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ON THE COVER – Alachua Mayor Gib Coerper strikes a dapper pose with Dave Ferro’s 1931 Ford Model A. Ferro said he believes it has the original engine and 4-speed transmission. “When you are going 45 it feels like you are going 100,” Ferro said. “It’s a blast.”

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5K Raises Funds for Lung Cancer Research

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Classic Car Shows Champion Good Causes

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Let’s Grow Old Together: Recognizing the Importance of Staying Social as We Age

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Classics I’ve owned a few old cars in my life, but none that would be considered a Classic (Well, I guess they would now, had I held onto them).

My first car was a black 1964 Chevrolet Bel Air station wagon. Very sexy car to be driving in high school let me tell you. Oh, and it had a red interior. We called it the hearse.

But I wasn’t complaining. At least I had a car. Some of my buddies were not so lucky. I became a chauffer. And if they were too obnoxious, they became pedestrians. At the time, the hearse was about a decade old.

I learned how to fix cars with the hearse. Back then working on cars was a lot easier. They were pretty basic and there was plenty of room to get your hands and tools into the engine compartment. I look under the hood of a car these days and the engine is unrecognizable — it’s like something from the Space Age. I drove the hearse for quite a few years until dear old Dad gave me a light blue 1970 Plymouth Duster for just the change in my pocket. It was super basic: no air conditioning, manual everything,

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including the transmission — a 3-onthe-tree shifter attached to the steering column. My classmates laughed at me (and became pedestrians). The Duster was awesome and only broke down once in all the years that I drove it.

It also had the best sound system I could afford at the time.

I wonder what that old car would be worth these days. But I’d rather not think about it, since I sold it in the mid80s. I’ve managed to move up in the world and have been getting progressively newer vehicles. But I have to admit I wish I still had those old cars.

So while I’m not truly a classic car enthusiast, I get it. Old cars are cool. The older, the cooler. So in this issue we visit with some people who are truly enthusiasts. We also offer some information on upcoming car shows.

Additionally, we examine the importance of staying social, especially as we advance in years.

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TAPAS œ MARCH

Pencil This In

SPRING FORWARD! ON SATURDAY, MARCH 8, IT’S TIME TO CHANGE YOUR CLOCK AND YOUR SMOKE DETECTOR BATTERIES! Daylight Saving Time begins at 2 a.m. so don’t forget to set your clock one hour ahead. DST was originally conceived by Benjamin Franklin in 1784. About 70 countries around the world observe DST. All states of the US but Hawaii and part of Arizona participate.

Big Bird Birthday Happy birthday, Big Bird! This friendly yellow Muppet from Sesame Street celebrates his special day this month. Perpetually six years old, Big Bird stands at eight foot, two inches tall. His suit has about 4,000 dyed turkey feathers.

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PATTY Facts!

• Up until 1970, St. Patrick’s was a dry holiday in Ireland.

• St. Patrick wasn’t Irish.

• The odds of finding a four-leaf clover are 1 in 10,000.

On March 30, 1858, Hymen Lipman patented the erasertipped pencil. According to pencils.com, an interesting feature of his design was that the eraser was installed within the wood of the pencil opposite from the writing core end. In this manner, the pencil could be sharpened on both ends to refresh either the graphite core or eraser.

The small bands of metal that hold the eraser are called “ferrules,” and the eraser itself is called a “plug.”

Lipman sold this patent to Joseph Reckendorfer for $100,000 (that would be about $2 million today) who in turn sued the pencil manufacturer Faber for infringement. In 1875 the Supreme Court ruled against Reckendorfer, claiming that his patent was invalid since the invention was a combination of two already existing items.

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Christopher Walken MARCH 31, 1943 Queens native Christopher Walken has always been theatrical.

At the age of three, he started performing as a dancer. Walken worked as a lion tamer at the circus during his teenage years before switching to acting, both onstage and on film. After his breakthrough role in “Annie Hall,” Walken went on to act in numerous other movies such as “A View to a Kill” and “Pulp Fiction.” Walken was awarded an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of a Vietnam War veteran in “The Deer Hunter.”

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Despite often portraying serious characters, Walken has also dabbled in comedy. In almost every movie he has worked on, no matter the genre, Walken has tried to work in some kind of small dance routine for his character.

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Roger Daltrey

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Born March 25, 1942 and known as “The Queen of Soul,” Aretha Franklin has won 18 Grammy Awards and sold more than 75 million records. Franklin came from humble beginnings, singing as a young girl at her father’s church. When she was 14, her father took her on the road as a part of his gospel caravan tour. Franklin began her secular music career at the age of 18, reaching commercial success with hits such as “Respect,” “Chain of Fools,” and “(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman.”

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A Ride to Remember Alzheimer’s disease is the sixth leading cause of death and takes the lives of nearly 500,000 people every year, with more than five million Americans living with the disease. And every year, when the weather is warming and the greenery is blooming, Dr. Rafael Cott invites the Gainesville community to put on their bike shorts, lather up their sunscreen, and ride for a cause.

For nearly a decade, the Ride To Remember charity event has been held to raise funds benefitting ElderCare of Alachua County and to support Al’z place, a daycare center for those with Alzheimer’s disease and severe memory disorders. The program is available five days per week, eight hours per day and provides therapeutic activities including physical exercise, active and quiet games, reminiscence, validation therapy, doll therapy, and other failure-free activities.

The Ride to Remember event, held on Saturday, March 14, 2015, affords cyclist enthusiasts a scenic bike trail ranging from one to 100 miles, from Gainesville to Ocala, with the ability to ride as long as desired. Cyclists can begin their bike ride in Boulware Springs Park in Gainesville, 3400 S.E. 15th Street or Flemington

Community Park in Ocala, 18200 N. Hwy. 329. Registration, which includes a T-shirt, is $40 online or by mail and $50 on the day of the event with a hand-printed form.

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Run Amuck with the

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aren Gorenberg’s life was turned upside down in December of 2006. After getting a routine mammogram, Gorenberg decided to also have a chest x-ray.

As the doctors took a while to come back, she was worried about the results of her mammogram. Instead, they found a spot on her lung.

Gorenberg isn’t a smoker. She didn’t have a cough or acid reflux. The doctors took biopsies of her lung. The results came back: Gorenberg had non-small cell lung cancer.

Off she went to Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.

Optimistic. During her procedure the surgeon discovered that the cancer had metastasized to her other lung.

As a stage IV cancer patient, Gorenberg’s oncologist, Dr. Lucio Gordan, told her that she had 12 to 14 months left to live. She underwent four sessions of traditional chemotherapy. Scans taken after each session revealed that her cancer was shrinking.

After the fifth scan, the cancer had started to grow again.

When Gorenberg tested positive for the exon 21 mutation in June 2007, she began taking an experimental targeted therapy for her mutation — 150 mg. a day of a drug called Tarceva. Her first clear scans in 2008 didn’t mean the cancer was gone; the medicine was just holding it at bay.

Doctors predicted that the efficacy of Tarceva would decline over time, and eventually the cancer would outsmart it. They thought that the drug would stop working after two years. Eight years and almost 3,000 doses of Tarceva later, Gorenberg is still here.

At a fundraising dinner in California, she met Bonnie Addario, founder of Bonnie J. Addario Lung Cancer Foundation (ALCF). Gorenberg was inspired to hold her own lung cancer research fundraiser. Run Amuck with the Duck, an annual walk/run 5K, is now going on its sixth year. Gorenberg, age 72, continues to walk with a team. The past five races have raised $270,000 for the Bonnie J. Addario Lung Cancer Foundation.

Even though lung cancer is the number one cancer killer in the U.S. (ending more lives than breast, prostate and colon cancer combined), for every 10 dollars donated to breast cancer research, only one is given to study lung cancer. In the past several years, cutting edge technology such as the mapping of the human genome has opened the doors for new treatments that can be tailored specifically to each patient. The Addario Lung Cancer Medical Institute (ALCMI) is currently exploring this as an option to potentially cure cancer.

“It is going to change the entire way that cancer is dealt with,” Gorenberg said.

PHOTOS COURTESY OF CAREN GORENBERG TOP RIGHT: Caren Gorenberg and Bonnie Addario with Crackers the Duck, M.D. at an annual November fund-raising Gala in San Francisco.

ACROSS: The route of the annual run/walk 5K was designed by Caren Gorenberg. The course winds through the North Florida Regional Medical Center complex in Gainesville and passes by the offices of the different doctors that helped Gorenberg throughout her lung cancer treatment.

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The 6th Annual Run Amuck with the Duck 5K

March 7 th Walk and Run North Florida Regional Medical Center

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PHOTOS COURTESY OF CAREN GORENBERG ABOVE: Event Chair Dr. Lucio Gordan, his wife Valeria Gordan, his daughter Julia, and Caren Gorenberg attend the 5th Annual Run Amuck in March 2014. Dr. Gordan was Gorenberg’s oncologist during her bout with non-small cell lung cancer.

The research for new treatments would not be possible without funds from events such as Run Amuck with the Duck.

But what’s the deal with the duck, anyway?

The event is named after a stuffed animal named Crackers that was given to Gorenberg’s son when he first started medical school. The Gorenbergs, who are avid travelers, stow Crackers in their suitcase for many of their family trips. The beloved family duck has been around the globe, from the pyramids of Giza to the top of Mount Kilimanjaro.

Crackers’ journey to join Gorenberg in Gainesville before her first infusion was his most significant trip by far. Dressed in surgeon’s greens and holding an IV drip fashioned out of a coat hanger (complete with the names of the same drugs Gorenberg was taking), the duck came with a note reading “Tell Dr. Gordan I’ll have what she’s having.”

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Crackers continues to provide humor and support as the mascot of Run Amuck with the Duck. Every year, an army of volunteers assembles to make the event possible. The team paints the 34th Wall and passes out flyers around Gainesville to raise awareness. This year, Gorenberg is also starting a project called Give a Buck to the Duck.

There’s another reason why this year’s event will be so special. Instead of having someone read a letter from the founder of ALCF, Bonnie Addario will be in town to deliver a message herself. A 10-year survivor of stage 3B lung cancer, Addario has lost four members of her family (including her mother) to the same disease.

Addario was frustrated. The survival rate for lung cancer patients had stayed at 15 percent for 45 years, and 20 to 35 million people had been lost to the disease worldwide. Enough seniortimesmagazine.com

TOP LEFT: Crackers the traveling duck has visited numerous famous landmarks with the Gorenberg family, including the pyramids of Giza. Crackers has a Facebook page where his fans can view snapshots of his travels and remain updated on upcoming Run Amuck with the Duck events.

ABOVE & INSET: Volunteers paint the 34th Wall in Gainesville each year to spread awareness for Run Amuck with the Duck.

was enough, she decided.

In 2006 the Bonnie J. Addario Lung Cancer Foundation was born. The philanthropy has raised $25 million so far. At Run Amuck with the Duck, Addario will speak about recent developments in the medical community, as well as ways that lung cancer patients can get support. Aside from funding research, the goal of the ALCF is to educate patients and their families with up-to-date knowledge.

“There have been so many good things happening with lung cancer in the last four to five years,” Addario said. “But when you’re first diagnosed and you get on the Internet, you see some of the old information that was really, really dire and not really hopeful.”

The organization live streams monthly Lung Cancer Living Room sessions that feature guest speakers. Addario also wrote

“Navigating Lung Cancer.” The book is offered for free to lung cancer patients, and is now available as a mobile app and in multiple languages.

Being armed with knowledge about the disease is important because anyone — young or old, smoker or nonsmoker — can get lung cancer. But while it’s possible for anyone to get this disease, it’s also possible for anyone to get involved in the pursuit for a cure.

“People say, ‘Well, there’s nothing I can do. I can’t do what you’re doing,’” Addario said. “If I had $20 from a million people every year I could do amazing things to end this particular cancer.”

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uci Baines Johnson, LBJ’s irrepressible daughter, and Liz Carpenter, Lady Bird’s press secretary during the White House years, burst into my life in the early 1980s, when I was editorial director of G.P. Putnam’s Sons in New York.

I met Liz at the American Booksellers Association annual convention in Atlanta. One day she took me to see a house called “Tara,” owned by friends, but it was hardly the mansion depicted in “Gone With the Wind.” A thirsty pig was tethered in the yard, and Liz, still a country girl at heart, watered it from a lawn faucet.

A short, stout woman, she was wearing white patent leather Courreges ankle boots, relics from the Swinging 60s, and though their tight triangular confines must have tortured her chubby, gnarled feet, they were part of her outlandish charm.

She’d long been Vice President Lyndon Baines Johnson’s trusted assistant, and on the day JFK was shot, LBJ asked her to write his swearing-in speech as the 36th President of the United States.

Grabbing a scrap of paper, she jotted down, “I ask for your help — and God’s.”

Millions of people who’d been horrified at the prospect of a bumptious, egotistical Texan taking over the fate of the free world suddenly got behind LBJ and paved the way for Medicare, Medicaid, and increased Social Security. Though

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plagued by a war he didn’t understand, LBJ harnessed Congress and pushed through a record-breaking number of acts benefitting Seniors, blacks, the poor, the environment, education, women, and the economy.

“I guess I ghost-wrote it with God,” Liz chuckled.

Lady Bird immediately put Liz in charge of handling the 85 women reporters who covered the family side of the White House. Liz’s subsequent book about working for the First Lady, “Ruffles and Flourishes,” was so beguiling I decided to ask Lady Bird herself to write a book. She was amenable but too ill for discussions and turned me over to her daughter Luci Baines Johnson Nugent, who invited me to her home in Texas.

Luci collected me at the Austin airport, and in the intense glare of a blistering noonday sun, her gash-red lipstick, chalky white skin, and jet-black hair made her resemble a powdered and painted kabuki dancer, but her friendliness and enthusiasm proved irresistible.

We headed for the University of Texas campus, Luci driving her station wagon with all the flair of a Daytona champ, finally pulling up at the LBJ Presidential Library.

“Just as my father was a man of contradictions,” she said, “so is this Gordon Bunshaft modernist building.”

A white stone juggernaut thrusting into a Tiffany blue sky, the unornamented

travertine monolith took on warmth and stunning color the minute I went inside.

The walls of the towering interior were lined solid with bright red leather boxes containing 45 million presidential papers.

Upstairs, standing in a replica of the oval office with President Johnson’s daughter was an eerie and moving experience.

Later, at her home in the elegant Balcones section, I chatted with her four children as they bounced on a big backyard trampoline. Their absent dad, Pat Nugent, who’d held a job in the Johnson family business after marrying Luci, resigned when Luci divorced him on grounds of “insupportable… discord” and bought a gas station in Austin.

Back in my room at the grand old Driskill hotel I was getting ready for bed and bare-chested when Luci, unannounced, appeared in my doorway carrying two tote bags full of Lady Bird memorabilia.

She marched in and for a moment I thought, ‘Here’s my chance to be President of the United States.’ White House usher Chuck Robb married her older sister Lynda Bird, became governor of Virginia, and was on his way to the White House when a nude massage by Miss Virginia derailed his political career.

Luci thrust the bags at me and left. I plunged into hundreds of White House memos that told you how to put together a state dinner for visiting royalty but hardly justified a major advance.

Not long afterward, Luci married Canadian banker Ian J. Turpin. Upon Lady Bird’s death, she became chairman of the LBJ Holding Company — five radio stations employing 150 people. Turpin is her CEO. s Ellis Amburn is in the Hall of Excellence at TCU’s Schieffer School of Journalism. Involved daily in volunteer community service, the High Springs resident is the author of biographies of Roy Orbison, Elizabeth Taylor and others. ellis.amburn@gmail.com.

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Tinseltown Talks The Ubiquitous William Schallert

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f you have watched television since the 1950s, there’s no avoiding William Schallert.

His distinctive, mellow voice and comfortingly familiar face have appeared on series ranging from “Father Knows Best” to “Desperate Housewives” and everything in between (see www.william-schallert.com).

“I’ve never added up the total, but I did work a lot!” said Schallert, from his home in Pacific Palisades, Calif.

The tally of his television appearances is close to 300, with another 100 feature films — the first being an uncredited role in “The Foxes of Harrow” in 1947 which Schallert still vividly recalls.

“I had one line as a banker delivering a message to the New Orleans stock exchange: ‘Gentlemen, gentlemen, the bank of the United States in Philadelphia has closed its doors!’”

Schallert said the scene was memorable because it called for another actor to shoot himself, but was unable to coordinate firing the gun with the gunshot sound produced by crew backstage.

“They couldn’t see each other, so the shot would go off sometimes before or sometimes after the trigger was pulled.

It got to be hysterical,” Schallert said with a laugh. “But they kept me over and I ended up getting three day’s pay for one.

So I figured this was a great way to make a living!”

In the beginning, Schallert said roles came slowly, but by 1959 he was hot.

“I worked 57 times that year, then got a recurring role on ‘Dobie Gillis,’ and of course as the father on ‘The Patty Duke Show’ in 1963,” he said.

However, the uncertainty of series work could be unsettling.

“I knew the show was coming to an end, and was concerned what would happen,” he said of The Patty Duke Show. “Fortunately I started doing voiceover work in commercials and that really paid the bills for the next 20 years.”

Schallert has been invited to sci-fi conventions due to roles in ‘50s film classics such as “The Man from Planet X,” “Them,” and “The Incredible Shrinking Man.” He also guest starred

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in ‘The Trouble with Tribbles,’ one of the most popular “Star Trek” episodes.

But he said one of his favorite TV guest roles was in “Get Smart,” where he appeared in several episodes as the very elderly and unsteady Admiral Hargrade who would fall over at the slightest touch — an irony not lost on the 92-year-old Schallert, now coincidentally the exact age as his character during the 1968 season.

“The admiral was a charming character and looking back as an actor, I still think the ways I made him tumble over were funny,” he said. “But now I am the age his character was supposed to be, and the actual falling down part isn’t funny anymore! Falls can become serious health issues seniortimesmagazine.com

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While Schallert said he has experienced some falls, his main health issue is his legs.

“I have peripheral neuropathy and wear braces,” he said.

“They help me stay balanced if I use a walker, but it’s just easier to get around in a wheelchair.”

Despite the physical limitation, Schallert doesn’t entirely rule out working in the future.

“Although I’m more or less retired, if someone offered me a stage role and it was something I could manage, I’d probably do it,” he said. “But working in film or TV would be too difficult now. Besides, I did my share!” s Nick Thomas teaches at Auburn University at Montgomery, Ala., and has written features, columns, and interviews for over 500 magazines and newspapers.

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passion for classic cars is no respecter of age. Everyone from the teenager who had fun-fun-fun till her daddy took her T-bird away to Senior Mike Kearney, owner of a 1970 Camaro SS, is wild about hot rods.

Souped up by J & K Machine Shop in Gainesville, Mike’s Camaro was “specially built with more drive, more push, a real race engine,” he avowed in an interview in the spacious garage adjacent to his home. “I raced it at the Gainesville Raceway. It goes 140 mph and is perfectly smooth at any speed.”

It’s for sale for $30,000. Also in Kearney’s garage is a purple 1936 Ford Cabriolet, replete with its original rumble seat and engine, and tagged at $55,000. An Oldsmobile hot rod that goes one quarter of a mile in 11 seconds retails for $15,000.

Among Kearney’s current projects is “a fun little car” he’s restoring for his wife Judi, with whom he built the High Springs Diner a dozen or so years ago. It’s a Citroen with a 25-horsepower engine, which he’s replacing with a 50-horsepower BMW motorcycle engine.

He sold his first antique car, a 1933 Hupmobile Straight 8 convertible, in the 1950s for $10,000. Though a lot of trading goes on among antique car dealers, “it has never resurfaced,” Kearney said. “It’s worth $200,000 today.”

Despite recent auction sales reported online by CNBC Newsletters — a 1962 Ferrari 250 GTO that went for $38.1 million, another Ferrari for $34.65 million, and a 1995 McLaren F1 for $4,058,120 — Kearney dismisses them as “silly stuff none of us can afford. The market’s bad today. [Cars are] not a good investment.”

“It’s a labor of love. It’s impossible to make money anymore on these cars because restoration is too expensive.”

Then why is his garage full of old cars in various stages of restoration, like a quaintly cool-looking 1934 black Chevrolet sedan with silver skull headlights added by Kearney?

“You’ve got to like cars,” he said. “Put your money somewhere else, not in cars, unless you’re going to go out in the game and are willing to pay $100,000. There are [affordable] hot rods in High Springs that will outrun a McLaren — nine seconds down the quarter-mile track.”

Dr. John Hoehn, a Gainesville chiropractor and car hobbyist, agrees, opining in a telephone interview that restoring old

A Daytona driver shows off his Ford racer at the High Springs car show. The engine is directly behind the driver’s head and separated from it by a thin panel of transparent Plexiglass, guaranteeing a roaring good time.

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“Won’t you come with me, Lucille… in my merry Oldsmobile?” Nostalgia at the High Springs Car Show 2014 included the ever-popular Chevrolet Bel Air, a vintage Rolls Royce, an antique Packard and more.

cars is “not for investment. It’s a labor of love. It’s impossible to make money anymore on these cars because restoration is too expensive.”

It’s different with certain upscale exotics. Factors affecting the value of a classic car include low production volumes, rarity, design, generation effect (commonly known as nostalgia), condition, victories at prestigious races like LeMans or the Indianapolis 500 and auto shows like the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance, and association with such celebrities as Elton John, James Coburn and Greta Garbo, whose Duesenberg netted $507,422. The infamous O.J. Simpson’s white Ford Bronco fetched $75,000, and, adjusted for inflation, Adolph Hitler’s Mercedes-Benz 770 F-Cabriolet parade car brought in $812,827.

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Other notable sales were a 14-Louver Berlinetta for $9.46 million, a 1929 Duesenberg Model J Disappearing Top Convertible Coupe for $2.365 million, a 1950 Buick two-door sedan for $89,995, and a 1932 Ford Roadster for $29,995.

Auto aficionados include everyone from Jay Leno — owner of 130 cars and 93 motorcycles serviced by four fulltime mechanics, according to the Los Angeles Times — to Chicago’s Michelle Lonnecker, who restored and painted her retro Lamborgheni Urraco.

In Leno’s $1.2 million 903-horsepower McLaren P1 supercar, he “surges through [LA’s canyons] with a controlled fury,” the Times wrote, while fellow comedian Jerry Seinfeld prefers Porsches.

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nual October car show began in 1992 as a fundraiser for the Rotary Club, with more than 100 cars participating, parked near the railroad tracks and the Chamber of Commerce building. According to Chairperson Heather Clarich, the event benefits the Boy Scouts and the Santa Fe High School Interact Club. The show’s website adds that it gives every third-grade student in Alachua County a dictionary.

The National Hot Rod Association’s Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals will run March 12-15 from 9 am to 6 pm at the Auto Plus Raceway, 11211 North

County Rd. 225, Gainesville.

“Hot rods [will race] in four professional classes, top fuel, funny car, prostock, and pro-stock motorcycle,” said Scott Smith, the NHRA’s senior media relations manager, in a telephone interview.

Seats range from $36-$49 depending on location. Kids get in free if under 12 and accompanied by a parent holding a general-admission ticket.

“Every ticket is a pit pass, something unique in motor shows,” Smith said.

“You’re allowed to watch a top fuel team work on cars up close and personal.”

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Mike Kearney contemplates the French-made Citroen he’s restoring for wife Judi, with whom he built Floyd’s Diner in High Springs.

Hot Rodding for Heroes, a car show at the Haile Plantation Village Center, will benefit the Veterans Bridge Scholarship program at Santa Fe College. Admission is free.

“It’s Haile Plantation’s big event of the year,” said Dr. Hoehn, an organizer of the show, in a telephone interview.

“We’ll have local bands, folk music, color guard, military recruiters from every branch present. About 4 1/2 years ago, good people in our county came together to orchestrate this show for veterans, and it’s been a wonderful success, going from 100 cars to about 300 now. Spectators went from 3,000 to 7,000, and we expect 10,000 this year.”

Haile “has been wonderful helping us put this together with Santa Fe College’s veterans affairs department,” Hoehn added.

“It can take six months to a year waiting in limbo for the G.I. Bill to kick in. We try to get these vets into [college] as soon as possible, with no sitting around and possibly getting into trouble.”

Hoehn’s hobby for 40 years has been restoring antique and classic cars, muscle cars and the like.

“I worked on a 1967 Mustang GT Fastback and a 1960 Camaro Rallysport,” he said. “You have to understand cars yourself. As a kid I worked at the local gas station and drove on weekends.”

Parking will be located along 91st Blvd. only, according to the website. A trolley will help usher attendees to the Haile

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Village Center and Golf Course.

“Often car shows are on parking lots, but in this one, cars are parked around the buildings,” Dave Ferro said in a recent telephone interview. Ferro is one of the founders of Hot Rodding for Heroes.

Ferro is also associated with Gainesville Street Rods and launched his own car collection in 1969, when he was 20, with a Pontiac GTO convertible. Defining the difference between classic and exotic cars, Ferro said, “Classics are at least 25 years old.

Exotics are newer cars, like Lamborghenis, Porsches or Ferraris.”

The Classic Car Club of America defines classic as autos manufactured from 1919 to 1948.

Ferro acquired a 1954 Flxible Visicoach in San Antonio, Texas.

“It’s a commuter bus like Greyhound uses between cities,” Ferro said. “It’s my next project. It has a cool diesel motor, manual gear shift for speed, and a big Ralph Kramden [“Honeymooners”] steering wheel.”

Gainesville Street Rods hosts an exhibition the second Saturday of every month at Publix on 9200 NW 39th Ave., from 6 pm to 9 pm. For details, call 352-658-1477 or visit www. gainesvillestreetrods.com.

The 33rd Talkin’ Cars Under the Stars Original Cruz-In Gainesville Street Rods car show will be held on March 14 at Santa Fe College. The curious nomenclature for this daytime seniortimesmagazine.com

event is due to the fact that the show was formerly held at night, said Mike Stelzleni, president of the club, in a recent telephone interview. Admission is free and visitors can enjoy music by Big “D”. The fee for entering a car or truck is $20; motorcycle is $10. Registration: 10 am - 1 pm. Trophies will be awarded to winners in various categories at 4 pm. There will be a $500 raffle, 50/50 door prizes, and all proceeds go to Stop Children’s Cancer.

A car show at Tioga Town Center is scheduled for April 11 from 10 am to 3 pm opening with check-in and registration for entrants at 8:15 am followed by a silent auction, kids activities, and food vendors at 10 am; judging at 10:30 am; live entertainment at 11 am; “Fire Your Engines” at 1:30 pm and awards and prizes at 2 pm.

Admission is free. Registration, which can be done on-site or online by credit card, is $30 for cars, trucks, and motorcycles. Benefits for registering include

two tickets to the kickoff party at Saboré on Friday night, April 10, auto display at the show, a sponsor gift bag, and a chance to win awards in such categories as Best of Show, Best Classic, Best Muscle Car, and Best Sound System.

Proceeds go to the Sebastian Ferrero Foundation, whose website explains its mission is to raise money for pediatric care for children and their families.

According to “How One Boy Changed the College of Medicine” by Karen Dooley, an article on the University of Florida’s “Florida Physicians” section of the foundation’s website, three-year-old Sebastian Ferrero died due to a tragic medical mistake. After a settlement, his parents Luisa and Horst Ferrero raised funds for a state-of-the-art children’s hospital at UF, matching up to $1 million in donations made to the foundation.

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Gainesville, start your engines! Get ready for an exciting weekend watching racers whiz by at this year’s 46th Annual Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals from March 12th to 15th at the Gainesville Raceway. Every event ticket gives Gatornationals goers access to the action-packed pit. The race pit allows spectators an up-close and personal view into NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing. Fans can get next to the teams and the drivers as they prepare to speed down the track. This is a unique opportunity to meet the drivers and get autographs from the heroes of the sport.

Additionally, spectators can choose to view the action from skybox suites, located above the pit-side grandstands.

These limited, luxury accommodations allow for a more comfortable, climatecontrolled environment with unparalleled views of the race action. Wherever you decide to watch, you won’t want to miss the racers competing in various professional classes throughout the weekend. Below is a breakdown of the unique categories: Top Fuel: The 10,000-horsepower, ni-

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tromethane-burning Top Fuel dragsters are the quickest-accelerating machines on earth, going from a still position to 100 mph in less than one second. They are powered by supercharged, custombuilt, 500-cubic-inch engines mounted behind the driver. Two parachutes, which are activated by a hand control inside the cockpit, are the car’s primary braking system.

Funny Car: Funny Cars are shortwheel-base cars with a fiberglass replica of a production car body. The engines are identical to those that power Top Fuel machines, with one noticeable difference — they are located in front of the driver. Body styles allowed in competition are model year 2000 or newer two-door sports cars, coupes, or sedan bodies of a type originally mass-produced by an automobile manufacturer, foreign or domestic.

Pro-stock: Pro Stock cars, while retaining a close resemblance to their showroom counterparts, feature extensive engine modifications, sophisticated chassis and suspension development, and a maximum 500-cubic-inch engine

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Entering the 2014 season, Erica Enders-Stevens owns both ends of the national record with an elapsed time of 6.464 seconds and 215.55 mph.

Pro-stock Motorcycle: The Pro Stock Motorcycle category is reserved for 1998 or newer, stock-appearing, carbureted or electronic fuel injection, gasoline-burning machines.

Andrew Hines holds the record for time at 6.728, and Eddie Krawiec owns the record for speed at 199.26 mph.

With several nearby hotels to choose from as well as Dixieland RV Park and Jaycee Campgrounds — the closest facility to the track — there are a number of accommodation options to choose from to ensure that Gainesville residents and out of town guests won’t have to miss a moment of the fun. Group rates are available, and best yet, children under 12 are free with every paying adult. So race over to Gatornationals with the whole family! s seniortimesmagazine.com

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is portfolio of landscape and wildlife photography ranges from the Gulf of Mexico to the Atlantic Ocean, and for almost 30 years John Moran has been giving us pictures that take our breath away. SunState Federal Credit Union is proud to feature in several of their branches “Journal of Light,” a major traveling exhibit of the Florida Museum of Natural History.

Displayed throughout SunState’s Main office and Jonesville branch, these pictures give a unique perspective to the natural and varied beauty that our state has to offer.

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Museum for nearly eight months,” said Darcie MacMahon, exhibits director for the Museum of Natural History. “It then traveled to six venues around Florida, including the Museum of Florida History in Tallahassee, the South Florida Museum in Bradenton, the Collier County Museum in Naples, the Beaches Museum and History Center in Jacksonville Beach, Museum of Florida Art and Culture in Avon Park and Hillsborough Community College in Tampa.”

Since the conclusion of the statewide tour, SunState Federal Credit Union stepped in to give the exhibit a permanent home in our community.

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ing with SunState. “John’s collection offers a rare insight to the beauty and majesty of our natural surroundings, and we’re proud to be able to house such an impressive collection. We invite anyone interested in these photographs to stop by for a visit.”

As a University of Florida graduate, Moran enjoyed a 23year career as a photographer, writer and editor for The Gainesville Sun. Moran left the world of daily journalism in 2003 to concentrate fulltime on photographing the best of Florida’s varied natural beauty. Since that time, Moran’s photography has appeared in numerous books and magazines including National Geographic, Life, Time, Newsweek, Smithsonian, The New York Times Magazine and the National Audubon Society Field Guide to Florida.

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Archer Elementary Safety Patrol JANUARY 2015 WINNER - 2,975 VOTES

Each morning Archer Elementary awakens with the help of a very special crew of students as the safety patrol swings into action assisting teachers and students. The school wouldn’t run as smoothly and safely without the help of these exemplary students, which is why they were awarded the SunState Federal Credit Union January Charity of the Month.

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he safety patrol is comprised of about 70 students who sharpen pencils, run errands for teachers and help in the cafeteria each morning. These older students help the younger children find their way around the school and help the coach with keeping track of laps on the morning mile. They get ice and raise the flag, and they generally help keep the school safe.

Safety patrol sponsor, Trey Whiddon, said they’d like to give every student a chance to be on safety patrol. But because they are in a position with extra responsibilities, students tend to look up to them as the example. So students need to have a good academic record and positive behavior to be on patrols. Being a good student doesn’t mean they need straight As, but Whiddon said they need to have a good work ethic. They also have to write an essay to reflect on why they’d like to be a part of the safety patrols.

Winner The school relies on the patrols as an extra pair of eyes and ears, but they aren’t allowed to be bossy or rude. They simply report unsafe behavior and help those in need.

Whiddon said the idea is to teach these students responsibility and accountability. The captains are in leadership roles and are responsible for checking other patrol members into their posts.

They try to hold patrol members to a higher standard because they are to be leading other students by example.

The duty stations and captains are rotated every nine weeks, so the students get an opportunity to work in different capacities.

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to the nation’s capital. They’ll check into the hotel at 9 p.m., and at 6:30 the next morning they’ll have breakfast and head out for their first tour. The students don’t stop until 8 p.m., so each day is full of amazing adventures.

Whiddon said he was surprised to hear that a parent had nominated the patrols for the contest and even more surprised when they won. He said people from all over the Archer and Newberry communities banded together to spread the word for people to vote. Even those with no children at the school reached out to help, and he was touched and so very grateful.

“It’s really what community is about,” Whiddon said.

On the last night of the voting they were losing to a sorority with an equally worthy cause, but the votes came in and the safety patrol won by about 20 votes.

Whiddon said Lisa Lauger, the sponsor in charge of finances, has been a big help in keeping track and raising funds for the trip.

The group has held other fundraisers, but the $1,000 award will go a long way to help many students get over that last financial hurdle for the D.C. trip. And the whole crew is thankful. s

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www.facebook.com/SunStateFCU and click on “Charity of the Month”.

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Healthy Edge Why Can’t I Sleep?!

Help for Insomniacs

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ave difficulty falling asleep or staying asleep — even when you have the time to relax? Read on to improve your zzzzzs…

The National Sleep Foundation estimates that more than two-thirds of American adults have sleep-related issues. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, one in 10 of us suffer with chronic insomnia. If you suffer from lack of sleep, you already feel the results of poor sleep: fatigue, low energy, difficulty concentrating, and decreased performance.

Inadequate sleep leads to mood changes and other difficulties with thinking and behavior. It goes beyond a little grumpiness; poor sleep exacerbates anxiety and depression. Prolonged wakefulness takes hostage your judgment, critical thinking, planning and organization skills.

If you’re trying to lose weight or manage your health issues, you need to aim for eight hours of sleep a night. Inadequate sleep is linked to weight gain due to changes in appetite hormones (e.g., leptin and ghrelin) as well as thyroid hormones. If you have trouble sleeping, it dampens your immune response and sense of wellbeing. If you’re suffering from malaise, pains, stomach upset, or have diarrhea, lack of sleep may be to blame.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration suggests that drowsiness or fatigue contributes to 100,000 crashes annually. Numerous driving simulator studies have shown that the effect of insomnia on the nervous system is similar to being under the influence of alcohol. In one study, sleep deprived participants drove off a virtual road every five minutes; that’s the same response of a person with blood alcohol level of 0.08%.

So, how can you get more sleep? Dr. Andrew Weil has multiple webpages dedicated to natural sleep tips. Here are a few of his recommendations: 1. Try going to bed at the same time every night, and getting up at the same time each morning. This goes for weekdays and weekends!

2. If you can’t sleep, let it go. Research shows that individuals who worry about falling asleep have greater trouble dropping off.

3. Consider using “white noise.” White noise devices block out surrounding environmental noise (en.wikipedia.org/ wiki/White_noise_machine).

4. Short naps won’t disturb your ability to sleep at night. They’re actually good for you, even if you have insomnia. You can nap 10-20 minutes in the afternoon, preferably in a darkened room.

5. Do nature. Spend time outdoors when you can to get exposure to bright, natural light. Concerned about harmful effects of UV? Go outside before 10am or after 3pm, or use sunscreen.

6. Turn the lights down at night. Give yourself an hour in dim light before you go to sleep. Lower the lighting in your house and bedroom. If other members of the household won’t comply, try sunglasses.

7. Ask your medical professional about melatonin. Melatonin regulates the wake/sleep cycle and other daily biorhythms. If it’s OK with your doctor, try sublingual tablets (to be placed under the tongue and allowed to dissolve); take 2.5 mg at bedtime as an occasional dose, and make sure that your bedroom is completely dark. A much lower dose (0.25 to 0.3 mg) is more effective for regular use.

8. Work it out! Get at least 45 minutes of aerobic activity every day.

9. Try a routine before bedtime that includes a hot bath. Try a few drops of relaxing oil of lavender in the water.

10. Make yourself physically comfortable. Is your mattress too soft? Is your pillow lumpy? These types of things can keep you from a restful sleep. Another consideration: try going to an osteopathic physician who specializes in osteopathic manipulative therapy. A session or two of this safe sleep aid treatment can be life changing.

Sweet dreams for a healthy edge! s Check out Dr. Weil’s instructional video teaching the “Relaxing Breath” at drweil.com/drw/u/VDR00160/Dr-Weils-Breathing-Exercises-4-7-8-Breath. html. It helps you get to sleep.

Kendra Siler-Marsiglio, PhD, HCC is the Director of Rural Health Partnership at WellFlorida Council.

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Let’s Grow Old Together Recognizing the Importance of Staying Social as We Age

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rowing up, we are continuously surrounded by others: teammates in little league, friends in girl or boy scouts, classmates at school — the options for interacting with our peers by joining clubs, groups, and sports teams are endless. After graduation, work life takes over and our time is consumed with co-workers and kids. But what happens after we retire from our job and our children have long since moved away? An empty nest combined with no clear way to make friends or meet new people can leave Seniors feeling alone and purposeless. Fortunately, Senior Recreation Centers and Active Adult Communities — facilities that provide outlets and opportunities for Seniors to engage physically, mentally, and socially with their peers — are becoming increasingly popular.

“It is extremely important for Seniors to socially engage,”

“Those who do not engage in social activities may become depressed and lose social and physical skills.” said Sara Lynn McCrae, Director of Community Services at Oak Hammock at the University of Florida. “It creates avenues to form interests, which gets them more involved in the community and gives purpose to their lives. At Oak Hammock, we have over 33 interest groups at The Institute for Learning in Retirement (ILR), which provide intellectual stimulation and social interaction.”

Interest groups are as diverse as Oak Hammock’s members,

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including book club, tennis group, woodworkers group, and needle art, just to name a few.

Oak Hammock, which opened its doors in 2004, has been specifically designed to create a community environment and to stimulate lifelong learning opportunities for its senior members. McCrae is excited about the vibrant community she is a part of and notes that the members are “eager to learn and want to stay busy.”

McCrae feels lucky to tap into the resources at UF at Oak Hammock. She said, “The Institute on Aging, UF College of Medicine, and NFR doctors present for our Mini-medical School series.”

Many professors also guest lecture for ILR and some students even work there; in fact, “at Oak Hammock, we have a contract with the UF College of Health and Human Performance to staff our fitness center,” she said.

It is important for Seniors to stay physically active, and, McCrae reported that, at Oak Hammock, “the numbers of those exercising at least three times a week is 70 percent of our members — a staggering statistic for this age group.”

She is also encouraged by the fact that “60 percent of Oak Hammock’s members participate in the Institute for Learning in Retirement,” noting that “those who do not engage in social activities may become depressed and lose social and physical skills.”

Alachua County’s Senior Recreation Center reports similar findings. Their website states: “Studies on Seniors show that activities, socialization, and enhanced community connectedness can prevent depression, decrease feelings of isolation, seniortimesmagazine.com

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PHOTO COURTESY OF JULIE RICHARDS Seniors enjoying activities such as kicking back for an outdoor Creedence Clearwater Revival Tribute concert, playing cards, and enjoying a good old fashioned community Sock Hop.

and increase quality of life.”

Dr. Marco Pahor, the Chair for The University of Florida’s Department of Aging and Geriatric Research and the Director of the Institute on Aging at UF agreed.

“Social engagement [amongst Seniors] is very important, not only for maintaining a high level of mental health, including averting depression, but also for physical health,” Pahor said. “Not engaging with others as we age increases the risk of depression, cognitive decline, physical inactivity, and ultimately may reduce longevity.”

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move into active retirement communities, such as The Villages. For example, Forrest Baker and his wife Mindi decided to move into an active adult community of like-minded residents after their two children had moved out and they started thinking about retirement. Their community requires tenants to be at least 55 years old.

“When Mindi and I were living in [our old] community, we were not active in any of the available activities because it was more in tune with a much younger-aged family structure,” Baker said. “Both [my wife] and I were nearing retirement age, and we enjoyed doing activities with our neighbors, but seniortimesmagazine.com

“I think staying active keeps one mentally and physically healthy!” they all had children in elementary and high school, who took up a lot of their time. After we moved into the senior community that we live in now, we found that we had not just a few friends with similar interests, but a whole community full of active people. We have expanded our activities that we are involved in and our circle of friends.”

Baker went on to describe some of the many activities he and his wife participate in: “Twice a year our bocce ball and shuffle board groups have ‘team play’ for about six weeks, and we usually have about 30 to 40 teams participate.”

He laughed, adding, “We play more for meeting new people and chatting with friends than the actual thought of winning the league. Everyone has a fun time and at the end of each season there is a big lunch, dinner, or some type of get-together to award trophies where we all gather and have a fun, festive time.”

Baker said that his wife, Mindi, has a monthly book club and also meets with a group of ladies to play cards once a week.

“She is also involved in the Sunshine Committee — they provide ‘Get Well’ cards, meals, newcomer packets, and assist with ‘Celebration of Life’ ceremonies. We are also involved in two groups that meet for dinner once a month.”

Baker also stays active in a community golf group, rides his bicycle with his friends three to four times a week and has helped build a wine club that meets once a month to do a wine tasting.

Not only does staying active keep Baker busy during retirement, but he feels that it improves his attitude too.

“I feel that being involved in the community gives you a better outlook on life overall,” he said. “Mindi and I feel a real

enjoyment in being involved in this community, and we plan on continuing to be active as we continue to age.”

Another active adult community member, Janet Kuncl, agreed.

“Choosing a 55-and-over community to live in was a good decision for me because, when you get to be our age, how do you meet people?” Kuncl said. “When our children were young we were able to meet new people through our children, but it is hard once they have grown up. Also, it’s important to stay healthy, to exercise, and to enjoy every day. I play badminton in the morning six days a week, once a week I go to Zumba class, on Fridays I play cards with girlfriends, and I golf occasionally. I think staying active keeps one mentally and physically healthy!”

Kuncl’s neighbor, Pat Kikendall, recognizes the intangible benefits of staying engaged with her peers.

“Many of the activities stimulate not only our physical wellbeing but playing cards keeps our minds active and helps our memory,” she said. “Planning activities keeps our organizational abilities on point. Living in a 55-and-over community has been a true blessing for my husband and me. We have friends who we have met in the past 14 years who we feel like we have known for 40 years. At our age, we have our physical problems, but in this community we are so supportive of each other and look out for each other — more so even than family in many instances.”

Aging can either be looked at as a scary stage to try to avoid or an exciting opportunity that can be embraced. With more time to enjoy the company of friends and more freedom to try something new, Seniors should be excited about their options.

The good news is that — with so many state-of-the-art facilities providing diverse activities for members of every age and stage of mental and physical health — the tough decision isn’t whether or not to get involved, but figuring out which activities you will have to leave out. s

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BREAKFAST CLUB

Wakey Wakey Eggs & Bakey The Kiwanis Club’s Annual Pancake Breakfast

by Ericka Winterrowd

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here is nothing like the aroma of pancakes, maple syrup and hot coffee on a cool morning, accompanied by the sizzling of bacon and sausage. But when it’s all being cooked to raise money to help area children?

Well, now, that just makes it even better.

That is precisely what Kiwanis Club of Gainesville is doing on March 14th with its 38th Annual Pancake Day hosted by Gainesville High School. For $5 per person (free for children under six years of age) diners can indulge in an all-you-caneat pancake extravaganza, with all of the proceeds going to the many Kiwanis Club efforts to help area children.

As with many of its events, the breakfast is run in cooperation with the Kiwanis Club of University City.

“We’re celebrating the 100th anniversary of Kiwanis by inviting families, hungry breakfast-lovers and children of all ages to join us for all-you-can-eat pancakes, sausage, orange juice and coffee,” said Scottie Butler, president of the Kiwanis Club of University City. “Remember, children under six years of age eat free, take-outs are available and 100 percent of the profits go to benefit children.”

Kiwanis is an international civic organization that is deeply involved in community service. Its mission is service to children. The association was founded in Detroit, Michigan in 1915 and is headquartered in Indianapolis.

The six permanent values of Kiwanis International were approved by Kiwanis club delegates during the 1924 International Convention. Through the decades, they have remained unchanged, “To give primacy to the human and spiritual

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rather than to the material values of life. To encourage the daily living of the Golden Rule in all human relationships. To promote the adoption and the application of higher social, business, and professional standards. To develop, by percept and example, a more intelligent, aggressive, and serviceable citizenship. To provide, through Kiwanis clubs, a practical means to form enduring friendships, to render altruistic service, and to build better communities. And to cooperate in creating and maintaining that sound public opinion and high idealism which make possible the increase of righteousness, justice, patriotism, and goodwill.”

The two Gainesville clubs support programs and groups such as Girls’ Place, Alachua County 4-H, youth leadership programs, Bringing Up Grades (BUG) for elementary kids, and, with the Gainesville Fire Rescue, Safety City. The clubs also sponsor Builders Clubs for elementary students, high school Key Clubs, Circle K for university students and Kids Count, a tutoring program for elementary students.

The World’s Greatest Baby Shower is another program supported by the Gainesville Kiwanis Clubs. Sheila Crapo heads the committee planning for the event, a major project for the past 10 years. She has been a Kiwanis member for 14 years.

“The goal of the shower,” Crapo said in a previous interview, “is to reach young parents and help them get the information and assistance they need to be successful mothers and fathers and to have healthy, happy children. We help them navigate the avenues available to them and educate them on how to care for their young ones.” seniortimesmagazine.com

Operating under the initiative of “Young Children: Priority One,” Kiwanis of Gainesville promotes the needs of area youth in many ways. The club’s Safety City facility in East Gainesville teaches children skills needed to safely navigate roads and to avoid unsafe situations. Members join forces with Concerned Christians for the Community to build handicapped ramps for children in mobile homes. In addition, the Kiwanis Club also helps maintain the Girl Scout property with a spring cleanup every year.

As part of a global volunteer organization, Kiwanis International members stage nearly 150,000 service projects, devote more than six million hours to service and raise nearly $100 million every year for communities, families and programs worldwide.

Yet, the overriding theme to all of this effort is focused on one child at a time.

Through ticket sales and donations, the breakfast raises approximately $10,000 each year to fund service projects — as if anyone needed another good reason to eat some pancakes.

Both Gainesville Kiwanis clubs meet weekly to hear from guest speakers, share information, happenings and events. Newcomers and visitors are welcome. Meeting and event information can be found online or by calling 352-495-1742 or 352-377-4000. s

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CALENDAR UPCOMING EVENTS IN ALACHUA & MARION TIOGA MONDAY MARKET Mondays 4:00pm - 7:00pm JONESVILLE - Tioga Center, 13005 W. Newberry Rd. Market features a selection of vegetables, crafts, organic food, fruits and local specialties.

FREE YOGA FOR VETERANS Wednesdays 12:15PM OCALA - Bliss Yoga Center, 1738 SE 58th Ave. Bliss Yoga & Wellness Center is proud to offer free yoga classes for our active-duty and military veterans. Classes are taught by a resident military veteran. Breath, movement and relaxation are combined in a way that supports overall physical, emotional, and spiritual wellness. Classes are suitable for all fitness and experience levels. 352-694-9642.

WATERCOLOR PAINTING Thursdays 10:30am – 12:00pm OCALA - Artful Gifts, 8405 Southwest 80th St. Come on out to Circle Square Commons, enjoy the Farmer’s Market and then enjoy an hour and a half of creativity! Each class is $15 and will be taught by Sylvia Ortiz.

This easy, step by step instruction takes you through all the necessary techniques to be successful in the art of watercolor.

To sign up, call Diane at 352-237-3747.

GAINESVILLE HARMONY SHOW CHORUS Thursdays 7:00pm – 9:30pm GAINESVILLE - Grace Presbyterian Church, 3146 NW 13th St. Interested in learning and singing Women’s A Cappella Barbershop Harmony Music?

For more information about the Gainesville Harmony Show Chorus, of Sweet Adelines International, call Beckie: 352-318-1281.

OCALA FARM MARKET Saturdays 9:00am – 2:00pm OCALA - Downtown Square, SE Watula Ave. Visit the market to reap locally grown farm fresh seasonal produce, homemade jellies and jams, delicious kettle corn, boiled peanuts, homemade crafts, and plants. 352-426-8244.

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OCALA GHOST WALKS & HISTORICAL TOURS Fridays and Sundays until March 24 8:00pm – 9:30pm OCALA - 56 SE 1st Ave., #101. Come get spooked! Ocala Ghost Walks introduce the realm of possibility to the enthusiast of the supernatural and to the skeptics alike. Weekly tours Fridays and Saturdays, but tours are available seven nights a week — just call to reserve. (No extra charge for private tours.)

Participants are welcome to bring cameras or EMF equipment. Must call and reserve for all tours. 352-690-7933. www.ocalaghostwalks.com.

LADY GAMERS Fridays 1:00pm HIGH SPRINGS - New Century Woman’s Club, 40 NW 1st Ave. The Lady Gamers meet for fun, friendship and food. Everyone is invited.

Meet old friends and make some new ones.

artists who had roots in Florida. Stand faceto-face with the sunglasses of the late, great Ray Charles. Other artifacts include a 1960s stage costume belonging to Bo Diddley.

PRIMETIME INSTITUTE CLASS Tuesday, March 2 2:30pm - 4:00pm GAINESVILLE - Senior Recreation Center, 5701 NW 34th Blvd. Getting Your Garden Ready for Spring. Wendy Wilber, Environmental Horticulture Agent with Alachua County Extension, will present information about finding the right plants for the right places, watering effectively, and discovering which fertilizers to use and when to use them. 352-332-6917.

QACDG Thursday, March 5 9:30am GAINESVILLE - Senior Recreation Center, 5701 N. W. 34th Blvd. Quilters of Alachua County Day Guild (QACDG) meets monthly the first Thursday from 9:30 a.m. to noon. Guests are welcome. March is National Quilt Month, and QACDG members will have their quilts on display from the 1st through the 31st at the Tower Road and Millhopper branches of the Alachua County Library. Each branch will have between 15 and 20 quilts hanging throughout their buildings, showing a variety of quilt styles, from traditional to art to modern. Info: Beverley Hilton – 352-373-7791, or www.qacdg.org.

FAMILY GAME DAY Sundays

TIOGA WINTER FINE ART FAIR

1:00pm ARCHER - Archer Branch Library, 13266 SW State Rd 45. Connect with your family and friends over a board game at the Archer Branch Library. Free.

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A T REX. NAMED SUE Through September 13 1:00pm – 5:00pm GAINESVILE - Florida Museum of Natural History, 3215 Hull Rd. In the temporary exhibit “A T. rex Named Sue,” explore how this remarkable creature interacted with its world and what we can learn from studying its bones. Enjoy family-friendly interactive activities, climb into the dig pit to uncover fossils and learn about dinosaurs through touchable bone replicas and other hands-on activities. 352-846-2000; www.flmnh.ufl.edu.

FLORIDA’S GOT THE BLUES EXHIBITION Through April 30 9:30am – 3:30pm GAINESVILLE - Matheson History Museum, 513 East University Ave. This exhibit showcases musicians who pioneered the blues music during the early 20th century. Hear Florida’s musical heritage. See the Matheson transformed into a Blues-eum great for kids and kids at heart.

Explore the story of the many notable blues

TIMES VARY JONESVILLE - Tioga Town Center, West Newberry Rd. The Fair will showcase the works of 105 artists and fine craftsmen in paintings, mixed-media, photography, fiber, ceramics, jewelry, wood, sculpture, glass, metal and books. The Festival kicks off on Friday night with a live concert and, plus thousands of stringed-lights above the streets for a wonderland affect. Saturday and Sunday the festivals begins with a Sand Sculptor creating a masterpiece from 2,000 pounds of sand.

RACE THE TORTOISE 5K Saturday, March 7 8:00am HIGH SPRINGS - O’Leno State Park. This is a certified out and back race for runners and walkers along the Park’s scenic, paved main road. This race is limited to the first 300 registrants. Prize money and Awards! Awards ceremony and refreshments will be in the dining hall following the race. Age groups run from 9 and under to 75+. Technical t-shirts guaranteed for pre-registered participants only. Medals for all finishers. Proceeds go to help feed the animals in the O’Leno Nature Center and to expand its exhibits.

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STRAWBERRY FESTIVAL AND CAR SHOW Saturday, March 7 8:00am – 5:00pm OCALA - McPherson Governmental Complex @ 601 Southeast 25th Ave. This event is open to all. Come out for entertainment, food and beverages, the kids zone, and more. Preregistration by February 21st is $10, and tickets purchased on day of show are $15. Online registration is available. Vehicles must arrive by 9 am and remain in place until 3 pm. For more info, call Sarah at 352-351-4663.

1ST SATURDAY VILLAGE MARKET DAYS Saturday, March 7 8:00am – 2:00pm DUNNELLON - Dunnellon, 20804 West Pennsylvania Ave. Regular folks set up outside of local area stores will be selling all sorts of items: antiques, plants, jewelry, furniture, books, kid’s stuff, house wares, clothing & accessories, tools, produce and baked goods.

You never know what you might find! Browse the local stores and restaurants. Have a fun day, bring the whole family even the dog! Please call 352-465-9200 for vendor information.

SPRING PROMENADE Saturday, March 7 10:00am - 4:00pm GAINESVILLE - The Thomas Center. The Spring Promenade is back after a hiatus of two years.

The tour of historic homes in the Duckpond neighborhood will feature six houses, ranging in size and one beautifully remodeled historic house that is now a business. Transportation by van will be available although the sites are all within easy walking distance. Tickets cost $15.00 and may be purchased on the day of the event at the Thomas Center.

ASK A SCIENTIST: GEOLOGY Sunday, March 8 1:00pm - 4:00pm GAINSVILLE - Florida Museum of Natural History, 3215 Hull Rd. Take advantage of this opportunity to talk one-on-one with researchers from UF’s Department of Geological Sciences. Bring your specimens and find answers during an afternoon of discovery and learning. 352-273-2062.

A Treasury of Indian Miniature Painting Through March 29 OCALA - College of Central Florida Appleton Museum of Art, 4333 East Silver Springs Blvd. This exhibition from the collection of the Museum of the Arts & Sciences in Daytona Beach brings to light fascinating stories of Rajas, princes, demons, and superheroes. 352-291-4455 or www.appletonmuseum.org.

The Homestead is unique in the Nation for its “Talking Walls.” For a reason lost to time, the Haile family wrote on the walls of their home — over 12,500 words in almost every room and closet. Docent-led tours will be offered.

FLORIDA FREE SPEECH FORUM Monday, March 9 11:30am – 1:00pm GAINESVILLE - Paramount Hotel and Conference Center, 2900 S.W. 13th St. Jim Foster, former Executive Director of City Club of Cleveland, will speak about the City Club and changes and problems Cleveland faced during the past twenty years. Twenty years ago the founders of the Florida Free Speech Forum invited Foster’s predecessor at City Club to visit Gainesville and give advice on how to set up our Forum that still exists today. FFSF meets the second Monday of each month, September through May, to provide a platform for rational examination of ideas through free speech. Open to public participation. To register, visit floridafreespeech or call 352-335-3938 by March 4.

TOUR OF THE HISTORIC HAILE HOMESTEAD

INTERNATIONAL FILM SERIES

Sunday, March 8

7:00pm OCALA - Appleton Museum, 4333 East Silver Springs Blvd. College of Central Florida presents “Still Mine.” Based on true events and laced with wry humor, Still Mine tells the heartfelt tale of Craig Morrison, who comes up against the system when he sets out to build a more

12:00pm GAINESVILLE - Historic Haile Homestead, 8500 SW Archer Rd. Completed in 1856 by enslaved craftsmen, the 6,200-square-foot homestead stands today as one of the few remaining antebellum homes in North Central Florida.

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suitable house for his ailing wife Irene. Films at the Appleton are free to all museum and film series members; nonmembers pay museum admission. Contact the CF Foundation at 352-873-5808 to join. For more information on the International Film Series, contact Joe Zimmerman at 352-854-2322, ext. 1233, or visit www.cf.edu/foundation/events/events.

DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION Wednesday, March 11 11:00am - 1:00pm GAINESVILLE - Wesley United Methodist Church, NW 23rd Ave. Gainesville Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution meet on the second Wednesday of each month, October through May. gainesvilleDAR@gmail.com.

DUDLEY KIDS DAY: “PARTAKE OF THE PAST” March 11 – 12 10:00am – 2:00pm NEWBERRY - Dudley Farm Historic State Park, 18730 West Newberry Rd. Girl Scouts in period clothing will be demonstrating the history of Dudley Farm. Participants are encouraged to dress up too! Learn the skills and crafts used long ago by working in the garden and playing the ‘old timey’ games. Visit the farmhouse and see wonderful kitchen demonstrations. Bring a picnic lunch and spend the day. Admission is $5 per vehicle (up to 8 occupants). 352472-1142; www.friendsofdudleyfarm.org.

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RUN FOR HAVEN 5K AND 10K

Thursday, March 12

Saturday, March 14

6:00pm – 8:00pm GAINESVILLE - Matheson History Museum, 513 East University Ave. Hear history come alive with a presentation by Stan Lynch, the original drummer for Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. Admission is $10.

4:30pm JONESVILLE - Tioga Town Center, 105 SW 128th St. 5K and 10K run/walk with a St. Patrick’s Day theme. Participants are encouraged to wear green and participate in the St. Patty’s Day costume contest to win prizes. The registration fee of $35 includes the 5K and 10K run/walk, a pre-event warm-up, vouchers for food and drink, an awards ceremony, block party feature rising country singer Natalie Nicole Green, and a shirt and commemorative medal for the first 700 registered runners. All proceeds will benefit the unreimbursed programs and services provided

by Haven Hospice to the patients and families in Gainesville and the surrounding areas. Stephanie Brod: 352-271-4665; www.RunforHaven.org.

PRIMETIME INSTITUTE CLASS Thursday, March 12 2:30pm - 4:00pm GAINESVILLE - Senior Recreation Center, 5701 NW 34th Blvd. Tax Planning for Seniors. Beanna Whitlock, expert in tax law and a member of the Society of Certified Senior Advisors, explains important information needed by older adults in regards to taxes. In this online webinar, Ms. Whitlock will help attendees understand the differences that Seniors should be aware of when filing their taxes. 352-332-6917.

GATOR GYMNASTICS Friday, March 13 6:45pm GAINESVILLE - Stephen C. O’Connell Center, 250 Gale Lemerand Dr. Florida Gymnastics take on Texas Woman’s University. The Gator seniors will be honored during a post-meet ceremony.

HEARKEN NIGHT OF MUSIC Friday, March 13 8:00pm HIGH SPRINGS - High Springs Playhouse, 130 NE 1st St. A night of original, live music featuring regional artists in an intimate setting.

Tickets are $10 and available in advance at The High Springs Emporium, 660 NW Santa Fe Blvd. Info: www.highspringsplayhouse. com or email hearkennight@gmail.com.

CCOA MEETING Friday March 13 9:00AM – 11:00AM GAINESVILLE - Senior Recreation Center, 5701 NW 34th Blvd. The CCOA will continue to explore potential Senior transportation, and begin to focus on affordable housing for Seniors locally. Housing options will be presented by Jon Reiskind and Ed Brown.

WILDLIFE WALK ON LA CHUA TRAIL Saturday, March 14 8:00am MICANOPY - Paynes Prairie Preserve State Park, 100 Savannah Blvd. This leisurely paced excursion onto the Prairie basin provides a wonderful opportunity to observe the plants and animals that inhabit the 22,000-acre preserve. Walk varies from 1-3 miles depending on conditions, wildlife sightings, and participant preferences. There is a 25-person limit. Meet at the La Chua Trail parking lot by the kiosk.

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to the Civil War era aboard a real historic train. Bring the whole family for great food, fun rides, a carousel, music, toys, crafts, and more. Details and tickets at kirbyfarm.com.

TARGETING YOUR PITCH Sunday, March 15 2:30pm – 4:00pm GAINESVILLE - Millhopper Branch Library, 3145 NW 43rd St. Pattie Glenn, published author, screenplay writer, and Broker-Associate of Keller Williams Gainesville Realty, will speak at a meeting sponsored by the Writers Alliance of Gainesville. The event is open to all who are interested in the written word. journeyofvirtues.com; www.writersalliance.org.

SCIENCE CAFÉ: FLORIDA ARCHAEOLOGY

AUTHOR JILL CIMENT

Monday, March 16

Saturday, March 14

6:30pm - 9:00pm GAINESVILLE - Blue Gill Quality Foods, 1310 SW 13th St. Experience a variety of science topics.

This month’s topic is “The Social Network: Florida’s Ancient Multiscalar Communities”, with Neill Wallis, Ph.D., Assistant Curator in Archaeology at the Florida Museum.

Participants purchase their own food and beverage from a special Science Café menu.

Seating and food/beverage ordering begin at 6 p.m. Please note that seating is on a firstcome basis (except when wheelchair access is requested in advance). Space is limited; RSVP at least one week in advance at www. eventbrite.com/e/flmnh-march-science-cafetickets-14707886685. Info: Betty Dunckel at bdunckel@flmnh.ufl.edu or 352-273-2088.

2:30pm GAINESVILLE - Alachua County Library Headquarters Library, 401 E. University Ave. Alachua County Library District presents Jill Ciment on, author of five novels. Her most recent novel, “Act of God,” is a contemporary noir-novel that starts out a comedy-of-errors and turns darker at every hairpin turn. She will discuss her latest book and her writing career. 352-334-3909; www.aclib.us.

DUDLEY KIDS DAY: BEAUTIFUL EGGS Saturday, March 14 10:00am – 2:00pm NEWBERRY - Dudley Farm Historic State Park, 18730 West Newberry Rd. This fun and educational event with hands-on craft activities is sure to please both children and adults.

Admission is $5 per vehicle (up to 8 occupants).

352-472-1142; www.friendsofdudleyfarm.org.

CAN YOU DIG IT? Saturday, March 14 10:00am - 3:00pm GAINSVILLE - Florida Museum of Natural History, 3215 Hull Rd. Dig into geology and discover the ground beneath your feet. Enjoy hands-on activities and watch demonstrations of volcanic eruptions. Explore the Museum and check out displays and activities on geology, fossils, gems, minerals and much more from Florida and around the world! A free, fun event for all ages. 352-273-2062.

GAINESVILLE NETWORKING CHALLENGE Wednesday, March 18 5:30pm – 7:00pm JONESVILLE - Sabore Restaurant, 13005 SW 1st Rd. Come network with business professionals in a casual setting on the third Wednesday of each month. Invite your friends! Enjoy complimentary delicious hors d’oeuvres!

GAWN Wednesday, March 18 11:30am – 1:00pm GAINESVILLE - Sweetwater Branch Inn, 625 E University Ave. The Gainesville Area Women’s Network luncheon — third Wednesday each month. Attend for great networking and a hot lunch. Register: GAWN.org.

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Banquet. Feast on wild game and BBQ, doors open at 5:30 p.m.; dinner at 7:00 p.m. Over 20 guns in this year’s auction and raffle. Gatorgobblers.NWTF@gmail.com.

PRIMETIME INSTITUTE CLASS Thursday, March 19 2:30pm - 4:00pm GAINESVILLE - Senior Recreation Center, 5701 NW 34th Blvd. Optimizing Your Health & Wellbeing: Increasing Positive Affect Moments. The UF Institute on Aging will be represented this month

by Kimberly Sibille, Ph.D., Assistant Professor and researcher with the Pain Research and Intervention Center of Excellence. 352-332-6917.

GENTLE WALK AND TALK Thursday, March 19 9:00am MICANOPY - Paynes Prairie Preserve State Park, 100 Savannah Blvd. This gentle walk of approximately one mile will take you onto Paynes Prairie. Challenge yourself to identify birds, trees, and wildflowers, or just enjoy a peaceful stroll. If you are lucky, the sandhill cranes, bison, or wild horses may be seen. The pace is slow and comfortable. Limit 10 people. Registration required. Register at www.prairiefriends.org.

Open Air Arts March 14, 15 & 21 MELROSE - Melrose Bay Art Gallery, 103 State Rd. 26. More than 50 local and regional artists will participate in a marathon of creativity in and around historic Melrose. Watch and listen on March 14th and 15th from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. as participating artists work.

Be sure to return the following weekend for the Open Air Arts Reception & Art Sale on March 21st from 6-9 p.m. Contact Tim Malles at 352-371-7192 and timmalles@aol.com.

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Saturday, March 21

7:00pm ALACHUA - Hitchcock’s Foodway. The members are dedicated to educating the public on ways to save our honeybees and other pollinators by doing presentation for schools, social clubs, and other public events when requested.

5:30pm GAINESVILLE - Nadine McGuire Theatre and Dance Pavilion, 1800 McCarty Dr. The University of Florida’s Friends of Music and Friends of Theatre + Dance will host the 6th Annual Splendor with the theme “Dancing under the Stars.” Proceeds support scholarships and other programs. Highlights include one-of-akind performances, an after party with live jazz and dancing, full service bar, appearance by special guest alumna Katrina Asmar, a silent auction and much more. 352-273-1465.

BALLET 352 Friday, March 20 7:30pm GAINESVILLE - Phillips Center, 3201 Hull Rd. Dance Alive National Ballet brings a spectacular evening of dance, accompanied by the UF Symphony Orchestra, guest pianist Kevin Sharpe and musicians Gosia and Ali. George Balanchine’s most joyous pure dance work, “Allegro Brillante”, the luminous “Transfigured Night” is created by award winning choreographer Judy Skinner, and Kim Tuttle’s explosive Aboriginal ballet “Corroboree.”

MOVIE IN THE PARK Friday, March 20 8:00pm – 10:00pm OCALA - Jervey Gantt Park, 2200 SE 36th Ave. Come watch “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” on the big screen! Bring lawn chairs and blankets. 352-368-5517.

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WILLIAM BARTRAM HERITAGE DAY Saturday, March 21 10:00am – 4:00pm HAWTHORNE - Little Orange Creek Nature Park. The event will feature William Bartram in costume giving a fascinating talk for both adults and children. Plein Air Artists will also be painting, exhibiting and selling their work throughout the day. Live music, native plant sales, storytelling, booths of handmade crafts and Earthskills demonstrators will give visitors a glimpse of what life was like in William Bartram’s time. The event also features crafts and games for the kids. Visitors are encouraged to ‘dress the part’ to help create an Old Florida atmosphere. 352-494-3790 or 352-318-1265.

MARION COUNTY GOURD ARTISTS Saturday, March 21 10:00am BELLEVIEW - Cherokee Park Adult Recreation Center, 5641 SE 113th Pl. Group of gourd enthusiasts that meets to share their love of gourds and learn more about gourd art. Meets every third Saturday of the month. www.mariongourdartists.com.

ANTIQUE TRACTOR AND FARM SHOW Saturday, March 21 9:00am – Noon NEWBERRY - Dudley Farm Historic State Park, 18730 West Newberry Road (SR 26). See farmers on their vintage machines plow a field where sugar cane and corn will soon be planted. This event honors the innovations in methods and equipment, showing the historical significance and importance of the tractor to agriculture. Also the local Antique Automobile Club of America will display their cars.

SPRING GARDEN FESTIVAL March 21 – March 22 10:00am – 5:00pm GAINESVILLE - Kanapaha Botanical Gardens, 4700 Southwest 58th Dr. Gainesville’s premier horticultural event will feature about 175 booths

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offering plants, landscape displays, garden accessories, arts and crafts, educational exhibits and foods. Also featured are a walk-through butterfly conservatory, children’s activities area, live entertainment and live auctions.

Free parking with two off-site parking areas serviced by shuttle buses. $8 for Adults, $5 for children three to 13. Cash only (no credit cards) at these events. www.kanapaha.org.

AUTHOR SERIES: JEN LANCASTER Sunday, March 22 2:00pm GAINESVILLE - Millhopper Branch Library, 3145 NW 43rd St. Jen Lancaster is the author of 10 titles, both fiction and non-fiction, and her latest novel is Twisted Sisters. Blogging about her experience from being laid off from a corporate job and unemployment office episodes became the basis for her books. Lancaster is also an occasional National Public Radio (NPR) columnist.

AUDUBON SPEAKER Monday, March 23 6:30pm GAINESVILLE - Millhopper Library, 3145 NW 43rd St. Dr. Andrew Kratter, Collection Manager in the Ornithology Division at Florida Museum of Natural History will present “Seabirding in Alachua County? The Cross-Florida Common Loon Migration.” Common Loons are an iconic bird in much of North America. Dr. Kratter discovered that this migration is much more extensive and likely involves a large percentage of the population wintering in peninsular Florida. He will give details of this discovery and explain the pattern, extent, and timing of this unlikely migration route.

GAINESVILLE FLUTE CIRCLE Monday, March 23 7:00pm - 8:30pm GAINESVILLE - Millhopper Library, Room B. 3145 NW 43rd St. For those that play the Native American style flute or would like to learn to play. Meets every 4th Monday of the month.

Bring your own flute or if you do not have one, flutes are available for you to try for the evening. Everyone is welcome to attend. Contact judyrobinson@me.com for more information or visit tinyurl.com/gainesvilleflutecircle.

PRIMETIME INSTITUTE CLASS Thursday, March 26 2:30pm - 4:00pm GAINESVILLE - Senior Recreation Center, 5701 NW 34th Blvd. Women’s History in a Confusing World. Leveda Brown, former Alachua County Commissioner, will share a presentation on how American women were involved in working for equality in voting, wages, and legal rights. 352-332-6917.

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FLORIDA SPRINGS FESTIVAL

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Saturday, March 28

6:30pm – 8:30pm OCALA - Seven Sisters Inn, 828 East Fort King St. Kayla and Shelia are incredibly impressive for their medium and psychic ability.

The cost is $28 per person. Home baked cookies will be served. By reservation only. Order your reservation by calling Bob at 352-4330700. sevensistersinn.org/medium-gallery.

Times Vary OCALA - Silver Springs State Park, 5656 E. Silver Springs Blvd. The festival promotes preservation of the springs through awareness and stewardship, featuring environmental speakers, educational displays, ranger programs, guided tours, food, entertainment, a student art show, silent auction and more.

Info: Rachel.Fonvielle@dep.state.fl.us.

O’LENO OLE CHILI COOK-OFF & SPRINGS CELEBRATION Saturday, March 28 9:00am – 3:00pm HIGH SPRINGS - O’Leno State Park. Bring your favorite chili recipe and compete with the best during this CASI sanctioned chili cook-off. You do not have to be a member to participate.

Prizes for 1st – 10th place in the cook-off; and 1st – 3rd place for the Showmanship. CASI rules can be found at Chili Appreciation Society International, or you can compete in the Open category where anything goes! Live music, videos, interactive water education displays and children’s activities. 386-454-1853.

OLD FLORIDA CELEBRATION OF THE ARTS March 28 – March 29 10:00am – 5:00pm CEDAR KEY - Located 60 SW of Gainesville at the end of SR 24. The Old Florida Celebration of the Arts is a favorite for 120 top artists and craftsmen and over 20,000 visitors each year.

Visitors can enjoy local seafood and homemade goodies along with children’s art activities in beachfront City Park. Event benefits local nonprofit groups including the Cedar Key Arts Center.

Contact CedarKeyArtsFestival@gmail.com or call 352-543-5400; www.cedarkeyartsfestival.com.

MURDER AT THE BOURBON STREET INN Saturday, March 28 6:00pm – 9:00pm OCALA - Seven Sisters Inn, 828 East Fort King St. Actors, props and an intriguing story line will plunge you directly into the romance and adventure of a thrilling mystery tale in the magical blended tradition of Sherlock Holmes and Alfred Hitchcock. Guests will be provided a role and encouraged to dress to fit the part.

Will you be the Hollywood starlet, the art gallery director, the chauffeur, the butler, the script writer, or the estranged “ex”? Besides a full evening of entertainment and dazzling exchange with fellow guests, the event includes hearty appetizers, dessert, wine and beer are included!

Reservations required. Call 352-433-0700.

EASTER EGG HUNT Sunday, March 29 11:00am GAINESVILLE - Kanapaha Botanical Gardens, 4700 Southwest 58th Dr. There will be 3,000 candy- and toy-filled eggs spread over Kanapaha’s expansive lawns for the youngsters to hunt. Bring a picnic basket for collecting the eggs. Show up promptly as children quickly find the eggs. Come early and stay late. Admission is $7. www.kanapaha.org.

GARDEN SHOW AND PLANT SALE Saturday, April 4 9:00am – 3:00pm McIntosh - Van Ness Park/Civic Center (Avenue G and 7th Street). The Seedlings Garden Club of McIntosh’s 10th Annual Garden Show and Plant Sale offers activities including plants, crafts and antiques sale, local entertainment, food and drawings and prizes. A play park is available for the children. Free parking and admission.

DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION Monday, April 6 10:30am STARKE - I-HOP. The Col. Samuel Elbert Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution in Keystone Heights meets on the 1st Monday of the month October-May. Contact: Copnurse1999@ windstream.net.Author Series: Jen Lancaster Sunday, March 22

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Acrosstown Repertory Theatre.....................619 S. Main Street, Gainesville Curtis M. Phillips Center ........................................... 315 Hull Road, Gainesville Fine Arts Hall Theatre - SFC ........................... 3000 NW 83rd St., Gainesville Gainesville Community Playhouse ....... 4039 N.W. 16th Blvd., Gainesville Hippodrome State Theatre................................. 25 SE 2nd Place, Gainesville UF Constans Theatre ................................................. Museum Road, Gainesville Nadine McGuire Blackbox Theatre ................... Museum Road, Gainesville Actors’ Warehouse .............................................. 608 N. Main Street, Gainesville Ocala Civic Theatre ..................................4337 East Silver Springs Blvd., Ocala High Springs Community Theater .......... 130 NE 1st Avenue, High Springs

In this campy musical based on the 1960s cult horror film, nerdy Seymour, a florist’s clerk, buys and nourishes a Venus fly trap-like plant, which he names for his beloved co-worker Audrey. The plant ultimately grows big enough to devour everything, and anyone, in its path. Don’t miss this darkly humorous production.

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Wayang Kulit: The Shadow Play of Kelantan Friday, March 13

Meet Kimberly: a normal teenaged girl struggling with normal teenaged problems — a dysfunctional family, feelings of being misunderstood, the possibility of first love… and a body that ages four times faster than it should. This Pulitzer-prize winning play treads that delicate area where black comedy, satire and all-too-familiar realism meet — a rare treat in theatre.

This renowned troupe uses handcrafted leather puppets to project shadows onto a screen, creating plays based on treasured Malaysian folk tales. Behind the screen is a puppet master who uses dozens of voices and leads a folk music ensemble that uses a variety of hand drums, gongs, cymbals and wind instruments.

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Doubt March 27 – April 19 Father Flynn is a beloved and progressive parish priest. The school’s principal, Sister Aloysius, a rigidly conservative nun. Aloysius and Father Flynn are put into direct conflict when she learns that the priest met one-on-one with Donald Muller, St. Nicholas’ first AfricanAmerican student. Mysterious circumstances lead her to believe that sexual misconduct occurred.

With no actual proof that Father Flynn is or is not innocent, the audience is left with its own doubt.

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Mr. Burns, A Post-Electric Play February 18 - March 15 In this dark comedy set 100 years in the future, a new civilization uses current pop culture references including TVs longest-running hit show THE SIMPSONS, to frame its present. Mr. Burns, A Post-Electric Play explores what will endure when the apocalypse arrives—when the grid fails, society crumbles, and we’re faced with the task of rebuilding.

Tom, Dick, and Harry March 19 – April 12 Tom and his wife Linda are about to adopt a baby. This should be the happiest day of their lives — and would be if it weren’t for Tom’s brothers, the ne’er-do-well (but wellmeaning) Dick and Harry. Anxious to make a good impression on the adoption agency supervisor who is coming to inspect the prospective parents’ home, Dick and Harry arrive to “help.” Unfortunately, Dick shows up with a van full of smuggled brandy, contraband cigarettes, and a pair of Albanian illegal immigrants who don’t speak a word of English – while Harry is in criminal possession of a cadaver he’s planning to sell to a medical school. Full of spectacularly silly shenanigans and zany physical comedy, this fast-paced farce is an absurd delight!

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The Art of Murder April 10 - May 3 This dark comedy takes place in a remote estate in the countryside of Connecticut. Jack Brooks, one of the most accomplished and eccentric painters of his generation, awaits the imminent arrival of his art dealer. But the visit is not a standard one, for Jack feels wronged, and intends to kill the man. 8:00 p.m. Friday and Saturday nights; 2:00 p.m. Sunday matinees.

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TERRI SCHLICHENMEYER you’ll read one family’s recollections of an icon.

For much of their early lives, Sylvester McCauley’s children didn’t know who their favorite aunt really was.

Sure, they’d read about the woman who launched the Civil Rights movement.

her circle, Parks embodied strength and fearlessness. She made sure there was food on tables more than once, and clothes on young backs. Through her mistakes, she taught the power of apology. She counseled them not to judge as they’d been judged, but she showed them that there’s a limit to forgiveness.

In her latter years, they say, she was the same calm, determined person she’d always been. And even well into her eighties, she vowed to keep doing what needed done.

With the approaching 50th anniversary of Rosa Parks’ famous act of defi-

This book offers things history doesn’t tell you. Author Sheila McCauley Keys (with Eddie B. Allen, Jr.) weaves her siblings’ memories into a treasury of life

Our Auntie Rosa SHEILA MCCAULEY KEYS WITH EDDIE B. ALLEN, JR. c.2015, Penguin Tarcher $24.95 / $27.95 Canada 208 pages

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nce, many years ago, your grandmother chased your grandpa out of the house.

Nobody remembers why or what happened afterward; the particulars are lost, and they aren’t important anymore, really. The laugh-til-you-cry telling, the knee-slapping, each embellishment as years go by — that’s what truly matters.

Family stories are the glue that holds you all together. And in the new book “Our Auntie Rosa” by Sheila McCauley Keys (with Eddie B. Allen, Jr.),

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They’d heard her name said with pride.

But for most of them, it took a while to make the connection: the woman on the bus that day in Montgomery was their Auntie Rosa Parks.

Even after she moved north, after she and her husband and mother came to live with the eleven-member McCauley family in Detroit, their Auntie Rosa didn’t much speak of her actions. The nieces and nephews asked her sometimes, but she usually waved questions away. The past wasn’t important to her then. Family was.

The Parks never had any children themselves, so the McCauley kids were happy to absorb any extra love. Their Auntie Rosa was a good cook who loved to entertain. She was steady, supportive, and resourceful but she encouraged independence. An elegant, sharp dresser, Parks was never showy in manner or accomplishment — although she did save all her hate mail.

To the children of her beloved brother and to those she enfolded in

ance, you’re likely to hear a lot about her in the next year. But when was the last time you thought about Mr. Parks?

Yeah, same here. That’s why “Our Auntie Rosa” is so important.

Filled with memories of the Parks’ lives within the raucous, loving McCauley family, this book offers things history doesn’t tell you. Author Sheila McCauley Keys (with Eddie B. Allen, Jr.) weaves her siblings’ memories into a treasury of life, not politics or action. We meet people important to Rosa Parks and, through them, we’re warmed by tales of a real person.

I absolutely loved this memory-filled delight, I loved its balance and I think you will, too. If you’ve ever wondered about the quiet, tiny giant behind the act, “Our Auntie Rosa” is a book to chase down. s Terri Schlichenmeyer has been reading since she was 3 years old and she never goes anywhere without a book. She lives with her two dogs and 11,000 books.

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