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Boomers magazine conveys information, activities and features for and about the baby boomers generation. While revisiting memories from the 1960s era and delving into critical examinations and comparisons thereof, Boomers also strives to pinpoint leisure activities; medical, political and environmental information; and technological options of specific interest to this group. The magazine offers possibilities of the past, present and future for a generation that never stops [email protected]

An Introduction to Boomers magazine

by EditorJessica Jones

INSIDE:

Jessica Jones, EditorEditorial and Photography

Paige RenkaLayout & Cover Design

Dr. Deni Carise, Steve Ellison, M. Dunn, Charles Flach, Marta Fuchs, Kelley Parris, Darren M. Rowan and Mary Sue Welsh

Contributing writers

Deirdre Davison, Dr. Linda Mitchell and Amanda RobertsColumnists

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5uSpring gardening tips and events

10ucalendar of events

12uLee and Garcia award winners

14uNotes from behind the horn, 5

16uNew senior center in Semmes

17u‘Bus Ride to Justice’

17u2013 Golf Classic results

18uFlashback 50

20uRemember when?

21uPower of storytelling

22uTwo Americans in China

23uFood for Thought

26uManatee sightings

27uEconomic impact for mussels

29uTax Talk

30uMovie time at Precision Imaging

Making the most of each day: Mother’s Day

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About the cover

Green thumbs of spring: Baldwin County — gardening paradise

BY JESSICA JoNES

Boomers enjoy a variety of interests; among them are: exercise, travel, nature, cooking and baking, bird watching, reading and writ-

ing, photography ... the list goes on and on. Baldwin County's temperate climate certainly beckons a par-ticular group of enthusiasts with it's plethora of rain and sun, plus many warm, humid days. — Gardeners. Whether you specialize in herbs and vegetables for those special recipes, bright blooms to attract but-terflies and birds, or simply enjoy the enrichment that comes from digging fingers into the soil, Baldwin County offers a bountiful spring season to tempt gar-dening amateurs and aficionados, alike.

Spring bloomsBaldwin County boasts some of the most beautiful

blooms during this time of year. According to Gar-denGuides.com and area residents, spring brings out azaleas, camelias, geraniums, gardenias, Japanese magnolias and wisteria.

Spring plantingMany gardeners have been busy preparing and

planting during spring months. According to the Ala-bama Cooperative Extension Service, crops for spring planting in Alabama include: asparagus, bush snap beans, pole snap beans, lima beans, pole lima beans, carrots, cauliflower, sweet corn, cucumbers, eggplant, kohlrabi, muskmelons, okra, southern peas, peppers, sweet potatoes, radishes, summer squash, winter squash, tomatoes, turnips and watermelons.

Local organizations Baldwin County Master Gardeners Baldwin County Extension Service 302A Byrne Street Bay Minette, AL 36506 www.baldwincountymastergardeners.com [email protected]

Foley Gardener's Club For further information, call 251-955-5600 or 251-987-5557.The club meets 3rd Thursday of each month,

September thru May.

Lake Forest Garden ClubOne Golf Terrace,Daphne, AL 36526 For more, call Elaine Maxime at 251-626-7518.

Wisteria Garden ClubP.O. Box 1410Point Clear, AL 36564For more, call Mary Alice Taylor at 251-929-2929 or email [email protected].

The Gulf Shores Garden Club Gulf Shores Senior Center300 East 16th AvenueGulf Shores, AL

Orange Beach Garden ClubFor more, call Doris Milford at 251-980-6235.

Special opportunitiesThe Masters in Environmental Education volun-

teers have already presented 122 sessions to 3,160 students during the school year and the sessions are still continuing. We are now accepting applications for volunteers for the 2013-2014 school year. Call the Alabama Cooperative Extension Office at 251-937-7176, or Serena Long ([email protected]) if you would like brochures to distribute in your communi-ty. The application deadline is June 1. There is a $10 application fee for new volunteers.

2013 Oyster Gardeners Learn more about becoming a gardener or adopting a bed. Visit www.oystergardening.org or contact P.J. Waters 251-438-5690.

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Upcoming eventsMagnolia Springs Garden Club Spring Luncheon and Fundraiser11:30 a.m., May 21$30Magnolia Springs Community HallJoin us for lunch at the historic Magnolia Springs Community Hall on the corner of Magnolia Springs Highway(49) and Oak Street. Events will begin at 11:30 with a book signing and refreshments on the porch of the community hall followed by lunch at noon and Mr. Farmer's presentation, “A Time to Plant.” Guests will also have the opportunity to purchase signed books after the luncheon. Www.Jamesfarmer.com or contact Nancy Gaines 965-3751

South Alabama Antique Tractor and Engine Club’s 5th Annual Plow Day8 a.m., June 1$5 for adults, children under 12 freeGeorge Underwood farm just south of Summerdale on County Road 71SAATEC is a non-profit organization, whose main goal is to help preserve the rich culture of agri-culture from the past in our area, by showing and

operating restored agricultural machinery. The Annual Plow Day will feature a large display and parade of antique tractors, engines and machin-ery. Visitors will witness harvesting, plowing and blacksmithing demonstrations by the Baldwin County Blacksmith Group as they were done generations ago.For more information, visit www.saatec.org.

Chicago Street Farmers MarketHeritage Park, Corner of highways 59 and 98Foley, AL 36535Fridays 3 to 6 p.m. through June 28Contact: Linda Hula 251-943-1300, [email protected], www.visitfoley.org

Open Air Market Fairhope Farmers Market (behind the Library on Bancroft)Thursdays through July 11 from 3 to 6 p.m.251-929-1466

Market in the Park at the Mobile Museum of ArtThursdays, 3-6 p.m., through July 26.

The Spring Market on the Square Downtown MobileSaturdays, 7:30 to 11 a.m., through July 28.

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BY DEIRDRE DAVISoN

The year 1963 was a big year in history. America’s 35th and youngest President, John F. Kennedy, was assassinated. The Civil Rights Movement was gain-ing momentum, and the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham was bombed. Martin Luther King, Jr. gave his, “I have a dream” speech. The Beatles were becom-ing every teenage girl’s fantasy and every teenage girl’s parents’ nightmare. Studebaker ended production in the U.S., and Alcatraz closed. Pope John XXIII died. Touchtone phones, cassette tapes, and flip top cans were invented. The first ZIP codes in the U.S. were implemented, and one of the coolest inventions of all time, the lava lamp, was created!

What does all this historical data mean? Certainly different things to different people. I was born in the intersection of a two-set generational Venn Diagram where one circle is comprised of Baby Boomers and the other is comprised of Generation Xers. I was old enough to remember John F. Kennedy, Jr. saluting at his father’s funeral but not old enough to understand why. I was tuned in enough to listen to the Beatles with my folks but not old enough to tune in to the ensuing

mania that surrounded them. I grew into my touchtone princess phone and cassette player – even though my first car had AM radio and an eight track player instead of FM and cassette. I can honestly say that I can’t imag-ine life today without modern flip top cans anymore than I could imagine my bedroom window without the mod homemade curtain that took me months to collect enough soda tab tops to make. I only needed to re-member one ZIP code, my grandmother’s, 36606. So to answer the question from a completely egocentric per-spective, 1963 meant a simpler, less complicated time.

I didn’t need a remote for anything. The remote was quite pedestrian. Literally. The only times the word “remote” even came into conversation was when my parents told me that there was a “remote possibility” (translation “no”) or that the location was “remote” (translation “no power”). I walked to school four miles up-hill both ways. I played outside and drank out of the water hose. I got dirty – with dirt. My dexterity wasn’t developed with Play Station, Game Boy or XBox controls. It was fine tuned with mud patties, crayons, etch-a-sketch, and Spirograph.

Making the most of each day: Mother’s Day memories



Mother’s Day wasn’t about spending money, espe-cially since I had very little concept of money. I was taught that Mother’s Day was my mom’s special day! It was the day that I imagine she both loved and dreaded. Loved because both of her adorable children got to express their love for her in special ways and dreaded because there were always huge messes left by her adorable children’s personal expressions. Not that we were messy. On the contrary, we were enthusiastic!

I remember one Mother’s Day, my artist father encouraged us to make cards for Mom, and any time crayons were involved, in my mind it was a good day. My brother, Bobby, was four years my senior and was far neater and more articulate than I. Actually, I could write, “Mama,” the alphabet, sign my name and that was about it. Bobby drew flowers and hearts on his paper and wrote a sweet rhyme, “Roses are pink and covered with dew. You’re the world’s best Mom and I love you!” Let’s be honest, he had help on that one. I, following in my father’s appreciation of abstract art, dotted my paper with unrecognizable representations of flowers (or was it hearts?) to accentuate my father’s beautiful poem, “The day I was born the flowers awoke and kissed the sun as they gently spoke. They danced on the wind and swayed to and fro at the joy on your face as your love you did show. Thank you for you and all that you do. For being my Mom. I love you.”

As I sat in the kitchen watching Daddy make Mom’s breakfast of cereal and coffee, Bobby disappeared into the back yard. A few minutes later the door swung open and his pride and smile were big enough to light up the room. In his hand was almost every bloom from my mother’s flower garden. My father laughed and sug-gested that we put them in a vase but my brother was

insistent that he hold them for Mama instead so off we went to my parents’ bedroom. Bobby ran ahead and pushed the door open to be the first to share his special gift with the first special woman in his life.

My mother, always the gracious woman, fawned over his bouquet as if it was the most exquisite, grand gift she had ever received. Not to be outdone, I climbed onto the bed and thrust my card into her face and she gave it the same level of appreciation that she gave her flowers. What an amazing woman! To be completely honest, I remember this Mother’s Day not because it was so dramatically different than any other Mother’s Day, but because of the tradition that it spawned.

For many years after that Mother’s Day, Mom’s flow-ers came from the florist and her cards came from the store. Her breakfast became brunch out after church. Then one Mother’s Day while my brother was away at school, there was a knock at the door. When my mom opened it, there was Bob with that same smile that was big enough to light up the room. My mother squealed and threw her arms around his neck and gave him the kind of hug that could crack a spine. When she finally let him go, he produced a beautiful bouquet of flowers. I don’t know where they came from, but I suspect that a flower garden somewhere was sacrificed at my brother’s hand, because they certainly weren’t store bought. To-day, she still gets handpicked flowers for Mother’s Day but we’ve added a Baby Ruth candy bar because every mom should get chocolates, too!

Those simple, easy days of our childhood are the most fond memories of our adulthood. Today, they bring smiles and sometimes tears. They weren’t com-plicated or convoluted. They were as simple as crayons and handpicked flowers. They are as wonderful as smiles and hugs.


Cartoon by Fred Marchman

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calendar of eventsuArts and Entertainment

old 27 Grill and Mid-Life Band celebrate classic rock and roll6:30 to 9:30 p.m., May 17, and June 21FreeOld 27 Grill, Hwy 181, FairhopeMid-Life Crisis is a Fairhope based, five-piece band, dedicated to the preservation of Classis Rock! www.midlifecrisisla.com or on Facebook at Mid-Life Crisis LA

Hike in Cheaha State Park 8 a.m. Friday to 10 p.m. Sunday, May 17 to 19Cheaha State Park, 2141 Bunker Loop, DeltaEnjoy a relaxing week-end at Cheaha State Park in Alabama, approximately five hours drive from Pensacola. Tent and RV camping are available and Helen has reserved a 4-person cabin for those who may prefer that type lodging. There is also a hotel on site. Participation is limited to 20; Florida Trail Association members will be given priority.Contact Helen Wigersma at 850-484-0528 for more information or sign up at our meetup site www.meetup.com/ftawesterngate.

Inaugural River Bend Brewfest and River Jam Music Festival2 p.m., May 18River Jam is free, River brews Cruise is $10 with a River Bend Brewfest wrist band, $20 without band.Riverfront Park, MontgomeryFor more, www.funontheriver.net or call 334-625-2100.

Bald Eagle Bash4 to 7 p.m., May 18$35 in advance or $40 at the gate.The waterfront Tonsmeire Weeks Bay Resource Center at the Fish River Bridge on U.S. Highway 98 in FairhopeEnjoy A Taste of Weeks Bay featuring fresh Gulf shrimp prepared by your favorite local restaurants and live music by Rollin’ in the Hay at the 4th annual fundraiser for the Weeks Bay Foundation. Beverages are included in the price of admission and free parking is available at the Weeks Bay Reserve Safe Harbor site, with BRATS shuttles providing transportation to the event.

Sunday Sunset Concert Series with Mobile Big Band6 to 7:30 p.m., May 19FreeDaphne’s Bayfront ParkConcert-goers are urged to bring their own chairs or blankets and picnic baskets. Presented by the city of Daphne and Catt’s Sunday Jazz Brunch.

Bryan Adams concert8 p.m., May 20Saenger Theatre, 118 South Palafox Place, Pensacola, Fla.

“Foley” a book signing by Harriet Brill outlaw and Penny H. Taylor10 a.m., May 21Swift-Coles Historic Home, 17424 Swift Coles Lane, Bon Secour5 p.m., May 21Foley Public Library, 319 E. Laurel Avenue, Foley

Magnolia Springs Garden Club Spring Luncheon and Fundraiser11:30 a.m., May 21$30Magnolia Springs Community HallJoin us for lunch at the historic Magnolia Springs Community Hall on the corner of Magnolia Springs Highway(49) and Oak Street. Events will begin at 11:30 with a book signing and refreshments on the porch of the community hall followed by lunch at noon and Mr. Farmer’s presentation, “A Time to Plant.” Guests will also have the opportunity to purchase signed books after the luncheon. www.Jamesfarmer.com or contact Nancy Gaines 965-3751

Roaring 20s Speakeasy PartyMay 24Fairhope History Museum, 24 N Section St., FairhopeCathy Donelson, the author of “Fairhope in the Roaring Twenties” will be doing a book signing.


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Lady Antebellum concert8 p.m., May 26The Wharf, 23101 Canal Road, Orange Beach

Fort Morgan Memorial Day TributeMay 27All scheduled events are included in the regular price of admission unless otherwise noted.Fort Morgan Historic Site, 51 State Hwy 180 W, Gulf ShoresUniformed living history interpreters honor the ultimate sacrifice made by America’s military throughout the Nation’s history with artillery salutes, small arms demonstrations and special tours during the day,Call 251-540-5257 to confirm dates and times of scheduled events or visit www.fortmorgan.org.

Annual Illumination Autism Fun-Raiser at Pirate’s CoveMay 31 to June 2Daily entry passes are $10Pirate’s Cove Marina & Restaurant, 6600 Hwy 95, ElbertaA weekend of great food and great music will be held to benefit High Hopes 4 Autism. The Illuminating Autism FUNraiser is the organization’s main fundraiser each year. In addition to a weekend of entertainment, a new Jeep is being raffled during a Draw Down. Jeep tickets can be purchased online at highhopes4autism.com/FUNraiser.html.For information, call 251-968-7007 or email [email protected].

Jubilee- Songs of and about Alabama8 p.m., May 31 to June 28$20 adults, $15 children, group rate availableGeorge C. Mayer Performing Arts Center, 2022 West 2nd St., Gulf ShoresJubilee Songs of and about the South, Showcasing Alabama’s Rich Musical HeritageCall 205-348-3400 before May 26 or 251-968-6721 starting May 27.

South Alabama Antique Tractor and Engine Club’s 5th Annual Plow Day8 a.m., June 1$5 for adults, children under 12 free

George Underwood farm just south of Summerdale on County Road 71SAATEC is a non-profit organization, whose main goal is to help preserve the rich culture of agriculture from the past in our area, by showing and operating restored agricultural machinery. The Annual Plow Day will feature a large display and parade of antique tractors, engines and machinery. Visitors will witness harvesting, plowing and blacksmithing demonstrations by the Baldwin County Blacksmith Group as they were done generations ago. For more information, visit www.saatec.org.

Gulf Coasts Ballet’s “Sleeping Beauty”7 to 8 p.m., June 2General admission $10, children 5 and under $5, and babies are freeFoley Civic Center, 407 E Laurel St., Foley The Gulf Coast Ballet under director Kathleen Tucker and instructors Andrea Dickey and Bobby Biggs have rewritten this classic involving a princess, an enchanted spell and a handsome prince to be appropriate for their young dancers. Tickets available at HL Hood at The Wharf or at the door the night of the performance.

9th Annual Gulf Coast Hot Air Balloon FestivalFather’s Day WeekendFoley Sports Complex, 18507 U.S. Highway 98 W, FoleyFor more information visit www.gulfcoastballoonfestival.com.

RIDEYELLoW June 15This massive, crazy bike ride will attract more than 700 cyclists from more than eight states. We’re going to shake things up a little by mak-ing a “change” in the way we raise money for local cancer charities by collecting everyone’s change to promote our goal of raising $77K. So, starting saving your loose change and bring it to RIDEYELLOW on the big day. You’ll find yellow buckets in the Memory / Honor Garden to collect your coins. Online registration is open through noon on Friday, June 14 at www.rideyellow.org.


By Jessica Jones

A plethora of poets, writers and readers abounded at the Alabama Writers Symposium in Monroeville, April 25 through 27. Published and unpublished alike hobnobbed

and networked, learned and listened to the best of the best share insights of their craft. The highlight of the Symposium’s fes-tivities, the Awards Luncheon held on April 26, honored Gay Talese with the Harper Lee Award for Alabama’s Distinguished Writer, and Sue Walker with the Eugene Current-Garcia Award for Alabama’s Distinguished Literary Scholar.

Both recipients received $5,000 cash and The Clock Tower Bronze award statues by Frank Fleming during the Awards Luncheon. The awards are funded by a grant from George Lan-degger as an annual part of the Alabama Writers Symposium.

Harper Lee Award winner Gay TaleseJeanie Thompson of the Alabama Writers’ Forum offered a

glimpse into the atmosphere Talese set.“Standing before us to receive the Harper Lee Award last Fri-

day in Monroeville as part of the Alabama Writers Symposium, Talese was obviously moved,” she reported. “Though not an Alabamian by birth, Talese found his way here and discovered his calling for a lifetime as a reporter. ‘I saw. I was there,’ he told us the next day at the courthouse, referring again to his professional creed to report on the scene. The Alabama Writers’ Forum is very proud to have selected Gay Talese for the 2013 Harper Lee Award. Like no other writer, he has given us a view of our state through many layers of history, and he encourages us to consider again who we are and where we have been.”

A New Jersey native and former New York Times reporter, Gay Talese shared fond memories of his connections to Ala-bama and the role those connections played in his writing life.

He began by thanking Birmingham native Dr. Aldrich J. Crowe, who moved to Ocean City, N.J. during The Great De-pression, for his admittance into the University of Alabama.

During his acceptance speech, Talese recalled this unlikely tale of the man who ensured his opportunity to have a college career.

“My father mentioned to Dr. Crowe how disappointed he was that I wouldn’t get into college because my grades were so terrible,” Talese revealed. “He (Crowe) said, ‘How about Alabama?’ He said, ‘I can do that.’ And he did. Dr. Crow, who knew how to play politics in Alabama style, got me in.”

He also thanked a friend from his junior year French class at the University, Jimmy Pinkston of Mississippi, who suggested Talese call upon his cousin, New York Times managing editor Turner Catledge, for a job after graduation.

Talese painted a vivid picture of a new graduate on a bus headed to the Big Apple, crowded New York streets and a large, loud New York Times office where he called upon Catledge. The editor hesitated at the mention of his relative, Jimmy Pinkston, who turned out to be a distant and unknown cousin.

Talese continued in his quest for employment with, “I just graduated from Alabama and I’d like to be a journalist.”

He said he told Catledge about his experience writing “Sports Gay-zing” for the Crimson-White student newspaper.

Catledge replied, “Young man, people who get a job here have to have experience.”

Talese explained he was contacted a few weeks later with a job offer as a copy boy, which he began in 1953 and led to his 10-year career as a reporter with the New York Times.

In a subsequent interview by Don Noble, host of Alabama Public Television’s “Bookmark,” Talese divulged that “There was absolutely no culture shock” between his northeastern U.S. upbringing and his college and career submersion in the South.

He offered that Ocean City, N.J.’s Methodist ministers de-manded a zero-tolerance, high-morals environment. His birth in 1932 offered a consciousness of the prior to WWII period. This coupling gave him small-town understanding along with a united sense of the U.S.

“There was no social conscious then as there is today,” he said as he recalled Ku Klux Klan members trotting along the Ocean City boardwalk, “like they were part of the community.”

I learned about small-town power: a political, social and


Alabama Writers Symposium hands over courthouse clock towersn Talese, Walker earn awards for excellence in writing, scholarship

Sue Walker, left, recipient of the Eugene Current-Garcia Award for Alabama's Distinguished Literary Scholar, and Gay Talese, right, recipient of the Harper Lee Award for Alabama's Distinguished Writer, pause after the Awards Luncheon of the Alabama Writers Forum.

Jessica Jones / Staff


racial sense no different than the deep South,” he explained. “I always had curiosity — the capacity to wonder.”

He recalled turbulent racial times as he reported for the New York Times; he interviewed Vivian Malone, the University of Alabama’s first, black graduate, and covered the Selma March and Bloody Sunday.

“I saw that; I wrote that,” he said. “I was writing about the Alabama that I knew and I thought about that I didn’t grow up any differently.”

“The New York Times taught me to have it right, not neces-sarily first,” he divulged. “I was there. I wrote what I saw, not what I heard second hand.”

He told of the movie theater in Ocean City that had a separate balcony for black movie goers, but he added that New Jersey didn’t have a Martin Luther King or a John Lewis fighting.

“They (society) acted like what happened in Selma was at odds with the rest of the nation — not true, not true,” he said. “There is a change that is admirable, all that is lacking is a clear memory. We changed together, we from the North and you from the South. What made it different, was the definition of what was newsworthy.”

Gulf Coast Newspapers’ The Courier editor Mike Odom, finished out the April 27 author session after being recognized as “my fellow journalist” by Talese, asking for him to give his opinion on the future of newspapers.

“When will be the last day the New York Times is in print and what can we do about it?” he posed fearlessly to the giant of journalism.

Talese responded by saying, “News has to be well informed and there has to be a standard to what a journalist is.”

Talese restated the question and gave his answer.“Will the New York Times close shop and be all online?”

he asked. “I certainly hope not, and don’t think so. What print media has to do is get better at what it does. Storytelling — people never get tired of storytelling.”

Eugene Current-Garcia award winner Sue WalkerSue Walker’s recent publications include her book,

“Faulkner Suite” by Oeoco Press, “Freida Lawrence: Blood, Lust, Desperation” in the “Alaska Quarterly Review,” “An-cestral Voices: A Litany of Ghosts” in the “Alhambra Poetry Calendar 2009,” a book review of “The Calpocalypse: An Al-legory in Verse” by Maurice Gandy and “Celebrate the Delta,” in Mobile Bay Monthly. Upcoming publications include “The Box Under The Bed” in “Thema,” “Binary Measure” for the anthology “Writing By Ear” by Motebooks Publishers, “Me-nieres” in the Journal of the American Medical Association and a play entitled “ Cognac in Coffee, Oysters in Champagne” accepted for publication by Midway.

Walker has acted as Regional Coordinator of the State of Alabama’s participation in the National Poetry Out Loud reci-tation and award program where she conducted workshops at Daphne High School, Theodore High School and Southern Choctaw High School; Co-Chair of the Alabama Literary Trail, a program that features literary programs and events in the state in conjunction with programs in Louisiana, Mississippi, Georgia and Florida; she arranged the Stokes Literary Event

featuring nationally acclaimed authors Charles Bernstein, Hank Lazer and Marjorie Perloff; and she sponsors Poetry Theatre USA, a monthly event at Satori Coffee House featur-ing an opportunity for USA students to hone original poetry reading skills.

The poet laureate of the state until 2012 and Stokes Dis-tinguished Scholar at the University of South Alabama, approached the podium during the Alabama Writers Sympo-sium’s Awards Luncheon to accept the Eugene Current-Garcia Award for Alabama’s Distinguished Literary Scholar.

She formed a wide smile, expressed her thanks for the honor she had received, and acknowledged a special connection with the literary capital of Alabama, Monroeville, and with it’s heroine Harper Lee, author of “To Kill a Mockingbird.”

“I started out teaching in the eighth grade before I went to graduate school,” she announced, “and the first novel I taught was ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ so that’s a very special book for me.”

She paused, and looked directly out into the audience as she said, “If it weren’t for teachers, I wouldn’t be here.”

“In high school, my 10th-grade and 12th-grade English teacher taught us that you had to qualify to speak,” she said. “That meant you had to think seriously about what you were going to say before you could speak again. She also taught me my first lesson in writing criticism. It was on Lady Macbeth: was it a faint or fake-a-faint?”

In her Saturday session with moderator Jennifer Horne, who’s publications include “Bottle Tree” in 2010 and “Work-ing the Dirt” in 2003, Walker discussed her current project that she’s temporarily entitled “Cats.”

She said that, “it’s an A to Z about women,” as she went through the alphabet citing women whose names begin with each letter and explained their significance in history.

She divulged that she’s currently worked up to the letter M and revealed “the significance of naming an identity.”

She delighted the audience with a short reading of the work-in-progress that included this phrase: “Go forth and try on names like dresses, like bonnets, like silk panties she could now afford.”

Fairhope writing group, Pensters President P.T. Paul de-scribed her former professor, thus.

“It’s not uncommon to say that a professor inspired you – that is the phrase most frequently used by students to express their admiration for a former teacher – but it is uncommon to say that a professor goaded, embarrassed and frustrated you by their own innate, unrelenting scholarship,” Paul said. “And, of course, she never meant to evoke those reactions from me, or from any of her other students, I’m certain, but it’s the inevitable result when you are a scholar of the magnitude of Dr. Sue Walker. As an undergraduate, I learned that her course materials would be diverse and challenging, and I found myself immersed in poetry that I never knew was being written, but I had difficulty keeping pace with her recommendations, nor could I hope to match her output. She was, quite simply, the most maddening professor that I have ever studied under, and my only ambition is to be half the scholar she is, and to write even a fraction of the amazing poetry that she has produced.”



Notes from behind the horn, part fiveBY CHARLES FLACH

Well, sad to say, we had to leave this once-in-a-lifetime town and sally forth to new worlds to conquer. Crowley, Louisiana was our next engagement at the Beacon Dinner Club. Everything was going well and we were enjoying the town and the people.

One morning, five of us decided to take up golf at the Crowley Country Club. None of us had ever played golf before, but we were getting a little bored with nothing to do during the day. We rented the clubs and bought two or three golf balls. The green fee was $2 for nine holes, but you had to carry your clubs, which was a good thing be-cause we never really had any exercise while traveling.

It’s too bad we didn’t have a camcorder at the time, be-cause if we had, there would’ve been plenty of film footage for a hilarious movie. Our golf outings became an everyday activity for the month we were there. None of us were ready for the PGA Tour, but we certainly felt better.

When we traveled, we had our mail sent to general de-livery at the Post Office where we knew we’d be playing for a while. I received a letter from my parents at the Crowley Post Office and what a shock I received! This news was re-lated to the attractive secretary I dated in Lake Arthur. You may inquire how my parent knew about her. It seems that she got my address from one of the band members before we left Lake Arthur.

Band members always shared their home address in case they heard of a band who needed a musician. Since I was named after my father, the letter came to my house ad-dressed to Charles Flach. My father opened it thinking that it was for him. To my utter amazement, the girl was asking when we were going to be married. The only thing I could think of was her mother put this thought in her mind. I always wondered why her mother was so nice to me. Naturally, I wrote my parents and cleared this up. There was no way that I would even consider marrying someone while traveling with the band. That would come later in

Montgomery.Every night while playing at the supper club in Crow-

ley, Ernie (the bandleader) would go to the dice table in the gambling room during intermission and ask if Hal, the drummer, would loan him $100. It seems that Ernie was in debt to the gamblers and needed $100 desperately. Hal was a frugal person like me and always had money with him. Ernie was so desperate, he told Hal that he’d sell the band music and equipment to Hal for $100. Hal gave Ernie the $100, took over the band and Ernie returned to the gam-bling room, never to be seen again.

Since Ernie was the lead saxophone player, I became the lead saxophone player in the Hal Stokes Band. We con-tinued playing that night and arranged to take over Ernie’s contract with the club. Hal called the booking agent and explained what transpired and the agent began booking the band for Hal.

Since we still had a few weeks to go at the club in Crowley, Ralph and I decided to have custom-made suits tailored for us. We were fitted by the tailor, and in a week our suits were ready. We were classy dressers in Crowley; the suits cost $50 a piece.

After the contract expired, we secured a three-month contract in Houma, La. at the Mayfair Supper Club and then on to Baton Rouge, La. for a two-week stay at the Tropicana Supper Club. The next engagement was at the Terrace Supper Club in New Orleans, La. While there, I contracted a bad cold and was unable to play with the band that night, but they managed without me. The next night was our night off so I had two days to recover, thanks to our landlady who made me her homemade soup and bought cold medicine for me. This was the only time in 10 years that I ever missed playing. Quite a record for a 120-pound weakling.

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The Mobile County Commission opened the doors to a $1.2 million senior center in Semmes at the for-mer Blackwell-Batson Estate, 9635 Moffett Road. The 4,000-square-foot space is designed to offer up a variety of social and health amenities to residents 62 years of age and older.

“It’s a sorely needed facility in terms of a social and recreational venues,” said Mobile County Commis-sioner Connie Hudson, who envisioned the project and initiated partnerships and funding in 2010. “It will have a major impact on the quality of life in Semmes.”

The primary force behind the large regional Mobile Senior Center on Hillcrest Road, Commissioner Hudson said she believes the new facility will become a simi-lar kind of social hub for seniors from throughout the Semmes area.

A total of $1 million in federal Community Devel-opment Block Grants made the project possible, along with considerable input from the county’s Grants, Engineering and IT Departments. The commissioner has worked closely with the people of the Semmes community as well. The Semmes Woman’s Club raised $130,000 for furnishings and equipment and is financ-ing the center’s annual operations.

The new facility will have a program director and

will be open 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. Once programming is underway, there will be meals provided at the Center that may be purchased.

Cost of membership is $40 a year, which will help fund maintenance and operations.

“This will be a great venue for all seniors, but par-ticularly for those who may be widowed and are look-ing to re-establish social ties in the community,” said County Commission President Merceria Ludgood.

“An active life is important for seniors to keep them engaged and challenged,” noted County Commissioner Jerry Carl. “The seniors in Semmes will have those op-portunities at the new senior center.”

The Blackwell-Batson Estate was purchased in 2011 for $335,000. The architect for the project is Goodwin, Mills & Cawood Inc., and construction was awarded to Youngblood-Barrett Construction & Engineering, LLC.

A $1.2 million senior center comes to SemmesThe Semmes Senior Center will include

n A fitness center with equipment for exercise and weight trainingn A multi-purpose room for classes ranging from arts and crafts to educational seminarsn A conference room with seating for 12 and a built-in computer labn An outdoor porchn A dining area and hospitality room for cards and games.

Commissioner Connie Hudson at the City Council meeting when the Mobile City Council unanimously agreed to change the name of the Mobile Regional Senior Community Center to be named after the commissioner: The Connie Hudson Mobile Regional Senior Community Center. The name change is effective immediately. Several of the council members (Bess Rich, Gina Gregory, Fred Richardson and Reggie Copeland) all said that the name change was well-deserved because of the many obstacles overcome and the tremendous fund-raising efforts that went into the project, along with the foundation established by Hudson that continues to support the center. Pictured from left to right are Councilwoman Bess Rich, Dana Hudson (daughter), Dennis Hudson (husband), Connie Hudson and a member of the Senior Center Foundation.


‘Bus Ride to Justice’

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BY FRED D. GRAY

First published in 1995, “Bus Ride to Justice,” the best-selling autobiogra-phy by acclaimed civil rights attorney Fred D. Gray, appears now in a newly revised edition that updates Gray’s remarkable career of “destroying every-thing segregated that I could find.”

Of particular interest will be the details Gray reveals for the first time about Rosa Parks’s 1955 arrest. Gray was the young lawyer for Parks and also Martin Luther King Jr. and the Montgomery Im-provement Association, which organized the 382-day Montgomery Bus Boycott after Parks’s arrest. As the last survivor of that inner circle, Gray speaks about the strategic reasons Parks was presented as a demure, random victim of Jim Crow poli-cies when in reality she was a committed, strong-willed activist who was willing to be arrested so there could be a test case to challenge segregation laws.

Gray’s remarkable career also includes landmark civil rights cases in voting rights, education, housing, employ-ment, law enforcement, jury selection and more. He is widely considered one of the most successful civil rights

attorneys of the 20th century and his cases are studied in law schools around the world.

In addition, he was an ordained Church of Christ minister and was one of the first blacks elected to the Alabama legislature in the modern era. Initially denied entrance to Alabama’s segregated law school, he eventu-ally became the first black president of the Alabama bar association.

This volume also includes new photographs not found in the previous edition. The book is available at www.Amazon.com.

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Flashback 50: JuneuThis month in 1963

1.Willie Pastrano, a 6 to 1 underdog challenger, won the world light heavyweight boxing championship, defeat-

ing titleholder Harold Johnson. Although most sportswriters thought that Johnson had won the 15 round bout in Las Vegas, Pastrano was declared the winner by the judges in a 2 to 1 deci-sion. “I’m not saying that the underworld dictated the decision,” Johnson’s manager told reporters afterward, “but the betting was 5-1 and 6-1 for my boy? What do you think?” n In Vietnam, President Ngô Đình Diệm’s office announced the dismissal of the three major officials involved in the Huệ incident — the province chief and his deputy, and the government delegate for the Cen-tral Region of Vietnam — for failing to maintain order.

2.Fred Lorenzen won the World 600 NASCAR race despite his car running out of gas on the final lap. Junior Johnson

had been leading the race until suffering a blown tire with three laps left. Lorenzen’s win brought his earnings to “just under $80,000 making him the biggest money winner in stock car rac-ing history” even though the racing season was only half over. n Died: Skinnay Ennis (Edgar Ennis, Jr.), 55, American bandleader

3.Pope John XXIII died at the age of 81, leaving the papacy sede vacante. As Cardinal Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli, he

had been the Patriarch of Venice when he was elected on October 28, 1958, to succeed Pope Pius XII as head of the Roman Catholic Church. The Pope’s death from stomach cancer, complicated by peritonitis, took place at 7:49 pm in Rome.

4.President John F. Kennedy signed Executive Order 11110, delegating to the Secretary of the Treasury his au-

thority to issue silver certificates under the Thomas Amendment of the Agricultural Adjustment Act. n Robert Wesley Patch, a six year old boy from Chevy Chase, Maryland, was awarded United States Patent No. 3,091,888 for a toy truck that could be “readily assembled and disassembled by a child.”

5.A U.S. District Judge Seybourn H. Lynne of Alabama issued an injunction prohibiting the state from blocking

the enrollment of the first two African-American students in the history of the University of Alabama. n President John F. Ken-nedy announced during a speech at the United States Air Force Academy that the United States Government would team with private industry to quickly develop “the prototype of a commer-cially successful supersonic transport superior to that being built in any other country,” a reference to the British-French Concorde and the Soviet Tupolev Tu-144. His statement would give rise to the Boeing 2707 (“SST”) project. n Died: William Baziotes, 50, American abstract painter

6.A spokesman for General Dynamics Corporation told scientists in Denver that a manned space mission to the

planet Mars could be launched in 1975. Andrew Kalitinsky was a speaker at a two day symposium by the American Astronauti-cal Society, called “The Exploration of Mars”, and envisioned that “a convoy of four multi-ton spaceships” would make the journey. The day before, NASA announced plans to send two satellites to Mars in November 1964 as the first step toward a mission. n The Rolling Stones’ first single, “Come On”, was released in the UK, by Decca Records. The cover of “an obscure Chuck Berry

ditty” would reach #21 on the British chart. n Died: ZaSu Pitts, 69, American actress

8.The U.S. National Museum of Naval Aviation opened at Naval Air Station Pensacola in Pensacola, Fla. n The first

Titan II nuclear intercontinental ballistic missiles became opera-tional, with the activation by the United States of a group at the Davis–Monthan Air Force Base near Tucson, Ariz.

9.Born: Johnny Depp, American actor, in Owensboro, Ken-tucky

10.Died: Anita King, 78, American silent film actress who, in 1916, became the first woman to drive an automobile

across the United States

11.Alabama Governor George C. Wallace stood in the door of the University of Alabama to protest against

integration, and blocked James Hood and Vivian Malone from enrolling as the first African American students at the Univer-sity. U.S. Defense Secretary Robert McNamara ordered that the Alabama National Guard be placed under the command of the federal government, and directed the 31st Infantry Division of the Guard to proceed to Tuscaloosa. Assistant U.S. Attorney General Nicholas Katzenbach approached Wallace and cited the U.S. District Court order of June 5, requiring that the students be allowed to register, and Wallace replied, “We don’t need a speech here,” and then read aloud a statement that he did “hereby proclaim and demand and forbid this illegal and unwarranted action by the central government.” Governor Wallace stepped aside at 3:40 that afternoon, after the Alabama National Guard commander, Brigadier General Henry Graham, told Wallace that the Guard would enforce the President’s order and Wal-lace, who elected not to be arrested for contempt of federal court, stepped aside. n The first lung transplant on a human being was performed at the University of Mississippi, by Dr. James Hardy. The patient, identified twelve days later as John Richard Russell, a convicted murderer serving a life sentence for a 1957 killing, was given a full pardon from Mississippi Governor Ross Barnett, in recognition of Russell’s volunteering for the operation, which Barnett said would “alleviate human misery and suffering in years to come”. The donor, never identified, had arrived at the hospital emergency room in the evening after having a massive heart attack, and the family permitted the donation of the left lung for transplant; Russell survived for 18 more days after the surgery. n U.S. President John F. Kennedy, delivered a historic Civil Rights Address, in which he promised a Civil Rights Bill, and asked for “the kind of equality of treatment that we would want for ourselves.”

12.Medgar Evers, a 37-year old African-American civil rights activist, was shot and killed while standing in

his driveway in Jackson, Mississippi. Byron De La Beckwith was arrested within two weeks. After two trials in 1964 that would both end without the jurors being able to reach a verdict, Beckwith would elude conviction for thirty years before being re-tried. He would be convicted of the murder on February 5, 1994 and spend the rest of his life in prison, dying in 2001. The Evers home, at 2332 Margaret Walker Alexander Drive in Jackson,


Mississippi, is not designated as a historic landmark. n The long-awaited film Cleopatra, starring Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton, had its worldwide premiere, in New York City. n NASA Administrator James E. Webb announced to the U.S. Senate Space Committee that there would be no further spaceflights for Project Mercury, with the next manned missions being with two astronauts each for on the Gemini program.

13.U.S. Congressman Thomas F. Johnson of Maryland, and former U.S. Congressman Frank W. Boykin of

Alabama, were both convicted of conspiracy to defraud the United States government and accepting bribes. Boykin would later be pardoned, while Johnson, after appealing his conviction all the way to the United States Supreme Court, would serve six months in prison.

14.Valery Bykovsky was launched into orbit by the Soviet Union on board Vostok 5. Bykovsky would spend

almost five days in space, breaking the record recently set by American astronautGordon Cooper, and making 82 orbits before returning on June 19, at the same time as Vostok 6 and Valen-tina Tereshkova.

15.Born: Helen Hunt, US actress, in Culver City, California

16.Valentina Tereshkova of the Soviet Union be-came the first woman in history to travel into

outer space, when she was launched as a cosmonaut on Vostok 6. Tereshkova was also the twelfth person to be sent into orbit. A woman would not travel into outer space again for twenty years, with U.S. astronaut Sally Ride being launched on June 18, 1983, as a mission specialist on the space shuttle Challenger. Teresh-kova, who would retire from the Soviet Air Force as a colonel, would marry her fellow cosmonaut, Andriyan Nikolayev, and go into politics, becoming a deputy of the Supreme Soviet, and a member of the Soviet Communist Party’s Central Committee.

17.Abington School District v. Schempp: The U.S. Supreme Court ruled, 8-1, that state-mandated Bible reading in

public schools was unconstitutional. The case had been consoli-dated with Murray v. Curlett, brought by Madalyn Murray, who in 1965 would marry to become Madalyn Murray O’Hair, and would become the founder of American Atheists. The Schempp case was not the decision that banned prayer in American public schools, which had been rendered in Engel v. Vitale on June 25, 1962.

18.Born: Bruce Smith, American NFL defensive end and member of Pro Football Hall of Fame, in Norfolk,

Virginia

19.What would become the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was sent by President Kennedy to the United States Con-

gress, and was introduced the next day in the House Judiciary Committee by U.S. Representative Emanuel Celler. The most comprehensive civil rights legislation in United States history, the legislation would be passed after Kennedy’s assassination, with President Lyndon B. Johnson signing it into law on July 2, 1964. n On the same day, President Kennedy secretly approved a CIA program of renewed sabotage of the infrastructure of Cuba, though abiding by his pledge to never invade the Commu-nist island nation.

20.The Moscow–Washington hotline (officially, the Direct Communications Link or DCL) was authorized by the

signing of a “Memorandum of Understanding Regarding the Establishment of a Direct Communications Line” in Geneva, Switzerland, by representatives of the Soviet Union and the United States. Though depicted in fiction as a red telephone, the hotline consisted of one teleprinter each in both nations, linked by a two cable circuits routed between Washington, D.C. and

Moscow by way of London, Copenhagen, Stockholm and Hel-sinki and two backup radio circuits routed that used Tangier (in Morocco) as a midpoint. Initially, the American DCL teleprinter was located inside the Pentagon, and could transmit at 65 words per minute. The first announced use of the line was in 1967 during the Six-Day War involving Israel and its Arab neighbors. n Phil Graham, the publisher of the Washington Post, entered Chestnut Lodge, a psychiatric hospital in Rockville, Maryland, for the second time. Two weeks later, he would shoot himself.

21.Giovanni Battista Montini, the Archbishop of Milan was elected as the 262nd pope, succeeding the late

Pope John XXIII. Cardinal Montini would take the regnal name Pope Paul VI, the first pontiff with that name since Paul V (who reigned 1606-1621) and would lead the Roman Catholic Church until his death in 1978. Theologian Hans Küng would later write in his memoirs that “Montini got 57 votes, only two more than the two-thirds majority required,” on the sixth ballot, with Cardinals Giacomo Lercaro of Bologna, Leo Joseph Suenens of Belgium and Augustin Beaof Germany having been under consideration as well.

22.Born: Randy Couture, three-time UFC Heavyweight Champion, in Everett, Washington

23.New York Mets centerfielder Jimmy Piersall hit the 100th home run of his major league career, and his first

with the Mets, and celebrated by running backwards around the bases. n Byron De La Beckwith was arrested by the FBI on suspicion of the murder of Medgar Evers, and delivered to the police in Jackson, Mississippi to be charged with violating the civil rights of Evers, rather than with his murder.

24. The Telcan, the first system designed to be used at home for recording programs from a television set, was

given its first demonstration. The system, shown in Nottingham, England, was seen to record programs onto a reel of videotape and then to play them back with “very fair video quality” on a 17-inch TV, could hold 30 minutes of programming, and had a suggested retail price of $175.

26.U.S. President John F. Kennedy delivered his famous “Ich bin ein Berliner” speech in front of the Berlin Wall

in West Berlin. n Paul McCartney and John Lennon wrote their hit song She Loves You, while staying at the Turk’s Hotel in Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Paul would later recall that when he played the recording for his father, the elder McCartney suggest-ed (unsuccessfully) that “yeah, yeah, yeah” should be replaced with “Yes! Yes! Yes!”

27.The state of Minnesota enacted the first law in the United States requiring modifications of buildings to

provide accessibility for handicapped persons, with Governor Karl Rolvaag signing the bill. n Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., the Republican nominee for Vice-President of the United States in 1960, was nominated by the winner of that election, President Kennedy, to be the new U.S. ambassador to South Vietnam.

29.The New York Journal American newspaper published a story headlined “High U.S. Aide Implicated in V-girl

Scandal”. Included in the article, by investigative reporters James D. Horan and Dom Frasca, was mention that call-girl Suzy Chang was a “former paramour” of “one of the biggest names in American politics — a man who holds a very high elective office”. U.S. Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, aware of the sexual encounters between President John F. Kennedy and Chang, summoned Horan and Frasca to Washington for an interrogation and confirmed that the reporters “were indeed referring to his brother”, then pressured them to halt further investigation.


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The Power of Storytelling

BY MARTA FUCHS, MLS, MFT

Recently I had the pleasure to speak to a group of fourth and fifth graders at a San Francisco public elemen-tary school for their annual Writers Faire. Since my new book is about my family’s Holocaust experiences, I was not intending to talk about the book’s content but rather the process of doing family research and writing stories, something I was encouraging each one of them to do.

To provide some context, I held up my book and asked the students what they thought the title Legacy of Rescue: A Daughter’s Tribute meant.

“Legacy,” I began,” is something you inherit. What do you think it includes?” Hands shot up and a student asked, “Traditions?” “Yes!” These kids are really sharp, I thought. “What does ‘rescue’ mean?” A bunch of boys yelled out “saving someone!” Indeed. When I got to “tribute” I suddenly realized I would not be able to easily explain it since the term evokes so much for me. A shy little fourth-grade girl slowly raised her hand and quietly but confidently stated, “Thank you and remember.”

I was stunned. Tears welled up in my eyes as I repeated to everyone what she had said. “That’s exactly right! I couldn’t have said it better myself. I wrote the book as a thank you to my wonderful father and the wonderful man who rescued him, and as a tribute to them both so we would remember them.”

I looked at her and saw that she was smiling proudly as my knees were still a bit wobbly.

“I’m not sure I can continue talking after that!” Every-one laughed and I turned to the little girl and said, “Thank you. You gave me such a gift by saying that.”

When I got back to work and told some colleagues about this experience, they all got tears in their eyes.

“That is amazing! Kids are so insightful.” My boss even asked if my new career was now going to be teaching fourth grade since I was so struck by what happened.

“People are hungry for stories. It’s part of our very be-ing. Storytelling is a form of history, of immortality too. It goes from one generation to another,” said Studs Terkel, the consummate storyteller best known for his oral histo-ries of everyday Americans.

Storytelling is an age old tradition of passing on indi-vidual, family, and cultural experiences. Stories about an experience that has touched your heart have the power to touch someone else’s heart, as well. Stories connect us deeply to each other and foster empathy. They can chal-lenge our assumptions and create new ways of perceiving, and ultimately serve as catalysts for new ways of acting.

My friend and colleague, Dr. Jon Herzenberg, reminded me of the online non-profit Kiva organization as a great example of the power of stories to be transformational. Ki-va’s mission is to connect people through lending as little as $25 in order to alleviate poverty around the world.

“We’re inspired to contribute based on the human story,” Jon explains. “We connect to people’s aspirations. We trust a global stranger whose story moves us to act.”

Inspiring others to act is exactly why I have been speaking for more than two decades about my father’s rescuer who saved him and over 100 Hungarian Jews during the Holocaust. When people hear the story, they not only are moved by the compassion and courage of this individual, but are also beckoned by the story to consider what they would have done.

Many of them have told me, “I hope I could have done the right thing under those circumstances” or “I would hope that I could have that kind of courage to help not just a family member but a complete stranger.”

The truth is there are circumstances in everyday life that give us opportunities to do the right thing, to help each other. After all, we’re all part of the same human family.

My friend Jon shared the perfect metaphor, the Banyan tree.

“It’s not just one tree. Its roots cascade down to the soil and grow another tree off the side. As it reaches out it keeps expanding. It’s symbolic of the tree of humanity.”

Talking with the elementary school kids and sharing a few stories my kids wrote about their wonderful grand-father, it became clear just how powerful stories can be. The students laughed and resonated with what my kids said. Despite coming from different families and differ-ent cultures, the students saw themselves reflected in my family's stories and perhaps were inspired to tell and write their own.

About the AuthorMarta Fuchs, a marriage and family therapist and

librarian, is the author of “Legacy of Rescue: A Daughter’s Tribute” (available on amazon.com and blurb.com) and co-author with her brother Henry of the multigenerational extended family memoir, “Fragments of a Family: Re-membering Hungary, the Holocaust, and Emigration to a New World.”

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Two Americans in China

BY AMANDA RoBERTS Usually, when disaster strikes, many people

initially ask “how can I help?” The willingness of people to help each other in times of great stress is one of the star qualities of the human race. But what if you lived somewhere so rife with cor-ruption that you have no way of knowing if your money will actually help people in need or end up buying a luxury car for some bureaucrat’s mistress? Would you still try to help or simply become too jaded to do anything? This is something every per-son wanting to help people in China in the wake of the devastating 7.0 earthquake in Sichuan on April 20 has had to ask.

In 2008, when the same area was hit by an earth-quake that killed 80,000 people, money poured in from all over China to help. Hong Kong even donated $1.2 billion to help their mainland kin in an act of goodwill. With that much money flow-ing, though, people began to watch where it was going, and people were outraged to find out that it wasn’t going to help the earthquake victims. There was not one, but a series of embezzlement scan-dals that infuriated donors both on the mainland and abroad. Hong Kong residents were especially incensed when a school that had been built specifi-cally with Hong Kong relief funds was torn down after only 11 months to build luxury apartments. With this earthquake, Hong Kong soundly refused to send any money to Sichuan for aid. Similarly, on many message boards around the country Chinese netizens are discouraging anyone from sending money to help. The common belief is that the Chi-nese government has enough money to help Sich-uan on its own and that citizens should not offer any monetary aid to any government agencies. It is extremely sad, but a growing trend in China for people to not help each other in times of need. It is also frustrating for people in other countries who might want to help out but don’t know where to send funds.

Since the earthquake happened on the heels of the bombing in Boston, many people in America also had relief efforts on their minds. Americans are known for being hugely charitable, donating over 200 billion dollars every year. Out of all the countries in the world, Americans donate the most to charity and the American government gives the most in developmental aid. That is a lot of money that could end up in the wrong hands, but it usual-ly doesn’t. How come Americans don’t worry about

where their charitable dona-tions go like the Chinese do? One reason is because most American charities are not run by the government, but are answerable to them. Most charities in America are funded on a donation basis, but they still must file tax returns and are subject to audits. They must account for every penny they spend or could be fined or jailed for fraud. In China, many charities, including their Red Cross branch, are owned and run by the government. It is too easy for officials to skim money off the top or overpay and overcom-pensate employees with no one to question where the money went. America also has many indepen-dent watchdog groups who evaluate, audit, and investigate charities to make sure they are doing what they claim to do. Groups like the American Institute for Philanthropy and Charity Navigator evaluate and rate thousands of charities and have all the information on easy-to-use websites to help donors see exactly how well a foundation carries out its purported mission. While these models are not perfect and embezzlement from charities cer-tainly does still happen, it is negligible compared to how much American-donated money does actu-ally go to the people who need it.

So if someone does want to donate to help with relief efforts in China, what can be done? It is actu-ally very easy to donate locally to help with causes internationally. Donations to a Red Cross or UNI-CEF chapter near you will end up helping in much needed areas abroad. There are also American charities that are China-specific such as Half the Sky or Pearl S. Buck International you can donate to. You can also do more in-depth research to find private charities operating in China that need aid. I personally donate to The Butterfly House, which is the only children’s hospice in China that just hap-pens to be in my town of Changsha. But however and wherever you choose to give, simply give. That is the most important thing.

About the author: Amanda Roberts has been living and writing

in China for nearly three years. You can learn more about her and living abroad at her website TwoAmericansinChina.com.

Amanda Roberts

Trusting Charities in America and China


Food for Thought: Italian CelebrationBY DR. LINDA MITCHELL

Lights, Camera, Action! … no wait … that’s Hollywood. Energy, Excitement, Exhilara-tion! That’s New York. I took a group of teenagers there last week. All girls, first time for that so it changed the itinerary some. Sure, we still photo-graphed the Statue of Liberty, walked Wall Street, ascended the Empire State Building, but we also went on a Chocolate tour of the city, hopped cupcake bars and ate our way through Little Italy.

We timed our visit just right to hit the 85th An-nual Feast of San Gennaro, New York City’s oldest, biggest and most tasty street festival. Streets were closed off for miles just so they could be filled with vendors offering everything from tiramisu and gelato to grilled sausages and zeppoles (who doesn’t love fried dough covered in powdered sugar?) There is so much competition among the many street vendors, that they put on quite a show of preparing the food in order to attract folks to their booths and you get to sample everything. Great fun!

Tiramisu Cake(Fancy and delicious but easy to prepare--use a box cake mix to save time)

1 package white cake mix1 teaspoon instant coffee powder1/4 cup strong coffeeFilling:8 ounces mascarpone cheese1/2 cup confectioners’ sugar2 tablespoons strong coffeeFrosting:2 cups heavy cream1/4 cup confectioners’ sugar2 tablespoons strong coffee

Grease and flour three 9-inch pans. Prepare the cake mix according to package directions and then fill two pans, each with 1/3 of the batter. Stir in-stant coffee into the remaining batter before pour-ing it into the third pan. Bake in preheated 350 degree oven for 20 minutes or until a toothpick in-serted into the center of the cake comes out clean.

For the filling: combine mascarpone, coffee and sugar. Refrigerate until needed.

For the frosting: Beat together the cream, sugar and coffee. Stir half of this into the refrigerated filling. Spread filling between the three layers and spread frosting over the top and sides. Garnish with chocolate curls.

Foccacia Bread(fast and full of flavor)

2 tablespoons honey2 cups warm water1 package active dry yeast2 tablespoons kosher salt1 tablespoon olive oil½ cup onion, diced5 cups all-purpose flour3 tablespoons olive oil2 tablespoons fresh rosemary, chopped (may use other herbs as well)1/3 cup Parmesan cheese (may use Asiago or Romano)

Dissolve honey in warm water and sprinkle yeast over the top. Stir in 1 tablespoon olive oil, 1 tablespoon salt, onions and 5 cups flour. Knead dough until smooth. Spray a large bowl with cook-ing spray or oil lightly. Cover with a cloth and let rise about 20 minutes. Place dough onto a greased baking sheet and flatten to cover the entire sheet. Use the tips of your fingers to make indentions all over the dough. Drizzle with 3 tablespoons olive oil and sprinkle with herbs, cheese and remaining salt. Let rise about 15 minutes. Bake in a preheated 400 degree oven until golden brown.

Dr. Linda Mitchell



Stuffed Pizza

Crust: 2 cups lukewarm water1 package active dry yeast4 cups all purpose flour2 tablespoons olive oil1 teaspoon salt

Let the yeast fully dissolve in the warm water. Slowly add olive oil, salt and flour. Knead the dough. If necessary, add a little more flour.

Divide the dough into 4 equal portions to make individual-size pizzas. Place on a lightly-floured surface or pan and cover with a cloth. Let rise for about an hour. Stretch the dough out over a greased baking sheet and cover with your favorite toppings. Bake in a preheated 400 degree oven for about 15 minutes.

For Stuffed Spinach filling: 3 tablespoons olive oil2 cloves garlic, peeled and crushed or 2 tablespoons minced garlic2 cups fresh spinach1/2 cup grated cheese (use your favorite, or mix several together)

In a frying pan, heat the olive oil and brown the garlic. Add the spinach and saute until just wilted. Add salt to taste and let cool.

Add spinach to 1/2 the dough and top with cheese. Fold the dough over. Pinch the opposite ends of the dough together to seal. Lightly brush the dough with olive oil and sprinkle with salt. Bake for approximately 15 minutes.

Chicken Parmesan

1/4 cup olive oil3 tablespoons olive oil2 garlic cloves, chopped or 2 tablespoons minced garlic2 bay leaves½ cup olives, pitted (optional)1/3 cup basil leaves2 (28 ounce) cans whole peeled tomatoes, drained and crushed (can buy crushed tomatoes)1/2 teaspoon sugarSalt and pepper to taste4 skinless, boneless chicken breasts1/2 cup flour2 eggs, beaten 1 cup bread crumbs8 ounces mozzarella1 pound spaghetti pasta, cooked

Saute onions, garlic and bay leaves. Add ol-ives, basil and tomatoes. Season with sugar, salt and pepper. Simmer for about 15 minutes. Cover chicken breasts with plastic wrap and pound until flattened. Dredge chicken in flour, then dip in eggs and bread crumbs. Fry in hot oil until done. Cover with tomato sauce and sprinkle with mozzarella. Bake at 400 degrees until cheese is bubbly. Serve over spaghetti.



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BY LISA YoUNG

As water temperatures rise, manatees will be arriv-ing in our local waterways. Researchers at the Dauphin Island Sea Lab’s Manatee Sighting Network (DISL/MSN) gear up for another busy sighting season. DISL/MSN reminds boaters in Alabama and Mississippi to help manatees migrate safely by boating with caution and looking out for manatees when on the water.

“The best rule of thumb is to stay at least 100 feet from manatees since they are fed-erally protected, and report any sightings as soon as possible,” says Senior Marine Scientist, Dr. Ruth Carmichael. “It is important to remember that manatees are not always alone. If you see one, there may be more, and they can be tough to see, especially in our turbid waters.”

MSN research-ers are also antici-pating the return of four manatees tagged in Alabama waters last summer, including a manatee recently nicknamed “Brodie” during the first ever Alabama Manatee Naming Contest. In August 2012, all four manatees were equipped with GPS transmitting tags that allow MSN to directly follow the mana-tees’ movements. The four tagged mana-tees spent the winter at warm water refuges in the St. Petersburg and Tampa, Fla. areas and are making their way back to Alabama.

MSN relies on the public to report manatee sightings in the northern Gulf of Mexico. You can help by report-ing any and all manatee sightings to the MSN research team 24 hours a day, 7 days a week by phone at 866-493-5803, email [email protected], or online sighting form www.manatee.disl.org.

Founded in 2007, DISL’s Manatee Sighting Network is the only formal manatee sighting network in the U.S. that is dedicated to receiving and mapping every mana-

tee sighting from western Florida through Mississippi. Since its inception, over 1,000 manatee sightings have been reported to MSN. Part of MSN’s research focuses on defining where manatees live and what they eat while visiting Alabama and surrounding waters. DISL’s MSN encourages manatee spotters to report their sight-ings as soon as possible.

“Our primary goal this time of year is to remind people that manatees are here and that the sighting net-

work is active. We really depend on the public to report every sighting, any time, as soon as

possible,” states Dr. Carmichael.

You can assist our research and help

protect manatees in Alabama and surrounding waters:

n Report mana-tee sightings to DISL/MSN via our website www.manatee.disl.org, toll free phone 866-493-5803, or email manatee@

disl.org n Boat with cau-

tion. Boat strikes are the leading cause of

human-related mortality among manatees. n Give manatees space.

Stay at least 100 feet from manatees. Manatees are federally

protected endangered species; any ac-tivity that changes manatees' natural behavior

is harassment and is illegal. n Spread the word. Tell your friends, family, neigh-

bors and colleagues to report manatee sightings to DISL/MSN.

n Like! DISL/MSN on Facebook. Find us under Mo-bile Manatees Sighting Network.

n Volunteer. Call or log-on to find out how you can become a MSN volunteer.

n Donate. 100 percent of your donation supports MSN research and educational outreach.

Manatees begin migration to Alabama waters:Your help is needed to report sightings


Service estimates economic impact of critical habitat designation for fluted kidneyshell and slabside pearlymussel

BY STEPHANIE CHANCE

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announces the availability of a draft economic analysis considering the impact of a proposal to designate critical habitat for two freshwater mussels proposed for listing as endangered.

If the two species are listed, and if critical habitat is finalized as it is proposed, the draft economic analysis suggests a range of economic impacts that are possible as a result.

In addition to opening a public comment period on the draft economic analysis, the Service is re-opening a public comment period on the proposal to designate critical habitat for these mussels under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) for 30 days by May 29, in order to allow comments on the draft analysis and the proposed critical habitat designation. The Service first released the proposed critical habitat designation for public comment in October 2012.

The fluted kidneyshell and the slabside pearlymus-sel are only found in portions of the Cumberland and Tennessee River systems of Alabama, Kentucky, Mis-sissippi, Tennessee, and Virginia. They have both been eliminated from more than 60 percent of the total num-ber of streams where they historically lived.

Only a handful of populations of both species are considered biologically viable. The primary reasons for these mussels’ decline include impoundments, mining, oil and gas exploration, sedimentation, chemical con-taminants, temperature alterations, recurring drought and flooding, population fragmentation and isolation, loss of fish hosts, and the introduced, invasive Asian clam.

The economic analysis estimates the total incre-mental cost of critical habitat designation to be up to $3.5 million over 20 years. These costs stem from the requirement for federal agencies to consult with the Service regarding the impacts of their actions, or those that they fund or authorize, on critical habitat.

Other sectors of the economy likely to be subject to the impacts include commercial, industrial, residen-tial, utility development, agricultural and recreational development. The majorities of these costs are adminis-trative and may be borne by federal and state agencies; however, some costs may be incurred by local govern-ments and businesses if federal funding or a federal permit is involved.

Critical habitat is a term defined in the ESA. It refers to specific geographic areas that are essential to the conservation of a threatened or endangered species and which may require special management considerations or protection. The designation of critical habitat on pri-vate land has no impact on private landowner activities

that do not require federal funding or permits. In total, the Service is proposing 27 critical habitat

units encompassing 1,380 miles (2,218 km) in Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi, Tennessee, and Virginia for the fluted kidneyshell and slabside pearlymussel. Some of the units overlap and are proposed critical habitat for both species.

Here are the proposed critical habitat designations for each mussel. For the fluted kidneyshell, the Service is proposing 24 critical habitat units encompassing 1,182 miles (1,899 km) of stream channel in Kentucky, Tennessee, and Virginia. For the slabside pearlymussel, 13 critical habitat units encompassing 971 miles (1,562 km) of stream channel in Alabama, Mississippi, Ten-nessee, and Virginia are proposed.

The fluted kidneyshell’s proposed designation includes eight streams of unoccupied habitat. There are no unoccupied streams designated for the slabside pearlymussel. All streams proposed as critical habitat are occupied by one of these species, or by another previously listed mussel species. Unoccupied habitats provide additional habitat for population expansion and promote genetic diversity, which will decrease the risk of extinction for these two species.

For example, the Elk, Holston and French Broad rivers are being proposed as unoccupied critical habitat for the fluted kidneyshell. This species was once found in these areas. Although there are no recent records of the fluted kidneyshell in these reaches, they remain essential to the conservation and eventual recovery of the species, and conditions in these streams appear to have improved because of river improvement efforts initiated by the Tennessee Valley Authority as a result of its Reservoir Releases Improvements/Lake Improve-ment Plan.

Within the proposed critical habitat designation for the fluted kidneyshell and slabside pearlymussel, the Reservoir Releases Improvements/Lake Improvement Plan improved water releases from Cherokee Dam on the Holston River; Douglas Dam on the French Broad River; Apalachia Dam on the Hiwassee River; Tims Ford Dam on the Elk River; and Normandy Dam on the Duck River. Portions of all of these rivers below their dams are proposed as critical habitat for one or both mussels.

The Service is seeking input from members of the scientific community and the public before any final decision on the proposal is made. Please submit com-ments concerning:

n Any new scientific and commercial information and data concerning any threats to these species.



BRAGGING RIGHTS

Nobody’s MotherBY RoSANNE GULISANo

Jackie DiMeo from Chicago is somebody’s aunt, but nobody’s mother. She has had the joy of sticky, lollipop-lips kisses and squeeze-your-

breath-away hugs with dimpled fingers clutching her neck. These pleasures were only borrowed from her brother and his wife, but she savors them as hers alone.

She is not an elderly widow, but an elderly spinster. That is a word that still evokes powerful connotations of being unwanted and rejected, but Jackie was neither. Her lost love died in a long-ago war. She never sought another.

Jackie lives in an apartment building with a lot of ladies and men who shuffle along with walkers and canes and have gray hair and bad hearing. They some-times forget one another’s names. She is 91 years old and you only make her acquaintance for a few minutes before you find out she is a proud Italian-American. She needs no cane or walker and strides along, ramrod

straight, with no assistance. Her hair is white blonde, her makeup, impeccable.

On this day, she sings “Happy Birthday” to a friend and asks if the cake has cannolli filling. She wears bright colors and exquisite vintage jewelry. For 40 of her working years, she served customers at a Chicago Michigan Avenue jewelry store and she is a jewelry expert.

When the birthday song is done and the cake con-sumed, she shares a hug and some tears with the birthday girl, who is 92. Perhaps they are aware in that moment, without speaking about it, that their future birthday celebrations are limited.

Later today her nephew will pick her up in his car and bring her home for Sunday dinner. He will share his home and his family with her. I am very sure he has fond memories of one who loved him just as his mother did. Now another generation of children with sticky lips and dimpled fingers know the love of their Aunt Jackie.

n Any information concerning range, distribution, and population size of these species, including the locations of any additional populations.

n The biological or ecological requirements of these species.

n Current or planned activities in the areas occu-pied by these species and possible impacts of listing on these activities.

n Why the Service should or should not designate these areas as “critical habitat,” including whether there are threats to these mussels from human activity, the degree of which the threats can be expected to in-crease or decrease due to the designation, and whether the benefit of designation would outweigh threats to these species caused by the designation, such that the designation of critical habitat is prudent.

n Information on any foreseeable economic, national security, or other relevant impacts resulting from the proposed designation.

n Whether the Service could improve or modify its approach to designating critical habitat in any way to provide for greater public participation and under-standing, or to better accommodate public concerns or comments.

The public may mail comments and materials con-cerning this proposed rule to Public Comments Pro-

cessing, Attn: FWS–R4–ES–2012–0004 (for proposed listing), or Attn: FWS–R4–ES–2013–0026 for (proposed critical habitat designation); Division of Policy and Directives Management; U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; 4401 N. Fairfax Drive, MS 2042–PDM; Arlington, VA 22203.

Comments also can be filed electronically at www.regulations.gov, using the docket numbers listed above.

All comments must be received by May 29 and must include a first and last name, city, state, country and zip code. Any comments and materials the Service receives, as well as supporting documentation used in preparing this proposed rule, will be available for public inspection on www.regulations.gov, or by ap-pointment during normal business hours, at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service office in Cookeville, Tenn., telephone 931-528-6481.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is the principal federal agency responsible for conserving, protecting and enhancing fish, wildlife and plants and their habi-tats for the continuing benefit of the American people. For more information, visit www.fws.gov/southeast. Connect with us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/usfwssoutheast, follow our tweets at www.twitter.com/usfwssoutheast, watch our YouTube Channel at www.youtube.com/usfws, and download photos from our Flickr page at www.flickr.com/photos/usfwssoutheast.



Is Your Portfolio Truly Diversified?

Life is full of ups and downs — and the financial markets are no different. As an investor, you’re no doubt happy to see the “ups” — but the “downs” can seem like a real downer. Isn’t there any way to help smooth out the volatility in your investment portfolio?

First of all, to cope with volatility, it’s helpful to know what causes it — and there can be many causes. Computers that make trades in millisec-onds, based on mathematical models, are some-times blamed for intraday volatility, but large price swings can also occur following the release of government economic reports, such as those deal-ing with unemployment and housing starts. Global events, such as the European economic malaise, can also send the financial markets into a tizzy.

By being aware of the impact of these events, you can see that the workings of the markets — especially their volatility — may not be as mys-terious as you thought. Still, while knowing the causes of volatility can help you prepare for market swings, it won’t blunt their impact on your portfo-lio. To do that, you need to create a diversified mix of investments because your portfolio can be more susceptible to negative price movements if you only own one type of asset.

To illustrate: If you owned mostly bonds, and interest rates rose sharply, the value of your bonds would likely drop, and your portfolio could take a big hit. But if you owned stocks, bonds, govern-ment securities, certificates of deposit (CDs) and other investment vehicles, the rise in interest rates would probably affect your portfolio less signifi-cantly.

Unfortunately, many investors think that if they own a few stocks and a bond, they’re diversified. But you can actually extend your diversification through many levels — and you should. For the equity portion of your portfolio, try to own stocks representing many market sectors and industries. Also, consider international stocks. And rather than just owning U.S. Treasury bonds, consider corporate bonds and municipal bonds, and diversi-fy your fixed-income holdings further by purchas-ing short-term, intermediate-term and long-term bonds. Work with your financial advisor to deter-mine the mix of asset classes and investments that are appropriate for your financial goals and objec-tives.

How you ultimately diversify your portfolio depends on your risk tolerance, time horizon and

long-term goals — there’s no one “correct” asset mix for everyone. And over time, your diversifica-tion needs may change. To cite one example, as you enter your retirement years, you may need to increase your percentage of income-producing investments while possibly reducing the amount of growth investments you own. These growth-orient-ed investments tend to be more volatile, and you may want less volatility during your retirement. However, even during retirement, you will need to own a certain percentage of growth investments to provide you with the growth potential you’ll need to stay ahead of inflation.

Keep in mind that diversification can’t guarantee a profit or protect against loss. Nonetheless, build-ing a diversified portfolio may help take some of the volatility out of investing — so look for diversi-fication opportunities whenever possible.

Edward Jones, its employees and financial advi-sors are not estate planners and cannot provide tax or legal advice. You should consult your estate-planning attorney or qualified tax advisor regard-ing your situation.

Steve Ellison, Financial Advisor1745 Main St. Suite ADaphne, AL 36526251-626-7701www.edwardjones.com/taxtalk

Many investors think that if they own a few stocks and a bond, they’re diversified. But you can actually extend your diversification through many levels — and you should.


It’s movie time … at Precision Imaging

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Now when your doctor says you need an MRI, you can watch a movie or your favorite TV show

while getting your MRI … if you choose Precision Imaging in Gulf Shores.

More FunPrecision Imaging has added CinemaVision

goggles to their 3T open MRI. These head-mounted goggles produce the effect of a 62-inch screen. You can bring your own movie, watch one of theirs or view a favorite TV show while getting your MRI.

Relax. Be entertained; not anxious.

More RoomNot only does their MRI offer entertainment, but

its’ wide-open design accommodates athletic or large body types, and it alleviates anxiety for the claustrophobic patient. Just look at the opposite

picture …three adults can fit comfortably into Pre-cision’s MRI.

More Detail but Less TimeBecause it is a 3Tesla MRI with two times the

resolution of other MRIs in the area, the images are exceptionally detailed, allowing your doctors to

make more confident diagnoses. Yet, thanks to its exclusive Total Imaging Matrix technology, your

exam is faster … takes less of your time.

Who, What and WhereThe staff at Precision Imaging, led by Dr. Jason

Williams, is committed to providing their patients with the best technology in a spa-like setting. Re-ports are faxed within 24 hours of the procedure and are available 24/7 on their web-based PACS system for viewing by the ordering physicians.

In addition to 3T Open MRIs, Precision offers 64-Slice CT scans, 3D Digital Mammography, Bone

Density and Ultra-Sound exams as well as inter-ventional procedures.

Convenient, same-day appointments are avail-able for most services. With their state-of-the-art

technology, Precision Imaging has become the leader in Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology in this coastal area. Precision Imaging is located on W 2nd Street in Gulf Shores. Visit www.preci-

sionimag.com or call 251-948-3420.


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