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Memories and Truth Are Part of Returning to Your ‘Geography of Home’Dear Readers,

I believe it matters to know where

on earth you are, to have a personal sense of geography,to identify yourselfin the bigger scheme of the world. I read that geography works like this: First you consider a spot on the globe—it is a “place.” Then you notice the people and it becomes a “thing,” maybe a city or a state. When you involve yourself with personalities there, that fi rst thing you called geog-raphy includes a state of mind. Your ‘geography of home’ is a state of mind where yourroots are. The geography you call home is a place that molds you in all ways including your intellect and heart. At this later stage of life, the geography of home can create nostalgia and deep longings to return in search of what we once had. Ten years ago a son drove me through Midwest farm country, which is my personal geography of home. I soaked in the landscape and memories of growing up on a family farm. I described to him how certain factors told me where a family farm house/barn/outbuildings/windmill had stood where now hundreds of acres

are farmed in one stretch. He said, “This is your landscape, isn’t it, Mom? Your homeland. It’s what made you what you are.” I believe it was a compli-ment and an expression of his understanding of the ‘geography of home’ concept.

I recently once again visited my ‘geography of home’ in the Midwest. My roots are deep in the rich, black dirt that grew corn and soybeans, oats and wheat, Holsteins and horses. I love the smell of the earth in newly plowed fi elds and the pungent aroma of alfalfa hay. As a teenager, I spent summer days driving trucks and tractors in our family’s fi elds as we put up hay for the dairy cows. (It didn’t hurt that Daddy hired teenage boys to help throw the bales on the wagons.) Home meant big barns, silos, lush gardens, farm animals—and hard work!—all are a part of my geography

of home. Grazing cows on rolling hills, fi elds broken from one another by tree-lined fences, woods, a country cemetery. And down the road and around a curve, a small town. I experienced once again a Midwest storm complete with thunder, lightning, hail and rain. When it let up, the frogs were croaking wildly in the creek and ditches. I should have gone frog gigging with my grandsons, but it was already past their bedtime and…well, you know how those things go. It was my childhood memory calling, not theirs. Returning is never the same. “You can’t go home again,” Thomas Wolfe wrote. Going home involves feelings of loss but also much truth and understanding. It means seeing things for what they really are with all their limitations. Yes, that’s what going home is really all about, isn’t it?

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7 Annual Leesburg Cornfest. Famous Zellwood sweet corn,

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7 14, 21 and 28 Central Florida Dance Club. 7:30. $6/person. Eustis

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10 Luau and dance at St. Mark’s Methodist Church, 1839 NE.

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14 Masquerade of the Red Death, A Victorian Gala. 8 to 11 pm. The

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14 Reba McEntire tribute show by Robin Gallo. $13

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14 Romantic Evening of Music: Clark Barrios Sings Buble.

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14 Barn Yard Sale at Howey Horse Haven Rescue, 22102 O’Brien

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14 Dad’s Ghost Walk free for Father’s Day, Ocala Ghost

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17 Oliver North, book signing of his new thriller “Counterfeit

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17 “Battle of Ong Thanh” recollec-tions of Vietnam War with Author

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18 Barbara Lee Scenic Day Cruise aboard climate-controlled

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27 Dunning Shaw and Second Slice dance featuring two local

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Finding a Treasure Is As Close As a Habitat for Humanity

BY JANICE DOYLE

“Treasure is what someone finds and loves.”—Renee Snyder

“Our store is kalaidescopic in nature,” said Dan Crowther,

manager of the Tampa Habitat for Humanity ReStore. “The merchandise changes and you never know what you’ll find.” Or how it will be used. “We had a number of 8-foot tall sliding glass doors—too tall for most homes—and someone bought them to make a greenhouse.” In April, said Jackie Buckley, Execu-tive Director of the Tampa store, a production company donated 2,000 sheets of 3/4 inch plywood. Bought new for $33/sheet, the wood is being sold at the ReStore for $14/sheet. Renee Snyder, Executive Director of Sarasota ReStores 1 and 2, describes adding a donation of 20,000 light bulbs to her store’s inventory. And yet just next door is their ReStore Boutique, where options can include items with name brands from Tiffany to Henredon to Coach. “All of it can make the right person happy,” she said. “And today it’s smart, savvy and fashionable to be a prudent shopper. Value and price are important.” Each ReStore and its merchandise reflect the community they are in. The Tampa store is located in a working class neighborhood where their number one seller is kitchen cabinets. Sarasota’s Store 1 is in a more upscale location and their top seller is sofas. “We’re very lucky here in Sarasota to have the quality and variety of dona-tions that we receive,” said Snyder. “We are also unique because we are

the only resale store in Sarasota that sells building materials, especially in the quantity we have.” Each store’s staff and volunteers work hard for that variety in dona-tions. Sometimes they deconstruct a house or building headed for demoli-tion, removing fixtures, appliances, doors, anything that can be resold. Snyder’s staff and volunteers provide a service accepting estate donations. They will go into a home or ALF setting, pack and move donated items. What was important to one person in their lifetime is put where another per-son can find them to enjoy—treasures!

The donors Being the donor makes people happy, too. Mark Caleb, a Fort Myers area homeowner, cleaned out his garage and moved two cartons of extra tiles and a kitchen sink from a kitchen makeover to the ReStore there. “Maybe they’ll have a second life in someone else’s kitchen,” he said. “At least they didn’t go into the landfill.” Long known for building houses, Habitat’s first ReStore opened in the mid-1980s as a way for Habitat to raise revenue and promote its message of sustainability. Now more than 750 stores nationwide

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of all abilities can find a job and become a part of the family.”

Each of the more than 20 ReStores in west central Florida is operated independently although they all use the ReStore name and logo. All donations are tax deductible. A Habitat ReStore. Where else could you find a Magic Chef range, a $1,000 mirror for $400, 20 like-new sofas, 18 brand new bathtubs, cases of light bulbs, a chandelier, an Ethan Allen dining room set, avacado green tiles, a pro athlete’s custom kitchen cabinets (for $2,100), a 50’s pink toilet, packaged Q-tips, 23 bi-fold doors, three five-gallon cans of gray paint, a brass fireplace set, two pallets of shingles, a brand new sheet set, and bric-a-brac of every kind? And so, every ReStore becomes a treasure hunt, a donation location and a place to use your talents as a volunteer. Don’t miss the fun.

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Habitat Volunteers Often Catch the House-Building BugBY CATHY CUTHBERTSON

If you don’t know one iota about building a house, what makes plumb-

ing work or how to finance a home, you could be the perfect fit to become a volunteer with Habitat for Humanity. “People have so many misconceptions about what we do,” explained Carlos Beron, the staff Volunteer Coordinator of the Lake-Sumter Habitat for Human-ity affiliate. “Ninety-five percent of our volunteers don’t know a thing about building a house. But once they start with us, they get stung by the Habitat bug and keep coming back over and over. There’s always a place for volunteers, and we’re always looking for volunteers and business partners from every walk of the community.” This year marks the 25th anniversary that Lake-Sumter Habitat has been building houses for those in need. Their mission is to put God’s love into action and bring people together to build homes, communities and hope. Volunteer Marv

Baden, 75, caught the Habitat bug in the summer of 1996 and hasn’t missed a beat since day one of volunteering for the group he’s come to love. “I was always aware of the Habitat mission and really intrigued by the fact that it provides a hand-up instead of a hand-out,” said Baden. “The folks that are receiving the homes have to be re-ally involved. They put in sweat equity, and they pay for the home. As the ho-meowners pay off their mortgages the money gets re-used again to build more homes. It’s a great concept. Once I got involved, I just fell in love with it.”

Habitat for Humanity International was founded in 1976 by Millard and Linda Fuller in a small community near Americus, Georgia, where headquarters remain. The Fuller’s vision was to provide safe and affordable housing for all, built upon the Christian principles of putting “God’s love into action.” It worked. Today Habitat has affiliates around the globe. Local affiliates are embracing their missions in new ways to expand on their call to provide housing. Lake-Sumter Habitat, for example, created in Eustis its own Domestic Global Village—a center for volunteers that provides amenities and housing for up to 95 people. “We recently had a group of spring breakers who came in as part of an alternative spring break program,” ex-plained volunteer coordinator Beron. “They worked the whole week. Hav-ing this space and being able to ac-commodate large groups of volunteers has been a dream come true for us.”

U.S. veteran’s housing initiativesare growing, too. “We’re just completing a house in Minneola for a disabled veteran,” said Beron. “And new for the future is a pro-gram called A Brush with Kindness. It’s a community engagement project where we’ll do touch-ups and painting for a small contribution to Habitat. Veterans and other families will be included.” Spanning a two-county service area, Lake-Sumter Habitat is thinking of reinvention this year to streamline its operations. “We’re considering a pending restructure, to have three different satellite offices that will focus on particular communities. That means we can recruit more local volunteers and they won’t have to commute 45 minutes to the worksite anymore.” To learn more about the Lake-Sumter Habitat, visit their website habitatls.org or call Carlos Beron at 352-483-0434. Volunteers can work on the job site, in the office or in one of the Habitat ReStores.

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A common treatment for sleep apnea that helps most sufferers is Continuous Positive Airway Pressure(CPAP). You sleep with a special mask that adds pressure to the air you breathe. Mild cases of apnea can be treated with dental devices that move your jaw forward to make breathing easier. In very few cases, surgery is necessary to remove tonsils or extra tissue from the throat.There are some self-help techniques:• Sleep on your side instead of your

back. Sleeping on your back can cause your tongue and soft palateto rest against the back of your throat and block your airway.

• Eliminate alcoholic beverages and sleep medicines, which re-lax the muscles in your throat.

• Quit smoking. Nicotine is a stimulant and can interfere with sleep. Smoke is an irritant tonose, throat and lungs.

• Lose weight. A fat neck tends to narrow the airway in your throat.

(Note: In my research, I oftenseem to run into warnings against alcohol, tobacco and fat. Must besomething to it.) When you go to a doctor for a diagnosis, he or she may refer you to a sleep disorder center. You may be asked to undergo overnight moni-toring of your breathing and other body functions during sleep. You may also be referred to an ear, nose and throat doctor to rule out any blockage in your nose or throat. If you would like to ask a question, write to [email protected] Rights Reserved © 2014 by Fred Cicetti.

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Laugh! There Are No Toxic Side Effects!EVELYN MACKEY

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Simple Questions, Hard Answers In an editorial for the Journal of Addictions Nursing, Savage writes that, unlike members of previous generations, many of these individuals have been using alcohol

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BY ANDREA GROSSPHOTOS BY IRV GREEN

I allow three days to explore the Gone with the Wind Trail

in and near Atlanta, but it takes me only one day to become a “Windie.” A Windie is a die-hard GWTW fan, a person who is immersed in the history, legends and legacy surrounding the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel and enormously popular film. Some dream of Rhett; others dream of Scarlett’s fancy clothes or 17” waist. As for me, I dream of publishing a novel that wins one of the world’s most prestigious awards and is turned into a film that earns me millions. On the surface, GWTW is the wildly romantic tale of Scarlett O’Hara, a headstrong Southern belle (played by Vivian Leigh in the movie) and her love-hate relationship with Rhett Butler, a dashing, successful opportunist (depicted by Clark Gable). But on a deeper level, GWTW is the story of the American South during and immediately after the Civil War, a time when an entire society was challenged and ultimately transformed. The book, written by first-time novelist Margaret Mitchell, was released to the public in 1936 and became an overnight sensa-tion. David Selznick produced the movie, which is the highest grossing film in box-office history, earning an estimated $3.3 billion in today’s dollars. To capitalize on the public’s interest, the State of Georgia created a GWTW Trail that leads people to five sites that are in some way connected to the book, the film or the author.

First stop: Mitchell’s relatives’ home where she listened to fam-ily stories about their Civil War experiences. Many of these tales were transformed into scenes in her novel, leading her heirs to dub Clayton County the “Official Home of Gone with the Wind.” (To Mitchell’s dismay, Selznick upgraded the comfortable farmhouse of Mitchell’s memory into Tara, a much grander mansion that

he thought would better appeal to movie audiences.)

Next: The Road to Tara Museum has authentic Civil War items and reproduc-tions of many of the costumes worn in the film, including the green Drapery Dress that Leigh wears in one

of the movie’s most memorable scenes. But when I see the display of foreign edition books I begin to morph from casual tourist to possible Windie. GWTW has been translated into more than forty languages and sold in more than fifty countries, from Albania and Burma to North Korea and Serbia. Why are people all over the world so intrigued by a story about a war that took place in America so long ago?

We learn the answer at the Margaret Mitchell House, where the author lived when she began her novel. Exhibits include a quote by Margaret Mitchell: “If the novel has a theme, it is that of survival.” Why, of course. GWTW addresses a basic concern: If their old world is “gone with the wind,” how do

people create a new one that will work in their new circumstances? This is a question asked by everyone

who has ever suffered a hardship, whatever be the cause. When seen in this light, it’s easy to understand the story’s universal and enduring appeal. Atlanta’s Public Library holds many personal items, including her old Remington typewriter and 1937 Pulitzer Prize certificate. The Marietta GWTW Mu-seum, Scarlett on the Square, holds a treasure-trove of photos and ephemera including Gable’s film contract for $160,000 and Vivian Leigh’s for a mere $30,000. At Atlanta’s Oakland Cemetery, Mitchell is buried next to her husband. Her tombstone is small compared to many and gives no hint of her fame. It’s simply inscribed with her married name, Margaret Mitchell Marsh. Someone, a Windie no doubt, has decorated the grave with pink flowers, reputedly Mitchell’s favorite color. I want to stay longer in Georgia to delve more deeply into the GWTW phenomena and to learn more about the era in which the novel is set. But we have a plane to catch, so I console my-self by remembering Scarlett’s words, “Tomorrow is another day.” I’ll be back.

More information at gwtwtrail.com.

Trivia: One million people came to Atlanta for the film’s premiere at the Loew’s Grand Theatre on December 15, 1939, which had been declared a state holiday by the governor. 300,000 people lined the streets for seven miles to watch limousines bring the stars from the airport. The movie played advance-ticket road show

engagements, and in many cities (including Moscow) the movie ran 24 hours a day to accommodate movie-goers. It opened

during the Blitz in London and ran there for four years. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gone_with_the_Wind_(film) - cite_note-35)

Gone with the Wind has earned more

money than any other movie in box office

history, adjusted for inflation.

Clayton County is proud that Mitchell’s heirs dubbed it “The

Official Home of Gone with the Wind.”

One of the most popular pieces in The Road to Tara Muse-um is a replica of the Drapery Dress, worn

by Vivian Leigh.

A Tudor Revival mansion had been subdivided into small apartments by the time Mitchell

and her husband moved in.


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Physics 101 Made EasyNeed to simplify a complex

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• Ratio of an igloo’s circumference to its diameter: Eskimo Pi

• 2000 pounds of Chinese soup: Won ton

• 1 millionth of a mouthwash: 1 microscope

• Time it takes to sail 220 yards at 1 nautical mile per hour: Knot-furlong

• 365.25 days of drinking low calorie beer because it’s less filling: 1 lite year

• Half of a large intestine: 1 semicolon

• 1000 aches: 1 megahurtz

• Basic unit of laryngitis: 1 hoarsepower

• 2000 mockingbirds: two kilomockingbirds

• 10 cards: 1 decacards

• 1 kilogram of falling figs: 1 Fig Newton

• 1000 grams of wet socks: 1 literhosen

• 1 millionth of a fish: 1 microfiche

• 1 trillion pins: 1 terrapin

• 10 rations: 1 decoration

• 8 nickels: 2 paradigms

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History of Father’s DayPresident Woodrow

Wilson was the first U.S. President to celebrate Father’s Day in June 1916, in the form of a party his family hosted. President Calvin Coolidge declared it a national holiday in 1924. In 1966, President Lyn-don Johnson, by official

order, made Father’s Day a holiday to be celebrated on the third Sunday of June. The holiday was not formally considered until 1972, when it was officially acknowledged by a Congressional Act, setting it permanently on the third Sunday in June all over the nation.

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Is There Such a Thing As Healthy Homemade Ice Cream?June is National Dairy

Month so get out the ice cream maker (prefer-ably an easy, affordable tabletop model). It’s time for healthy, lower-fat (but still rich-tasting) healthy ice cream. Tips for making Ice Cream recipes healthy: Use nonfat sweetened condensed milk and low-fat milk in place of heavy cream and whole milk; eliminate 1 or more egg yolks; add gelatin to keep it rich and creamy without adding extra fat.

Low-Fat Vanilla Ice Cream3/4 c sugar3 Tbsp cornstarch1/8 tsp salt4 c fat-free half-and-half3 egg yolks, beaten3 tsp vanilla extract

Combine sugar, cornstarch and salt. Gradually stir in half-and-half. Bring to a boil over me-dium heat; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened. Remove and cool slightly. Whisk a small amount of hot mixture into egg yolks. Return all to the pan, whisking constantly. Cook and stir over medium heat for 2 – 3 minutes

or until mixture reaches 160° and coats the back of a metal spoon. Remove from heat. Stir in vanilla. Cool quickly by placing pan in a bowl of ice water; stir for 2 minutes. Transfer to a bowl. Press plastic wrap onto surface of custard. Refrigerate for several hours or overnight.

Fill cylinder of ice cream maker two-thirds full; freeze according to manufacturer’s directions. Refrigerate remaining mixture until ready to freeze. Allow to ripen in ice cream freezer or firm up in the refrigerator freezer for 2 – 4 hours before serving. Yield: 1 quart.

Low-Fat, No Cholesterol Strawberry Ice Cream

1 large package instant sugar-free vanilla pudding

2 – 3 c crushed strawberries(or other fruit)

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2 c sugar5 – 6 c skim milk

Mix dry ingredients, then add other ingredients and mix well. Freeze in an ice cream freezer and let set 30 minutes to 1 hour.

Low-Fat Ice Cream2 envelopes plain gelatin1/2 c water3 qts milk3 c sugar2 (13 oz) cans evaporated milk2 – 3 Tbsp vanilla Soak gelatin in 1/2 c water. Scald 2 cups of the milk and dissolve the gelatin in hot milk. Add the sugar and

stir until dissolved. Cool to room temp and add evaporated milk, the 2 1/2 qts of milk and the vanilla. Chill and freeze in 6-qt freezer. Optional: a pint of half & half may be substituted for 2 cups of the milk. Recipes from Taste of Home

The first ice cream parlor in this country opened in New York City in 1776.

In 1845, the hand-cranked freezer was invented, allow-ing Americans to make ice cream more easily at home.

Life Insurance Policy: Keep It, Swap It or Sell It!Paul Siegert, president and CEO of

the non-profit Insurance Studies Institute, says most life insurance policy owners are substantially uninformed about their life insurance. Here are some well kept secrets to help make smarter choices.

1. You may be paying more fees this year just to maintain your policy. Insurance companies charge a cost of insurance (COI) to each policy and it increases each year with age.

2. Your policy’s actual surrender value is probably less than what you think. Earnings go to the policy cash value account from which the surrender value is calculated.

3. Your premiums will probably increase when you can least affordto pay the extra money.

4. Your insurance sales agent’s commission could push your policy’s cash value into negative value for the first few years. Insurance companies amortize the commissions (which can be 80 – 110 percent of the first-year premium) paid to the selling agent over the first several years of the policy. 5. Insurers are betting that you’re either going to let your policy lapse, or surrender it. Insurers price policies assuming a certain percentage of people will let policies lapse or surrender them. The companies win because they keep all the money paid in, except the cash surrender value, if any, and never pay the death benefit. (Nearly 88 percent of universal life

insurance policies issued in the U.S. never result in payment of a claim.)6. Your insurance carrier might not tell you that you have better options when you no longer want to keep your current policy. You do, in fact, have options.7. Some of those options include cashing out just part of your policy. If the cost of a current policy is too much but some protection is still needed, an option may be to sell part of your policy for cash while retaining part of the death benefit. Some companies will allow the policy to be reduced in size. Some insur-ers may allow the policy to be split into two policies, one of which can be sold. 8. You may be able to swap your life insurance policy for a long-term care contract. Texas already provides for this, but this can be done directly with a long-term care provider whether or not state procedures exist. And if you are attempting to qualify for Medicaid for long-term care, you may have to dispose of all life insurance.

9. You’re likely to get substantially more cash by selling your policy instead of surrendering it. If we are over the age of 65, and in particular 75 or older, the market value of policies may be 5 – 100 times greater than the actual policy cash surrender value. 10. A financial advisor can advise you on your life insurance options. Life insurance is defined by the U.S. Supreme Court as personal property. It is a major element in investment and retirement strategies. Financial advisors have a fiduciary duty to advise us of all considerations available for the best utilization of life insurance policies. When you have a life insurance policy, you also have financial op-tions. Use the information you have, ask the right questions (from as many people as it takes to understand the whole picture), so you get the greatest benefits from your policy, measured in both dollars and peace of mind. For more info, visit gwglife.com.

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