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Ballroom dance healthy, nostalgic

GENERATIONAL ISOLATION There’s an app for that

VIETNAM Baldwin County’s response

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About the cover Whisk Me Away John Prine returns to Saengar / BRAGGING RIGHTS, FBC of Mobile Making the most of each day Changing Seasons Calendar of events John Hospodka Author adapts multimedia into work BRAGGING RIGHTS A private talk Flashback 50 / BRAGGING RIGHTS, friends of the trail Annual wellness visits Generational Isolation Two Americans in China China vs. Cuba Food for Thought Grill myths debunked NFA Scholarships / Jeff Sessions’ failed amendment USS Alabama change of command Tax Talk 9 Reasons to take a probiotic It’s your choice Choose where you go for medical visits

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uRolling Stones, flipping pages Boomers magazine conveys information, activities and features for and about the baby boomers generation. While revisiting memories from the 1960s era and delving into critical examinations and comparisons thereof, Boomers also strives to pinpoint leisure activities; medical, political and environmental information; and technological options of specific interest to this group. The magazine offers possibilities of the past, present and future for a generation that never stops booming.

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An Introduction to Boomers magazine

by Editor Jessica Jones

boomers Wants Your Input

Boomers magazine would like submissions for our Bragging Rights section. Please let us know if you have any of the following of your grandchildren, spouse, family or friends: 1. Unusual nicknames 2. Funny or memorable quotes 3. Candid photos

Want to advertise in boomers magazine?

Full page advertisers get one full page for submitted content, per month Half-page advertisers get a half page for submitted content, per month.

Contact the editor to find your local ad representative.

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Jessica Jones, Editor Editorial and Photography Paige Renka & Billy Birch Layout Design Joe Berry, Eric Cheung, Theresa Corbin, Steve Ellison, Kean Engie, John Jackson, Marilyn McDevitt, Medistat, Joe Painter, Shelley Ragsdale, Kathy Summerlin, Jane Tyler Contributing writers Deirdre Davison, Dr. Linda Mitchell and Amanda Roberts Columnists Fred Marchman Cartoonist Gulf Coast Newspapers 217 N. McKenzie St. Foley, AL 36535 251-943-2151 features@gulfcoastnewspapers.com

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has become a popular pastime among Boomers. Several reasons for the growing popularity come to mind — the health benefits exercising provides and the nostalgia ballroom dancing brings, perhaps that of dancing with a loved one or at special occasions in life, or even of watching Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly movies. A third reason might be ballroom dance classes and groups offer opportunities for singles and couples, so that dancers may come as they are.

Mike Powell and Debbie Simmons of Fred Astaire Dance Studio in Daphne say those reasons plus many more bring Boomers into their midst.

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ballroom dance “can be high or low impact depending on what level you're working on.”

He added the sport doesn't stop at physical exercise; it also works the brain muscle.

“Reports say one of the best things you can do to ward off Alzheimer's is to stimulate the brain and use creativity,” he explained.

He said his studio teaches dance, and beginners need not be frightened by professionals on TV. Simmons, a ballroom dancer since 1988, offered another incentive, her own.

“I just fell in love with dancing and teaching and how it brings couples together,” she said. “Many tell me, 'This is our social life.'”

A variety of groups and studios exist, and Powell said students can choose options like private lessons for singles or couples or party lessons on Friday evenings.

“You really don't need anything to get started,” he revealed. “If you can walk through the door, you can begin ballroom dancing.”

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John Prine returns to the Pensacola Saenger

By Kathy Summerlin Considered the “songwriter’s songwriter,” John Prine will perform in concert on Oct. 20 at the Saengar Theatre.

Some four decades since his remarkable debut, John Prine has stayed at the top of his game, both as a performer and a songwriter. Recently honored at the Library of Congress by U.S. Poet Laureate Ted Kooser, he’s been elevated from the annals of songwriters into the realm of bonafide American treasures.

John Prine is a rare talent who writes the songs other songwriters would sell their souls for. Evidence of this is the long list of songwriters who have recorded gems from his extensive catalog including Johnny Cash, Bonnie Raitt, the Everly Brothers, John Denver, Kris Kristofferson, Carly Simon, Ben Harper, Joan Baez and many others.

WHAT: John Prine concert WHEN: Oct. 20, 8 p.m.

WHERE: Pensacola Saenger Theatre Box Office, 22 E. Intendencia St. COST: $59.50 and $49.50; buy at Ticketmaster outlets, charge by phone at 800-745-3000 or online at ticketmaster.com.

MORE INFO: For upcoming events at the Saenger Theatre, visit www.pensacolasaenger.com or search Saenger Theatre on Facebook.

BRAGGING RIGHTS First Baptist Church of Mobile

By Marilyn McDevitt

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irst Baptist Church of Mobile’s Mission Team returns to the City of La Romana in the Dominican Republic, where members will again work in conjunction with the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship and the Hospital General Buen Samaritano. While in La Romana, the team will work with children at the Ninos De Cristo Orphanage.

They will also continue construction of the La Lechosa Baptist Church and water purification system projects they began last summer. The trip, organized

by Tim Williamson, takes place the first week of June. Team members are volunteers from First Baptist Church of Mobile, Interact Club of Spanish Fort High School and other churches. For information on this or future mission trips, call the Mobile First Baptist Church office at 251-432-6513.

FBC Mission Team members pictured here are (front row) Gina McClure, Iboo Green and Becca Diring (Interact Club). (Back row) Ross Nelson (Interact Club), David Roberts, Tim Williamson (FBC & Interact), John Wesley Williamson (FBC & Interact), George Bond and Doug Dunning.

Not pictured are Emma Everson and Emily Jennings, both members of the Interact Club of Spanish Fort High School; and Dotty McDowell and Seth Pritchett of FBC Mobile.

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Bob Pitts

Reverse Mortgage Advisor 251-233-3356

bob.pitts@libertyhomequity.com www.libertyhomeequity.com

Liberty Home Equity Solutions, Inc.

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Discover the HECM for Purchase Loan If you are 62 years or older, the Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM) for Purchase Loan may help you buy your next home without required monthly mortgage payments.* The HECM for Purchase is a Federal Housing Administration (FHA) insured home loan that allows seniors to use the equity from the sale of a previous residence to buy their next primary home in one transaction. Regardless of how long you live in the home or what happens to your home’s value, you only make one, initial investment (down payment) towards the purchase.

Why Consider the Loan?

No matter what your needs may be, a HECM for Purchase Loan may help: Ĺ˜ Eliminate monthly mortgage payments* Ĺ˜ Increase your purchase power Ĺ˜ Preserve your cash Ĺ˜ Right-size to a smaller, lower maintenance home Ĺ˜ Buy a home closer to family or friends Ĺ˜ Lower your cost of living during retirement Ĺ˜ Enjoy carefree living in a senior housing community

About Us For nearly a decade, Liberty Home Equity Solutions, Inc. (formerly known as Genworth Financial Home Equity Access, Inc.) has been committed to helping seniors gain financial freedom and security through HECM loans.

Liberty is one of the largest and most experienced direct HECM lenders in the United States.

Liberty has an A+ Better Business Bureau Rating and is a member of the National Reverse Mortgage Lenders Association. When you work with us, you can expect: Ĺ˜ Dedicated licensed loan professionals Ĺ˜ Competitive pricing and flexible terms Ĺ˜ In-house underwriting and processing Ĺ˜ Live people available during business hours Ĺ˜ Fast and efficient funding

Eligibility The amount of money you may receive from a HECM for Purchase Loan depends on the age of the youngest titleholder, current interest rates and fees, and the lesser of the appraised value, the purchase price or the FHA lending limit. Ĺ˜ Youngest titleholder must be 62 years or older Ĺ˜ Purchased home must be a primary residence

occupied within 60 days of loan closing Ĺ˜ Property must be a single family home, 2-4 unit

dwelling or an FHA approved condo, or manufactured home Ĺ˜ The difference between the purchase price of the new home and the HECM loan proceeds must be paid in cash from qualifying sources such as the sale of prior residence, home buyer’s other assets or savings Ĺ˜ Borrower must complete a HUD approved counseling session * The borrower will be responsible for paying property charges including homeowners insurance, taxes, and maintenance of home for the term of the loan. Interest will accrue on loan balance.

"The Workforce Housing Alliance recommends using a certified "Reverse Mortgage Specialist" Real Estate Agent in transactions involving a Reverse Mortgage."

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Bob Pitts

Reverse Mortgage Advisor 251-233-3356

bob.pitts@libertyhomequity.com www.libertyhomeequity.com

Liberty Home Equity Solutions, Inc.

21040 Miflin Road, Suite 4, Foley, AL 36535 LO NMLS # 86575

Lender NMLS # 3313

FAQ’S About Reverse Mortgages

by Bob Pitts Question: My brother and I inherited a home from our parents. My brother wants to continue living there. I want my equity interest so I can buy another home. How can I get my equity since my brother has no funds to pay me?

Answer: Your brother can obtain a Reverse Mortgage. From the proceeds, he can pay you your equity share. You will have to sign over interest in the home at closing.

Question: I am four months behind on my mortgage payments and the lender is going to foreclose. I have plenty of equity in my home. I do not have the funds to payoff the current loan. Does being behind in payments prohibit me from obtaining a Reverse Mortgage?

Answer: As long as the Reverse Mortgage process is completed prior to the foreclosure. Late pays do not effect your eligibility.

Question: What is the minimum age for a Reverse Mortgage?

Answer: With most lenders today, both husband and wife must be 62 or older.

Question: Can I buy a home using a Reverse Mortgage and not have a monthly mortgage payment?

Answer: Yes you can. Down payments are 40% or less depending on your age.

The older you are the less you are required to pay down. Up to 50% of your down payment can be gifted. Some credit qualifying is required, but much less than on a regular mortgage.

If you would like to submit a question, send via e-mail to robert.pitts@gulftel.com or fax to 251-9802074. Questions will be answered in the order received and published in the next issue. Phone answers available at 251-233-3356. Bob Pitts is a multi-state licensed Reverse Mortgage Specialist with Liberty Home Equity Solutions located in Foley, Alabama. He is also the Founder and President of the Workforce Housing Alliance, a national 501(c)(3) non-profit whose mission is public education for housing, mortgages and important community information. Bob is a nationally recognized speaker and is available for your organization.

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Making the most of each day: Changing Seasons

By Deirdre Davison In 1786, Robert Burns wrote the poem, “To a Mouse.”

While the poem may not be memorable, one line is, “The best laid schemes of mice and men often go awry.”

I have heard this saying throughout my life and have come to the conclusion that it’s more than just a saying, it’s a universal law. Plan as we may, things change, morph and evolve. Take for example, this column. It was conceived to reference, report and reflect on points in history, and technically, it does. At the same time, it has become something else, something more personal, something less historically significant but increasingly more valuable to this graying Boomer. What I’ve discovered is that the true joy in referencing these points in history is the walk down memory lane.

I have no real recollection of George Wallace standing on the steps of Foster Auditorium at the University of Alabama to block Vivian Malone and James Hood, two black students, from enrolling. Nor do I have any memory of President John F. Kennedy’s “Peace” speech at American University’s commencement where he called for complete nuclear disarmament and vowed that America would never start a war. I do remember

however, that both President Kennedy and Governor Wallace were the focus of many dinner table debates and cocktail party conversations at our liberally-minded house.

I believe that my memory fails me, because like every other school-aged child (yes, I’m speaking in absolutes) my brain ceased working each year between June and August. When I got off the bus for the last time in June, my thoughts turned from spelling tests, math and geography, to sleeping late, water balloons, sidewalk chalk, the ice cream truck and Bolton Pool.

Bolton Pool - now THAT I remember! Bolton Pool was a city pool. Tracy, my BFF, and I were both allowed to go but only if accompanied by the other. Tracy was older, wiser and more worldly than I, but we were still great friends, at least some of the time. Bright and early every morning at about 10, one of us would lean out of our window and yell across the 10-feet to 15-feet span between our houses to wake the other. We’d chat across the same divide about all that had happened since we’d last spoken, just before climbing into bed the night before, then head downstairs for our respective breakfasts.

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Continued from previous page By noon, Tracy and I were out and about. We could only go to the pool a couple of times a week since admission was a quarter; but when we did go, it was an event! We made the two mile trek, uphill both ways, with towels over our shoulders and flip flops on our feet. Like Billy, from the comic strip, “Family Circus,” our path to the pool was neither direct nor straight. We often stopped at the house of the lady who worked. She had an awesome wraparound porch staged with heavily cushioned and incredibly comfortable wicker furniture.

We’d hang out there for a bit to escape the heat of the sidewalk. It never occurred to us that we were trespassing or that the lady might take issue with us hanging out on her front porch without her being there.

Our next stop was the corner store. It was a combination hardware and drug store. They had candy, nuts and bolts, model airplane and car kits, kites, cough syrup, and a zillion things in between. We’d both grab threefor-a-nickel Bazooka bubble gums and before we were a block away our cheeks bulged like squirrels gathering nuts for winter. Three pieces of gum made bubble blowing more interesting. I didn’t understand then that bigger wasn’t necessarily better and as a result, rarely a summer passed when I didn’t have my bangs cut away to remove bubble remnants.

The sugar, the flavor, and the fun of the gum lasted just long enough to get us to Newmann’s Bake Shoppe, a little piece of bakery heaven. Tracy got a cherry cheese danish and I got a poppy seed danish. We’d munch on those until we made it to Bolton Pool. As soon as we made it through the girls’ locker room and stepped into the fray of hundreds of other kids with $.25 to burn, Tracy would turn on her heels and leave me standing as if I was a stranger who had just happened through the locker room at the same time. Remember, she was older,

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wiser and more worldly than I. By worldly, I meant boys. She already had curves where curves should be and unlike me whose fair skin burned, peeled and freckled, her olive skin, dark hair and eyes were made for the summer sun.

I was okay with that. She had to contend with all of those adolescent boys while I was the lucky one who got to do underwater handstands, dive off of the not so high board, and swim! I didn’t know what I was missing ... yet. Still, when the sun cast a certain shadow, we both knew that it was time to start making our way home and we instantly became BFFs again with none of the jealousy that might have been there had I, too, had curves.

Recently, I visited my hometown and drove down my old street. Tracy’s bedroom window is still 10 feet to 15 feet from mine and the sidewalk still meanders past the house with the awesome porch. The corner store is now a brokerage firm and Newmann’s is a Taco joint. Bolton pool still has throngs of kids, but unlike 50 years ago, it’s no longer White Only. My old neighborhood is now a diverse and thriving community of professionals.

As I wrote earlier, “plan as we may, things change, morph and evolve.” I’m sure that George Wallace didn’t anticipate at the time he was standing on the steps of Foster Auditorium that two years later Vivian Malone Jones would become the first African American to graduate from the University of Alabama or that 20 years later he would publicly admit to the wrongness of those actions. My innocuous memories of June, 1963 in no way diminish the importance of that time in history and my parents recall and conversation of the time was much different than mine. Still, I like that mine flavors a time of change with the sweetness of innocence. A time when all that mattered was a cool breeze on a hot summer day.

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SummerTide Theater presents “Jubilee- Songs of and about Alabama”

8 p.m., May 31-June 28 Tuesdays through Saturdays $20 adults, $15 children, group rate available George C. Mayer Performing Arts Center, 2022 West 2nd St., Gulf Shores Jubilee Songs of and about the South, Showcasing Alabama’s Rich Musical Heritage Call 251-968-6721.

Sunday Sunset Series

3 p.m. every Sunday until Aug. 25 $5 per person American Legion post 199 Fairhope-700 Mobile Street on Mobile Bay American Legion Post 199 is launching a Sunday Sunset Series of concerts on the beach. A different band, with it’s own unique music will play each week. Although there is plenty of parking, guests can also choose to arrive by bicycle, kayak or boat.

The North Baldwin Chamber’s Crawfish Bash

June 21 The Chamber staff and Board are busy planning a family affair that will be fun for all ages. More details will be revealed soon, but in the meantime we are on the search for some Crawdaddy Sponsors.

For more, contact 251-937-5665, assist@northbaldwinchamber.com or www.northbaldwinchamber. com.

Music and a Movie in the Park

6 p.m., Fridays in June Music begins at 6 p.m. with a movie following at dusk, each Friday in June.

Heritage Park, Foley June 21 Hair Spray June 28 Babe The Gallant Pig For more information, visit www.VisitFoley.org.

59th Annual Members’ Juried Art Show

Opening Reception 5:30-7:30 p.m., June 27 On view June 27-Aug. 3 Museum hours are Tuesday-Friday 10 a.m. - 5 p.m., Saturday 12-5 p.m.

Admission is $5 for adults and $3 for students, seniors and active dutymilitary. Children under 5 are

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free. Tuesdays, admission is free to the public.

Pensacola Museum of Art, 407 S. Jefferson St., Pensacola, Fla. Call 850-432-6247 or visit www.facebook.com/pensacolamuseumofart.

Walter Overton Collection at Swift Coles Historic Home

10 a.m.-4 p.m., through June 28 Tuesday and Friday Adults $5, children 6 and under free The Swift Coles Historic Home 17424 Swift Coles Lane, Bon Secour The exhibit will display pieces from the Overton Collection , which include “Southland Sketches” published in the Press Register for 37 years.

For information, call 251-580-1897.

Discover our State Parks!

Ponce DeLeon Springs State Park!

10 a.m., June 29 Free Ponce DeLeon Springs State Park, 2860 Ponce DeLeon Springs Road, Ponce DeLeon, Fla. Join us for an old fashioned family summer day get together. Bring your picnic baskets and swim suits as there are lots of activities to do.

Contact Peggy Grantham, 850-982-9490.

The Shark Adventure Run

7 a.m., July 4 Flora-Bama 17401 Perdido Key Drive, Pensacola Come and enjoy this adventure race or the 1-mile beach fun run. The shark adventure run is a 4.5mile road and beach run (2 miles on the road and 2.5 miles on the beach). On the beach, particpants will encounter “shark” people. They will be scattered along the course with the purpose of taking the “bait” (or flags) off the belt that all participants will be issued. The sharks are not allowed to touch the runners, but if they gather all three of a runners’ baits, they will not be eligible for any awards.

Participants are invited to post race entertainment at the Flora-Bama. Visit the website for registration information. www.active.com/running/perdido-key-beach-fl/ the-shark-adventure-run-2013

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Fourth of July Celebration

July 4 Perdido Beach Resort 27200 Perdido Beach Blvd., Orange Beach Join Perdido Beach Resort for its annual Independence Day Celebration featuring the Grammynominated Wannabeatles performing live along with a spectacular beach-front fireworks display.

Executive Chef John Hamme will be preparing a barbecue buffet on the beach deck with a menu of favorites to choose from. Call to purchase advanced tickets.

251-981-9811 or www.perdidobeachresort.com

Alabama: Back at the Bowery Tour

8 p.m., July 5 Amphitheater at the Wharf, Orange Beach

Dave Matthews Band concert

7 p.m., July 23 Amphitheater at the Wharf, Orange Beach

Blue Marlin Grand Championship

July 9-14 The Wharf Marina 4673 Wharf Parkway, Orange Beach Beachgoers will not want to miss the Blue Marlin Grand Championship of the Gulf (BMGC) which returns to The Wharf in Orange Beach. Attendees may enjoy a weekend of sportfishing, live entertainment, giveaways and drawings, drinks, food and fun. There will be a kick-off party on Main Street on July 10 with live entertainment from 6-9 p.m. and a boat parade on July 11. Weigh-ins will take place on July 12 from 7-10 p.m. and July 13 from 5-10 p.m. A sponsor village will open at 6 p.m. on July 12 and 13 with live entertainment on the tournament stage on July 12.

251-224-1000 or www.thewharfmarina.com/bmgc

Jerry Seinfeld

7 p.m., July 11 $77.50 and $63. Tickets available at the Mobile civic Center Box Office, at all Ticketmaster Outlets, by phone at 800-745-3000 at www.Ticketmaster.com.

Mobile Civic Center Friends of Seinfeld Pre-Sale offer May 8 amd 9 at 10:00am only. Buy now for premium advanced

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seats. Seinfel has been hailed for his uncanny ability to joke about the little things in life that relate to audiences everywhere. He now has set his sights on performing both nationally and internationally in 2013.

“Understanding Google” seminar

5:30-7 p.m., July 18 Free Bay Minette City Hall Council Chambers The North Baldwin Chamber of Commerce has joined forces with Ray Dougherty, Director of Digital Media for Gulf Coast Newspapers. The seminar includes a primer on the basics of Google AdWords, Analytics, Webmaster Tools and other products.

For more, visit www.north baldwinchamber.com.

12th Annual Mobile Big Game Fishing Club (MBGFC) Billfish Limited Tournament

July 26-28 Orange Beach Marina 27075 Marina Road, Orange Beach This catch and release billfish, tuna, dolphin and wahoo tournament will feature 32-foot inboards and under and outboards of any size. Registration received by July 24 costs $200 per angler and $250 per angler on July 26, tournament registration day.

There is a minimum of three anglers per boat. The MBGFC weigh dock opens from 4-8 p.m. at Orange Beach Marina on Saturday, July 27. A champion breakfast will take place on Sunday, July 28. www.mbgfc.org

16th Annual Jennifer Claire Moore Foundation Professional Rodeo

7 p.m.-10 p.m., Aug 1 to 3 Adults $10, children 4-6 $6, under 3 free Foley Horse Arena From bull riding to barrel racing to children’s activities, the Rodeo is fun for the whole family.

The professional riders who compete in the Rodeo bring edge-of-your-seat skills and excitement.

Come on out and have a great time while supporting a great cause. The Jennifer Claire Moore Foundation is celebrating the 16th year of this event with proceeds going toward helping youth cope with day-to-day life.

Contact Ashley Jones 251-971-3633 or www.jennifermoorefoundation.com/Rodeo.html.

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John Hospodka’s New Form

By Theresa corbin We see it every day, when we read the news online, when we connect on Facebook, even when we try to read an eBook. Multimedia is everywhere, imbedded in the things we read daily distracting our thought process, and guiding us away from our planned destination. Whether it is a video inviting us to abandon our newsfeed, an ad for a coupon to our favorite restaurant, or a message chiming in to let us know someone wants to talk to us, we are all aware of the power of multimedia to grab our attention.

John Hospodka, a Chicago native, founder of Bohemian Pupil Press and author, agrees that multimedia can be distracting.

“The common gripe literary purists have with enhanced eBooks is that the multimedia distracts from the literary experience. I tend to agree. But here we are: 2013. We can’t ignore multimedia, and rather than allowing it to misguide us we need to harness it and try to make it a positive element in our meditative thinking experience.”

And that is exactly what Hospodka has done in his newly released book “South Side Trilogy: A Literary Picture Show.”

In “South Side Trilogy,” Hospodka not only incorporates different forms of writing, he also seamlessly marries literature with video, music, audio monologues, character slide show, illustration and art and links to an index to truly create a vivid picture show.

All of the media employed in “South Side Trilogy” add to the story telling instead of distracting from it, contrary to what most readers experience with media when it meets literature. The layers of sound and movement allow the reader to become a part of the story.

Hospodka says, the fiction “and its inhabitants could not be truthfully portrayed or expressed without populating within ‘South Side Trilogy’ every literary technique and multimedia available to me.

I want the reader to dive into the neighborhood, not hover over it.”

For Hospodka, a self-proclaimed, “lifetime Chicagoan,” there was no better place for him to set his trilogy.

“The work is about a fictional neighborhood on the South Side of Chicago called Hardscrabble.”

Hospodka explains, “It is a toilsome type of neighborhood, one in which you’d never believe acts of culture could or would exist. Though brought to life as a fictional neighborhood, I’ve interspersed actual locations, names, and so forth, throughout the work.

Hardscrabble is based on two very real neighborhoods — Pilsen, the neighborhood my grandfolks landed in from Czechoslovakia in the 1890s, and its neighbor Bridgeport, where my wife and I’ve made our home for almost 15 years now.”

According to the “South Side Trilogy” official description, “The Chicago that inhabits this engaging Literary Hospodka Picture Show resounds with a barely missed deliverance.

‘South Side Trilogy’ introduces the soul of a Chicago that has one hand in the pocket of its own death, and the other hand in the pocket of its own ghost.”

Evolving with the literary times, Hospodka hopes that “with my endeavors to introduce experiments that will save poetry for the 99 percent, taking it out of the dictates of the 1 percenters, the academics, MFA-ers.”

Hospodka is no one trick pony by any means of the term. In addition to his multimedia burlesque, Hospodka is the founder of Bohemian Pupil Press (www.bohemianpupil.com), and its monthly poetry magazine, “Dead Flowers.”

Hospodka says, “Bohemian Pupil Press and its endeavors are inspired by the belief that there are other Lone Wolf Poets out there, and that people will take to poetry if it’s handed to them on their terms. To me, poetry is too important to not risk challenging the established poetry world to get over its big-bad-self.

Bohemian Pupil Press is not here to make the world cuddly; and ‘Dead Flowers’ has nothing to lose.”

When asked about himself, Hospodka said, “I’m a White Sox fan, and this probably defines me more than I’m able to share here. I mean, Disco Demolition occurred on the South Side, so did the Black Sox scandal; diehard Sox fans have included Nelson Algren, Muddy Waters, Al Capone and the Daleys so, there you go, I’m doomed to be infamous rather than famous.”

As a publisher and writer, Hospodka has some advice for aspiring writers.

“A life is ‘the moment:’ live in the moment much more than you try to capture it - when you constrict the time of the capturing, the capture is the more powerful and threatening for it. Dare to be an out-

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Befriend plumbers over poets. Finally, please, perfect the art of listening - never speak over others, that’s just rude and, these days, too damn predictable.”

Blurring the lines between literary form and media, Hospodka has created a pure adventure in life and literature. “The Literary Picture Show is the first endeavor that, to my mind, has attempted to give theory to multimedia becoming an essence of the writer’s, the poet’s, literary coding. It stands as a way to more realistically initiate poetry into the everyman experience.”

And the more coded we become in our reliance on technology, the more we will see other writers walking in the footsteps of Hospodka, the more we will see other artists writing in their own literary code.

“South Side Trilogy: A Literary Picture Show” is available on iPhones, iPads and iPod Touch devices and can be purchased through iTunes.

RIGHT: Hospodka works to intertwine multimedia into literature in his book “South Side Trilogy.”

The book is based in a fictional neighborhood on the South Side of Chicago.

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Baldwin County’s response to Vietnam: A look through newspapers in the early ‘70s

By John Jackson The United States military involvement in Vietnam ended Aug. 15, 1973 with the passage of the Case-Church Amendment, which forbade further military actions in Vietnam by U.S. forces.

For many of those American service men and women who came home, the war has remained a part of their lives for the past 40 years. For the families of those who did not return, the memory of that era can be a haunting one that never quite goes away.

In looking back to that time through the pages of local newspapers, we can see the martial pride in the residents of Baldwin County and the love they felt for their “native sons and daughters,” who were in country or at least on their way to an assignment.

The newspaper columns were filled with the pictures and short biographies of the youth that had just graduated from training and were well on their way to a posting somewhere in the world. As the twilight of the Vietnam War approached, those from Baldwin County continued to enlist to serve their country, state and county.

Kay Nuzum, local historian and frequent contributor to The Baldwin Times, focused on the Vietnam MIAs in an

article from March 1973.

She described the return of many prisoners of war, which had taken place as the American presence in Vietnam waned. This led her to ponder the plight of MIAs from that same war. Where were they? Were they still alive and held captive? Or were they deceased, yet unrecovered?

She used her opportunity in the pages of the paper to call on readers to contact their Congressional representative to follow up on the tragedy faced by families that did not know the fate of their soldiers.

Unfortunately, to this day, many of the families of those missing in action from Vietnam never found resolution.

Throughout much of 1973, the news from local papers in Baldwin County mentioned little about the situation faced by the remaining troops in Vietnam. As the role of the United States in Southeast Asia dwindled that year, much of the focus was on repairing the damage done by the divisions caused by the Vietnam War and healing the distrust felt by many Americans coming on the heels of the Watergate incident.

That year, there were subtle reminders in the pages of The Baldwin Times that revealed the underlying tension and pain that culminated in the early 1970s. Those were issues that permeated even the quiet communities of rural Baldwin County. A full page advertisement that ran in the June 28 edition of The Baldwin Times pointed out the undercurrents of tension and called for a resolution. It featured an American flag in the foreground surrounded by fireworks bursts.

It said: “Try a little tenderness…We won’t solve our nation’s problems by berating Old Glory or showing it disrespect. On the contrary, by tearing down the Stars and Stripes, we destroy the symbol of what every American wants to achieve: liberty and justice for all. It makes better sense to keep that flag flying before us as a beacon, reminding us of the goals our founding fathers set for a new nation, goals we are still striving toward. Don’t knock it…cherish it.”

That sentiment is a lesson that, some 40 years later, rings true as we embrace those who defend our country today.

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BRAGGING RIGHTS

A private talk

By Joe Berry

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It is impossible to count the many ways you have helped me along this road called ‘life.’

“Possibly your greatest service to me was your help with my son.

Help with the son is great help for the father.

In your never-failing way, you tried to get both father and son over fool’s hill. Many a night, the three of us came back home in the early morning hours with the truck half-filled with trophies you had fairly won in the local shows, my son in the saddle. Not the big shows, but they were big shows to us. I say this was “tpossibly” your most generous gift. When a friend has never let-you-down, how does one look back over 20 years and choose what benefit has been the best?

“I did not know how sick you were until I came home yesterday and found you standing alone in the pasture. You failed, for the first time, to respond to my whistle. You always loved my company, now you stood alone, not answering my call. I knew the time had come for you to enter that great sleep that someday will claim all.

“I could not do it. Maybe with someone else, but not with you. The vet came and you went quietly, but not before your oats. Today a double measure.

“Life has given me many good companions, but none better than you. Whatever I asked, you gave. Every ditch, stream, path, trail, or road, the touch of the reign to your neck guided our way.

Your flanks knew not the touch of a spur. A gentle nudge of my heel was always sufficient. Admittedly, sometimes at the top of a mountain or at the end of a 50-mile day, you would turn your head my way as if to say, ‘Man you are crazy.’ But that look

always came after you had answered my call.

“Old friend, we humans tend to think that we are so important that God loves only us. I don’t think it is that way. I’ve never met a man who matches your measure of loyalty and dependability. With other friends, I will never be able to meet your standard. How could any compassionate God who is said to love the likes of me and not love you?

“The same God made both of us. Would a loving God offer an eternal reward to the likes to me and not do the same for you? I hope not.

“Whatever your future, old friend, I hope the grass will be green and tall, there will be no flies, and the water will be fresh and cool. I hope the trees will offer good shade, your stall will be kept clean, and oats will daily come your way. Some days a double measure.”

The time had come to retire Blow Gum’s Taco, AQHA # 725007, 5/13/70-10/14/93, to the hereafter and cover him with the pasture soil where he had lived for the past 20 years. Maybe my values are warped, but to me he earned the right to a better hereafter than I.

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ZIP Codes were introduced in the U.S., as the U.S. Department of the Post Office kicked off a massive advertising campaign that included the cartoon character “Mr. ZIP,” and the mailing that day of more than 72,000,000 postcards to every mailing address in the United States, in order to inform the addressees of their new five digit postal code. Postal zones had been used since 1943 in large cities, but the ZIP code was nationwide. Use became mandatory in 1967 for bulk mailers.

Brian Sternberg, the world record holder for the pole vault, broke his neck after falling from a trampoline, and was left a quadriplegic. n Baseball pitchers Juan Marichal of the San Francisco Giants, and Warren Spahn of the Milwaukee Braves faced off against each other in a National League baseball game that one author would later call “the greatest game ever pitched.” Tied 0-0 after nine innings, the game was won in the 16th by the Giants on a home run by Willie Mays. n Died: Alicia Patterson, American editor and publisher who founded the newspaper Newsday in 1940 The 100th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg, turning point of the American Civil War, was celebrated with a re-enactment of Pickett’s charge.

Born: Christopher G. Kennedy, U.S. businessman, in Boston, Mass., to Robert F. Kennedy and Ethel Skakel Kennedy, the eighth of their 11 children The sale of liquor, by the drink, was legal in Iowa for the first time in more than 40 years, with “a restaurant in the lakes resort area in northwest Iowa” becoming the site of the first legal drink. n The U.S. Senate set a new record for briefest session by meeting at 9 a.m. and then adjourning three seconds later.

There were only two Senators present for the meeting.

The previous record for brevity had been a five second meeting on September 4, 1951.

The Roman Catholic Church relaxed the ban on cremation as a funeral practice, when Pope Paul VI issued the Instruction that “the burning of the body, after all, has no effect on the soul, nor does it inhibit Almighty God from re-establishing the body,” although the decision was not revealed until May 2, 1964.

Members of the 1963 American Everest Expedition team were awarded the Hubbard Medal by U.S. President John F. Kennedy for their achievement. n The British cargo ship Patrician collided with the U.S. ship Santa Emilia and sank off Gibraltar. Thirtyfour of the 37 crew were rescued by Santa Emilia, with three reported as missing.

The brief partnership of “Rodgers and Lerner” was dissolved, and production of the first Rodgers-Lerner musical, “I Picked a Daisy”, was halted permanently. Composer Richard Rodgers had success-

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fully collaborated with lyricist Lorenz Hart (“Babes in Arms”) and then with lyricist Oscar Hammerstein II (“The Sound of Music”), while lyricist Alan Jay Lerner had a successful team with composer Frederick Loewe (“My Fair Lady”). The two were unable to work together successfully beyond “half a dozen” songs for “Daisy.” n The all-white University of South Carolina was ordered to admit its first African-American student, Henri Monteith, by order of U.S. District Judge J. Robert Martin. On the same day, Judge Martin ordered the desegregation of all 26 of South Carolina’s state parks.

U.S. Undersecretary of State W. Averell Harriman arrived in Moscow in order to negotiate he nuclear test ban treaty, and brought with him three tons of American telephone and telex equipment to set up the Moscow–Washington hotline agreed upon by the Americans and Soviets on June 20.

The Kingdom of Tonga issued the first round postage stamps in history. The stamps (which were also the first to be made of gold foil rather than paper) were designed to commemorate the first gold coins in Polynesia.

The final launch was made from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 21.

American test pilot Joe Walker, flying the X-15, reached an altitude of 65.8 miles (105.9 kilometers), achieving a sub-orbital spaceflight by recognized international standards (which define outer space as beginning 100 kilometers above the Earth). n An artificial heart pump was placed inside a human being for the first time, at the Methodist Hospital in Houston, Texas University of Houston by a team led by Dr. Michael E. DeBakey. The unidentified patient survived for four days before dying of complications from pneumonia.

For the first time since June 30, 1954, a total solar eclipse was visible from North America, and was “the most scientifically observed eclipse in history” up to that time. A chartered DC-8 jet airplane flew a group of astronomers along the path of the eclipse so that the totality could be observed for 44 seconds longer than for persons on the ground.

World heavyweight boxing champion Sonny Liston retained his title in a rematch fight against former champion Floyd Patterson, whom he had defeated 10 months earlier, on September 20, 1962.

In the first bout, he knocked out Patterson in the first round in two minutes, six seconds. In the rematch at Las Vegas, Liston took four seconds longer. n “Please Please Me” became the first record album by The Beatles to be released in the United States. Vee Jay Records deleted two of the songs that had appeared on the British version introduced on March 22, including the title song, “Please Please Me.”

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John F. Kennedy, the 35th U.S. President, hosted a group of American high school students who were part of the Boys Nation event sponsored by the American Legion, including 16-year-old Bill Clinton, who would become the 42nd U.S. President in 1993. Clinton would later use a film clip of him shaking hands with Kennedy as part of his 1992 campaign. n Born: Karl Malone, American NBA basketball player nicknamed “The Mailman,” in Summerfield, La. Representatives of the United States, the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union initialed the Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, the agreement ever for the banning of nuclear weapons tests in the atmosphere, outer space and underwater. Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko, U.S. Undersecretary of State W. Averell Harriman, and the British Minister of Science, Lord Hailsham, gave their tentative approval at the Spiridonovka Palace in Moscow, in advance of the formal signing.

NASA launched Syncom 2, the world’s first geostationary (synchronous) satellite.

Synchronization would be achieved eight days later, on August 3, with Syncom 2 reaching a point 22,500 miles above Brazil, and then moving at 6,880 miles per hour in order to keep pace with the Earth’s equatorial rotational movement of 1,040 miles per hour.

The computer science study of analysis of algorithms was initiated by the publication of “Notes on Open Addressing,” by Donald Knuth, “Analysis of Algorithms” (AOFA). n Died: Garrett Morgan, 86, African-American inventor Three days after the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty was initialed in Moscow, the Soviet Defense Minister, Marshal Rodion Malinovsky, published an announcement in Red Star and in Pravda, indicating the military’s opposition to Premier Khrushchev’s treaty with the “imperialist camp.”

The Los Angeles Herald-Examiner published its copyrighted story, “Black Muslim Founder Exposed as a White,” that W. D. Fard, who had started the black supremacist church in 1930, had actually been a white man named Wallace Dodd. The Herald-Examiner story included photographs supplied by the FBI, but the Fard’s successors at the Nation of Islam denied the story as a hoax.

The Peerage Act 1963 received royal assent in the United Kingdom, opening membership in the House of Lords to women, and to more than the 16 members of the peerage of Scotland. In addition, the Act allowed an hereditary peer to disclaim his automatic membership among the Lords, which would clear the way for Alec Douglas-Home to become a member of the House of Commons, then Prime Minister. n Paul Foytack of the California Angels became the first Major League Baseball pitcher to surrender four consecutive home runs, during the sixth inning of a 9-5 loss to the Cleveland Indians.

Only one other player accomplished the feat, when Chase Wright of the New York Yankees gave up four homers in a row in a 7-6 loss to the Boston Red Sox on April 22, 2007.

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In the photo are Helen Wigersma, Western Gate Chapter (FTA) Chair; David Creamer, Blackwater River State Forest Liaison; and James R. Karels, Director of the Florida Forest Service.

Friend of the Trail Award

By Kean Engie, Florida Trail Association Western Gate Chapter

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lackwater River State Forest was the recipient of the 2013 Friend of the Trail Award which is given by the Florida Trail Association to individuals or organizations that have made significant contributions to the Florida Trail Association (FTA). This prestigious award was presented to Blackwater River State Forest Service staff at its annual Personnel Meeting on May 15 by Helen Wigersma, Chair of the Western Gate Chapter of the Association, along with other members of the Chapter, including Trails Coordinator, Vernon Compton, and Associate Trails Coordinator, Ed Williamson.

The Award recognized Forest Service staff in general, and Tom Ledew, Manager of the Forest, and David Creamer, Forest Service Liaison with the Trail Association, in particular,for their support to FTA volunteers as they develop and maintain approximately 50 miles of the Florida National Scenic Trail that winds through Blackwater River State Forest from the Yellow River to the Florida-Alabama state line. In the nomination letter, the Forest Service was given recognition for “increasing statewide training capabilities (for FTA members) in the western panhandle, actively supporting our local chapter trail maintainers and activity leaders and providing the general public with an outstanding location for outdoor recreation.”

During the presentation ceremony, Helen Wigersma also expressed appreciation to the Forest Service for its commitment to protecting the natural resources under its stewardship, providing hikers with a positive wilderness hiking experience and gave a special word of thanks to Tom Ledew and David Creamer for creating a culture of open dialogue and providing timely responses to questions and issues of concern to its FTA constituency.

The award was accepted by James R. Karels, Director of the Florida Forest Service and David Creamer, Forest Service Liaison with FTA.

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Annual Wellness Visits Covered By Medicare

By Eric Cheung, M.D., South Baldwin Medical Partners Medicare is helping patients in South Baldwin communities stay healthy with coverage for an Annual Wellness Visit with no out-of-pocket expense.

Previously, only new Medicare participants in their first 12 months of enrollment could take advantage of a onetime wellness visit — the Welcome to Medicare visit. Now, Medicare has expanded its benefits to include an Annual Wellness Visit for all eligible participants. The visit is 100 percent covered—meaning the patient is not responsible for a co-payment, coinsurance, or deductible.

The Medicare Annual Wellness Visit provides your doctor with baseline health information, and helps identify risk factors that may need to be monitored to prevent or delay the development of chronic diseases.

It’s important to note that the Annual Wellness Visit is not a complete physical. The term “physical” is often used to describe wellness care, but Medicare does not pay for a traditional, head-to-toe physical exam. Most health experts consider the annual physical to be obsolete, and the latest health care guidelines recommend a targeted approach to preventive services — the type of services included in Medicare wellness visits.

During the Medicare Annual Wellness Visit, your medical and family history is discussed and recorded, along with your medication list, height, weight, body mass index and blood pressure. You may also receive recommended immunizations and be referred for appropriated preventive services based on your medical history and risk factors.

Finally, your doctor will provide you with a personalized prevention plan that can be adapted as your health needs change over time. Your plan will be updated each year at subsequent wellness visits.

“An Annual Wellness Visit allows me to spend valuable time with my patients – time not available in other visit settings,” said Dr. Eric Cheung, a family physician with South

Baldwin Medical Partners. “Your primary care provider needs to know about your medical history — including your health risk factors — to work with you to maintain your best health. Many chronic conditions can be avoided or diagnosed early and managed more effectively with regular preventive care.”

The Annual Wellness Visit is a covered benefit for Medicare participants who have been enrolled in Medicare Part B for more than 12 months, and who have not received a Welcome to Medicare visit in the previous 12 months.

The Medicare program offers health insurance benefits for people age 65 and older, or those individuals under age 65 who have certain disabilities or chronic diseases. Medicare has four divisions that help with various aspects of health care costs: Part A, which provides coverage for inpatient hospital care; Part B, which provides medical insurance; Part C, which consists of Medicare Advantage Plans (insurance provided by private companies that functions like a PPO or HMO), and Part D, which provides prescription drug coverage.

Ask your doctor or health care provider about the Medicare Annual Wellness Visit. To learn more about preventive health services available through Medicare, visit www.Medicare.gov, hover over the Manage Your Health tab, and then click on Preventive Service Check list for recommended screenings and tests.

About the Author

Eric Cheung, M.D. is board certified in family medicine with the American Board of Family Medicine and is a member of the medical staff at South Baldwin Regional Medical Center. To schedule an appointment, call 251-424-1130.

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Generational Isolation: There’s an App for that

By Theresa Corbin Cell phones, tablets, laptops and the growth of social media seem to increasingly replace human interaction, and perhaps most detrimentally, family interaction. On any given day we connect through email, text, Facebook, Twitter, and even Skype. Whatever we need, don’t worry, there seems to be an App for that. But how often do we sit down and talk face to face? And the younger a person, the more likely their world is consumed by wireless interactions, and the less likely they are involved in personal interactions.

We have all witnessed it. How many times do we sit down to a meal with family and at least half of the table is busy on their wireless devices?

Wireless interaction becomes more of a wedge when it comes between grandparent-grandchild relationships.

Grandkids seem to be born with a sixth sense of all things wireless while grandparents sometimes feel like they are just a step behind. And these generations just can’t seem to meet in the middle. But don’t worry, now there is an App for that.

“It can be socially disconnecting to use a wireless device. I’m guilty myself.

But tablets such as iPads are interactive tools and should be used for engagement, and not just for escape,” says Ben Nicholson, Creative Director at Lightborne, says in his new App’s press release. “We hope the Mudbuddy App encourages parents, together with their children, to investigate and interact with the world around them — and make a positive impact, too.”

Lightborne offers an App that can afford parents and grandparents an opportunity to begin interacting wirelessly and personally with their children and grandchildren starting at an early age. The new App, Mudbuddy, is designed to build family memories and knowledge about the environment.

“Please allow me to introduce Mudbuddy, the first in a series. Mudbuddy is a new interactive storybook App for families who would like to learn more about the organic world around them,” the Mudbuddy press release states. Promising to be a great summer activity, Mudbuddy integrates family, technology and the outdoors.

And with children out of school and the summer upon us, the App couldn’t have come at a better time. Mudbuddy, available on iTunes, is taking wireless and generational interaction to the backyard. “Backyard Environmentalism means that we can teach our kids about nature by giving them an appreciation of the things right outside their door,” adds

Nicholson in the press release.

Nicholson and Kurt Koch, Lightborne’s animator, illustrator and designer, have created “simple stories, humor, and touch-screen interaction, (in which) readers can help Mudbuddy, the very adorable and slightly confused glob-ofmud main character, and his friends learn more about each other and their special abilities. Readers can manipulate the screens, drag and click, open up new scenes and bring the characters to life.” claims the release.

According to 2wired2tired.com, a site that reviews products meant for children, “On every screen of the story, there are multiple interactive characters or items. Upon touching the items, you will see new flowers blooming, butterflies, birds and many other examples, all of which are fun and great to experience. MudBuddy has times where your child will be very intrigued and interested and other times where they will be laughing out loud … We had a great time planting together and will enjoy learning more from Mudbuddy.”

Mommysbusy.com’s review of Mudbuddy by Andre Kardon praises its value as an intergenerational App. “You can choose to listen to the book as a narrator reads the entire thing, changing up voices for each character. He’s got a great voice that’s engaging and fun enough to keep you wondering what’s happening next. If you’d rather turn off the narrator and read it yourself, just click one button and you’re there. The simplicity of the menu is great for young kids (and grandparents, too), as a slide-down menu simply lets you jump to any page in the book and turn on/off the narrator. That’s it. Nothing else to get in the way or cause any confusion.”

“One of my fondest memories as a child was reading with my dad,” says Nicholson in Mudbuddy’s press release.

“Sitting next to him with his arm around me, taking turns reading. These days, my wife and I really want our kids to get outside, explore and love the natural world around them.

Making a hybrid-book App allowed us to keep that ‘old fashioned’ interaction, use our skills as animators and connect kids with the environment as well.”

This new children’s book App and makes it possible for the generations to reconnect with one another and the world around them through the use of wireless technology.

Mudbuddy is teaching us more than environmentalism, it is teaching us that wireless interaction doesn’t always have to be isolating. We can use it to create interpersonal bonds.

Mudbuddy is now available on iTunes. You can visit Mudbuddy.net to learn more.

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Two Americans in China America’s Double Standard: Cuba vs. China

By Amanda Roberts Florida senator Marco Rubio and rapper Jay-Z made headlines over Jay-Z’s recent vacation to Cuba. It might surprise many people to know that it is possible for Americans to travel to Cuba. There are travel agents authorized by the U.S. government that specialize in Cuban travel experiences for Americans. Cuba is also a hot travel destination for many other people in the world, such as Canadians. But America has a long-standing tradition of limiting contact with Cuba, and for many good reasons.

Cuba is a communist government ruled by an unelected dictator who abuses and terrorizes his own people.

The American government is dealing with Cuba the same way it has dealt with most communist countries after the Second World War. America’s goal with trade embargoes and travel restrictions on communist countries has been to choke them out. America has money, food and supplies that these countries want and need. Without America as a friend, these countries cannot survive. These policies have mostly worked in the past and now only a small few remain: Cuba, North Korea, Laos, Vietnam and China.

Well, that last one isn’t so small.

Marco Rubio made some very good points about why Americans should not be traveling to Cuba. He said “what they’re doing is providing hard currency and funding so that a tyrannical regime can maintain its grip on the island of Cuba, and I think that’s wrong.” He is right about that. By Americans visiting Cuba and putting money into its economy, Americans are supporting that government.

However, this made me think a lot about America’s relationship with China.

China is also a communist country. It is also ruled by an unelected dictator whose government is one of the most oppressive and abusive in the world. The people are denied access to information and the human rights violations committed every day on the people by the government are atrocious. Yet the American government does not limit travel to China, does not impose trade embargoes, and welcomes the Chinese leaders into America

with open arms. Millions of American citizens visit, live and work right now in China, spending money and even running businesses. And in America it is nearly impossible to not buy Amanda Roberts things “made in China,” which also sends billions of American dollars into the Chinese economy every year. All of these things give passive approval and support of a “tyrannical regime.”

So what’s the difference?

The main difference is that Cuba doesn’t have anything America needs. China produces cheap goods for American consumption, and we love to consume things. Cuba is tiny with no resources or goods that America can buy on any significant scale. It is also small enough that Cuba does not provide a valuable market to push Americanmade goods. They wouldn’t buy anything in significant enough numbers to produce enough revenue to be worth the trouble. Basically, America isn’t losing anything by not trading with Cuba.

But what about the ethics of trading with China? Just because we can buy things cheaper from China doesn’t mean we should, right? True. As I said, every American who is giving money to China by purchasing items made in China is supporting a government that has official policies regarding the oppression and abuse of its own people.

We probably shouldn’t be doing that. But one could look at it another way. This policy of trade and travel embargoes isn’t working any more. Countries don’t need America’s money and assistance. Cuba, North Korea, Laos and Vietnam all now get their support from China, which is largely self-sufficient. It is a bit of an experiment to see if by going the other way, allowing Americans to freely travel to a communist country, just what will happen to that government. As a person living in China I can tell you that all is not well within the country and the party.

By being more exposed to the outside world through direct contact with Americans and other foreigners, the Chinese people are realizing what they are missing out on and are beginning to see the abuses of their own government.

Perhaps America is no longer choking out communist governments from the outside, but subverting them from the inside, one tourist at a time.

About the Author: Many Americans do not realize it is possible for them to travel to Cuba. However, in doing so they are supporting a communist country.

Amanda Roberts has been living and writing in China for nearly three years. You can learn more about her and living abroad at her website TwoAmericansinChina.com.

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Food for Thought: Grill myths – debunked

By Dr. Linda Mitchell A myth is defined as a popular belief that has grown up around something or someone but is often untrue.

Now that it’s grilling time I thought about some of the myths associated with that famous fire: 1. Searing locks in the juices. You have most likely heard this tale before. High heat does cause food to brown quickly and can amplify the flavor but for best results reverse the process. Cook long and slow then finish with some serious heat, you’ll get great flavor and tender bites.

2. Only flip your burger once. Research shows that flipping meat often helps it to cook more evenly and more rapidly thus preserving the juices inside.

3. Grill buildup adds flavor. That blackened, crusty stuff stuck on your grate does not add flavor but it might just be a health hazard since those burnt bits are carcinogenic.

Now you’re smarter than the average grill master so enjoy your power and cook up some healthy and tasty treats like the ones below.

Healthy Citrus Grilled Chicken

Double duty dinner — grill once and eat twice 7 (6-8 ounce) boneless, skinless chicken breasts 4 tablespoons fresh lemon or lime juice 2 tablespoons olive oil 2 garlic cloves, minced Salt and pepper to taste Combine juice, oil, garlic and chicken and place in a zip-top plastic bag. Marinate in refrigerator for at least 30 minutes. Place chicken on heated grill rack and grill for 6 minutes on each side or until juices run clear. Garnish with orange or lemon slices and fresh herbs. Save two chicken breasts for Orange and Walnut Chicken Salad.

Orange and Walnut Chicken Salad 8 ounces baby spinach and arugula mix 1/2 cup mandarin oranges, drained 1/2 cup walnuts 1/2 cup cranberries 2 citrus-grilled chicken breasts, cut in strips Toss together greens, fruit and nuts. Top with chicken strips. Serve with Raspberry Vinaigrette.

Quick and Easy Raspberry Vinaigrette 2 tablespoons raspberry jam 1/2 cup white vinegar 2/3 cup olive oil Salt and pepper to taste Whisk together all ingredients.

Serve over salad. Will keep in refrigerator for up to two weeks.

Bacon Wrapped Asparagus

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12 fresh asparagus spears Salt and pepper to taste 6 bacon strips, cut in half Asparagus Wrap a bacon piece around each asparagus spear.

Spray lightly with cooking spray and toss with salt and pepper. Grill over medium heat for 4-6 minutes or until bacon is crisp.

No Bake Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies 2 cups sugar 1/2 cup fat free milk 1/2 cup butter, cubed 3 cups quick cooking oats 1 cup flaked coconut 6 tablespoons baking cocoa 1 teaspoon vanilla extract Combine sugar, milk, and butter. Bring to a boil until sugar is dissolved and butter melted. Remove from heat and stir in oats, coconut, cocoa and extract. Drop by rounded teaspoonfuls onto waxed paper. Allow to set for about an hour.

Pineapple Delight Bars

(take a buttery shortbread crust, add a rich pineapple and cream cheese filling and top with coconut and pecans and you have an amazing dessert)

Crust:

2 cups all-purpose flour 1 1/2 sticks butter 1/2 cup sugar

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Filling:

12 ounces cream cheese 1/4 cup sugar 2 teaspoons vanilla extract 2 eggs 20 ounces crushed pineapple, well drained

Topping:

1 1/2 cups flaked coconut 1 cup pecans or walnuts, finely chopped 4 tablespoons butter, melted

Heat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly grease a 13-by-9-inch baking dish.

In a separate bowl, mix together flour and sugar. Cut in butter until it resembles peas. Spread evenly over the bottom of greased pan and press down with hands. Bake for 12 minutes or until lightly browned.

Drain pineapple and set aside. In a medium bowl, combine cream cheese, sugar, vanilla and eggs.

Beat until smooth. Spread over the baked crust.

Sprinkle the drained pineapple over the crust.

In a different bowl, combine the nuts, coconut and 4 tablespoons melted Italian Cream Cheesecake butter. Spread over the pineapple layer. Bake for 20-25 minutes or until coconut is set. Chill completely before cutting.

Italian Cream Cheesecake (the shortcut way)

1 box white cake mix 1 1/3 cup water 2 tablespoons olive oil 3 egg whites 1 cup coconut 1 cup pecans, chopped Cream Cheese Frosting: 12 ounces cream cheese, softened 3/4 cup butter, softened 16 ounces powdered sugar

2 teaspoons vanilla extract Grease 3 (8 inch) cake pans. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Mix cake according to package directions then stir in coconut and pecans. Divide between pans. (Note: can make one layer chocolate by stirring in ½ cup chocolate chips into batter. Bake for 20 minutes or until done (when a toothpick will come out clean). Frost with cream cheese frosting when cake has cooled.

From Scratch Cream Cheese Frosting

Beat together cream cheese, butter. Add sugar and vanilla and beat until light and fluffy. Makes enough frosting to frost between the layers and top and sides.

Top with coconut and pecans if desired.

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Scholarships to benefit Families First of Lakeview

by Shelley Ragsdale Britt Landrum, president and CEO of Landrum Company, presented a scholarship check for $12,000 to Retired Navy Vice Admiral Gerald Hoewing, president of the National Flight Academy, and Mrs. Ann Harter, Vice President of FamiliesFirst Network of Lakeview, to provide scholarships for seventh12th graders to attend one, five-and-a-half day summer session at the NFA’s Ambition inresident summer camp program.

The scholarships will be offered to students who are part of FamiliesMrs. Ann Harter, left, and Gerald Hoewing, right, received a scholarship First Network of Lakevcheck for $12,000 from president and CEO of Landrum Company, Britt iew. Attendees will live Landrum, center. The money will be used as scholarships for students aboard the virtual airattending a summer session at the NFA’s Ambition in-resident summer craft carrier, Ambition, camp program. where they will experience an immersive, problem solving, teamwork and communication. It aviation-based adventure that is revolutionizing all leads to an unparalleled learning experience for STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathour leaders of tomorrow. ematics) education.

Registration for summer 2013 sessions is now It starts with an immersive, aviation-based story open online at www.nationalflightacademy.com. that weaves STEM learning objectives with imporFor more information, call 850-458-7836 or email tant 21st century skills including critical thinking, info@nationalflightacademy.com.

Statement by Alabama community leader about Senator Jeff Sessions’ Amendment, failed 1-17 n Sessions No. 1 amendment would lower the cap for future legal immigration to the United States SUBMITTED By America’s Voice In response to Senator Jeff Sessions’ failed, proposed amendment to “S. 744: Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act” that would lower the cap for future immigration to the U.S., Evelyn Servin, community leader from Russellville said,

“In Alabama, we’ve been feeling the impacts of Senator Sessions’ extremist immigration views for a long time. Sessions has long said he is only against ‘illegal’ immigration, but that he supports legal immigration.

Today, we not only saw our senator reveal his true position – that he seeks to limit any and all immigration to our country – but we saw that position rejected by every single one of his Senate colleagues. Jeff Sessions stands alone in denying our country’s legacy as a nation of immigrants. We hope that his fellow Senators and our fellow Alabamians continue to isolate his extremist views.”

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USS Alabama Holds Change of Command Ceremony

By Joe Painter, LTJG Submarine Group 9 Public Affairs Navy Office of Community Outreach The ballistic-missile submarine USS Alabama (SSBN 731) saw command of its Gold Crew pass from Cmdr. Kevin Schultz to Cmdr. Brody Frailey on May 24 during a ceremony at the Naval Undersea Museum.

“Suffice to say, I’ve been blessed with a great crew,” said Schultz, who had commanded Alabama’s Gold Crew since April 2011. “I’m proud of my crew for always conducting themselves as professional submariners with honesty, integrity, and a desire to do what’s best for the command.”

During his command tenure, Schultz guided the Gold Crew through three strategic deterrent patrols, including a 108-day patrol which ended in April 2013.

“I hope you will remember that every member of this crew is important to our mission,” Schultz said, “and everything we do on a day-to-day basis, including the professionalism in how we conduct traditional ceremonies like this change of command, contribute to the credibility and reliability of our strategic deterrence.

“I encourage you to continue to do your duties with the utmost professionalism and pride in defending your families, defending our freedom and defend-

ing the American way of life.”

Schultz’s next assignment will be on the Navy staff as the Branch Head for Nuclear Policy.

Frailey, a native of La Mesa, Calif., returns for his third tour of duty in Bangor after two years as Current Operations Fleet Management Director for Commander, U.S. Sixth Fleet/Commander Naval Forces Europe/Commander Naval Forces Africa.

Previously, Frailey performed department head tours aboard USS Nevada (SSBN 733) and USS Henry M. Jackson (SSBN 730) and served as Blue Crew executive officer of USS Louisiana (SSBN 743) from 2008-2010. He also spent time aboard Alabama prior to his first tour as a weapons officer.

“I have observed you all up close over the past month and studied your admirable exploits from afar during your most recent 108-day patrol,” Frailey said. “I am impressed with your efforts, and I am proud to be given the opportunity to go to sea with you as your captain.”

Alabama is one of eight Ohio-class Trident ballistic missile submarines stationed at Naval Base KitsapBangor, providing the survivable leg of the nation’s strategic deterrent forces.

For more information, visit www.navy.mil, www. facebook.com/usnavy, or www.twitter.com/usnavy.

For more news from Commander, Submarine Group 9, visit www.navy.mil/local/csg9/.

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What does Dow 15,000 mean to you?

This month, the Dow Jones Industrial Average hit a milestone, when, for the first time, it closed above 15,000. Of course, 15,000 is a nice, round number, and it sounds pretty big — but what does it mean to you, as an individual investor? Is it cause for celebration — or is it more of a “caution” flag?

There’s no one simple answer to these questions.

Since March 2009 — the low point of the market following the 2008 financial crisis — the “Dow” has risen about 130 percent. And while the Dow is just one index, it’s nonetheless an important measure of the market’s performance — which means that you were likely glad to see the 15,000 mark eclipsed and you’d be happy if the numbers just kept rising.

However, as you’re no doubt aware, the market does not move in just one direction. Typically, declines of 10% or more — or “corrections” — occur about once a year. Unfortunately, they’re not predictable. Sooner or later, the markets will indeed change course, at least for the short term. When this happens, don’t panic — corrections are a normal part of the market cycle. Still, you might feel like you should do something to cope with the downturn. But what?

Here are a few suggestions

n Keep investing — Too many people, when faced with a market drop, decide to “cut their losses” and take a “time out” from investing. But that can be a costly mistake — had these investors bailed out of the market in 2009, and only recently returned, they would have missed a substantial part of that 130 percent runup in the Dow. And when you invest in a down market, your dollars may actually go farther if the market rebounds, because you would have bought more shares at the lower prices. n Review your portfolio — It’s usually a good idea to review your portfolio at least once a year, and it may be especially important during those times when the market changes directions. Over time, a portfolio can become unbalanced — for example, following a long period of rising prices, some of your growth-oriented

investments may have gained so much value that they now take up a larger percentage of your holdings than you had intended, possibly subjecting you to a greater level of risk than you desire. If this happens, you may need to scale back on these investments and reallocate the money elsewhere. n Diversify — Always look for ways to spread your dollars among a range of vehicles — stocks, bonds, government securities, certificates of deposit (CDs) and other investments. Even within these classes, look for ways to diversify further, such as owning different types of stocks, bonds of varying maturities, and so on. Diversification can’t guarantee a profit or protect against a loss, but it can help reduce the impact of volatility that can occur in a downturn.

The Dow at 15,000 is certainly no minor event. And since stocks don’t appear too expensive compared to their earnings, don’t be surprised if higher milestones follow. But record highs can be quickly forgotten when the market falls. By being prepared for that day, too, you can help yourself continue to work toward your goals — even when the major market indices have, for the moment, taken a wrong turn.

Edward Jones, its employees and financial advisors are not estate planners and cannot provide tax or legal advice. You should consult your estate-planning attorney or qualified tax advisor regarding your situation.

Steve Ellison, Financial Advisor 1745 Main St. Suite A Daphne, AL 36526 251-626-7701 www.edwardjones.com/taxtalk

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Reasons

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Gut bacteria can greatly affect both your overall mental and physical health.

Did you know that in your gut or gastrointestinal (GI) tract there are more than 400-500 living species? If your GI tract was opened up and laid out flat, it could cover a tennis court and weigh up to 3 pounds.

Probiotics can do more than aid in the function of digestion. They can trigger immune system reactions throughout the body.

Your intestinal flora needs to be comprised of 85 percent good bacteria while allowing the remaining 15 percent to be pathogenic.

You can supplement probiotics with the best supplement from your local pharmacy/health food store. This is critical if you have recently taken dosages of antibiotics. However, you need know which supplements are appropriate and how to avoid being deceived. If you are interested in a solid approach, mediStat can assist you in this process.

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It’s

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Choice... where you go for a MRI, CT Scan or Mammogram

by JANE TYLER Medical imaging has revolutionized 21st Century health care. It has improved the ability of physicians to diagnose disease earlier, to monitor patient response to therapy and to improve patient outcomes.

As informed patients, we recognize the benefits of these exams. In fact, most of us have experienced at least one of the medical imaging technologies available…an MRI, a CT scan, an X-Ray, an Ultrasound, Dexa scan or Mammogram.

But, as an informed patient, did YOU make the decision as to which medical imaging facility to go to? Or, did you even know that the choice was yours?

Just as you can choose your physician, your pharmacy and your hospital, you can choose which medical imaging facility you go to. IT IS THE PATIENTS’ CHOICE. And, how do you choose the facility? You look for state-of-the-art technology, low prices, insurance coverage, convenience and a caring staff. These are the factors that you as the patient should consider when selecting a medical imaging facility.

Precision Imaging is a radiology practice in Gulf Shores, Alabama that addresses each of these criteria.

TECHNOLOGY

With the only 3T Open MRI in the area, your exam not only provides the highest resolution image available but it is more comfortable and quicker.

The 64-slice CT Scanner produces the most detailed images of the body with new dose reduction technology that lowers radiation dosage up to 60 percent.

The Women’s Center at Precision Imaging offers Ultrasound, Bone Density, Breast MRI, Breast Biopsies and the only 3-D Mammography technology in the area.

LOW PRICES

The charges at Precision Imaging are typically much less than those of area hospitals. Before you have a test, call and request pricing from the provider. And be sure that the fee includes the cost of reading the test. You may find that the self-pay price at Precision is less than your deductible or co-pay elsewhere.

INSURANCE COVERAGE

Precision Imaging accepts most all major insurance carriers including Medicare/Medicaid.

CONVENIENCE AND QUALITY CARE

Located in the heart of Gulf Shores, Precision Imaging offers a convenient location and accepts sameday appointments.Led by Founder and Board Certified Radiologist Jason Williams, M.D., the highly trained staff is committed to providing unsurpassed patient care within the highest standards of quality.

Reports are faxed within 24 hours of the procedure and are available 24/7 on a web-based PACS system for viewing by ordering physicians.

ITS YOUR CHOICE

So, for all the right reasons, choose Precision Imaging for your next medical imaging test. Precision Imaging at 1680 W. 2nd St, Gulf Shores, Alabama www.precisionimag.com, 251-948-3420.

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