September 2012

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THE MAGICOF PLEIN AIROutdoor painting at Kanapaha Gardens

ENHANCED INDEPENDENCEThe Village and UF Join Forces for Seniors

Lean On Me

Joe Louis Clark is a Local Legend p.22

SEPTEMBER 2012 seniortimesmagazine.com

THE MAGICOF PLEIN AIROutdoor painting at Kanapaha Gardens

ENHANCED INDEPENDENCEThe Village and UF Join Forces for Seniors

Joe Louis Clarkis a Local Legend p.22p

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columns14 Embracing Life

by Donna Bonnell

20 Elder AngleContributed by the Mid-Florida

Agency on Aging

21 Community VoiceReader submitted Poem

37 Enjoying Act Threeby Ellis Amburn

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CONTENTS ON THE COVER – Meet Joe Louis

Clark, the former principal of Eastside

High School in Paterson, New Jersey,

one of the country’s toughest inner city

schools in the 1980s.

SEPTEMBER 2012 • VOL. 13 ISSUE 09

WINNER!Congratulations to the winner from our

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features

departments

16 The Magic of Plein AirOutdoor Painting at Kanapaha GardensBY LARRY BEHNKE

22 Joe Louis ClarkA Local LegendBY ELLIS AMBURN

30 Enhanced IndependenceThe Village and UF Join Forces for SeniorsBY ELLIS AMBURN

34 Black WaterThe Great Suwannee River CleanupBY JEWEL MIDELIS

10 Tapas13 Community38 Calendar of Events

44 Theatre Listings49 Crossword Puzzle50 Reading Corner

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So our little guy —I mean big boy — is back in school.The summer for him was not the same as the summer for me as a youngster. I remember having the run of the neigh-borhood, riding my bike until the sun began to set, playing football in the street, or playing “Kill the guy with the ball” in our front yard. Sure, we found things for our son to do this summer, but our children have never experienced the kind of freedom I had growing up. Fortunately (or not), there are many more indoor activities these days to keep him occupied, from video games to streaming movies. Unfor-tunately, he is a self-described “outside boy” and would often go stir-crazy being cooped up indoors all day. In the evening he would practice his parkour (a form of free running and gymnastics) through-out the house, bounding over furniture, jumping from the stairs and rolling, and quite literally climbing the walls. Ah, to be young. But now it’s school time. Fortunately, we live in a small town, where all of our

children have had good experiences in the school system. Sure, there are isolat-ed issues, but when compared to big city schools’ trials and tribulations, we’ve got it pretty good. And when compared to the New Jersey inner city Eastside High School of the 1980s — where thugs and drug pushers called the shots — we’re living in a veritable paradise. That was Joe Louis Clark’s world. Clark was called upon to bring order to the chaos of Eastside High in Paterson, NJ. His methods — and results — landed him in the public spotlight and on the cover of NEWSWEEK Magazine, not to mention being portrayed by Morgan Freeman in a motion picture. We caught up with Joe Clark, who now lives in our area with homes in both Gainesville and Newberry, to learn more about this legendary fi gure. We also bring you news about the age-old art of plein air painting, in which artists take their easels outside and paint the environment — in this case at Kanapaha Gardens in Gainesville. Additionally, our writers bring you stories on a new partnership between The Village and the University of Flor-ida, as well as information on the Great Suwannee River Cleanup (not too late to go help clean the water if you have an inkling). I trust you all had a wonderful sum-mer and are now staying dry from the (much needed) daily deluges. See you next month! s

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ELLIS AMBURN

is a resident of High Springs and the author of biographies of Roy Orbison, Elizabeth Taylor and [email protected].

LARRY BEHNKE

is an artist, writer, photographer and a graduate of the University of Michigan in cinematography and painting. He has used solar electricity since 1984 and lives in a dome home. [email protected]

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TAPAS œ SEPTEMBER

It’s the sort of club you

wouldn’t want to join.

Robert Johnson, Brian

Jones, Jimi Hendrix, Janis

Joplin, Jim Morrison,

Kurt Cobain and Amy

Winehouse, to name but a

few — all of these famous

musicians died at 27 years

of age. Robert Johnson, an

American blues singer, died

from a possible poisoning.

Brian Jones, the Rolling

Stones founding member,

drowned in a swimming

pool. Jimi Hendrix was

found dead in his apartment.

Janis Joplin took a lethal

dose of heroin. Jim Morrison

was found dead in a

bathtub in Paris. Kurt Cobain

committed suicide. And the

newest member of the club,

Amy Winehouse, was found

dead at her home in London

due to alcohol poisoning.

Jimi Hendrix expressed a

great interest in matters of

an extraterrestrial nature,

had admitted seeing

UFOs, and once told David

Henderson – a reporter

from The New York Times –

that he was really from Mars.

As NASA’s Curiosity rover is exploring Mars, most people are excited about the $2.5 billion

expedition, but some may think it is a waste of American resources. Besides space exploration,

NASA’s developments have improved many aspects of society, including “health and medicine,

transportation, public safety, environmental and agricultural resources, computer technology and

industrial productivity,” according to an article on the NASA website.

SINCE 1976, ABOUT 1,400 DOCUMENTED NASA INVENTIONS HAVE BENEFITED

U.S. INDUSTRY, CREATED JOBS AND IMPROVED THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR

NOT JUST AMERICANS, BUT PEOPLE ALL AROUND THE WORLD AS WELL.

For example, based on technologies used for a spacecraft, in 1994 a company in California created

a robotic arm that allows surgeons to use three instruments at the same time for laparoscopic

surgery. In 2000, three business contracts with NASA created a new, less expensive parachute

system that can lower an entire aircraft during an emergency, used for military and civilian aircrafts.

Additionally, a NASA-developed chemical process was responsible for the development of

kidney dialysis machines, while the need to fi nd imperfections in aerospace structures led to the

development of a medical CAT scanner. Invisible braces are made from translucent polycrystalline

alumina, originally created to protect the infrared antennae of heat-seeking missile trackers.

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On September 18, 1970, legendary

guitarist and singer/songwriter

Jimi Hendrix died

from drug-related

complications.

Dressed in

psychedelic shirts

and silk bandanas,

playing songs about

freedom, peace and

love, Hendrix entertained crowds

with his raunchy and outlandish

style. At 17 years of age, Hendrix

enlisted in the U.S. Army, but was

honorably discharged when he

broke his ankle during a parachute

jump. He then pursued his musical

career and moved to England with

a new band called the Jimi Hendrix

Experience. The band’s fi rst single,

“Hey Joe,” was released in 1967,

followed by “Purple Haze” and “The

Wind Cried Mary.” In August of 1969,

Hendrix stepped onto the stage at

Woodstock where his rendition of

“The Star-Spangled Banner” helped

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Tommy Lee JonesBORN SEPTEMBER 15, 1946

Born in San Saba, Texas, Tommy Lee Jones attended Harvard

and was Al Gore’s roommate. Upon graduation, he moved to New

York and then on to Hollywood. He began his fi lm career in the small

part as Ryan O’Neal’s Harvard roommate in “Love Story” (1970) and then

appeared on the ABC soap opera “One Life to Live.”

TV movies followed, such as “The Amazing Howard Hughes” (1977),

“Coal Miner’s Daughter” (1981), “The Executioner’s Song” (1982) -- for

which he won an Emmy Award -- and the CBS miniseries “Lonesome

Dove” (1989).

In 1993, Jones starred in “The Fugitive,” for which he garnered Best

Supporting Actor for his performance as U.S. Marshal Samuel Gerard.

Jones has gone on to deliver memorable roles in “Men in Black” and

“No Country for Old Men.”

a

66Years Old

The King of HorrorStephen King’s books have sold

more than 350 million copies

and have been adapted into a

number of feature fi lms, television

movies and comic books. He is

also known for playing in “The

Rock Bottom Remainders,” a band

of literary giants including Amy

Tan, Dave Barry and Mitch Albom

(among others) that has just

wrapped up its fi nal tour, dubbed

“Past Our Bedtime.”

“I’m still in love with what I do, with the idea of making things up.”

Michael KeatonSeptember 5, 1951 (61)

Roger WatersSeptember 6, 1943 (69)

Gloria GaynorSeptember 7, 1949 (63)

Leslie Twiggy LawsonSeptember 19, 1949 (63)

Michael DouglasSeptember 25, 1944 (68)

A FEW OTHER NOTABLE

Birthdays this Month

— STEPHEN KING

65Years Old

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COMMUNITY œ TRIP

This month, the PrimeTime Institute (PTI) resumes its programs at the Alachua Senior Recreation Center. On September 13, Seniors are invited to enjoy lunch and explore the Harn Museum of Art through PrimeTime Institute/ElderCare of Alachua County. Participants must signup by Sept. 11 for lunch and tour. At 11:30 a.m., meet for lunch in the Camellia Court Café (below the museum) followed by a docent-led tour of art exhibits. Signup sheets for the fi eld trip are available at the prior PTI program on Sept. 6 at the Senior Recreation Center, or contact Charity Blomeley: 352-332-6917, or e-mail [email protected] by Sept. 11. Museum admission is free although donations are welcome. Opened in 1990 and one of the largest university-affi liated museums in the United States, the museum’s various collections include photography, Asian, African, modern and contemporary art. In 2012, the museum opened the David A. Cofrin Asian Wing, a 26,000-square-

foot addition for the museum’s extensive collection of Asian art and an Asian garden accessible from the galleries of the new wing. PTI provides a wide variety of educational programs and social activities for people age 50+ that foster wellness, encourage personal and intellectual growth and that provide an environment for developing new interests, making new friends, and becoming involved as volunteers. All PTI programs and activities are planned and presented entirely by volunteer members and speakers, with expenses supported by annual membership fees ($20 for September 2012 to August 2013) and donations. While participants do not have to be a PTI member to attend its educational programs, a small donation is appreciated, but not required.

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S ummer vacations are over. School is back in session. September means

more than the start football season. For many, it is the kickoff of the most stressful time of the year. Fall festivities, election shenanigans and holiday preparations are events that quickly fi ll our hectic schedules. We tend to compare our calendars with others to see who is the busiest. Especially during the holidays, having more commitments than anyone else makes us feel superior. We subconsciously believe the ability to handle stress earns us a dysfunctional merit badge; conquering our chaotic existence warrants wearing this invisible prestigious award. Unfortunately, that was my mindset. I prided myself in successfully juggling and completing all tasks. Insomnia and an elevated blood pressure were merely necessary byproducts. The craziness strangely gave me a sense of importance. When I least expected it, I recognized my own angst; anxiety caused by a self-infl icted overextended daily itinerary. The improbable source of enlightenment was dear old Dad. After Mom died from alcoholism at a young age, our family unit shattered. My sister, brother and I rarely visited Dad. In fact, most of my adult life I unequivocally disagreed with his poor decisions, negative habits and Mafi a-like strategies. The fi rst eight decades of his life, he

was an easygoing fun-loving man who rarely worried. However, Dad reached his limit. Overcoming obstacles became overwhelming, even for him. His wife (my stepmother), his pets and many friends passed away. Local thieves took advantage of his sad situation and stole

his belongings. Uninvited vagrants moved into his home and threatened his well-being. His house was fi lthy and could have been condemned. When the police and Department of Children and Family Services got involved and his health took a downward spiral, he needed help. If God works in mysterious ways, this was defi nitely a divine intervention on many levels. My sister lives in New York, my brother in Atlanta and I am a four-hour drive to his home. It was a diffi cult challenge, at best, to get his life in order. For the past year, I made as many trips as humanly possible and called daily. Along the way, I discovered countless things about my dad and even more about myself. While sitting at my desk one afternoon, about six months into this process, I made one of those calls. My dad was extremely distraught, upset that his one-of-kind hat was missing.

This particular hat included a battery-operated turkey whose legs danced. Of all the material things he lost, that hat was his only concern. The stacks of work that seemed to be staring at me surprisingly seemed less important than the missing hat. Suddenly an epiphany befell my soul and I began to laugh aloud. It occurred to me that perhaps stress is a form of insanity and is optional. Maybe my eccentric Dad has a healthier mental attitude than I do. Richard Carlson, author of “Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff,” would agree. He said, “Stress is nothing more than a socially acceptable form of mental illness.” Carlson’s philosophy is that we spend far too much time fretting over irrelevant trivia and not enough time concentrating calmly on what is going

right. He explained that, “We blow things out of proportion.” Slowly, over the course of a year, my siblings and I got Dad’s life back in order. Of course normal is relative. While I am not advocating an unconventional or dishonest lifestyle, I accept that my Dad lived his life at one extreme and me the other. Somewhere in the middle would be perfect. Are action-packed agendas necessary to prove our self-worth? One thing is certain; stress is exhausting and sucks the joy out of life. As I make my way through the season of stress, I will keep in mind my Dad and Carlson’s philosophy — there is no reason to get that stressed, it is simply unnecessary. s

Donna Bonnell is a freelance writer who

moved to Newberry in 1983. She enjoys

living and working in the town she now calls

home. [email protected]

Embracing

LifeSeason of Stress

COLUMN œ DONNA BONNELL

After Mom died from alcoholism at a young age,our family unit shattered. My sister, brother andI rarely visited Dad.

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M ost people may have that image in their head of an artist outdoors at an easel,

pallet in hand, painting a landscape. The tradition is called plein air after the French Impressionists who began such work in the mid-1800s. The term means open air or open art, and it was made possible by the invention of oil paints that came in tubes. Prior to that, pigments were mixed and paint was created in the studio. Ready-to-use tube paints freed artists up to create outside. Local artist Tim Malles leads a group of plein air painters who will be at Kanapaha Botanical Gardens on the weekend of Sept. 14, 15 and 16. “Plein air is almost like an historical reenactment,” Malles said in a telephone interview. “The way it was done 150 years ago.” Malles said getting outdoors changes the view of the landscape. “You get the correct lighting and color, as opposed to using a photograph,” he said. “But it can be intimidating at fi rst, having such a wide view of choices.

Finding a focus is best.” Malles is part of the Hoggtowne Painters who meet once a month in the Alachua County area, at sites from downtown Gainesville to local springs. They are a Plein Air Florida subgroup that began a decade ago by local landscape artist, Linda Blondheim.

“We try to bring people together as a group,” Malles said. The social gathering goes back to a time when fellow artists, such as Monet and Renoir worked side-by-side painting a scene. Artists are able to talk too, since their work is visual. Malles took part in the fi rst plein air paint-out at Kanapaha in 2002. “That sparked me to pursue it as a more serious endeavor. My work improved, to actually fi nish a work while outside,” Malles said. “Once you get out there and do it, it’s intoxicating, addicting; it even improves my work in the studio.”

Malles likes to paint outside during twilight as day becomes night, and he appreciates being able to do so because of North Central Florida’s mostly year-round good climate. Tina Corbett is a founding member of the High Springs Art Co-op. She has been painting in her studio for years, but

has participated in plein air, once with a class and once at a paint-out. “I had so much fun that I want to do more plein air,” she said in a recent telephone interview. “I could see the colors so much more vividly than in a photograph.” Corbett still usually paints from photos, but likes the social aspect of plein air. “A good group of painters is really fun,” she said. “We have great conversations. And I even sold a painting that I was working on.”

The Magic of Plein AirOutdoor Painting at Kanapaha Gardens

“It will link artists and locations all over the world to promote art as a universal language that has no borders.”

by Larry Behnke

SILENT POETRY

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PHOTO COURTESY OF

HOGGTOWNE PAINTERS

Tim Malles works on a piece

as guest artist during a one-

week plein air workshop at the

Trinity Preparatory School in

Winter Park, Florida.

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Corbett will be one of the featured artists at the Kanapaha paint-out. Robin Popp is another featured artist who paints because, “Some things cannot be said with words.” According to her blog, “Painting outside from life is my passion; romantic thoughts of sitting outside among the fl owers is hard to resist.” Popp said that the paint-outs are ex-hausting, but, “The rewards are high,” and she enjoys connecting with other artists. Although some plein air artists use acrylics, the tradition has been to useoil paints. “Acrylic dries too fast outside,” Malles said. “Although it’s a mess working with oils, like having to put the wet painting in a special box. I use oils because of the

richness of colors and workability. The colors change less with oils.” He joked about outdoor paintings being more “organic,” as the wind blows bits of leaves, dust and feathers into the wet paint, which most plein air artists are happy to leave in the fi nished work for authenticity. Kanapaha is a perfect choice for plein air painting. The beauty of the gardens stimulates creation on canvas. The lush vegetation and beautiful fl owers have long been an inspiration for artists, as well as a setting for weddings. Beginning a week after the paint-out, Kanapaha’s Summer House Gallery will show plein air works. A reception will be held Friday, Sept. 21, from 5 to 8 p.m. Admission is free, but the gardens will be closed during that time. The show

lasts until January 6. The 10th Worldwide Artist Paint Out at Kanapaha Botanical Gardens is being sponsored by International Plein Air Painters, and according to their website, “It will link artists and locations all over the world to promote art as a universal language that has no borders.” Entrance fees and a 40 percent commission on art sales will benefi t Kanapaha Gardens. Malles urges families to bring their children. “It’s like watching a magician when the painters create,” he said. And paintings make great gifts. “These are unique, original, lasting gifts. You can’t get that feeling from somethingmass-produced.” s

PHOTOS COURTESY OF

HOGGTOWNE PAINTERS

FAR LEFT: Artist Aliye Cullu paints at a

recent plein air event held at the Thomas

Center in Gainesville.

LEFT: A painting by Tim Malles inspired by

Kanapaha Gardens’ moonlight walk event.

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T his month, the 28th Annual GFAA Art Festival at Thor-nebrook Village will return to Gainesville for a weekend

of fun, featuring the works of 110 artists and fi ne craftsmen. Thousands of art lovers and collectors are attracted to paint-ings in a variety mediums, styles and mediums, fi ber art, exqui-site colorful glass, ceramics in artful and functional forms, ex-otic wood items, photography in realistic and digital composite images, mixed-media and dazzling jewelry to adorn. Produced by Gainesville Fine Arts Association and Thor-nebrook Merchants Association, the event also promises entertainment, food, and children’s activities to round out the family-friendly festival.

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National Falls Prevention Awareness Day is observed the fi rst day of fall — Sep-tember 22 this year — to promote and increase public awareness about how to prevent and reduce falls among older adults. States are encouraged to host and promote falls prevention awareness and screening activities to draw attention to the problem and offer Seniors practical solutions. Forty-three states, including Florida, participated in the 2011 event. According to the National Council on Aging (NCOA), every year one in three Americans aged 65+ falls — and that risk rises with age. Falls can lead to injury, hospitalization, loss of independence, and even death. Falls are costly to quality of life and to our health care system. Each year, we spend $19 billion on medical care related to falls. And that’s not counting family care giving, homecare, loss of productiv-ity, and remodeling to make a Senior’s home safer.

Why Focus on Falls? Falls and fall-related injuries among older adults are a serious public health problem in a rapidly aging population:• One third of Americans age 65+ falls

each year, meaning every 15 seconds an older adult is treated in the ERfor a fall.

• Falls are the leading cause of fatal injury and the most common cause of nonfatal trauma-related hospital admissions among older adults. Every 29 minutes an older adult dies following a fall.

• In 2010, the direct medical cost of fatal and nonfatal fall injuries totaled over $28.2 billion.

• The fi nancial toll for older adult falls is expected to increase as the population ages and may reach $54.9 billion by 2020.

• Falls result in more than 1.8 million fall injuries treated in emergency departments, including over 650,000

hospitalizations and approximately 20,000 deaths.

In addition to pain and suffering, and the high cost of rehabilitation, falls with or without injury also carry a heavy quality-of-life impact. A growing number of older adults fear falling and, as a result, often self-limit their activities and social engagements. Resulting limitations can result in further physical decline, depression, social isolation, and feelings of helplessness. This potentially bleak future for aging Americans is not inevitable; evidence-based interventions that target individual risk factors for falling have been shown to reduce falls and promote falls self-efficacy. It might just be “A Matter of Balance.” This proven program helps older adults improve their balance and combat their fear of falling.

Four things you can doto prevent falls:1) Begin a regular exercise program.

Exercise is one of the most important ways to lower your chances of falling. It makes you stronger and helps you feel better. Exercises that improve balance and coordination (like Tai Chi) are the most helpful. Lack of ex-ercise leads to weakness and increases your chances of falling. Ask your doc-tor or health care provider about the best type of exercise program for you.

2) Have your health care provider review your medicines. Have your doctor or pharmacist review all the medicines you take, even over-the-counter medicines. As you get older, the way medicines work in your body can change. Some medicines, or combinations of medicines, can make you sleepy or dizzy and can cause you to fall.

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3) Have your vision checked. Have your eyes checked by an eye doctor at least once a year. You may be wearing the wrong glasses or have a condition like glaucoma or cataracts that limits your vision. Poor vision can increase your chances of falling

4) Make your home safer. About half of all falls happen at home. To make your home safer: Remove things you can trip over (like papers, books, clothes, boxes, shoes, etc.) from stairs and places where you walk. Remove small throw rugs or use double-sided tape to keep the rugs from slipping. Keep items you use often in cabinets you can reach easily without using a stepstool. Have grab bars installed next to your toilet and in the tub or shower. Use non-slip mats in the bathtub and on shower fl oors. Improve the lighting in your home. As you get older, you need brighter

lights to see well. (Use nightlights as well). Hang light-weight curtains or shades to reduce glare. Have handrails and lights installed on all staircases/halls. Wear shoes both inside and outside the house. Avoid going barefoot or wearing slippers. Check out medic alert bracelets, the Buddy Call & Check System, and have home and cell phone in reach in various areas should you need to call 911 if needed.

For more information about “A Matter of Balance” Fall Prevention Program, please visit: www.NCOA.org or www.healthyagingprograms.org or www.agingresources.org. You may also contact Betty Flagg, Elder Options in Gainesville fl [email protected] and by phone at 352-692-5219 or 1-800-262-2243.

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O nce in a blue moon comes a warrior, someone who will fi ght to the death for what is

right, even if it means running a dan-gerous inner-city high school with a baseball bat in one hand and a bullhorn in the other. Such a man is Joe Louis Clark, a former Army drill sergeant whose take-no-prisoners educational policy landed him on the cover of TIME magazine and made him the subject of a popular movie, “Lean on Me,” starring Morgan Freeman as Joe Clark. He has lived in Gainesville and on a horse farm in Newberry for more than 15 years, but keeps a sharp eye on Amer-ica’s schools, which he still fi nds want-ing — not much improved. In fact, since the furor he ignited in the 1980s when, as the 48-year-old principal of crime-ridden, drug-infested Eastside High in Paterson, New Jersey, he transformed a decaying ghetto school into an haven of safety, learning, and self-respect. The students were mostly African-American and Hispanic, one-third on welfare, many of them thugs and push-ers. Potheads blew smoke out of shat-

tered windows, and hoodlums accosted girls in the corridors, leaving them bare-breasted and sobbing. Some teachers were afraid to report for work. Clark sprang into action upon ar-rival at Eastside, ordering the faculty to compile a list of incorrigibles. Later he walked into a school-wide assembly, which was in total chaos, and restored law order with his 36-in. Willie Mays Big Stick, a megaphone and security guards. “There were 3,500 in that school,” he recalled in a recent telephone interview. “You cannot have 300 or 400 students disrupting the educational

process. I extricated them to another abode,” he added, savoring what TIME Magazine would call “his idiosyncratic polysyllables.” He outlawed loitering and profanity; banned hats, gangsta garb, and scanty come-hither costumes; established

keep-moving and keep-to-the-right traf-fi c in halls, and toilet- or graffi ti-scrub-bing for tardiness and class cutting. At last, students began to get a decent education, but Clark’s tactics outraged permissive parents and teachers. Cit-ing insubordination, the school board threatened dismissal. Law-abiding citizens weary of out-of-control children applauded Clark’s brand of tough love, and so did the White House. A member of President Ronald Reagan’s cabinet, U.S. Secretary of Education William Bennett, told Clark to “hang in there.”

Getting wind of the ruckus in Pat-erson, CBS’s “60 Minutes” fi lmed two segments on Clark, turning him into an overnight folk hero. Two years later, New Jersey’s governor declared Eastside a model school. President Reagan summoned Clark to

Joe Louis ClarkA Local Legend

Clark made the cover of TIME on February 1, 1988, exuding dignity and invincibility in a stylish suit and brandishing his ubiquitous bat.

by Ellis Amburn

LEAN ON ME

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PHOTO BY TJ MORRISSEY

Clark poses with an award bestowed for his

inspirational message to Tougaloo College in 2004.

In 1988, he made the cover of TIME Magazine.

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serve with him on an education panel, and Bennett quipped, “Sometimes you need Mr. Chips, sometimes you need Dirty Harry.” Dedicated to his job at Eastside, Clark declined Policy Development Director Gary Bauer’s offer of a White House post. Clark made the cover of TIME on February 1, 1988, exuding dignity and invincibility in a stylish suit and brandishing his ubiquitous bat. The headline: “Is Getting Tough the Answer? School Principal Joe Clark says ‘yes’ —and critics are up in arms.” Reporter Ezra Bowen wrote, “If tough love is your thing, you can fi nd a lot to love about Joe Clark [who] charms and bullies his way through the bustling corridors of his ordered domain like an old-time ward boss.” Though TIME liberally quoted Clark’s detractors, he said in 2012, “I’m always pleased with the media. As long as they’re writing about me, I’m fi ne. I love the media and have had 260 powerful profi les.” By 1989 he could not have been hotter, Warner Brothers proffering six fi gures plus a percentage of the net for his life story, “Lean on Me.” When Morgan Freeman was announced as the

lead, Clark observed on NBC’s “Today,” “He’s a good actor, but I don’t think anybody can fully portray me.” Freeman, who would subsequently play God — twice — and win the Oscar for “Million Dollar Baby,” replied, “We’re dealing with a man who harbors an awful lot of anger at a system that is destroying itself.”

After studying Clark while fi lming in Paterson, Freeman said on “Today,” “The bull horn was his third arm. I was a little overwhelmed that I was trying to play a man who was there, a man of so much energy and power, but he was very helpful to me. He is heroic, undertaking his job. I admire his approach to chil-dren, his caring — his interest is total.” “Lean on Me” displayed “Rocky” and “Karate Kid” director John G. Avildsen at his heartwarming best, deftly deliver-

ing a slam-bang teacher-as-hero biopic in the tradition of “Blackboard Jungle,” “To Sir With Love,” and “Dead Poets So-ciety.” Clark emerged as an inspirational dynamo, and later told “Eyewitness News,” “It’s about a guy who was proud but not arrogant, strong but not brutal.” On “New Jersey Network News,” a student vouched for the fi lm’s veracity, saying, “It’s the real thing, believe me.” Resplendent in a white suit on Arsenio Hall’s talk show, Clark rated the fi lm “95 percent accurate” and characterized his baseball bat as “my implement of peace... Young people want direction, and when they get it, they adjust to it quickly.” Freeman, he said, was a “splendifer-ous performer.” Scoffi ng at his critics, he said, “Any jackass can kick the barn down; it takes a carpenter to build one.” The fi lm opened No. 1 at the box of-fi ce, the gala Paterson preview spark-ing local feuds that immediately went national. The city council wanted to fi re Clark for a striptease act staged at East-side High in his absence, councilwoman

PHOTOS COURTESY OF JOE CLARK WEBSITE

ABOVE: Principal Joe Clark with rap group Run DMC at Eastside High

School in Paterson, New Jersey.

Actor Morgan Freeman (left) fi lming “Lean on Me” at Eastside High School,

portraying principal Joe Clark.

“I believed in what I was doing. God put me here to raise hell and that’s what I did.”

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Vera Ames citing “derrieres showing.” “Should students see the cheeks of guys shaking in front of them?” Matt Lauer inquired on “Today.” The G-string crisis was resolved when Clark appeared on “A Current Affair” and said the city council “sap suckers” had no power to

fi re him, nor would he let them “suck the blood and spirit from my soul.” He also complained that the movie studio hired a prizefi ghter to promote “Lean on Me,” stating on “Good Day, New York,” “If Mike Tyson can get $150,000 for saying six words, I should at least get something commensurate.” Though “Lean on Me” grossed $31,906,454, Clark refl ected in 2012, “The movie downplayed me im-mensely. I’m a much more formidable individual, not afraid of bureaucracy, not afraid of being on a Presi-dential board with Ronald Reagan. I believed in what I was doing. God put me here to raise hell and that’s what I did.” When asked recently about conditions at Eastside High today, he replied, “I became depressed when I heard of the deterioration of that institution. I went there to show the world in-ner cities turn out academi-cally inferior Americans. I left Newark and Eastside High because it was time for me to gather a more for-midable audience. My work had brought cognizance to the educational debacle

in America. When Dr. Bill Bennett and the Reagan administration asked me to address the problems in our educational system, I found out my efforts in educa-tion were laudable, but I had another mission for this planet: a change in our country via our young people.”

Undergoing open-heart surgery in May 1989, Clark gave up teaching two months later. For the next 25 years he hit the lecture circuit, convinced that “the whale had fi nally outgrown the ocean. Decadence was etching away at the fabric of our country. It was my moral responsibility to bring about some type of change to lift our young people out of the doldrums of stagnation.” One of the top fi ve college lecturers, he was nominated for the National As-sociation of Campus Activities Speaker of the Year Award in 1996 and published a book entitled “Laying Down the Law.” In 1995 he took over Essex County Detention House in Newark, which he called, “New Jersey’s largest jail for youth. When they said no one could run it, my heart began to palpitate with glee. I knew it was the ultimate challenge. My belief was reaffi rmed about our young people. All incarcerated came from no homes, no mom or dad, struggling and embroiled with drugs, shootings, not going to school, no guidance. Most had superb intellectual ability but had no chance in our society.” Eventually, he gravitated to North Florida because “my roots are in the South. I moved back as soon as I could.” Born in Rochelle, Georgia, on May 7, 1938, Clark migrated north with his family when he was 12, working while in high school to support his mother and siblings. He received his B.A. from William Paterson College; his M.A. from Seton Hall University; did further graduate work at Rutgers; and holds an honorary doctorate from U.S. Sports Academy. “My instincts are basically Southern,” he said. “I’ve been here over 15 years, pleased with my decision, ecstatic in fact, as is my wife Gloria. Gainesville is known as one of the best cities to live in; I wanted to be near a college town and settled in a house in Fletcher’s Mill. I also

PHOTO COURTESY OF JOE CLARK WEBSITE

Clark was no stranger to controversy and there were those

who wanted to see him dismissed. His methods, however, had

earned him much support. In a school board meeting in 1988,

hundreds of parents and students voiced their support for

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PHOTO BY TJ MORRISSEY

Joe Louis Clark and his wife Gloria at their Gainesville home.

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have a farm in Newberry, ten acres with horses. I am addicted to horses, and used to ride for miles. We spend most of our time in Newberry, where I used to grow vegetables. It’s a massive operation, and now I’m tired and weary of that. “Gloria has been a most supporting wife. Without her, I would never have been able to endure the pain infl icted on me by adversarial forces. She is a very good person. I’ve been blessed. My wife and I do our own things, and always have, which has worked out fi ne.” Their offspring include Joetta Clark Diggs, president of Joetta Sports and Beyond. “Joetta graduated from the University of Tennessee in Knoxville and was a four-time Olympian,” Clark noted. Son J.J. (Joe Louis Clark II), a graduate of Villanova University and also an Olympic athlete, coached for 10 years at the University of Florida and is now head track and fi eld coach for both men and women at the University of Tennessee. Daughter Hazel Clark Riley is a University of Florida graduate and three-time Olympian, both track and fi eld. All three competed in the 800-meter races. “My daughter-in-law Jearl Miles Clark,” he added, “went to Buchholz in Gainesville, then to the Alabama A&M, and became a fi ve-time Olympian in track in 2002.” His advice to parents: “Make certain you provide adequate direction, guidance and leadership to your progeny. I told my kids, ‘It’s college or death’— facetiously. The essence of success is interwoven with pertinacity, determination, and never giving up, continuously trying to fi nd your raison d’etre [reason for being]. Success wasn’t something you’d expect of me, a poor, downtrodden welfare boy from Georgia, but achievement came because I knew my raison d’etre and I went from the depths of despair to the methodical cadence of success.”

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HOW ARE AMERICA’S SCHOOLS DOING TODAY? “We, as a nation, are in dire straits in many areas of the educational process. So often the blame for the deterioration is put on teachers. But like all other pro-fessions there are few geniuses, most are average, and there’s a liberal sprinkling of fools. Teachers do a hell of a good job by and large under the circumstances that most confront. They are over-worked, underpaid and maligned for the tragic state of affairs in our educational system. Our teachers perform in an exemplary manner. “A large portion of the educational demise is directly related to the deterio-ration of the family structure. It would help immeasurably if children had par-ents who were dedicated and committed to their development as young, vibrant Americans. I believe that children who are born out of wedlock with no father and no mother are put in a precarious situation as relates to becoming produc-tive citizens. If individuals choose to have children out of wedlock it should be their moral responsibility to take care

of the children. It is not the govern-ment’s responsibility to takecare of children brought into theworld by individuals.”

WHAT’S NEXT FOR JOE CLARK? “My goal is not to make friends but to confront problems that are deleterious to the fate of our country. Poor fam-ily structures will be felt in high crime rates, unproductive citizens, and gradual breakdowns of all the values that have made America great. “Concomitant with the aforemen-tioned is a need to rethink the education-al format. We must take the system back from the legal-minded, condescending bureaucratic louts and involve teachers, principals, parents and educators in the process of rethinking the educational paradigm. A very important factor is to acknowledge specifi cally that American blacks are academically inferior and this must be corrected. This in no way is the responsibility of educators; it must be corrected by those individuals adversely affected. It requires massive efforts by a myriad of groups such as churches,

sororities, fraternities, businesses, etc. Failure to react fervently will result in a needless societal calamity. A glance at the state of affairs relative to some talented young people such as music, dress and deportment clearly indicates the exigency at hand. These vicissitudes must be confronted and changed.” How such change can be implement-ed was suggested by Kenneth Tewel, a former high school principal and school administration teacher at Queens Col-lege, who asserted in TIME’s article on Clark, “You cannot use a democratic and collaborative style when crisis is ram-pant and disorder reigns. You need an autocrat to bring things under control.” Alternately celebrated and scorned as a disciplinarian, Joe Louis Clark’s secret weapon is love, as Morgan Freeman demonstrated in “Lean on Me.” “If the kids didn’t love me,” Freeman said, echoing a familiar Clark refrain, “they’d take my baseball bat and mega-phone and simultaneously wrap them around my neck.” s

PHOTOS COURTESY OF JOE CLARK WEBSITE

ABOVE: Joe Clark at the inner-city school before he transformed it. To discipline graffi ti artists,

Clark got orange jump suits from the sheriff ’s department and had students wear them and clean

up the school grounds.

In 2005, Clark received an honorary doctorate from the US Sports Academy.

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T he needs of an emerging group of Seniors constitute the focus of a new study and develop-

ment project currently being conducted by the University of Florida and The Village, a rental retirement community in Gainesville. “We are looking for a better under-standing of the needs of our current population, who are all Seniors,” said James A. Antonucci, Jr., executive direc-tor of The Village, during an recent inter-view in his offi ce at the 104-acre campus. The University of Florida’s interior design department, led by Nichole Campbell, Ph.D., will participate in the two-year project, utilizing various research techniques “to identify a new life stage of older adults and build a living environment to suit their needs,” stated the project’s publicist, Dani Row, in a memo to Senior Times. “They will bring recommendations to us based on the feedback of residents,” Antonucci said. “Current service models for senior living communities across the country typically categorize Seniors in three

areas, generally referred to as: Indepen-dent Living, Assisted Living, and Skilled Nursing,” Rowe said. The new Senior life stage under study at The Village and the University of Florida falls between the fi rst two levels, Independent Living and Assisted Liv-ing, and has been christened Enhanced Independent Living. “We like being on the leading edge of social trends, science and technology to meet the lifestyles of older adults,” Anto-nucci stated in the memo. “They are constantly evolving and we strive to be at the forefront of changes to best sup-

port individuals’ activities and health.” Campbell said that her goal was to determine how best to design the new facility to enhance the health and well-being of Seniors; how to change build-ings to lengthen the lives of Seniors and make them independent longer.

“In our research,” Campbell said, “we are trying to understand what leads people to like and use certain spaces more than others. For instance, if we put social spaces on their usual daily paths, will they like and use them more? “We focus on social interaction and how to optimize [it]. The more we can encourage [it] among Seniors, the less likely Alzheimer’s [will occur] and the happier they’ll be.” Another health benefi t of Senior socializing is that it “keeps away depres-sion,” Campbell added. “It improves the quality of life, helps the retirement

community to be fun and cheerful rather than droll and boring.” Social space research of the kind UF is undertaking for The Village’s Enhanced Independent Living project organizes the space for the best social function, she said.

Enhanced IndependenceThe Village and UF Join Forces for Seniors

“This is a natural partnership that allows residents of The Village to receive amulti-dimensional health care program.”

by Ellis Amburn

GOLDEN YEARS

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In her work, Campbell and her UF research team are studying the impact buildings have on a person’s life and well-being and what attracts people to one place instead of another. While most people think of architecture as an art, Campbell is “interested in architecture as a science.” Toward that end, The Village launched its Vitality Program in January. Antonuc-ci called it a “hybrid continuum of care.” “We saw a need for health care services,” he said, describing the lack of

PHOTO COURTESY OF THE VILLAGE

Dr. Nichole Campbell of the University of

Florida’s design department discusses the

Enhanced Independent Living research and

building project with Norma Zabel, a Senior

resident of The Village in Gainesville.

(photo at right by Ellis Amburn)

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coordination of care between primary care doctors, specialists, home health care, and the family. “Nobody was on the same page.” Residents of The Village were sur-veyed prior to moving in. “We did a wellness assessment, gave a score,” Antonucci said. “’How are you doing — socially, physically, mentally? Their primary concern was... their medi-cal needs. The average Village resident makes eight trips a month to doctors.

This logically carries stress — traveling and sharing medical information from an army of doctors. How could we help?” Antonucci said 80 percent of The Village’s residents use North Florida Regional Medical Center. “I asked [North Florida] to set up a clinic at The Village — full service, state of the art — specializing in gerontology,” he said. “They thought it was the best idea since sliced bread. All of a sudden, doctors were all talking together when-ever there was a medical emergency.” The Vitality Program was an instant hit at The Village. “There are already good results,”

Antonucci said. “If someone gets hurt, we have an iPad and out comes their medical record. If they’re a member of the Vitality Program, we get all this in-formation. We’re proactive, ahead of the illness, so we can give them a program and a clinic.” The clinic, known as the Senior Health-care Center at The Village, represents a collaboration between the Vitality Program and North Florida Regional Medical Center to provide “on-site, acces-sible primary care to its residents [by an] interdisciplinary team [of ] board-certifi ed physicians with advanced specialties, ad-vanced registered nurse practitioners, cer-tifi ed geriatric pharmacists, case managers and licensed nurses who all specialize in providing comprehensive primary care to Seniors,” states a Village press release. “This is a natural partnership that allows residents of The Village to receive a multi-dimensional health care program, so everything they need is conveniently located,” said Ann Weber, M.D., a North Florida Regional Medical Center geriatrics physician and The Village’s medical consultant, in a release. “The Center’s staff will be able to attend to residents more readily and provide a wide range of services.” Each resident member of the Vital-ity Program was assessed with regard to medications, sensory impairments, nutri-tional needs, physical variations, cognitive functioning, and overall mental and physi-cal health. Services offered include daily check-ins to ensure safety, an emergency response system, 24-hour on-call medical support, home health care, and rehabilita-tion programs with licensed therapists. When the Vitality Program was fi rst of-fered, “ninety-fi ve percent of all residents signed up for it — incredible,” Antonucci said. “Residents get paid by Medicare. Eleven Assisted Living residents transi-tioned back to Independent Living — one case a miracle. Our sales tripled. “Both North Florida and the Universi-

PHOTOS BY ELLIS AMBURN

ABOVE: Ann Carney, front, marketing director

for The Village, with (from left) Stacy Hill, Kristi

Crane, and Jamie Bailey.

LEFT: James A. Antonnucci, Jr., executive

director, The Village, a Santa Fe Senior Living

Community.

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ty of Florida are [now] in the project. We took a proactive approach rather than reactive, partnering with the health care community, bringing them together.” Antonucci, 43, who holds a M.A. in business administration, concentrating on senior living, comes from Westches-ter County, New York, and has been a Gainesville resident since May 2011. Also a trained chef and graduate of the Culinary Institute of America, Hyde Park, New York, he worked at Manhat-tan’s Waldorf Astoria Hotel and served as executive chef at the Columbia-Pres-byterian Medical Center. “It took a cook to fi x the health care model,” he quipped. As for the University of Florida’s part, Campbell sees the partnership with The Village as “an opportunity to provide en-hanced teaching, learning, and research opportunities to UF students and fac-ulty,” according to the June 12 release. Antonucci said he expects to learn: “Should we build a nursing home, or more Assisted Living beds, or expand services to Independent Living residents?” Beginning this fall, UF personnel will create a design program for the renova-tion of a wing at The Village. “Phase one is completed,” Antonucci said, recounting the chronology that began with soliciting feedback from residents regarding their needs. “Phase two: design work begins. Phase three: construction.” The redevelopment project for the new Enhanced Independent Living is expected to begin in 2013. Approxi-mately one year after its completion, the post-occupancy evaluation study begins to assess the project’s success. The budget for the UF research and design project is approximately $70,000, with the majority of it funded by grants. Antonucci said that costs to The Vil-lage would be determined following the submission of UF’s schematic designs for overall construction and development. s

Each month, our practice receives hundreds of questions about colonoscopies and what to expect. We would like to help the community by featuring a question and answer

column each month based on our experience and the usual questions that arise.

ADVE RT I S E M E NT

GASTROENTEROLOGY

AUGUST

Dear Dr. Reddy,

My husband was diagnosed with Gastroparesis, and his doctor thinks it is linked to diabetes. How can we mange this disease and the diabetes?

— Gretchen*, Gainesville

Dear Grace,

The cause of gastroparesis is unknown, but it may be caused by a disruption of nerve signals to the stomach. The condition is a common complication of diabetes and can be a complication of some surgeries. Your husband should have an Esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) to confi rm whether he has Gastroparesis. His primary physician probably has record of these symptoms in your husband’s history:

• Abdominal distention• Hypoglycemia• Nausea• Premature abdominal fullness after meals• Weight loss without trying• Vomiting

People with diabetes should always control their blood sugar levels. Better control of blood sugar levels may improve symptoms of gastroparesis. Changing your eating habits can help control gastroparesis: Your doctor or dietitian may prescribe six small meals a day instead of three large ones. If less food enters the stomach each time you eat, it may not become overly full. In more severe cases, a liquid or pureed diet may be prescribed. The doctor may recommend that you avoid

high-fat and high-fi ber foods. Fat naturally slows digestion—a problem you do not need if you have gastroparesis—and fi ber is diffi cult to digest. Some high-fi ber foods like oranges and broccoli contain material that cannot be digested. Avoid these foods because the indigestible part will remain in the stomach too long and possibly form bezoars. The primary treatment goals for gastroparesis related to diabetes are to improve stomach emptying and regain control of blood glucose levels. Treatment includes dietary changes, insulin, oral medications, and, in severe cases, a feeding tube and parenteral nutrition. If you have gastroparesis & diabetes, food is being absorbed more slowly and at unpredictable times. Therefore to control blood glucose, you may need to: take insulin more often or change the type of insulin you take; take your insulin after you eat instead of before; check your blood glucose levels frequently after you eat and administer insulin whenever necessary; But please: consult with your primary physician before making any changes.

* The name has been changed, and any similarity

to any person, living or dead, is a coincidence.

Dr. Vishnu Reddy

7 Hill Gastroenterology, PA

316 SE 12th St, Ocala

352.401.1919

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O riginating at the Okefenokee Swamp in Georgia and mean-dering for 250 miles into the

Gulf of Mexico is the Suwannee River. Creating a natural border between Flor-ida and its panhandle, the river twists and turns through swamps and marshes. Florida natives and visitors travel to the Suwannee River to camp, kayak, attend concerts, and even help improve the natural wonder that has been a staple waterway for thousands of years. The third annual Great Suwanee River Cleanup will begin this September and continue through early December, where members of Current Problems and other volunteers from all over the state will participate in cleaning this fl owing river. Current Problems is a nonprofi t organization that began in 1993. Their mission is “to preserve and protect the water resources of North Florida for the use and enjoyment of humans and wildlife through action, awareness and education,” according to the website. “They [Current Problems] started the nonprofi t status right away with

two friends. The fi rst cleanup was at the river sinks,” said Fritzi Olson, Current Problems’ executive coordinator, in a recent telephone interview. “It just expanded; when one thing is straightened out, you go onto something else. Then, the idea came for the Great Suwanee River Cleanup. It was suggested by the Suwanee River Wilderness Trail, and we said ‘yes.’” With the help of 517 volunteers at a combined total of 1,889 volunteer hours, last year’s cleanup resulted in an astonishing 20,421 pounds of trash pulled from the Suwannee, according to the website. “We would like to see less trash, but you just don’t know,” Olson said. “The fi rst year we had 30,000 pounds, and the second we had 20,000.” The overall cleanup will consist of many small cleanups along the Suwannee and basin areas. After collecting all of the trash for each designated section, each cleanup group will weigh the amount and report the numbers to Current Problems.Not only are the volunteers focusing their attention on the Suwannee River, they have also added the Santa Fe River

to this year’s agenda. “We made the decision we wanted to go into the tributaries and chose the Santa Fe as the fi rst,” Olson said. “[The trash removal] will probably depend mostly on the dive team for the Santa Fe.” Olson said that participating in the cleanup is a great teaching tool. “It can change people’s habits,” Olson

Black WaterThe Great Suwannee

River Cleanup

by Jewel Midelis

SERVICE

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The 2012 Great Suwannee River Cleanup Kickoff

Saturday, September 8

10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

Santa Fe River Park, US 47

Bridge, south of Fort White

PHOTOS PROVIDED COURTESY OF

CURRENT PROBLEMS, INC.

ABOVE: The Live Oak Kiwanis Club President,

Joe Flanagan, with two other club members,

glided down the Suwannee River in the club’s

Viking boat, cleaning the river along the way.

RIGHT: Phlockers on the Suwannee Parrot Head

Club have volunteered two consecutive years

for the Great Suwannee River Cleanup. Terry

Doonan, director at large for the Phlockers, said

that there was less trash during their second

cleanup, but is not sure what to expect this year.

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said. “In this particular one, we try to make people in that area more aware of what the situation is, which makes them want to take better care of their river.” Boy and Girl Scouts, families, friends, businesses, civic organizations and agencies all sign up as groups and register for sections, and then individuals contact those specifi c groups according to what area they would like to help clean, Olson said. “Fritzi Olson pretty much says, ‘Ok, if you want to do this, tell me what section you want to do,’” said Terry Doonan in a recent telephone interview. Doonan is the director at large for the Phlockers on the Suwannee Parrot Head Club, which has participated in this event for the past two years.

“We get a section of the river that does pretty well with canoes and kayaks. It works out well for us,” he said. “We try to fi nd things to help out and make a little bit of difference and where we have fun getting together.” In the past two years, the club has paddled their way throughout springs and rivers, using canoes and kayaks to pick up the scattered trash. The group divides along the left and right sides of the river, and then they pick up what they fi nd along the banks. They also use the scales and grabbers provided by Current Problems. “The fi rst year we did [the cleanup], we were more surprised about how much trash there was,” Doonan said. “The last year, there weren’t large

amounts of trash because the water levels in the river have been down for a while. This year, after all the rain and fl ooding, it could be that you have a different situation, where you have a lot of stuff washed down the river.” Doonan went on to explain why he wanted his group to participate.. “I thought that this kind of thing is important because to some extent we get busy. You know the river is there, but we tend to not realize what is happening on a day-to-day basis. It seemed like a way to get more engaged and become more active to make a difference to make things better.” Sarah Faraji, a University of Florida senior studying environmental engineering, participated in two cleanups with Current Problems. The 22 year old helped out at the Santa Fe River and Rum Island. “The cleanup was a lot of fun. We rented canoes from the Santa Fe Outpost and fl oated down the river, picking up trash as we went,” Faraji said. “People who were fl oating down the river were handing us their garbage. Everyone was so friendly. There were families and a few people diving for garbage. It was awesome. It’s a great way to spend a Saturday morning.” “It [the cleanup] is better for wildlife; it’s better for civics and recreation. It makes the water safer,” Olson said. “Certainly, it promotes water quality.” s

For more information about volunteering and

this year’s cleanup, please visit the Current

Problems website at www.currentproblems.org

PHOTOS PROVIDED COURTESY OF

CURRENT PROBLEMS, INC.

The fi rst year of the cleanup, in 2010, the vol-

unteers collected 30,000 pounds of trash, and

last year they collected 20,000 pounds.

Twenty-three boats and 104 volunteers gathered

nearly two tons of trash at Camp Azalea, Fowl-

ers Bluff and Town of Suwannee. The volunteers

found tires, chicken coops, fl oating docks,

chairs, Styrofoam, 55-gallon drums and more,

according to the Friends of Refuges website.

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I ’d gone to the kitchen to give my Scotch a splash of water, but the cat

was not about to budge. “She loves the coolness of stainless steel against her stomach,” Nora explained. “How about somesoda water?” It was the late Sixties, Easthampton was in the middle of a hot spell, and Nora and her husband Dan Greenburg had invited agent Ron Bernstein and me to dinner. Once she stretched out on the couch, I don’t remember Nora moving again all evening. Dan must have fi xed the spaghetti. One of her most famous quips was that “if you put enough butter on it, everything tastes good.” An evening with the Greenburgs was cozy and low-key. Nora was such a good hostess that everyone in the room felt included every minute, not through any apparent effort on her part but because she regarded you with such friendly interest. Both Nora and I had worked at Newsweek, climbing the stepladder from the clip desk to research and reporting. Then she’d graduated to Dorothy Schiff ’s New York Post. We loved newspapers and magazines and would never entirely leave them, though

I’d gone into book publishing, and Nora entered a long interregnum between journalism and Hollywood, exploring marriage and motherhood. I would meet all three of her husbands. She and Dan Greenburg seemed simpatico and even looked alike with long narrow faces. I thought her sexy but she may have been sensitive about her toothy smile, later naming one of her books “Wallfl ower at the Orgy.” Dan and I subsequently tried to cook up a book to follow his bestseller “How to Be a Jewish Mother,” but our lunch at the Italian Pavillion devolved into a triple-martini laugh-a-thon. “The only difference between Jewish mothers and Christian mothers,” I told him, “is that the latter wring their hands until they bleed.” “You don’t have to be Jewish or a mother to be a Jewish mother,” he replied, quoting from his book. Nora’s future husband, Carl Bernstein, I met at one of Judy (Ms. Jules) Feiffer’s cocktail parties. Carl was as easy to take as Dan Greenburg, not as full of himself as he’d later appear in Nora’s novel “Heartburn,” in which she dumps a key lime pie over his head for sleeping around on her. “Let’s face it,” she later wrote, “everyone is the

one person on earth you shouldn’t get involved with.” At Judy’s party Carl and I chatted with Barbara Harris, star of Hitchcock’s “Family Plot.” She was a handful, like Norman Mailer, challenging everything you said. Wearing spike heels, she stepped backward onto a woman’s foot, and in the commotion that followed, Carl and I made our escape. Husband No. 3 was Nick Pileggi, future author of “Wiseguys,” but only in his late twenties when we met, long before I knew Nora. I was brand new in book publishing and still running with such Texas and Deep South transplants as Bud Shrake and Willie Morris of Sports Illustrated and Harpers, respectively. Bud invited me for drinks one evening at a bar in Sheridan Square and Nick was with him. We sat in a booth for hours laughing and talking and I found Nick to be one of the smartest and most attractive guys you could ever hope to meet, overfl owing with good will. Years later, I was delighted to learn that Nick and Nora had found each other — two of the nicest wiseguys ever. If she had to write her memoir in six words, she said, it would be, “Secret to life, marry an Italian.” As she aged, she said we Seniors are looking good these days, except for our necks and elbows. When she fi nally wrote her memoir, she called it “I Remember Nothing.” Nora died earlier this year, at 61, of leukemia. To me, her two best witticisms remain: “Everyone is clueless until 50,” and “I was not at Woodstock, but I might as well have been because I wouldn’t remember it.” s

Involved daily in volunteer community

service, Ellis Amburn, a High Springs

resident, is the author of biographies of Roy

Orbison, Elizabeth Taylor, and others. He

can be reached at [email protected].

Enjoying

Act Three“The cat’s in the sink,” Nora Ephron

told me, “because it’s the coolest

place in the house.”

COLUMN œ ELLIS AMBURN

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AARP DRIVING COURSE

Through SeptemberTimes Vary

OCALA - Variable locations. Ongoing

driving course. Insurance discount offered

to those who complete course. Frank

Stoothoff, instructor. AARP members: $12;

nonmembers $14. 352-368-6695.

YOGA

Through SeptemberTuesdays

10:00am

GAINESVILLE - Senior Recreation Center,

5701 NW 34th St. Wear comfortable clothing

and shoes. Bring a yoga mat (instructor

may have extra mats). 352-265-9040. For

further information, please contact Susan

Mickelberry at [email protected].

PICTURE/STORY II

Through September 29Times Vary

GAINESVILLE - The Thomas Center, 302 NE

6th Ave. The collection of paintings in Picture/

Story II is built upon the observational,

figurative work of 10 artists. Displayed without

titles, each artwork in the exhibition entices

the viewer with a hint of narrative mystery.

352-393-8532. www.gvlculturalaffairs.org.

ART IN SANCTUARY

Through SeptemberTimes Vary

GAINESVILLE - Unity of Gainesville, 8801 NW

39th Ave. Featuring original oil paintings on

canvas by Kate R. Sherrard. Her paintings

are designed to bring the vivid colors of the

garden indoors. She has painted all of her

life and studied with her father, John Ropp,

a well-known watercolorist in Jacksonville.

352-373-1030. www.unityofgainesvillefl.org.

SHAAM-E-GHAZAL

Saturday, September 18:00pm - 10:00pm

GAINESVILLE - India Cultural and Education

Center, 1115 SW 13th St. On the occasion

of Eid-ul-Fitr, join in celebrating Shaam-e-

Ghazal — an evening of music, ghazals and

qawwalis. Enjoy Gainesville’s premier Indian

singing group perform. Also, enjoy Indian-

style tea with snacks and festival desserts.

352-379-2911. www.icec-florida.org.

KANAPAHA GUIDED TOUR

Saturday, September 110:00am

GAINESVILLE - Kanapaha Botanical Gardens,

4700 SW 58th Drive. Kanapaha is offering guided

tours. The docent will be master gardener

Alicia Nelson. Regular admission price for non-

members and members are admitted free of

charge. 352-372-4981. www.kanapaha.org.

TWILIGHT TOUR AND GATHERING

Saturday, September 17:30pm

OCALA - Seven Sisters Inn, 820 E. Fort King

St. All proceeds of this celebration will benefit

the Humane Society of Marion County. Tapas

and wines will be offered. Come and peak,

discover and explore the wonders of the Seven

Sisters Inn with fellow supporters of Ocala’s

magnificent history. Cost is $45. 352-433-

0700. sevensistersinnevents.webs.com.

SPEAKER, POTLUCK LUNCH AND FELLOWSHIP SERVICE

Sunday, September 211:00am

GAINESVILLE - Unity of Gainesville, 8801 NW 39th

Ave. Guest speakers from our congregation are

sharing their personal Unity stories. Join us for

a potluck lunch and fellowship after the service.


LABOR DAZE FEST

Sunday, September 25:00pm - 10:00pm

GAINESVILLE - Bo Diddley Community Plaza, 111

E. University Ave. A free festival that celebrates

the people that make this city go: workers

and their families. There will be local food, art,

activism, politics and speakers. 352-393-7527.

URBAN BOOK TALK AND SWAP

Tuesday, September 47:15pm

GAINESVILLE - Headquarters Library, 401 E.

University Ave. This program is for all urban book

fanatics. This is the chance to bring in a favorite

urban book, share that book with others, and

have others discuss and share their favorite

urban authors and books. Everyone will leave

with a book. 352-334-3900. www.aclib.us.

WINDOWS TO THE WORLD

Wednesday, September 59:00am - 10:30am

GAINESVILLE - Senior Recreation Center, 5701

NW 34th St. Explore the easy to use and fun

features of the Internet. Use browsers, how to

communicate with friends using e-mail, facebook,

and how to talk to friends for free using skype.

Learn how to safely shop on the Internet using

Amazon, Ebay and more. Weekly on Wednesday

and Friday beginning Sept. 5 and ending Sept.

21st. Fee $30.00. No sr waivers. Register through

Santa Fe Community Education. 352-395-5193.

dept.sfcollege.edu/ce/registrationA.html.

ELDER LAW AND ESTATE PLANNING

Thursday, September 62:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.

GAINESVILLE - Senior Recreation Center, 5701

NW 34th St. Scott Toney, Attorney with the Toney

Law Firm, will address the following topics:

Wills, revocable living trusts, irrevocable living

trusts, Medicare planning, Medicaid qualifying,

beneficiary designations, annual review of

documents, probate process and costs, estate

taxes, legacy planning and funding, veteran’s

aid and attendance, advance directives.

SERVICES FOR SENIORS SERIES

Thursday, September 610:30am

GAINESVILLE - Tower Road Branch

Library, 3020 SW 75th St. The Gainesville

Alliance of Professionals Helping Seniors

will offer an informational session for

Seniors, addressing issues that affect

them. 352-333-2840. www.aclib.us.

NIGHT FALLS

Sept. 7th - Nov. 10Times Vary

GAINESVILLE - Thomas Center Main Gallery, 302

NE Sixth Ave. AFTER DARK More Night Paintings

by Melanie Peter will feature dozens of works

by the celebrated regional artist whose unique

paintings shed new light on the world long after

the sun has gone down. Melanie Peter is a fourth

generation Floridian. She paints the after dark

neighborhoods near her North Central Florida

home. 352-393-8532. www.gvlculturalaffairs.org.

DREAMDOGZ ALL-STAR PERFORMANCE DOG TEAM

Saturday, September 810:00am

GAINESVILLE - Headquarters Library,

401 E. University Ave. Professional trick-

dog demonstration team will perform

followed by a chance to meet the dream

team. 352-334-3900. www.aclib.us.

CALENDARUPCOMING EVENTS IN ALACHUA & MARION

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LITERACY DAY


10:00am - 2:00pm

HIGH SPRINGS - O’Leno State Park, U.S. 441.

O’Leno State Park will be celebrating Literacy

Day with magic and the Gentle Carousel

Therapy Horses, along with local authors and

guest readers. There will be nature arts and

crafts, and games for young readers. 386-

454-0723. www.floridastateparks.org/oleno.

WALK TO END ALZHEIMER’S


9:00am

OCALA - Tuscawilla Park, 899 NE Sanchez

Ave. Raise awareness and funds to enhance

Alzheimer care and support and advance

critical research. Register or start a walk

team and collect donations for the cause.

Bring the family and take the dog. Volunteers

needed. 800-272-3900. act.alz.org.

JAMMING IN THE PARK

Sunday, September 9

4:00pm - 7:00pm

OCALA - Marion Oaks Community Center, 294

Marion Oaks Lane. Live music. Eclectic group

of musicians getting together to have a “Jam

Session.” All types of music and all types of fans

are welcome. Lawn chairs encouraged. 352-

347-2069. www.salsaandjazz.com/index.html.

GUEST SPEAKER

REV. MARITA GRAVES

Sunday, September 9

11:00am


39th Ave. Guest Speaker Rev. Marita Graves

is a New Thought minister and Ocala-based

speaker. She is a gifted and inspiring speaker.


FABRIC COLLAGE

Mondays, September 10

9:00am - 11:00am

GAINESVILLE - Senior Recreation Center. 3

Mondays. Fabric collage is a technique using

fabric as your paint. The fabric is cut to the

size and shape and tacked in place with glue.

You keep adding fabric, layer upon layer,

until you have created the image you would

like. The final step is free motion quilting and

embellishments. Fee $34.00 - No sr. waivers.

Optional, bring sewing machine to 2nd and

3rd class. Need small nice cutting scissors

and pencil. Kit provided at first class for $25

(paid to teacher at class). Register through

Santa Fe Community Education. 352-395-5193.

dept.sfcollege.edu/ce/registrationA.html.

FLORIDA FRIENDLY

LANDSCAPES

Monday, September 10

6:30pm


University Ave. Presentation by IFAS educator

Wendy Wilbur on Florida-friendly landscape and

garden practices. 352-334-3900. www.aclib.us.

GAINESVILLE CITY JOB FAIR

Tuesday, September 11

10:00am - Noon

GAINESVILLE - Martin Luther King Jr. Rec.

Center, 1028 NE 14th St. Early admission

for veterans from 9-10 a.m. Fair features

informational booths, workshops on resume

building and interview skills, and more!

This event is co-sponsored by the Office of

Equal Opportunity, the City of Gainesville,

GRU and FloridaWorks. 352-334-5053.

PET RESCUE


3:30pm

GAINESVILLE - Millhopper Branch Library,

3145 NW 43rd St. Come see adorable kittens

and learn why it is important to spay and

neuter pets. Presented by Gainesville Pet

Rescue. 352-334-1272. www.aclib.us.

CIVILITY IN AMERICAN

POLITICS: HOW TO GET IT BACK

Wednesday, September 12

5:30pm

GAINESVILLE - Pugh Hall-Bob Graham

Center. Jonathan Haidt will discuss the moral

foundations of politics and ways to leverage

moral psychology to foster civil political dialogue.

The event and parking are free and open to

the public. The event will also be streamed live

at www.bobgrahamcenter. 352-846-1575.

Duck DerbySunday, Sept 161:00pm

GAINESVILLE - Westside Park, 1001 NW 34th St.

A fun, family-friendly event. Featuring vendors,

food, activities, and a rubber duck race.

Enjoy quality time with the family and cheer

for the ducks as they float down the course.

All proceeds go to support Children’s Home

Society of Florida’s and the Child Advocacy

Center. Suggested $5 donations. 352-334-

0955. www.gainesvilleduckderby.org.

Square DancingSept 4 - Dec 116:30pm -7:30pm

Weekly on Tuesdays

GAINESVILLE - Carpenters’

Union Hall, 1910 NW 53

Ave. Free introduction

to Square Dancing.

Call Lonnie for more

information. No dance on

Election Day, November 6th.

352-377-1828. www.lonligon.

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HARN MUSEUM FIELD TRIP

Thursday, September 1311:30am - 2:00pm

GAINESVILLE - Harn Museum of Art. Lunch and

tour of the 11:30am: Lunch in the Camellia

Court Café below the museum; 1:00pm:

Docent-led tour of art exhibits in the museum.

Must sign-up by Sept. 11 for lunch and tour.

Sign-up sheet available at prior PTI program

on Sept. 6th or call Charity Blomeley, 352-332-

6917 or e-mail [email protected] by

Sept. 11. Museum admission is free although

donations are welcome. www.harn.ufl.edu.

BIOPOLITICS OF THE POSTHUMANITIES

Thursday, September 136:00pm

GAINESVILLE - Smathers Library, UF. Cary

Wolfe (Rice University) asks what separates

humans from animals or society from nature,

challenging humanists with new directions

for research. This event is free and open

to all. 352-392-0796. www.humanities.

ufl.edu/calendar/20120913-Wolfe.html

CARS: TODAY’S TECHNOLOGY

Thursday, September 132:30pm - 4:00pm

GAINESVILLE - Senior Recreation Center. Local

expert on car maintenance will tell you what

you should and should not look for in today’s

cars. He will also answer questions about cars.

WORLDWIDE PAINT OUT

September 14, 15, 16

Times Vary


4700 SW 58th Drive. Sixteen local landscape

artists are gathering to create live paintings.

The event is sponsored by International

Plein Air Painters, and will link artists and

locations all over the world to promote art as a

universal language with no borders. Sept. 14,

9:00am - 5:00pm, 15 & 16, 9:00am - 7:00pm

352-372-4981. ipap.homestead.com.

NORTH FLORIDA MUSE

Friday, September 14

6:00pm - 8:00pm

GAINESVILLE - Paddiwhack Gallery, 4122 NW

16th Blvd. A talk about land conservation by

Alachua Conservation Trust and Conservation

Trust For Florida. Light refreshments will be

served. 352-336-3175. paddiwhack.com.

WALK TO END ALZHEIMER’S


9:00am

GAINESVILLE - Bo Diddley Community Plaza, 111

E. University Ave. The Alzheimer’s Association

Walk to End Alzheimer’s is the nation’s largest

event to raise awareness and funds for

Alzheimer’s care, support and research. This

inspiring event calls on participants of all ages

and abilities. 352-393-7527. alz.org/walk.

DOWNTOWN LATINO FESTIVAL


Noon - 9:00pm

GAINESVILLE - Bo Diddley Community Plaza.

111 E. University Ave. The family-friendly

celebration attracts vendors and community

members from all over north Florida. The

purpose of the festival is to celebrate the

positive contributions and achievements of

the Latino community. The event consists of

food vendors, informational booths, cultural

performances, live music, etc. 352-393-7527.

AUTHOR WILLIAM LINK


3:00pm


University Ave. Local author and professor

William Link will be reading from his new

book, “Links: My Family in American History.”

His book offers a moving and unsentimental

biography of his parents — two individuals

who experienced the intense change and

tumult of the South during the mid-20th

century. 352-334-3900. www.aclib.us.

AUTUMN RUN FOR AUTISM


7:30am

SILVER SPRINGS - Take part in one of Marion

county’s most scenic 5K road races. The first

200 entrants will receive complimentary

custom shirts. There will be a free kids one-

mile Fun Run. Post run activities include a

drawing for prizes from local businesses

and area attractions (Disney and SeaWorld),

lots of food and fun, and autism information.

Race benefits New Horizon Academy for

Exceptional Students. Register at www.active.

com. Adults, $15; Students, $12; after Sept. 10,

$20 for all. 352-207-2347 or 352-629-1785.

OLD TIME DANCE

Sunday, September 16

2:00pm - 5:00pm

HIGH SPRINGS - O’Leno State Park, U.S. 441.

Family fun for all ages! Dance contra, circles

and squares to live music hosted by the Flying

Turtles String Band in the 1930’s recreation hall

located on the banks of the Santa Fe River. A

caller will guide new and experienced dancers

alike through a variety of dances. 386-454-0723.

www.floridastateparks.org/oleno/events.

CATHY DEWITT


11:00am

GAINESVILLE - Unity of Gainesville, 8801

NW 39th Ave. Guest Musician Cathy DeWitt

Katharine Stubbs WardThursday, September 69:30am - Noon

GAINESVILLE - Senior

Recreation Center. The Quilters

of Alachua County Day Guild

welcomes Katharine Stubbs

Ward, representing Superior

Threads, headquartered in St.

George, Utah, who will present

a lecture and demonstration.

“Thread Facts and Fiction,” will

cover every facet of threads,

including quality, what labels

mean, pros and cons of various

types, needle selection, and

problem solving. 352-373-7791.

www.qacdg.org.

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is well-versed in many musical genres.

Cathy is singer/songwriter, pianist and

harp therapist. She has been a Unity music

director and touring New Thought musician

for over 20 years. 352-373-1030. www.

unityofgainesvillefl.org. www.cathydewitt.com.

MARGARET LANGSTAFF


2:00pm

HIGH SPRINGS - Branch Library, 135 NW First

Ave. Marlin, Darlin’ is the first book in the

“Garnet Sullivan Live from Florida” series,

launched in late 2010. The second title, DIVA,

came out this year in April. Marlin, Darlin’ is

a romp, over the top, and moves like a high-

speed car chase. But Garnet’s a “pedal-to-the-

metal” kind of young lady. Come enjoy this

author event! 386-454-2515. www.aclib.us.

PALS PARTY


10:30pm

GAINESVILLE - Rockeys Dueling Piano Bar,

112 S. Main St. Event features a dueling piano

bar show, hors d’oeuvres, drinks and a silent

auction. Tickets are $45 in advance or $50

at the door and include two drink vouchers

— valid 21-plus ID required to purchase

tickets. Benefiting the Shands Vista Partners

in Adolescent Lifestyle Support program.

352-265-7237. www.pals-party.com.

INTERNATIONAL TALK LIKE

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Wednesday, September 19

3:30pm

GAINESVILLE - Headquarters Library,

401 E. University Ave. Pirate movies all

afternoon. 352-334-3900. www.aclib.us.

TEN WARNING SIGNS

OF ALZHEIMER’S

Thursday, September 20

10:30am - Noon


University Ave. Free educational program about

the warning signs of Alzheimer’s disease and

the importance of early detection/diagnosis.

Register at 800-272-3900. www.alz.org/cnfl.

COMMON BLOOD PROBLEMS

IN OLDER ADULTS

Thursday, September 20

2:30pm - 4:00pm

GAINESVILLE - Senior Recreation

Center. A monthly program of interest

to Seniors and discussion of common

blood problems in older adults.

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security background check). Rents are subsidized and are based

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TOMMY USHER LOG-A-LOAD FOR KIDS GOLF TOURNAMENT

Thursday, September 208:30am

CHIEFLAND - Chiefland Golf and Country

Club, 9650 NW 115th St. Proceeds benefit

Children’s Miracle Network through Shands

Children’s Hospital in Gainesville. Includes

morning round, luncheon program, afternoon

round and awards reception. Registration

between $75 and $680 depending on number

of players. Registration deadline, Sept. 14th.

386-462-4201. [email protected].

SISTER HAZEL

Friday, September 217:30pm

GAINESVILLE - Phillips Center, UF. Gainesville’s

own Sister Hazel returns to help kick off

UFPA’s 2012-13 Season. The smash hit “All For

You” spent 40 weeks on the Billboard charts,

pushing the band into the spotlight. Since

then, Sister Hazel has continued its success.

352-392-ARTS. performingarts.ufl.edu.

ART OPENING FOR PAINT OUT

Friday, September 215:00pm - 8:00pm


4700 SW 58th Drive. Be the first to purchase a

favorite painting, perhaps wet off the easel, or

at the reception and exhibition in the Summer

House Gallery. A commission of 40 percent on

art sales benefits Kanapaha Botanical Gardens.

There is no cost associated with attending the art

opening. The outside gardens will not be open

at this time. 352-372-4981. www.kanapaha.org.

UNITED DOWNTOWN

Friday, September 21

6:00pm

GAINESVILLE - Downtown Gainesville. A free,

community event held on Friday night before

Gator home games by United Way North Central

Florida, a non-profit organization whose mission

is to unite the community around issues of

education, income and health. 352-333-0855.

ELAINE SILVER


11:00am

GAINESVILLE - Unity of Gainesville, 8801

NW 39th Ave. Guest musician Elaine Silver

presents an experience of magic, love

and blessings. “Faerie Elaine” has a voice

stunningly clear and fine, magnificent, rich and

supple; she sings A Capella or accompanies

herself on guitar. 352-373-1030. www.

unityofgainesvillefl.org. www.elainesilver.com.

HOMELESSNESS: MYTH, MYTHOLOGY AND MISSING OUTTuesday, September 252:30pm - 4:00pm

GAINESVILLE - SENIOR RECREATION CENTER.

Jack Donovan, the executive director of the

Alachua County Coalition for the Homeless

and Hungry, will explore three questions:

What is the reality of homelessness in

America (and Gainesville)? How do the

homeless fit into the American Dream?

Is something wrong with our dream?

SHERIFF MEET AND GREETWednesday, September 268:00pm - 9:00pm


University Ave. Alachua County Sheriffs candidate

John Annarumma is holding a free, public town

hall-style meet and greet for the residents of

Alachua County. Please come out and discuss

the biggest problems facing Alachua County

and the Alachua County Sheriffs Office. 326-

266-9227. www.annarummaforsheriff.com.

UNITED WAY UPDATEThursday, September 272:30pm - 4:00pm

GAINESVILLE - SENIOR RECREATION CENTER.

United Way has changed its approach to making

a difference in our community since many were

hearing about them while at work. Now they

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promote specific initiatives within agencies that

receive funds from the donations that United Way

coordinates. Learn more about the United Way

focus on helping children and youth, promoting

financial stability and improving health.

TANNAHILL WEAVERSThursday, September 277:30pm

GAINESVILLE - Phillips Center. As one of

Scotland’s premier traditional bands, the

Tannahill Weavers’ diverse repertoire spans

the centuries with fire-driven instrumentals,

topical songs, original ballads and lullabies.

Among the most versatile groups on the

Celtic music scene, the dynamic quartet has

consistently received worldwide accolades.

352-392-ARTS. performingarts.ufl.edu.

IMMIGRANT RIGHTS AS HUMAN RIGHTSThursday, September 276:00pm

GAINESVILLE - Pugh Hall-Bob Graham Center,

Buckman Drive, UF. Immigration advocate

Cheryl Little will present a frank and engaging

talk on immigrant rights and immigration issues

facing the U.S. and what these issues mean

for American society. The event and parking

are free and open to the public. 352-846-

1575. www.bobgrahamcenter.ufl.edu/event/

cheryl-little-immigrant-rights-human-rights.

SPECTICAST: THE ROLLING STONESFriday, September 288:00pm

GAINESVILLE - Phillips Center, UF. The Rolling

Stones: Some Girls, Live in Texas ‘78 is a rarely

seen concert film featuring the classic British rock

band at the height of their fame. The film was

shot as part of the Rolling Stones’ 1978 U.S. tour,

which is still hailed by many fans as their best to

date. 352-392-ARTS. performingarts.ufl.edu.

OCALA FUNDRAISER TOURNAMENTSaturday, September 298:00am

OCALA - Golden Ocala, 7340 N. US-27. This

annual fundraiser is for the ongoing teaching

and development of Marion County youth

through The First Tee of Greater Ocala, whose

mission is “to impact the lives of young

people by providing educational programs

that build character, instill life enhancing

values and promote healthy choices through

the game of golf.” 352-362-2258.

2012 ALACHUA COUNTY HEART WALKSaturday, September 297:00am - 11:00am

GAINESVILLE - North Florida Regional Medical

Center Duck Pond, 6500 W. Newberry Road.

Three-mile walk route. 7:30 a.m. donation

turn-in and company photos, 8:00 a.m. stage

presentation, 8:30 a.m. walk begins. 352-

333-4970. alachuaheartwalk.kintera.org.

CALEB’S PITCH GOLF AND POKER CHALLENGESaturday, September 298:30am

GAINESVILLE - Ironwood Golf Course, 2100

NE 39th Ave. The Caleb’s Pitch Golf and Poker

Challenge will be hosted by Jeff Cordozo

and will feature the opportunity to golf

and play poker with former gator athletes

and current sports media personalities.

352-393-1211. calebspitch.org.

SPANISH CONQUISTADORSSaturday, September 2910:00am

OCALA - Silver River State Park, 1425 NE 58th

Ave. Bill Boston and his horse will give visitors

a rare glimpse into the life of a 16th century

Spanish conquistador. Boston portrays a

conquistador on horseback who would have

been part of the Hernando de Soto expedition

that passed through Marion County in 1539.

The presentation includes displays of authentic

armor, weaponry and a horseback-riding

demonstration on the museum lawn. 352-236-

7148. www.floridastateparks.org/silverriver.

GFAA ART FESTIVAL AT THORNEBROOKSaturday, September 2910:00am

GAINESVILLE - Thornebrook Village, 2441 NW

43rd St. Festival feature 140 spaces for fine

art and fine craft. The location of the show

is in Thornebrook Village Shopping Center,

which is billed as shopping in a park. 30,000

attendees expected. 352-377-0996.

SPHINX VIRTUOSI WITH CATALYST QUARTETSunday, September 302:00pm

GAINESVILLE - Phillips Center, UF. A

conductorless ensemble of soloists comprised

of the top alumni of the Sphinx Competition for

young Black and Latino string players. Performing

annually at Carnegie Hall, the ensemble is

inspired by its mission to advance diversity

in classical music, while engaging young and

new audiences through performances of varied

repertoire. 352-392-ARTS. performingarts.ufl.edu.

DRESSAGE HORSE SHOWSunday, September 308:00am - 5:00pm

OCALA - Florida Horse Park, Highway 475.

Dressage schooling show series for riders

and drivers — now including classes for

Western Dressage and USEA test-of-choice.

Download show entry form from web site.

Spectators free. Volunteers welcome. 352-

307-6699. www.stridedressage.org.

GUEST SPEAKER REV. MARTY DOWSunday, September 3011:00am


39th Ave. Guest speaker Rev. Marty Dow is an

ordained, nondenominational minister, spiritual

teacher and author. 352-373-1030. www.

unityofgainesvillefl.org. www.martydow.com.

Rascal FlattsSaturday, Sept 297:00pm

GAINESVILLE -

O’Connell Center.

Farmers Insurance

presents Rascal

Flatts. Special guests

include Little Big Town

and Eli Young Band.

800-745-3000. www.

oconnellcenter.ufl.edu.

If you would like us to

publicize an event in

Alachua or Marion counties,

send information by the 13th

day of the month prior.

All submissions will be reviewed and

every effort will be made to run qualified

submissions if page space is available.

1-800-967-7382 (fax)

[email protected]

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ACROSSTOWN REPERTORY THEATRE

Drawer Boy

Through September 9

Drama with a three-man cast, two

older farmers, and a young playwright

who comes to their farm to write a

play about Canadian farm life and

elicits a dramatic change in the “sto-

ries” these two men have been telling

about their lives together.

GAINESVILLE COMMUNITY

PLAYHOUSE

All My Sons

Sept. 12 - Sept. 30

Joe Keller is a thriving businessman

who reveres the twin American gods:

family and profi t. That, ultimately, is

his justifi cation for his wartime action

of allowing defective parts to be fi tted

to Air Force planes, and letting his

former partner take the rap. But, in the

course of a single day, Joe is confront-

ed by the consequences of his moral

abdication.

HIPPODROME STATE THEATRE

Other Desert Cities

Through September 23

The Hippodrome’s 40th anniversary

season opens with one of Broadway’s

most acclaimed productions of recent

years, the Pulitzer Prize fi nalist and

Tony award-winning “Other Desert

Cities.” This fast-paced production

brings together an unforgettable cast

of characters, razor-sharp wit and a

jaw-dropping plot twist.

INSOMNIAC THEATRE

MacBeth

Sept. 14 - Sept. 30

Considered to be William Shake-

speare’s darkest tragedy, Macbeth

deals with themes such as greed and

lust for power. Macbeth is tempted by

the prophesies of three witches that

say he will be king of Scotland. Mac-

beth’s ambition for the throne drives

him to madness with an unquench-

able thirst for power. Murder and

deceit lurk around every corner.

OCALA CIVIC THEATRE

Chicken Ranch

Sept. 6 - Sept. 30

They say everything’s bigger in Texas

— and the fame of the Chicken Ranch

is no exception. Run by good-hearted

madam, Miss Mona, this pleasure

palace is legendary for its “Southern

hospitality.” For a house of ill repute,

it has a great reputation; its clientele

includes mayors, senators, and even

governor ... not to mention entire col-

lege football teams! But when televi-

sion reporter and self-titled “Watch-

dog” Melvin P. Thorpe focuses his

moral crusade on the Chicken Ranch,

its future is threatened.

THEATREAcrosstown Repertory Theatre .....................619 S. Main Street, Gainesville 352-371-1234

Curtis M. Phillips Center ...........................................315 Hull Road, Gainesville 352-392-ARTS

Fine Arts Hall Theatre - SFC ...........................3000 NW 83rd St., Gainesville 352-395-4181

Gainesville Community Playhouse .......4039 N.W. 16th Blvd., Gainesville 352-376-4949

Hippodrome State Theatre .................................25 SE 2nd Place, Gainesville 352-375-4477

UF Constans Theatre .................................................Museum Road, Gainesville 352-273-0526

Nadine McGuire Blackbox Theatre ...................Museum Road, Gainesville 352-392-1653

Insomniac Theatre Company ............................E. Silver Springs Blvd., Ocala 352-897-0477

Ocala Civic Theatre ..................................4337 East Silver Springs Blvd., Ocala 352-236-2274

High Springs Community Theater ..........130 NE 1st Avenue, High Springs 386-454-3525

100 NE 1st StreetDowntown Gainesville

(352) 372-4721

www.HolyTrinityGNV.org

Living the Gospel in Downtown Gainesville!

The Rev. Louanne Loch, Rector

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Sunday Services8:00am10:30am6:00pm

Wednesday Service12:15pm

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A dmit it. You’re kind of klutzy sometimes.

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But dropping things isn’t alwaysbad; just ask author and actorFrank Langella. In his new book “Dropped Names,” he lets go of afew tales and things as he writes about the stars he knew, hated, and loved. It all started with oneword from Marilyn Monroe. Frank Langella was a fi fteen-year-old New Jersey boy on a bus trip to New York when a limousine happened to pull up in front of him while he stood in Times Square. The driver pushed Langella aside and when the limo door opened, a vision in white emerged. Marilyn Monroe smiled and said “Hi,” and Langella was instantly smitten. He never forgot that whispered word, even through his long career in Hollywood and on Broadway allowed him to meet all kinds of famous characters. Because he was a friend of their daughter, for instance, Longella spent long summers at the various homes of Paul and Bunny Mellon, and their luncheons were fi lled with the rich and famous. Langella remembers how everyone was greatly entertained by Noel Coward, and how Jackie Kennedy was rarely far away. While playing in the Poconos, Langella had the pleasure to work with Billie Burke, far from her Good Witch role but not a bit less than charming. He writes of seductions: Elsa Lanchester’s breezy explanation of her late husband, Charles Laughton’s swimming pool habits; clumsy attempts at amour from Anthony Perkins; a sweet love affair with Dinah Shore; and

an “unconsummated” man-crush on Raul Julia. He writes of Rita Hayworth’s illness, when nobody knew much about Alzheimer’s. He tells of a “stupid thing” he did to Jackie Kennedy. He writes of a down-and-out Montgomery Clift, Richard Burton as a “crashing bore,” feuds with Lee Strasberg, bawdy jokes with Elizabeth Taylor, pranks with Robert Mitchum, and...

“Fame is... fl eeting,” says author Frank Langella. So, unfortunately, is this book. “Dropped Names” is one of those Hollywood tell-(almost)-alls that you never want to end. It’s like discovering a box of old movie magazines in Grandma’s attic, or like a movie-marathon on paper. It’s the best kind of fl uff, if you’re a fi lm buff. Readers will be happy to know that there’s enough snark in this book to satisfy the most fi erce gossip lovers, but Langella also writes poignantly of Hollywood’s tortured souls and those who seemed too fragile for fame. What’s nice is that he does this while calling only the barest amount of attention to himself. He tells the stories as he remembers them, without getting in the way. If you love old movies, or if you miss the glamour and glitz of old Hollywood, then grab the popcorn and settle in. For a fan like you, “Dropped Names” is a book you won’t want to let go of. s

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Dropped Names:Famous Menand Women asI Knew ThemFRANK LANGELLA

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“Dropped Names” is one of those Hollywood tell-(almost)-alls that you never want to end. It’s the best kind of fl uff,if you’re a fi lm buff.

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First, be sure that the facility you choose meets or exceeds national standards for quality and safety. In addition, you should seek an environment where you feel comfortable – with a professional, friendly staff that respectfully maintains your privacy. It’s also important that the most advanced technology be available, such as the digital mammography services offered by North Florida Regional Medical Center and Lake City Medical Center.

For more information about breast imaging centers or the breast health services we offer, visit H2Uwomen.com or call Consult-A-Nurse at 1 (855) 614-7273. When you have questions, we have the answers.

North Florida Regional Medical Center and Lake City Medical Center are equipped with the latest

technology and a full spectrum of medical specialists for women and their families. In addition, North Florida offers state-of-the-art 4D breast MRI technology – and

both hospitals are accredited by the American College of Radiology. Together to serve you better.

What should I look for in a breast imaging center?

Join our local online community for women.

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