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Forgotten Soldiers Outreach brunch raises $35,000
The 4th Annual “Hero’s Toast” Champagne Brunch, held in November at the Kravis Center, raised $35,000 for Forgotten Soldiers Outreach.
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Enjoy an afternoon of arts at Meyer Amphitheatre
The West Palm Beach Arts & Entertainment District will present an afternoon of the arts Saturday, Feb. 2, as it features the Palm Beach Symphony and the Dreyfoos School of the Arts Dance Department.
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Grandma’s Place luncheon rings in the season
More than 200 supporters and friends of Grandma’s Place gathered recently at the Sailfish Club in Palm Beach for the 4th Annual Holiday Luncheon.
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Photographic Centre to exhibit digital photography The Palm Beach Photographic Centre will feature the works of Vincent Versace in the upcoming exhibit, “Postcards from the Vacation that is my Life: 50 Years in Photography.”
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Some Zero Wasters winnow household waste down to a tiny collection of non-recyclable and non-compostable items, so little that a year’s trash can fit into a shoebox or a Mason jar. By KATHERINE ROTH The Associated Press
Less may be more, but zero is the best of all – at least where contributing to landfills is concerned. A small but growing number of households are joining what has become a bona fide movement: Zero Waste. While their goal of producing no trash at all may remain elusive, some Zero Wasters do come close, winnowing their household waste down to a tiny collection of non-recyclable and non-compostable items, so little that a year’s trash can fit into a shoebox or a Mason jar. Zero Wasters help each other by sharing advice on blogs and in books, over a dozen of which have recently come out on the topic. Tips might include where to shop to avoid unwanted packaging, and where to recycle a wide range of items that most people just toss in the waste bin. “It may be too extreme for a lot of people, but even if you can cut your trash down by even 20 percent, you’ll gain 80 percent of the benefits, like saving time and money for experiences instead of shopping for unnecessary stuff that will just clog up landfills,” says Bea Johnson , author of “Zero Waste Home: The Ultimate Guide to Simplifying Your Life by Reducing Your Waste” (Scribner). “It’s about a simpler life based on being, not having,” she says. Johnson says that minimizing shopping has meant her family can afford to go on adventures like scuba diving trips; that makes it easier for her sons to accept wearing only used clothing. Buying only used clothes has contributed to cutting their household budget by 40 percent, she says. “We can get most brands on eBay and request that they be sent to us without any non-recyclable packaging. And often the clothes and shoes are almost like new,” says Johnson, who started writing about her zero-waste efforts in 2008, when the movement was still young. Elizabeth Graves, editor-in-chief of Martha Stewart Living magazine, says
Zero Waste is “definitely” a movement at this point. “We have found that millennials in particular are incredibly mindful about how they live, and living with purpose. And that’s why Zero Waste is really speaking to so many people,” Graves says. “More and more people are showing that while it’s intimidating at first, it can be done.” The magazine’s Change the Day series recently focused on “Zero Waster” Lauren Singer of Brooklyn. Inspired by Johnson, Singer started her own blog, Trash is for Tossers, with tips on how to reduce waste, and even an online store, Package Free Shop, featuring only sustainable
products that need not end up in the trash and that can be delivered with minimal – and fully recyclable – packaging. Many businesses have begun trying ZERO WASTE / PAGE 7
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Local Happenings Genealogical Society meeting to feature Accessible Archives
The Genealogical Society of Palm Beach County will host a membership meeting Saturday, Jan. 12 at the Okeechobee Boulevard branch library, 5689 Okeechobee Blvd. in West Palm Beach, from 1:30 p.m. to 3 p.m. The program will feature an Accessible Archives Webinar. Accessible Archives is the GSPBC Genealogy Library’s newest subscription service. Hosted by Bob Lester of Unlimited Priorities, the program will acquaint attendees with how to make the most of its collections, which include American County Histories, African American Newspaper
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West Palm Beach Garden Club invites public to next meeting The West Palm Beach Garden Club will host its next meeting Monday, Jan. 14 and will feature Lauren Butcher, coordinator of the Green Schools Recognition Program at Florida Atlantic University’s Pine Jog Education Center. The meeting will begin at 10 a.m. at the Palm Springs Library, 217 Cypress Lane. Light refreshments will be served and the public is invited to this
free event. The Green Schools Program currently serves more than 120 public, private and charter schools in Palm Beach and Martin counties that are committed to developing cultures of environmental stewardship and sustainability in classrooms, school grounds and communities. Butcher has more than 18 years of experience in the education and environmental nonprofit fields, including eight years as education director of the Raptor Trust, an avian rehabilitation center in New Jersey focused on birds of prey. The West Palm Beach Garden Club is affiliated with the Florida Federation of Garden Clubs and the National Garden Club, headquartered in St.
Louis, Mo. For more information, call (561) 234-9483.
15th annual Palm Beach Poetry Festival kicks off Jan. 21
The 15th annual Palm Beach Poetry Festival kicks off at Old School Square in Delray Beach Monday, Jan. 21 for six days of readings, talks, interviews, panel discussions and more. Special guest poet will be Sharon Olds, the author of 11 books of poetry and winner of the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry. Another Pulitzer Prize winner, Tyehimba Jess, will be the festival’s first Poet At Large. Nine distinguished poets will lead poetry-writing workshops and nationally acclaimed poets will offer individual conferences. Some events are free to the public while others require purchasing tickets. For more information and a complete schedule of events, go online to palmbeachpoetryfestival.org. Old School Square is at 51 N. Swinton Ave. in Delray Beach.
Tickets on sale for Ballet Palm Beach cocktail fundraiser
Ballet Palm Beach will host a cocktail fundraiser Thursday, Jan. 31 in the Fritz Gallery, 211 Poinciana Way in Palm Beach, from 6 to 8 p.m. Tickets to Dance Revealed are $150, and may be purchased online at balletpalmbeach.ticketleap.com or by calling (561) 630-8235. Proceeds from the event will support Ballet Palm Beach’s main stage and outreach programming. For Dance Revealed sponsorship opportunities, email Jill Elisofon at development@balletpalmbeach.org. Upcoming productions include “Romeo and Juliet” at The King’s Academy Feb. 8-10.
Impact the Palm Beaches to host grant awards celebration Local nonprofit organizations are counting the days until the Annual Impact Grant Awards Celebration hosted by Impact the Palm Beaches. The event takes place at the FITTEAM Ballpark of the Palm Beaches in West Palm Beach Thursday, Jan. 31, and that’s when more than $100,000 in
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Enjoy an afternoon of arts at the Meyer Amphitheatre
The West Palm Beach Arts & Entertainment District will present an afternoon of the arts Saturday, Feb. 2, as it features both the Palm Beach Symphony and the Dreyfoos School of the Arts Dance Department. The two cultural organizations will work in perfect harmony for a special performance along the city’s waterfront. Everyone is invited to come out and enjoy this free outdoor show. The event takes place from 4-6 p.m. at the Meyer Amphitheatre, 105 Evernia St. in downtown West Palm Beach.
RDK Melanoma Foundation to host fashion show
The RDK Melanoma Foundation is set to host its 20th annual luncheon and fashion show titled, “Eclipse 2019,” Monday, Feb. 4 at The Breakers in Palm Beach. The fashion event will begin at 10:30 a.m., featuring a silent auction, a gourmet luncheon and runway fashion show featuring the Rene Ruiz Collection, designed by the brand’s creative director Luis Escudero. Proceeds from the event will benefit the foundation’s mission to save lives through education about the prevention and early detection of skin cancer, especially melanoma. Tickets to the event are $350 each. To request an invitation or to learn more, go online to melanomaluncheon.com or call (561) 655-9655.
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South Florida girl in need of rare blood to fight cancer
A worldwide search is on to find blood donors with a rare genetic variation to help save a 2-year-old South Florida girl battling cancer. Zainab Mughal has neuroblastoma and needs life-saving transfusions. But finding compatible donors is immensely challenging, because she’s missing a common antigen most people carry in their blood, called “Indian B.” Florida-based OneBlood says the donors must have “A” or “O” type blood and be Pakistani, Indian or Iranian; and that even within these ethnic groups, fewer than 4 percent of people have the genetic variation. Three donors have been found thus far, including a person in England, but Zainab will need more blood than they can provide. OneBlood is offering to coordinate compatibility testing anywhere in the world. For more information, go online to oneblood.org/zainab.
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From left, Army Ranger Corey Goltz, Kendra Droddy, Army Ranger Kevin Droddy, Army Ranger Jason Droddy and Aimee Droddy attend the 4th Annual “Hero’s Toast” Champagne Brunch held at the Kravis Center in November.
Sheriff launches Spanish-language social media accounts
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Forgotten Soldiers Outreach brunch raises $35,000
The 4th Annual “Hero’s Toast” Champagne Brunch, held in November at the Kravis Center, raised $35,000 for Forgotten Soldiers Outreach. The organization, whose mission is to ensure that U.S. military service members are not forgotten, has sent more than 450,000 “We Care” packages to active service members deployed overseas since 2003. Nearly 150 guests attended the brunch. WPTV anchor Jay Cashmere, who sits on FSO’s board of directors, served as the event’s emcee and Colonel Matthew Bogdanos, author and
presently a U.S. assistant district attorney in Manhattan, was the featured speaker. Bogdanos spoke about his work recovering Iraq’s antiquities and treasures which had been looted from Iraq’s National Museum. While on active duty in the Marine Corps, he led an investigation into the ransacking, looting and recovering of hundreds of items from the museum. Bogdanos is the author of “Thieves of Baghdad: One Marine’s Passion to Recover the World’s Greatest Stolen Treasures” and is a recipient of a National Humanities Medal for his work. Funds raised from the event will assist with paying for the shipping costs of the monthly “We Care” packages. Each package is filled with toiletries, snacks and recreational items. Deployed U.S. service members or family members also may register their deployed loved ones by signing up to receive “We Care” packages forgottensoldiers.org.
Grandview Public Market announces year-round Saturday green market
Grandview Public Market is now hosting a weekly green market that will operate yearround by Farriss Farm every Saturday, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. The market will include local and organic produce, quality meats, baked goods, cheeses, herbs, fresh flowers and local plants. The outdoor market will also feature regional artisan specialties such as breads, pastas and local Florida honey. “We’re thrilled to partner with Farriss Farm and help support farmers throughout South Florida,” says Kristen Vila, co-owner of Grandview Public Market. Participating vendors include Farriss Farm, CoLab Farms, La Montagne Des Saveurs and Incredible Edible Landscapes. Grandview Public Market is at 1401 Clare Ave. in West Palm Beach. For more information, go online to grandviewpublic.com.
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TKA receives $1 million gift to endow pre-law program The Esther B. O’Keeffe Charitable Foundation has made a $1 million donation to The King’s Academy in West Palm Beach to endow its pre-law program. The endowment will allow the school to expand its expert legal faculty and to provide merit scholarships to its students. The program, named the O’Keeffe Pre-Law Studies Program, will fulfill a previously announced matching challenge, providing an additional $500,000 endowment. “We are very excited about the PreLaw Program,” said Clare O’Keeffe, executive trustee of the foundation. “We believe that it provides an excellent opportunity for students to learn about how law impacts so many aspects of our lives.” The Esther B. O’Keeffe Charitable Foundation was established in 1990 by the late philanthropist Esther B. O’Keeffe, wife of the respected surgeon and philanthropist Dr. Arthur O’Keeffe. The children now carry on the family’s charitable tradition by serving as trustees of the foundation, which supports the arts, education, cultural programs
and medical research. “I cannot begin to express the magnitude of our appreciation to Miss O’Keeffe and the entire Esther B. O’Keeffe Charitable Foundation Board of Trustees,” said The King’s Academy President Randal L. Martin. “Their generosity will allow The King’s Academy to more effectively instruct pre-law students regarding constitutional principles and American exceptionalism – including individual freedoms and religious, political, social and economic liberties – for decades to come.” There are currently 130 students enrolled in the O’Keeffe Pre-Law Studies Program. Coursework includes Introduction to Legal Studies, Criminal Law, Constitutional Law, Business Law and Ethics, and Oral & Written Advocacy. In May, The King’s Academy will graduate eight seniors that will earn a pre-law designation on their diplomas. The foundation also provided a significant gift to fund the construction of its performing arts center that opened in 2017.
Online resources, magazines, books offer ideas to reduce trash ZERO WASTE / FROM PAGE 1
to reduce packaging and making it more eco-friendly. “I won’t sell anything that has packaging tape or plastic,” Singer says. She claims she’s now able to fit six years of trash into a single Mason jar. “I realized that I can make a huge difference even as one individual,” she says. “It’s empowering.” The mantra of Zero Wasters is Refuse, Reduce, Reuse, Recycle and Rot, adding a couple more “r’s” onto the classic three. They refuse disposable containers and straws at restaurants, and have made an art form of approaching store managers and others to request that food be wrapped in paper or put in glass containers they’ve brought from home. Amy Korst, author of “The Zero Waste Lifestyle: Live Well by Throwing Away Less” (Ten Speed Press), notes that once food is buried under plastics and other items in a landfill, it no longer composts
as it normally would. That’s why it’s so important, she says, to dispose of food and other compostable waste separately from the rest of the trash. Each community recycles items differently, so the first step is to check with your local sanitation department to learn what, exactly, can be recycled and how. “You might be surprised at the things that can be recycled,” Korst says. There are also a growing number of online resources to help figure out where unwanted objects can go. Korst’s book features many easy ways to begin reducing your trash, like cutting down on single-use items, particularly those made of plastic. It lists resources for finding non-landfill homes for things as diverse as cooking oil, batteries, ink cartridges, formal dresses, gift cards and six-pack rings from soda cans. “We’re not crazy hippies. We’re normal families with houses and kids and cars, and this is the way of the future,” says Johnson.
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Treasures await discovery on South Dixie’s Antique Row A lot has happened in the two years since I last wrote about the activity on South Dixie Highway in the December 2016 issue (“Future of South Dixie Highway corridor looks bright”). It’s time for a few updates, then we’ll walk through Antique Row. Back then, I wrote about the Norton Museum of Art’s impending $100 million expansion. Over the last two years we have watched the museum transform. The new campus now includes the 59,000-square-foot Kenneth C. Griffin Building, 12,000 square feet of new galleries (a whopping 35 percent increase!), a gallery for student art and two new classrooms, a 210-seat auditorium, a new restaurant, a reflecting pool and more. The brand new Norton Museum will be unveiled to the public on Feb. 9. In 2016, The Greene School at 2001 S. Dixie Hwy. was getting ready to open. Since opening, the school has added an impressive new building which contains both a gym with floorto-ceiling glass windows and a media center. The grand opening of the expansion took place this past October. But the jewel of South Dixie Highway is Antique Row, which sits between Belvedere Road and Southern Boulevard. Many people fly by on their way to
and from downtown without stopping to explore the many unique small stores, many of which have thrived in this shopping destination for decades. It’s not just antiques and fine art, there is truly something for everyone in every price range. The best way to get to know Antique Row is to take part in one of the events during the season. We walked down the street one evening during “Antique Row Holiday Stroll.” As carolers sang, we visited some of our favorite shops as well as discovered some new ones. Our first stop was Heath & Company Lighting located at 3707 S. Dixie Hwy., where we browsed through the store that now spans three storefronts. “Antique Row is a great experience,” Heath & Company owner Jamie Scruggs said. “It’s a destination for people who are looking for finer things without Worth Avenue prices. We sell lighting, lamp shades and do repairs and it’s been that way for most of the 34 years. We are just carrying on the tradition that Howard Heath started.” Scruggs told me the story of when the store first opened it was the area’s social spot, where Howard Heath and his friends would meet, smoke and play cards. As we’re talking, Alex, the shell artist who designs many of the store’s
lighting fixtures and mirrors, walks in and the conversation turns to other things. We sipped hot
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cocoa while friends and neighbors stopped in and browsed the store. The social tradition obviously lives on.
Renata Metelska is an art dealer who moved her gallery – Renata Metelska Fine Arts – from Hobe Sound to Antique Row two years ago. Her gallery is tucked in a small space at 3633 S. Dixie Hwy. and is packed with works from local to international artists. She works out of her Antique Row store with private collectors and interior designers from throughout the country. David Abdo and wife Carmen started the interior design store Turquoise Turtle at 3609 S. Dixie Hwy. back in 1996. “Our main business is interior design, but designers buy for their clients, and when they find something very nice they buy it and put it into their warehouse,” Abdo explained. ”For 22 years you feed this addiction and you need a shop to sell it.” The meandering store lives up to its name and is full of colorful and eclectic pieces, from beautifully refinished furniture to original artwork and everything in between. A set of ornate lounge chairs jump out at me. Abdo explains that one of these chairs was found in Miami, one was found in Ormond Beach. He stripped them down, refinished them and reunited them in his store. Just one of the many hidden gems waiting to be found. Our final stop was the
Nearly New Shop thrift store, which moved to 3611 S. Dixie Hwy. from its previous South Dixie location two years ago. The non-profit thrift is run by Susan Dame and has beautiful furnishings, clothes, books and vinyl records – all donated to benefit Morse Life Senior Care. On its shelves are high-end items for every taste and price point. With daily deliveries of new donations, its a popular destination for bargain hunters and antique collectors alike. If you want to enjoy Antique Row in a unique setting, grab your tickets now for “Evening on Antique Row” that takes place March 9. This annual event is organized by the Historical Society of Palm Beach County and shuts down Dixie Highway, making for the perfect strolling opportunity. Tickets for the event can be purchased at hspbc.org. Aaron Wormus, the “guy” behind West Palm Beach’s popular aGuyonClematis Twitter account and blog, reports on news and happenings in and around West Palm Beach. Follow Aaron on Twitter for up-to-theminute news throughout the month.
Hear world-class performances in the intimate concert hall at The Society of the Four Arts. See a complete list of performers and purchase tickets at www.fourarts.org. ORPHEUS CHAMBER ORCHESTRA WITH JAVIER PERIANES, PIANO Sunday, January 6, 2019 at 3 p.m.
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PACIFICA QUARTET WITH SHARON ISBIN, GUITAR Sunday, January 13, 2019 at 3 p.m.
ANDERSON & ROE PIANO DUO Wednesday, January 16, 2019 at 7:30 p.m.
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RAY CHEN, VIOLIN WITH RIKO HIGUMA, PIANO Sunday, January 27, 2019 at 3 p.m.
DOVER QUARTET WITH PETER SERKIN, PIANO Wednesday, January 30, 2019 at 7:30 p.m.
NIKOLAI LUGANSKY, PIANO Sunday, February 3, 2019 at 3 p.m.
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FACES & PLACES
Grandma’s Place luncheon rings in season
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From left, LeeAnne Nicholson LaBanz, David Nicholson and Kate Arrizza attend the STEM Innovation Awards held at the South Florida Science Center and Aquarium.
Leaders, innovators honored at STEM Innovation Awards dinner The South Florida Science Center and Aquarium, in partnership with the Stiles-Nicholson Foundation, recently recognized local leadership and innovation in the fields of science, technology, engineering and math with the STEM Innovation Awards. The event was held at the Science Center where guests enjoyed cocktails, dinner, music, unique science demonstrations and an awards ceremony to celebrate the honorees. The STEM Innovation Award winners in each category were: Aerojet Rocketdyne for the Corporate Innovator award; Dr. Becky Mercer of Palm Beach State College for the Individual Leader award; Brett Hannan of the The
Green School for the Business Visionary award; Scott Lehman of Crosspointe Elementary for the Educator/Collaborator award; Ann Norton Sculpture Gardens for the STEAM/Arts Partner award; Stiles-Nicholson Foundation for the Lifetime Achievement award. “Each of the honorees are doing their part to increase STEM and Arts initiatives and make STEM a national priority,” said Science Center CEO Kate Arrizza. “STEM education creates critical thinkers, increases science literacy, and enables the next generation of innovators,” said Dr. David Nicholson, chairman of the Stiles-Nicholson Foundation.
More than 200 supporters and friends of Grandma’s Place gathered Nov. 27 at the Sailfish Club in Palm Beach for the 4th Annual Holiday Luncheon “Heart of Gold.” Guests enjoyed a wine and champagne reception as they bid on nearly 300 silent auction items. The holiday spirit was everywhere, from giant Christmas trees, elegant wreaths and garlands to beautiful white orchid centerpieces. Guests dined on filet mignon while Karen, Josh and Aidan Ritter talked about the non-profit’s Family Support Program and how it has improved their lives. The luncheon was chaired by Joan O’Connell and Dina Rubio. Hermé de Wyman Miro served as International honorary chair and Elayne Flamm as honorary chair. WPEC news anchor Liz Quirantes served as celebrity emcee. Proceeds of the luncheon support Grandma’s Place, an emergency foster shelter for children – from birth to 12 years – who have been removed from their homes due to abuse or neglect. Photos by Tracey Benson Photography
Dina Rubio and Joan O’Connell
Hermé de Wyman Miro, Liz Quirantes, Judith Zerfoss
Paulette Burdick, Debra Klopp and Valerie Seifert
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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Photographic Centre to feature works of digital photographer Vincent Versace The public is invited to attend the exhibit’s opening reception Jan. 24 from 6 to 8 p.m. The Palm Beach Photographic Centre will feature the works of Vincent Versace in the upcoming exhibit, “Postcards from the Vacation that is my Life: 50 Years in Photography” to be held Jan. 22 through March 9. The recipient of the Palm Beach Photographic Centre’s FOTOmentor Award during the upcoming FOTOfusion 2019, Vincent Versace is an internationally recognized pioneer in the art and science of digital
photography. He has been hailed as “one of the top photography artists and visual storytellers of this era” and his work is part of the permanent collection of the Smithsonian Institution’s Museum of American History. Versace’s best-selling books include “From Oz to Kansas: Almost Every Black & White Technique Known to Mankind” and “Welcome to Oz 2.0: A Cinematic Approach to Digital Still Photography with
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THE VILLAGE IDIOT by Jim Mullen
Why have we become addicted to the word ‘addicted’? Some big investors at Apple think that the company should do something to protect defenseless, wealthier-thanaverage children from their iPhones. These charges are getting a lot of attention because they’re not made by publicity-seeking provocateurs – they’re made by people who actually own billions of dollars in Apple stock. They say children are addicted to their iPhones, and even though Apple already has a host of parental controls built into every single iPhone, the company should do even more. Why? Because we all know cellphones are bad for children because … well, I can’t actually think of anything bad a phone has done to children. Except for the “fact” that they are addicted to them. Is that like being addicted to television, or is it more like being addicted to sex? If you do too much of something, are you addicted? Does that make you a junkie? Are stockbrokers addicted to money, or are they just jerks? Are marathoners addicted to running? Are sales reps addicted to selling? Or is being “addicted” to a smartphone more like watching football all weekend, to the exclusion of everything else? I know parents who have moved to different school districts so their kids can play sports on
better teams. Are they addicted to their children? Or are we addicted to the word “addicted”? Do you really believe there is such a thing as being addicted to sex, or is that just a made-up syndrome? Is that the same as being addicted to heroin or nicotine, or is it more like saying you’re addicted to the hot tub? Or soap operas? Or yoga classes? And honestly, aren’t we all addicted to waking up each morning? Yes, bad things may happen to us today because we’re alive. Let’s blame it all on our “waking-up addiction.” We wouldn’t have all these worries
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night of the week and twice on Sunday? Or is the harm that they use the phone too much? It’s funny, parents never complained about how much time their kids spent on the phone in the ‘60s. Or the ‘70s. Or the ‘80s. Or the ‘90s. Oh, yeah – they complained all the time. How did those kids turn out? Pretty much the same as every other generation: some jerks, some OK, some wildly successful. Let’s see: You can read a book on the iPhone, you can play solitaire, you can call your friends, you can do your homework. It’s a calculator, a clock, a calendar,
a notebook, an alarm, a tracker, an answering machine – OMG, why would we want our children to have one of these horrible things?! Because they are incredible, that’s why. For investors to act as if Apple is selling 13-yearolds cigarettes and pornography on the sly is disingenuous at best, holier-than-thou at worst. If rich investors want to do something for children, they should make sure that no phone can text while it’s in motion. Make sure that the phone can only dial the kid’s parents or 911 while it’s in a school building. Make the phone stop parents from buying carbonated sugarwater for their children. It’s poisoning them. Whoops! Sorry, that was off topic. As we all know, all the problems in the world are caused by cellphones. Everything else is just hunky-dory. Jim Mullen is the author of “It Takes a Village Idiot: A Memoir of Life After the City,” a comic memoir about his move from New York City’s Greenwich Village to a former dairy farm in the Catskill Mountains. His freelance work has appeared in The New York Times, New York Magazine and The Village Voice.
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Suicide, at 50-year peak, pushes down U.S. life expectancy By MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer
NEW YORK — Suicides and drug overdoses pushed up U.S. deaths last year, and drove a continuing decline in how long Americans are expected to live. Overall, there were more than 2.8 million U.S. deaths in 2017, or nearly 70,000 more than the previous year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Nov. 29. It was the most deaths in a single year since the government began counting more than a century ago. The increase partly reflects the nation’s growing and aging population. But it’s deaths in younger age groups – particularly middle-aged people – that have had the largest impact on calculations of life expectancy, experts said. “These sobering statistics are a wake-up call that we are losing too many Americans, too early and too often, to conditions that are preventable,” Dr. Robert Redfield, the CDC’s director, said in a statement. The suicide death rate last year was the highest it’s been in at least 50 years, according to U.S. government records. There were more than 47,000 suicides, up from a little under 45,000 the year before.
A GENERAL DECLINE
For decades, U.S. life expectancy was on the upswing, rising a few months nearly every year. Now it’s trending the other way: It fell in 2015, stayed level in 2016, and declined again last year, the CDC said. The nation is in the longest period of a generally declining life expectancy since the late 1910s, when World War I and the worst flu pandemic in modern history combined to kill nearly 1 million Americans. Life expectancy in 1918 was 39. Aside from that, “we’ve never really seen anything like this,” said Robert Anderson, who oversees CDC death statistics. In the nation’s 10 leading causes of death, only the
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In this Oct. 22, 2018 photo, a fentanyl user holds a needle in Philadelphia. Suicides and drug overdoses helped lead a surge in U.S. deaths last year, and drove a continuing decline in how long Americans are expected to live. U.S. health officials released the latest numbers Thursday, Nov. 29. Death rates for heroin, methadone and prescription opioid painkillers were flat. But deaths from the powerful painkiller fentanyl and its close opioid cousins continued to soar in 2017.
cancer death rate fell in 2017. Meanwhile, there were increases in seven others – suicide, stroke, diabetes, Alzheimer’s, flu/pneumonia, chronic lower respiratory diseases and unintentional injuries. An underlying factor is that the death rate for heart disease – the nation’s No. 1 killer – has stopped falling. In years past, declines in heart disease deaths were enough to offset increases in some other kinds of death, but no longer, Anderson said. (The CDC’s numbers do sometimes change. In late November, CDC officials said they had revised their life expectancy estimate for 2016 after some additional data came in.)
WHAT’S DRIVING IT?
CDC officials did not speculate about what’s behind declining life expectancy, but Dr. William Dietz, a disease prevention expert at George Washington University, sees a sense of hopelessness. Financial struggles, a widening income gap and divisive politics are all casting a pall
over many Americans, he suggested. “I really do believe that people are increasingly hopeless, and that that leads to drug use, it leads potentially to suicide,” he said. VoteCast, a wide-ranging survey of the electorate conducted by The Associated Press, found voters expressing pessimistic views about the future: About half of voters nationwide said they expect life in America for the next generation to be worse than it is today. Nearly a quarter said life would be better and about as many said it would be the same. VoteCast surveyed more than 115,000 voters nationwide as Americans cast ballots in this year’s midterm elections. Drug overdose deaths also continued to climb, surpassing 70,000 last year, in the midst of the deadliest drug overdose epidemic in U.S. history. The death rate rose 10 percent from the previous year, smaller than the 21 percent jump seen between 2016 and 2017. That’s not quite cause for
celebration, said Dr. John Rowe, a professor of health policy and aging at Columbia University. “Maybe it’s starting to slow down, but it hasn’t turned around yet,” Rowe said. “I think it will take several years.” Accidental drug overdoses account for more than a third of the unintentional injury deaths, and intentional drug overdoses account for about a tenth of the suicides, said Dr. Holly Hedegaard, a CDC injury researcher.
OTHER FINDINGS
The CDC figures are based mainly on a review of 2017 death certificates. The life expectancy figure is based on current death trends and other factors. The agency also said:
A baby born last year in the U.S. is expected to live about 78 years and 7 months, on average. An American born in 2015 or 2016 was expected to live about a month longer, and one born in 2014 about two months longer than that. The suicide rate was 14 deaths per 100,000 people. That’s the highest since at least 1975. Montana had the highest suicide rate, and New York the lowest. Suicide rates were nearly twice as high in rural counties than in urban ones. The percentage of suicides due to drug overdose has been inching downward. Deaths from flu and pneumonia rose by about 6 percent. The 2017-2018 flu season was one of the worst in more than a decade, and some of the deaths from early in that season appeared in the new death dates. West Virginia was once again the state with the highest rate of drug overdose deaths. The CDC did not release state rates for suicides. Death rates for heroin, methadone and prescription opioid painkillers were flat. But deaths from the powerful painkiller fentanyl and its close opioid cousins continued to soar in 2017. Gun deaths rose for a third year in a row, to nearly 40,000. That’s about 1,000 more than in 2016. They had been hovering around 33,500 deaths until a few years ago. Like in other years, most gun deaths were suicides. Earlier CDC reports have noted increasing rates of suicide by gun. In 2017, about 60 percent of them were by gun.
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Holy corn dog! Superheroes coming to South Florida Fair The South Florida Fair will kick off its 2019 edition Jan. 17 when it hosts its Ride-A-Thon beginning at 5 p.m. The very next day – Friday, Jan. 18 – the fair kicks into high gear, running through Feb. 3. During the fair’s run, fairgoers will see their share of superheroes – after all, this year’s theme is “A Super-Tastic South Florida Fair – Where Heroes Unite!” Fair organizers will honor superheroes of all forms, from
everyday heroes to the superheroes of the silver screen. Throughout the fair’s 17 days, there will be special appearances by well-known Marvel and DC Comics heroes. But let’s not forget our everyday superheroes that live right in our neighborhoods. Daily parades with the theme, “Not All Superheroes Wear Capes” will feature heroes from our local communities who will be invited to ride on floats and
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Outside the Neighborhood
Woman says man broke into her home, made eggs, bathed
ATHENS, Ala. — An Alabama woman says a man broke into her house and made himself breakfast, took a bath and washed his clothes. Mary Royster tells WAAYTV she came home Oct. 16, and found a strange man who wouldn’t leave – he told her he was waiting for his clothes to dry. Thirty-one-year-old Tyler Love is now back at the Limestone County jail on a charge of burglary. He had been released just the week before after serving time for another burglary. Royster says “every drawer” in her house had been searched through, and Love made himself scrambled eggs, took a bath, shaved and brushed his teeth. Royster says finding the man in her home was scary, but he wasn’t violent and she can laugh about it now.
Dutch court rejects man’s request to be 20 years younger THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Dutch motivational speaker Emile Ratelband may feel like a 49-year-old but according to Dutch law he is still 69. A Dutch court recently rejected Ratelband’s request to shave 20 years off his age in a case that drew worldwide attention. “Mr. Ratelband is at liberty to feel 20 years younger than his real age and to act accordingly,” Arnhem court said in a press statement. “But amending his date of birth would cause 20 years of records to vanish from the register of births, deaths, marriages and registered partnerships. This would have a variety of undesirable legal and societal implications.” Ratelband went to court arguing that he didn’t feel 69 and saying his request was consistent with other forms of personal transformation which are gaining acceptance in the Netherlands and around the
world, such as the ability to change one’s name or gender. The court rejected that argument, saying that unlike in the case of a name or gender, Dutch law assigns rights and obligations based on age “such as the right to vote and the duty to attend school. If Mr. Ratelband’s request was allowed, those age requirements would become meaningless.” Ratelband, perhaps unsurprisingly given his background as a self-described advocate of positive thinking, was undeterred by the court’s rejection and vowed to appeal.
Schools Superintendent Rene Rovtar confirmed the teacher will no longer work in the district after the incident on Nov. 29 at Cedar Hill School. Rovtar declined further comment, saying the issue is a personnel matter. Officials say the teacher debunked other holiday characters, including the Easter Bunny, the Tooth Fairy and Elf on a Shelf. Rovtar previously said she was disheartened by the incident and that “childhood wonder associated with all holidays and traditions” is special to her. The substitute teacher’s identity has not been released.
Bond between donkey, emu may make Woman reunited with adoption difficult missing dog adopted CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A North Carolina animal shelter says the by someone else close bond between a donkey and an emu that can barely stand to be separated may complicate an adoption. The Charlotte Observer reports the male donkey and female emu were rescued from Kershaw, South Carolina when their owner suddenly vanished in November. Jennifer Gordon of nonprofit Carolina Waterfowl Rescue near Charlotte says the owner also left behind other animals. She says the shelter, which has not yet named the animals, tried separating them. But the donkey cried and the emu became frantic. She says the donkey doesn’t even like the shelter’s other donkeys. She says the two cuddle and sleep together. She says they can’t be separated, so someone needs to adopt both animals and “that may not be easy.”
DELMAR, Del. — A Delaware woman has been reunited with her missing Pomeranian named Jakey, whom she believed was dead but was really adopted out to someone else. The News Journal of Wilmington reports Angela Andrade and Jakey came together on Dec. 3, nearly a month after Andrade had been told he was dead. Andrade says she went out of town and left Jakey with her father. She says Jakey was gone when she returned and her father misled her to believe he was dead and not missing. She says she went to visit Jakey’s
grave in October, but the lack of a freshly dug grave told her something was off. In reality, Jakey had been found and was adopted by someone who initially declined to return him but later changed their mind.
Saving Clark’s neck? Panic at ‘Lampoon’s Christmas’ display
AUSTIN, Texas — A holiday display meant to re-create a scene from the movie “National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation” looked a little too real and caused a veteran to spring into action. The Heerlein family placed a dummy representing Clark Griswold dangling from the gutter of their Austin, Texas, home, with a ladder tipping beneath him. A veteran passing by thought it was the real thing and wrestled the ladder up while shouting, “Can you reach it?” KVUE-TV reports the man called police, who arrived and advised the family they were getting calls about the display. They have since put up a sign that says “Clark G is part of our Christmas display please do not call 911.”
Teacher who spoiled Santa will not return to school
MONTVILLE, N.J. — School officials say a substitute teacher who told first-grade students in New Jersey that Santa Claus isn’t real will not be returning to the school. NJ.com reports Montville
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Puppy digs up 13,000-year-old discovery in backyard LANGLEY, Wash. — An 8-month-old puppy digging a hole in a backyard in Washington state has made a 13,000-year-old discovery. Kirk Lacewell says he thought it was unusual that his yellow Labrador retriever Scout carried around what appeared to be a piece of wood or rock for a couple of days. So the Whidbey Island man sent photographs of it to experts at the University of Washington’s Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture in Seattle. KOMO reports that paleontologists concluded it was the tooth of a woolly mammoth, an extinct elephant relative that roamed thousands of years ago. The museum’s marketing director Andrea Godinez says she can’t remember a time when a dog helped uncover a fossil. The fossilized tooth now sits on the mantle where Scout can no longer get it.
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JUST FOR THE FUN OF IT
This Month in History Jan. 6, 1838: Samuel Morse first publicly demonstrated his telegraph, in Morristown, N.J. Jan. 28, 1878: The first daily college newspaper, the Yale News, began publication in New Haven, Conn. Jan. 18, 1911: The first landing of an aircraft on a ship took place as pilot Eugene B. Ely brought his plane in for a safe landing on the deck of the USS Pennsylvania in San Francisco Harbor. Jan. 1, 1913: The U.S. Parcel Post system went into operation. Jan. 16, 1920: Prohibition began as the 18th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution took effect. (It was later repealed by the 21st Amendment.) Jan. 29, 1936: The first members of baseball’s Hall of Fame, including Ty Cobb and Babe Ruth, were named in Cooperstown, N.Y.
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Jan. 10, 1946: The first man-made contact with the moon was made as radar signals were bounced off the lunar surface. Jan. 31, 1958: The United States entered the Space Age with its first successful launch of a satellite into orbit, Explorer I. Jan. 30, 1962: Two members of the famous “Flying Wallendas” high-wire act were killed when their seven-person pyramid collapsed during a performance in Detroit. Jan. 11, 1964: U.S. Surgeon General Luther Terry issued the first government report saying smoking may be hazardous to one’s health. Jan. 14, 1970: Diana Ross and the Supremes performed together in concert for the final time, at the Frontier Hotel in Las Vegas.
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“TRADING GAUGES” by Gayle Dean ACROSS 1 Knights-in-training 6 Place for a signature 10 Diving judge’s concern 14 It may have a potbelly 15 Platte River Indians 16 Capital of Western Samoa 17 Spirit in “The Tempest” 18 Shapely timekeeper’s gauge? 20 Vietnam Veterans Memorial designer 21 Gift line 23 Xylophone striker 24 Crow family bird 26 Strike, biblically 28 Friendly intro? 30 Some sorry souls? 34 Sub’s gauge? 38 Murmur romantically 39 Support in chicanery 40 Type of shooter 41 Mr. Roberts 42 “ ___ a lender be” 43 Carpenter’s gauge? 47 Busy mound 49 Journey by sloop
50 Ambitionless one 52 Shamrock 56 Crumbles away 59 Former Davis Cup coach 61 Stock or block extension 62 Gardener’s gauge? 64 Where the deer and the antelope play 66 “The Vampire Armand” author 67 Word with disaster or dining 68 Had stuff 69 Enthusiastic vigor 70 Word with bed or day of 71 Gets warm, so to speak DOWN 1 One of 150 2 Skylit rooms 3 Auctioneer’s next to last word 4 Eden exile 5 Egocentric 6 Kind of salmon
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Aries (March 21 – April 20) Too much time has passed for you to be harboring this grudge. No matter what your feelings are you can’t keep dwelling on what’s over and done with. Let it go and use the experience to strengthen yourself. Taurus (April 21 – May 21) Too much of yourself has been lost to outer things. None of your plans will work out if you exclude your spiritual needs. Everything comes from within. Take time to reflect upon where you stand with your inner life. Gemini (May 22 – June 21) The thorn in your side may be a pain but it’s there to remind you something needs to change. Don’t be afraid to drop this. Whomever or whatever you’re attached to is no longer serving your best interests. Cancer (June 22 – July 23) You’ve fallen for someone who doesn’t deserve you. This is a repetitive pattern. Go for it if you have to, but don’t expect it to be more than just another chance to review the extent to which you devalue
yourself. Leo (July 24 – Aug. 23) Family stuff is a big item. Don’t get too involved. You didn’t come here to fix what appears to be someone else’s problem. Taking care of your own needs is far more important than wasting time on this. Virgo (Aug. 24 – Sept. 23) In the midst of a major transition you are aware of the need to stay focused. Keep your eye on the prize and don’t let anything undermine your desire to pull your life together and stop fooling around. Libra (Sept. 24 – Oct. 23) Being pulled back into someone else’s dysfunction is the last thing you need. You’ve been here enough times to know better. Maybe this time you’ll have the wisdom to see that it’s their issue, not yours. Scorpio (Oct. 24 – Nov. 22) You don’t need to make this decision right now. Others are putting the pressure on, but this is your choice. Before you cave in to their demands make sure that you want this as much as they do.
Sagittarius (Nov. 23 – Dec. 21) The futility of your situation isn’t what it appears to be. Hanging in there may seem foolish but if you stick around you’ll be so glad that you had the patience to keep the faith when the going got tough. Capricorn (Dec. 22 – Jan. 20) Watching your loved ones go through the mill is only painful until you realize it’s their Karma. You can’t fix this. All you can do is be there for them and trust their ability to handle it themselves. Aquarius (Jan. 21 – Feb. 19) The process of give and take is always an issue. What you don’t seem to see is that others are giving as much as they can. You wouldn’t be so hell bent on making them do more if you actually appreciated their efforts. Pisces (Feb. 20 – March 20) Don’t try to push this. More pressure will only make things worse. It would be better to cut your losses and back off. Your efforts to make yourself right are a waste of time and will only prove you wrong in the long run.
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