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Popcorn dates back literally thousands of years and it is debatable who actually invented it.

There is evidence, for example, it was popped as far back as 5,600 years ago in what is now New Mexico.

It wasn’t originally known as “popcorn” and in America the term “popped corn” didn’t originate until the 1840s. Chicago candy store owner Charles Cretor is credited with creating the first popcorn maker by the 1890s.

Indiana ranks second nationally in the production of popcorn behind Nebraska. Sometime in the 1980s roughly, popcorn began to evolve from a movie theater or family time snack to more of the gourmet variety in multiple flavors. Originally movie theater

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owners were not fond of popcorn because they thought it was too messy and not worth the time, but at the onset of the Great Depression it became popular due to its affordability.

Veronica Miller, owner of The Dutch Kernel in Coppes Commons in Nappanee, grew up with popcorn and recalls caramel and cheddar had been here a long time. She said about eight years ago she “stumbled into it (gourmet popcorn)” while visiting Frankenmuth, Mich.

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Stillson encourages Nappanee arts community to explore their talents %\ .(,7+ .1(33 (GLWRU Across the northern Indiana region and especially in Elkhart County, Jeff Stillson’s artwork is well-known. From the Quilt Garden murals to paintings on building exteriors, his talents are on display throughout the area, even if you didn’t realize the name of the artist.

One of Stillson’s newest ventures, however, is helping to foster and encourage the talents of other artists in the area, as the facilitator of the Nappanee Arts Center. The NAC is a city-owned building, located at 253 W. Market St. Stillson can be found there most weekdays from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. and 10 a.m. to noon Saturdays, ready to provide assistance and direction to anyone wanting to use the state-ofthe-art facility. Nearly every medium can be accommodated there, from drawing and painting to clay and sculpturing.

Even welders have a space that they can create artwork.

The space is free for anyone

to use, regardless of where they reside. While the space was purchased by the City of Nappanee, a generous grant from the Elkhart County Community Foundation helped equip it with top-of-the-line equipment, A stoplight sits in the NAC’s front window facing Market Street, with a red light indicating it’s closed, a green light open and a yellow light suggesting Stillson or one of the center’s crew of volunteers will be back soon.

“It has been received wonderfully by the community,” Stillson said. “There aren’t many better than this. People walk in the door and are immediately ‘wowed.’

“Our biggest challenge is getting people to walk in the door and talk to us. We don’t want them to be intimidated.

Once they come in, they love the space.”

Stillson noted that COVID slowed down the traffic at the NAC. This spring and summer, things have picked up, especially as people have become more familiar with what it has to offer. People are wel-

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Artists also have the opportunity to sell their work in the NAC’s retail section. Each piece is priced by the seller, with a small donation to the NAC added to the final price, which is clearly marked on each item. The NAC is now self-funded through a combination of retail sales, art classes, art, camps donations, sponsorships, grants and other monies that help keep the doors open.

The genesis of the NAC originated six years ago with the founding of the Nappanee Arts Council. Stillson’s personal project to bring sculpture art to downtown Nappanee allowed local artists to paint large, fiberglass apples. Many were commissioned by local businesses and then placed

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Once the apples had been on display for four years, Stillson wanted to move them and replace them with a different theme. Nappanee Mayor Phil Jenkins encouraged the creation of the Nappanee Arts Council. Through an agreement with the city and the Nappanee Parks Department, the council was able to establish the Art Path on city-owned property along Oakland Avenue on the east side of Nappanee. The “Apple Orchard” was established and has since been added to by the next generations of retired downtown sculpture art, whose themes have included flowers and dogs. The most recent display featured sculptures made from upcycled bicycle parts. Those sculptures will soon be moving to the Art Walk and will be replaced this fall by new pieces using the theme “Love is in the Air.” Additionally, there is an ongoing “woodland creatures” project going on in the city’s wetlands area, located near the intersection of Oakland Avenue and Woodview Drive.

Anyone interested in the Nappanee Arts Center is encouraged to stop by anytime the green light is on in the window. For further information, visit the Nappanee Arts Council’s Facebook page, where you can also message Stillson with any specific questions. You can also visit www. stillsonstudio.com to learn more about his work.

Correction Alzheimer’s and Dementia Services of Northern Indiana retracts the photo previously published in the July edition of Senior Life, of Dr. Patrick Russell, D.O. The photo was submitted in error.

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The misadventures of a bottle(d) blonde It’s the 1950s.

Gorgeous Barbara Eden sits in the Hollywood office of a Warner Brothers casting %\ 5$1'$/ director. & +,// “You’re a very nice girl from San Francisco,” the man explains with a grin.

“But I really think you should go home and marry the boy at home. This isn’t the town for you. You’re just not pretty enough.”

Eden didn’t follow his advice, however, and when she was cast later in the TV adaptation of “How to Marry a Millionaire,” Eden became a respected comedic actress. Eventually, she won the role that brought her superstardom as the bottledwelling beauty on NBC-TV’s “I Dream of Jeannie” series. The hit show was inspired by the 1964 movie “The Brass Bottle.”

Originally a 1900 novel, it later became a film that featured Tony Randall, Burl Ives and — lo and behold — Barbara Eden.

In Jeannie, Larry Hagman, the son of Broadway legend Mary Martin, costarred as straight-arrow astronaut Capt. (later Major) Tony Nelson. But Hagman often proved disgruntled during the 139 “I Dream of Jeannie” episodes, as we’ll see later.

The opening show, set on a deserted island beach, saw Nelson stumble across Jeannie’s bottle home, where she had been imprisoned for two millennia. Soon, in a puff of pink smoke, the striking beauty was set free — and that’s when the fun began.

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The show’s success meant keeping network censors busy trying to maintain a morally upright offering. Even though Jeannie slept in her bottle and Nelson in his bed, it could never be shown that the bottle was in the captain’s bedroom.

(They weren’t married until the fifth and final year of the show.)

Also, Eden wasn’t supposed to expose her navel, although it did appear occasionally.

Along the way, some moralityoriented gatekeepers groused about her parading around in a “nightie.” Eden dismissed that, explaining, “It’s what she wore during the day. That was her dress, that was her uniform.”

Finally, some feminists protested that Eden subjugated herself to Hagman. This brought about her miffed response: “She called him ‘master,’ but who was the real master there? She was … She wasn’t his subject; she was his equal.”

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would arrive later when, in 1978, he became infamous as the ruthless oil baron J.R. Ewing on the CBS-TV nighttime soap-opera “Dallas.” Its success allowed him to abandon comedy.

Jeannie creator Sidney Sheldon (later the author of 18 hit novels) has admitted that not all went swimmingly on the “I Dream of Jeannie” set during its five year run. “The problem was Larry Hagman,” Sheldon has candidly admitted.

“He wanted to be the star …

(But) It was Barbara who was getting all the magazine covers and interviews. Larry wanted to show the world that he could be as successful as his mother … I began to write scripts to build up Larry’s character and make him more prominent.

But when an actor is in a show with a scantily clad actress as beautiful and enticing as Barbara Eden, it is very difficult to become the star.”

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While few of us are worth the $5 million ransom Colonial paid to have its system restored, crooks roam cyberspace and pounce on bank and credit card accounts to fatten their finances.

So passwords become increasingly important in the armor protecting our possessions.

Make your passwords (yes, you need more than one) as complex as possible.

There are several methods and places to shelter them.

Included are the cloud, software programs and password manager or protection service.

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A prime rule to call to mind when thinking password: having a password that’s easy for you to remember — an old address or your father’s birth date — makes it easier for hacker hounds to sniff out and attack your data.

And using the same password for everything you work at in cyberspace makes it simpler for these same hackers to scramble through all your secured sites.

You can keep your system simple, but your passwords should be complex and different for every site.

So the doorway to your email should be different than that of your bank account, which should be different than that of your medical data, which should be different than ….

You get the idea.

So what happens if you lose your thumb drive?

First of all, you should store

your passwords on two or three such drives.

You also should keep them in a safe and secure place, such as a safety deposit box.

As difficult as you think all your passwords are to figure out, you should add an extra shield by placing them all in a single file that is given a mindboggling password. You can have fun with this one.

Internet security experts suggest you begin with a Shakespeare quote, a song lyric or a phrase you make up yourself.

We’ll use, “Water, water everywhere and not a drop to drink.”

Write down the first letter of each word. Keep the punctuation and use capital letters for stressed words and you get W,WeaNaDtD. You might add the date you first visited the ocean, which made you think of this quote.

You can split it up with half in front and half at the end. If it was July 4, 1954 — 7,4,1954 — you can wind up with

741W,WeaNaDtD954.

Looks complicated, doesn’t it?

But you know what it means.

It also follows the advice offered by password pros: use a combination of uppercase and lowercase letters, numbers and symbols.

The longer the phrase you pick, the longer the password and the more difficult it is for hackers to crack.

Remember that these computer crooks have developed the savvy and technology to crack the most complicated codes.

Password security experts also recommend padding the password to make it longer, but warn against using the shift key for padding or adding symbols.

They suggest adding a short string of letters, such as jkjkjk, strengthens your password against assaults by hackers.

If you make the process fun, you’re more likely to remember the formidable password you’ve developed to protect yourself out in the cyberspace world.

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Because it is something that needs to be passed on to coming generations.

Born in Prussia in 1939, which at the time was a province of Germany but after World War II was ceded to Poland, her father left the very day she was born to join the German Army and was gone six months during the German blitz of Poland. “He didn’t want to go, but he had no choice,” Claassen said.

After the blitz, her father returned home to operate the bakery he owned. “Germans had to have their fresh bread daily,” she said.

A few years later in 1943, Claassen’s father was again inducted into the German Army and fought on the Russian front. Life became dangerous for Claassen, her mother and her three siblings: two brothers and a sister. “Russian bombers were flying overhead,” she said, and the family, including her grandparents, moved to the west in Germany.

Then, in January 1945, the order came to evacuate. “We could hear the bombs explode and the city was in rubble,” she said, adding the building they lived in was spared.

They left on foot and stayed with Claassen’s mother’s parents for a while. “We were so fortunate to get on a big freighter boat to go to Denmark,” she recalled, a country occupied by Germany at that time. Needless to say, the Danish were not thrilled with the prospect of

POPCORN Continued from page 1 vor,” she noted.

Dutch Kernel opened in October 2018. “I wanted one food that I could make anything out of,” Miller said.

She said within the last 10 years or so more popcorn shops have started “popping up” and offering more gourmet style popcorn. Gourmet popcorn differs from regular popcorn because only specific kernels are used in a kettle for a higher quality. There are also popcorn bars being put in at events such as graduations, open houses, fundraisers, etc., with self-serve stations.

“We are out of room for flavors now,” she said, noting 50 different flavors of gourmet popcorn are offered at The Dutch Kernel. The most popular flavors are cinnamon sugar, also known as “Amish crack,” and caramel and cheddar mixed together.

“Anything with chocolate on it is really popular now and we have many flavors with seasonings,” Miller noted.

She said gourmet popcorn has become popular for Christmas and Father’s Day gifts during busy times of the year.

Miller is not sure why it evolved into gourmet style.

refugees from Germany coming to their land.

A few weeks later the war was lost for Germany. Barracks soldiers had been staying in became free for refugees to live in. Claassen recalled her family ended up in an abandoned factory building for a while. Each family was given a bale of straw, a blanket and enough food to survive on. They lived in a small area marked by bricks.

“We dealt with lice and bed bugs,” Claassen noted. Eventually the family was placed in a barracks along with three other families.

Families were fed soup in a bucket and given bread with a slab of butter. On Sundays, potatoes were served, “which was a real treat for us.”

She recalled her family lived in six different refugee camps for the next three and a half years. Her grandmother died there. Her father was missing in action and “he never contacted us,” so he was presumed dead.

Claassen’s story took a turn for the better when, after the war, the Red Cross tried to connect families in refugee camps with relatives back home in Germany. “But we had nobody in Germany who could take us,” she said.

But then the Mennonite Central Committee became involved and were trying to take refugees to Paraguay. Claassen’s grandmother had a first cousin living in Kansas and the cousin’s family had been sending care packages to Denmark.

“We were told we could get a visa to go to America,” she said, but the decision was a difficult one because it would mean some

“Someone decided to take it to another level,” she commented.

Food service is a highly competitive business and marketers are always on the lookout for something different to get an edge on the competition.

Popcorn is an easy snack to fix and a big bag can be taken to a family gathering, for example. There is even a birthday gift flavored popcorn now, she noted.

Gourmet bags can be kept for a while and resealed for multiple uses. “It’s also about the experience, too,” she said. “It is a good place to treat yourself.”

Cracker Jacks, essentially peanuts added to popcorn, have been around for a long time. Popcorn is also affordable. “You could raise it yourself and save the seeds,” Miller said.

She said she has read Americans eat 17 billion quarts of popcorn per year. It is also considered a healthy snack “before you put the stuff on it,” she commented.

As proof gourmet popcorn is increasing in popularity, The Dutch Kernel has a second location in Elkhart and is working on a third in Shipshewana.

The building has been found and plans are being drawn up.

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The decision was made to go to the U.S. While waiting for the visa, Claassen and her family were taken in by a Mennonite farming family in southern Germany where they stayed for about a year and a half.

In the summer of 1950, when Claassen was nearly 11 years old, her immediate family came to Kansas in the United States, but her mother’s siblings stayed in Germany. “I knew no English and started in the sixth grade,” she said, and the family was provided a house, a barn, chickens and a cow to milk.

Claassen became a U.S. citizen at age 18 and lived in Kansas until she was married to Virgil.

She earned a college degree and later became a teacher.

Louise and Virgil worked for MCC as a way to give back

in Crete (a Greek island) and Jordan in the Middle East, as well as in the states. Virgil later worked at the Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary in Elkhart for 29 years.

They moved to Greencroft in Goshen in December 1999.

For many years Louise was

not able to talk about her experiences “because I just wanted to fit in” but later she was able to do so after some counseling.

She has visited her birthplace in what is now Poland with her husband and noted her father’s bakery is still standing and in operation.

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Understanding Social Security —

Top five fraud and scam prevention tools %\ 021$ +$57(5 'LVWULFW 0DQDJHU 6RXWK %HQG 6RFLDO 6HFXULW\ 2IÀFH Knowledge is power and having the right tools to fight fraud can make a huge difference.

Knowledge can also help those you love and want to protect.

We put together a list of the five most important resources about Social Security scams you should know about: 1. Read and share our fact sheet Beware of Social Security

Phone Scams to learn how to spot fake calls and emails at www.ssa.gov/fraud/assets/materials/EN-05-10535.pdf.

2. Visit our Office of the Inspector General’s Scam Awareness page at oig.ssa.gov/scam for information on phone scams — and how to report them.

3. Read our blog post at blog. ssa.gov/protecting-your-socialsecurity-number-from-identitytheft to learn how to protect your Social Security number from identity theft.

4. Create your own personal my Social Security account at www.ssa.gov/myaccount to help you keep track of your records and identify any suspicious activity.

5. Visit our Fraud Prevention and Reporting page at www. ssa.gov/fraud to understand how we combat fraud.

Please share these resources about scams with your friends and family — and help us spread the word on social media.

Freeze your credit to fight fraud %\ &(&,/ 6&$*/,21( 0DWXUH /LIH )HDWXUHV The ease of communicating in cyberspace not only benefits you but is a boon to those who spend

every minute of their waking minutes devising methods to burglarize your life.

They’re finding it just as easy to use your credit card, funds from your portfolio and get cash

If you make less than $1,900 per month (single) and are on Medicare, then you might qualify for assistance with prescription drugs and expenses for your medical care.

Extra help to pay for your prescription drug plan.

Medicare Saving Program to help pay for your Part A and B deductibles and co-pays.

For help call Council on Aging of Elkhart County, Inc. (574) 295-1820

from your bank as you do.

It’s up to you to revert to some paranoia, like the times you kept your hands in your pocket when you walked into a strange town and kept close to the street lights at night.

Some modern tools can help you foil the schemers and scammers after your finances.

A credit freeze restricts access to your credit report without your permission. This bars access to identity thieves who would open new accounts in your name.

You contact each of the three major credit bureaus — Equifax, Experian and TransUnion — to initiate, lift or temporarily open a credit freeze.

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Boomers living longer than succeeding generations %\ &(&,/ 6&$*/,21( 0DWXUH /LIH )HDWXUHV The current crop of elderly, labeled through the decades as baby boomers, reportedly are healthier and are living longer than the life expectancy of their children and grandchildren.

Generation X, folks born between 1965 and 1980, and Generation Y, those Millennials born between 1981 and 1996, show

signs of increased disabilities as they age during a shorter lifespan than their predecessors, according to an Ohio State University research report.

The cause?

More anxiety and depression as well as increased levels of bad health behaviors, such as smoking and alcohol use, compared to the post-World War II generation.

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Home work is working %\ &(&,/ 6&$*/,21( 0DWXUH /LIH )HDWXUHV The COVID-19 changes wrought on the workforce has opened many avenues for work-

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ing at home, which enhances opportunities for seniors who aren’t ready to curl up on a couch and watch television for the rest of their days.

Adding to the possible job openings for oldsters is the fact that employers are having problems finding workers of all sorts, ranging from dishwashers to financial consultants.

Human resource pros are finding out that salt and pepper hair can be the sign of a seasoned worker with such unseen benefits as leadership, problem-solving and teamwork that complement the skills necessary for the job at hand.

And they probably enjoy working from home, a phenomenon that has risen in prominence and acceptance during the global pandemic shutdown.

Changes are racing through the job scene of late. While the supply of younger workers is diminishing because of lagging birth rate, more older workers on staying on their jobs longer, not only to solidify their retirement finances but to stay busy and active.

Such traditional sectors as teaching and nursing that required person-to-person contact are now being handled in cyberspace, adding to the opportunities for these professionals to offer their services from home.

Workers who have become accustomed to years of reporting for work to join a team of colleagues who provide reciprocal personal

and professional support may tremble a bit when faced with the concept of toiling all by themselves in a corner of the house.

The self-employed have long recognized the advantages of working from home.

First of all is not having to dress for the office. Comfort trumps all else. And you don’t have to cope with crammed traffic to get to and from your desk.

You can sleep in if you wish and get your work done after lunch or awaken early to get things done and then enjoy the rest of the day — have coffee with friends, visit the grandkids, bicycle through the park.

Depending on your situation, you can work a four day week and have long weekends every week.

One longtime freelance writer suggested the only drawback working on your own is that your boss gets in the shower with you.

Set a schedule, don’t miss deadlines and keep your eyes on the goals you and your employer establish. If you’re a procrastinator and need someone to look over your shoulder, working on your own may not be for you.

If you can self-start and finish your duties and chores on time, the working world is opening up as employers find home workers are just as productive as office-bound staff and there’s no need to provide expensive, high rent office space to provide their service or sell their product.

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Sports

Curtis helps maintain mobility with daily exercise at KCSS %\ '$9,' +$=/(',1( 6WDII :ULWHU For much of her life, Kosciusko County Senior Services Activities Coordinator Kathy Curtis led an active, healthy lifestyle. However, after moving to Warsaw around six years ago, she realized she needed to get more regular exercise. Now, she leads a daily 25 minute stretching and exercise session at 10:30 a.m. in Kosciusko Senior Activities Center, regularly attended by a group of around 10 seniors with a broad range of physical capabilities.

The sessions, which Curtis introduced around 2017-18, utilize Light and Lively senior fitness CDs and, until the final minutes, can be done in a chair from a sitting position. “It helps people of many levels of mobility,” Curtis observed.

The exercises focus on circulation and stretching, gradually working down from upper to lower body while alternating between slower and faster musical accompaniment. If they choose, participants stand to perform the stepping exercises of the last section.

“When we started we had chairs in front for some to hold

on to for balance, but they’ve gotten more confident,” said Curtis. “It gets circulation moving and makes you stretch and use your entire muscularity.”

Since returning to classes at the center in the spring of 2021, Curtis and others have also begun utilizing light barbellstyle weights. “Since adding hand weights I’ve noticed some toning … It’s the extra you need to build muscle and add a whole other level.” The addition has also ensured the more fit participants continue to be challenged, she added.

Another useful tool is a simple strap or towel held with both hands. “It gives you something to focus on and keeps things in place, so you use your core,” noted Curtis.

However, even without hand weights, Curtis reported “verified weight loss” among regular participants. The classes, she said, also help make them “more conscious of physicality” and more aware of the need to eat healthily.

Curtis has also seen benefits for a woman who recently suffered a stroke which adversely affected her mobility. The daily classes, said Curtis, have helped bring back a wider

range of motion.

“It is so easy just to sit in a chair and watch TV,” she commented. Curtis knows because it was a habit she herself fell into following retirement, before picking up regular exercise.

“You just need to get up and move. Take care of what you have and make it better.”

The participants prefer to stick with the session they are familiar with, but Curtis is always finding ways to add dimension and variety by adding extra movements as she goes.

“The goofier I can be the more they get into it,” said Curtis, who also gets help from others’ enthusiastic participation.

“We’re not trying to make body builders here,” Curtis emphasized. “We just want to be mobile … play with the grandkids, walk across the street … logical goals of people this age.”

Light and Lively exercise takes place at 10:30 a.m., Monday through Friday at Senior Activity Center of Kosciusko Community, 800 N. Park Ave., Warsaw. There is no charge and no membership restrictions.

For more information, call (574) 267-2012 or email Curtis at activities@kosciuskoseniorservices.org.

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While monsoon rains, hurricanes, tornadoes and thunderstorms punctuate the heated hibernation season that stretches from Memorial Day to Labor Day, the elderly still find coping with triple digit temperatures an unending battle.

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servers claim the planet is getting hotter, reports continue of infants and family pets dying of heat stroke after being left in parked cars.

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With age, we’ve come to make sure tthe air conditioner a and television set work to get us through the h high temperature times.

Besides staying cool, it’s important to stay hydrated to avoid heat exhaustion and heat stroke.

Drink plenty of water and don’t wait until you’re thirsty

before taking a drink.

Pay attention to the televised weather forecasts so you can arrange trips to the doctor, supermarket, church and anywhere else when the mercury is not at its peak.

The elderly can lose some of their ability to respond to temperature changes to protect themselves. Some diseases and medications can intensify the effects of hot weather.

Slowing your pace helps

protect yourself against heat.

Don’t do anything fast or that requires sweat-and-strain efforts.

Exercise sessions — running, swimming, biking, tai chi, gym visits, aerobics — should be pared down and scheduled for the cooler times of day.

Watch for signs of heat exhaustion in yourself and those around you. They include a fast weak pulse, heavy sweating, fainting, nausea, vomiting and

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Heat stroke indicators range from a rapid strong pulse to skin that is hot, red and dry or moist along with a body temperature that has climbed above 104 degrees Fahrenheit.

It might also include unconsciousness.

Any of these signs call for medical treatment immediately because they mean the heat has made you sick.

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Housing and your health: think it through in advance %\ &(&,/ 6&$*/,21( 0DWXUH /LIH )HDWXUHV It wasn’t all that long ago when grandma and grandpa hung around the house until one day he didn’t return from the back forty or she was found in bed unresponsive. Life was a lot simpler back then because many families still lived down on the farm.

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maintain their independence by aging with dignity in the comfort of their own home. This option has gained some traction recently with the growth of the home care industry, some of which may be covered by Medicare and supplemental health insurance coverage.

Complications occur when you fall, slip steadily into dementia or have a body that begins to fail and requires attention to issues such as liver, kidney or eyesight failure.

This increases the pressure on both the oldsters and their caregivers to determine whether the required level and quality of care can be maintained at home.

If the illness that strikes is terminal, it makes hospice care a consideration for maintaining the person’s comfort and quality of life as they dwindle away.

If you haven’t faced any of these issues with members of your family or discussed the probabilities and possibilities for yourself, now is the time to look at your options.

Making a list of how and where you would prefer to live makes it much easier for you and your loved ones to live with what does happen without warning as you grow old.

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Veterans Assisted Living Benefits When you serve your country, you deserve the nation’s gratitude in return. One of the ways the U.S. government shows that gratitude is by providing veterans and their spouses with pension benefits.

Unfortunately, much of this money goes uncollected every year. Veteran Aid and Attendance assisted living benefits, in particular, could make life so much easier for veterans and their surviving spouses by helping defray the cost of senior living. But many simply don’t know they qualify.

1. Have been honorably discharged after serving a minimum of 90 days of consecutive active duty, including at least one day in a wartime period.

2. Possess assets amounting to no more than $80,000. Since this amount is calculated by deducting all recurring medical expenses from total income, applicants with widely varying income levels may qualify.

3. Can show a doctor’s letter stating their medical diagnosis and assistance requirements.

How much can veterans receive for senior living every month?

Married veterans with a non-veteran spouse could receive up to $2,295 per month; a single veteran, up to $1,936 per month; and a surviving spouse, up to $1,244 per month.

What if one’s need for assisted living isn’t related to military service? That’s one of the

Q. What is the snap shot date when applying for Medicaid?

A. The snap shot date is the date of

Sue Roesner, MSOL Community Relations Manager best parts of Aid and Attendance benefits: care and medical expenses don’t need to be service related.

Preparing your VA Aid and Attendance Application Aid and Attendance benefits can be the pivotal factor that enables a veteran or spouse to afford moving into a senior living community. So whether you’re a medical professional, caregiver, family member, or concerned community member, find out whether the seniors you know are veterans or surviving spouses, then help them get the benefits they deserve.

At our community, we work hard to create an environment where Veterans will feel at home and supported. Our staff can direct you and your loved ones to find guidance and support with available veterans’ benefits.

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institutionalization lasting at least 30 consecutive days. Institutionalization may be in a hospital, nursing home, similar heath care facility, or any combination thereof, so long as the institutionalization is continuous and unbroken. The snap shot date relates to married couples only when one of the spouses is ill; and, it is necessary to know when applying for Medicaid assistance for the ill spouse. This is because all countable resources are valued as of the snap shot date, no matter when it occurred (even if years before the current application).

Currently, the Community Resource Allowance cap (for countable resources that may be kept by the well spouse) is $130,380.00, plus $2,000.00 allocated to the ill spouse, for a total countable

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resources of $132,380.00 (valued as of the snap shot date) which may be kept by the well spouse.

All countable resources valued as of the snap shot date in excess of that number must be spent down to qualify the ill spouse for Medicaid. There are many ways to spend down that do not require actually spending the resources on the nursing home, but doing so is very complex and requires the assistance of an experienced elder law attorney. : 0LFKLJDQ 6WUHHW /D*UDQJH ,1 NUE#EHHUVPDOOHUV FRP 3K

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Peering into the Past:

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There are a handful of presidents students of history and civics should get to know in understanding what made America the dominant global nation it is today.

Most folks under 40 take for granted America’s position in the world. It was no accident how we got here and understanding how our republic works.

While President Donald Trump was an easy target for his bombastic style, his presidential personality wasn’t much different from that of President Theodore “Teddy” Roosevelt, who found himself in the Oval Office early in the 20th century due to the assassination of President William McKinley.

Republican Roosevelt became known as “T.R.” and believed in a strong Navy. He had the U.S. Navy’s pre-World War I battleships of the Great White Fleet circle the globe showing off our growing power. It was part of his Big Stick policy, as in “walk softly but carry a big stick.”

Roosevelt oversaw the momentous building of the Panama Canal, which linked the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific and cut in half the time needed to go from ocean to ocean by not having to travel around the southern tip of South America.

The Republicans originally ran T.R. for vice president in 1900 to get rid of him. As governor of New York, he had been an irritating maverick to oldguard politicians. Their plan backfired when McKinley was assassinated. As president, T.R. created havoc in both government and business with a vast variety of reforms.

Herbert Hoover was a popular post-World War I humanitarian, but he’s best remembered for being an ineffective president and gets the brunt of the blame for the Great Depression of the 1930s.

While he failed as a president, Hoover’s greatest accomplishment was being that of humanitarian. After World War I, he had organized the feeding of Europe and followed up after World War II when President Harry Truman asked him to organize the feeding of millions of Europeans left homeless and starving after that war.

Franklin D. Roosevelt has been ranked by many among

America’s greatest presidents.

He served more than 12 years, guiding the nation through the dark years of the 1930s Depression and World War II, but his vice president became one of the nation’s leading leaders.

Harry Truman became known among detractors as “His Accidency” when he moved into the Oval Office after Roosevelt died a few weeks into his fourth term. The Democrat from Missouri became the only high school graduate of the century to become president.

Ironically, FDR had never told Vice President Truman about the development of the atom bomb. Truman was informed about the highly secret $2 billion World War II project after assuming office. He made the historic decision to drop the two bombs on Japan that ended the war and launched the

nuclear age. It was one of the most important decisions any head of state ever made.

An estimated half-million U.S. troops and as many as 1.5 million Japanese were saved from death that, if the war continued, would have resulted in assaulting the mainland of Japan.

Presidents Dwight D. Eisenhower and John F. Kennedy led us through the turbulent ‘50s and into the ‘60s.

Ike was the architect of our interstate highway system and JFK launched us to the moon.

Kennedy and his vice president, Lyndon Johnson, changed America with their quest for meaningful civil rights.

President Ronald Reagan was one of the nation’s most charismatic chief executives.

He was staunchly anti-communist and dedicated himself to

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Simple summer healthy food

For a plant-based eater — there is no better time than summer. I unabashedly take any garden leftovers. Too many zucchini, tomatoes, cucumbers, onions, peppers, herbs … sure, I’ll take them. The freshest of meals with the freshest of vegetables make meals simple, flavorful and easy.

It has been a blessing to be

able to gather again to celebrate moments with others that we missed last year; I don’t want to miss a minute of it and I hope you don’t either. The nice thing about cookouts is that there is usually some healthy side dishes and fruit to go along with the grilled meat, potato salad and way too many desserts. Don’t treat these gatherings as a food free-for-all and regret it later. Go for the opportunity to see and engage with friends and family while still making your best food choices. Volunteer to bring a side dish and make sure it’s healthy, plus, you can always bring a veggie or black bean burger and have the host throw it on the grill for you. Simply — you do what’s important to you. No one is coming to push you — push yourself.

Get creative with a salad and make fruit the star by adding grilled peaches. Just slice in half and grill until soft. The flavor explodes. Maybe use a base of cooked and cooled quinoa, add some fresh spinach or romaine, kalamata olives, fresh basil and bam, you have a meal. Of course, feel free to use a combination of colorful berries in place of the peaches if you desire.

Another super easy side or meal: Dilled Veggie Toast 2 cups sweet corn kernels (about 4 ears) 2 clove garlic, slice very thin 1 cup halved grape tomatoes 1 medium cucumber, quartered lengthwise and slice (or zucchini) (about 2 cups) 3 tablespoon white wine vinegar

Goshen Health is planning a variety of family friendly activities for the community at the Elkhart County 4-H Fair this year. They invite the community to come out and learn how to stay healthy while having fun!

• Mother’s Room tent — Look for the Goshen Health Mother’s Room tent next to the fair office this year. This tent provides a private, comfortable space for families to feed and

change small children. Open daily from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.

• Search, scan and score in their Head 2 Toe scavenger hunt. Participants can access the scavenger hunt through the new fair app. Eight fun stops about the human body will be scattered throughout the fairgrounds. Set up alerts, find the stops and enter a drawing for cool prizes when you complete the scavenger hunt.

• Visit the Goshen Health

table on Kids Day from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday, July 28, during the treasure hunt near Heritage Square. They’ll have fun activities and giveaways for kids about sun safety.

• On Senior Day, Tuesday, July 27, Goshen Physicians Orthopedics and Sports Medicine will offer free online hip and knee pain assessments and giveaways at the corporate picnic tent area, near gate G from 8:30-10:30 a.m.

Family friendly activities at the fair from Goshen Health

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heat. Stir in tomatoes, cucumber (or zucchini) and vinegar. Stir in dill; season with pepper.

2. Spread hummus over toast slices (or crackers). Spoon vegetable mixture over each.

Cheers to the gardeners.

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Jettison your junk %\ &(&,/ 6&$*/,21( 0DWXUH /LIH )HDWXUHV It’s become increasingly clear that no one besides yourself cares about all those photos you have marking such momentous occasions in your life as birthdays, vacations, anniversaries, new jobs and visits to landmarks around the world.

The same goes for those awards and certificates you finally took off the shelves and wall of your office or den a few years ago.

So dump them. You can scan them into your computer or onto a thumb drive if you still want

to save them, but then dump the cluttering originals.

While you’re in this mode, start looking at your other stuff.

You’ve moved to a year-round comfortable climate, so why do you still have that protection against subzero weather goosedown coat? Get rid of it. Along with the skis and ski boots you thought you might use one day.

Then there are the half dozen sweaters packed into the back of the drawer that you haven’t worn for more than a decade.

Decluttering may not be easy, but it’s simple. Get rid of anything you don’t use.

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‘Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)’ a meaningful anthem Marvin Gaye

Dave Marsh is a wellrespected rock music critic and historian.

He’s normally quite sparing in his praise, %\ 5$1'$/ but Marsh & +,// once could $ %RRPHU %ODVW barely 7R 7KH 3DVW contain his enthusiasm when he reviewed a Marvin Gaye single and proclaimed it to be “the greatest piece of music ever written in favor of the survival of the environment on the greatest Black pop album ever made.”

That 45 was the now-classic “Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology),” which was lifted from Gaye’s legendary 1971 LP “What’s Going On,” the first album in his extensive Motown catalog to sell a million copies.

When Motown owner Berry Gordy, Jr., was approached about “Mercy Mercy Me,” he was unfamiliar with the term ecology and had to have it explained to him. Gordy was always a tough sell about

including anything political or controversial on his records and always kept an eye on the mainstream sales charts in seeking as wide an audience as possible. Initially, Gordy argued against releasing Gaye’s thought-provoking “What’s Going On?,” as he feared it could run the risk of alienating Gaye’s fans who would be expecting Gaye’s usual pop/soul product such as “How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)” and “I Heard It Through the Grapevine.”

But Gaye was growing as an artist and he wanted to go deeper than his previous releases. “I began to reevaluate my whole concept of what I wanted my music to say,” he explained later to Rolling Stone. “I wanted to write songs that would reach the souls of people. I wanted them to take a look at what was happening in the world.”

Industrialization, corporate greed and a lack of environmental concern all fueled Gaye’s interest in creating a thoughtful message rather than another commercial ballad.

Gaye’s offering arrived a year after the first Earth Day brought concern about our stewardship of the

Earth, so his tune served as a clarion call for us to face responsibilities to our home. In an interview with Sounds magazine, Marvin said, “I’d love to become only interested in knowledge and power that this Earth will give us, if we’re only willing to put in the time and effort … The power’s here. It’s in the rocks, it’s in the air, it’s in the animals … I would like to become a man of power.”

Contrary to Gordy’s fears,

“Mercy Mercy Me” peaked at Number Four on Billboard’s Hot 100; Gaye was the sole composer of a work considered by many to be the most meaningful anthem ever in regards to pollution, global warming and our deteriorating environment.

In 2002, his creation won a prestigious Grammy Hall of Fame Award.

Gaye’s lyrics pulled no punches when he delivered his ethereal, thought-provok-

ing lament of polluted skies, poisonous winds, oceanic oil slicks and mercury-contaminated fish, as well as the realization that, sadly, far too many creatures had become endangered. Those elements, and the increasing overpopulation of our planet, inspired Marvin’s tough rhetorical question: “How much more abuse from man can she stand?”

How much more indeed, Mr. Gaye.

Families of flight 739 finally receive closure On March 16, 1962, Flying Tiger Line Flight 739 was on a secret mission, but disappeared. On board were 93 United States Army soldiers and 11 civilian crew members.

Very little is known about what happened to the plane and its passengers and, due to the circumstance surrounding this mission, the names of those lost have not yet been added to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington D.C. However, today many families and loved ones of these heroes

gathered in Columbia Falls, Maine, where national nonprofit Wreaths Across America is based, to be present for the unveiling of a new monument dedicated to their service and sacrifice.

The new monument displays the engraving of each of the 93 Army soldiers aboard, as well as the names of the 11 flight crew members, many of whom were veterans themselves. The inscription on the stone reads: “Missing in action; Presumed dead. Flying Tiger Line Flight

739 went missing on March 16, 1962, with 93 U.S. Army soldiers on board. These men and their flight crew perished in what would become one of the biggest aviation mysteries out of the Vietnam War era.

THE NAMES OF THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES AND WHO REMAIN MISSING ARE INSCRIBED HERE SO THAT THEY WILL BE SAID ALOUD AND THEIR MEMORY WILL LIVE ON.” The land where this monuContinued on page 13

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Faith

Warsaw woman experiences healing through faith %\ '$9,' +$=/(',1( 6WDII :ULWHU For most of June May’s 90 years, this Warsaw resident has loved to crochet. “I just picked it up,” she said, “and I learned to put things together.” May “picked up” chain stitches in patterns of three and five to create doilies, tablecloths and whatever else comes to mind using colorful strands of yarn. But it has not always been that way.

In 2008, at age 77, May was diagnosed with a brain tumor. “I had the tumor for years,” she said. “I had bad headaches and sometimes I would just fall over … I though it was migraines.”

But after a particularly bad episode, she was convinced to go to the hospital, where doctors found and removed the tumor. The procedure was successful; however, along with the tumor, she also lost her ability to crochet. “I forgot how to crochet completely,” she recalled.

Other lifelong skills also proved difficult. For example, she could still read, but it was slow going. “It would take two days to read the Book of Psalms,” May recalled.

A devout Christian, May received the baptism of the Holy Spirit on Sept. 27, 1974. This transcendent experience was beyond description, said May, and impossible for someone who has had it to understand.

“I was singing and all the sud-

den I was singing in tongues … It’s the most thrilling thing that’s ever happened to you.”

She attends The Church of Jesus Christ in North Manchester.

So when she lost the ability to crochet, May turned to God. It was late at night, around 2 a.m., when she prayed, “Oh, I wish I could crochet again.” Soon, her prayer was answered. “He told me to get some yarn and hooks and I’m going to show you how.”

In minutes May and her sister were on their way to Walmart for the supplies, and in no time she was back enjoying her hobby of 50 years.

As she spoke, May was working on a new crochet. “I don’t know how it’s going,” she said. “I let him lead me.” For the first time, she also decided to donate a doily as a prize in the Thursday Bingo at the Senior Activity Center of Kosciusko County in Warsaw, along with a candle she made.

One or two in the morning, she explained, is when she is most likely to receive her heavenly inspiration. And on another night, it was her reading which was healed.

This time through song.

May’s favorite Bible verses are from Acts 2:38, Jesus’ plan for salvation, and she finds that when verses are sung the meaning is clearer.

On this night, however, she plainly heard Psalm 100 sung to her. May later taught the melody to her church and

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sang it at her son’s funeral.

“Kids sang right with me,” she exclaimed.

“Just like kids in kindergarten sing ABC, I sing scriptures whenever the Lord comes to me ... That’s God, not me. I’m nothing without him.

“If I can’t remember, I won’t sing,” she explained. “I have to be in the spirit.” She also sticks to the King James versions, as newer versions sound too much like “stories.”

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was lost. “I just thank him for letting me be who I am.”

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This includes warts, which seem to appear and disappear willy-nilly on various parts of your body.

A common remedy is to have them frozen so they fall off or can be cut out by a doctor.

There are several aroundthe-house remedies that have been successful in some cases.

For one, you can cut a small potato in half and rub the cut side of the potato on the wart twice a day until it disappears.

Or you can rub the wart daily with a piece of pineapple or the inside of a banana peel.

Some folks report daily application of the gel from the leaf of an aloe vera plant works.

A garlic clove crushed and mixed with water, applied to the wart daily and covered with a bandage, reportedly works in three to four weeks.

Another solution to try is two parts apple cider vinegar to one part water. Soak a cotton ball in the mixture and wrap it over the wart for three or four hours every day.

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Fighting adds fear to flying %\ &(&,/ 6&$*/,21( 0DWXUH /LIH )HDWXUHV It’s bad enough to know that eight out of 10 people in the jetliner cabin has some version of flight phobia but the added strain of airport searching and airfare and luggage pricing and fees for a pillow and blanket being exacerbated by the COVID-19 restrictions has upgraded the number of unruly, impolite, rude and downright ornery passengers on your flight.

Piling on the stress of sitting in the middle seat are seatmates with cute little pets and oversize bags packed under foot.

And almost every air travel trip recap and recollection is dominated by complaints rather than contentment.

• “The guy in front of me who puts his seat all the way back so I can’t even move my knees.”

• “When I get an aisle seat,

everybody — even the flight attendant — bumps me when they go up and down the aisle.”

• “The blind on the window seat rarely works — it either won’t stay up or stay down.”

• “The cool air blower blows right down my neck.”

Sound familiar?

Yet people keep flying, despite the fact that ticket prices are climbing at jet speed and airlines are shaving flights from their schedules so their planes will be crammed full.

An acquaintance who breaks out into a sweat whenever they

even think of flying had to jam themselves into a jetliner during the July 4 holiday weekend to get home for a funeral. They could have demurred but decided the event was too important to skip. So they downed a handful of some medication and took off.

It’s important to point out again that the majority of fellow passengers aboard their plane were as emotionally brittle as they were because of their flying phobias, which range from anxiety to claustrophobia to pure panic.

Almost 20% of the adult population cannot fly.

John Madden, legendary

coach of the Oakland Raiders, never set foot in an airplane after his panic attack in 1979. He continued his sports commentator career by traveling coast to coast in a motor home.

The fact that the U.S. National Safety Council Statistics has proved over and over that flying is much safer than travelling in traffic has not diminished the number of fearful flyers. An average of 21,000 people die on the road in the U.S. in a six-month period. This is about the same total of all commercial air travel fatalities worldwide in 40 years.

While the flights may be safe, it appears flying has become less safe.

The internet is packed as

tightly as a jet plane with videos of confrontations in airports and on airlines over who can deplane first or who should be wearing masks.

Noting a “disturbing increase in incidents where airline passengers have disrupted flights with threatening or violent behavior,” the Federal Aviation Administration adopted a zero tolerance policy for those who “interfere with, physically assault or threaten to physically assault aircraft crew or anyone else on an aircraft” and increased fines.

Airlines have reported more than 3,000 unruly passenger cases to the FAA during the first half of this year.

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Families of flight Continued from page 11 ment has been erected was donated by WAA Founder Morrill Worcester and is located on the balsam tip land where brush is harvested each year to make veterans’ wreaths to be placed on the headstones of our nation’s heroes on National Wreaths Across America Day. “When I first heard the story about this mission, I was shocked to learn that nothing has been done for these families,” said Worcester. “I said that day, that we would do something to make sure these people are honored and remembered, and to hopefully give some closure

to these families.”

The mission of Wreaths Across America is to remember the fallen, honor those that served and their families, and teach the next generation the value of freedom. The ceremony touched on all aspects of this as the names of each person aboard Flying Tiger Line Flight 739 were said out loud and their names and story were etched in stone for future generations to learn about their service and sacrifice.

The video from the ceremony’s Facebook Live broadcast can be found on Wreaths Across America’s official Facebook page. This is the

first time that many of these families have met one another to share their stories and experiences stemming from that fateful day. The story of Flying Tiger Flight Line 739 can be found at www.wreathsacrossamerica.org/pages/19520/ News/447/?relatedId=0.

Leading up to the monument unveiling, interviews with family members were broadcast on Wreaths Across America Radio.

You can hear their first-hand experiences regarding this historical moment in our country’s history and their emotional reactions to their family members being honored and remembered, 59 years later.

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Veterans share their stories at Greencroft Goshen %\ 1,1$ 1(:%851 0DUNHWLQJ $VVRFLDWH *UHHQFURIW *RVKHQ What do you think of when you think of the Fourth of July? Fireworks? Strawberry and blueberry cakes that look like the American flag? For me, I think about Fort McHenry in the city of Baltimore where I used to live.

Francis Scott Key, a 35-yearold lawyer and amateur poet, wrote the words to what became our national anthem after witnessing the British bombardment by British ships of the Royal Navy in Baltimore Harbor during the battle of Baltimore in 1812. He was inspired by the U.S. flag with 15 stars and 15 stripes, known as the Star-Spangled Banner, flying triumphantly above the fort during the U.S. victory. I had known the first verse but remember as a kid reading all of the beautiful verses in The Readers Digest for the first time.

Recently Greencroft Goshen invited a few of its almost 70 veterans from all aspects of its’ continuing care community, independent living, assisted living and health care to share their stories for the Fourth of July. We had a few

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As moderator, I shared the story of my father, now deceased, who enlisted at age 18 and was a navigator on a B-17, The Flying Fortress, and how I took the opportunity to fly in the navigator’s seat of a B-17 a few years ago at the Goshen Airport air show.

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I was overwhelmed and brought to tears by the stories and experiences and service of these men. This was the first meeting of each other for most of them. When I thought of their collective service it was humbling. They enjoyed the event and meeting each other.

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A scam a day keeps crooks in play

Cheers Those having friends who are senior citizens 65 years or older who will be celebrating birthdays or anniversaries soon may send their names and addresses to include them in the Cheers Report. Also, know people listed in this column? Then send them cards to remember them on their special day.

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9 — Judy Yoder, Imogene Canan, Grace Village Retirement Community 15 — Wayne Berkey, Nancy Dougan, Grace Village Retirement Community 16 — Terry Keefer, Denzil and Carol Mauk, Terry and Alice Keefer, Grace Village Retirement Community 17 — Marilyn Roeber, Dick and Linda Dilling, Grace Village Retirement Community 19 — Lawrence Gross, Sally Ann Truman, Grace Village Retirement Community 23 — Barbara Curtis, Grace Village Retirement Community 25 — Linda Sims, Bill and Phyllis Smith, Grace Village Retirement Community 26 — Edith Kellogg, David Stevenson, Grace Village Retirement Community 27 — John and Imogene Canan, Grace Village Retirement Community 29 — Carole Rutledge, Grace Village Retirement Community 31 — Yvonne Clark, Wanda Olsen, Ann Truesdell, Grace Village Retirement Community

%\ &(&,/ 6&$*/,21( 0DWXUH /LIH )HDWXUHV While the COVID shutdown kept seniors off the streets, it didn’t protect them from crooks.

Some observers opine it may have aided schemers because it kept the elderly at home, where they were targeted for theft by telephone, internet, mail and plain old-fashioned door knocking.

Consumer fraud experts estimate fraudulent telemarketers steal as much as $40 billion a year. More than half of that is from retirees living on limited incomes and finite savings.

The 70-79 age group is the hardest hit phalanx, with an average loss of more than $49,000 each.

Furthermore, not all scams, cons and frauds are reported to law enforcement because the victims are either ashamed or unaware they’ve been bilked.

That means many billions more are lost to con artists in “pigeon drops,” home repair schemes, bank examiner scams

and the like.

Almost half of the 65,000 cases reported each year by the elderly are perpetrated by family members or fiduciaries who take advantage of their position in charge of seniors’ finances. The other half is stolen by strangers who drum up scams, cons and frauds designed to convince targets to hand over their money willingly. As the nation’s senior population increases, so does the pool of available victims.

Telephones are the most common and most successful approach. Wireless technology allows scammers to call victims from anywhere in the world without fear of detection.

The lottery or sweepstakes scam, countless “phishing” scams and credit card ploys lead the way.

To protect yourself, first of all know that it is illegal to require prize winners to pay up front to receive their winnings.

But more importantly, never, ever give personal information such as your Social Security number, credit card account

number or banking information to anyone who has called you.

Just hang up.

Never contract with or allow unsolicited door-to-door sales or repair people inside your home without independent verification of who they are and who they work for. Check references and ask neighbors who they use for service.

Shred all your personal and financial information — anything that has your name, address and any financial information.

Always be wary of anyone who says you must decide now, you have to wire money or they’ll send a courier to pick up your check immediately.

And check on your senior neighbors, particularly those living alone, to keep them informed about scams and learn if they have any information to help you.

If you suspect you are being scammed, call the police. If you have been conned, make a police report, no matter how embarrassed you may feel.

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On the road to the village of Hana %\ )<//,6 +2&.0$1 0DWXUH /LIH )HDWXUHV Just as the queasiness in my stomach from the continuous onslaught of curves and cutbacks along the narrow uphill road began to subside, we careened around another 180-degree hairpin bend.

The sight of the first of several quiet waterfalls sliding down sheltered creviced cleavages alongside the road managed to wash away most of my reservations.

We were on the road that winds its way along the northern coast of this Hawaiian island from the rustic village of Paia to Hana on its eastern tip.

It’s only 52 miles long, but the series of twists, turns, dips and dives can take up to three hours to negotiate. It’s the vistas of lush greenery, ocean blues, rock, white water foaming up over the shores and waterfalls bubbling over craggy cliffs that make it a worthwhile adventure.

So is taking time to stop for a bit to sit beneath a banana tree enveloped by giant 6-foot-long leaves. And looking out at the wrinkled brown-hued mountains lacerated with ridges created by 2 1/2 million years of rainfall.

A sign proclaiming “Narrow Winding Road Next 30 Miles” gets lost in the forest of sugar cane and coconut trees and pine-

apple fields. Hana Highway is certainly a misnomer considering it’s stretched over 600 curves and 56 one-lane bridges.

Nearby Kaumahina State Park combines a Garden of Eden setting with the more practical appeal of restrooms and picnic tables. A stone-cut nature trail opens the way to a dip in a natural swimming pool framed by waterfall and rock.

If you’re a flora and fauna buff, a stop at the Keanae Arboretum is a must. It’s as close to a Hawaiian jungle as you can get, with a wealth of native trees, plants and flowers.

Puaakaa State Park is the next stop with a footpath that winds in and out along streams and overlooks. Overlapping paths through multicolored bushes lead to a consortium of pools and waterfalls. A swing on the Tarzan-like hanging vines overhead adds a dimension to the tropical swimming hole most backyard pools lack.

At the rise of another doubleU bend in the road is a small roadside stand proffering bananas, papayas, guavas, coconuts and pineapples. We watched the owner, machete in hand, traipse down a nearby path and return with bunches of bananas to meet the lunchtime demand.

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Light and color return with

the approach to Hana. Large trees with red-blossom canopies, rainbow-lined sidewalks and green-laden hillsides announce your arrival.

A visit to the Hasegawa General Store, immortalized in a 1964 song of the same name

by Paul Weston, jolted me out of the tranquil reverie engendered by the town. The small shop,

known for its awesome accumulation of every conceivable item, is so cluttered and cramped that it conflicted with the airy openness of the natural beauty all around.

Still, it is a worthwhile stop, if only to pick up some Dramamine — the store’s best-selling item — for the ride back.

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Nappanee Market on Market — The market is open on Saturdays until 1 p.m. in the downtown pavilion, located on the southwest corner of Market and Clark streets. Stop by and pick up fresh fruits and vegetables and check out the works of several crafts vendors.

Harvest Market — Fresh produce is available from 3-6 p.m.

Mondays and Wednesdays at 207 N. Higbee St., Milford. The cost is 25 cents per item, with proceeds going to the buyer’s choice of one of four Milford nonprofit organizations.

First Friday — It’s the return of First Fridays in Goshen.

Come downtown to celebrate with friends and family in the downtown you know and love.

Cornfest is a celebration of all things corn. Cornfest features a variety of corn-based dishes, a cornhole tournament, a mechanical bull, corny kids activities and live music. This event is always a community favorite, celebrating

Hoosier culture, Mexican culture and a shared love of corn. This year, the event will also be host to a 25-year anniversary celebration for the Electric Brew.

Friday Fest in Nappanee — On August 13, Nappanee Friday Fest is going off-road. Gen-Y Hitch will be showcasing 4x4 vehicles. Big Daddy Dupree will lead the live entertainment and visitors can enjoy a variety of meals and treats from food trucks and local food vendors. As always, shopping booths and children’s activities will round out the family fun. Mark your calendars and plan on joining in for Friday Fest in downtown Nappanee.

Quilt Gardens in Elkhart County — The Quilt Gardens along the Heritage Trail joins quilting, gardening and art into a one-of-a-kind event featuring more than a million vibrant blooms, 16 gigantic gardens and 23 hand-painted super-sized murals. This colorful patchwork of quilt-inspired gardens and handpainted, quilt-themed, super-sized murals deliver dazzling views in the communities of Bristol, Elkhart, Goshen, Middlebury, Nappanee and Wakarusa. It’s the only experience of its kind in the world. For more information, including a map, visit www. visitelkhartcounty.com.

Piecrecton Days Festival — The Pierceton Chamber of Commerce invites you to celebrate “A Night At the Movies” with the annual Pierceton Days Festival, held July 30-31. Join them on Friday night for our annual Cruise-In. Saturday, festival goers can enjoy the carnival food with several food trucks on-site along with local craft makers displaying their work. Stay the day with us and enjoy the live entertainment in the park, a parade through the downtown area and a free firework display in the park at dusk. For more information, visit www.facebook. com/PiercetonDaysFestival.

Resources to help seniors living with impaired senses Eighty-three percent of older adults live with at least one form of sensory loss, according to a survey by Home Instead, Inc. While those with sensory loss have always faced an increased risk of feeling isolated, the pandemic has further reduced their ability to fully connect with the world around them, leading to a diminished quality of life.

“Over the last year, we have grown increasingly more aware of the negative effects of social isolation,” said Lakelyn Hogan, Ph.D., gerontologist and caregiver advocate at Home Instead, Inc. “Older adults living with limited or dimin-

ished senses are faced with the added stress and difficulties brought on by prolonged isolation from their loved ones.

And it’s especially important to consider their needs, as they may have an especially difficult time staying connected.”

Now more than ever, it is important for family members, caregivers and the community as a whole to be mindful of the signs of sensory loss and take proactive steps to ensure these individuals feel embraced and engaged.

Each of the five senses plays a role in keeping us connected to the world around us. When they are weakened, it can

become difficult and frightening to navigate an environment that is not designed to accommodate impaired vision, hearing, mobility and more.

“Some older adults have been able to use video chats and phone calls to stay in touch with family during the pandemic,” said Eric Thomas, owner of the South Bend and Elkhart Home Instead offices.

“In fact, according to a recent study, 28% of people feel more comfortable using new technology than they did one year ago.

But that technology may not work for seniors with failing eyesight or hearing. For them, isolation remains a threat.”

All of us can play a role in ensuring the aging population feels supported and connected during these times. Thomas offers these tips to help connect: • Contact older loved ones or neighbors regularly and create meaningful interactions to ensure they feel valued.

• During phone calls, be sure to speak up and enunciate your words clearly.

• When possible, visit inperson from a socially safe distance.

• Consider using a clear mask to help those with hearing loss read your lips.

One simple way to make those with sensory loss feel

included is to practice empathy. By putting ourselves in their shoes, we can help create a more inclusive and agingfriendly world for our loved ones, neighbors and others in the community.

“We can find opportunities to lead with empathy in everyday situations,” explained Hogan.

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One hundred canal boats a day crowded the port of Delphi bringing in settlers, their belongings, commercial goods and produce. The success of the Erie Canal from New York City to Buffalo spurred Indiana officials to approve the Internal Improvements Act of 1836 that appropriated $6 million for canal construction. The canal began in Fort Wayne in 1832 and, by 1837, there were 5,000 laborers at work with picks, shovels, wheelbarrows and horse-drawn slip-scoops on canals around the state.

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Highlight of the village is the Reed Case House built in 1844 and relocated to Canal Park in 1983. It was owned by Reed Case, contractor for the construction of the canal through

Carroll County. An interpreter, dressed in period attire as Mr. Case, conducts tours of the house. Tickets for the boat ride and house tour can be purchased at the snack shack directly across the towpath from the house by the boat landing.

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that were used to build the railroads, which in the end caused the demise of the canals. Railroads were faster, could carry more goods, operated in winter and were more efficient.

The original towpath at Canal Park has been turned into a hiking/biking trail.

Eleven trails in all, ranging from one-half mile to one-anda-half miles, follow the canal and through sections of town.

Visitors can rent mountain and tandem bikes and family surreys. They can also tour the canal on peddle boats and kayaks.

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teresting bit of Indiana history, plan a trip to Delphi. It’s open 1-4 p.m. seven days a week.

Boat tours are available Saturdays and Sundays at 1:30, 2:30 and 3:30 p.m. through Labor Day. To get to Canal Park, watch for the Delphi turnoff on S.R. 18, which will take you right into downtown on Washington Street. Drive just a few blocks past Main Street, cross a stone bridge and turn left into Canal Park. For more information on Canal Park, check it out on the internet at www.wabashanderiecanal.org or call (765) 564-2870.

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We are off to Virginia for six days and five nights Oct. 25-30.

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Tourism and travel regulations were tangled enough before this pandemic pandemonium. They’re currently pretty well as unintelligible as a foreign language.

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Some countries, including Greece, Croatia, Iceland, Italy, France and Germany have announced plans to reopen to vaccinated visitors and/or those

with a negative coronavirus test. Specifics vary by country.

As the European Union scrambles to lower barriers and revitalize its travel and tourism business, it has established a list of countries considered “good epidemiological” sites (meaning their citizens don’t need to have received the COVID vaccine to visit). Eight countries are on the current list and reports indicate the EU is considering expanding the list to include the U.S.

Keep in mind that travel to the Britain is a separate matter since it no longer is a member of the European Union.

Rules are changing without warning around the globe as variants erupt and shutdowns are imposed.

Travel has always been considered an adventure, but the pandemic can turn it into a misadventure. Be sure to do your homework well before departing.

Three evening shows: Jesus Show at the Sight and Sound Theatre, Presleys’ Country Christmas, and the Hughes Brothers Christmas Show.

• One dinner show on the showboat, Branson Belle.

Choose history and entertainment in October or pure entertainment in November (or both). Whichever one you choose, your host, Dennis Donathen, will have every detail in place so you will be able to travel worry free and enjoy the trip and games along the way.

Contact him at (574) 220-8032 or visit www.grouptrips.com/ ddresales for more details.

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Nothing beats the beach. Ruth Rockwell from Elkhart shows off a Elko Senior Life along the promenade of Clearwater Beach, Fla. Over the Mother’s Day holiday, she and her daughter, Katherine, flew from their respective hometowns for a lovely, mother-daughter beachfront vacation.

Clearwater Beach offers a small-town atmosphere, clear gulf waters and pristine white sand beaches. One can delight in jet-skiing, parasailing and stand-up paddle boarding on the beach’s calm waters. Cyclists and rollerbladers enjoy rolling along the beachfront promenade, which is lined with casual seafood restaurants and cafes.

When not spending time relaxing and soaking up the sun, visitors can tour the Clearwater Marine Aquarium where one of the stars of the “Dolphin Tale” movies resides, Winter the Dolphin, who is widely known for his prosthetic tail.

Another popular spot is Pier 60. Here, locals and out-of-towners alike, will find a year-round nightly sunset celebration with street performers, craft vendors, buskers and artists.

Visit Clearwater Beach and enjoy warm sunshine, plenty of hospitality and the opportunity to ride the waves with the dolphins. Special thanks to Ruth Rockwell for bringing us along on her Florida vacation.

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—o— Gen. George Custer was likely never in or near Warsaw, but one man who was a cavalryman in Custer’s 7th Cavalry most certainly was.

John Curtis Hall (aka Peter Curtis Hall) was born on “Jan. 29, 1852, Lycoming, Pa.,” to Alexander and Frances Windle Hall. We now journey back to the life and times of Hall insofar as the events of his life in the 7th Cavalry and his life in Warsaw.

We learn from the records found in researcher, historian and author Kenneth Hammer’s book, “Men With Custer:

Biographies of the 7th Cavalry,” those who died at the Battle of the Little Bighorn, those who were stationed elsewhere and did not die at the Bighorn, plus the Native Americans who assisted the 7th Cavalry as scouts, etc. A very informative biography on Hall is also found.

Hammer’s research shows that Hall was enlisted by a “Lieutenant Peter Vroom” in Louisville, Ky., on Dec. 9, 1872, at age 21. His rank was a private in Company D and he did participate in a “hilltop fight” at some location but not at the Bighorn.

Somewhere before Hall’s enlistment, he was a harnessmaker and likely would have been in charge of taking care of cavalry horses and associated items. Five years after Hall’s enlistment in 1872, we find that he was involved in two

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a saddler in the Union Army, Civil War.) Now it’s not clear if the 7th Cavalry was involved in the Nez Perce campaign or Snake River fight, but what Hammer does tell us is that Hall was “enlisted from Dec. 13, 1877, to Dec. 12, 1882, in the 7th Cavalry.” It appears that he left the cavalry and again “enlisted on May 27, 1885, in Troop D, 7th Cavalry.”

We continue the final, but unfortunate years of Hall’s cavalry service and move on to his final years in Warsaw.

(Comments or memories welcome to: Pastor/Dr. Greg Lawson, 1801 E. 3rd St., Mishawaka, IN 46544.)