to private groups.” topped $10,000.
sports has become a years she has seen firsthand believes the reality is more Pay-to-play groups have
pressure cooker – one that, how recruiters and travel complex. This has fueled a surge in “It’s ridiculous,” says Mr.
for now, the Redds have coaches use the allure of been around for years, but spending on pay-to-play William. “We were doing no
managed to resist. “All we college scholarships to draw The issue around young sports. The youth sports more than traveling around
ask when she comes home,” parents into paying for people quitting sports “is after the Great Recession of industry, says Mr. Dorsch, “is the Midwest and paying for
says Ms. Redd, “is how was expensive, high-end, year- more systemic than now a $19 billion annual training. He isn’t playing in
practice and did you have round training. parents,” he says.There’s the 2008, says John Engh of the business. That’s larger than national tournaments in
fun?” pressure brought to bear by the NBA, NFL, or NHL. And California.”
“At this point,” says Ms. other families, coaches, and National Alliance for Youth a lot of that is built on selling
Others around the Redds Redd,“the situation is out of pay-to-play organizations. hope.” It’s not that he is ready to
aren’t so laid back. When control.” Parents are paying Sports, they totally took write off highly competitive
Laila was 10 years old and people to train their kids, sports at the youth level.
shooting baskets at a local and these folks are telling control. Municipal “I’ve seen a lot of positive
gym, she was approached by the parents their kids’ ceiling things for him over the
a male coach who gave Laila is the professional level.” In governments forced to find years,” Mr. William says. But
his card and told her he fact, she says, “the vast as a parent he sees the
wanted her on his travel majority of these kids’ money in their budgets at pressure that builds and
team. ceilings is doing well in high understands that parents
school.” have a key role to play.
That experience unsettled
Ms. Redd. She didn’t It’s just not fun “Parents have to be very
appreciate a male stranger attentive to what their kids
approaching her daughter The Redds’ knowledge of are saying about
and giving her his number – the sports landscape and competition. If they’re really
and she was angry that an their desire to keep sports excited about this, then it’s
adult would bypass the fun for Laila has, for now, great. If they’re reluctant,
parents about a decision that kept her in the games. then it’s important for
potentially could involve parents to listen to that.”
thousands of dollars. About two-thirds of kids
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Ms. Redd is also feeling the leave sports.Travis Dorsch, a
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my turn

Afghanistan’s

ripple effect Readers may email Cal
Thomas at
with Cal Thomas
[email protected].
What has happened in Perhaps the most Look for Cal Thomas’ new will continue, perhaps for ‘infidel’ U.S., irrespective of freedoms. As we’ve seen
Afghanistan will not stay in powerful and emotional book “America’s Expiration years to come. its involvement in after 20 years in
Afghanistan but will have a criticism came from Tom Date:The Fall of Empires and Afghanistan. In fact, it Afghanistan, they are
ripple effect throughout Tugendhat, a member of Superpowers and the Future Former Israeli diplomat requires a decisive war patient and we are not.
the region and beyond. the British House of Yoram Ettinger writes in against the U.S., including Through immigration, a
Commons. Tugendhat, who of the United States” his newsletter:“In 2021, the terrorism on the U.S. higher birth rate and
In remarks at the White served in Afghanistan, called 14-century-old vision and mainland.” achieving positions in
House, President Biden Biden “shameful” for harassing and beating strategic goal of Islamic Western governments, they
again proved he is out of disparaging the Afghan Americans trying to flee terrorism is not limited to Western targets are not intend to methodically rule
touch with reality. military. He said he had lost Afghanistan. Biden said he the territory of the sole focus of these the world. They count on
Responding to criticism friends there and accused has “no indication” Afghanistan. It is driven by terrorists. They have made the West’s weakness and
that America’s credibility Biden of having “torn open” Americans are being fanatic imperialism, striving clear their intent to topple exhaustion to help propel
has been damaged due to old wounds with a prevented from reaching to subordinate the ‘infidel’ countries headed by them to victory.
his precipitous withdrawal withdrawal that appeared the Kabul airport. Reaching West — and especially ‘The Muslim leaders whom they
of U.S. troops, Biden said, “I to be a “defeat.” the airport and getting on a Great U.S. Satan’ — which regard as heretics. These After only seven months
have seen no question of plane are not the same, as is perceived to be the key include Jordan and Saudi in office, President Biden
our credibility from our Biden has also claimed to the Taliban have it encircled obstacle on the way to Arabia, the latter a primary has shown himself to be a
allies around the world.” have been uninformed by with checkpoints. Islamic global domination. interest of the late Osama weak and failed president.
his own intelligence Islamic terrorism is bin Laden. What our enemies make of
Several allies have been agencies that disaster Does anyone know what determined to establish a it will have serious
critical, among them awaited a rapid pullout. is going on in this global Islamic society, ruled In coming after the West, repercussions far beyond
German Chancellor Angela That’s not what intelligence administration? Aside from by the Quran and Sharia terrorists don’t have to however long his
Merkel, who met with sources are saying in leaks its claims not to know how (‘divine law’), which is initially “take over” a administration lasts.
Biden at the White House to the media. This bogus many Americans remain in inconsistent with peaceful country. They only have to
last month. She called the claim further erodes his Afghanistan and its inability coexistence with the sow fear and chaos, wreck
withdrawal “an extremely credibility. to ensure their safe passage economies and erode
bitter development.” We out of the country —
were not in this alone, after Secretary of Defense which could lead to the
all. It is right for our allies Lloyd Austin contradicted taking of hostages as in Iran
who fought valiantly with the president when he said in 1979 — the long-term
us to feel betrayed. Taliban fighters have been consequences of our
poorly executed non-policy

Dear President Biden:

'The time is now for

ambitious leadership to

vaccinate the world.'

with Mary Sanchez

Let’s take a step back ask to expect people scientists, university leaders Readers can reach Mary
from ranting and raving worried about schools and others recently set a Sanchez at
about mask-wearing and reopening to focus on 30-day deadline, pressing
U.S. vaccination rates. others halfway around the Biden to recommit to [email protected]
world. Their foremost worldwide efforts on and follow her on Twitter
Your health and safety concern and responsibility vaccine production and @msanchezcolumn.
and the health and safety of is to the family under their inoculation.
your family during the own roof. Mary Sanchez joins
coronavirus pandemic, isn’t In a letter to the White Happenings Q&A
solely reliant on whether But a more global view of onThu. Sept. 2nd at
you and those you the pandemic is being lost House, the 175 signers said, 1:30 on AM1050 WLIP.
surround yourself with amid the fighting over mask
ignore or embrace a mask wearing breaking out across “Announcing within the
mandate or get the vaccine. the U.S. in school board
Your health and safety is meetings, city halls and state next 30 days an ambitious
also tied to towns in Africa, houses.
busy factories in India, and global vaccine
packed markets in Thailand. Ultimately, the health of
Maybe even more so. the nation will only be manufacturing program is President Joe Biden has been put on the clock.
ensured long-term by also Public health experts, scientists, university leaders
focusing on the health of the only way to control this for the and others recently set a 30-day deadline, pressing
the global population. The immunocompromised. And Biden to recommit to worldwide efforts on vaccine
route to safeguarding the pandemic, protect the the vaccine’s ability to
U.S. from a future, more protect against the delta production and inoculation.
fatal strain of COVID-19, is precious gains made to variant over extended
to work toward inoculating periods of time is also
the rest of the world as date, and build vaccine increasingly under question.
well.
infrastructure for the
And doing it as quickly
If those places maintain and efficiently as possible. future.” through agreements with manufacturing, trials and
studies, according to the
their current under- President Joe Biden has The term “wartime the U.S. Biomedical August 10, 2021 report,
been put on the clock. footing” was used to all but “Sharing the NIH-Moderna
vaccinated status, the Public health experts, order Biden to commit to Booster shots are likely Advanced Research and Vaccine Recipe” by Zain
vaccinating 4 billion people Rizvi of Access to Medicines
likelihood of another more around the world by the on the horizon. Britain, Development Authority. Program, written for the
end of 2021. nonprofit Public Citizen.
deadly and vaccine-resistant France, Germany and Israel Moderna, in particular, did
Those processes, guarded
coronavirus variant are among nations that have not create or manufacture under contracts not fully
open to public viewing, raise
emerging grows, already authorized the product on its own.The
see SANCHEZ on page 8
exponentially. And that new The directive took on boosters. initial contract with the
heightened significance
variant will attempt to within days, as new reports company was $483 million,
show that the vaccines
spread, across borders, currently available are not Remember, taxpayer which has now been
giving enough protection dollars aided the creation of
across oceans, to a loved the vaccine under expanded to a $1.4 billion
Operation Warp Speed
one near you. investment for additional

Admittedly, it’s a bit of an production and

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Kabul was that the Afghan United Arab Emirates. Going forward, the war Afghanistan as an epic lesson
government was seen as must also be a lesson in
continued from page 4 predatory,” says Dr. Press secretary Kirby said accountability, say analysts in the damage of too large a
Dempsey. “So us pouring who stress that U.S.
cronyism gave them some more money into the he did not, but he offered commanders were given the spigot of funds with too little
measure of control. “The country means that the “loudest voice” by a
problem is that while it’s Afghan government is more that the defeat “is personal Congress much too accountability among
good at its primary purpose and more seen as a tool of deferential to military
of maintaining internal police simultaneously that foreign occupiers – the for everybody here at the leaders. “We need to get partners “that we’re still not
political stability, it’s really it’s every man for himself,” Taliban used that framing to over this idea of water-
lousy at defeating an Dr. Biddle adds. “When the great effect: The Afghan Pentagon. We, too, have walking generals,” says Dr. holding to minimal standards
insurgency.” first units start negotiating government is seen as less Dempsey, who would like to
with the Taliban, it spreads legitimate, and no amount of invested greatly in see hearings on Capitol Hill of good governance,” Dr.
It’s also detrimental to like wildfire, getting bigger body armor and weapons in which each commander is
building an army. “When the and bigger because every can overcome that.” Afghanistan and the progress called to testify in Felbab-Brown says.
boots and equipment you’ve surrender is a signal to the chronological order to
been given are shoddy next unit down the line.” During Monday’s Pentagon that women and girls have answer: “Did you know this Today, however, as the
because of sweetheart briefing, an Afghan journalist was going to fail? When did Taliban solidify their control
contracts, and when you The U.S. fueled the struggled aloud with the made politically, you know? Were you over the country and U.S.
don’t have enough water corruption by never turning loss. “Everybody’s upset – deluding yourself, or did you troops prepare to pull out
because it’s been sold on the off the spigot to the massive especially women. I forgot economically, and socially,” actually believe it?” for good,“The worst we can
black market by your money flood into the my question,” she said. In the do now would be to forget
commander, it’s much country – the funds kept midst of tragedy of this he added. “We do feel that “What I grapple with is, about Afghanistan,” she says.
smarter to sit at a flowing, and the corruption scale, “What do you ask?” when does delusion become “There is no chance of
checkpoint than to go out growing, Dr. Felbab-Brown pain that you’re feeling – a lie?” says Dr. Dempsey. “I making them into
and get killed.” notes. She took a stab at a query. do believe most of our democratic and women-
Women had “a lot of probably not to the same senior commanders merely supporting actors, but we
This lack of combat As the Taliban stormed achievements in Afghanistan. deluded themselves, but need sustained and
motivation also leads to into Kabul, they tweeted out I had a lot of achievements. I extent.” when you’re driving the war painstaking engagement.”
what’s known in social photos of the gilded [escaped] from the Taliban maybe the line between a lie
science circles as “contagion compounds of politically like 20 years ago; now we go In the weeks ahead, and a delusion is irrelevant – That may look like, “We’ll
dynamics.” “The U.S. connected warlords – the back to the first step again. analysts will be grappling if you’re failing, you’re failing.” release this amount of
announces it’s getting out, gaudy excess of the elites Do you have any comments with the question of money if you do X and Y, and
and now it’s a signal to the reinforcing Taliban talking regarding our President whether there is any good And as the U.S. continues impose these sanctions if
entire Afghan army and points among Afghans whose Ghani,” who fled the to have come out of state-building efforts in you do Y and Z,” she adds.
income averages less than country this week for the America’s longest war.There other countries, it must take “We reduce our leverage if
$600 a year. may be, even if many they know there’s no chance
Americans will not think it they’ll get money – no
“We were attempting to was worth the price, says Dr. matter how they behave.”
overcome a core flaw, which Biddle. “For starters, we
bought 20 years of By Anna Mulrine Grobe
development for Afghans
who wanted a better life. I
don’t know how to cost out
the benefit of 20 years of
opportunity, but Afghanistan
is a different place now than
it was 20 years ago – and
that’s something.”

Sports “We created archery. We The biggest issues the most part jumped at the At the end of the day, says
created ice hockey.” policy created for coaches? chance to be a part of this.” Ms. Redd, “The people most
continued from page 5 Whatever a kid wants to try, “Playing time and parent in charge of these kids are
“we are willing to try,” he perception,” says Mr. Not only did more the parents, so there has to
Fortunately, some existing 30-minute flex-time adds. Putterman. students play, but they also be something in place to
period each day to offer a 3- had a number of first-timers educate them about
organizations are starting to on-3 basketball tournament This inclusive approach The coach created a – many of them English- protecting their kids
for kids who couldn’t system that guaranteed language learners. And without getting in their way.”
listen to kids, too. Really commit to the varsity team has upped the number of every player significant time parents supported the
or lacked the skill to make a in at least two games of the whole team, not just their Mr. William may well have
listen. squad. students active and playing nine-game season. To make kids. the best guide to striking a
sure everyone knew the proper balance. “Sports and
Let them lead the way sports at Tuscarora. It’s also rules, he created a graph to Parents hold the key parenting can’t be
explain how decisions were separated,” he says. But it
At Tuscarora High School having an effect on what are made and how players could Ms. Redd, Mr. William, and helps to remember that
in Frederick, Maryland, an earn more time. Mr. Putterman know what your first job is “raising a
awareness that so many kids traditionally highly too many parents and child into an adult. ...
were quitting sports in coaches fail to understand: [Developing] an athlete is
middle school got physical The idea proved so competitive, high-intensity “There aren’t more secondary.”
education teachers thinking opportunities available today
about how to help students popular that teachers varsity sports. [in sports] than there were By Martin A. Davis Jr
be more active. The 30 years ago,” says Mr.
motivation wasn’t to shake decided to see how far they Everyone makes the Dorsch. “But there’s a lot
up the sports industry. They team more people making a living
just wanted to get could push it.The program is off that process.”
adolescents moving.
guided by three principles, Mr. Putterman instituted a “Upfront honesty,
no-cut policy in a pandemic-
says Athletic Director shortened 2020-21 sports continued conversations
season. As a result, the boys
Howard “Howie” soccer team had 41 varsity throughout the season with
players. An unheard of
Putterman: “Inclusivity, number. players, and good record-

access, and free choice.” keeping were his best tools,”

“We had badminton for a says Mr. Putterman, “and the
while,” says Mr. Putterman.
PE teachers used an parents and players for the

Ullman SanchezWhy the Biden team has allowed this they should. Legal challenges and debate
will have their place.
continued from page 6 catastrophe to unfold probably reflected
But a pandemic calls for the country’s
excels is in contingency planning. the following considerations. First, it was continued from page 7 leadership to pivot away from such
gamesmanship. Despite our pitched
It is inconceivable the Pentagon did not time to end the endless wars. If the Afghans the specter of medical and pharmaceutical infighting, the U.S. is far ahead of other
consider worst-case scenarios. So far, the cannot defend their country, the United greed versus the public good. places; like Africa with only about 4% of its
president's ordering of a brigade to the States will not, given all the blood and population vaccinated, according to the
Karzai International Airport in Kabul to University of Oxford’s Our World in Data
support the evacuation of non-combatant treasure it expended over 20 years. “As part of a $25 billion global vaccine project.
American and other citizens has
proceeded hastily and efficiently, Second, the administration drew the manufacturing program, the Biden Indeed, the letter sent to Biden
underscoring the Pentagon's preparations. callous and cynical conclusion that most administration should release the instructed, “The time is now for ambitious
But make no mistake: This evacuation is Americans will move on and that this information it holds to advance mRNA leadership to vaccinate the world.”
fraught with potential danger. withdrawal will have no impact on the science and bolster global vaccine
2022 and '24 elections. Hence, this crisis production,” the Public Citizen report said. Biden’s legacy may well be set not by
Setting a date certain for completing the will pass politically. “A pandemic is no time for secrets.” whatever economic perils await the nation
withdrawal, failing to think through the with inflation rising quickly, the ongoing
implications of removing contractors, Third, and most sadly, Biden is following Language about sharing such intellectual implosion of security in Afghanistan, or so
without which the Afghan security forces the same pattern of strategic failure of so property, of bending to the overall good of many other matters of domestic and
cannot function, and seemingly ignoring the many past presidents. The only conclusion humanity, strikes as directly counter to so international significance.
fate of tens of thousands of Afghans who one can draw to answer the question of much of what is occurring in the U.S.
supported the coalition were unmistakable His handling of the eradication of an
signs of strategic incompetence. why the United States has failed so often Screams of personal liberty and COVID-19 may trump all.

strategically is that, regardless of individual choice about mask-wearing or

presidential experience and intention, arguments over the legality of forfeiting the

strategic failure is embedded in America's ability to circulate freely in public if

DNA. And there may be no cure. unvaccinated, will continue to play out, as

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August 26, 2021 health
lifestyle
Kenosha County Aging & Disability Resource Center community

news

How to handle Social Security affairs
when someone dies

I wrote a column about for 3 days of the month. getting just a spousal also have to provide a
a year ago based on an On the other hand, if your benefit. In other words, copy of her marriage
email from an 85-year-old spouse dies on June 28, she didn't have enough certificate.
woman whose husband of you would not be due the work credits to get her
60 years was near death. proceeds of that June own Social Security There is also the matter
She was asking me how to Social Security check even benefit. In this case, the of the $255 death benefit.
deal with Social Security though he or she was alive process is pretty simple. I'm always embarrassed
matters after he passed for 28 days of the month. No widow's application is talking about this one-
away.That column struck a required. Wilma simply time payment because it is
chord with many people. But there is a flip side to hits the deceased's (There is a form that notifies the SSA of Fred's so miserly. There is a long
For example, many that perceived drawback checking account. In other needs to be filled out to death and they just push history to this benefit I've
readers told me they to Social Security's words, you usually don't get that to happen.Talk to of few buttons to switch discussed many times in
were going to keep a copy proration rules. And it have to worry about an SSA rep about that.) her from wife's benefits to this column, so I won't
of that column in their could be good news for returning any Social widow's benefits. As part rehash it here today.
records for future any survivors due benefits Security checks. It's So far, I've been talking of the process, she may Suffice it to say, the rate
reference. on the deceased's Social almost always done for have to provide a copy of has been set at the $255
Security account. Let's say you. about dealing with the last the death certificate. I say level for about 50 years
But I've gotten many that Bill died on June 28. If "may have to provide" now. A half century ago, it
emails since from other his wife, Sarah, was due because there is a chance might have gone a long
readers who must have widow's benefits, she the SSA will already have way towards paying for a
missed that column would be paid those some proof of death in funeral. Today, it barely
because they are asking benefits for the whole their files. Assuming covers the cost of the
me the same kinds of month of June, even Wilma was over "full flowers draping the
questions. So today, I though she was a widow retirement age," she will casket. But no matter how
thought I would once for only three days of the just start getting whatever stingy it is, the benefit is
again review the Social month. Fred was getting at the still there. However, a
Security-related steps that time of death. (But if he number of years ago,
need to be taken when a So, to repeat, when Social Security check that started his Social Security Congress passed a law
loved one dies. someone dies, the Social at age 62, Wilma will saying it can only be paid
Security check for the was sent to the deceased. actually get a little more. to a widow or widower
The first issue I will month of death must be Fred would have been who was living with the
cover is what to do with returned. But that's only if There can be a little Now let's talk about getting a rate equal to deceased. So if someone
the final Social Security you get the check in the 75% of his full benefit, and dies and there is no
check for the deceased. first place. twist to this scenario getting any Social Security Wilma is guaranteed to spouse, the $255 death
And to do so, I must start get at least 82% of his full benefit cannot be paid.
out making two points. though. For example, let's survivor benefits that benefit.)
First, Social Security By Tom Margenau
checks are paid one say that Henry died on might be due. Unless they If Wilma was getting her
month behind. So, for own retirement benefit If you have a Social
example, the check you July 2.And let's further say are due higher benefits on that was less than Fred's Security question,Tom
get in August is the benefit rate, she will get bumped Margenau has a book with
payment for July. I added that qualifier that his Social Security their own Social Security up to that higher amount. all the answers. It's called
And she would have to file "Social Security -- Simple
Second, Social Security because there is a very check was normally sent accounts, widows and an application to get those and Smart." You can find
benefits have never been widow's benefits. It's really
prorated. I've explained good chance the check to him on the third of widowers are due full not very hard. There is the book at
before how this lack of one little twist. Widow's www.creators.com/books.
proration can help out won't even show up in the each month. In other benefits at their full claims cannot be filed Or look for it on Amazon or
when someone first starts online. So Wilma would
getting Social Security. For deceased's bank account. words, Henry died just retirement age or have to contact the SSA at other book outlets.
example, if you took 800-772-1213 to file her
benefits at age 66 and you As you may have heard, before his Social Security reduced benefits as early claim over the phone. In Tom Margenau joins
turned 66 on June 28, you addition to a death Happenings Q&A on
would get a check for the there are all kinds of check was deposited into as age 60 if they are not certificate, Wilma may Fri. Sept. 3rd at 12:30
whole month of June even
though you are only 66 c o m p u t e r- m a t c h i n g his bank account. Because working. But the most on AM1050 WLIP.

operations that go on he was alive the whole common scenario

between various month of June, that means involves couples who

government agencies and he was due the money were both getting Social

banks. So if the Treasury from that June check. And Security benefits at the

Department learns of a now his widow or his time of death of one of

person's death in time, estate is due that money. the spouses. The easiest

they won't even issue the So that June Social way to explain what

Social Security benefit. Or, Security benefit would happens is with examples.

if the check was issued, have to be returned to the Fred died. He was
getting Social Security
the bank will likely Social Security retirement benefits. And
his wife, Wilma, was
intercept the payment and Administration. Then it

return it to the will be reissued to the

government before it even widow or to the estate.

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Long-married hubby children.
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She and I want to be
Dear Amy: I have been You can email together. I already know I don’t know what to Dear Unsure: It turns one of his group's
married to my wife for Amy Dickinson at more about her than I do do.What do you think? – out that YOU didn’t meetings without asking
27 years. We have three [email protected] my wife of 27 years. Unsure marry for life, but it me first.
adult children. or send a letter to seems that you married
Ask Amy, P.O. Box 194, Her father and someone who did. I'm not a member of
I have not gotten along Freeville, NY 13068. stepmother met on his groups and have told
with her in a long time. You can also follow her on Facebook, and they have I suggest that you pack him I have no desire to
She has no interest at all Twitter @askingamy been happily married your bags and medical join any.
in sex. We sleep in the since then, so she supplies as soon as
same bed but keep to or Facebook. believes our relationship possible, in order to Friends tell me that I
our own sides. will work. relieve your wife of the should just refuse to do
burden of continuing to these things, but I don't
I am very ill, and she is Because my wife is fulfill her marriage vows want him to look bad.
helping me through my helping me through my to you.
illness. I always had the illness, I feel guilty leaving I had an aortic valve
conviction that you her. I don’t know what to If you truly believe that operation four years ago
marry for life. I recently do. I haven’t been happy meeting on Facebook is and also have arthritis
met someone online in so long. I deserve to be the standard by which bad enough that I
who has changed my life. happy. successful long-term experience chronic pain.
relationships should be
Is it wrong for me to gauged, then surely you Although I am fairly
leave my wife after she will enjoy whatever active, at almost 70 I
has been helping me outcome you experience think I should be allowed
through my illness? with this new to slow down!
relationship.
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dear doug

Be neighborly!

Great advice is timeless! because we miss old Doug Mayberry makes the
Enjoy these past columns by friends. It also requires most of life in a Southern
Doug Mayberry from August effort to get to get to know
2017. someone new, and you've California Retirement
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Q:We have been living in Because you're satisfied
our family home for nearly with your existing [email protected].
27 years and could never community relationships,
have made a better choice. you haven't seen any need them to other neighbors. They'll appreciate it, and Do you have any Considering the season
Our neighbors have to step beyond your Social events can be they could even become solutions? and heat, you may also be
become family, and we comfort zone. intimidating when you feel lifelong friends. -- Doug having an allergy problem
make an ongoing effort to like the odd man out. A: During the year, there that is impacting your sleep.
bond with and take care of SLUMBER TROUBLES are often little changes that Experiment with different
one another. However, it is worth your To give them a lay of the we don't notice but our configurations of windows
effort to make them Q: During the last month, bodies certainly do. Try to and air conditioning. This
Recently, one couple welcome and part of your land, share the names of I've been having an awful figure out the source. may just solve your
decided to move to be family. Remind yourself that time sleeping, and I am not What's changed for you? problem.
closer to their relatives you were once in their your doctors, favorite quite sure why. I can't seem
after a death in the family. shoes. to stay asleep and am Have you changed any If you can't figure out the
The new owners have restaurants, exercise cranky and distracted for routine (or possibly issue, consider asking a
moved in, and in my the rest of the day. I've medication) recently? How doctor. -- Emma, Doug's
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books Billie Jean King goes ‘All In’
on tennis and women’s equality

Three amazing sports While reading tennis legend part because of the trailblazing King. stories against the backdrop of
books showcase Billie Jean King’s unflinchingly The central organizing body of the the civil rights and women’s
triumphs and progress honest new autobiography, All women’s professional tour, the liberation movements, King
In: An Autobiography, one Women’s Tennis Association, was provides context, reminding us
After the Tokyo Olympics, many readers may be missing message becomes clear: To born when King and other top female that these were very different
the steady stream of human interest stories. These three inspire change, you have to first players took a stand against pay times indeed. While it was
new sports history books can fill the gap.They remind fans make a racket. Now in her late inequity. difficult to be a woman, it was
of how much social progress the athletic world has 70s, the former No. 1 women’s far more challenging to be gay.
witnessed and keep a love for sports burning with Olympic tennis player in the world, who Readers can expect to learn about The tennis champ was forced to
torch-like brightness. long ago proved her reach King’s emotions during historic make some hard decisions
extends far beyond the tennis matches (she was famously a fiery about her marriage and what
Sprinting Through No Man’s court, doesn’t hold back, force on the court) and also about secrets to keep in order to
Land declaring, “Even if you’re not a her experiences with other tennis protect her career.
born activist, life can ... sure icons over the years, including Chris
After the devastation of the make you one.” Evert and Martina Navratilova. She For years, she lived under the
Great War, a bicycle race was just discusses her training under the spirit-crushing weight of hiding a
what France needed to pick itself The book’s title refers to legendary Alice Marble and her long- part of herself from the world.
up. Journalist Adin Dobkin details King’s determination to stick standing (and perhaps still burning) “You submerge your true self,”
the inspirational return of the Tour with something once she rivalry with Australian champion King says about being closeted.
de France in “Sprinting Through makes up her mind. It’s what Margaret Smith Court. But King, still “You make swaths of yourself
No Man’s Land: Endurance, led her to commit to tennis as much of a tennis lover as ever, invisible.” She is openly critical
Tragedy, and Rebirth in the 1919 despite the fact that women’s doesn’t hesitate to comment on of some of her past choices,
Tour de France.” Dobkin drops the sports were treated infinitely contemporary players; she applauds never hesitating to give her old
reader straight into the action with thrilling descriptions of less seriously than men’s, and Roger Federer for his willingness to self a good dressing-down, but
the French landscape and short biographies of the even top players were thwart gender-based stereotypes and it’s done with a sense of
contenders. expected to leave the game in openly show emotion, a characteristic understanding and, ultimately,
their prime, get married, and of the Swiss star player discussed in forgiveness. She proclaims that
The 1919 race was different from its prewar iterations: have children. Christopher Clarey’s new biography, now, as an openly gay woman,
New challenges made greenhorns out of even the most “The Master: The Long Run and she feels a sense of freedom
experienced riders, many of whom had just returned from Although she did marry Larry King, Beautiful Game of Roger Federer.” (her life partner of 40 years is Ilana
the front. First, the route was extended by more than 110 a fellow tennis player from California Kloss, a former professional tennis
miles, to a total of 3,450 miles that began and ended in State University Los Angeles in 1965 As she tells her riveting personal player from South Africa).
Paris and touched all edges of France. Second, cyclists rode (the two are no longer married, but
without support teams, and third, a new scoring system he’s still a close friend), she didn’t let King continues to use her voice to
made victory nearly unattainable. Of the 67 cyclists who societal pressures dissuade her from inspire change. She sees this
started the race, only 11 finished. her goals. autobiography – she has written
several books about tennis and a
Tall Men, Short Shorts In addition to her 39 career Grand previous autobiography in 1982 – as a
Slam titles, she earned an enduring step in her personal liberation, a
They were longtime champions, place in popular culture when she feeling that’s infused into this book’s
but in 1969, no one expected the beat Bobby Riggs in straight sets in every word.
Boston Celtics – the fourth-place the 1973 Battle of the Sexes, which
team in the East – to make it to the was broadcast to a national audience. It’s clear King was ready to tell her
NBA Finals, let alone win. But in the It’s still the most-watched tennis whole story, which she does with
final quarter of Game 7, they match ever. great self-awareness and humility, but
clinched a shocking victory. The never for one moment does she deny
thrilling story of how Boston King is considered one of the her rightful place in tennis history.
triumphed over the Los Angeles greatest women’s players of all time,
Lakers is chronicled in “Tall Men, but perhaps her most important At the end of the
Short Shorts: The 1969 NBA Finals: legacy will be the way she’s used her acknowledgments, King, as full of
Wilt, Russ, Lakers, Celtics, and a Very Young Sports platform as a tennis star to become conviction as ever, states firmly, “We
Reporter” by Leigh Montville. an agent for social change. are not done yet.” Looking at her
career, it’s easy to believe that
The Lakers thought they had the championship in their Modern tennis stars like the statement. Invigorating and deeply
sights. The addition of the basketball force Wilt sensational Naomi Osaka and the moving, “All In” is the best sports
Chamberlain – a 7-foot-1-inch marvel – at last tipped the formidable Serena Williams (herself book of the year, leaving readers
scales in Los Angeles’ favor. Montville recounts the 1969 the topic of another new book, anticipating what King will serve up
finals, incorporating articles from the time, including many Gerald Marzorati’s “Seeing Serena,” an next.
of his own from The Boston Globe. unauthorized look at her 2019
comeback season) have been able to By Olive Fellows
Women on Waves expect equal pay and opportunities in

Surfing has long been associated Meghan McCain to release 'intimate and
with men. For many women, raw' new memoir
participation in the sport gave
them a sense of agency in their Meghan McCain will awakening and evolution She married Ben
lives as well as on the water. release a "personal, raw and both personally and Domenech in November
“Women on Waves: A Cultural intimate" new memoir. The politically. I really can't wait 2017 and gave birth to
History of Surfing: From Ancient 36-year-old television for you to hear it." their first child, daughter
Goddesses and Hawaiian Queens personality will release the Liberty Sage, in
to Malibu Movie Stars and memoir Bad Republican on McCain will release the September 2020.
Millennial Champions” by Jim Audible in October. memoir Oct. 21.
Kempton gives a comprehensive history of female surfers. The memoir will also
McCain confirmed the "Thank you to all of you of an American icon, a include details about
Kempton, a former editor of Surfer magazine and author news on Instagram. for all of your love and conservative rebel and a McCain's departure from
of two books on the sport, profiles notable women and support for so many years new mother," Audible told The View. McCain
introduces ample cultural references to provide context. "Excited, nervous, all of through so many People. announced her exit in
He covers his subjects with a tremendous amount of the emotions as I prepare incarnations of my life. I August after four seasons
respect – even reverence. He begins with 17th-century to release 'Bad Republican' really hope you like this McCain is the daughter of on the daytime talk show.
Hawaiian royalty, moves to the film and cultural which is by far the most one!" she wrote. late senator John McCain.
phenomenon “Blue Crush,” and progresses toward personal, intimate and raw McCain previously wrote
contemporary surfing stars like Kelia Moniz. project I've ever worked Bad Republican is a the campaign trail memoir
on," she wrote. "The past Dirty Sexy Politics, released
By Olive Fellows four years have been a time "deeply personal narrative in 2010.
of growth, pain, elucidation,
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SMART READER August 26, 2021 15

Afghanistan’s first female pilot paid
a steep price for the freedom to fly

When Niloofar Rahmani was training, she immediately took to

a teenager in Afghanistan, she Buoyed by anflying. Being in the air also offered
confided in her best friend that
she wanted to be a pilot someday. her a new perspective on life. “Up

here in the sky, where the birds flew, ever-evolving ocean
Her friend laughed, replying that of used booksI felt incredible freedom and
“In Kabul, the only things that fly
unbridled euphoria,” she writes.

are pigeons and the Americans.” American invasion and the toppling of In 2013, Rahmani became the As a college
The response was the Taliban regime, Afghan women Afghan air force’s first female fixed- student in Boston, I
understandable: It was only a few regained many rights. Rahmani wing pilot. Unfortunately, however, formed the habit of
years after 9/11, and while the enrolled at a new girls school, where word got out, and the consequences buying used books.
Taliban were no longer in power she thrived. In 2009, with the U.S.-led were devastating. Her father lost his I pluck them from
and Rahmani was finally attending coalition helping to develop job, her sister’s husband kicked her cardboard boxes in
school along with other Afghanistan’s armed forces, the Afghan out of the house, and her brother the street, crooked
neighborhood girls, women were air force began recruiting women to was the target of two assassination shelves in a badly lit
still treated like second-class be pilots. With the blessing of her attempts. shop, a rummage
citizens. Her ambition seemed remarkably supportive father – she is sale for a worthy
almost delusional. gratified when he proudly tells her In addition to feeling responsible cause, and a wobbly
“You are like a son to me” – Rahmani for her family’s distressing table on the dew-
Open Skies: My Life as immediately enlisted. circumstances, Rahmani struggled to soaked grass of a neighbor’s Saturday yard sale. I love to
Afghanistan's First Female Pilot reconcile the extremes of her life. “I browse, to stick my nose in old books. I’m dreamy and
is Rahmani’s compelling account The author recalls challenges she was a captain in the air force distracted. I’m like a person asleep on his feet.
of how she achieved her unlikely faced, ranging from a lack of women’s commanding an aircraft and
dream. The author was born in bathroom facilities to the extreme responsible for the lives of everyone I enjoy the hunt, the good price, the unrecognized
Afghanistan in late 1991, but hostility she faced from Afghan men in on board, flying missions throughout gems. I find old textbooks, ex-bestsellers, and books on
within months her family had fled the military. Like the other female the country,” she writes. But to get subjects I’ve never heard of and now must learn all
to a refugee camp in Pakistan to recruits she met, Rahmani kept her to and from the base, she had to about. I do not search for rare books, first editions, or
escape the civil war that brought training a secret, lest she shame her disguise herself in the burka she had leather bindings stamped and gilded. My quest is for
intense fighting to Kabul. After three family. Even her younger siblings were shed years ago, “doing my best to content.
years in the camp, they settled into an unaware of what she was doing. remain invisible” to those who would
apartment in Karachi, but several years kill her. In my town, a used bookstore in what was once a
later, homesick and weary of living as Despite the extremely challenging jeweler’s shop called itself Read It Again Sam. Dave
refugees, her parents moved the family conditions, Rahmani made it through These extraordinary events make Taylor, the owner, resembled Humphrey Bogart as Rick
back to Afghanistan, which was by then basic officer training, air force for gripping reading, but the book is Blaine in the movie “Casablanca.” Cranky, with a
under Taliban control. orientation, and English language often hampered by repetition and previous life that included military service and fine
instruction. Then, finally, she was cliché. But the story comes alive when carpentry, Dave had a passion for discipline. His shelves
Kabul had once been known as the allowed to learn to fly combat Rahmani includes specific details, were orderly, clean, and clearly labeled. He scolded
“Paris of Central Asia.” But upon her missions. Even though she had never whether describing a treasured customers who dropped trash and talked too loud on
family’s return in 1999, Rahmani been in an airplane before pilot childhood treat – shir yakh, an ice their cellphones. Mute, I’d wander and stare at the spines
writes, “there was no music, there cream flavored with saffron and of books, finding a volume that sparkled once in another
were no colorful kites in the air, there cardamom – or revealing that “Top setting. I’d slide it out, examine its facets, weigh it in my
were no bustling bazaars, and there Gun” is her favorite movie of all time. palm.
were no travelers who’d come from
faraway places.” Worse, there was “no Still, it’s impossible not to admire Rereading, for me, is a pleasure of retirement. The
place for women ... except as modern- Rahmani and marvel at her courage. theater and concert hall recede, along with crowds and
day slaves who were treated worse Now, as the Taliban regains control of hoopla. Solitude and books come to the fore. Literature
than animals.” Afghanistan, it’s also impossible not to needs the flesh of experience to have its full effect.
worry about what awaits the women Insights and turns of phrase that lodged in my mind like
Rahmani describes the brutal years of Afghanistan. Rahmani is no longer grains of sand in an oyster now shine like pearls. Taste
that followed. Shortly after their living there: In 2019, she was granted improves with age.
return to Afghanistan, the Taliban asylum in the United States (her family
kidnapped her 18-year-old neighbor, was also forced to leave the country, While packing for a move, which occurs at intervals of
killing the teenager’s father when he although Rahmani declines to reveal five to seven years, out of restlessness or what seems to
tried to intervene. Later, Rahmani’s where they settled). She has applied be a good investment, I purge my shelves and cull my
mother, rushing out of the house in for American citizenship and plans to books. I find strange titles. I sample a page, read a
flip-flops to take Rahmani’s ill sister to join the U.S. Air Force in the hopes of chapter, and forget the task at hand. I revise stale
a doctor, was publicly whipped for flying again someday. opinions and clear away false judgments. I air a mind as
exposing her feet. dusty as the books.
By Barbara Spindel
After 9/11, which led to the I discard a few, later regret a hasty decision, and find
them again for sale, cheap. Several years ago, I got rid of

books on architecture, which was my occupation. Some

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and zoning ordinances, things that go out of date. Some

were historical, centered on a period or an architect.

And some were lavishly illustrated studies of houses and

cities. These had given me many hours of pleasure.

Would I ever open their covers again? To reread them

struck me as professional nostalgia, and I wallow in the

past enough as it is. I held on to the red bulk of Sir

Banister Fletcher’s “A History of Architecture” and

books on Paris, Rome, and Boston.

PRINT & E-BOOKS NONFICTION PRINT & E-BOOKS FICTION I gave away drafting equipment and a plotter for
drawings – heavy electronics. I threw out rolls and rolls
1. American Marxism (Levin) 1. Billy Summers (King) of paper, old drawings of projects completed long ago,
2. The Long Slide (Carlson) 2. Vortex (Coulter) some of which have even been demolished. I felt a little
3. The Body Keeps the Score (van der Kolk) 3. It Ends With Us (Hoover) sad about ending a career, and a little relieved.
4. I Alone Can Fix It (Leonnig/Rucker) 4. The Last Thing He Told Me (Dave)
5. Giannis (Fader) 5. People We Meet on Vacation (Henry) This time, I’ve stayed put in a cottage that suits my
6. Here, Right Matters (Vindman) 6. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo (Reid) status, and moved on in spirit. No doubt I will acquire
7. Greenlights (McConaughey) 7. Where the Crawdads Sing (Owens) and shed more books, as passions flare and fade, like
8. What Happened to You? (Perry/Winfrey) 8. The Paper Palace (Heller) feathers that change with the seasons. And when I
9. The Premonition (Lewis) 9. The Guest List (Foley) depart, other readers of used books will be the richer
10. Breathe (Gracie) 10. Verity (Hoover) for it.

By Albert Boucheron

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between animals are usually from peeing there. Carrie,Tucson, Arizona the end of a two-day operation. The they quickly recognized the canine who
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visit is highly unlikely. My out of the room permanently. for both cats. New behaviors crying underground after a large storm the dog had been left with her parents
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house during the visit so they other cat is not well. found to have fallen into an irrigation
can't see each other. For Dear Cathy, I have two pipe, but rescuers were unable to "On Sunday morning [the owner's]
example, place a baby gate a littermates, males who are Second, if they are both determine where in the 250-foot pipe dad took Indy out, but forgot the leash,
few inches off the ground (so two-years-old. One is very healthy, get pheromone collars the goat was situated. The rescuers and went in to get it as they were going
the cat can get under it) across friendly; the other is more for them to wear. Then, play returned the following day and to go for a walk. He left Indy on the
a hallway and then again across reserved and larger. The more with both cats individually at attempted to use a snake camera to deck," Hourigan told WFSB-TV.
a bedroom doorway to give reserved feline has started least three times a day. Cats locate the animal, but they still were "Minutes later, he returned to find her
your cat a place to get away bullying the friendlier one can get aggressive if they have not able to pinpoint its location. gone." Hourigan said Indy showed up
from the dogs. The first gate especially in the litter box too much energy and not at Kirtland Commons about 15
keeps the dogs from coming area. I have four boxes around enough mental or physical "We could not lay eyes on the goat at minutes later. The housing authority
down the hallway. the house. When my smaller stimulation. all, we never saw him before we started shared security camera footage of
cat uses them, I have to hold chipping away," AHS medical technician Indy's arrival on Facebook.
If she is antisocial, she will back the larger one. He does Cats also are territorial and Gracie Watts said in a news release.
likely stay in the bedroom not hurt him, just bullies him. I may guard litterboxes, food "We just kind of went by faith as to "The residents called me and I went
during the visit so make sure have a Feliway multicat diffuser and toys. So, make sure the where we thought he was." The to Kirtland and could not believe it was
her litter box and food are in in the room with the litter litter boxes are scattered rescuers said it took about three hours Indy, and had on her own found her
those areas as well. Visit and boxes, but it only helps so throughout the home, and on of digging and breaking through the way to work," Hourigan said. Hourigan
play with her throughout the every floor. They shouldn't be pipe before they were able to locate said Indy was dubbed the employee of
day so she is not isolated and in close proximity to each the goat. the month for sprinting 2 miles to
reassure her those dogs will be other. In fact, I would set up show up for work on a Sunday.
gone very soon. one more for the time being to "We were never going to quit, but
see if it helps. you get to that point where you start
Dear Cathy, We adopted telling yourself that this isn't going to
our miniature schnauzer Finally, give your cats plenty happen," medical technician Andy Gallo
Buddy a few years ago. He is of escape routes. If you set up said. "He would've drowned down
eight-years-old. He has the run cat trees, window perches and there if we left him." The goat was
of (most of) the house and is a shelves around the house, your reunited with the rest of its herd.
loving and beloved pet. About smaller cat will be able to
six months ago, he started to escape to higher ground. This Rope bridge over
urinate on a chair and love may help reduce any tensions busy English road
seat in the living room.We put in their overall relationship. keeps squirrels out of
up barriers to keep him out of danger
the room. Each time we took

A group of British animal lovers said
a rope bridge they erected over a busy
road has proven to be a popular means
of travel for the squirrels it was
designed to keep out of harm's way.
The Cramlington and District Red
Squirrel Group said members noticed
squirrels were dying in distressing
numbers on the road in Cramlington,
Northumberland, while trying to pass
between Seghill woods and the East
Cramlington Nature Reserve while
collecting hazelnuts. The group raised
about $1,000 and was able to use the
funds to erect a thick rope high above
the road. Members said the squirrels
started using the rope within just a few
days and the number of rodent deaths
on the road has sharply decreased.

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Mayo Clinic future reproductive

Answering questions about development.

delta variant, COVID-19 Vaccines are particularly
important for pregnant
vaccination women, as they are at an
increased risk for serious
DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I severe illness and causing illness if they become
am hearing more about the hospitalizations to increase. infected with COVID-19.
delta variant and am worried Pregnant women have
about my family's risk of Given the rapid spread of altered immune systems, and
becoming infected with the delta variant, the need to that could make them more
COVID-19. My husband and be vaccinated for COVID-19 susceptible to COVID-19.
I are vaccinated for COVID- is even more urgent now. Also, research shows that
19, but some of our pregnant women with
extended family members Earlier this year, the U.S. underlying comorbidities or
are not. They don't seem medical health conditions
concerned about the new was really at a pivotal are at higher risk of having
variant. Can you share more worse outcomes if they are
information about it and the moment in the COVID-19 infected with COVID-19.
importance of being
vaccinated for COVID-19? pandemic. The U.S. was on

the downtrend, with

increasing COVID-19

vaccination rates and COVID-19 vaccines are
incredibly safe. I recommend
decreasing cases of COVID- that everyone be vaccinated.

ANSWER: Viruses 19. But what has happened

constantly change through now is the U.S. has stalled vaccines (Moderna and the Johnson and Johnson serious side effects, the
Pfizer) are highly effective vaccine will have on the delta incidence is still extremely
mutation, and new variants with respect to COVID-19 against this variant. We have variant, but early limited. The benefits of I also recommend that
that information from clinical immunology data suggest it vaccination far outweigh the regardless of your COVID-
of viruses are expected to vaccination rates. Only about studies and laboratory tests also will be quite protective. risks. 19 vaccination status, if you
of what we think the know you will be in areas
occur. Multiple variants of half the population nationally immune response should be. I know many people have The other concern I often with people who could be
They're showing clinically in been waiting to see how hear is about the safety of infected, continue social
the virus that causes has been fully vaccinated for the U.K., where the delta others respond to COVID- the COVID-19 vaccine as it distancing and continue
variant has been taking hold 19 vaccination and what side relates to fertility and masking, as we know these
COVID-19 have been COVID-19. As a result, the for many months now, that effects happen to those who pregnancy. safety measures also can
those messenger RNA are vaccinated before they help. -- Melanie Swift, M.D.,
documented, including a delta variant is spreading vaccines are still highly are vaccinated themselves. We have not seen any M.P.H., Preventive Medicine,
effective -- over 80% for We've seen that most side reproductive side effects Mayo Clinic, Rochester,
highly transmittable form of rapidly. infection and 90% or so for effects are mild and no from any of the COVID-19 Minnesota
severe disease. different than other vaccines, and that includes
COVID-19 known as the The U.S. is facing another immunizations. They're self- fertility and birth outcomes.
wave of the COVID-19 We don't yet have large limited. There is no concern for the
delta variant. pandemic. And those states numbers of people in clinical safety of women who are
that have lower COVID-19 studies to see what impact While there have been pregnant or women who are
The delta variant, which vaccination rates are where reports of other, more trying to conceive, or for E-mail a question to
was first seen in December the delta variant is spreading MayoClinicQ&[email protected].
2020 in India, is spreading the most.
globally. It is more For more information, visit
contagious than the previous I'm often asked about how www.mayoclinic.org
strains of COVID-19 that effective current vaccines
have been detected in the are against the delta variant.
U.S. It's also causing more The messenger RNA

COVID-19 vaccine protection may fade
over time, new CDC data show

The three COVID-19 predominant one locally, the they had received both shots responders, healthcare However, after the Delta benefits of COVID-19
vaccines approved for use in data showed. of the two-dose Moderna workers and others working variant became dominant in vaccination," the agency
the United States are much and Pfizer-BioNTech in "essential" fields between circulation in the local areas researchers wrote.
less effective against the However, after the Delta vaccines or the one-shot December 2020 and Aug. 14. of study participants, there
Delta variant of the virus, but variant became the most Johnson & Johnson vaccine - were 24 confirmed COVID- In addition, a separate
still protect against severe common strain of the virus - protection peaked at 85% Of the participants, nearly 19 cases among 2,352 fully analysis also released by the
illness in most cases, in circulation in these between 14 days and 119 3,500, or 83% were fully vaccinated people and 19 found that of more than
according to data released regions, vaccine efficacy days after inoculation. vaccinated, with 65% cases among 488 43,000 confirmed cases of
by the Centers for Disease dropped to 66%, the CDC receiving the Pfizer- unvaccinated people, the COVID-19 in Los Angeles
Control and Prevention. said. From 120 days to 149 BioNTech shot, 33% given CDC said. County, Calif., between May
after vaccination, protection the Moderna shot and 2% 1 and July 25, 25% involved
In 4,200 front-line "This trend should be fell to 81% before dropping getting the Johnson & "Although these interim fully vaccinated people and
workers in eight U.S. cities interpreted with caution to 73% 150 days or more Johnson shot. findings suggest a moderate 71% occurred in
who received the vaccines because vaccine efficacy following receipt of the reduction in the unvaccinated people.
from Moderna, Pfizer- might also be declining as vaccine. Before the Delta variant effectiveness of COVID-19
BioNTech and Johnson & time since vaccination emerged, there were 10 vaccines in preventing Among these cases,
Johnson, the shots prevented increases," the CDC The findings are based on cases of COVID-19 infection infection, the sustained two- hospitalization rates were 29
serious illness from the virus researchers wrote. an analysis of COVID-19 among 2,875 fully vaccinated thirds reduction in infection times higher in unvaccinated
in 91% before the Delta cases among 4,217 first participants, and 175 cases risk underscores the people than in, those who
variant became the Among those who were among 4,137 unvaccinated continued importance and were fully vaccinated, the
fully vaccinated -- meaning participants. data showed.

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Added versus natural sugars For men, the As with salt, we can train 2 tablespoons canola oil
recommendation is nine our taste buds to crave less 1/3 cup sliced green onions
If there's a new villain in teaspoons (36 grams), or sugar over time. 3 cloves garlic, minced
town, it's sugar. That's up to 150 calories per day. 1 1/2 teaspoons grated gingerroot
because a little goes a long Most American adults Q: Now that school is 1 large green bell pepper, seeded and cut into 1/4-inch wide strips
way, but too much has been consume an average of 77 just around the corner, how 2 teaspoons refrigerated lemongrass paste
found to cause health grams of sugar per day can I get my kids to take 1 (13.5 ounce) can unsweetened coconut milk
problems. (adding up to over 60 healthier lunches to school? 1 cup no-salt-added chicken broth
pounds a year). 1/3 cup red curry paste
Research shows a diet A:Try to get kids invested 1 tablespoon fish sauce
How do you know how in choosing lunch options 1 1/2 pounds boneless skinless chicken thighs
chronically high in sugar can much sugar is in food? by making a game out of 3 tablespoons fresh lime juice
Look on the labels. New meal planning. Have your 1 1/2 tablespoons cornstarch
contribute to obesity and labeling laws require added kids pick fruits and Cooked cauliflower rice or brown rice
sugars to be printed on vegetables by color and Fresh cilantro sprigs, for garnish
blood sugar spikes. It can labels. The label lists total focus on a different color Lime wedges, for serving
sugars, which includes each week, or challenge
also result in a higher risk Charlyn Fargo is a sugars naturally present in them to find a fruit or Heat oil in 4-quart Dutch oven.Add green onions, garlic and gingerroot. Cook
registered dietitian with SIU food and added sugars. A vegetable in the store that over medium-low heat for 1 minute, stirring occasionally.Add bell peppers
of heart attack and stroke Med School in Springfield, line under "total sugars" they've never tried before. and lemongrass paste. Cook for 3 minutes, stirring occasionally. Stir in
lists how much added sugar Have them choose a coconut milk, broth, curry paste and fish sauce.Add chicken; bring to a
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questions, contact her at percentage of added sugars whole grain to include each chicken reaches 165 F. Remove and transfer chicken to a cutting board. Shred
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inflammation, weight gain, or follow her on Twitter works, mixing it up keeps for 2 minutes or until sauce is slightly thickened. Serve over riced cauliflower
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(think cakes, cookies, pies string cheese, a carton of
disease, according to the and jam) is to substitute yogurt, apple slices with Per serving (based on using cauliflower rice): 260 calories; 25 grams protein;
fruit, especially frozen fruit, peanut butter, almonds, 11 grams carbohydrates; 11 grams fat (2.5 grams saturated); 105 milligrams
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It's important to look on some yogurts) during the sugar a recipe calls for insulated lunch bag with an Overnight Oatmeal with
food labels for added sugars processing or preparation. in baked goods (you're not ice pack is important. Pack Blueberries and Almonds
versus natural sugars. The confusing thing is that likely to even notice a as much as you can the
Natural sugars are found in added sugars can be difference).You can also try night before to take the
milk (as lactose) and fruits manufactured, like high using some of the newer stress out of busy school
(as fructose). Natural fructose corn syrup, or they artificial sweeteners such as mornings.
sugars are absorbed into can come from natural
the blood more slowly sources, like honey, maple
because the body has to syrup, brown rice syrup,
break down the fiber first, sugar beets, concentrated
which prevents a spike in fruit or cane sugar. The
blood sugar. So, while a bottom line is they are still
medium banana has 14 used as an added sugar,
grams of natural sugar, it despite coming from
also has 4 grams of fiber natural sources.
(and other nutrients such
as potassium, protein, How much added sugar
vitamin A, iron and
phosphorus). is OK to consume? The

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sugar- or calorie-laden
sweetener that is added to Association's new dietary
foods or beverages (such as
cereal, soda, ketchup, sports guidelines recommend no
drinks, candy and even
added sugars for toddlers

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children over the age of 2

and women, the

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Most of the 'cooking' for this breakfast happens know about oatmeal in 3 cups plus 1 cup water, measured separately
Ireland and Scotland, where 1 cup steel-cut oats
while you're asleep whole-grain, steel-cut oats 1/4 teaspoon salt
are popular.Yes, these slightly 1/2 cup blueberries
chewy oats take longer to 1/2 cup sliced almonds
cook than old-fashioned
rolled oats (and way longer 3 tablespoons packed brown sugar
than instant oats in a packet), 2 tablespoons almond butter
but the results are so much
better. • In a large saucepan, bring 3 cups water to boil over high heat. Remove from heat
and stir in oats and salt. Cover the saucepan with the lid and let sit overnight.
To shorten the usual half-
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finish up in the morning.
Another thing worth noting: stirring occasionally, until the mixture is creamy and the oats are tender but chewy,
The inclusion of almond 4 to 6 minutes.
butter is unusual but adds
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jill on money

Rethinking student
loans

with Jill Schlesinger

On August 6, the Jill Schlesinger, CFP, is a CBS Economist Explains How to research from the Federal Akers warns that risks need to conduct research.
government extended its News business analyst. A Make a Smart Bet on Higher Reserve Bank of New York, exist in the process. There Akers recommends College
forbearance on federal former options trader and CIO Education,” not only does amounts to a rate of return are systemic risks, which are Navigator and College
student loans until Jan. 31, of an investment advisory firm, college pay, but contrary to 15% above what those those that you can’t control, Scorecard, search tools
2022. Those who hold she welcomes comments and advice on the topic, without a degree earn. like being unlucky and provided by the government
outstanding balances will borrowing to finance higher Considering that the graduating into a recession. that allow families to
continue to see a suspension questions at education may also be a interest rate on a federal But there are also consider costs, graduation
of loan payments, a 0% [email protected]. Check smart form of arbitrage. student loan currently idiosyncratic risks (ones that rates, job placement rates,
interest rate applied to (Arbitrage describes a stands at 3.734%, Akers you can control) that and earnings.
those loans, and the her website at situation where investors contends that those who abound in higher education.
government will halt www.jillonmoney.com can buy an asset in one place graduate from their The arbitrage does not work Through the College
collections on defaulted and then almost programs with debt are still if you don’t graduate — and Scorecard, young people
loans. Officials were clear COVID suspension will not simultaneously sell it in in better shape than they unlike other endeavors, today have access to data
that this is the “final delay your progress. In fact, another place, so they can would have been without there is no partial credit for that show. Use the data to
extension” of the student the government counts the capture dislocations in the degree. The education getting through two years of do a cost-benefit analysis
loan payment pause, which suspended payments toward markets, making a tidy profit arbitrage is the difference a four-year program. The with your child so you both
began in the spring of 2020, your forgiveness. However, with a relatively low level of between the cost of the return also diminishes if it can understand what costs
amid COVID-19. “IDR plans recalculate your risk.) student loan and the return takes too long to graduate are worth it, or not.
repayment amount each on the investment of or if students select the Hopefully, they will
For those who are still year to account for changes When I interviewed Akers graduating.With such a wide wrong college or major. remember the session when
struggling amid the financial to your income and family for my podcast, she noted differential between the two, they are deciding to sign up
fallout from the pandemic, size.” that a college education can who wouldn’t want to To minimize risk, families for basket weaving or
the news was a relief. That add nearly $1 million in borrow low and invest to should have frank accounting.
said, now is the time to The flexibility provided to earnings over the course of earn a much higher return? conversations about what
prepare for when the clock student loan borrowers a career, which according to they can afford, and they also
starts ticking again. If you underscored a notion that
have a traditional repayment economist Beth Akers
plan, the forbearance period articulated in her book,
paused your schedule, but “Making College Pay: An
the amount of time when
you were not paying will get
added to the previous end
date.

If you have elected to have
an Income-Driven
Repayment Plan (IDR), the

Thinking about 18 months. You should also
joining the Great investigate the Affordable
Resignation? Care Act (ACA), especially
now that the stimulus plan
with Jill Schlesinger caps premiums at no more
than 8.5% of modified
Despite a better-than- while for workers and adjusted gross income
expected July employment employees to hook up. (through the end of 2022).
report, where the economy
added 943,000 jobs and the Review insurance
unemployment rate fell to
5.4%, the mismatch in the Concurrently, the unique coverage: If you have life,
labor market persists. nature of the pandemic
Paradoxically, with 8.7 million recession and recovery has disability or long-term care
Americans out of work, done something seismic to
there are still more than 10 the US labor force. Workers insurance through work, find
million job openings as of at all income levels are
June. (Job openings lag thinking about their jobs and out if it is “portable,” which
monthly employment by one careers differently. Many are
month.) motivated by dollars, but means that you can take it
more and more, they want
Although millions of flexibility or they’re ready to with you when you leave.
Americans are due to jump make their side hustle or
back into the labor pool contract work their main Know that the cost might be
after school starts, the gigs. Before giving notice,
COVID labor bottleneck here’s what you need to do: more expensive if your
could last well into the fall.
One economist described employer is subsidizing your
the situation like this: imagine
if half of the population got coverage.
divorced at the exact same
time – there are probably a Schedule MD Don’t forget about wage base), you don’t have to to participate in the Great and/or more vacation time,
lot of great matches out retirement: When you leave pay. For Medicare, you are on Resignation, a hot job market or other benefits like
there, but the process of Appointments: Get those your job, be sure to roll over the hook for 2.9% total on is a great time to use childcare, tuition assistance,
finding the right person, your existing retirement plan ALL income earned. And if leverage. Figure out what’s additional schooling, or gym
takes some time. In other into a new company’s plan, you make more than most important for you—is memberships.
words, it’s going to take a or an IRA Rollover at any $200,000 ($250,000 for it pay, flexibility or other
major financial firm. those filing jointly), you must benefits? Then conduct If it’s work from home
pay an additional 0.9% in research for your industry (WFH) that you seek,
routine appointments done Side hustlers, get ready to taxes. Some of these and your specific job to find negotiate limited days in the
pay taxes: As an employee, payments will be returned out the range of what people office by presenting your
while still covered on your you split Social Security and when you file taxes, but just like you earn. manager/boss with examples
Medicare payroll taxes with know that you will need to of your productivity and
current employer’s health your employer.When you fly pay up throughout the year. If your boss can’t stomach samples of your success
solo, you’re on the hook for the commitment of a raise, amid the pandemic WFH
insurance plan. the total bill, which is 12.4% Even if you are not ready ask for a one-time bonus, period.
for Social Security. These
Explore Future Health percentages apply to the first
Insurance Options: If you $142,800 of income. Beyond
receive health coverage that threshold (known as the
through your current job, the
path of least resistance is
COBRA, at least for the next

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about beaches, outdoor PUBLIC Craft Brewing Co.
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Mental health

check in

with Justin Sawyer

Jeffrey automobile, Stephenson farm, C.E. Dewey, c.19105 Are you there Guys? It’s Me providing hope, inspiration, Kenoshan Justin Sawyer
Justin Sawyer. We’re just or overall enjoyment? has over 15 years in the
The Jeffery automobile is driven by James Torrey, with Perkins C. Torrey in the over halfway through 2021,
passenger seat. The two are on their way to the farm owned by US Senator Isaac and I think it’s necessary to Don’t feel bad for being food and beverage
Stephenson to see the Holstein cow "Pauline Wayne," which will shortly be on its do a mid-year check in on more exclusive or “selfish” industry, as well as a
way to the White House to provide milk to William Howard Taft and his family. the ol’ noggin. about your time, remember former Tour Manager for
as we all get older life gets national touring artists for
The Stephenson Farm was along 52nd St, from 80th Ave to the Kilbourne Ditch For many of us, myself in the way of living, your 7 years. His interests and
(alongside I-94), on both sides of the road. The northern portion became part of included, we’re still reeling time is precious. In the rate pieces will cover a wide
Kenosha Airport, and the southern portion is now an industrial park and the old and feeling the effects of the race of life, we juggle work, variety of topics ranging
dog track. The Torreys are counted among the tallest Kenoshans of their time, they hellacious year known as friends, family, and so much from music & art, food &
tower over the tall steering wheel on the Jeffery; Perkins was a long time officer in 2020. So ask yourself, more. It’s immensely fashion, to mental health
Kenosha County government. where is my mental health important to make sure and self awareness.
and overall psyche doing? you’re finding some “me
The Kenosha History Center, 220 51st Place, is now open to the general time”. Whether that’s going this; Take the day off, go on
public. Masks will be required and other safety protocols will be in place, I see so many friends, peers, for sunrise yoga, reading a that day trip, check out that
please be respectful of others when you visit. They are open Tuesdays - and loved ones struggling book over a cup of tea at new eclectic food spot.
Sundays. For more info and great daily Kenosha history lessons, find them on with everything from the local cafe, or browsing These are the moments
Facebook. anxiety & depression, to an for that gem in the record that will keep you moving
overall feeling of just “lost”. store, you absolutely HAVE through the day to day, the
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my heart and soul go out to Remember, life is about the
you, as I know those This year is all about journey, not the destination.
struggles all too well. growth, within yourself,
your career, your family and In closing, I leave you with
I feel for myself and others friends. I once heard a this quote, one I hope to
one of the most beneficial quote “ I’m like a shark, if I feel in my bones when I
things to do, is to take an stop moving I’ll drown” look back on my life.
open and honest inventory There’s some truth to that
of our lives. Ask yourself that I sympathize with, as I “What a long, strange trip
questions such as:What are find I am the happiest when it’s been” – Jerry Garcia,
my goals? What are my I am almost too busy, where The Grateful Dead.
hobbies? Who do I find the candle is burning at
myself spending time with? both ends. As I’ve gotten
Is what we’re doing older, my advice to you is

SMART READER August 26, 2021 21

‘RHIP’

by Joe Campolo, Jr.

Anyone who served in witnessed the incident, Joe Campolo Jr. is an
the military is familiar with then  scolded  the award winning author,
the abbreviation “RHIP”. It lieutenant, and made him poet and public speaker.
stands for “rank has it’s return the salute twenty He is known for his three
privileges”, meaning that times. Sweet revenge! award winning books The
those of higher rank, get Kansas NCO, Back to the
more bling, while those of Urban legend? Perhaps, World, and his most
lesser rank get the fuzzy but it’s great coffee break recent publication Three
end of the lollipop. faire in the ranks of the Wars. A United States Air
enlisted  corps, all  over  the
And, of course, it’s not armed forces.  Everyone Force Vietnam War photo submitted by Joe Campolo
just the military likes to see a snarky junior veteran, Joe belongs to the
that  embraces  that officer get his VFW,The American Legion, Join Us For Great Food
policy;  police forces, fire comeuppance. the Kenosha Area Vietnam & A Fabulous View!
departments, and yes, Vets (KAVV), and Vietnam
business’s, schools  and One story of upper Open Thursday through Sunday
industry all have policies echelon humor in Vietnam Vets of America (VVA). at 11am weather permitting
that favor those of higher always gave me a good
status, seniority, or laugh. Now all humor is For more from Joe, visit Philly Cheesesteaks
position. And that’s how it based on  a bit of  fact, and his website
should be, after all… there’s enough believable Regular Philly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$9.00
we  aren’t  communists are information in this one to namwarstory.com
we.  be true, which is what steak, onions, green peppers, mozzarella cheese
really makes it funny. be flown to another base
But sometimes funny via helicopter.The pilot and They better get their butts Bacon Cheddar Philly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$10.00
things happen when In the Vietnamese Air the “peter pilot” (chopper
RHIP  runs amok, shall we Force, many Vietnamese co-pilot) sat waiting for the in  here damn steak, onions, green peppers, cheddar cheese, bacon
say. Or, when RHIP  takes pilots were great aviators, general  in the chopper.
a strange turn. and some  were fearless in Because the Vietnamese quick,  we’re  supposed to Mushroom & Swiss Philly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$10.00
battle, but many of them are small and slight of build,
had the habit of strolling and they wear their depart in ten minutes.” steak, onions, green peppers, mushrooms, swiss cheese
around with their helmets helmets all the time, the
One story, told and re- on, even while off two  pilots  waiting  in the General Trang,  who was Italian Sausage Philly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$9.00
told in one variation or duty. Most American pilots chopper  didn’t realize that
another in almost every removed their helmets as the general was already on sitting in the backseat all sausage, onions, green peppers, mozzarella cheese
military installation I ever soon as they got out of the board,  sitting in the rear
served in, related to cockpit, but the seat. They thought it along, butwas  mistook as Chicken Philly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$9.00
a  supposedincident in Vietnamese  pilots  would was  just  a flight suit and
which an enlisted man walk all over the damn helmet,  placed  upon the an empty flight white chicken, onions, green peppers, mozzarella cheese
failed to salute a young place, with their seat  in the fashion
lieutenant. The enlisted helmets  firmly attached to that  extraflight suits  and suit,  understood Veggie Philly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$9.00
man was carrying a load of their heads. I witnessed this helmets  were typically
groceries out of the myself on several airbases stowed. English  perfectly  well. onions, green peppers, mushrooms, mozzarella and cheddar cheese
commissary over there  and found it
and thus, could not salute. quite comical. They looked As the pilot spoke to his He immediately got up and Half Pound Burgers
like small aliens, walking co-pilot, the dirty deed
around in their space suits. went down. left the helicopter, much to Burger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$7.00
Cheeseburger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$8.00
Now according to those “I wonder where the  surprise of the pilot Bacon Cheddar Burger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$9.00
in the know, a top that  goofy  SOB Mushroom Swiss Burger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$9.00
Vietnamese Trang  is.  And that little and co-pilot.
officernamed  General toady aid of his is late to. Other Options
As the story goes, the Trang, was at Ton San Nhut Within two days
airbase in Saigon, waiting to both men were transferred Boca Burger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$7.00
lieutenant took the enlisted to  helicopter  dust-off Chicken Breast Sandwich . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$8.00
duty,  picking up the dead Quarter Pound All-Beef Hotdog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$6.00
man to task for not and wounded from combat 1/4 lb. Brat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$7.00
zones,in the deadly Central 1/4 lb. Italian Sausage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$7.00
saluting, and made him Highlands  of South Add Fries to any Sandwich . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$2.00
Vietnam.
salute the lieutenant

twenty times as

punishment, embarrassing Don’t mess with a
General!
him in front of his wife and

children who were with

him. A passing Major who

Sides

Wisconsin Cheese Curds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$7.00
Basket of Fries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$4.00
Jalapeño Poppers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$6.00

Dessert Mama P’s Ho-Ho Cake . . . . . . . . . . . . .$4.00

t Thursday - Saturday 11am-6pm
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Marketing in a small

business world

by Carolyn Serpe

Facebook, Instagram, Though "Mom" is her Carolyn Serpe is a
Twitter, Snapchat, Tik Tok favorite and most Kenosha native whose
on top of email, print and important job, her new family owns The Lettering
word of mouth...there are endeavor is just as exciting! Machine in Downtown
so many options to get   While working at 1029 Kenosha. She has been
your business name out The Hog, Emily found a manager at the shop since
there, but what is the best? passion, and talent, in her parents purchased it
making fun charcuterie from the previous owners
This is a constant boards for her kiddos.  This back in 2002. Carolyn is a
developed into creating mom to 3 beautiful girls
dilemma with small beautiful, and yummy, and a wife for 10 years to
boards for family and her handsome husband
businesses.   How do you friends.   Word of mouth Chris. Carolyn welcomes all
started her business and to her crazy journey in life
start?   How much is too social media took it to the and about how she tries to
next level!  She was able to
much?   These are just leave her last job and balance it all. photo via visitkenosha.com
pursue a new passion.  
some of the many when the best time is to something that she, and
So what is she doing that post to get the most her events coordinator
questions we ask ourselves is making her grow so exposure. more! area!   Kelsey, monitor so they
quickly?   Posting!   "I use know high traffic times to
as we figure out how to Facebook, Instagram and By monitoring this, she Another business that Besides the fact that get their messages out.    
TikTok the most...in that has seen a ton of success. rocks marketing as a small when you walk in her shop
eliminate the "Oh my gosh! order," she says.  Her posts   "In one year I have over business, is Blue House you get a HUGE smile, a I know that our family
are enough to make you 28K followers between the Books!  Samantha Jacquest great amount of help and a has done some shifting and
  I didn't know you were salivate and order one three platforms I use!" is the proud owner of this cool bookshop vibe, what have been ordering books
immediately!  She posts as Emily states.  Look for her independently owned else is she doing to market through BHB and
here?" statements. she pleases, but still pays on social media, give her a bookstore.   She started as herself?   "Facebook is my supporting local, and hope
attention to the social follow and be prepared to a small pop up shop at the most used, then Instagram. that you try to do the
  Personally, I know of a media algorithms.   These see what amazing things markets and events, but   We also make sure we're same.  We are very excited
are stats that tell you when she can do with some found such love and connecting with local to see her succeed and
great handful of businesses people are viewing your veggies, meat and so much support from the media outlets for events continue to grow! 
posts the most, or the community that she was and big announcements.
that are ROCKING at least, and you can gage able to move into the  The Visit Kenosha visitors What local small
incubator space at the bureau is a great help with businesses do you see
promoting themselves and Kensha Creative Space that." says Samantha. nailing the marketing game?
building.  She has outgrown
others.   I asked them a this space...in 10 Like Emily, Sam posts as Share them with
months...and on July 1st she can on social media, us! (cserpe.blogger@gmail.
couple questions about Sam announced that she but also likes to plan them com)
will be moving into a larger as well.   Analytics are also
their success and wanted

to share them with y'all!

Let's talk about Fancy
Snacks Charcuterie.   Emily
is an old friend of mine and
I couldn't be prouder of all
that she has accomplished
in life.  From "Rock Girl" to
Radio DJ to Mom and now
business owner.   Even

Summer Buzz

with Meryl Strichartz

Ahoy, predicting! In any case, the
harbor is a photographed
As our summer winds often and we hope that the Meryl Strichartz is a
down, I find myself starting yellow ducks which convey Kenosha resident and
to measure my nice days. playfulness will make active board member of
This past weekend it was Kenosha look even more the Kenosha Community
summmery in the morning welcoming than it already Sailing Center. She is also
and a thunderstorm was is. a member of the Kenosha
predicted to move in, so I Yacht Club and ally to
pushed myself to go Lakeshore Pedal Tours many Kenosha harbor
outside and enjoy the good has parties booked into
weather, even though I just October, so we know that businesses and
wanted to stay in and drink there are plenty of people environmental groups. She
a coffee with my laptop. still interested in riding is the owner of Lakeshore
around town in the fall. I’m
We are done with youth not sure if the cooler Pedal Tour and Career
weather appeals to them or Coaches of Wisconsin.
sailing lessons down at the if they are not worried She has her MBA from
about the temperature UW-Parkside and has
Kenosha Community because they know they been involved with many
are going to be drinking. Kenosha and Racine
Sailing Center and will try We do offer trip insurance
in case of bad weather, but nonprofits.
to finish strong with our I’m not sure Kenoshans photo submitted by Meryl Strichartz
care…apparently, we will huge pots in the park. I
rentals and private classes. drink in all kinds of don’t know the story about
weather! how they were created, but
Boats don’t usually get it definitely looks like there
In addition to savoring were many creative people
pulled until October, so we the warmer temperatures, involved. They really define
I’m enjoying the late the park and make it a
have one more month of summer blooms. We have particularly appropriate site
some very impressive for the burgeoning
good sailing. We also have garden areas and some Kenosha Art Market. or one of the downtown have seen throngs of high Pollinator Patch Program.
gorgeous planters down schoolers planting beds in Public’s is actually
waited all summer for the along the lakefront. I’m at The streets are also filled organizations is responsible the spring. handcrafting a beer from
Union Park Tavern with the with some pretty planters the Wisconsin native Sumac
arrival of our new pedal pedal trolley and love filled with a variety of for them. The gardens at I’m hoping that in the plant (sounds interesting).
looking at the Cannas in flowers. I’m assuming that future, we can have a native For more information you
boats. Hopefully by the the beautifully mosaiced either the City of Kenosha Wolfenbuttel Park, plant flower bed on the can visit their website at
island. There is a rain rootpikewin.org
time you are reading this, especially the roses are garden near the
beachhouse, but we could So, while we may be on
we will have three duck stunning. It’s easy to take really use a pollinator the tail end of summer, we
patch. Root Pike WIN is still have a lot of fun things
pedal boats for rent. We for granted all of this pretty holding a “Buzzed for Bees” on tap and beauty to
fundraiser on Friday, appreciate both on lake and
had ordered five but there city scaping and the care September 24th, 4- 7pm at land.
Public Craft Brewing Co.
has been a national that goes into maintaining to help support their See you down at the lake,
Meryl
shortage of fiberglass which our parks. Simmons Island

delayed the production of also has beautiful flower

our boats and we are only beds and the park is

getting three this season. immaculately maintained. I

Who knew, right, sort of think the group Keep

like the chicken wing Kenosha Beautiful helps on

shortage, there was just no the island because I know I

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