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Sexaholics AnonymousDeKalb: 6:30 to 7:30 a.m. Fridays at Christ Community Church, 1600 E. Lincoln Highway, DeKalb. This 12-step recovery program is for Internet addiction. Contact: 815-508-0280. SA.org. Weight Watchers: 8:30 a.m. weigh-in, 9 a.m. meeting Weight Watchers Store, 2583 Sycamore Road (near Aldi), DeKalb. Pass It On AA(C): 9:30 a.m. at DeKalb Area Alano Club, 312 E. Taylor St., DeKalb, 800-452-7990; www.dekalbalanoclub.com. Story time: 10 a.m. at Barnes & Noble, 2439 Sycamore Road in DeKalb. Free readings are open to the public. Narcotics Anonymous: Noon at 512 Normal Road in DeKalb; www. rragsna.org; 815-964-5959. There is a Solution Too AA: 12:05 p.m. at DeKalb Area Alano Club, 312 E. Taylor St., DeKalb, 800-452-7990; www.dekalbalanoclub.com. ACBL Duplicate Bridge: 12:30 p.m. at Wildwood North Recreation Center, 1 Birch St. in Sandwich. 815-498-4405. Elburn Lions Club Bingo: Doors open at 5 p.m. at 500 Filmore St. Early Bird Bingo starts at 6:30 p.m., followed by the first of four progressive raffles. Regular Bingo games start at 7 p.m. and include two split the pot games. Food and drink are available for purchase. 630-365-6315. Bingo license B-04001. Fish/shrimp dinners: 5 to 7 p.m. at Newman Catholic Student Center, 512 Normal Road in DeKalb. Served by Northern Illinois University Knights of Columbus Council 5572. Cost is $8 for fish or shrimp, $10 for fish and shrimp, $5 for grilled cheese or macaroni and cheese; all are full-course meals with side dishes. Peace vigil: 5 to 6 p.m. at Memorial Park at First Street and Lincoln Highway, DeKalb. DeKalb Interfaith Network for Peace and Justice Peace Circle follows at 6 p.m. 815-758-0796. Troop support rally: 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. at First Street and Lincoln Highway in DeKalb, across the street from Memorial Park. B.Y.O.B. Big Book – 12 & 12 Discussion AA(C): 6 p.m. at DeKalb Area Alano Club, 312 E. Taylor St., DeKalb, 800-452-7990; www.dekalbalanoclub.com. Big Book Discussion AA(C): 7 p.m. at Newman Catholic Student Center, 512 Normal Road, DeKalb, 800-452-7990; www.dekalbalanoclub.com. Friday night activities and gallery hours: 7 to 9 p.m. at DeKalb Area Women’s Center, 1021 State St. All are welcome; programs vary each week. 815-758-1351. La Leche League of Sandwich: 7:15 to 9 p.m. at Valley West Community Hospital. For all interested women, especially before baby’s arrival. Babies also are welcome. For information, call Connie at 815-498-3431. Fox Valley AA(C): 7:30 p.m. at Salem Lutheran Church, 1022 N. Main St., Sandwich, 800-4527990; www.dekalbalanoclub.com. County Line Group Big Book AA(C): 8 p.m. at St. Mary’s Church, 121 N. Sycamore St., Maple Park, 800-452-7990; www. dekalbalanoclub.com. One Day At A Time AA(C): 8 p.m. at DeKalb Area Alano Club, 312 E. Taylor St., DeKalb, 800452-7990; www.dekalbalanoclub. com. There is a Solution AA(C): 8 p.m. at Kingston Friendship Center, 120 Main St. 800-452-7990; www.dekalbalanoclub.com. Day PAA(C): 9 p.m. at DeKalb Area Alano Club, 312 E. Taylor St., DeKalb, 800-452-7990; www. dekalbalanoclub.com. Saturday Monthly community breakfast: 7 to 11 a.m. at Kingston Friendship Center, 120 S. Main St. Donation is $7 for all-youcan-eat eggs cooked to order, pancakes, waffles, biscuits and gravy, corned beef hash, bacon and sausage, fruit cups, English muffins and drink. Contact: Kingston Friendship Center at 815-7843921. Weight Watchers: 7:15 a.m. weigh-in, 7:45 a.m. and 9 a.m. meetings Weight Watchers Store, 2583 Sycamore Road (near Aldi), DeKalb. Overeaters Anonymous Walk-and-Talk meeting: 8 to 9 a.m. at The Federated Church, 612 W. State St. in Sycamore. www. oa.org; contact: Marilyn at 815751-4822.
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The aunts would have approved Aunt Elaine and Aunt Margaret were two of the wisest people I have known. Elaine taught high school math; Margaret began her career in public relations and later became a librarian. Both lived frugally in New York. So frugally, in fact, that after careers in rewarding albeit low-paying professions, they retired while still fairly young. After retirement, they both pursued their passions in life: golf and travel. For about 30 years, Elaine and Margaret traveled all over the world. They visited more than 130 countries on every continent except Antarctica. They visited many countries multiple times (and, of course, all 50 states). Their travel habits matched their lifestyle. They traveled inexpensively, often on cargo freighters. Once in the 1980s, their freighter carried weapons to El Salvador. At places they visited, they tended to avoid the touristy locales, preferring instead small villages and towns where they met people and saw how life really was. They didn’t drink, eat at fancy restaurants or buy many souvenirs. Often, golf was involved. Their motto was “Follow the sun.” They played on sand courses in the Middle East. They played everywhere golf is played. When they tired of globe-trotting,
THE FINE LINE Jason Akst they traveled America in a custombuilt RV that housed them, some essentials and their clubs. The golf thing is amusing, but what fascinates me is the travel. I believe Margaret and Elaine gained more and deeper knowledge of human life on a global scale than any fantasy team of presidents, priests or sociologists you could assemble. The travel bug bit them early. In 1951, as part of her first PR job (marketing Tide detergent to Europeans), Margaret got the chance to travel to London. Elaine went along. While waiting to cross the English Channel from England to France, the two attended a needle arts show. They met Queen Elizabeth. They were in the receiving line, shook hands with the queen and were mortified they were the only two ladies not wearing evening gloves. They bought small motorcycles and rode them through “the free countries” of western Europe. They garnered a private audience with Pope Pius XII. I forget how that happened. I’ve never met or heard of anyone
who lived as profoundly as Margaret and Elaine. Forrest Gump’s life seems boring by comparison. But time caught them, and eventually they established a permanent base. They settled down at a wonderful retirement community near Albany, N.Y. They were politically conservative and donated money to various causes, most involving children or Native Americans. Margaret died in 2007 and is buried in Utica, N.Y. Elaine died last year and is buried next to Margaret. They had carefully planned and paid for funeral arrangements long ago. By this point in the story, perhaps you suspected a continuity flaw. Elaine was my father’s sister, a biological aunt. “Aunt” Margaret was the only title I had heard since childhood. She was of no biological relation to me. Elaine and Margaret loved each other and spent more than half a century together. And though conservative, I think they would have approved of Illinois becoming the 15th state to legalize gay marriage. I know I do.
• Jason Akst teaches journalism and public relations at Northern Illinois University. You can reach him at jasondakst@gmail.com or follow him on Twitter (@jasonakst).
8 TODAY’S TALKER
Video shows Toronto mayor ranting By ROB GILLIES
The Associated Press WASHINGTON – Heart-clogging trans fats were once a staple of the American diet, plentiful in baked goods, microwave popcorn and fried foods. Now, mindful of the health risks, the Food and Drug Administration is getting rid of what’s left of them. Condemning artificial trans fats as a threat to public health, the FDA announced Thursday it will require the food industry to phase them out. Manufacturers already have eliminated many trans fats, responding to criticism from the medical community and to local laws, Even so, the FDA said getting rid of the rest – the average American still eats around a gram of trans fat a day – could prevent 20,000 heart attacks and 7,000 deaths a year. It won’t happen right away. The agency will collect comments for two months before determining a phase-out timetable. Different foods may have different schedules, depending how easy
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Toronto Mayor Rob Ford speaks to the media Thursday outside his office at Toronto’s City Hall after the release of a video showing him in a rage, using threatening words including “kill” and “murder.” Ford said he was “extremely, extremely inebriated” in the video, which appeared Thursday on the Toronto Star’s website. whole world is going to see it,” said Ford, who is 44. City councilors stepped up efforts to force Ford out of office, although there is no clear legal path for doing so. In the blurry and shaky new video, Ford paces around, frantically waves his arms and rolls up his sleeves as he says he’ll “make sure” the unknown person is dead. Ford tells another person in the room, possibly the man filming the video, that he wants to “kill” someone.
“Cause I’m going to kill that [expletive] guy,” Ford says. “No holds barred, brother. He dies or I die.” At one point he says, “My brothers are, don’t tell me we’re liars, thieves, birds” and then later refers to “80-yearold birds.” The Toronto Star said that it purchased the video for $5,000 from “a source who filmed it from someone else’s computer” and the paper said it was told “the person with the computer was there in the room.”
FDA will ban artery-clogging trans fats By MARY CLARE JALONICK
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The Associated Press TORONTO – A new video that surfaced Thursday showed Toronto Mayor Rob Ford threatening to “murder” someone and “poke his eyes out” in a rambling rage, deepening the conviction among both critics and allies that he is no longer fit to lead North America’s fourth largest city. The mayor told reporters moments after the video was posted online that he was “extremely, extremely inebriated” in it and “embarrassed” by it. The context of the video is unknown and it’s unclear who the target of Ford’s wrath is. The video, which appeared at length on the Toronto Star’s website and in clips on the Toronto Sun’s website, prompted round of calls for Ford to step down. The controversy surrounding Ford escalated last week when police announced they had obtained a different, long-sought video that shows Ford smoking a crack pipe. After months of evading the question, Ford admitted Tuesday to smoking crack in a “drunken stupor” about a year ago. Despite immense pressure, the mayor has refused to resign or take a leave of absence. Ford, who is married with two school-age children, said Thursday he made mistakes and “all I can do is reassure the people. I don’t know what to say.” “It’s extremely embarrassing. The
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About trans fats The fats are created when hydrogen is added to vegetable oil to make it more solid, which is why they are often called partially hydrogenated oils. The FDA is not targeting small amounts of trans fats that occur naturally in some meat and dairy products, because they would be too difficult to remove and aren’t considered a public health threat on their own. it is to find substitutes. “We want to do it in a way that doesn’t unduly disrupt markets,” said Michael Taylor, FDA’s deputy commissioner for foods. Still, he says, the food “industry has demonstrated that it is, by and large, feasible to do.” Indeed, so much already has changed that most people won’t notice much difference, if any, in food they get at groceries or restaurants. Scientists say there are no health benefits to trans fats. And they can raise levels of “bad” cholesterol, in-
creasing the risk of heart disease, the leading cause of death in the United States. Trans fats are widely considered the worst kind for your heart, even worse than saturated fats. Trans fats are used both in processed food and in restaurants, often to improve the texture, shelf life or flavor of foods. Though they have been removed from many items, the fats are still found in some baked goods such as pie crusts and biscuits and in readyto-eat frostings that use the more-solid fats to keep consistency. They also are sometimes used by restaurants for frying. Many larger chains have phased them out, but smaller restaurants may still get food containing trans fats from suppliers. How can the government get rid of them? The FDA said it has made a preliminary determination that trans fats no longer fall in the agency’s “generally recognized as safe” category, which covers thousands of additives that manufacturers can add to foods without FDA review.
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