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FEBRUARY 2019

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February 2019

Does your pet have healthy teeth?

It’s important to regularly brush your pet’s teeth.

Routine check-ups with the vet are essential for your companion’s well-being.

A healthy diet is key to a healthy mouth.

Did you know that oral health has a significant impact on your pet’s quality of life, comfort and even lifespan? February is Pet Dental Health Month, and it’s the perfect time to ensure that your loyal companion’s mouth and teeth are in peak condition. After all, your four-legged friend’s overall well-being depends on it!

PREVENTION To keep the spread of disease-causing oral bacteria to a minimum, it’s important that you establish an oral hygiene routine for your pet that includes regular tooth brushing. Veterinary clinics and specialized stores stock a variety of toothbrushes and toothpastes designed for different types of pets.

WARNING SIGNS Like humans, pets that lack proper oral and dental hygiene can develop illnesses such as gingivitis and periodontitis. If your cat or dog displays any of the following symptoms, a visit to your vet might be in order: • Unusually foul-smelling breath • Frequent pawing at the face or mouth area • Apparent difficulty chewing food • Swollen gums • Reddish-brown teeth

Diet is also a major factor in your pet’s dental health. To prevent plaque and tartar buildup, feed Fido high-quality dry food and chew treats rather than canned varieties or leftover “people food.”

Don’t underestimate the importance of regular check-ups with the vet. Remember: it’s your responsibility to see to your pet’s health and well-being.

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Five tips to get you moving (even if you don’t have the time)

February 2019

If you think you don’t have time to work out, think again! The truth is, being active doesn’t require hours to spare. Get moving — without running out of time — with these practical pointers.

1. Split up your sessions. If you don’t have time for the recommended half-hour of exercise each day, do two fifteen-minute sessions or three ten-minute sessions. It’ll be just as good for you, and much easier to work into your busy schedule.

2. Walk. Try to walk to your destination whenever you can. If you can’t make it all the way on foot, get off the bus or the subway a few stops early. At work, fit more steps into your day by going to see your colleagues instead of calling them, heading outside during your breaks and parking at the far end of the lot.

3. Avoid elevators and escalators. Taking the stairs isn’t that much more time-consuming than waiting for the elevator. It’s also faster than standing on the escalator, and it’s great for your cardio!

4. Replace your office chair with an exercise ball. Tone your muscles while you work! You can do the same at home while you watch TV, too.

5. Try express training. From jumping rope to hula hooping, there are plenty of exercises you can do in just a few minutes.

Consider this: driving twenty minutes back and forth to the gym or the pool is a waste when you’re short on time. Exercise at home, at work or anywhere in between.

Breathing for stress relief Are you looking for a fast, effective way to relax? If you’re feeling stressed out, breathing exercises could be just what you need. They’re simple, can be done anywhere, and are beneficial for everything from sleeping to digestion.

THE TECHNIQUE Pay attention to how you’re breathing right now. Most people take shallow breaths, lifting their shoulders as they inhale. If this is what you’re doing, you should know that the proper technique, known as abdominal breathing, is to expand your belly as you breathe in. Doing so makes you breathe deeper, which helps to reduce tension. Feel the benefits right away by

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doing the following: • Lie on your back. You can also be standing or sitting, as long as your back is straight to allow proper air circulation.

• Place one hand on your chest and another on your belly, below your navel.

• Inhale deeply through your nose, expanding your belly. The hand on your chest should barely move while the one on your abdomen should rise.

• Exhale slowly through your mouth.

During the exercise, pay attention to the air’s trajectory and your body’s movements (nostril flaring, chest expansion, etc.). Simply focusing on your breathing will have a calming effect. If you have a hard time with the technique, practice until it becomes natural.

When you start to feel anxious or tense, take a few abdominal breaths as follows: inhale while counting to four, hold your breath for another four, and then exhale fully while counting to 8, making an O shape with your mouth as if you were blowing out a candle. Don’t you feel better already?

Deep, deliberate breathing promotes relaxation.

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live longer.

Earth Mother has been a labor of love to have all these years. The store has become sort of a landmark in the area. We were featured in the Rural Missouri Magazine a few years ago. This year we were featured in the Missouri Life Magazine. Earth Mother was presented the Downtown Pride award in 2015 from the Downtown Development Association. I am also on the Froggy 95.9 (96) radio station every Friday morning.

The Big Morning Show from 7:15 to 8:30 a.m. and I am on again at 9:00 a.m. with the Earth Mother Story of the Week. My stories, I have written for over 20 years about my life and travels. I have been reading the stories on Froggy for over 8 years.

Our store is the largest, oldest and most complete Health Food store in Southeast Missouri. We belong to the Natural Products Association, in belonging to this organization, our products are only purchased from companies that pass their True Label Test. This is what makes our store different from other stores that do not follow these regulations. If you buy a product elsewhere and it doesn’t seem to help you, this could be the reason. We carry multiple lines of the best vitamins, minerals and herbs. I have carried the highest quality of 100% pure natural essential oils for over 25 years. We have a 20% off sale on these oils during the last week of every month. We have several types of essential oil diffusers to purchase, as well as essential oil diffusing jewelry.

We have empty glass bottles, roller bottles, jars and droppers to help you create your own essential oil blends, salves or herbal remedies. We carry a large variety of grocery items and we do our best to meet your special diet needs. We are getting in new products, supplements and foods every week to accommodate your keto, paleo, vegan or low carb diet needs. We have frozen and refrigerated sections that carry all types of milk, cheese, dairy free and meat free alternatives, drinks, waters, sodas, salad dressings, frozen meats – including bison, turkey, elk chicken and pork that are all natural practice raised and ethically harvested, local honey and eggs, ice creams, breads, vegetables and fresh produce and fruit- all organic. We have much more than food also - natural cleaning products, pet supplements

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Earth Mother Health Foods has been in the area for almost 30 years. I had no idea when I sat on my porch of our beloved little blue cabin on the St Francois river, I was reading an Indian book, searching for a name for my new business. It was located in downtown but when the word Earth Mother stood out to me in almost bold letters, I knew I had found the name for my store.

What I didn’t know, was that I was creating a fictitious character. This ole gal would not only own me, but also steal my identity.

More people know me as Earth Mother than my given name. But it has been okay and a labor of love sharing life with Earth Mother the past 28 years. It has enabled me always with Gods help. We have been blessed to help thousands of people all of these years.

I grew up on a beef farm in the Southern tip of Jefferson County on the Ste Genevieve county line. My grandfather homesteaded this hillside farm in the river hills near the Mississippi River. We were into organic before we knew what the word meant. My dad and his siblings grew up on that farm too.

They lived off the land, not damaging it.

They farmed it the natural way, as everyone did back then. My mother grew up fifteen miles to the north. Her family lived first on the Illinois side of the Mississippi river, then later they moved across the river to Crystal City, Missouri. My mother and most of her siblings were born on an island called Calico in Illinois. My native great grandmother, Mary Cahow Bettis was a well-known midwife and family educated herbalist. She had one son who became a family doctor.

He practiced modern medicine. The two of them often worked together, combining both medicines to doctor the folks of the Illinois river bottom. We have many stories on this awesome team. Mary Cahow Bettis oldest Grandson Johnny Magre also chose to follow her path of natural medicine. He was the one who inspired me to follow her herbal path of medicine too. We were in the minority. Most of our other relatives followed that of modern medicine. Uncle Johnny lived to be the oldest of all his siblings into his nineties. His sister, my mother was next living to be ninety. I’m sure the organic food from that hillside farm and drug free animals they harvested there, helped her

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and care products. We have one of the finest selections of natural health and beauty items, shampoos, conditioners, vegan-cosmetics, ammonia and chemical free hair dyes, lotions, soaps and mineral bath soaks and salts. This spring we will carry organic, non-GMO vegetable, flower and herb seeds for you to start your own fresh produce. We have a room full of books on creating your own natural remedies, education on herbs, vitamins, minerals, cookbooks, field guides, natural living, aromatherapy and more fun stuff.

We also have books by local authors, including two books written by my son. One is a type of self-help book called, Crucial Moments: Stories of Support in Times of Crisis by Jeffery T. Mitchell, PhD and Wm Josey L Visnovske and another book called Sister Mary, the Baker, the Barber and the Bricklayer. We also carry many gift items; natural candles, salt lamps, singing bowls, tai-chi and yoga instructional material, the best quality incense and incense burners, silver sage and sweetgrass incense, precious stone and sterling silver jewelry, Native

American jewelry items and Earth Mother T-shirts. We also have the largest selection of organically grown bulk herbs and spices – over 400! There are caffeine free alternatives for coffee or tea, exotic spices and herbs to create your own culinary blends and we also have a “wall of tea” where we have over 300 types of boxed tea to select from.

My employees are all well trained and educated. Our years combined, we have 120 years of experience at Earth Mother Health Foods. We are always complimented on how comfortable folks feel when they visit our store, and many customers become friends. We invite you to visit our store soon and enjoy a complimentary cup of herbal tea as you browse our selections. See how we continue, with Gods help, to be a blessing to this area and all the counties that surround us.

Earth Mother Through The Years

First location of Earth Mother Health Food Store 1991-1993

Bill and Marylee at Second Location Karsch Blvd. 1993-2000

Present location of Earth Mother Health Food 2000-Present

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February 2019

Ten habits for healthy weight loss

If you’re looking to slim down, forget draconian diets and miracle cures. Just take on the following habits and watch the pounds melt away for good.

1. Trust your gut. Eat only when you feel hungry, and learn to recognize the signs your body sends when you’re full. Always eat slowly.

2. Eat protein. It satisfies hunger better than sugars and fats do.

Include some in every meal.

3. Stock up on fiber. It will fill you up fast and keep you full for hours, thus preventing cravings.

4. Choose vegetables. By granting veggies a larger place on your plate, you’ll satisfy your stomach with fewer calories.

5. Snack. Eat two healthy snacks a day to avoid overeating at meals because you’re starving.

6. Spoil yourself. Don’t give up on your favorite treats entirely.

Enjoy them once in a while in moderation so you don’t get tempted to binge.

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Drink water. It’s the best beverage to keep you hydrated, and it has the fewest calories!

8. Don’t eat after dinner.

Energy expenditure is at its lowest while you sit in front of the evening news, so avoid snacking on low-key evenings.

9. Get moving.

Exercise is essential to losing weight and staying healthy.

10. Get enough sleep. Lack of sleep goes hand in hand with an overactive appetite and cravings for fattening foods.

Lastly, think long-term and set realistic weight goals for yourself. Remember, many hands make light work: consult a nutritionist and a personal trainer to get the results you want.

Which cardio class is right?

IIf you can’t find the motivation to exercise on your own, consider joining a group fitness class. Whether you want to work on your flexibility, your strength or your posture, you have a ton of options to choose from. Here are a few classes that focus on burning calories and building cardio—in good company!

Tae Bo A combination of martial arts and boxing, Tae Bo provides an intense workout that’s great for letting off some steam.

Each session will help build your endurance as well as improve your balance and coordination.

Zumba If you like dancing and upbeat tunes, then Zumba lessons are for you. These aerobic dance classes can feel more like a party than a workout, but rest assured: you’ll be burning calories at lightning speed.

Spinning If you enjoy pedaling away those extra calories, spinning should be right up your alley. This demanding discipline develops strength and endurance as you raise your heart rate to the sound of upbeat music.

CrossFit CrossFit routines are constantly changing, so you’re always working on different areas.

Your trainer will have you pushing, pulling, jumping, climbing and performing floor exercises in addition to jogging and lifting weights.

This intense activity is sure to put your cardio to the test.

Step aerobics This fun sport involves performing choreographed movements using an elevated platform (known as a step). Since the height of the step is adjustable, you can always adapt your workout to your fitness level.

Six practical tips to eat more fruits and vegetables

As nutritious as they are colorful, fruits and veggies are the best foods for your health. If you feel you aren’t eating enough of them, here are six flavorful ways to include more in your diet.

1. Upgrade your salads. When it comes to choosing ingredients, combine as many colors as you can to create a highly nutritious salad. Don’t shy away from fruits: garnish your greens with apples, strawberries, oranges or pears. You’ll be coming back for seconds!

2. Drink up. Blend fresh or frozen fruit into yogurt, milk or a soy beverage to stock up on energizing vitamins. If you have a juicer, use it to try something new—and don’t be afraid to throw in some leafy greens.

3. Have some dessert. Other than carrot cake, produce-based sweets you have to

try include beet and chocolate brownies, sweet potato scones and pumpkin cookies. Yum!

4. Enhance your soups. Add every vegetable you can think of to your favorite soup. And look into fruit-based soup recipes—they’re easy to find and the results are absolutely divine.

5. Add veggies to your favorite dishes. Vegetables can improve the nutritional value and flavor of everything from omelets, pasta and rice to sandwiches, pizza and meatloaf. You can also use lettuce in lieu of tortillas, cauliflower instead of rice and squash to substitute pasta noodles.

6. Start your day off with

fruit. Top your cereal or yogurt with fresh or dried fruit, add mixed berries to your pancake batter or garnish your oatmeal with shredded apples.

One last tip: wash and cut some fruits and veggies and stick them in the fridge so you’ll always have a healthy snack to grab on the go.

Dr. Mondin is sharing tips and insights to all couples seeking to connect or re-connect with one another.

meaningful romantic life together and a healthy emotional connection.

• Take each other seriously: Don’t allow gender stereotypes to lead you to discount each other’s feelings or opinions as irrational.

You’ll communicate more effectively, and be happier as a result, if you listen to your partner and take him or her seriously. In other words, there should be no “boss” in the marriage. Work at

maintaining a peer relationship.

• Ritualize contact time: Couples need ritualized contact time in which they get together, such as going to lunch once a week, having coffee together in the morning or watching a television program they both like.

This is one of the most important components of having a close, emotionally intimate relationship.

• Speak the language of love: Emotional intimacy has its own language, the language of endearment. Focus on all the right features of your partner -- the personal qualities you saw when you first met and still appreciate, and start to verbalize that information. If your partner reciprocates, it will create a feeling of closeness. These words don’t have to be rational or logical, but they should always be a validation of the

relationship and your partner.

• Lose your inhibitions: Be open with each other about everything -- including sex.

Unfortunately, lingering guilt, fear and shame on this topic prevent many couples from being candid with one another. Learn to lose those inhibitions so that you can share your needs, desires, feelings and concerns.

• Give each other space: You don’t need to do everything together to have a happy relationship. In fact, the happiest couples tend to give each other the support and space needed to maintain their independent interests.

You don’t have to resign yourself to receding happiness as time passes. A challenge of your current beliefs can help you rekindle the spark and enjoy a closer, more meaningful relationship.

February 2019

“Marriage is more than a wedding and a license, it’s a psychological, emotional and spiritual sense of connection,” says Dr. Frederick D. Mondin, a marriage counselor, human sexuality professor and author of the new book, “Erotic Love & Marriage: Improve Your Sex Life and Emotional Connection,” which offers insights on the issues that almost every relationship struggles with, as well as solutions that highlight connection, communication and exploration.

• Keep dating: No matter how busy you become, you should never stop having the kind of fun you had when you were courting. Whether it’s hiking beautiful trails, going to concerts, or giving and attending parties, these activities should be carried into any long-term relationship if you intend to have a

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(StatePoint) Whether you’re a honeymooner or you’re celebrating your 50th anniversary, there’s a chance that the romantic spark that brought you and your partner together in the first place needs to be rekindled. Experts say that a continually fulfilling relationship requires establishing and maintaining a complete connection.

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February 2019

Valentine’s

Day for the kids

Although Valentine’s Day may be geared toward adults, children are quite drawn to the celebration as well. Perhaps it’s the promise of candy or chocolate that gets their attention, but Valentine’s Day annually appeals to the younger set.

Some couples opt to leave children in the capable hands of a babysitter come Valentine’s Day and enjoy the evening solo. But for those who want to include youngsters in their fun, they can explore the many enjoyable and clever crafts and other activities available.

Learning games

Valentine’s Day can be turned into a learning opportunity for children. One idea is to create an “Attracting Love” game that illustrates the power of magnets and the laws of attraction. Fill an empty glass jar with various items made into heart shapes. These can include small pieces of pipe cleaner, paper clips, paper, and even aluminum foil hearts. Put the top on the jar and shake up the contents. Let children guess which items will be attracted to a magnet, then have them test their theory with a strong magnet rubbed on the outside of the jar. See which hearts are attracted to the magnet.

Other learning games can include matching or finding the differences between pictures, counting paper hearts or making recipes of scented modeling dough.

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Dessert fun

Invite youngsters into the kitchen to try their hands at different recipes, making sure that they have a chance to sample their handiwork afterward.

Faux chocolate truffles made with chocolate sandwich cookies can be a tasty treat for little hands. Start by mashing up some Oreo¨ cookies, then add them to a bowl with one 8-ounce package of cream cheese. Mix until everything is incorporated into a sticky batter. Truffles can be made into balls or heart shapes. For children celebrating Valentine’s Day and winter fun, turn the truffles into edible snowmen. Dip the truffles into melted chocolate or colored candy melts to coat. Place on a wax paper-covered cookie sheet and refrigerate for an hour, or until the truffles are firm.

Crafts

Children can have fun cutting out cupids, making coloring pages or doing just about any other Valentine-inspired craft, like making their own cards.

Another craft idea is to write secret love notes with invisible ink. Lemon juice can be used as invisible ink. Have children write a message by dipping a cotton swab or their finger in lemon juice and then writing words on a white piece of paper. Once the papers have dried, an adult can reveal the message by placing the paper in front of a heat source, such as an iron or a light bulb.

The message will magically appear and reveal those secret sentiments.

Children can get crafty by making gifts for the special people in their lives. Combine the concept of valentines with the ambiance of a candle. For an even safer alternative, opt for an LED-flame candle instead of traditional candles.

Kids can glue foam conversation hearts, sold at many craft stores, to the outside of the candle.

Wrap the middle of the candle with ribbon, and they’ve just created an easy, heartfelt gift.

Kids’ dinner

Encourage the next generation of chefs to create culinary masterpieces, which they can then serve to family members or friends. Children can even prepare dinner as a token of appreciation

their parents.

Plan recipes with kids in advance, but look for age-appropriate menu ideas, particularly those that will not require much use of the stovetop or other dangerous kitchen appliances. Kids can always do the prep work and then ask an adult to put the food into the oven for cooking.

One easy idea is to create heart-shaped hamburger sliders and Valentine-colored mashed potatoes. Use red potatoes with the skin on to create the potato mash. The sliders can be shaped by hand or using a heart-shaped cookie cutter.

Valentine’s Day is just around the corner and the holiday presents many opportunities for children to share in the fun and festivities.

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February 2019 Answer:Elijah Wood

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• Both January and February originally had 28 days.

However, at the time, even numbers were considered to bring bad luck, so Pompilius added another day to January. However, February was left with 28 days and had long been considered an unlucky month.

• February was the last month of the year for around 200 years, until the Gregorian calendar designated January the start of the new year.

• Julius Caesar is responsible for adjusting the calendar and the length of February’s length. In the Julian calendar, 10 days were added to the calendar year in various months, and February was increased every four years (leap year) to 29 days to coordinate the calendar year to the solar cycle of roughly 365.2425 days.

• During common years, February can pass by without a single full moon.

• In the northern hemisphere, February is the equivalent to the third month of winter. In the southern hemisphere, it is the third month of summer.

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Despite being the shortest month of the calendar year, February has an interesting history.

Early calendars marked the start of the new year in March, but when the second king of Rome, Numa Pompilius, rose to the throne in 713 BC, he synchronized the calendar to the lunar year. That required the addition of January and February.

• February was named after an end-of-year celebration called ‘Februa,’ also known as ‘Februalia’ or ‘Februatio.’ Februa was a Roman festival of ritual purification and washing ~ a spring cleaning of sorts. This festival was later incorporated into Lupercalia, another Roman celebration that has ties to Groundhog Day. January was actually added after February and was named after Janus, the Roman god of beginnings and endings.

• In Finnish, February is called ‘helmikuu,’ meaning ‘month of the pearl’, ~ which refers to the snow melting on tree branches.

• During leap years, February will end on the same day that it begins.

• February’s birthstone is the amethyst, which symbolizes piety, sincerity and spiritual wisdom.

• Residents of St. Lucia celebrate their independence on February 22.

• Despite being the shortest month of the year, February is packed with events. In addition to Valentine’s Day, Groundhog Day, World Marriage Day, and Presidents’ Day, February is when Flag Day is celebrated in both Canada and Mexico. February also serves as Black History Month.

February is notable for many reasons and packs quite a number of activities into its few weeks.

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February 2019

Educating America’s youth Black History Month, also known as African American History Month, has been celebrated in the U.S. since 1976. The event aims to encourage all Americans to take the time to learn about the people, trials and events that history has a tendency to forget. It seeks to shed light on the contributions African Americans have made to this country’s social, political, cultural and economic landscapes.

Regular school curriculums sometimes overlook the more trying times in our nation’s past. It’s for that very reason that educating young people on the role African Americans played in developing this country is so important. Doing so will allow our children to better understand and obtain the full scope of American history.

HOW CAN WE DO IT? The unedited history of black America is a difficult subject to say the least.

However, there are a number of ways we can approach this topic to make it easier and more accessible for a younger audience: 1.Read black literature: explore the different perspectives of African-American authors.

2.Learn about important black historical figures: talk about the people who fought for civil rights historically, and those who continue to do so today.

3.Listen to black music: study the soul of African-American culture.

4.Learn about the origins of Black History Month: talk about why it’s important.

5.Talk about racism and discrimination: the only way to understand and prevent prejudiced behavior is to discuss it openly.

Help educate our children about the importance of black history; don’t let it be lost on generations to come.

Don’t let history forget.

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February 2019

BLACK HISTORY MONTH BASICS

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ebruary is Black History Month not only in the U.S., but in the United Kingdom, Canada and the Netherlands.

Keep reading to learn more about Black History Month and celebrate important contributions of six notable African-Americans.

IN AMERICA

It started when Carter G. Woodson, a Harvard-trained historian, wanted to raise awareness of African-American contributions to society. He founded the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History, which announced Negro History Week in 1925 and celebrated the first one in 1926.

The week in February was chosen on purpose; it contained the birth anniversaries of President Abraham Lincoln and abolitionist Frederick Douglass.

The 1960s brought social change and the Civil Rights Act, as well as an increased awareness of African-American contributions to culture. In 1976, the U.S. bicentennial, the week was expanded through the

month of February. President Gerald R. Ford asked Americans to “seize the opportunity to honor the too-often neglected accomplishments of black Americans in every area of endeavor throughout our history.” Since Ford, every American president has declared February Black History Month.

Woodson’s group lives on, too, as the Association for the Study of African-

Jean Baptiste Pointe du Sable The founder of Chicago is a mysterious man. Not much is known about Jean Baptiste Pointe du Sable’s early life; he was born around 1745, possibly in Haiti, maybe in Canada. Maybe his father was a pirate and his mother an African slave. He may have been educated in France. But we know he founded Chicago and that, for years, he wasn’t recognized for it.

Sometime in the 1780s, Du Sable and U.S. ARMY CORPS his family — he mar- OF ENGINEERS Ricki Stevenson, ried a Potawatomie woman and had chil- founder of Black Paris dren — settled in the Tours., speaks about CHICAGO area then known as Sable during a Black MAGAZINE History Month 2014 Eschecagou, near the The house built by event. mouth of the river.

John Baptiste Pointe du Sable close to the He lived there off mouth of the Chicago and on for 20 years, River as it appeared enlarging his trading when owned by the post and holdings. In 1800, he sold his Kinzie family in the Chicago land to John Kinzie, a white MOSES ENGINEERING COMPANY, early 1800s.

NEW YORK man. Kinzie was, for years, hailed as the A depiction of Pointe du Sable first settler of Chicago. Du Sable died in a plaza called Pioneer Court was built on One of the from A.T. Andreas 1884 book 1818 in Missouri. the site of the du Sable homestead, and most imHistory of Chicago.

During the 1960s, as Americans realized in 1976, the same year African-American portant is more and more African-American contriHistory Month was federally declared, the the DuSable Museum of African-Amerbutions to the nation, du Sable started to homesite was named a National Historic ican History, founded in 1961, located get the credit he deserved. in Washington Park. It is the oldest, and Landmark.

A 1963 article in Ebony magazine lamentbefore the National African-American Since then, a number of bridges, roads ed that du Sable was not yet recognized in Museum in Washington, D.C., largest and other Chicago-area places and inChicago, pointing out that his home was stitutions have been named for du Sable. museum of African-American culture. known as the Kinzie homestead. In 1965,

American Life and History.

OUTSIDE THE U.S.

The United Kingdom celebrated Black History Month for the first time in 1987 through the leadership of Ghanaian analyst Akyaaba Addai-Sebo. Canada recognized February as Black History Month in 1995 with a motion by the House of Commons.

Mary McLeod Bethune The fifteenth of 17 children born to former slaves, Mary McLeod Bethune grew up to be the founder of a college, a senior official in Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s administration, and present at the founding of the United Nations.

Bethune grew up in South Carolina and was educated in segregated schools. In 1904, she founded the Daytona Educational and Industrial School for Negro Girls in Florida, which eventually became Bethune-Cookman College. She also served as president of the National Association of Colored Women and founded the National Council of Negro Women.

From 1936 to 1944, Bethune was director of Negro Affairs in the National Youth Administration in the Roosevelt administration. She was part of the Black Cabinet, a group of African-American officials who lobbied for advancement for African-Americans. Bethune worked for equal pay for African-American federal workers, African-American participation in New Deal programs, ending lynching and stopping the poll tax, and was a regular speaker at conferences on racial issues. She also served as president of Carter G. Woodson’s Association for the Study of Negro Life and History.

During World War II, Bethune was special assistant to the secretary of war and assistant director of the Women’s Army Corps. She left federal service in 1944 but was still president of the National Council of Negro Women, in which capacity she attended the founding conference of the United Nations.

Bethune died in 1955.

Schools around the country are named for Bethune, and the college she founded and which bears her name still exists. A statue of her was erected in Washington, D.C, in 1974, and a crater on Venus is named in her honor.

The National Park Service maintains one of her residences, 1318 Vermont Ave., Washington, D.C., as a historic site.

February 2019

TELFAIR H. BROWN, SR., U.S. COAST GUARD The 100 year celebration of the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, honoring the military members of the fraternity.

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Another South Carolina native, Ernest Everett Just was a biologist and science writer who advocated the study of whole cells under normal conditions, recognizing the role of the cell surface in the development of organisms.

Just was born in 1883 and survived a bout with typhoid while still young. He went on to graduate from Dartmouth, where he distinguished himself as a Rufus Choate scholar and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. He went on to teach at Howard University, where he and three students founded the Omega Psi Phi fraternity. In 1909, Just was invited PUBLIC DOMAIN to the Marine Biology Laboratory at Woods Hole, Mass., by University of Chicago head of zoology Frank R. Lillie. He spent just about every one of the next 20 summers in the lab, investigating the eggs of marine invertebrates.

In 1916, Just graduated with a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago, and continued his duties as the head of the Department of Zoology at Howard. He traveled to Europe, conducting research at prestigious institutions in Italy, Germany and France. Just authored two books, “Basic Methods for Experiments on the Eggs of Marine Animals” and “The Biology of the Cell Surface,” both in 1939. But he continued to be frustrated by racism in America and his difficulty finding a more prestigious appointment at a research university.

In 1940, Just was working in France when Germany invaded.

He was imprisoned but later that year was rescued by the U.S. State Department. In 1941, he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and died that year.

Just was the subject of a book that was a finalist for the 1984 Pulitzer Prize, “Black Apollo of Science: The Life of Ernest Everett Just” by Kenneth R. Manning. A number of symposia and awards also bear his name, and a special issue of the journal Molecular Reproduction and Development is dedicated to him.

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Hattie McDaniel (left) on the set of “Gone with the Wind,” along with Olivia de Havilland (center) and Vivien Leigh (right) in 1939.

Hattie McDaniel

Hattie McDaniel has a career so distinguished that she has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, one for TV and one for radio. A singer and actress, McDaniel was the first African-American to win an Academy Award for her role as Mammy in “Gone With the Wind.”

Born to former slaves, McDaniel was born in Kansas but grew up in Colorado.

Her brother and sister also acted and sang, and McDaniel worked on her songwriting skills with her brother’s minstrel show. She toured and appeared on radio shows and in films, working as a maid or cook when she couldn’t get work performing. McDaniel finally had a leading role in the 1934 film “Judge Priest,” followed by “Alice Adams” in 1935, and starring alongside Jean Harlow, Clark Gable and Bela Lugosi in a steady drum of other films that year.

Her best known role is in 1939’s “Gone With the Wind,” where she starred as the maid, Mammy, alongside Gable and Olivia de Havilland. McDaniel earned an Academy Award for that role at the 1940 Twelfth Academy Awards, where she sat at a segregated table. The hotel did not allow African-Americans, but admitted McDaniel and an escort as a favor.

“This is one of the happiest moments of my life, and I want to thank each one of you who had a part in selecting me for one of their awards, for your kindness,” McDaniel said in her acceptance speech.

“It has made me feel very, very humble; and I shall always hold it as a beacon for anything that I may be able to do in the future. I sincerely hope I shall always

be a credit to my race and to the motion picture industry.”

McDaniel went on to play a series of domestic workers on screen, appearing for the last time in 1951 as the titular character of the hit ABC series “Beulah,” where she once again was a maid. She died of breast cancer in 1952.

During her success on screen, McDaniel was also one of a handful of Los Angeles homeowners to win in the courtroom.

The case centered on African-American

homeownership in a traditionally white upscale neighborhood of West Adams Heights, popularly called Sugar Hill.

Sued by white homeowners, the AfricanAmericans, including McDaniel won the right to live there.

In another twist, since McDaniel’s death, her historic Oscar award has been missing. It was meant to have ended up at Howard University — and did for a time — but has since disappeared.

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Matthew Henson Explorer Matthew Henson spent nearly 20 years trekking the frozen north with his more famous colleague Robert Peary, including the 1909 expedition that claimed to reach the geographic North Pole.

Henson was born in Maryland to sharecroppers and grew up in the Washington, D.C., area. He was hired by Peary as a personal valet in 1887, and Henson first accompanied him to the Arctic in 1891. In 19081909, Henson also accompanied Peary on the Greenland expedition that claimed to reach the geographic North Pole, even planting the flag at the spot, but the claim the Peary expedition reached the pole was debunked in 1989. Henson served as navigator and craftsman and, like Peary, had a relationship with an Inuit woman. They had a son, Anauakaq.

The 1909 expedition brought Henson some

fame. He published a memoir in 1912, “A Negro Explorer at the North Pole.” He became the first African-American lifetime member of The Explorers Club, was awarded a duplicate of the Peary Polar Expedition Medal, and was received at the White House by President Harry Truman and President Dwight Eisenhower. But Henson’s achievements didn’t receive the same recognition Peary’s did. He spent the rest of his life working at the U.S. Customs House in New York.

Henson died in 1955.

A U.S. Navy ship, the USS Henson, a Pathfinder class oceanographic survey ship, is named in his honor, as is a conservation center in Washington, D.C., and a National Geographic Society scholarship. Maryland has several schools and a state park named for Henson, as well.

Bessie Coleman

Born in 1892 in Texas, Bessie Coleman started out picking cotton.

But her dream was in the sky.

Coleman had to go all the way to France to achieve it; no American flight school would take her.

In 1919, she left for Europe and, in 1921, became the first person of African-American descent and the first person of Native American descent to become an internationally licensed pilot by the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale.

Coleman received training from the Fokker Corp., and met with Anthony Fokker, one of the world’s most distinguished aircraft designers.

Queen Bess, as she was called, returned to America to make her living barnstorming, or flying in stunt shows. Coleman also lectured and even opened a beauty shop to make money to buy a plane. At her shows, she would refuse to take to the air unless the crowd was desegregated and everyone used the same gate.

Coleman bought a Jenny JN-4 in Dallas in 1926. Her mechanic and agent, William D. Willis, flew the plane back to Coleman in Jacksonville, Fla., making several stops for mechanical issues along the way. Coleman insisted on flying and, on April 30, fell 3,500 feet from the open cockpit to her death during a test flight. It was found a wrench used to service the engine had jammed the controls. More than 10,000 mourners attended her funeral in Chicago, which was presided over by journalist Ida B. Wells, a champion for equal rights.

Airport roads and memorials around the world honor Coleman, as do several schools and aviation awards. Mae Jemison, the first African-American female astronaut, took a picture of Coleman with her into space.

Simple Steps The American Heart Association and its partners spend a lot of energy in February explaining the simple steps that Americans can take to improve their heart health.

Their message is clear: Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the U.S. but is highly preventable.

Spread the Word You can do your part to help American Heart Association in its efforts. Do a little research on heart health and spread the message with your friends and family members.

You can also take your voice to social media by tweeting, posting and broadcasting heart-healthy tips and tricks.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ website, HealthFinder.gov, features an American Heart Month toolkit full of sample tweets and informational resources that can help you share the message.

Heart Disease Factors

intensity exercise for at least 30 minutes of most days of the week. This regular activity can help you maintain a healthy weight and lower your cholesterol and blood pressure.

Healthy Diet: Mixing in plenty of vegetables and fruits in into your diet can help you avoid heart disease. Opt for foods low in saturated fat, trans fat and cholesterol for optimum health.

Manage Blood Pressure: Keep an eye on your blood presTHE SEVEN FACTORS sure regularly. You can check it at a pharmacy, a doctor’s office Don’t Smoke: Cigarette smoking greatly increases your risk for heart disease. Talk to your doctor about quitting or encourage or even at home. Doing so can help you stay heart-healthy.

Cholesterol: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention someone who smokes to stop as soon as possible.

Maintain Healthy Weight: Doctors often calculate body mass urges adults to have their cholesterol checked at least every five years. It is a simple blood test that can help alert your doctor of index (BMI) to determine if a person’s weight is within a healthy range. It is a good number to know because being over- any increased risk factors for heart disease.

Glucose Levels: Especially for people with diabetes, it is cruweight or obese can increase your risk for heart disease. cial that blood sugar levels are kept in check. Talk with your Exercise: And not just for a few minutes each day. The doctor about how to best monitor your levels and reduce your Surgeon General recommends that adults engage in moderaterisk for heart disease.

For the first time, the American Heart Association has defined what it means to have ideal cardiovascular health.

Its goal comes from the heart. The organization is focused on improving heart health of all Americans by 20 percent while reducing deaths from cardiovascular disease – all by the year 2020.

Preparing for Heart Surgery

DURING THE SURGERY You will be given anesthesia to cause deep sleep and freedom from pain, which generally means you will The thought of undergoing any type of heart surgery can be overremember nothing of the operation. whelming. Although you may be nervous, it is important to remember Depending on the scope, heart surgeries usually take three to five that doctors perform successful heart surgeries every day all over the hours, according to American Heart Association. Family members and world. friends are usually allowed to stay in the waiting room, and can be Doing your part to be prepared for the operation can go a long way in notified shorty after your surgery. calming your nerves. Talk early and often to your physician about the After the operation, you will be transported to the intensive care or procedure and focus your thoughts on the end goal: to have a healthier, recovery unit to begin your rehabilitation from surgery. stronger heart.

BEFORE THE SURGERY You will most likely arrive to the hospital the day before your surgery, depending on whether you are undergoing an emergency or planned procedure.

Be ready for potential X-rays, blood tests and continuous monitoring as your surgical team gathers all pertinent patient information.

Be sure to ask any questions you may have regarding the operation, hospital facilities or potential effects after surgery.

AFTER THE SURGERY Depending on what type of surgery you have, the road to recovery can be filled with certain challenges, especially if you’re used to exerting yourself physically.

You will most likely be under strict doctor’s orders to rest and avoid even moderate exercise while your heart and body heal from surgery.

Again, remember your end goal. You have made it through all of the preparation, as well as the actual surgery, and must be cautious not to take on extra physical or mental stress. Doing so can set back your recovery time and even cause complications.

February 2019

American Heart Month is sponsored by the American Heart Association, which devotes February to community outreach, marketing initiatives and educational programs – all aimed at bringing attention to American heart health.

Healthy choices and proper management of health conditions can go a long way to reducing heart disease, as can an informed public dedicated to helping their fellow Americans reach peak heart health.

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February doesn’t devote only one day to the heart anymore. Yes, you can still spoil your sweetie on Valentine’s Day, but medical professionals are hoping that a month-long campaign of awareness will convince you to help your own heart, too.

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