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NOVEMBER 2010 Features 12 Passing it down Grandparents John Ed Mathison, Mayor Todd Strange, and Tonea Stewart say belief in God, love of learning, and strong values are worthy traits to instill in your grandchildren. By Lenore Vickrey
18 “the” game
Recollections of 62 years of the Auburn/Alabama match-up, from participants on the field, in the press box, and in the stands. By Tom Ensey
26 soldiers’ stories
The personal tales of three area WWII, Korea, and Vietnam veterans, and how military service still impacts their lives. By Jennifer Kornegay
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Entertainment 13 Off the beaten path
Oakley Melton has attended 62 Iron Bowls, Page 18. Photo by Heath Stone.
Learning to fish: two different teachers with two contrasting styles make one happy boy. By Niko Corley 34 prime diversions Reviews of new video releases: Iron Man II and Jonah Hex. By Mark Glass
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Lifestyles 8 Discovering your past Answers about Alabama birth records and Native American ancestry. By Nancy Dupree 10 in every life Got the blues? Helpful tips to make your (holi)days brighter. By Arlene Morris 15 Yard ‘n garden Get your outdoor beds ready for their long winter’s nap with pine straw -- but shop wisely. By Ethel Dozier Boykin 24 a gracious plenty Cornbread dressing, bread pudding, whiskey sauce, and chutney -- who says you can only have one favorite Thanksgiving dish? By Patsy Smith
Financial 17 Moneywise 12 year-end tips to have you smiling come tax day on April 15. By Alan Wallace
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29 marci’s medicare answers Information on whether Medicare pays for training, supplies, drugs, and other items related to a diabetes diagnosis and condition.
Health/Nutrition 17 Moving free with Mirabai Flex, extend and swim to keep arthritis at bay and mobility at its best. By Mirabai Holland
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My father-in-law never spoke about his service in Korea. He was the kindest man I've ever known, a gentleman, with a constant twinkle in his eye and a nurturing word for everyone he met. A career soldier, Papa also served in the Philippines during WWII. Occasionally, he'd teasingly share tidbits about the Philippines’ experience, like his insistence he'd never eat a bite of Spam again. But Korea was a different story. I don't know what he saw and experienced in that place, but it was not a memory he chose to recall or share -- not even with his family.
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November 2010 Volume I, Issue 8 PUBLISHER Bob Corley, primemontgomery@gmail.com EDITOR Sandra Polizos, primeeditor@gmail.com ART DIRECTOR Callie Corley, primemagdesign@gmail.com WRITERS Tom Ensey, Jennifer Kornegay, Lenore Vickrey
With age, I’ve assigned more and more significance to the Veteran's Day holiday. The idea that uniformed strangers routinely put their lives at risk for me and millions of others -- totally unknown to them -- frankly, astounds me. I'm moved by the bravery and am in awe of the sacrifice. For every veteran (including my late father and my husband Bob Corley) Happy Veteran's Day. We value and honor your service.
CONTRIBUTORS Ethel Dozier Boykin,Tina Calligas, Niko Corley, Nancy Dupree, Mark Glass, Mirabai Holland, Arlene Morris, Patsy Smith, Alan Wallace
Prime is overflowing with fabulous features this month: “The” Game (page 18) focuses on the Iron Bowl (of course), recalled by players, coaches, and fans associated with the infamous rivalry; Passing It Down (page 10), spotlights grandparents John Ed Mathison, Tonea Stewart, and Mayor Todd Strange and his wife Linda -- and shares insight into the values and traditions they’re passing on to their youngest relations; and Soldiers’ Stories (page 26) recounts the military service of three area veterans who served in WWII, Korea, and Vietnam, and the impact of that experience on the rest of their lives.
SALES Bob Corley, 334-202-0114 primemontgomery@gmail.com Erin Capiluto Sommer esommer8849@gmail.com
This month we also welcome a new monthly columnist, Ethel Dozier Boykin (page 15). Ethel grew up playing and digging in the famous, fertile Dalraida soil. She rediscovered her passion for gardening and landscaping at age 40 and went back to school. After receiving her horticulture degree she studied further at Longwood Gardens in Pennsylvania, America’s answer to the famous royal gardens of Europe. I know you’ll find Ethel’s enthusiasm contagious as she shares her prized tips and valuable gardening experience each month. We also have Patsy Smith’s recipes (page 24) for “Grandmother’s Cornbread Dressing,” Cranberry Chutney, “Granddaddy’s Favorite Bread Pudding,” and a whiskey sauce that will have you begging for more; Alan Wallace’s “Year End Financial To-Do List” (page 16); and Niko Corley’s essay about a young outdoorsman who learned to love the area’s woods and water from the caring instruction of two very different grandparents (page 12). Hope y’all have the happiest of Thanksgivings!
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news you can use Healthy Diet Rocks When It Comes to Kidney Stones According to a recent study in the Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, a diet aimed at lowering high blood pressure can also prevent kidney stones. The study looked at the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) model and its affect on kidney stones. A DASH diet is high in fruits, vegetables, nuts and legumes, dairy products and whole grains. It’s low in red meat, processed meat and sugary drinks. According to the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, people who are prone to kidney stones should try and produce at least 2 quarts of urine every 24 hours to prevent future stones. Despite drinking the same amount of fluid, people on the DASH-style diet urinated more than the other group. This finding suggests that the DASHstyle diet might limit the occurrence of kidney stones. People on the DASH diet
also had higher levels of citrate, a compound that helps prevent calcium kidney stones. The results suggest that low-fat dairy products and/or plants may have potent kidney stone–fighting properties. Study Finds Watermelon Lowers Blood Pressure No matter how you slice it, watermelon has a lot going for it - sweet, low calorie, high fiber, nutrient rich - and now, there’s more. Evidence from a pilot study led by scientists at Florida State University suggests that watermelon can be an effective natural weapon against prehypertension, a precursor to cardiovascular disease. Approximately 60 percent of U.S. adults are prehypertensive or hypertensive. Prehypertension is characterized by systolic blood pressure readings of 120-139 millimeters of mercury (mm Hg) over diastolic pressure of 80-89 mm Hg. “Systolic” refers to the blood pressure when the heart is con-
tracting. “Diastolic” reflects the blood pressure when the heart is in a period of relaxation and expansion. Walk Much? It May Protect Your Memory Down the Road A new study published in the online issue of Neurology® suggests that walking at least six miles per week may protect brain size and in turn, preserve memory in old age. The researchers found that those who walked the most cut their risk of developing memory problems in half. Vitamin D Deficiency Damages Patient Recovery Almost 50 percent of patients undergoing orthopedic surgery have vitamin D deficiency that should be corrected before surgery to improve patient outcomes, based on a study by researchers at Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) in New York City and appearing in The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery.Vitamin D is essential for bone healing and muscle function and is critical for a patient’s recovey.
Chest Compression-Only CPR Improves Survival in Cardiac Arrest Patients Heart attack patients whose hearts have stopped beating and who receive cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) from bystanders fare better if their resuscitators skip the rescue breaths and do only chest compression, according to a study led by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and published in The Lancet. The study determined that the chest compression-only method of CPR improved survival rates by 22 percent over standard CPR which involves alternating chest compressions with rescue
breaths. Researchers noted that when a person goes into cardiac arrest because of a problem with the heart, that individual normally has plenty of oxygen in the body so rescue breaths aren’t as vital to survival as trying to keep blood flowing as regularly as possible. However, if cardiac arrest is secondary to trauma, drowning or a problem not directly related to heart function, then it is advisable to do standard CPR that includes rescue breaths. It was stressed that the findings do not apply to children with cardiac arrest. Whether a bystander had previous training in CPR had no effect on patient survival in this study. The new study also found that the benefit occurred only when 911 dispatchers coached bystanders to use chest compression-only CPR. The findings suggest that if someone nearby has a heart attack, it’s important
to first call 911, and then begin chest compressions. Cut Back on Salt to Stop Strokes In a dramatic new study, researchers estimate that cutting out just 3 grams a day (about half a teaspoon of salt) could prevent up to 99,000 heart attacks and 66,000 strokes a year. (RealAge.com) Medicare Covers the Cost of Some Immunizations Now is the time to get immunized. Medicare covers flu, pneumococcal and Hepatitis B shots. Beneficiaries pay nothing for the flu or pneumococcal shots. People at risk for Hepatitis B pay 20 percent, after the deductible, for those immunizations.
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Ancestry Answers: Birth Records and Native American Roots How do I get a birth or death certificate for my ancestor who was from Alabama? The state of Alabama did not require birth or death certificates until 1908, and in the early years of the law, not all births or deaths were recorded. By law, birth certificates are restricted for 125 years, but are available to the individual or next of kin. Prior to 1908, in the late 1880s-90s, a few counties in Alabama Nancy Dupree recorded births and deaths in registers. Birth registers rarely included the child’s name, and death registers did not include parents’ names. The Alabama Department of Archives and History has some birth and death registers on microfilm in the Research Room. For the genealogical information available on death certificates from 19081974, visit the Genealogical Society of Utah’s web site - www. FamilySearch.org - Records Search Pilot. Those records do not have cause of death or place of burial. That information may be on the record at the Alabama Department of Public Health. To obtain a certified copy of a death certificate or birth certificate, contact ADPH at www.adph.org . How do I research my Native American ancestors? Unfortunately, there are very few original records at the state
level in Alabama that can aid in researching Native American ancestry. If Native Americans living in Alabama survived the removal and remained in Alabama, they generally intermarried with white or black families and are listed on federal census records as white, black, or mulatto. The greatest concentration of those who did list themselves as Indian on census records was in southwest Alabama. There is a 1900 Indian Population census at the end of the Monroe County census with only a few families enumerated, and some men identified themselves as Indian on their World War I draft registration records in 1917 and 1918. According to the Bureau of Indian Affairs’ Guide to Tracing Your American Indian Ancestry, there is no national Indian registry. It also states that tribal membership requires “lineal descendency” from someone named on a tribal roll, and the guide gives some tips for researching Indian genealogy and registering with a federally recognized tribe or band. More information is available at www.bia.gov. TIP:You can now order digital copies of records from the National Archives at archives.gov/order. Nancy Dupree is Senior Archivist at the Alabama Department of Archives and History. If you have a question for Nancy, email us at primeeditor@gmail.com
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Passing It Down By Lenore Vickrey
“A grandmother is a little bit parent, a little bit teacher, and a little bit best friend.” – Author unknown.
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John Ed Mathison finds valuable lessons for his grandchildren in everyday life, including the many sports in which they participate. 10
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Tonea Stewart with a photo of her youngest grandchild (soon to be second youngest!)
help put issues into perspective. Both children and parents benefit from a grandparent’s wisdom. While Dr. Stewart doesn’t have her grandchildren in her home, she loves to spend time with them when they visit and she uses every opportunity to drive home key values that she wants them to live by. “I tell them to trust God, because he’s your special friend,” she said. “And I tell them, believe in yourself. Educate yourself. And think for yourself.” The importance of education is something Dr. John Ed Mathison, former senior minister at Frazer Memorial United Methodist Church, tries to emphasize to his ten grandchildren as well. “With education, you don’t get a second chance,” he said. “We try to encourage the work they’re doing in school. And I try to teach that their attitude is more important than the reality of the situation they’re in.” Mathison, who is called “Pop Pop” by eight grandsons and two granddaughters ranging from 12 to 4, is an avid sports fan and tries to make it to as many sports activities that his grandchildren are involved in as he can.That includes baseball, soccer,
Favorite books and stories keep grandparents, grandchildren close The biblical story of David and Goliath is a favorite of the ten grandchildren of Dr. John Ed Mathison, and he loves to tell it to them. “David faced a giant, and he trusted God and God delivered him,” he said. The story has many applications in life for children or anyone facing what appear to be insurmountable obstacles, he added. Linda Strange’s youngest granddaughter, Sara Turner, loves for her grandmother to read fairy tales, and is presently quite fascinated with Goldilocks and the Three Bears. “I bought a big picture book with the puppets so she can tell me what’s going on as we read the story,” she said. Grandson Jackson loves history, war movies, and especially enjoys watching movies of John Wayne with his grandfather, Todd. Tonea Stewart’s favorite book to read with her grandchildren is “’Twas the Night Before Christmas,” which she reads every Christmas. While she could recite it by heart, she reads from the book. “If I miss anything, they let me know,” she said. “It’s important that they see me holding the book and reading it.” They also read the Bible together. “We like to open it up and see where it falls open, and that’s what we read.” gymnastics, basketball and Taekwondo. A former state champion in tennis, Mathison knows what’s it’s like to win and lose and tries to help his grandchildren understand the value of each. “I tell them, ‘Don’t be afraid to fail.You can’t do anything out of the box without failing.’” “If you don’t get up to bat, you might not get on base. You might lose a game, but if you don’t play, you’ll never win,” he said. Montgomery Mayor Todd Strange and his wife Linda (“Todd” and “Dana” to their grandchildren) take a similar approach with their five grandchildren. As grandparents, “We don’t see all their failures because we’re not there every day,” said Strange, but when they do lose a football or soccer game, or strike out in baseball, or don’t win a horse show (three granddaughters ride competitively), “You have to love ‘em, hug ‘em and tell them you’re not going to win every time. Then you have to find out why you didn’t win. Learn from it.” The Stranges credit the fact that they instilled strong family values in their own daughters, Elizabeth and Jennifer, that they in turn are passing on to their grandchildren. “They’re raising five very put-together children,” he said. “We don’t interfere.” Family meal times with grandchildren are very important for the Stranges, who are often joined by Linda’s mother. The
Montgomery Mayor Todd Strange and wife Linda with four of their five their grandchildren.
grandchildren also helped on their grandfather’s mayoral campaign, walking the neighborhoods and passing out flyers. They’ve been lucky enough to be able to take their grandchildren on several trips, including Costa Rica, Mexico and St. Thomas, “and we look at those as a learning opportunity,” Strange said. Tonea Stewart often uses dramatic or musical techniques to teach her grandchildren simple lessons, but not so they know what she’s up to. “I try to teach them about science without saying anything about science,” she said. For example, one day she might teach how a tree grows and tell her grandchild, “You’re the seed. I’m the sun, and then I’ll jump up on the table and sprinkle ‘rain’.” She taught her three and half-year-old how to walk by playing “Ring Around the Rosie,” until she turned her hand loose and she walked on her own. Passing on her faith in God is also very important to Stewart, whose grandchildren call her “Granny.” Once when her granddaughter, Madison, was in church with her, the congregation was responding to the pastor’s sermon with hearty, repeated shouts of “Amen.” Madison got so into the audience response that she shouted out her own loud “Amen!” during a quiet moment. The audience chuckled, but Stewart knew this was not a moment to waste. “When we got home I found the passage in Psalms the pastor was referring to and we read it together. I said, ‘That’s your favorite passage.” I wanted her to know why they were saying ‘Amen.’ That was a teaching moment.” Similarly, Mathison wants his grandchildren to “always keep the first things first, and don’t let your priorities get inverted. I tell my grandchildren the best value system is the first two commandments (as quoted by Jesus in Matthew): “Love God with all your heart, mind, soul and strength,” and “love your neighbor as yourself.” www.primemontgomery.com | November 2010 11
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ovember and December are months associated with holiday gatherings of family and friends. Often these gatherings provide a time for creating shared memories and for passing family, cultural, or spiritual traditions to future generations. What a great time of year! However, you may find yourself comparing this year with previous experiences and Arlene Morris experience a vague uneasiness. Seasonal reminders of a person’s absence due to relocation, unresolved differences, separation, divorce, illness, or death may prompt feelings of loss, such as remorse, guilt, or increased awareness of personal mortality. The holiday season may actually precipitate a grieving that was not encountered during the actual loss, or you may again experience some phases of grieving. Acknowledging what is occurring can help you deal with the feelings. You may want to view photos or videos, or recall favorite memories with someone who also knew the person you have lost. Some experts recommend putting your vague feelings into words by writing a letter to the absent person, or to another friend or family member, recalling the person’s attributes. Some people find comfort in seeing traits of deceased family members in their descendants (e. g. “he has granddad’s tendency for practical jokes”, etc.). For other losses you may need to discuss your feelings with a trusted person to help put difficult situations into perspective, or consider professional counseling. Anticipatory grieving is another kind of loss that may be experienced by caregivers. Although an actual loss has not yet occurred, you may be aware of changes that suggest a future
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loss, and begin to think of how your life will change and what adaptations must be made. Although some people may feel guilty about it, thinking ahead can actually help with coping when the loss occurs. Caring for family members or friends can take a substantial amount of time, energy, and financial resources. You may feel a sense of loss that you are not able to experience the holidays as you previously did. Attempting to have the holidays “as usual” may create an undue burden — in addition to your caregiving responsibilities — and can contribute to caregiver burnout. Possible strategies to prevent overloading yourself include choosing a few priority activities and requesting help to accomplish these undertakings. Activities may be modified to fit the current situation without creating unnecessary stress.You may decide to have smaller gatherings, have another person assist with preparations, or be the guest this year. Other losses can also initiate a sense of grieving, such as loss of function, loss of job or role in the family, loss of power or prestige, loss of security, or loss of confidence. Research suggests “survivor” personality traits include acknowledging your situation is different, and making it a challenge to find ways to adapt. It may help to recall how others have dealt with similar changes, or to discuss options with family or friends. Although this may be a difficult time of year in some aspects, acknowledging your feelings may enable you to gain support from family, friends, spiritual persons or practices such as prayer. Health care providers may also be a resource, if needed. Arlene H. Morris, RN, Ed.D. is a Distinguished Teaching Associate Professor in the Auburn Montgomery School of Nursing, where she enjoys teaching content regarding gerontology and professional nursing issues. Email her at amorris@aum.edu.
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learned to fish before I learned to walk, and right there helping me bait the hook and hold the rod was one of my grandparents. My father’s mother, “Granny,” and my mother’s father, “Papou” (Greek for grandfather), were two of the best anglers I’ve ever had the privilege to call a fishing partner. Remarkably, each subscribed to a different school of thought when it came to fishing, yet each held an equally spellNiko Corley (and Bella) binding power over anything that swam. Granny was a hook and line, bobber and cane pole angler. We’d load up her Buick or my Papa’s pickup with a half-dozen collapsible “bream buster” rods and head to their three-acre farm pond, stopping on the way to buy a couple cans of wigglers and 50 or so crickets.We’d set up on the bank near a bream bed or fish around the pier, the latter location necessitating the half-dozen pre-rigged poles because inevitably a large catfish would get on the line and either break you off or wrap your line around the pier supports. Granny taught me how to rig the poles – how much line to use, how much split shot to add, where to put the bobber and how to tie on the Tru-Turn hooks we used. She also imparted on me the best methods for putting wigglers and crickets on a
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hook and how to grab a bream and remove the hook without “gettin’ finned.” Fishing together for years we brought home countless stringers of bass, shellcracker, bream and catfish which I learned to clean and then cook. My mouth still waters at the thought of it. Papou learned to fish in the “old country” with just a hook and line, catching octopus and small fish in the gin-clear waters off the Greek island of Skopelos. Unlike most fishermen today, he fished in order to eat. After Papou immigrated to America, his preferred fishing methods quickly evolved to include Shimano rods and reels and his favorite lure, the Rapala injured minnow. We would fish various local bodies of public water in the “big boat” (his Boston Whaler) and fish smaller ponds in the “little boat,” a two-man plastic pontoon-style boat rigged with a trolling motor at both bow and stern, rod holders, net holders, cup holders, dual deep cycle batteries, tackle storage and an armada of Rapala injured minnows. From Papou, I learned how to cast and fish both spinning and baitcasting reels and how to select the proper lure for particular conditions. Papou and I, too, brought home many, many stringers of fish for “the pot.” Upon arriving home we would clean and cook our day’s catch, inviting the entire family over to share in the feast. I learned a great deal about fishing from both Granny and Papou in the many years we fished together. I learned the importance of preparation, patience and persistence – necessary skills for successful fishing but also for success in life. I may not have to fish to put dinner on the table each night but I recall those lessons as I prepare for each day, as I take on new challenges with a (hopefully) patient mind and as I persist in striving to reach my life’s goals. I lost my Papou five years ago, but I thankfully still have my Granny and we see each other often. The two of them spent much time imparting their knowledge of fishing on me when I was young. It’s now time I returned the favor. While visiting family in Destin recently, I spent a few days fishing with my 10-year-old cousin on Choctawhatchee Bay. I’m not sure which one of us had more fun. We caught snapper, pompano, spadefish and more saltwater catfish than I could count, and his thirst for fishing knowledge would, I’m sure, rival my own at his age. As he grows into an able fisherman himself, perhaps he too will someday take someone fishing and pass on what he’s learned. If I can impart to him even a fraction of what Granny and Papou taught me, there won’t be a fish that’s safe! Niko Corley spends his free time hunting, fishing and enjoying other outdoor activities in Central Alabama and beyond.
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risp, cool mornings remind us fall is in the air and winter is coming. In the garden our attention turns to doing the right things to prepare for cold weather. Like humans, plants like a warm blanket to protect them from the cold. This blanket needs to be a mulch at least four inches deep. Leaves may be mulched, spread on the soil, and topped Ethel Dozier off with pine straw. If you don’t have leaves in your yard, using only pine straw mulch is fine. Most people do not put pine straw deep enough and the soil dries out quickly. The formula to get the correct amount of pine straw is to take the square footage of the area and divide by 30. This gives you the number of bales needed.You may be shocked because you have never bought this much straw in the past. Start correcting this now, so your plants are well-protected and won’t dry out in winter or in summer. Mulch will also keep your beds from having so many weeds. Where can you get the best pine straw for the best price? Easy. The best pine straw, at the best price, is what you rake from under pine trees. Since most of us don’t have a pine forest, we must purchase our straw. The disappointing news is that there is no industry standard for the size or weight of a bale of pine straw. The big box stores have straw for the lowest price. Their weight may allow you to carry out two bales at a time. On the other hand, if you go to a landscape supplier the bales are heavier and larger and you may only be able to tote one. Not all bales are equal, so be a good consumer and check out size, quality, and costs. Not all pine straw is the same quality, either! Some straw harvested from last year may have been sitting in a trailer since then, enduring the hot summer heat. By now it is dried out and off-color. Fresh straw is flexible and more red in color. The long needle straw brings the highest price. As
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with all things, you get what you pay for. I personally like the look of red long needles, so I use some of my pine straw tricks. I put down the cheaper straw to hold the moisture, etc. on the bottom. Then I top the beds off with the expensive longer needled straw. Only you will know the bottom two-thirds of the mulch is not the long needle straw. The positive results are the same! Watering in the winter is another practice most people neglect. Plants need to be full of moisture to winter well and keep from drying out. Nurseries turn on their sprinkler systems when freezing temperatures are forecast, watering their plants well so they will survive. Last winter many plants were lost due to long spells of low temperatures. When spring arrived folks began calling me, asking, “Why did I lose so many plants?” They never associated it with a lack of watering. If weeks go by without rain, turn on your sprinklers. By covering your plants with a blanket of water - which may freeze - the plants are actually protected. Think about it. Temperatures do not go below freezing under that ice. Check your shrub rootballs to make sure they are protected from the weather. Another housekeeping chore in the fall is cleaning beds out from spent annuals and bulbs. Caladium bulbs can be dug up and saved for next year. Prune the leaves off and dust the bulbs with Sevin and store them in a dry place. Keep them from freezing, which means don’t store them in the garden shed. The top of a closet in the house works well. When spring comes, you’ll already have a project for a beautiful spring day. So go out to the garden to measure your beds and buy pine straw for your next weekend garden project. By putting your garden to bed this fall, you’re helping your plants stay warm and safe all winter. Ethel Dozier Boykin, a Montgomery native, is a landscape and design consultant who owns “art in the garden.” She may be reached at 334-395-5949, or by email at etheldozierboykin@yahoo.com.
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on’t be “a day late and a dollar short” on the twelve financial decisions listed below. Some of them might save you a fair amount of change if you take advantage of them before January rolls around. 1. Have you met your medical insurance deductibles for 2010? If so, consider getting any discretionary care you may need before 2011 to save on care Alan Wallace later. 2. Do you have a flexible spending account (FSA) as part of the benefits package where you work? If so, make sure to use up the amount you set aside under the plan before 2010 concludes. 3. Are you older than 70½ and have an IRA or other retirement account? If so, make sure you have withdrawn this year’s required minimum distribution (RMD). Failure to withdraw your RMD will result in a 50% penalty tax on the amount that you should have taken out but did not. 4. Make any charitable gifts you want to deduct this year. 5. Do you own investments in an individual or joint account (not an IRA or other retirement account) that have dropped in value since you bought them? If so, selling them before year end will allow you to use the losses to offset other income, subject to certain limitations spelled out in the tax code. 6. Consider making a retirement plan contribution. While some plans permit funding in early 2011 for the 2010 tax year, contributing now avoids the risk of missing a deadline. 7. Make sure your income tax withholding is adequate to avoid owing an underpayment penalty. If your withholding is too low, submit a new Form W-4 to your employer to increase the withholding on your final 2010 paychecks to make up the shortfall. 8. Do you have an IRA? Consider converting it to a Roth IRA. For details, see my article from the October issue of Prime Montgomery (www.primemontgomery.com). 9. Are you thinking about buying mutual fund shares or adding to an account you already own? If so, wait until January. 16
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Many funds pay out most of their dividends and capital gain distributions in December. Buying shares shortly before those distributions requires you to pay income tax on them this year although they do not increase the value of your account. 10. Unless Congress extends the current 15% federal tax rate on long-term capital gains, this category of income will be taxed more severely after 2010. If you have unrealized long-term capital gains on liquid investments that you own personally (not in a retirement account), you may be wise to sell them this year. That way you can pay tax at the current low rate. Waiting until later could nearly double the tax cost on the same amount of gain. 11. Depending on your circumstances, you may expect your tax bracket to be sharply higher or lower next year. If you expect your bracket to drop, try to postpone income until 2011 and accelerate deductible expenses into 2010. If you expect your bracket to rise, accelerating income into 2010 and postponing deductions until 2011 may save you money. If you expect your income to be about the same, it is generally better to postpone income and speed up deductions. Be sure to consider the maximum Social Security withholding or self-employment FICA payments in making your decisions. 12. Finally, if you are a person of means and are concerned about the possibility of owing estate taxes at some point, consider using your gift tax annual exclusion before the end of the year. This provision of the tax law allows you to give up to $13,000 to as many individuals as you like during 2010 without any gift tax consequences. While any such gifts that you choose to make would likely be to members of your family, no family relationship is required. Even if you cannot use all 12 of these ideas, each can be worthwhile in its own right. If they save you some money, that’s just one more thing to be thankful for this Thanksgiving season. Alan Wallace, CFA, ChFC, CLU is a Senior FInancial Advisor for Ronald BLue & Co.’s Montgomery office, 334-270-5960, alan.wallace@ronblue.com.
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ur state's obsession with college football comes to a head each year in late November, when the teams from Alabama's two biggest universities collide. Many who immerse themselves in the Auburn-Alabama rivalry measure their participation in decades, not years. They have walked the sidelines, played in the game, pounded keyboards in the press box or sat in the stands and sweated blood. The undisputed champion: 62 straight Oakley Melton, 83, of Montgomery (cover photo), is the dean of Iron Bowl fans. He has been to every Alabama-Auburn game since the schools resumed their rivalry in 1948 — this year will be No. 63. Figure three hours per game and Melton has spent seven days and 18 hours watching UA and AU collide without a bathroom break or a trip to the concession stand. The closest he came to missing? The birth of his oldest daughter in 1957. "I made a deal with the doctor to keep my wife in the hospital for two extra days," he said. "That way I could go to the game and keep my record alive. He took real good care of her. But my wife still reminds me of that." Melton was a student at Alabama in 1948 and helped lobby the administrations of both schools and the state legislature to get the two teams to renew the series that had ended in 1907 after, according to legend, a big fight and rampant ugliness. Truth to tell, the long hiatus probably had more to do with disputes about how to split the revenues. In the 1940s, when Melton was trying to get the schools back together on the gridiron, Alabama people, led by football coach and Athletic Director Frank Thomas, didn't want to play Auburn, figuring they had everything to lose and nothing to gain. Alabama was a known national power, had a lively revenue stream going from football, and didn't want to upset a balanceof-power tilted strongly in its favor. The legislature sent a letter encouraging the teams to play, and upped the ante by kinda sorta threatening to cut off funding if they didn't, Melton recalled. The two presidents held a secret meeting at an isolated place in Coosa County owned by the University of Alabama. They came out with a contract. Alabama won that first meeting, in 1948, 55-0. The next year Auburn beat a heavily favored Alabama team 14-13. Oakley 18
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1948 UA team captain Ray Richeson (L) and AU captain Russell Inman, with the ODK Sportsmanship Trophy awarded to the winner. (Courtesy Paul W. Bryant Museum, UA, www.bryantmuseum.com)
Melton had a particularly stinging memory of a grand effort by his brother, Bimbo Melton, a 165-pound Alabama scat back, that fell short. "My brother caught a long pass down to the Auburn 2," he said. "We scored and our All-American halfback, Eddie Salem, missed the extra point." Melton said the first game, the 55-0 slaughter, stands apart from the series. "Most of the rest have been close and competitive," he said. "The biggest thing I have noticed -- and admired, really -- is that year after year the games are hard fought but the players have always shown good sportsmanship. There have never been any ugly incidents. Some fans get carried away, that'll always happen, but you've never had any real ugly incidents among fans at the game, either." The biggest change: Attendance. The first game had maybe 35,000 people, he said. Now, it's more than twice that. "Of course, it's always been a sellout," he said. "I guess if you fill up the stadium, you've done all you can do." Melton said his youngest son and his nephew also have significant Iron Bowl attendance streaks going. They're in the 40s. "They're going to see if they can break my record," he said. But he has no intention of allowing them to eat into his lead anytime soon. The game changer: Pat Dye Pat Dye is one of the few people who has seen the game from both sides. He was an assistant coach at Alabama in the 1960s and became one of Auburn's most revered head
coaches in the 1980s and early 1990s. He won more than he McNair said he's been attending Alabama-Auburn games lost on both sides of the fence. since before it was called the Iron Bowl. Biggest difference in Alabama and Auburn perspective? "We didn't call it that because we were good, and actually "I don't think there's any doubt that in the history of the went to bowl games," he said. "They didn't, so they had to say game, Alabama people have expected to win," he said. "I'm not this was their bowl game." sure that Auburn people expect to win. McNair said he still misses the atmosphere at Alabama-Au"The parameters have changed. Where during the 60s and burn games when the stadium was divided 50-50, red on one 70s, Alabama dominated that game, and before that, I'm not side, orange and blue on the other. sure how many straight coach (Ralph ‘Shug’) Jordan won in a "There was nothing like it," he said. "Every play was a big play. row. But the series is a lot closer than you think it is." At least half the fans were happy no matter what happened. Dye did more than his part to close the gap during his 12Sometimes they were all happy -- like if it was third and 7 and year tenure at Auburn, startthe guy made 6 and a half." ing in 1981. McNair's first Iron Bowl: "When I got there, Auburn The year Alabama's Ray hadn't beaten Alabama in Ogden ran back a kickoff eight years," Dye said. “We 100 yards. The last one he lost the first one then won sat with his wife was in 1967 the second one (Bear Bry-- Kenny Stabler's long run in ant's last Iron Bowl).” the mud. After that he went "We were one made field to work for Alabama and goal and one missed field hasn't missed one since. goal from winning eight in a The biggest change, even row," he said. "Football has a bigger than the shift out of way of going in cycles." Birmingham, has been the Dye said you always increasing ugliness of the remember the ones you rivalry, he said. lose: "In 1984 and 1985." He "There's too much hate in remembered the wins, the this rivalry," he said. "Way reverse to Lawyer Tillman. too much hate. And it didn't “The others don't stand out used to be that way.” as anything special except we "I think talk radio was the won." first chink in the armor of ciBut one game he won does vility," he said. "People could stand out. The 1989 game, go on the air anonymously the first at Jordan-Hare Staand things just got nastier dium, when the series moved and nastier. at last from Birmingham's "Now, with the Internet, Legion Field. you don't even have to wait "That game was a specfor the radio show to come tacle," he said. "And I tease on the air, or dial the phone Alabama folks about how or hope they'll answer your they never have thanked call," he said. "You can go me for moving that game to online and be as nasty as Auburn from Birmingham, you can be, threatening and because look at what it's vicious, saying things you'd Coach Pat Dye in his office on the campus of Auburn University. done for the program in never say to another perTuscaloosa. Those facilities. If they still played all their big games son's face, or if you had to give your name.” in Birmingham, like they used to, it wouldn't be that way The philosopher: Life after Iron Bowl Alabama man: Thanks, Coach Dye David Housel agrees entirely. Housel was a journalism Kirk McNair was the sports information director at Alabama teacher, the sports information director, and eventually the during the 1960s and 1970s , and went on to become publishathletic director at Auburn. er of Bama Magazine and its many incarnations both print and His first Iron Bowl was in 1956. He was 10 years old and online. He has a message for Coach Dye. went with his daddy. Auburn won 34-7. The main thing he re"Please tell him I said, 'Thank you,'" McNair said, acknowledg- members? The national anthem, and how rigid his father stood ing that Alabama's remarkable facilities boom has had plenty to while the bands played. do with making the Iron Bowl a home-and-home series." The second most vivid memory: "It's hard to imagine selling season tickets or asking for a mil"It was the first time I ever saw drunk people," he said. lion dollar donation and saying, 'Oh, yeah, you don't get to go "About three guys a few rows in front of us, I'd never seen to the Auburn game." www.primemontgomery.com | November 2010 19
David Housel, former Auburn University Sports Information and Athletic Director, at one of the university’s most revered, and infamous, locations.
people act that way. I thought they were sick or something.” Housel said he'd always been an Auburn fan because "I wanted a good education and I had good sense." Housel quit going to Iron Bowl games in 2006. He had been to 50 straight. "That game had dominated my life for 50 years," he said. "It was one of the most important things in my life for 50 years. And I decided 50 years was enough." The first year he didn’t attend the game was 2006. He was in New York City at Michael Jordan's steak place and somebody came over and told him the outcome. "After a brief acknowledgement of Auburn's victory, I looked back at the menu," he said. "There is life after the Iron Bowl." His most memorable: 1989, the first year the game came to Auburn. He was the sports information director then. It was electric. "I obviously remember 17-16," he said, referring to the year that Auburn blocked two punts to upset Alabama. "But you can't define a great game by whether you won or lost," he said. "I remember Alabama's great win in 1985 (when Van Tiffin kicked a 52-yard field goal on the last play). We lost. But it was the best football game I ever saw, and it was a great one for them. I remember 1982. We won 23-22. That broke a long drought. "They all pale before the 1989 game, though," he said. He, too, is concerned with the turn the rivalry has taken with talk radio and the internet giving the crazies a forum. "People internalize the outcome of that game so that it af20
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fects their relationships with their friends, business associates, family," he said. "That's unhealthy." Housel’s life no longer revolves around sports. "There's a big, wonderful world out there, away from Alabama and Auburn football," he said. "I still want Auburn to win. But the emotion, the passion is not there anymore. I have a broader perspective. And that's fine. "The bad thing about a rivalry is when the fear of losing it is greater than the joy of winning it," he said. The historian: "Respect for the Game" Phillip Marshall saw his first Alabama-Auburn game in 1958 and saw every one since then except for 1993, when he was sports managing editor for the Huntsville Times and had to work in the office. His biggest memory of the first game: "I went with my mother. Outside the stadium, some guy offered me $35 for my ticket. I wanted to take it but she wouldn't let me. Auburn won 14-8. It was Bryant's first Auburn game as the coach at Alabama. I remember when Alabama scored, a man and a woman in front of us kissed more passionately than I'd ever seen anybody kiss." For 10 years Marshall was the sports editor of the Montgomery Advertiser. He now works for www.Auburnundercover.com. Most memorable: "For the sheer unlikeliness of it, the two blocked punts," he said. "Coach Bryant breaking the record for the most wins, in 1981. The Van Tiffin field goal, and the very next year, the reverse to Tillman.
"For the whole day, 1989. The first in Auburn. There were thousands of people outside the stadium. That was far more memorable than the game itself. And a lot of the memorable games were not that good -- the 17-16 game was a terrible game until the last five minutes." In the more than 50 years he's seen it, the game has not changed from the perspective of the players. "They always have great respect for the game," he said. "Both sides play so hard, it seems the kids appreciate that.You don't see cheap shots, and fights after the game like you do in other rivalries. For the most part, it has always been played the right way." The fans? Well, that's another thing. "I don't know if hatred is the right word," he said. "But it'll do. It always amazes me how otherwise normal grownups' selfesteem is so tied up with what 20-year-old guys do." The player: "Muddy and Bloody" Roger Shultz is one of those guys who played in the game -- he was twice an All-SEC center for Alabama, coached there for the 1992 national championship season and has gone on to make a name for himself as a radio talk show host, a tire company spokesman and by losing about 160 pounds on a reality show. The first time he went to Legion Field to see an AlabamaAuburn game, he got locked outside. "It was 1980," he said. "I was 12 years old and went there to sell Cokes. A buddy of mine had a buddy in high school who played on a football team, and they got to go to the game and sell Cokes. I didn't go to that school. When we got there, the coach figured out what we were up to. "So he left us. In the parking lot. At Legion Field," he said. "So times have changed in that regard. Nobody would leave a 12-year-old outside an Alabama-Auburn game now." Ingenuity prevailed. They pooled their money and bought one ticket from a scalper. They passed it back and forth between the fence, and told the gatekeeper their mama had sent them out to the car to get their coat. They just milled around
UA All-SEC center Roger Shultz also saw Iron Bowl action as a coach. (Courtesy Paul W. Bryant Museum, UA, www.bryantmuseum.com)
inside the stadium once they got inside, avoiding authorities on the lookout for pre-teen boys without tickets. "I remember Alabama won," Shultz said. "I remember seeing Bryant standing by the goal post." "I bought a giant foam finger and walked through the Auburn student section with it," he said. "Some guy tore the No. 1 finger off my brother's foam finger. I thought we were going to have to fight every fraternity boy at Auburn." Six years later, he was playing in the game. He played in the 1989 game at Auburn, which he acknowledged was memorable. "Yeah, they beat our butts," he said. He said the game is completely different as a player and a coach. "I'm 1-3 as a player," he said. "I try to point out that I won twice as a coach, which makes me 3-3. That won't wash. Your record against Auburn is what it was while you played. And it really does mean more.You're on the field, making a difference.You're the one getting muddy and bloody." Tiffin’s field goal, 1985. (Courtesy Paul W. Bryant Museum, UA, www.bryantmuseum.com) As a radio talk show host, he agrees
with others that the tor at football games. rivalry is insane. He has "I've never seen a third usually co-hosted with quarter of an Iron Bowl a former Auburn player, I've covered," he said. first Stan White and this "Because I'm always year, Ben Leard. editing first half video." "The first week of His most memorable the season, people are moments center around calling in about the the kindness of Auburn Alabama-Auburn game. Play action during the 1948 game. Alabama won 55-0. Auburn won the next year. player Fred Beasley, who There's a whole lot of fought through the post(Courtesy Paul W. Bryant Museum, UA, www.bryantmuseum.com) football that's played game madness twice, in here that isn't the 1995 and 1997, to do inAlabama-Auburn game, but it's all some people think about." terviews with Shearer after games that ended close to airtime. The news man: Bring your A-Game But he also remembers Auburn's six-year winning streak, and Jeff Shearer, sports director at WSFA 12 News in Montgomthe resounding finish Nick Saban put it to with the 36-0 win in ery, will be attending his 20th Iron Bowl this year and covering 2008. his 18th. The competition is not confined to the field -- or to the fans, His first Iron Bowl was 1993. What he remembers most Shearer notes. The members of the media try to outdo each about it is a play he didn't even see. other as well. Auburn was undefeated, Patrick Nix came in for injured "It makes for a busy week," he said. "Especially with all the quarterback Stan White on a fourth and 15 from the Alabama special segments you do.You see what special stories the 35. Auburn trailing 14-5. other guys are turning out. You want to be your best all the Nix didn't have a chance to warm up, floated a pass downtime, but you know everyone's tuned in that week, so you field to Frank Sanders who went up against Alabama defender want to have your "A game" as they say." Antonio Langham and pulled it down for a touchdown. Auburn For some folks long associated with the rivalry, age has tdoor Popswent Concert on to win 22-14. brought clarity, and they no longer view the Iron Bowl as the adway Under the Starssaw - it," Shearer said. "I heard it. I was on the other "I never center of the universe. But it’s still more than just a game. It’s ptember 16 • end 7:30pm/ BlountOn Cultural Parksideline. I heard the roar." of the stadium. the Auburn a chance to own the bragging rights to the state’s premier That's an occupational hazard of being a TV sports direcfootball contest. At least until next November.
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dressing recipe, I’m sure Mama would be glad for you to make hers. This year I’ve also decided to make a cranberry chutney to accompany our meal. Tart and interesting, it’s a step up from traditional cranberry sauce. And oh, my goodness…dessert! My daddy’s bread pudding recipe is the perfect way to cap off our holiday meal. Moist and flavorful and topped with bourbon (or whiskey) sauce, I’m sure I’ll be adding this to my long list of “thank you, Lord”s as I head off for my nap, at least one grandbaby in tow. Thank you, Lord, for the blessings of a daughter who lives close and a son who comes home. Patsy Smith, a Montgomery native, is the author of two cookbooks: A Cookbook for My Southern Daughter and A Southern Daughter Entertains. These books may be purchased at Capitol Book and News, Rosemont Gardens, Southern Homes and Gardens, Jo’s Hallmark, Richardson’s Pharmacy, and other fine book and gift stores, or through her website at southerndaughtercooks.com
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soldiers’ stories By Jennifer Kornegay “War is ugly,” Vietnam veteran Larry Cohill said. It’s a truth no one would challenge.Yet Cohill and two other Montgomery veterans made it through the ugliness to find the honor, and despite fighting different wars and differences in age and background, they were affected in one similar way: Their military service led to a life of service to others long after they were off the battlefield and out of uniform. Raymond C. Boykin As Montgomery native Raymond C. Boykin thought back to his days in World War II, he tried to casually dismiss any notion of heroism associated with him, and so many young men like him, eagerly joining the military effort. “After Pearl Harbor, young men were just expected to be a part of some military service,” he said. “I thought, ‘If I’m going to war, I want to be taught how to fight. The Marines had a good reputation for teaching you.’” So Boykin visited the local Marine recruiter in downtown Montgomery and signed on the dotted line. He was 20 years old. After basic training, as part of the 22nd Marine Regiment, he was sent to aid the conflict in the central Pacific and spent most of his time securing at string of atolls called the Marshall
Photos by Heath Stone Islands. Now 88, Boykin still clearly remembers his experiences there. While many of the lines on his face were no doubt etched by smiles and happy moments, others have their origin in anxiety. “The first dead Japanese soldier I saw floated up beside me when I was trying to wash out my clothes on a beach,” he said. “I actually smelled him before I saw him. That was the worst part of a Marine’s life in the Pacific, the smell of dead people and the terrible swarms of dead man’s flies. It still gives me nightmares sometimes.” But Boykin leaned on his faith, and the conversion of a friend gave him a pleasant memory to hold onto. “There was a boy who was a staunch atheist,” he said. “He made fun of the majority of us who had faith. I ended up in a foxhole with him, and interestingly enough, the old saying, ‘There are no atheists in a foxhole.’ proved true. During our first real air raid, he began to pray. I believe he became a Christian right then.” After five years, Boykin came home as a Gunnery Technical Sergeant with a Presidential Unit Citation for hauling
He volunteered three different times. When his offer was wounded Marines out of harm’s way in a skirmish. He gradufinally accepted, he was sent into the thick of the fight in 1952. ated from Auburn University and then coached football and In the 4th Fighter Wing, 334 Fighter Squadron, he flew an F-86 taught math in Montgomery for 44 years. He was a beloved air-to-air fighter plane, which he described as “more excitcoach and teacher at Lanier High School, and the founding ing and less dangerous” than the close air support aircraft he headmaster of Trinity Presbyterian School, where today, the thought he’d be in. Of course, “less dangerous” is a relative football field bears his name. phrase. “The war did change me some,” he said. “I was genuinely Cleveland is noticeably and appropriately proud of his acscared, but a good Marine can be scared; we just learned how curacy and efficiency as an ace fighter pilot, but he knows he to control it.” gained more than notes Boykin has now spent in a flight log during the half of his life teaching and nine months he was in mentoring young people, ofKorea. ten using the many lessons “I shot down five borne of his military service. enemy MiG-15s,” he said. “I’ve loved it all, all my “Each of those was a high students and all the boys I point, but the best part coached,” he said. of my experience was Charles Cleveland maturing into a more That Lt. Gen. (retired) well-rounded officer. I beCharles Cleveland would gan to think more about end up in the military is the big picture and less little surprise considering about just being a hot his father was in the Army fighter pilot.” and he watched his older He also formed close brother enroll in West Point. connections that have “My father died when lasted all his life. I was young, so I did not “I made some amazing know him, but my mother friends with very close always spoke warmly of the bonds. What we were Army,” he said. going through pushed us During World War II, together,” he said. “My Cleveland was a teenager squadron operations ofwho fed his interest in all ficer Fredrick C. ‘Boots’ things military by reading Blesse was a great meneverything about the war he tor. I’ve stayed in touch could get his hands on. with him ever since.” “I wanted to know all I After the war, Clevecould about who was winland jumped around to ning what and how,” he said. Air Force bases all over “I was drawn by the herothe country and even in ism displayed, and in some London, flying new aircases the cowardice. I did Air Force Ace Charles Cleveland with a replica of the jet he flew in Korea, now planes as aerial technolonot want to be a coward.” on static display at Maxwell AFB where he commanded the Air University. gy marched ever forward. At 17, in 1945, he folHe spent a year in Vietnam as the Executive Assistant to Genlowed his sibling to West Point and graduated in 1949. West eral William Westmorland, but didn’t fly much. In 1971, he was Point was designed to train Army officers, but in 1947, the promoted to General and served at the Pentagon for four fledgling Air Force became its own separate branch of the military, so at that time West Point graduates were allowed to years. Then in 1981, he came to Montgomery as commander of Air University at Maxwell Air Force Base. He retired in go into the Air Force if they so chose. Cleveland’s fascination 1984, but he only retired as far as the Air Force is concerned. with fighter planes made that decision an easy one for him. He and his wife decided to stay in Montgomery, and Cleve“I went to pilot training right after graduation,” he said. When the Korean War broke out in 1950, Cleveland was anx- land served his newfound hometown by working as Executive Director of the River Region United Way until 1991. ious to join the fray. According to him, it was simply his job. Cleveland stressed that every aspect of his military service “I wanted to get over there and get into it,” he said. “That is prepared him for the continuing good work he is doing in our what I was paid to do.”
Army veteran Larry Cohill, who served in Vietnam and Iraq, remains close to fellow soldiers with his work at a readjustment center.
community today. “My military service has defined me. Combat made me more experienced and aware, and it certainly matured me,” he said. “I’ve been retired here for 27 years, and I continued on that path of service doing a lot of volunteer work in a leadership capacity.” He’s president and co-founder of Substance Abuse Youth Networking Organization, president of the Alabama World Affairs Council and president of the American Fighter Aces Association. Through the years, he’s served on more than a dozen boards at different times. Yet, in everything he’s given, the most important gift in his mind is still his time in the military. “My service to my country was a noble calling,” he said. “I believed it when I went into West Point and believe it just as strongly today.” Larry Cohill Before he even left the United States,Vietnam veteran Larry 28 November 2010 | www.primemontgomery.com
Cohill just knew his military service would be the last thing he did. Since he was wrong, he can now joke about being drafted. “On May 5, 1969, I got a letter from Richard M. Nixon that said my friends and neighbors had selected me for military service. I wanted to know right then, which friends and neighbors?” he said laughing. The Wilsonville, Ala., native felt a little excitement. “My three brothers had already gone,” he said. “I saw them come back as men and thought I’d come back a man too.” But he felt a lot more fear. “Still, since all three of them had come back, I started thinking that statistically, the odds were against me coming back,” he said. “I didn’t think my parents could be that lucky, so when I left them for basic training, I really thought I’d never see them again.” Cohill was the mechanic and crew chief on a CH47 Chinook helicopter, stationed at Lane Heliport in An Son,Vietnam, where he supported the Tiger division of the Korean Army from June 1972 until he returned stateside a year later. He was only away a short time, but he came back home a different person, and he believes at least some of the changes were for the better. “I came back from Vietnam a 40-year-old man in a 20-yearold’s body. Death was close, so I learned that life is precious, and the things that are most important are God and family,” he said. “Even today, being with family, having Christmas dinner, those times feel so important to me.” Cohill chose to stay in the Army after Vietnam, and after 23 years retired as the First Sergeant of B Company, 3rd Battalion, 1st Aviation Regiment, which flew Apache attack helicopters. “Vietnam wasn’t a good enough lesson,” he quipped. “I had to go to the desert [Desert Storm in 1991].” He earned a Bronze Star for valor in Desert Storm. After leaving the military, he fulfilled a promise to his parents and got his bachelor’s degree in social work from the University of Montevallo. When Cohill returned from Vietnam, he had trouble relating to his friends at the time. “They were playing games, and I knew that life is serious,” he said. But his experiences have allowed him to relate to a group of people who can be in desperate need of a like-minded listener: other combat veterans. Today, as Team Leader and Manager of the Montgomery Veterans Center, Cohill is helping veterans from all conflicts readjust to civilian life. “Clients come in and I can relate, so it is easy to establish a rapport,” he said. “War is war, and it can damage people. I love my job helping other soldiers. I have seen lives changed, and it is a wonderful feeling.” Cohill is humble and reluctant to accept praise for the work he’s doing. “I’m helping them, but it helps me too. And that’s what I want my life to be about now, helping others the best I can. I hope that’s what they say when I’m old and gone. ‘He tried to help.’”
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Dear Marci, I was recently diagnosed with diabetes, and my doctor says I will need training to learn how to manage this disease. Is the training covered by Medicare? — Patti Dear Patti, If you have diabetes and your doctor says that you need diabetes self-management training and education, Medicare will cover up to 10 hours of self-management training for your first year, and two hours every following year under Medicare Part B. Medicare Part B will also cover certain diabetic supplies, such as home glucose monitors and control solutions, lancets and test strips.You can get these benefits even if you don't use insulin. If you use an external insulin pump (one worn outside the body), the insulin and the pump may be covered as durable medical equipment under Medicare Part B. Contact
800-MEDICARE (800-633-4227) for more information. If you inject your insulin with a needle (syringe), the Medicare drug benefit (Part D) covers the cost of insulin and the supplies necessary to inject the insulin, including syringes, needles, alcohol swabs and gauze.Your Medicare drug plan will cover other medications to treat your diabetes at home as long as they are on your plan's list of covered drugs ("formulary"). Medicare will pay 80 percent of the Medicare-approved amount of all covered diabetes supplies and services, after you have paid the yearly Part B deductible. (If you are in a Medicare private health plan—HMO or PPO—you may have a copay for this service. Call your plan to find out what you will have to pay.) Marci’s Medicare Answers is a service of the Medicare Rights Center (www.medicarerights.org), the nation’s largest independent source of information and assistance for people with Medicare. To speak with a counselor, call (800) 333-4114. To subscribe to “Dear Marci,” the Medicare Rights Center’s free educational e-newsletter, simply e-mail dearmarci@medicarerights.org.
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Iron Man 2 (PG-13) Sequel dropoff is a wellknown phenomenon, but it still bums us out when it occurs. Most of us only bother with extensions of films we liked, as we hope the next edition will buck the industry trend. Like Godfather 2. No such luck in Robert Downey, Jr.'s further adventures in this superhero's supersuit. After a great early scene in which a witty, sarcastic Tony Stark triumphs over a pompous senator's (Gary Shandling) political posturing, the film drags emotionally - especially compared to the charismatic, sympathetic Stark persona introduced in the first film. Six months after the events in that one, we now find a Stark who is initially too full of himself, then anxious and morose over threats to his health and the superiority of his technology over those who would do evil in the world. Scarlett Johansson and Mickey Rourke head the new arrivals, as a surprisingly versatile assistant and archvillain, respectively. The adrenaline rushes of battles and explosions are viscerally comparable to such scenes from the first, but lose some punch, having to overcome the long morose stretches of Stark wrestling with his issues. There's still a decent scattering of comic relief in Jon Favreau's direction of the script Justin Theroux wrote with The Master - Stan Lee. But the overall energy level is disappointing. Not enough to kill the franchise, but at least offering a cautionary tale for the brains behind an Iron Man 3 to remember what made the first one such a winner. (9/28/10)
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