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According to the ValparaisoLibraryPorterdenJeffersonaformerLibraryhaseverythingandcero,statesman-philosopherRomanCi-“Ifyouhaveagardenalibrary,youhaveyouneed.”DowntownValparaisobothwiththeRotaryGarden.Sittingonbankpropertyonquarter-blocksectionofStreet,thegar-isajointeffortoftheCountyPublicSystem,RotaryClub, state and local governmental agencies, community members and civic organizations.With a $500,000 grant from the Indiana Office of Community Affairs and $110,000 from local Rotarians, the project was on its way toward the $1.25 million project that was dedicated in May 2021. Jesse Butz, director of the library system, said Stu Summers, a board member, suggested a garden, having seen examples elsewhere.Theproject reflects northwest Indiana, Butz said, pointing to the steel gates reflecting local industries and dune grasses as a reminder of the Indiana Dunes. Local artists also contributed.“Wewanted to create a unique system to serve the library and the community,” Butz explained. The project still needed partners to become a reality. Enter the Rotarians. As part of its centennial celebration, the Valpo Rotary came“Weonboard.lookedat several projects to partner with the community as part of our celebration,” said Doug Mogck, Rotary centennial project chair. “We received several different proposals.”Greg Gottschalk, current Valpo Rotary president, said his organization looks at projects to partner with other nonprofits to better the community, “an impactful project we can be part Mogckof.”said the garden also reflects Rotary goals with its impact on community development and the environment.Onceinside the garden, visitors see storyboards that will include works done locally. Butz said a local Girl Scout troop has put together a storybook, with students from Central School in Valparaiso also preparing such a book. A walkway directs the public through the garden, which features plant life, along with seating, artwork and more items donated by individuals and organizations. An attorney donated a garden in honor of his grandmother, who attended a nearby church. These features, Butz explained, are designed to engage people. “We want people to be moving around in here,” ButzOthersaid.features include a fog walk, in which artificial fog is created, along with a pavilion in the center and a shaded corner section for resting and relaxing. In less than a year, the Continued on page 5

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Despite these numbers, Koebcke said, “We are doing more with less,” citing her staff and board and partnerships with schools, healthcare facilities and lawPartnershipsenforcement.within the community have enabled The Caring Place to gain the assistance of licensed clinical therapists and rape crisis counselors, both at no charge, and reduced costs for shelterAnotherfood.partnership and grant monies resulted in the creation of a strangulation task force designed to educate the public about this common form of abuse. “Through our partnerships with our community,” Koebcke said, “we bring prevention and awareness activities, workshops and resources beyond the shelter into the fabric of our community.” The Caring Place’s 24-hour crisis hotline is (219) 464-2128.

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“Breaking the silence that hides the violence.” The Caring Place’s motto is driving Denise C. Koebcke.“Youcan’t silence something you don’t want to talk about,” said Koebcke, the agency’s president/CEO, referring to domestic violence and sexual assault. The Caring Place is a nonproﬁt social service organization addressing domestic violence and sexual assault victims. It is the only 24-hour crisis hotline and emergency shelter in Porter County serving Lake, Porter and Starke counties and beyond. Established in 1977, the agency has since moved to an undisclosed location. Through its shelter, support groups, legal counseling, case management and independent living planning for victims of domestic violence, TCP seeks to foster healthy relationships.Koebckecites The Caring Place’s three-prong approach: An in-house residential shelter, community clients and prevention and awareness programs. A teen dating violence conference in May drew more than 100 participants. Its shelter houses 125-150 persons, while staff works with 300-350 community clientsKoebckeannually.hasbeen involved with the shelter for more than two decades. A bullying prevention specialist, she partnered with TCP as it designed the NBA bullying prevention initiative. She later served on the Youth Dating Violence Prevention Task Force and developed The Amanda Dating Violence Prevention Program.Whileworking full-time in Valparaiso schools, Koebcke served TCP as its youth outreach coordinator. She has also served on a capital campaign for a new shelter.“Ibring a passion for the work, along with a creative, innovative spirit,” she Innovationsaid.is necessary these days, especially coming off the pandemic, Koebcke said. Her staff, once at 27, now stands at 19. At the same time, she reported, domestic violence is up. A national study of 30 U.S. states put Indiana at number three in domestic assaults, Koebcke said. She added that from July 1, 2020, to June 30, 2021, Hoosier deaths from domestic violence jumped 181%, and that was just from numbers reported. Other 2021 reports showed 34% of Hoosier females and 28% of Indiana males were victims of domestic violence. They’re not all young people, as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that one in 10 people over age 60 living at home are experiencing elder abuse. As creator of The Amanda Forum, Koebcke explained that what started with adults grew to include high school and college young people. At the forum in May, she said, 53% of teen participants reported mental problems, including stress.

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Terry Putz of St. John spent 26 years teaching students how to write. Now in retirement, she’s writing a book which will cover a century of history of the school she taught at for many years — Bishop Noll Institute in Hammond. The school turned 100 in September 2021. “In addition to the gala, which was held to celebrate the occasion, President Paul Mullaney thought a book should be written to record our history,” she said. “As I had been both a student and a teacher at Noll and had done a lot of genealogy work, he thought I would be a good ﬁt to work on the book.” Putz began researching and writing in 2019 with a team of two retired English teachers, Tom and Mary Ann Golden, and Father Dominic Bertino, a retired theology teacher. Two of her classmates and a teacher friend have served as editors.

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Jen Florek, the communications specialist for Bishop Noll Institute is creating layouts for the book. “She and I then go through the copy together. We are hoping to ﬁnish the book by the end of the year,” said Putz. She earned her bachelor of arts in English from St. Joseph Calumet College, a masters in English from Purdue University Calumet and a degree in journalism from Ball State University. She taught at Bishop Noll for a total of 17 years and at Andrean High School for nine years, mostly teaching juniors and seniors. She’s taught American literature, British literature, world literature and journalism, and also been an advisor for the newspaper and yearbook.“Though the work has been very time-consuming, it has been fascinating to learn of the school’s connection to Knute Rockne, the KKK and the lagoon which the students built and used for ice skating and ice hockey to mention a few discoveries,” she said. “Like other teachers, my favorite part of teaching occurred when students understood the concept that I was teaching. I also enjoyed discussions when there was a lively exchange of ideas. In journalism classes, I loved working one-on-one with the students as they worked on the newspaper and yearbook.” Because her grandfather died when her father was only 4, she knew nothing about him, but was interested in learning more. Her interest in genealogy grew as she began using Ancestry. com.“Ihave found that we are from Northern Ireland and went to Scotland during the Great Famine, where my ancestors became coal miners,” she said. “In 1872, they came to America and experienced deaths in the coal mines, adoption of an orphan from the orphan train and the deaths of babies from diseases. My ancestors and I are from Emmetsburg, Iowa, and I try to go back every summer for two weeks to do research. I have met relatives I did not know I had. For me, genealogy has provided a fascinating way to learn history and to see how my ancestors ﬁt into and were affected by the time in which they lived.”

this in silence or take it in stride without realizing they should ask for help. The repercussions can present in poor personal care, lack of attention to their own health and wellness, and even major illnesses, both physical and mental.Itisour responsibility as a community to recognize our fellow caregivers and extend our hands to them. If you are not yet a caregiver yourself, chances are you know someone who is. How are you helping? What can you do? Walk with us on Oct. 8. Join us at the Valparaiso YMCA pavilion to Stand By Me and provide real support for real caregivers. Form a team. Support fellow community members who walk in support of a loved one. Become a sponsor. The funds raised by your generous contributions allow more caregivers to receive assistance every day.

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Flight cancellations or delays are becoming as common as freeway tie-ups during commuter rush hour, especially since airlines around the world failed to recall and rehire personnel after they slashed staff during the global pandemic. New plane orders also have been stalled or shelved, which also affects their expansion plans. Exacerbating the problem is the sudden surge in pentup travel plans by a public that’s been shut down several months by COVID-19 regulations. Travel experts have been warning for months to avoid traveling to Europe because of overworked schedules. Airports have been crammed with passengers lined up for tickets and being rescheduled to other later ﬂights because of delays and cancellations.MatureLifeFeatures 2022

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Continued from page 1 garden has seen plenty of trafﬁc, Butz said. He estimated a thousand people visited during the downtown merchants’ Holly Days Christmas promotion. “We ran out of hot chocolate,” the library director recalled. The Rotary, which regularly donates a book to the library, has held meetings in the garden.Neighboring merchants have also responded to the project by sprucing up the backsides of their businesses that face the garden.“It’san extension of the library,” Butz said of the garden. “We can have events here, and if the weather does not cooperate, we can head back to the library.” Butz added that gardens are also coming to the remaining PCPL branches in Portage, South Haven, Kouts and Hebron. For more information about donating to the Rotary Library Garden, call Butz at (219) 4620524, ext. 35126.

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For example, if your house is worth $500,000 and your mortgage balance is $400,000, your estate must pay $500 just to initiate probate. Often, your heirs or executor would have to pay out of pocket because they do not have access to your money until after probate has been officially started by the court. In addition, most courts impose various filing fees on the documents your estate is required to file: one filing fee for your will, one for the list of heirs, one for the executor’s affidavit, one for the inventory of your estate and one annually for each accounting until the probate is closed — totaling up to several thousand dollars.Assets owned by a trust are not subject to probate, which is one benefit of including a trust in your comprehensive estate plan.

Editor’s note: Woodrow Wilcox is the senior medical bill case worker at Senior Care Insurance Services in Merrillville, He has saved clients of that firm over $3 million by fighting mistakes and fraud in medical billing. Also, Wilcox wrote the book “Solving Medicare Problem$,” which can be ordered through book stores or online. On June 21, 2022, I helped a widow with a bill from the final days of her husband’s life. The bill was not being paid. Their agent alerted me to the problem and provided some papers to help me research the problem for the widow. To help the widow, I asked her to join me on some phone calls. One was to the Medicare supplement insurance company and one was to Medicare. She granted me permission to speak and question on behalf of her and her late husband. We tried to phone the medical service provider, but all we got was a recording telling us to leave a message. Instead of leaving a message, I typed a letter. With some editing to protect the privacy of our clients, here is the letter that I sent to the medical firm that sent the bill for“The$811.28.family of our client brought to our firm a bill from your firm for our review. Today, with the widow on the phone to grant me permission to speak and question on behalf of the family, we phoned both the secondary insurer and Medicare about your bill. “We requested Medicare Summary Notice forms about the claims. Those should arrive in about fifteen business days. The surviving family will bring those to me to compare with your“Butbill.already, I expect to find some problems with your bill.

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The Medicare representative with whom we spoke told us that one or more of the services on the bill were never ﬁled with Medicare. The representative was XXXXX XXXX who works at a Medicare call center in Kansas. I do not know that is true. But it is true that the Medicare representative told us that. Also, there seems to be some confusion of which medical service provider gave which service.“Your billing the surviving family long before the Medicare Summary Notice forms were sent so that the bill can’t be compared to Medicare’s ruling on each claim seems extremely unfair. Do not demand payment until the federal documents have been received and some time has been allowed for review.”Allthe help that I gave the widow was free of charge. This agency “goes the extra mile” to help our clients when a Medicare related billing problem occurs. If your insurance agent or agency does not give this high level of customer service, why not switch to an agency that does? This one does.

Probate varies by state and country, but the following factors are universally true: 1. Public process. Your will is recorded in public records. If you don’t have a will, a list of your heirs is recorded publicly. Many jurisdictions require a listing of assets, so people can ﬁnd out just how much your children will receive from your estate. 2. Time-consuming process. Typically, probate is time consuming. Many jurisdictions require you to wait weeks or months for the appointment to open your estate. These jurisdictions also have set time frames that your executor must bide before distributing money to your heirs or beneﬁciaries. Courts continue to supervise the process through completion, which can add time due to the detailed requirements of estate accountings.3.Expensive process. Court fees and probate taxes are an extra cost to your estate. A probate tax of 0.1% may not seem like much in the abstract, but it would be calculated on your gross estate.

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The burly Texan grounds in his sporty (but somewhat oddlooking) convertible, he would sometimes end up zooming toward his private lake, suddenly shouting that his brakes weren’t working. The prankster then hurtled down a ramp and splashed into the lake. But instead of sinking, the car slowed and — huh? — became a leisurely moving boat. The aghast visitors had been riding in an Amphicar. It was conceived during World War II as a Nazi military vessel called the ersit.ofwereNinety—availablewasEachancesamphibiousthisoffrear-enginetagJaguaritGermanypounds.15.5waythataphibious”AmphicarSchwimmwagen.VolkswagenLater,the(ablendingof“am-and“car”)becameciviliannoveltyasavehiclesawusebothonthehigh-andinthewater.Itfeaturedabodylengthoffeetandaweightof1,738ManufacturedinWestfrom1961to1968,costtheequivalentofanewE-Typewithitspriceof$2,800.Fewerthan4,000Amphicarsrolledtheassemblyline,andtodaytheyremaintheonlypassengerconvey-tobemassproduced.43-horsepowermachineaconvertibleandwasinfourbasiccolorswhite,red,blueorgreen.percentofthebuyersAmerican.InitiallytherewasarushinterestandexcitementforNewlyestablisheddeal-proclaimedtheAmphicar

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“Are you doing any shopping at all?” Mary Ellen asked. “Oh, yes, over my right arm I have three T-shirts and I bought some hangers for my closet, which are in my left hand. I hadn’t planned on buying anything, which is why I didn’t take a cart. And this way I can go faster, although increasing my speed makes me look like a shoplifter.”Iﬁgured out that going a full lap around the store’s perimeter is close to 1,000 steps, or about a half mile, but going up and down each aisle, I could easily log a full mile. After a while, I stopped to rest, because I was breathing heavily. I realized I shouldn’t have taken my break in the lingerie department when I saw moms whisking their kids as far away from me as possible. My jog was enjoyable. I began in produce and trotted through the meat department where they had a good deal on ground turkey. I took a trip through the pharmacy. Then I zoomed through electronics, sped past tire and auto and toddled by the toy department. I picked up speed in the candy section to avoid temptation. I muscled my way through sporting goods and when I got to the cat food shelves, people were in the aisle sharing Instagram photos of their kitties. I slinked my way around them. After I circled the store three times, a security guard came up to me. “What are you up to, sir?” “About four miles an hour,” I bragged. Didn’t even get a smile fromThishim.reminded me of a time at the old L. S. Ayres when I bought a dinner jacket for a cruise my wife and I were planning. The clerk forgot to remove the security lock from the garment. When I left the store, the alarms went“Wherecrazy.do you think you are going with that coat?” asked a security“Alaska,”guard.Itold him. Apparently, my comeback wasn’t funny then, either. Maybe it was the sameTowardguard.the end of my workout, I overheard several of the employees on the sales ﬂoor talking about me. I considered hiding in a dressing room, but I wanted to reach my 15,000 steps and I am not good at running in place.When I got to the checkout counter, the cashier said I owed $26.50, but my T-shirts and hangers should have only amounted to $22.00. “What’s the additional charge?” I asked the cashier.“Mileage,” she told me.

a must-have pleasure item. Modern Mechanix magazine enthused that “it does everything but fly!” The New Yorker and Newsday ran photos and features on it. The Amphicar was even offered as a specialty vehicle for Red Cross emergency rescue services. As the ‘60s drew to a close, the novelty of the craft began to wear thin. For one thing, the marketing concept had always been unclear. (Was it a car or was it a boat?) But other issues also muddied the sales waters. The craft proved to be a high-maintenance item; after every five hours in the water, the Amphicar’s engine needed to be greased — a laborious task that involved lifting the entire vehicle and removing the rear seats. Also, each ocean use required cleansing afterward with fresh water. The American government drove the final nail into the Amphicar coffin. In 1968, the establishment of the EPA brought emissions and safety regulations that the little oddball auto/boat simply couldn’t meet.But not all Amphicars ended up on the scrapheap. About 600 still exist, and some of those — now restored and brought up to required standards — can be rented at such vacation destinations as Disney Springs in Orlando, Fla., and Branson Landing in Missouri. In Ohio, there’s an International Amphicar Owners Club, which boasts about 400 members.Today,to own a restored one will set you back about $100,000.Bytheway, that Texas prankster who got a chuckle out of frightening his unsuspecting visitors? That was none other than Lyndon Baines Johnson, the 36th President of the United States.

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The 40 and over team that she plays on advanced to the Midwest Sectional Championships lastShemonth.andher husband, Heino, have been married for 39 years (they moved to the U.S. due to a job change for her husband). They have ﬁve children and seven grandchildren with whom she loves spending time. She is also active in CrossFit and competes in the master’s division, which she said she started doing to keep in shape for tennis. She also enjoys hiking and recently completed a “Fourteener” in Colorado, which is a climb over 14,000 feet.

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Karen Blaauw has been playing tennis for decades and has taught tennis skills to many others over the years. She currently coaches the boys varsity tennis team at Illiana Christian High School in Dyer and continues to play tennis competitively. Blaauw became familiar with Illiana Christian High School when her children attended and she coached for several years in the early 2000s. Last year, when the school was in need of a coach, she“Thereturned.mainreason I coach is because I want to have an influence on others,” she aid. “It’s great to be in a platform where you can offer it. That’s the reason I’m helping out at Illiana, just to be an influence on those boys for their wellbeing and life and maturity and for them to be part of a tribe. The Illiana team is a great group of boys. One of the reasons it was easy to come back is because they are very polite and great kids with wonderful, supportive families and it’s nice to be in that culture.” Originally from Toronto, Blaauw came to the United States in 2001 at age 41. She played tennis in Canada and became a certified instructor. She’s instructed tennis in Illinois and at Match Point in Griffith, and she had her own tennis instruction business out of Munster. “I just came here and became part of the network and tennis culture,” she said. “I was a fulltime homeschooling mom and an avid player. I continued to homeschool and eventually started to teach and coach more.” She also ran a youth league in the Munster/Dyer area for the United States Tennis Association. The USTA Junior team has kids from area middle and high schools.“Itwas a co-ed team and a fun opportunity for kids to play on a team. When they’d create teams together, they’d get to play with their friends. It’s a fun way for kids to get some competition in while playing with their friends.”

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Around 2010 one of her teams came in second in the National USTA Junior competition in Arizona.Nowin her 20th season of coaching in the U.S., she has coached not only at Illiana Christian High School, but also at Wilber Wright Middle School in Munster, Hobart High School and Homewood-Flossmoor High School in Homewood, Ill. Blaauw plays on two or three tennis teams throughout the year. She is starting the fall season now and playing on an 18 and over team, a 40 and over team and in a weekly league. “I like to compete,” she said. “I think that it helps with coaching that I am a competitor.”

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Fleming also wrote the popular children’s story “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang” for his son. In 2008, The London Times ranked Fleming 14th on its list of “The 50 greatest British writers since 1945.” Born May 28, 1908, into a wealthy family, Fleming joined the service in 1939. He was used frequently as a liaison with other sections of the British government’s wartime administration and was noted for his clever ideas in espionage. Fleming devised a number of schemes to be considered for use against the Axis powers to lure German U-boats and surface ships towards mine ﬁelds. The most notable of his ideas was to plant misleading papers on a corpse that would be found by the enemy. This suggestion was put to use in 1943 to conceal a fake invasion plan. Fleming’s recommendation called for dressing a corpse in an RAF uniform with an attaché briefcase chained to the wrist containing phony invasion plans and setting it adrift by a submarine of the southern coast of Spain. It worked. The body and fake information in the briefcase were turned over to theAfterGermans.thewar, a book was written and the story turned into a movie, “The Man Who Never Was.” starring Clifton Webb.

The inheritance becomes intertwined with the death of a loved one and, as a result, is associated with grief. Guilt is another major emotional component of an inheritance, ﬁnancial planners point out, linked to the feeling that the heir is uncomfortable with not having earned the money.

for German engines used in the V-2 rocket, Messerschmitt Me 163 jet ﬁghters and highspeed U-boats. Fleming would later use elements of these discoveries by his unit in his 1955 Bond novel, “Moonraker.”Also in 1942, Fleming attended an Anglo-American intelligence summit in Jamaica and, despite the constant heavy rain during his visit, he decided to live on the island once the war was over. He dubbed his Jamaican house “Golden Eye” and it is where he wrote most of his Bond novels.

Fleming also worked with U.S. General “Wild Bill” Donovan, President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s special representative on intelligence co-operation between London and ofadvancediscoveriestobersoperationsselectediningouslyenemythegencemandos.asbehind-the-linesSpaineventintelligenceEye,”chargecameServicesintotheCoordinatorblueprintwheretraveledInWashington.May,1941,FlemingtotheUnitedStatesheassistedinwritingafortheOfficeoftheofInformation,departmentthatturnedtheOfficeofStrategicandeventuallybe-theCIA.In1941-42,Flemingwasinof“OperationGoldenaplantomaintainanframeworkintheofaGermantakeoverofandPortugal.In1942,FlemingformedagroupknownAssaultUnitNo.30Com-Thespecialistintelli-unit’sjobwastobenearbattlefieldfronttoseizedocumentsfromprevi-targetedheadquarters.Muchtohischagrin,Flem-didnotpersonallyfightthefieldwithhisunit,buttargetsanddirectedfromLondon.Mem-oftheunitweretrainedbehighlyskilledkillers.Theunit’smostnotablecameduringtheontheGermanportKiel,inaresearchcenter

Fleming was married to Ann Charteris, who was divorced from her ﬁrst husband because of her affair with the 007 author. They had one son, Caspar.Fleming was a heavy smoker and drinker for most of his life and succumbed to heart disease in 1964 at the rather young age of 56. Two of his Bond books were published posthumously; other novelists have since produced Bond novels. Fleming’s creation has appeared in ﬁlm 26 times and has been portrayed by seven different actors.

On the other hand, people who have taken their time to plan what to do with an inheritance have been known to sit on their wealth and continue living in their current lifestyle with the comfortable assurance that their ﬁnancial future is secure.

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There is also a feeling of isolation tied to inheriting money, as the recipients often worry, with good reason, about friends and family badgering them for loans or gifts and harboring resentment over their good fortune.It’sthe emotional stress that causes some folks to get rid of their inheritance as quickly as possible, by disclaiming it or giving it away or just spending it as fast as they can.

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Most people have some idea what they’d do with a ﬁnancial windfall.Takea cruise around the world, pay off the mortgage, or move to another part of the world. But then what? It isn’t easy becoming wealthy overnight.Itwas estimated during the ‘90s that current retirees will pass on some $10 trillion dollars to their baby boomer heirs. Many of the people inheriting this money grew up in poor or modest circumstances and have little concept of the challenges theyTheface.ﬁrst, of course, is what to do with the money. Do you put that $10,000, $100,000 or $1 million into the stock market or real estate? Do you sell the company you inherited? Do you keep all the stocks, bonds and mutual funds in the portfolio that suddenly becomes your property?

Financial planners offer this first piece of advice: don’t do anything for a while. That’s more difficult than it sounds. An Oppenheimer Funds survey revealed that 40% of baby boomers who had received at least a $50,000 inheritance made a financial decision in less than a week.Inheriting a family business or farm will require more immediate attention than a stock portfolio. But that’s no reason to make any rash decisions. Whatever the form of the inheritance, you should focus on what you want to do with the money — invest it for retirement income, pay debts or make charitable donations, for example. Establishing goals will help you manage the money better. While the financial side requires patience and some effort to educate yourself on the best avenues to follow, the emotional side of inheriting is the more difficult challenge.

The renowned fictional British spy, James Bond, is the creation of a former Royal Navy intelligence officer named Ian Fleming, who applied his imagination and creativity to plan and coordinate clandestine operations during World WarTheII.inscrutable and indestructible Bond introduced himself to the world in “Casino Royale,” the 1952 novel that launched Fleming from the secretive world of spies to the wide open world of literary lions. The popularity of his first novel required three printings to satisfy reader demand. Eleven Bond novels and two short story collections followed between 1953 and 1966. Bond’s exploits revolved around the author’s experiences in the British Secret Intelligence Service, commonly known as MI-6. Fleming was assigned ID code number “007,” and given the rank of a commander in the Royal Naval Reserve.TheBond stories rank among the best-selling series of fictional books of all time, having sold more than 100 million copies worldwide.

10 ■ SENIOR LIFE ■ September 2022 www.seniorlifenewspapers.com Dining/Leisure/Entertainment It was 50 years ago — ‘Black and White,’ more than another hit Three Dog Night It BillboardtoptoDogbythirdbecameWhite”“Black‘n’another—muchmorewas—morethanjustrockrollhit.WhileandthesingleThreeNightreachtheofthecharts, the tune itself had been created in 1955 as a way to honor the landmark 1954 Supreme Court decision to end segregation in America’s public“Ourschools.ideawas to celebrate the event,” said Earl Robinson, who co-wrote the classic along with David Arkin, the father of actor Alan Arkin. “We had no idea it would reach out as it did eventually.”“Blackand White” had been recorded by Pete Seeger in 1956 and Sammy Davis Jr. a year later. But the song languished in the public consciousness until a Jamaican quintet called Greyhound cut a reggae version (a hit only in the UK) in 1971. During a European concert tour, members of America’s Three Dog Night heard the Greyhound offering on a Dutch radio station. Immediately they declared this could be their next hit 45 on Dunhill Records. Most pop music fans were probably unaware that “Black and White” had been created originally from a different point of view. Both the Three Dog Night and Greyhound versions opened with the lines: “The ink is black, the page is white

People who live in neighborhoods with good lighting, trustworthy neighbors and plenty of parks and playgrounds are more likely to walk and get regular exercise, according to a survey conducted at the University of South Carolina. Researchers interviewed almost 1,200 adults in a rural county to find out which social and environmental aspects of a community might influence its residents’ exercise habits. Those who had physically active neighbors who used sidewalks in their community and a nearby mall for walking were more likely to be regular walkers. Regular walkers were those who reported walking 30 or more minutes at any pace five or more days a week. Residents were considered physically active if they reported 30 minutes or more of moderate physical activity five or more days a week or 20 minutes or more of vigorous physical activity three or more days a week. Overall, nearby neighborhood features — those within a 10-minute walk from home — were more likely to affect physical activity and walking than were community features like swimming pools or bike trails within a 10-mile radius or 20-minute drive from the home. Not surprisingly, younger residents were more likely to be physically active. The findings suggest programs to encourage more physical activity “should target proximal locations — such as private recreational facilities, parks, playgrounds and sports fields — as well as adequate lighting,” researchers reported.

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“Together we learn to read andThewrite.”tune was centered on racial equality, yes, but not as much as the original, which featured a different set of lyrics early in the song: “Their robes were black, their heads were white “The schoolhouse doors were closed so tight “Nine judges all set down their“Tonamesendthe years and years of shame.”WasRobinson discouraged about TDN’s leaving out key lyric elements of his work? Not really. “They condensed the most communicable parts into a single song number,” he answered. “You might call it a more uniﬁed whole.” During their hit-making years, Three Dog Night placed 21 Top 40 singles on the charts, with “Black and White” being the band’s third No. 1 disc, after “Mama Told Me (Not to Come)” in 1970 and “Joy to the World” the next year. Three Dog Night had taken their name from an Australian expression for the coldest possible night for sheepherders who snuggled with their dogs to keep warm in the chilly nighttimes.The California-based aggregation featured a trio of lead singers — Danny Hutton (who sang lead on “Black and White”), Chuck Negron and Cory Wells. The group gave exposure to such on-the-rise songwriters as Randy Newman, Laura Nyro, Nilsson and Hoyt Axton. TDN’s “Black and White” arrived near the end of America’s Civil Rights era, and while some of the all-important original lyrics had been excised, the overall message of the later recording remained strong and clear: “The world is black, the world is “Itwhite,turns by day and then by night. “A child is black, a child is white,“The whole world looks upon the“Asight,beautiful sight.” Yes. A beautiful sight indeed.

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“I like the three F’s — faith, fellowship and friendship,” Larry said of the parish renewal.“Ithas created a fellowship, a sisterhood,” Lois added. A sacristan does everything from cleaning and maintaining church linens to ensuring the vessels are ready and the altar is all set. Lois even made a green altar linen. “This keeps me close to God,” Lois said. “It’s made the Mass more important for me.” “As a lector, you have to prepare,” Larry explained.

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For Lois and Larry Brandt, St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Church is their second home. Depending on the time of year, the Valparaiso Catholic church could take priority.

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• Ruth 1:16-17 — Ruth tells Naomi, her mother-in-law, “Where you go I will go, and where you stay I will stay. Your people will be my people and your God my God.” “It’s commitment,” Larry said. “She’s your deﬁnition of faith and earnestness.”

“You read ahead of time, and I do a little research on many of the readings. You keep up with your faith that way, and it makes the reading more impactful.”Although the Brandts have only been at Seton for ﬁve years, they appreciate the warm welcome they received, coming from Sacred Heart in Wanatah and St. Patrick in Chesterton.“They’revery welcoming to newcomers,” Lois said. “You don’t feel like an outsider.” Married 57 years, the Brandts have two children, include a daughter who died, three grandchildren and four step-grandchildren.Larryciteshisyears in industry in living his faith. “It’s how you treat people, how you treat work,” he said. “It’s about how honest and fair you are.” Lois added, “Faith is how you cope with things that happen in life. When our daughter was ill and passed away, you go through some rough times.” “If you’re going to profess a religion, your faith is how you live your life according to your religion,” Larry added.

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Lois could not choose one favorite Scripture passage, but the lector in Larry produced several. They include:

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The Chesterton couple, both retired, is engaged in a number of ministries. Their pastor, the Rev. Mick Kopil, said the Brandts “have a deep faith in Christ and love His church.”

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• Matthew 8:5-13 — Jesus heals the centurion’s servant. “He showed faith in Jesus,” Larry said. “He showed he was just a man, even though he was a centurion.”

• Wisdom 3:1-10 — “But the souls of the just are in the hand of “That’sGod.”the whole purpose of existence. It’s what everything is about,” Larry commented.

For starters, Lois is head sacristan at Seton, where she is also involved in Bible study, the parish ladies group, liturgy committee and spirituality and worship commission. Larry is an extraordinary minister of Holy Communion, faith formation catechist, Bible study, parish ﬁnance council and a lector. Together they are collection counters, attend adult faith education and have been involved in Christ Renews His Parish, a parish-based faith renewal experience for men and women, designed to strengthen one’s faith. The program runs September through April. As Larry explained, the program features meetings, research, fellowship and a meal.

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First off, what is a nightshade? A nightshade is a fruit or vegetable that contains the alkaloid solanine, which is produced naturally as an insecticide while the plant is growing. Most of the alkaloid is contained in the stem and leaves of the plant, but the edible portion will contain a lesser amount. The first three items in the list of nightshades are botanically fruits, not vegetables: tomatoes, peppers, eggplant, potatoes, tomatillos, chilies and paprika.Allthe above also contain a bit of nicotine, so it’s no surprise the tobacco plant is also a nightshade. Green bell peppers seem to contain the most solanine of the foods listed. Nightshades are all nutrientdense foods, contributing many health benefits through their vitamin, mineral, fiber and antioxidant content and are a staple in diets throughout the world.However, if you experience inflammatory bowel disease, fibromyalgia, arthritis, joint pain or other autoimmune diseases you may find that nightshades increase the inflammation; they do not cause inflammation, but may increase inflammation alreadyAboutthere.theonly method used to see if you are sensitive to nightshades is to eliminate them entirely from your diet for a month. During that month it is important to journal how you feel at the start of the month, such as sleeping pattern, congestion, headaches, digestive discomfort, joint pain, head fog and bowel issues. After a month reintroduce one food item and continue journaling any negative changes. After a couple of weeks, introduce another item. If you see any symptom returning, back down to having that food only once per week to see if that abates the symptoms. It is truly cause and effect here and everyone is different. Some people find they are in better health eliminating all nightshades and others find they can tolerate them in occasional doses. While you’re at it, corn and wheat are two nonnightshades that you may try eliminating to see if they affect you negatively. Zucchini(non-vegan)Casserole

• Vascular problems posed by obesity and related syndromes like hypertension and Type 2 diabetes are important inﬂuences on the risk of vascular disease and Alzheimer’s dementia.

When people think of poor health in the older adult population, images of frail and underweight individuals often come to mind.Obesity in children and younger adults has attracted a great deal of recent attention, but nutritionists and health professionals on both sides of the Atlantic have noted an “obesity epidemic” that has affected more than 30% of adults over 60 years of Thisage. problem is obscured by a lingering “ageism” in how the medical ﬁeld thinks about obesity and the elderly.

The issue of a few extra pounds can pale by comparison for many people when they consider other old-age issues such as chronic disease, lifestyle limitations and money woes. Physicians may avoid talking about obesity with their older patients because they think it may be too late to encourage a change in health behavior, experts say. Also, obesity among older Americans may also be overlooked in a society that considers a trim body to be a matter of youthful beauty rather than health.Here are some facts: • One in four people older than 50 is considered obese.

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Born on Jan. 14, 1898, she was the daughter of Alexander DeWitt Flint (1861-1919) and Eva Mary Black Rygaard (1871-1961).

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Helen had one known sibling: Mason Flint (1913-1981), who left many descendants.Fastforward to about 1915 and we learn that Helen has entered the New York stage when she “debuted as a member of the chorus in the Ziegfeld Follies when she was 17.” By 1921, Helen began appearing on Broadway, and over the coming years she was part of more than 20 productions. By 1931, Helen had begun appearing in films, as the “talkies,” as they were called, had started in 1928-1929. Her first sound film appearance was in 1931 in a “short” called “The Clyde Mystery” in the role of AnnExceptClyde.for the years 1942 and 1944, Helen appeared in 21 other films. Research reveals that “Flint often played seedy or sexually available women.” One outstanding 1935 film Helen appeared in was “Ah, Wilderness,” an American comedy-drama film adaptation of the 1933 Eugene O’Neil play of the same name. Some of the actors/actresses Helen co-starred with in “Ah, Wilderness” in her role as Belle were Wallace Beery (father of Noah Beery), Lionel Barrymore, Cecilia Parker (later sister of Mickey Rooney in the Andy Hardy movie series), a young Mickey Rooney and Spring Byington (a well-known character actress). Helen was married only one time as research reveals, and that was to banker “Harmon Spencer Auguste (1938-1939, divorce).” The marriage took place in Palm Beach, Fla., on Jan. 27, 1938, and they were divorced in Reno, Nev., on Jan. 7, 1939. No record of any children were born to them.

Tragically, Helen was in Washington, D.C., when she was hit by a car and died in a hospital on Sept. 9, 1967, at age 69. According to Find-A-Grave records, Helen’s burial location is not known. Any information welcome to: Dr. Greg Lawson, 1801 E. 3rd St., Mishawaka, IN 46544.

Annual ‘Trail of Scarecrows’ returns to Purdue Northwest Gabis Arboretum at Purdue University Northwest is pleased to announce the 12th annual Trail of Scarecrows. The exhibition will be open Oct. 3-31. Organizers are thrilled by all of the enthusiasm this exhibit has generated in the past and can’t wait to view the 2022 entries. School groups, scouts, businesses, families and other types of groups create scarecrows to display during the month of October at the arboretum. Photos of the scarecrows will be posted on social media and guests will vote for their favorites. The photos with the most ‘likes’ will win. Any group or individual, children or adults, can participate. This year’s theme is “famous musicians.” Participants should create their scarecrow to look like a famous musician, anyone from Lady Gaga to MakingElvis. a scarecrow for the exhibit is free. Guests will be charged the regular arboretum admission fee to view the trail.The registration deadline is Friday, Sept. 16. The scarecrow delivery dates are from Sept.Guidelines28-30. for scarecrows can be reviewed at callparaiso.isscarecrows/events-and-programs/trail-of-pnw.edu/gabis-arboretum/www.GabisArboretumatPNWlocatedat450W.100N,Val-Formoreinformation,(219)462-0025.

The Greater Portage Chamber of Commerce will host a progressive dinner — “Discover Hidden Treasures” — on Thursday, Sept. 29. Participants will begin their expedition at the Chamber of Commerce, 6340 E. Main St., Suite A, Portage, where they will embark on an evening of adventure, traveling from one location to the next while dining on one component of a ﬁve-course meal at each stop. Clues will be given and must be ﬁgured out to determine the next destination. All participants will receive a treasure chest at the end of the evening, loaded with over $100 in gifts. Epic Limousine will provide luxury travel to each location throughout the evening. The full meal along with cocktails are also included in the ticket

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Helen V. Flint may be one of the most forgotten actresses to come forth out of the annals of Chicago’s history.

Tuesday — Breakfast served from 9-11 a.m. for $3. Walking club, 10 a.m.; dominos, 10 a.m.; pool tournament, 10 a.m.; senior cha cha cha, 11 a.m. Pickleball: beginner drills 8:30-10:30 a.m., beginner and low intermediate 10:30-11:30 a.m., open play 11:30 a.m. to close.

Thursday Lunch served from noon to 1 p.m. for $3. Bridge, 10 a.m.; pool tournament, 10 a.m.; dominos, 10 a.m.; Zumba gold, 10 a.m.; choir, 11 a.m.; Bible as literature, 12:45 p.m.; Happy Hookers and Naughty Knitters, 1 p.m.; Scrabble, 1 p.m. Pickleball: beginner and low intermediate 8:30-11:30 a.m., open play 11:30 a.m. to close.

• Wednesday Experienced art class, 9 a.m.; stretch plus level 2, 9 a.m.; bocce ball open play, 10 a.m.; hand and foot, 10 a.m.; cardio strength with Janice, 10 a.m.; walking club, 10 a.m.; movie, noon; beginner’s art class, noon; euchre, 12:30 p.m. Pickleball: intermediate 8:3010:30 a.m., advanced 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., open play 12:30 p.m. to close.

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• Monday Stretching class level 1, 9 a.m.; ukulele, 10 a.m.; bocce ball open play, 10 a.m.; walking club, 10 a.m.; smart phone class Androids, 10:30 a.m.; smart phone class iPhone, 11:30 a.m.; oil painting, 12:30 p.m. Pickleball: intermediate 8-10:30 a.m., advanced 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., open play 12:30 p.m. to close.

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• Disenroll and return to Original Medicare. If you do so, you can also join a Part D prescription drug plan. One of the best tools that can help you during the Medicare Open Enrollment is the Medicare Planfinder at medicare.gov/find-a-plan. It takes you step by step through available Medicare Advantage and Part D prescription drug plans while taking your prescription drug costs into consideration.Youdonotneed to register with the website to use it; however, you can safely enter your Medicare number in the tool to view your own current plan enrollment information and specific plan costs. This can help you compare plans and their costs specific to you. SHIP, the State Health Insurance Assistance Program, can help you compare plans and use the Planfinder Tool.

What is Medicare open enrollment?

What is Medicare Open Enrollment? I already have a Medicare Advantage Plan, but can I change it? Medicare’s Annual Enrollment Period is Oct. 15 to Dec. 7. During this time, you can make changes to various aspects of your Medicare Advantage and Part D drug coverage.EverySeptember, Medicare enrollees receive an Annual Notice of Change letter from their insurance companies to let you know what changes may affect your plan for the followingPremiumsyear.can increase, provider coverage can change, dental premiums may change and you may see changes to which prescription drugs are covered under your plan. During the annual enrollment period, you can do the following:•Dropa Medicare Advantage Plan. • Cancel your Part D plan. • Enroll in a Part D plan. • Change from one Medicare Advantage plan to a different one.

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Changes to Medicare supplement insurance policies (Medigap) can occur any time of year. However, your premium maybe increased due to your current health status or you may be denied a new policy if you are not in a guarantee issue period. That is when you ﬁrst turn 65 or lose other coverage. Every year, you should review both your Medicare health and drug coverage to ensure you are getting the best coverage for your needs at the best price. If you have questions related to Medicare, call SHIP at (800) 452-4800, (866) 846-0139 TTY or at medicare.in.gov. You can also ﬁnd SHIP on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and YouTube. SHIP is provided by the Administration for Community Living and the Indiana Department of Insurance. For questions about this article, contact Sarah Peeper, ship@thenewcreative.com.sarah-

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Poetry, however, was his true love. He formulated his own brand of down-home dialect to infuse life into the characters in his poems.

at all. It’s actually a life-size statue of famed Hoosier Poet James Whitcomb

“Little Orphant Annie,” “The Raggedy Man” and “Out to Old Aunt Mary’s” were about real people. “When the Frost is on the Punkin” and “The Old Swimming Hole” poems focused on simpler times and country living. Continued on page 19

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Riley sitting in front of his boyhoodStophome.and get a selfie on the bench with him, read the historical marker and go inside the museum next door and sign up to tour the house. The Rileys moved to Greenfield from Uniontown and lived in a log cabin on the property while his dad, Reuben, constructed the present house between 1850 and 1853. The house is a testament to his craftsmanship. The circular staircase is an outstanding example of his skill. In addition, he made most of the furniture, was a Union officer during the Civil War and operated a law office out of his house for 10 years until it became overcrowded with their sixth child. James, their third, was born Oct. 7, 1849. He was named after Indiana Governor James Whitcomb, whom his father became friends with while serving in the House of Representatives. His birth date is occasion for a festival every year during the first weekend of October. Theme for the 2022 event is “Little Orphant Annie,” which was one of his poems. His father always harped on having a skill and warned him that he’d not be able to make a living with words. Riley tried working in a shoe store, selling Bibles, sign painting and even spent a couple of years selling snake oil for a traveling medicineHisshow.mother home-schooled the children and encouraged him to follow the arts. She taught him to play piano and organ and he picked up the banjo, lute, guitar, hammered dulcimer and violin on his own. He wanted to be a violinist, but after catching his thumb in a door he was never able to hold the bow properly. Riley organized and played in the Adelphian Band.

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He began his road to fame by submitting poems to newspapers, and after receiving an endorsement from poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow he worked at several newspapers in the late 1870s. He took his poems to the public via reading tours throughout the Midwest and later across the country. By the 1890s he was a bestselling author with an illustrated children’s book entitled “Rhymes of Childhood.” It became extremely popular, sold millions of copies and made Riley a wealthy man. Riley made a promise to his mother after the family home was lost to taxes in 1870 that he would someday buy the house back. He did just that in 1893 and visited often from Indianapolis where he lived. The house is open April through October. Adult tours are $4 and seniors, $3.50. Take I-69 to Exit 222 (SR 9) and follow it into Greenﬁeld. U.S. 40 (Main Street) goes right past the Riley Boyhood home on the north side of the street. Hours are 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. For more information, call (317) 462-8539 or visit at rileymuseumhome.org.

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“There are strange things done in the midnight sun “By the men who moil for gold; “The Arctic trails have their secret“Thattaleswould make your blood run“Thecold;Northern Lights have seen queer sights, “But the queerest they ever did“Wassee the night on the marge of Lake Lebarge “I cremated Sam McGee.” — Robert W. Service Our path at Whitehorse, Yukon Territory, was peppered with the yarns spun by the young bank employee and aspiring poet whose imagination was fired by such tales as “The Cremation of Sam McGee” and “The Shooting of Dan McGrew” that grew out of the Klondike Gold Rush of ‘98. The Fahrenheit temperature in this vast and sparsely populated landscape of rolling grasslands, lakes, and jagged mountain ranges range from the mid-90s in summer to the minus-60s in winter, the latter fact not lost on Sam McGee — and confirmed by his final request to be cremated rather than buried in the cruel cold.Our journey took us overland from Skagway, Alaska, to its capital, Fairbanks, by way of the Yukon.Black-and-white photos of would-be miners struggling up snowy slopes line the walls of Skagway’s museum. Among other displays are a 31-foot Haida Indian canoe carved from a single red cedar tree that could carry up to a dozen natives on voyages far at sea, and a large quilt made of duck-neck feathers. Before leaving, we immersed ourselves in “Days of ‘98 Show,” which begins in the town’s theater lobby with visitors at gambling tables wagering play money and trying to abide by a ridiculous set of rules designed to get the audience in the mood for a show that mixes Robert Service readings, cowboy ballads, dance hall girls and a musical review of the notorious Jefferson Randolph “Soapy” Smith who reigned over Skagway during the Klondike Gold Rush heyday. We boarded a White Pass & Yukon Route train the next morning for a two-hour journey up though the Sitka spruce-, hemlock-, and pine-covered slopes of the pass, then across the lake-strewn summit to the Canadian border. Buses carried us the remaining few miles to Whitehorse, capital of the Yukon Territory. Present and past intersect here. The imposing bulk of a Walmart squats a few blocks from a small river steamer on the Yukon River that’s reminiscent of the fleet of sternwheelers that bore the hordes of Klondike-bound gold seekers north to the swampy creek banks around Dawson City. The museums here celebrate the region’s cultural and natural history with carvings from Inuit Indian craftsmen. Among the many summer events are the midnight sun golf events in Whitehorse and Dawson City and Yukon River Bathtub Race in HeadingJune. west on the Alaska Highway, we entered the massive Kluane National Park and Reserve with its backdrop of serrated crags in the St. Elias Range and then traced the shoreline of 40-mile-long Kluane Lake, whose calm waters reflected the barren face of Sheep Mountain. The Sheep Mountain Visitor Centre has interpretive programs, information on recreation in the park, and a telescope aimed at the slope where, during late spring and early fall, Dall sheep graze. A sign cautions hikers to watch for grizzly and black bears. By far the safest view of area wildlife, albeit the stuffed variety, is at the small Kluane Museum that houses wildlife dioramas in Burwash Landing at mile marker 1,093 on the 1,390-mile Alcan highway. Canadian and U.S. Customs are 20 miles apart in this region where the border is a 600-mile long, 20-foot-wide swath of cleared land. Our return to Alaskan soil was bouncy as we stepped down from our coach to experience tundra first hand, er, foot. Walking on the grass and moss growth above the permafrost is like bouncing gently on a trampoline.NearDelta Junction, we came upon one of the few remaining roadhouses on this once rugged track. Rika’s, first opened during World War I, later was an oasis for early truckers on the Alaska Highway where they could get a room, meal and cup of coffee for $1 each. Reopened in the 1980s, it sports a restaurant, small museum, a few cabins and space for recreational vehicles.

Tok, a bit farther north, claims to be the sled dog capital of Alaska. Dog mushing is the state’s ofﬁcial sport and many residents here raise Siberian huskies.Finally, Fairbanks, where you can still pan for gold, drive a dog sled team, see the Northern Lights and even visit the Malamute Saloon where, ‘tis said, “... pitched on his head, and pumped full of lead, was Dangerous Dan McGrew.”

Permafrost adds bounce to Yukon-Alaska trek

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