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From Panama to Florida, Lon Ligon has been

Calling Square Dancesfor 40 years

Hip to be Square

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features

departments

columns24 Enjoying Act Three

by Ellis Amburn

43 Embracing Lifeby Donna Bonnell

45 Healthy Edgeby Kendra Siler-Marsiglio

50 Reading CornerReview by Terri Schlichenmeyer

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CONTENTS ON THE COVER

Lon Ligon has been the club caller for

the Grand Squares club of Gainesville for

several decades. Lon and his wife Peggy

started square dancing while overseas in

1970, which soon led to his square dance

calling when the current club caller was

transferred back to the United States.

JUNE 2013 • VOL. 13 ISSUE 06

WINNER!Congratulations to the winner from our

MAY 2013 issue…

Frances A. Freyfrom Gainesville, Florida

18 Arts in MedicineHealing the Spirit, tooBY DARLA KINNEY SCOLES

26 Hip to be SquareFrom Panama to Florida, Lon Ligon has been

Calling Square Dances for 40 yearsBY BREANNA MAYE

30 Summer SchoolA Trip to Italy to Study AbroadBY DANA EDWARDS

36 Safety & IndependenceExtend Your Freedom with a Medical Alert SystemBY ALLYSEN KERR

PHOTO BY TJ MORRISSEY for LOTUS STUDIOS

10 Tapas14 Community Page15 Charity of the Month

40 Calendar of Events44 Theatre Listings49 Crossword Puzzle

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Summer Has ArrivedI hope everyone is staying cool. Of course, since it’s now 90+ degrees out-side, our air conditioner started to leak water. This only happens when we need it the most, such as a few years back when we had record-breaking freezes and the heater broke, or the time we had our daughter’s graduation party and the AC soaked the living room carpet. I fi xed it then and I fi xed it again (luckily, clear-ing out the drain line is relatively easy). What does this have to do with Senior Times? Absolutely nothing. I just felt like sharing it. The last time I square-danced (actually, this IS relevant) was in elementary school. In those days, it was part of P.E. class. In addition to playing kickball, dodge ball, softball, tetherball and crack-the-whip (which was likely not sanctioned by the school; it may have been an extracurricular activity), we would also square dance outside on the basketball

courts. Our P.E. coach would set up the record player and do the calling and we would all promenade — the only term I remember. My memories of those days seem mostly lost in the sands of time. I do recall going in circles, holding hands, switching partners and occasion-ally getting mixed up. Oddly enough, I don’t remember liking it or not; it was just something we had to do, and I hadn’t thought about it much until Senior Times visited with Square Dance caller Lon Ligon. Learn all about him and the Grand Squares. Speaking of dancing, we also offer you a story on the Shands Arts in Medicine program, which happens to include art, music and dance/movement therapy. If you’ve not heard about it, art therapy uses the creative process of making art to improve and enhance a patient’s physi-cal, mental and emotional well being. It can be benefi cial for people of all ages. We also bring you a travel feature about one student’s experience in the UF study abroad program. Last summer, one of our writers had the opportunity to study in Rome. I’m no world traveler, so it’s always fun to read about these far-away lands. In fact, I’ve only left the country once, when the Coral Gables High School band traveled to Mexico the summer of my senior year. I was very fortunate to be part of such an incredible experi-ence. I kept a log of our travel experi-ences. But have no worries; you won’t be reading about our shenanigans in Senior Times anytime soon. Enjoy! s

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BREANNA MAYE

is a recent graduate of UF’s Journalism and Communications college. She enjoys reading and going to the beach and spending time with her family. [email protected]

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isn’t sure what happened, but the last thing she remembers is taking a high school journalism class and falling in love with the process of putting a story into print. Oodles of years, one husband, three daughters and multitudinous stories later, she’s still in love with it all. That, and dark chocolate. [email protected]

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this month.

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Today, historians argue about Custer’s Last Stand, whether he was actually attacked at the end of

the battle, or while trying to retreat.

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Father’s Day wasn’t an offi cial

holiday until President Richard

Nixon signed it into law in 1972.

Sonora Dodd is known as the

“mother of Father’s Day” for starting

the holiday in 1909, in honor of her

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Joan Rivers BORN JUNE 8, 1933

Joan Alexandra Molinsky was born in Brooklyn, NY and raised

by her Russian Jewish immigrant parents. After graduating from

Barnard College in 1954, she dropped her family name for show

business and became Joan Rivers. A guest spot on “The Tonight

Show with Johnny Carson” in 1965 launched her career as a

performer. Soon she was hosting talk shows, acting in fi lms and

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Edgar Rosenberg. In 1994, they began hosting the E!Entertainment

Television pre-awards show for the Golden Globe awards.

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80Years Old

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his 40-year career. The pianist and

composer has taken on genres from

experimental sound to children’s

music to symphonic works. Corea is

currently on an international tour.

BORN JUNE 12, 1941

“Art is a subject that is inundated with opinions. In fact, that’s all it is about is opinions.”

Pat BooneJune 1, 1934 (79)

Dr. Ruth WestheimerJune 4, 1928 (85)

Tom JonesJune 7, 1940 (73)

Nancy SinatraJune 8, 1940 (73)

Jackie MasonJune 9, 1931 (82)

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In 2010, the Cinema Verde Environmental Film Festival debuted in Gainesville. That year, an estimated 3,000 people experienced events during a 10-day period consisting of 25 environmental fi lms, a fi lm competition, art gallery exhibits, eco-tours, 5-K bike/run and an all day eco-fair. Now the Gator4 Cinema in the Oaks Mall Plaza has reopened its doors and will provide a new venue for Cinema Verde Environmental Film Festival. On June 5, the fi rst Cinema Verde fi lm screening will be held, in conjunction with a Green Drinks Gainesville meeting. Green Drinks events offer the opportunity for like-minded people to gather together to discuss environmental issues. “The goal of Cinema Verde and Green Drinks, our sustainable networking group, is to broaden the reach of environmental information so people will learn about how we can protect

the natural beauty around us to benefi t our children and future generations,” said Trish Riley, director of Cinema Verde. “We’re hoping that moving from downtown to this west side location will make it easier for families to come dine and learn with us.” Riley will select from among the award-winning fi lms screened at February’s Cinema Verde fi lm festival. These events will also feature newer fi lms that have not previously been screened at the festival, such as “Island President,” slated for June 5. “Island President” is about the former President of the Maldives who gained fame at Copenhagen for his fi ght to protect the island nation from sea rise due to climate change. s

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It began with a game of baseball. It was a way for Shelly Voelker’s son, Noah, to socializewith friends, despite the cerebral palsy thathis doctor said would hold him back.

F ourteen years later, Noah’s game of baseball has tran-scended the fi eld; it has become a community lesson on

diversity, acceptance and the power of unconditional love. Noah’s Endeavor, a local charity that hosts recreational ac-tivities for all ability levels, has won March’s SunState Federal Credit Union’s $1,000 award. Following Voelker’s nomination, it won with 1,730 “likes” on the charity contest Facebook.

After Noah’s passing four years ago, the orga-nization now continues in his honor, hoping to keep his spirit of inclu-sion alive. It has ex-panded from the single season of baseball to now include year-round recreational activities,

such as basketball, bowling, soccer and swimming. Many of the members who come out for the games have developmental or physical challenges. But the Voelkers stress that all activities are open to anyone. Volunteers often help at the games, alongside siblings and parents. Noah’s Endeavor offers a safe space to teach participants about the diversity among communities. “I love that they’re going to grow up believing that there is a wide range of abilities,” Voelker said. “And that it’s completely normal.” Charlotte Ravel’s son, Daniel, also has cerebral palsy and has been involved with Noah’s Endeavor since the fi rst season of baseball. Now 17, Daniel still comes out to the games. He plays base-ball in his wheelchair, and a volunteer helps him around the fi eld. As he rounds second base, Daniel’s grin runs ear to ear. Voelker said that she sees positive effects like this in many of the participants. It is not about learning the rules of the game or becoming competitive, but about socializing with friends

and practicing skills such as sharing or waiting your turn. Voelker said she hopes winning the contest will make more people in the community aware of the organization. Many families are looking for ways to involve their children in a pro-gram such as Noah’s Endeavor, but have lived in Gainesville for years without knowing it exists. With the prize money, Voelker hopes to offset expenses for the members’ favorite activity of the year swimming, the only activity that costs money to participate. But Voelker is working toward making it free for everyone. Voelker said the swimming activities, called “Aquabilities,” are particularly important so that members can learn water safety. Long term, Voelker said she would love to open her own swim-ming facility that accommodates all types of families and needs. As the 2013 baseball season wraps up, Noah’s Endeavor will continue to honor Noah’s spirit of friendship and acceptance in the same place it all began — out on the fi eld. s

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More than 10 years and 1,000 rescued dachshunds later, DARE’s passion for saving those left behind is stronger than ever.

T hey are the dogs from puppy mills that have never walked in grass. They are the dogs that were abused,

malnourished or infected. They are the gifts from Christmas that were too much work by Easter. DARE (Dachshund Adop-tion Rescue and Education) takes them in, loves them and fi nds them homes. DARE, nominated by longtime member Judy Delbene, has won the $1,000 prize for SunState Credit Union’s April char-ity contest. Delbene, who won $300 for her nomination, also donated the money back to DARE. The organization began in 2001 but became an offi cial

nonprofi t in 2004. It is completely volunteer-based and works out of the homes of foster parents, of which there are now around 30. DARE saves dachshunds that may otherwise not have had a chance, such as seniors or those facing life-threatening medical issues.

“We don’t just pull the young, pretty dogs,” Delbene said. Because of this, the veterinary costs add up. Each dog, once fully vetted, will live with a DARE member, who fosters until a suitable owner can adopt. The organization has a rigorous adoption process, complete with references and home visits. DARE doesn’t want its dogs ending up in another shelter just months down the line. “We see what happens when there’s irresponsible pet ownership because we clean up the mess,” said Alicia Duval, DARE’s vice president. To help prevent this, a cornerstone of DARE’s mission is education. The organization shares breed expertise with po-tential or current owners, such as dachshunds’ common back problems or notorious stubbornness. They teach about the importance of spaying and neutering and generally about the commitment of owning a dog.

They also share why their beloved wiener dogs make such wonderful pets. Overall, the driving force behind DARE is a love for the breed. At the organization’s big annual event, Dox-A-Palooza, hundreds of dachshund lovers come out from all around the state to celebrate their hotdog-shaped companions with “wie-ner races” and costume contests. Many of the dachshunds who come out are former DARE rescues and receive a special colored bandana to wear. “You can look out and see this sea of colors and the hun-dreds of dogs we’ve helped over the years,” Duval said. For Delbene, the best part of being a foster parent is match-ing individual dachshunds with the perfect family. After two weeks in her home, Delbene said a scared dog that was hiding under the table will begin to show its personality. “It’s exciting to be able to do that for another living being — giving them a new life.” s

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“I walked into the darkened room and found the patient curled up in the fetal

position,” recalled UF & Shands Arts in Medicine (AIM) Musician in Residence Danielle DeCosmo. “I started singing and as I fi nished up the fi rst verse of the song I noticed the patient had straight-ened up a bit. After the second verse, she asked that I raise the bed. By the time I was on a second song, she was bright-eyed and energetic. She said ‘lift the blinds; let’s let the light in!’” Letting the light in is perhaps a fi tting description to what happens every time an AIM artist of any type enters the room of any patient for any amount of time. Founded in 1990 at Shands Hospital at the University of Florida, AIM offers patients experiences in visual, literary, contemplative and performance arts, all designed to transform the hospital patient from their current medical state to a higher one. AIM Writer in Residence, Barbara Esrig, experienced this transformation as a patient herself before training for the AIM program at Shands.

“I came in the back door as a pa-tient,” Esrig said when asked about her involvement with AIM. “In the hospital recovering from life-threatening injuries sustained in a head-on collision, I was visited by some friends in AIM. At fi rst no one thought I would live. As I did be-come aware of what was going on around me, though, it was important to me to be seen as a person and not a bunch of broken bones. That is exactly what AIM did for me — and does for every patient, no matter what their circumstances.” Esrig believes that because of AIM and other friend-inspired mood lifters such as decorating her room, joke-telling sessions, and inspiring cards and visits, she was able to leave the hospital much sooner than medical professionals originally predicted. A year-and-a-half into her recovery, she received a phone call asking if she would be interested in participating in AIM as a writer. The answer, of course, was yes. “One patient I visited in 1999 just started talking about their life — and that is how the oral history program started,” Esrig said. “At fi rst I wrote the

stories down. Then we started recording them. I’ve done hundreds of histories and never get tired of hearing them. In every room there is an amazing story. I’m there to coax that story out of the patient. I never know what kind of story I’m going to get.” The history of AIM has evolved much

Arts in MedicineHealing the Spirit, Too

by Darla Kinney Scoles

CREATIVE CARE

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the same way. Several years prior to Es-rig’s experience, a number of physicians and artists nationwide got the same idea: that the arts could help healing in a hospital setting. Three of those profes-sionals were in Gainesville. AIM Director, Tina Mullen, said that it all began when Shands RN, Helen

Walsh, invited artist Mary Lisa Kitakis-Spano to come create art with one of her patients. With both Nurse Mary Rock-wood Lane and Dr. John Graham-Pole championing the innovative movement from the start, the program grew. “It’s a very simple notion, really, and it started very organically,” Mullen said.

PHOTOS BY DARLA KINNEY SCOLES

The simple notion that the arts —

whether visual, performing or literary

— could contribute to a hospital

patient’s experience in a positive way

has, over the last 20 years, become a

standard of care at Shands Hospital at

the University of Florida. A variety of

interactive programs help all involved

focus on more than just their current

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“The magic is when you see the patient and artist together in action.” The efforts in Gainesville have evolved over the years as well. Begin-ning with a few volunteer artists visit-ing pediatric bone marrow transplant patients, the initiative now employs paid artists and spans all areas of the facil-ity — including the art on the walls — to improve patient care in some way.

Now, with more than two-dozen different Shands AIM activities, hos-pital rooms, halls, atriums and even the tunnels are fi lled at any given time with some sort of artistic activity. The hospital’s AIM program is considered the top in the nation and people come to Gainesville to learn how to implement such a program elsewhere. Mullen notes that now 60 percent of

AIM services go to adult patients and 40 percent to pediatrics. Overall, medicine is shifting from focusing on technol-ogy to better connecting with patients. To that end, AIM artists focus on the patient and not their own performance. “The arts bring patients back to a place of a strong sense of self, outside of their illness,” Mullen said. “We fi nd that if we can engage adults in music, from

PHOTOS BY DARLA KINNEY SCOLES

Writer in Residence Barbara Esrig (top) and Musician in Residence Cathy DeWitt visit with Diane Galinger. The arts bring patients back to a place of

a strong sense of self outside of their present illness, helping to improve mood and healing. A song selection can spark a memory, which leads to a

childhood story — taking the mind to another time and place far from the hospital setting.

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Dance is an important medium in the Arts in Medicine

fi eld as well, and several opportunities exist for Shands

patients — and Seniors — to move their feet and feel better

through AIM off erings. Dance for Lifelong Health is one such

opportunity.

Off ered at the Senior Recreation Center each Tuesday, the

movement workshop is designed to promote health for

mature adults through joyful motion that focuses on fun,

fi tness and creativity.

A recent class session involved a variety of movements

themed around the earth, in honor of Earth Day. Swaying,

dipping, bending and kicking in honor of sun, wind, storms,

fl owers and wildlife, the dozen workshop participants enjoyed

the benefi ts of movement and the camaraderie of group

exploration designed to fl ex both their physical, mental and

imaginative muscles. A new dance was created in the process.

Arlene Epperson regularly attends the sessions and feels the

benefi ts in many ways.

“This class stimulates my brain,” Epperson said. “I have to

remember the sections of the routines and then be able to put

them together. It also helps with my coordination. We sometimes

steal steps from one another and just have a lot of fun.”

“I can now reach higher cabinets, thanks to this class,” added

Janet Plumley, who has been attending for two years. “The

class sounded like an interesting thing to do, so I tried it. I’m

uncoordinated, so it has helped with that. And it’s fun, too.”

Led by Rusti Brandman, Ph.D., a Dancer in Residence with

Shands AIM, the group uses stretching, chairs, mini-routines

and a variety of music genres to fi ll an hour with joy through

movement.

“You don’t have to put your leg up to your ear unless you

really want to,” joked Brandman with the dancers. “Now let’s

put our ‘morning’ and ‘midday’ routines together and add the

‘evening.’ Then we’ll circle in and cool down.”

“Rusti is very enthusiastic and I love her diff erent themes,”

said class member Jackie Cotter. “It can be challenging to

remember the steps. We’re all at diff erent levels and that’s

okay. It’s just a great opportunity to dance.”

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there we can get them to do anything.” DeCosmo found that truth prior to working with AIM when her voice stu-dents began to open up to her at practice sessions. She realized that it was the mu-sic that set the tone for such exchanges. Now a fi ve-year veteran with AIM, she knows that the same music relaxes the heart rate, releases oxytocin and increas-es the oxygen in a person’s blood stream.

Her talents are used extensively in the emergency room, where her mando-lin and guitar calm those experiencing the intensity of a medical emergency. “Singing relieves stress,” DeCosmo said. “I often witness patients being transported from the bed to another time and place as we sing. I am part of beautiful moments daily and I have loved every minute of my time here —

even the sad ones.” “When we engage the patients they think of themselves as an individual again and not a diagnosis,” Esrig added. “We are able to fi nd out who they are when they are not in a hospital gown.” No gowns were in sight in Madeline Austin’s recent Art in Motion class where Movement Disorder patients and caregivers (often included in AIM

1990 Established a rotating exhibition program at

Shands Cancer Center

1991 AIM’s fi rst “in hospital” Artist in Residence

1992 Established Shands’ art acquisition program

1994 Atrium Performance Series

1996 The Healing Wall installation

1996 Established the nation’s fi rst university level

coursework in the Arts in Medicine

1998 The Healing Ceilings

1999 Established the Center for Arts in Medicine

(formally the Center for Arts in Healthcare

Research and Education or CAHRE), our

academic extension at UF for education,

training and research

2004 AIM Together — a groundbreaking partnership

with the University of Florida Performing Arts

2005 Following Hurricane Katrina, established the fi rst

ever artists training program for the American

Red Cross in conjunction with the Arts Council of

Central Louisiana to off er aid to disaster areas

2006 Established an artist exchange and artist in

residence program with the Mater Hospital in

Kenya, Africa

2008 Arts in Healthcare for Rural Communities

initiative begins in Franklin County, FL

2009 Development of programs for patients with

Parkinsons Disease in collaboration with the

UF Center for Movement Disorders

2009 Opening of the Criser Cancer Resource Center

2012 Establishment of Integrative Medicine & Arts

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activities) were painting on small paper tiles destined to become part of a large, colorful mosaic. Recruited by Esrig, Austin recalled, “Once Barb told me about AIM, there was no decision to be made at all. I’ve worked in healthcare and the arts all my life, so this was a perfect match for me. “What I love most is that I am the per-son that a patient can have full control with. They don’t get that anywhere else. I know that is a very valuable thing.” “I come every week,” said Kathy Castle, who attends Austin’s class on Wednesdays. “I’ve made friends here, explored different mediums, met fabulous volunteers, and found out I can paint even though I shake. I love it. Here I don’t consider myself a victim and that is how they see us too. The only thing I don’t like is the fact that it ever has to be over.” That same sentiment was expressed by patient Dianne Galinger, as her time with Artist in Residence, Cathy DeWitt and her miniature harp came to an end. “This is a real treat,” proclaimed Galinger, as DeWitt played songs at her bedside, including “The Old Folks at Home (“Way Down Upon the Suwannee River”) and “Shortnin’ Bread.” “That was beautiful,” Galinger declared, her face lighting up when DeWitt played “Amazing Grace.” “I love that song. It’s one of my favorites.” As DeWitt engaged her in singing and strumming her small harp, Galin-ger began to reminisce about taking piano lessons as a child. With minimal prompting from Esrig, also at bedside, Galinger soon was sharing stories from her childhood in upstate New York. “It’s funny how things pop into your mind,” Galinger said, who has been hospi-talized for a year. “I just want to be home, but this is awesome. I feel really good now. This was an absolute pleasure. Small things really can make a big difference.” Like taking the arts and adding them to medicine. s

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Yes. Consistency is the key to program growth, and committing

to artists through payment builds that consistency. Our artists are

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When we started years ago, we did several “call to artists” in our

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M aggie Smith of “Downton Abbey” and Harry Potter fame

was appearing on stage when I met her in 1981. I was in London visiting authors I published at Putnam, including Mag-gie’s old friend, Ann Todd, the doyenne of U.K. fi lm stars, whose memoir I was issuing in the U.S. After dining on roast beef and York-shire pudding at Rule’s restaurant, Ann and I took in Edna O’Brien’s play “Vir-ginia” at the Haymarket Theatre. Mag-gie played the suicidal novelist Virginia Woolf during the time of her love affair with aristocrat Vita Sackville-West, wife of British MP Sir Harold Nicolson. Later, in Maggie’s dressing room, I remarked that her performance “raises nervous breakdown to the level of art. You must bring ‘Virginia’ to America.” “I couldn’t possibly,” she replied. “Too draining. We may do a few performanc-es in France, but that’s it. You realize we brought it here from Stratford?” Both Maggie and Ann were shy — that made three of us —and when I observed that the stage seemed to me the last place a shy person would want to be, Ann said, “Quite the contrary.” Though lost and confused in life, at the Old Vic, as Lady Macbeth, she knew exactly what to do. “Shakespeare laid it all out for me.” Though insecure, Maggie was brave.

She’d been Dame Edith Evans’s under-study in Noel Coward’s “Hay Fever,” but the dame informed her she’d never go on “because I’ll never miss a performance.” “I should certainly hope not,” Maggie snapped. “The cossies [costumes] would never fi t.” Ann could be equally sassy. When Da-vid O. Selznick, producer of “Gone With the Wind,” starred her in “The Paradine Case,” they clashed over the costume she was to wear in a love scene with Gregory Peck. Selznick ordered a fancy brocade-and-mink negligee. “It’s ridiculous,” Ann said. “No one dresses like this when going to bed with her husband.” Instead, she chose an old nightie and slippers. Selznick got even by saying, “I presume you have a bust — show it.” The day following our visit with Mag-gie, Ann and I worked on her book, “The Eighth Veil,” named after “The Seventh Veil,” her breakthrough 1945 movie. In her spacious, Quaker-clean fl at in Melbury Square, Ann fondly recalled relaxing with her costar James Mason, who would enfold her in warm hugs “for all to see.” Having laid out the photos on a large table, Ann told me the story behind each. Ingrid Bergman: “No one would speak to her after she left her husband and daughter for Roberto Rossellini. I

went to see her in Rome and we became lifelong friends. More I cannot say — it’s against me ethics.” As a favor to Ingrid, Ann used her clout with Prime Minister Nehru to bail Rossellini out of a mess he’d made in India. Gregory Peck: “I fell in love with Greg when we fi lmed ‘Paradine.’” When director Alfred Hitchcock called “cut” at the end of a passionate scene, Ann and Greg went right on kissing. David Lean, director of “Lawrence of Arabia”: “He was my third husband and directed me in three movies. I was devastated when he left.” “Tell me more,” I said. It was 1958, her annus horribilis. Vivi-en Leigh, her costar in “Duel of Angels,” instructed her to wear casual clothes to a party that turned out to be strictly formal; Leigh dressed to the teeth in ball gown and jewels. “Didn’t you bother?” Leigh said, icily regarding Ann’s short tweed skirt and fi sherman’s sweater. “How rude.” Then, heading for a pub one night in Brighton, Ann was brutally attacked by a gang and left for dead. Later, she had a hallucination ordering her to go to Katmandu. “I believe in visions,” she told me. Though broke and overdrawn at the bank, she secured a loan of $33,000, went to Nepal, and fi lmed “Thunder in Heaven,” launching a new career as a producer, hobnobbing with royalty and heads of state. “The jigsaw puzzle of destiny,”Ann sighed. “Eventually everything falls into place.” Ingrid Bergman once told her, “Things that are diffi cult take time; things that are impossible take a little longer.” s

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“B ow to your partner,” the man behind the counter says. “Now bow to your

corner.” He is dressed in a gray suit with a bolo tie. He holds the microphone up to his mouth as a 45-rpm record plays in front of him. The people, made up of four couples, move in their squares following the man’s instructions. Lon Ligon is the man behind the counter, the square dance caller for the Grand Squares. He has been calling at Carpenters Union Hall in Gainesville since 1975. The room is fi lled with people enjoy-ing their golden years dancing the night away. They are sitting in tan metal fold-ing chairs along the sides of the room, talking to the person next to them or in the middle of the room dancing. Lon, 75, started square dancing when he was in the Republic of Panama, work-ing as an air traffi c controller with the Federal Aviation Administration. Some friends there were bugging him about

trying one of the classes. “I was not really gung-ho about the square dancing classes,” he said. “It was not my cup of tea.” Eventually, he struck a deal: If he went just one time to a class, his friends would leave him alone. So he went with his wife, Peggy. “Initially I felt kind of strange,” he said. But halfway through the class he started really paying attention. The next week his wife dragged him back to give it another shot. The third week Lon was the one to drag his wife back. “The next thing I knew I was hooked,” he said. The caller in Panama was a Navy man who was going to be transferred out, so he put out an announcement to anyone who wanted to learn how to call. Lon expressed interest and in 1971 he began calling for square dances. Lon and Peggy had met in Kansas City. Peggy said she went out with Lon as a bet with one of her friends. Her fi rst impres-sion was that he was stuck up. Lon will

agree that it was not love at fi rst sight, but as time went on the couple fell in love. The couple now has three daughters, ranging in age from the 40s into their late 50s. All of them square danced until they met their husbands and started their careers, Lon said. But, they have not forgotten anything about square dancing. When they come back once in awhile to dance, they pick up right where they left off. Lon and Peggy formed the Grand Squares on June 22, 1973 at the

Hip to be SquareFrom Panama to Florida,

Lon Ligon has been Calling

Square Dances for 40 years

by Breanna Maye

DANCIN’ SHOES

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PHOTOS BY TOM MORRISSEY

Square Dance caller Lon

Ligon with members of

the Grand Squares at

the Unitarian Universalist

Fellowship of Gainesville.

After years of dancing at

the Carpenters Union Hall

the group began meeting

at the Unitarian Universalist

Fellowship in May. The

Florida Federation of Square

Dancers awarded the Extra

Mile Award, its highest honor,

to Ligon in 2008 for going

beyond the norm in giving

freely of their time and talents

to square dance activity.

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Carpenters Union Hall in Gainesville. Lon is the club caller and Peggy maintains and oversees the club activities and keeps all the booking, calling and club information. The club usually has a steady two squares, or 16 people, but can accommodate as many as fi ve squares, or 40 people. Lon no longer gets nervous when he is up in front of his club calling, but there was a time when he was reluctant to call in front of a large group of people away from Grand Squares. That nervous feeling was settled in

Miami when he was a key caller at a big square dancing convention, he said. There were about 80 to 100 squares of people on the fl oor (640 to 800 people), he remembers. When it was his time to call, he walked onto the stage and picked up the microphone. No sound came out. He tried to play the music. No music came out of the speakers. The caller before Lon had turned off the controls on the amplifi er. Lon had to stand there with everyone looking at him and wait for the previous caller to

PHOTOS BY BREANNA MAYE

Lon Ligon calling for the Grand Squares at the Carpenters Union Hall in Gainesville last year.

Ligon has called at the Carpenters Union Hall since 1975, not long after taking his fi rst square

dance lesson in Panama.

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turn everything back on. “From that point on, there’s nothing that could have happened to me any worse than being in front of all those people with no music and no voice,” he said. “Since then nothing has bothered me.” When Grand Squares fi rst started 40 years ago there was just the single build-ing, Lon said. There was only a cattle trail that the farmers in the area used and 53rd Avenue did not yet exist. There was not even a parking lot; attendees had to park in a muddy fi eld. Donna Robey, a member of Grand Squares, said the club has remained re-markably similar since its beginning. It is the people, she said, that make danc-ers come back week after week; some of the same people have been dancing there for as long as Lon has been calling. Square dancing is really easy, he said, and the club offers dance lessons from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. on Tuesdays at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship

of Gainesville. Dancers are all different ages; there are people in their 90s danc-ing every week. Dancers at Grand Squares described Lon as humble, humorous, intelligent, dedicated, friendly and family-oriented. Steve Haulman said that Lon’s values keep the club going. He is very social and makes people feel welcome. It takes an intelligent person to call, Haulman said. Keeping track of which couple is where and the timing is not easy. When couples start to move, the goal is for the caller to get each person back to their starting position and to make sure the right couples are back together. It did not take Lon long to learn how to keep track of the couples; it was never hard for him. He said his secret is to focus on one couple. “I just look out there and fi nd two people. If I remember those, everything else falls into place,” he said. Lon’s dedication and friendliness can

be seen when he volunteers at different organizations throughout Gainesville. He helps out the Radio Reading Service broadcasted from the University of Florida, the National Federation of the Blind, Seniors Vs. Crime, the Gainesville Police Department’s Citizens on Patrol, and the Long-Term Care Ombudsman program. Lon said he loves volunteering. “It makes me feel like I’m still a vi-able part of the community, since I’ve retired,” he said. He also calls square dances for chari-ties, including a dance for the American Cancer Society for the “Great American SmokeOut.” He donates his time and songs to the great causes that he calls for. Peggy said that they keep square dancing because of the people. You “meet people through all different walks of life,” she said. Each time a dance ends at Grand Squares, participants hold hands and raise their arms saying “Thank you!” s

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I made it my goal to study abroad before I graduate from college next year. So, fom July 1 through

August 10 I visited Italy on the UF in Rome study abroad program, taking Italian and classics courses while living among the natives in the historic, non-air-conditioned apartments of Trastevere. This was my fi rst international fl ight and the plane ride to Rome took eight hours. I met a cold shower my fi rst night in Italy, which was both startling and refreshing since the city was so hot. At our program’s group dinner that night, the 40 of us enjoyed the simple, yet tasty, cuisine of Italy. Most dishes are prepared without preservatives. Our fi rst night was especially inter-esting for three of my classmates; the girls got locked inside their apartment until 10 a.m. the next day. Some Italian doors have multiple locks on the door handle and on the top of the door, which are diffi cult to open with keys that look like they belong to a castle. The top lock attached to the ceiling had shifted, lock-ing the girls inside. Our teachers called a locksmith, however he was watching the

Euro Cup Finals and came at his leisure. To reach the study center in just un-der two minutes from the Pantheon, we walked across a bridge overlooking the Tiber River every day. Our study center was part of the Baths of Agrippa built around 25 B.C. For my Italian class, we were in-structed to frequent local shops and bars (coffee bars, not liquor bars) to get to know locals and to interview one in Ital-ian. I interviewed a server at my favorite Gelateria. Through my rough Italian, I

learned she enjoyed living in the big city of Rome and loved to travel. She hoped her next trip would be to Australia. One afternoon, a friend and I stum-bled upon Piazza Navona. We learned the piazza was once a Roman circus used for races — not clowns. I took pictures with the Fountain of the Four Rivers by Bernini, complete with an Egyptian

obelisk. Obelisks can be found all over the city of Rome due to Roman plunder or presents; some are imitations. To reach the catacombs on our fi rst weekend, we bought bus tickets at a Tabaccheria (tobacco store, much like a gas station). We visited the catacombs of San Callisto and San Sebastiano. Each tour costs 8 euros. (One euro equates to $1.33.) The catacombs were chilly, a nice break from the exhausting heat of Rome. These catacombs were originally caves used by pagans to bury their dead.

The Latin phrase “ad catacumbas” means “near the hollow.” In later years, catacombs became the burial grounds for Jews and Christians. Since the dead were not allowed inside the city of Rome, the catacombs can be found on the outskirts of the city. To attend mass at St. Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City, we left enough time to

Summer SchoolA Trip to Italy to Study Abroad

Cinque Terre is known for its pesto and seafood, along with its sandy stone beaches and mountain-hiking trails.

by Dana Edwards

TIME TO TRAVEL

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PHOTOS BY

DANA EDWARDS

We traveled to Cinque

Terre and traversed

the mountain path

from Monterosso to

Vernazza, the city pic-

tured here. We hiked

2.4 hours, enjoying the

sight of vineyards and

amazing views. Along

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My roommate,

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go through the long lines of security. There, we saw the Pieta by the artist Michelangelo. In 1972, a deranged man took a hammer to the sculpture breaking Mary’s nose among other damages. Now, the restored artwork resides behind bulletproof glass. Using mosaics to tell Old Testament stories, fl oors in churches were used to teach lessons from the Bible. I highly recommend climbing any one of Rome’s hills to view the city at night. With monuments lit up at dusk mixing with the moonlight on the Tiber River, I felt as though I was experiencing a magical world separated from the busy day. One evening a group of us went to Castel Sant’Angelo. The fortress served as a fortifi cation and prison, but was originally built as the tomb for Emperor Hadrian and his family in 123 A.D.

Hadrian’s Villa We took a bus to Hadrian’s Villa just outside Rome. Hadrian was an outsider of Rome because of his birth in Spain — although he was Italian — and the former emperor claimed Hadrian as his son when he had no heirs. Hadrian did not feel welcome in Rome, so he built a massive villa outside of the city, not all of which is discovered.

Orvieto Orvieto is about a 1.5-hour train ride away from the Rome Termini Train Sta-tion. It was strange that the map on the train did not have Orvieto as a stop, but we talked with a train attendant who told us the number of stops remaining. The slow, non-air-conditioned, rickety train ride kept our ears popping until we reached our destination.

We walked the streets to the Duomo (church) and when we rounded the cor-ner, everyone gasped. The massive church was astounding, with winding gold-leaf spires, intricate religious paintings, and 18-foot high marble depictions of scenes from the Bible. Orvieto is known for its ceramics and woodcarvings. I bought sev-eral of these souvenirs from some of the numerous tiny shops scattered through-out the town. The day was a break from the hustle and bustle of Rome.

Florence Everyone on our program took a high-speed train to Florence. The plushy-seated and air-conditioned train delivered us in half the time of the previ-ous train to Orvieto — with double the price. While taking a walking tour of Florence, our group saw the full-sized

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replica of Michelangelo’s David. The replica took 40 years to make and gives tourists an opportunity to pose with The David since photographs cannot be taken of the original. On our tour of the Uffi zi Gallery we saw the Renaissance painter Botticel-li’s La Primavera and The Birth of Venus as well as some Baroque Caravaggio pieces. Caravaggio is a painter known for combining realistic observations with dramatic lighting. Afterward, I went with a friend to the leather mar-ket. By purchasing our items together instead of individually we were able to bargain for a better price. Our next day began with morning tours of the churches Santa Maria Novella and Basilica of Santa Croce and then an afternoon climb up the 463 Duomo stairs of the Basilica of

Santa Maria del Fiore. The strenuous, winding steps, which ranged in levels of steepness, are not friendly. But the cloudless view of the entire city of Florence is well worth the effort.

Cinque Terre This area south of Genoa is comprised of fi ve small towns in northern Italy. These port villages had few cars in sight and allowed us to enjoy the jumble of homes and the Riviera landscape. Cinque Terre is known for its pesto and seafood, along with its sandy stone beaches and mountain-hiking trails. After an evening of paddle boarding and swimming, we woke up early the next morning to hike from the city of Monterosso to Vernazza. The national park refuge hike linked four trails between the fi ve cities. The 1.25-mile journey took us about 2.4 hours

because it was the most diffi cult of the trails. Some pathways only allowed for single-fi le lines while other parts required travelers to climb steps more than a foot tall. Halfway through the trail we spotted a countryside jeweler who climbed the trail every day for business.

Pompeii and Ischia Our class toured Pompeii and visited the ruins in the early morning. The eerie plaster casts of bodies were created from the lava impressions left behind by the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 A.D. and are protected under reconstructed homes. We also visited the Naples National Archaeological Museum and then took a 1.5-hour ferry ride to Ischia, an island near Capri. At Ischia, our class enjoyed a day at the Poseidon resort and spa where we

PHOTO BY DANA EDWARDS

OPPOSITE: A storefront in Florence.

There are stores throughout Italy that

are small and cramped with products.

A view of Venice from the bell tower at

St. Mark’s Square. Galileo Galilei dem-

onstrated his telescope to the Doge of

Venice from this tower.

At the island of Burano just outside

Venice, each house is brightly painted.

Burano is known for their handmade

lace like Murano is known for glass.

Our class visited the Colosseum (Fla-

vian Amphitheatre) for a tour. My friend

McKenzie and I are pictured here.

We visited the Trevi Fountain at night,

where the attraction was substantially

less crowded. We all fell in love with

Rome at nighttime.

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experienced traditional Italian pools of different water temperatures, a spa, and a beach of clear, blue water with soft, white sand. The following day our class also climbed Mt. Epomeo, a dormant volcano on Ischia.

Venice We took a water taxi to San Marco where our hotel was located in Venice. A city of ancient buildings and vibrant sunsets, Venice is very expensive. The only thing you can do without paying is walk. We walked around Piazza San Marco, visited the Basilica di San Marco, walked to Ponte de Rialto (a shopping haven), and got lost on purpose, just to be amazed by the views. My absolute fa-vorite part of the evening was the music at Piazza San Marco. The next morning, my two friends and I took a 40-minute, 80-euro gondola ride. The prices go up later in the day. The smooth black and gold gondola carried us under crumbling archways

and past window baskets full of colorful fl owers. Afterward, we took a water taxi to Murano, where glass is made. The island was a little town and much less crowded. I enjoyed seeing glass-blowing demonstrations. We took a water taxi to Burano, where lace is hand-made right in front of travelers. Each house is a different color and painted vibrantly, a detail for which the city is well-known. After the island hopping, we bought our very own Venetian masks. After taking nearly 2,000 pictures, maintaining a blog and visiting 10 cities in Italy, I am thankful that I documented my trip so well. I continue to share my moments with friends and family mem-bers, constantly urging them to see the unfamiliar. The adventure of learning and surviving in another country gave me a sense of accomplishment and indepen-dence that I will have with me forever. These six weeks will be some of my most cherished moments and I look forward to when I can travel here again. s

The Italian voltage is

stronger than in America

so hair dryers fry, even

when using a converter.

Restaurants have counters

where people stand to eat

and drink what they have

ordered. If you sit, you pay

for pane e coperto (bread

and cover charge).

Don’t forget to ask for the

check or it won’t come!

Shops are on the ground

fl oor and apartments are

on the levels above.

The washing machines

are smaller, and you have

to select the degree of

the water temperature

and then set the cycle.

Transportation is like Gainesville

with mopeds all around.

Crossing the street is like

playing real-life Frogger. The

cars are extremely small and

park any way they want.

In Italy, orange Fanta is

the soda of choice.

Water fountains continuously

run water from wells in the

streets with spouts you

plug up to drink from.

Free refi lls do not exist.

Nearly everyone smokes.

The price you see for food

or clothing is the price

you pay, tax included.

Almost everyone had a

dog at all times of the day.

Doggie bags from restaurants

are literally for the dogs —

takeout is frowned upon.

Italians buy their produce

fresh every day from either

the few grocery stores or the

farmers market open every

morning in the piazza.

Most stores are closed Sunday.

PHOTO BY DANA EDWARDS

The Ponte de Rialto at sunset, a shopping haven of Venice.

Cultural Diff erences

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T he baby boom generation is aging and one of the greatest needs and desires

voiced by Seniors is the desire to live independently, discovered Crime Prevention Security Systems. “No one wants to go to a facility if they feel that they are strong enough, healthy enough, to still enjoy being in the comfort of their own home,” said Bobby McAfee, marketing director at Crime Prevention. The Gainesville-based company also realized that this need extends far be-yond baby boomers. “For family members it is important that they have the peace of mind know-ing that their parents are OK,” McAfee said. “You want to make your parents happy, you want them to live indepen-dently as long as possible but at the same time, if they’re in a situation at home, you want them to have the ability to get help in the fastest time possible.” The solution: a medical alert system.

Crime Prevention is a distributor of The LifeControl™ system, a two-way communication pendant that helps Seniors take control of their lives in a safe manner. If an elder falls or becomes injured in any way, they can get help quickly with this medical alert system. “It’s the smallest voice-to-voice pen-dant on the market and it is amazing,” McAfee said. Crime Prevention’s monitoring sta-tions handle emergency calls ranging from burglaries to fi res and as such are fully equipped to take calls from Seniors who need help. “What we’re able to provide is not just a product that gives Seniors the ability to live independently but [also] gives them voice-to-voice contact with the professionals in our monitoring sta-tion,” he said. “They can still live as they normally would in their home or outside of their home, working in their yard…and as they are having a problem, they just push one button, it connects to the

professionals in our monitoring station, and they can tell the operator specifi -cally what the problem is.” The battery-operated pendant is wireless with a signal powerful enough to cover a 5,000-square-foot home and still carry enough range to go 100 ad-ditional feet out into the yard. It is also water resistant, which means

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the customer can shower with it. Other accessories include rechargeable bat-teries and a wall mount, which can be placed next to a bathtub or anywhere that a fall can occur. McAfee said that they do not have to be in the same room with a base station to speak with someone. “If they’ve accidentally started a fi re

in their kitchen, they can press the but-ton and tell the operator, ‘I’ve started a fi re, please send the fi re department.’ And we will send the fi re department instead of sending an ambulance, which would not be the right response,” he said. If someone is interested in purchas-ing this system for a loved one or for personal use, Crime Prevention will

send a life-safety specialist to meet with the customer and install the product in the customer’s home. While the product is simple to install, the company wants to make sure that customers know exactly what to do. “If a Senior is not comfortable with the product, they are not going to use it and we do not want that,” McAfee

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said. “We want them to feel very comfortable with it and will provide them with the kind of freedom and independence that they really want.” The product has been on the market for several years and has been very well received by Crime Prevention’s customers. “We usually keep things in beta in our offi ce for a year be-fore we sell it on the market so we tested this extensively and it had our full confi dence before we rolled it out on the market,” McAfee said. “People need this and when they have it, they re-ally appreciate the value.” s

MEDICAL ALERT SYSTEMS AT A GLANCE

ADT Companion Service System

DESCRIPTION: The ADT® Companion Service® System is

a personal emergency response system. The help button

on the system will allow a loved one to speak to an ADT

monitoring professional through a 2-way voice intercom.

The device comes in the form of a wristband or pendant

and is waterproof, according to the ADT website.

PROS: The base station includes a high and low

temperature sensor capable of detecting unsafe

temperatures in the home. The system’s test light comes on

every 30 days as a reminder to test the unit to make sure it

is working properly. It also features a 300-foot signal range.

CONS: ADT will automatically call for help if user is not

near the base station, which is great but could lead to false

alarms and fi nes from emergency service responders (e.g.

the fi re department or police department). Customers have

to be near the base station to speak with the monitoring

professional.

More Information:www.adt.com/medical-alert-systems

Bay Alarm Medical

DESCRIPTION: Like ADT, Bay Alarm’s Medical Alert System

is a 2-way voice communication system.

PROS: According to the company’s website, the system

is simple to use and easy to install. Customers must

fi rst plug in the phone line from the base station to the

phone jack. Next, plug in the power cord. Last, push the

button to perform a test. Their system also allows you

to set up customized call lists so instead of contacting

their monitoring professionals, users can contact a friend,

neighbor or family member for help. It is also multilingual,

portable and boasts a 32-hour backup battery.

CONS: Customers have to be near the base station to speak

with the monitoring professional. It is also a self-install unit.

More Information:www.bayalarmmedical.com/medical-alert-system/

Crime Prevention

DESCRIPTION: The LifeControl™ System is a two-way

communication pendant.

PROS: People do not have to be near the base station to

speak to a monitoring professional. It is small, wireless and

waterproof. The system includes rechargeable batteries.

A Life-Safety consultant provides in-home consultations to

help customers decide if their system will meet their needs.

CONS: It is not multilingual.

More Information:www.cpss.net/personal-emergency-pendant.aspx

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APPLETON MUSEUM’S JUNE HIGHLIGHTS

JuneTimes Vary

OCALA - Appleton Museum of Art, 4333 E.

Silver Springs Blvd. “Edge To Edge: Vintage

Panoramic Photography In Florida” and “Art

Of The Robot” among others. More than 100

vintage panoramic photographs of early 19th

century Florida and 45 robots of all shapes and

sizes are presented in two exhibitions. “Edge

to Edge: Vintage Panoramic Photography in

Florida” opens June 15; “Art of the Robot” June

22. Educational programs during the month

include a First Saturday children’s art program

June 1, Drawing in the Galleries adult art session

June 6, “Beyond the Beauty” docent tour

June 27, and Educational Art Films presented

each Sunday. “New World Treasures: Artifacts

from Hernando De Soto’s Florida Expedition”

features coins, beads and other artifacts

recently discovered in Marion County from

Conquistador De Soto’s journey through the

Ocala area in August 1539, through Dec. 31.

352-291-4455, or www.AppletonMuseum.org.

BO DIDDLEY FREE CONCERTS

Fridays8:00pm

GAINESVILLE - Bo Diddley Plaza. From April to

November, Friday nights come alive as local and

regional bands are showcased under the stars

in downtown Gainesville. Hundreds come out to

enjoy the free live music and shows in a family-

friendly environment. www.gvluculturalaffairs.org.

MUSIKGARTEN

Saturday, June 111:00am - 11:30am

GAINESVILLE - Alachua County Headquarters

Library. Learn how to nurture your child’s music

aptitude through active music making. This

class will provide an opportunity for you to play

musically with your child through bouncing

and rocking songs, wiggle and peek-a-boo

games, dancing, moving and singing.

FOOD TRUCK RALLY & CAR SHOW

Sunday, June 24:00pm - 9:00pm

OCALA - Brusters Ice Cream, 2707 East Silver

Springs Blvd. Generation Food Truck and Ocala

Mopar Group present the first Ocala Cruisin’

4 Food Explosion Food Truck Rally and Car

Show. Late-model and classic cars and trucks

should head out and enjoy cuisine from some

of the gourmet truck vendors. 352-512-3319.

TASTE OF GAINESVILLE

Sunday, June 25:00pm

GAINESVILLE - UF Hilton, 1714 SW 34th St. Sample

the best flavors of Gainesville in the fourth annual

Taste of Gainesville fundraising event. Sample

signature dishes from North Central Florida’s best

restaurants. $100 to attend, with all proceeds

going to Children’s Home Society of Florida, the

Child Advocacy Center and Tyler’s Hope for a

Dystonia Cure. www.tasteofgainesville.com.

PRIMETIME MEETING

Tuesday, June 42:30pm 4:00pm

GAINESVILLE - Senior Recreation Center.

Leadership Council Meeting will focus on

plans for operating PTI next fall. Members

may attend this business meeting to see how

the Leadership Council operates. PrimeTime

Institute is a non-profit organization operated

by volunteers within ElderCare of Alachua

County. Charity Blomeley: 352-332-6917.

“THE PERFECT PARTY”

Tuesday, June 46:30pm - 7:30pm


Library. The Acrosstown Repertory Theatre will

present some short scenes from “The Perfect

Party” play by A.R. Gurney. This play satirizes the

behavior of socially pretentious people, using

the fantasy of a man obsessed with throwing

a perfect party and of a newspaper reporter

with writing a perfect review of it. The director

will make comments and give the audience

a chance to chat with the actors about their

experiences with participation in the voluntary

activities of the theatre. 352-334-3939.

WHY QUILTS MATTER

Thursday, June 69:30am Noon

GAINESVILLE - Senior Recreation Center, 5701

NW 34th St. Quilters of Alachua County Day

Guild’s June program will include a showing of

the first episode of the PBS series, “Why Quilts

Matter.” This in-depth and off-the-beaten-path

look at the art and skill of quilting, its origins,

its practice today and into the future, will have

you looking at quilts in a whole new way, and

inspire you to create. Guests are welcome.

Beverley Hilton, 352-373-7791; www.qacdg.org.

CIVIL WAR ROUNDTABLE

Thursday, June 66:30pm - 8:30pm

GAINESVILLE - Millhopper Branch Library, 3145

NW 43rd St. A group of Civil War buffs share

information about the Civil War. 352-334-1272.

NATALIE NICOLE GREEN WITH LITTLE BIT MORE

Friday, June 78:00pm

GAINESVILLE - Gator Tales Sports Bar,

5112 NW 34th St. Live music, suitable

for all ages. 352-376-9500.

GEOCACHING

Saturday, June 89:00am

MICANOPY - Paynes Prairie State Park, 100

Savannah Blvd. It’s been 500 years since the

European exploration of Florida, and Paynes

Prairie wants to celebrate with some exploration

of its own. The park will host a geocaching

event, an increasingly popular game where

participants use GPS to find hidden historic

treasures. After all the caches have been found,

Friends of Paynes Prairie will host a potluck

lunch — bring a dish to share! 352-466-3397.

LOCAL AUTHOR J T GLISSON

Saturday, June 82:00pm

HAWTHORNE - Hawthorne Branch Library.

The library is kicking off its Summer Reading

program for adults with a VIVA FLORIDA 500

celebration featuring local author, J. T. Glisson.

“The Creek” is about his life growing up in the

backwoods of North Central Florida as one of

Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings’ closest neighbors.

Following this event, the Hawthorne Area

Historical Society will have a reception with

refreshments in Glisson’s honor at the Hawthorne

Historical Museum and Cultural Center.

UNFERTH BOOK READING AND SIGNING

Sunday, June 93:00pm - 4:45pm


Library. Author Deb Olin Unferth, author

of multiple books such as “Vacation” and

“Revolution” as well as the finalist for the

National Book Critics Circle Award, will be

reading from her work, taking questions, and

signing books. Event sponsored by Friends

of the Library. www.aclib.us/events.

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FLORIDA WORKS JOB SEARCH

Wednesday, June 1210:00am Noon

HAWTHORNE - Hawthorne Branch Library.

Florida Works will be providing the following

services:?Initial Assessments to identify

employment barriers?Registration in EmployFlorida

Marketplace?Background Wizard and Basic

Resume Writing?Job Search Assistance?PowerPoint

Presentation of One Stop Services. 352-481-1920.

HAWTHORNE WRITERS’ GROUP

Thursdays, June 13 & 275:30pm 6:45pm

HAWTHORNE - Hawthorne Branch Library. Anyone

interested in the written word is welcome; share your

words and receive helpful suggestions and writing

tips. This is your group: share your writing passion

with others who enjoy the written word. Moderated

by Jo Powell. Listeners and writers welcome!

Adult 19+, Teens, Seniors 55+. 352-481-1920.

A GAME DAY FOR SENIORS

Friday, June 1410:00am - Noon


Library. Seniors are invited for games at the library.

Enjoy card games, scrabble, checkers, chess, and

coffee and donuts and more. 352- 334-3939.

THE PEOPLE’S SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCE

Friday, June 145:00pm - 9:00pm

GAINESVILLE - Health Professions/Nursing/

Pharmacy Complex, UF. The People’s Conference

to Promote Health and Eliminate Health Disparities

will teach everyone from patients to community

members to health care providers ways to give and

receive more culturally sensitive, patient-centered

health care. Come learn about new strategies and

programs that are seeking progress. 352-273-2167.

NUNSENSE

June 14 - July 7Time TBA

HIGH SPRINGS - High Springs Community

Theater, 130 NE 1st Ave. Winner of four Outer

Critics Circle Awards including Best Off Broadway

Musical in its original New York production,

this hilarious show is a fundraiser put on by

the Little Sisters of Hoboken to raise money

to bury sisters accidentally poisoned by the

convent cook, Sister Julia (Child of God).

Updated with new jokes, additional lyrics, two

new arrangements and a brand new song,

this zany musical will delight. 386-454-3525.

www.highspringscommunitytheater.com.

JOSH TURNER


OCALA - Silver Springs. Double-platinum-

selling singer, songwriter and disciple

of traditional country music, a mentor to

up-and-coming artists —and one of the

youngest members of the Grand Ole Opry.

JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION

Saturday, June 1510:00am - 2:00pm

GAINESVILLE - Fred Cone Park, 2841 E. University

Ave. Celebrate history and enjoy fellowship at

the 5th Annual Juneteenth festival. There will

be dance and music by local artists, as well as

the Library Partnership’s Got Talent competition

and motivational speakers, adjacent to the Cone

Park Branch Library. www.aclib.us/events.

FATHER’S DAY SPECIAL

Sunday, June 169:00am - 7:00pm

GAINESVILLE - Kanapaha Gardens, 4700

SW 58th Dr. The Gardens is celebrating

and giving back to hard-working fathers by

offering them free admission all day. Children

under 6 are free every day. 352-372-4981.

Titanoboa: Monster SnakeThrough August 11 10:00am - 5:00pm

GAINESVILLE - Florida Museum of Natural History. Museum scientists recently discovered the 60-million-year-old remains of the

world’s largest snake, at 48 feet long and 2,500 lbs. Learn more about the discovery, reconstruction and archaeological implications

of this titanic reptile, and see its full-scale model. Trained volunteers who are working with fossils found at the site will be available for

questions. 352-846-2000.

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DOWNTOWN SUMMER JAMS

Friday, June 217:00pm - 10:00pm

OCALA - Downtown Ocala Citizens Circle, 151

SE Osceola Ave. Back for a third season, local

artists of all genres are heading downtown to

showcase their talent for the summer concert

series. Free to attend. 352-629-8444.

THE DRIFTERS


GAINESVILLE - Santa Fe College of Fine Arts

Hall, 3000 NW 83rd St. Big Brothers Big Sisters

of Mid-Florida is proud to present “The Drifters,”

the long-lived R&B and Soul vocal group! Tickets

on sale now. Seniors 60-years young and over

get $10 off. All proceeds go to Big Brothers Big

Sisters of Mid-Florida. www.bbbsmidflorida.org.

ANGELA Y. HODGE

Saturday, June 222:00pm - 4:00pm


Library. Award-winning Florida author and

motivational speaker, Hodge, will read from

her first book, “Daybreak: Gaining Strength

Through our Pain,” about her journey to

inspiration. She will have copies of her books

available for purchase. 352-334-3900.

JAMES BOND 007

Saturday, June 221:00pm - 3:00pm


Library. Matt Sherman discusses the history of

James Bond 007. Sherman is author of “Picture

Yourself Shooting Pool” and is creator of the

annual Bond Collectors’ Weekends, fan events

drawing enthusiasts from around the world

to meet James Bond celebrities and live 007.

He has helped produce five James Bond CD

and DVD projects and has written or edited

millions of words about real and fictional

spies, and pool and billiards. 352-334-3900.

HOSPICE OF MARION COUNTY CHARITY PICNIC

Friday, June 2811:30am - 1:00pm

OCALA - Highland Memorial Park, 1515 NE 3rd

St. For just $10, help Highland Memorial Park

support the Hospice of Marion County and

enjoy a delicious meal while you’re at it. All of

the proceeds go to charity. 352-671-6466.

ARTWALK GAINESVILLE

Friday, June 287:00pm to 10:00pm

GAINESVILLE - Bo Diddley Plaza, Downtown.

Experience the best of Gainesville’s creativity

in a self-guided tour of downtown’s galleries,

eateries and businesses. After picking up a

map near Bo Diddley Plaza, visit more than a

dozen spots, including local landmarks like

the Hippodrome and The Sequential Artists

Workshop. Watch live performances throughout

the night, as well. www.artwalkgainesville.com.

OCALA COMIC CON

June 29 - 30

10:00am - 8:00pm

OCALA - Hilton Convention Hall, 3600 SW 36th Ave.

Come dressed as your favorite comic character

and experience 11,000 square feet of comic-related

exhibits at the Ocala Hilton. There will be celebrity

guest appearances, raffles, meet and greets, and a

concert. Tickets are $150. www.ocalacomicon.com.

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Alachua or Marion counties,

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day of the month prior.

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D harma, from the seemingly silly sitcom, “Dharma and Greg” said,

“Put your troubles in a bubble and blow them away.” Sometimes I simply need to take Dharma’s advice. When I feel like ex-ploding, it is time to escape. Scheduling time to rest is not enough. It is impos-sible to tear up my lengthy to-do list and allow myself to rejuvenate. Nearly three years had lapsed since my last real retreat from reality. I was ready — my getaway was Amsterdam. As my beloved three-year old grandbabies said, “it was a place far, far away.” They were correct! The journey was long. My fl ight from Atlanta to Am-sterdam was roughly nine hours. That, however, was only about half the time required. The commute to the Gaines-ville airport, fl ight to Atlanta, layover, customs and bus ride doubled the duration of the trek. With the additional six-hour time change, it was essentially a full day and night of intense travel. The fi rst lengthy leg of my adventure gave me ample time to begin transfor-mation from my self-infl icted worka-holic syndrome to that of regeneration of life and spirit. Once arriving in Am-sterdam, my cell phone was useless and Internet access was limited. Admittedly, though, it still took another day or two to detox. Fortunately, angels accompa-nied me on my quest. My tour group was comprised of in-dividuals from around the United States,

several from Alachua County. Oda (our guide), an experienced world traveler, lives in Rome, Italy. Her tumultuous task was to teach this group, aged from eight to 80, how to explore Amsterdam. Some-how, she successfully shared Amster-dam’s facts and fantasies. Amsterdam, the capital of the Nether-lands, has approximately 100 kilometers of canals, 90 islands and 1,500 bridges. Euro is the currency of the Netherlands (which is part of the European Union).

The locals are welcoming, the public transportation user-friendly and the downtown hub is a safe place. There is something for everyone in the city that grew around a dam in the river Amstel. Tulips are traditional treasures of the area and are in full bloom from mid-April through mid-May. Our reason for a springtime visit was to see the mag-nifi cent Keukenhof Gardens in their full glory. While I loved the famous gardens, the massive fl ower farms were even more mesmerizing. We witnessed fi elds of brilliant pastel-colored blossoms. Each parcel carefully planted with fl orets of different pig-ments. From a distance, they appeared as rainbows sprouting from the earth, rather than emerging from the heavens. Mother Nature, with a little help from

her Dutch farmers, painted the perfect portrait. Their beauty was breathtaking. Another aspect that may entice you to take a deep breath is the famous coffee shops. Selections of marijuana or hash-ish (considered soft drugs and tolerated by the government) are the menu items. No need to go inside to inhale, as the doors are open and the aroma seeps out to the streets. Tourists are also captivated with the Red Light District. A community where prostitution is a legal profession, complete with health care. It was just a routine day in a city where trade is more important than ideology or religion. Overly strong views only hamper inter-national relations. Oda shared her knowledge, advised us to see the many museums (including the Ann Frank house) and strongly sug-gested a canal cruise. Her enthusiasm and smile were contagious. Of greater importance, she possessed an uncanny

ability to assess the personal needs of everyone in her care. This cherub-like being found the time to chat privately. She somehow knew I needed a pep talk about the value of laughter, loving life and balancing it all with a purpose. On our last day, I mentioned my column. She grinned and responded, “I am not surprised.” I returned physically exhausted, how-ever, my emotional, mental and spiritual outlook were completely refreshed. Oda and Dharma, two unexpected angels, succeeded on their mission to re-mind me (again) how to embrace life. s

Donna Bonnell is a freelance writer who

moved to Newberry in 1983. She enjoys liv-

ing and working in the town she now calls

home. [email protected]

Embracing

LifeAmsterdam’s Angels

COLUMN œ DONNA BONNELL

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Have low vision, but you “see” things — like hallucinations?

There’s a great chance that you’re mind isn’t “slipping.” You may have Charles Bonnet Syndrome. It’s common. It’s not serious. And, it’s under-diagnosed. “You see with your eyes, AND you see with your brain,” says internationally-recognized neurologist and author Oliver Sacks, MD. Affecting at least one in 10 people with low vision, Charles Bonnet Syndrome is believed to be a neurological adjustment to lost eyesight. Only one in hundred people acknowledge the hallucinations to others. As we age, low vision can be caused by eye disorders including age-related macular degeneration, cataracts and diabetic retinopathy. Charles Bonnet hallucinations may take the form of fl owers, spots, people, animals or even cartoon characters. They can even involve sound. They typically happen when the person is awake, physically inactive, without distractions, in dim light, or alone. Dr. Sacks suggests that Charles Bonnet hallucinations are very different from psychotic hallucinations because Charles Bonnet hallucinations do not interact with you… Charles Bonnet hallucinations are like seeing a fi lm that has nothing to do with you. Although Charles Bonnet Syndrome is common, most people don’t want to tell their medical providers (or their

family and friends) that they are seeing things. They may think ‘What if I’m developing dementia? Or, what if this leads my family to placing me in a nursing home?’ Compounding this issue, many doctors are unaware of Charles Bonnet Syndrome, even though it’s well documented. For these reasons, my colleague’s 93-year-old Great Aunt Rose Mary informs others (including doctors) about Charles Bonnet Syndrome. When I told her that I was writing on this topic, she sent me a six-page letter packed with valuable information for those with Charles Bonnet and their doctors. Rose Mary told several of her doctors about her hallucinations, and no one knew what to tell her until she happened upon an eye resident that was familiar with Charles Bonnet. Knowing that her symptoms have a name and they aren’t dangerous took a huge weight off of Rose Mary’s shoulders. Now she sees part of her “mission” as telling people with low vision about Charles Bonnet so that they don’t “fear the worst” and feel that they “have to keep silent.” She also informs all doctors she meets about it. She’s found that primary care physicians and “younger” doctors are more responsive to Charles Bonnet than eye specialists and “older” doctors. If you think you may have Charles Bonnet Syndrome, Rose Mary suggests

that you go to your doctor’s appointment armed with one or two articles on Charles Bonnet and then communicate what you’re experiencing.

Charles Bonnet can come and go, in a fl ash. Here are some tips from Lighthouse International to reduce Charles Bonnet hallucinations’ frequency and vividness:• Turning on extra lamps• Stay physically and mentally occupied• Spending time with family or friends• Participate in social activities• Keep a positive attitude

If you have Charles Bonnet, your doctor will likely want to just monitor it. However, if it’s severe or causing other issues, therapy or pharmacologic treatment can help. Anti-seizure medications can minimize hallucinations, and anti-anxiety medications are helpful if the hallucinations are upsetting. My last question for Rose Mary was: “What would you recommend that someone with Charles Bonnet do?” Her answer: “Tell everyone. Others are hiding in silent fear and need rescuing.” Want to learn more about Charles Bonnet Syndrome? Watch the 19-minute TED video on it at www.ted.com/talks (search Charles Bonnet) or visit Lighthouse International: www.lighthouse.org. (and search Charles Bonnet). Have Macular Degeneration? Rose Mary recommends the book “Macular Degeneration: The Complete Guide to Saving and Maximizing Eyesight” by Lylas G. Mogk, MD and Marja Mogk. Chapter 8 of this book is called I See Purple Flowers Everywhere: The Many Visions of Charles Bonnet Syndrome. s

Kendra Siler-Marsiglio, Ph.D. is the

Director of Rural Health Partnership at

WellFlorida Council.

HealthyEdge

Low-vision and Hallucinations? Could

Be Charles Bonnet Syndrome

COLUMN œ KENDRA SILER-MARSIGLIO

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S ometimes, your entire life feels like a recipe for drama.

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