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Northwest Edition R Reaching Seniors In Illiana: Cook, Lake & Porter Counties

Northwest Indiana Genealogical Society helps connect people to the past 7H[W DQG SKRWRV %\ &$55,( 67(,1:(* )HDWXUH :ULWHU Have you ever wanted to learn more about your roots and your ancestors? It’s a hobby that can take a lot of time and effort. However, you’re rewarded with increased knowledge of the past and the thrill of unraveling and rediscovering your connection to earlier family generations.

Genealogy is a pastime that has become popular in recent years with the introduction of websites and apps that can aid you in learning more about your family history. Even with the help of technology, there’s great value in seeking out local groups where you’ll meet people with similar interests and who can point you in the right direction or provide information that would be hard to acquire elsewhere.

The Northwest Indiana Genealogical Society’s mission is preserving and sharing the history and genealogy of Lake and Porter counties. This year the nonprofit organization celebrates 52 years. Prior to the pandemic, the group was meeting monthly at the Lake County Public Library branch in Merrillville and the Porter County Public Library branch in Valparaiso. Both library branches have a genealogy room. After a break in meetings from March to July of 2020, meetings resumed via Zoom.

Marlene Pajor, the NWIGS secretary,

said membership is currently at about 100. However, the organization is always lookingg for new members who share an interest in genealogy gy and who would like to learn more or share what they hey know.

Meetings are now held virtually ally on the third Saturday of the month and the board ard meets the week before. Meetings include a speaker peaker on a topic related to genealogy. It might ght be an expert on a specific area of research, ch, a local source who shares tips or a meeting ng focused on a specific ethnicity; they’ve covered ered Irish, Croatian, Hispanic and Polish heritage ritage in the past. In addition to meetings, members also have access to a database with th about 840,000 indexed items.

NWIGS President Lynn Jackson son is also the reference and genealogical al librarian at the Lake County Public Library’s brary’s Merrillville branch. She said the libraribraries often have classes on workshops ps that can further help in researching family history.

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Officer helps raise funds for Portage center %\ 67(9( (89,12 )HDWXUH :ULWHU Considering how active Gladys Leon is at Bonner Senior Center in Portage, it might be hard to believe she once shrugged off the idea of joining. But some friends at church persisted, Leon agreed to go, and she has not regretted the decision.

“I finally just went,” Leon, a South Haven resident, recalled. “I got interested in bingo and bunco, and I got involved as I went on.”

Bonner was temporarily closed in January due to a spike in the coronavirus, but during more active times, Leon did sign-ins on Fridays, helped on the food serving line and carried trays if needed.

In addition, Leon runs Bonner’s bunco on Wednesday.

Secretary of Bonner’s ways and means group, she helps raise funds for the center. That includes assisting at Friday bingos and special fundraiser bingos on first Sundays.

“Everything we make goes into Bonner Center,” Leon said. “I just help out where I’m needed.”

Those funds have provided new kitchen appliances, tables, chairs and bathroom flooring, with more work still ahead, depending on funds.

“Among activities, I enjoy bunco and bingo,” said Leon, also in knitting and crocheting at the center. “I get excited when I get close, and I just need one more number.

Just the excitement of being around people.”

Leon is also involved with the center’s Be Thankful Club, a group that helps Bonner Center by selling beverages for 25 cents a cup.

Professionally, Leon’s work experience has included billing, hospital lab work and drug screening. Past community activities also include Girl and Boy Scouts.

Her grandchildren have also turned her onto Coin Master, a Facebook game in which the object is to build one’s Viking village to the top.

“I enjoy the fellowship at Bonner. We all have shoulders to lean on and people we can trust,” said Leon, a Bonner member for about 10 years. “I like being around people, but

I don’t like crowds, especially around now.”

Leon has good reason to be cautious these days. The retiree is a four-time cancer survivor.

“I take one day at a time,” she said. “I thank God every day I get up, and I enjoy life.”

Leon learned that philosophy from her paternal grandmother, Gladys Knox, for whom she is named.

“Take one day and learn during the day” was Knox’s approach, Leon said. “Learn to work around your enemies.”

She and her husband, Edward, have three children, Ed Jr., Joseph and Theresa, along with three grandchildren. Leon has tried to instill some of her philosophies in her children.

“If you don’t want an answer, don’t ask,” she said, also calling for adult conversation and taking time to work out domestic problems.

Another influence in Leon’s life is Bernice Holstrom, her great-aunt, who, at 92, resides in Sterling, Ill. “She tells it like it is,’ Leon said of her late mother’s aunt.

“She’s a Christian woman, and we do prayer chains. We can talk and pray together.”

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At nearly 103, Dyer resident is eternal optimist %\ &$55,( 67(,1:(* )HDWXUH :ULWHU People tend to see the glass as half full or half empty. Joan “Jenny” Wojtena, a resident at Sheffield Manor Assisted Living in Dyer, is a half-glass-full kind of gal. She said she’s always been a happy person, and it’s a choice she makes every day to see the world through an optimistic lens.

The Whiting native turns 103

this month. Raised by Polish immigrants, she was educated in Catholic school where they did lessons in Polish and were encouraged to speak the language.

“Speaking English was frowned upon and before you went to school, you went to church,” she said.

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She was a member of the choir in school and liked to dance. She said perhaps all the dancing aided in her longevity.

“In my younger days, I liked dancing and I think that helped my legs,” she said.

What else has contributed to living more than a century?

“Chocolate,” she said with a laugh. “I tell people, ‘It’s chocolate.’”

She said she eats it every day, and a bowl of miniature chocolate bars sits nearby on a table in a room adorned with Cubs memorabilia.

“My younger brother and I were Cubs fans and put on the radio for the games,” she explained.

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At nearly 103 Continued from page 4 Wojtena’s fondness for the team shows with wall hangings, throws, caps and other items.

Wojtena recalls not just her first jobs, but also the pay she received: 35 cents an hour at the Queen Anne Candy Company and 45 cents an hour at Junior Toy Company.

She married Casimer Wojtena at St. Albert’s Church in 1939; the couple were married for 62 years. She recalled all the details — who was there,

what was worn, and what songs were sung. Her husband was a carpenter, and they built their own home from the ground up.

She remembers taking windows up a ladder to install them. The couple later lived in Hammond and Schererville.

Like many women in those days, Wojtena was a housewife.

She’d spend her time cooking and baking (her specialties were baked pies and cream puffs), helping at her children’s school, and having coffee with other housewives

in their social club.

Wojtena is known for always humming or singing a song.

Everyone at Sheffield Manor knows that about her and oftentimes people sing along or start singing as soon as they see her.

She enjoys spreading a little happiness to others.

When it comes to offering advice to those looking to live a long, happy life as she has, her insight is simple — “I’ll say this: you have a choice to be happy or to be miserable. I choose to be happy.”

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Letters to the editor

Give our schools back to the community Dear Editor: It is time to give our schools back to our community. It is time for Gary’s parents and families to have a voice again in our children’s education.

State Rep. Tim Brown’s new bill, House Bill 1187, would make permanent the state takeover of Gary schools — even after the Gary Community School Corp. reaches financial solvency. This bill would create a permanent state-appointed board and a permanent emergency man-

ager — instead of an elected school board — to run Gary’s schools with virtually unlimited power and no way for parents and residents to hold them accountable.

It also attempts to take away Gary teachers’ rights to come together and advocate for schools and students, leaving them vulnerable to discipline for speaking out, something we think violates state law. If educators are silenced by union busting, and our community is silenced by

creating a permanent stateappointed school board, we will have no one to fight for the schools Gary students deserve.

We must have a school board that reflects our community. Our schools belong to us. State lawmakers should vote no on House Bill 1187.

They should remember that we live in a democracy and give our schools back to our community.

Caitlin Dian

Voting rights bill is anti-Democratic Dear Editor: I am a former elected Democratic Party precinct committeeman and a former elected delegate to my state’s Democratic Party convention. I say the voting rights law, which is being considered now, is anti-Democratic because it wouldn’t require people to show a valid ID to vote.

When I was a precinct committeeman, if someone wanted to vote but I didn’t believe that the person was from my precinct, I would ask to see some government-issued ID. I didn’t try to prevent the person from voting. I tried to help the person vote at the

correct polling location.

The people of my precinct had legitimate votes to cast.

Outsiders did not have a right to vote at the polling location for our precinct. If I had let anyone and everyone who wanted to vote at my precinct’s polling station, I would have helped to dilute the power of each legitimate vote. It would have been a great disservice to every legitimate voter in the precinct.

In the past, my state outlawed taverns and saloons to be open during voting hours on Election Day. That was to make it more difficult for political agents of dishonest candidates to pay people with

drinks for going to various precincts to vote under the names of people who were dead, but had not yet had their names removed from the voter lists.

Democracy requires that we protect the power of each honest vote of legitimate voters. To do that, we must prevent pretenders from voting at polling places where they don’t belong. Protecting the power of each legitimate vote protects democracy. Making it easy for dishonest pretenders to vote destroys the legitimacy of elections.

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Identical triplet sisters Nika, Natalie and Nicole Taylor are showcasing their mesmerizing energy, extraordinary talent and tight sibling harmonies in concert at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 9, at Munster High School Auditorium.

Mark Lusk, president of Red Street Records, said the trio is “pure infectious energy.”

The girl band’s sound is best described as “young, fun and country.” The sisters are singers, songwriters, composers and multi-instrumentalists who play guitar, banjo, fiddle and mandolin.

Taylor Red has performed more than 1,000 live shows across America and internationally in countries such as Norway and Canada. Amy Grant, Charlie

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Additionally, the girls were featured in a national ad campaign for Sonic Drive-In in 2020. Their repertoire is influenced by the musical giants that paved the way for them, like Dolly Parton, Johnny Cash, Tom Petty and The Eagles.

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Sports

Tennis coach netting results, on or off the court %\ 67(9( (89,12 )HDWXUH :ULWHU Finishing the season with a winning record is one measure of a coach’s success. Seeing a child’s eyes light up at having a happy Christmas is another positive measure.

Wheeler High School’s Mike Rosta can lay claim to both.

A guidance counselor at WHS for 23 years, Rosta, 54, coaches the Bearcat boys team in the fall and the girls program in the spring. Sandwiched between those two seasons is a Christmas charity that has touched hundreds of families and perhaps thousands of children.

The first social worker in Union Township schools, Rosta was a middle school dean of students and elementary school principal before settling in the guidance department. Today he also directs the Natural Helpers program at Wheeler, preparing young people to be peer mentors to classmates.

And, when he’s not doing anything else, Rosta is a bartender.

As to tennis, Rosta played the sport at Andrean High School, learning from and later working

with former Niner coach, James Klora.

“Besides tennis,” Rosta said, “Klora would talk to you about being a good person, a good teammate. He taught us a lot about life, and we became friends.”

At a small school with an enrollment of 450, Rosta is happy to get close to the 20 students trying out for each tennis team.

Some seasons are better than others. Over the years, Rosts has sent two boys to the state finals. Last year’s girls squad finished 23-3, with its top player a returning senior when practice begins in March.

“It’s about half and half, kids with or without tennis experience,” Rosta explained. “I tell kids, ‘If you’re athletic, I can teach you to play tennis.’”

Rosta measures success “when the numbers come out, you know kids are enjoying it When kids have tears in their eyes when the season is over, that’s successful.”

As to that Christmas project, it started about 23 years ago, when Wheeler Methodist Church contacted Rosta about names of students for a holiday

luncheon with gifts hosted by the church. Rosta provided 25 names, after which he learned that a younger person was needed to run the project.

Rosta took it over and has never regretted the decision.

He has plenty of elves for help.

Since those 25 children, the program has grown to annually serve more than 200 children and 80-90 families in pre-COVID times. Working with children from the free/ reduced lunch program, the charity provides families with a sit-down meal with ham or turkey. Schools donate toys for gifts and also hold food drives for the families. St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic Church in Valparaiso provides children’s clothing.

Rosta estimates he spends $10,000 on toys. That money comes from donations, including a WHS online auction that raises $4,000. Merchants also support the project. Past recipient families also pitch in.

“Every year I wonder where the money will come from, and every year it shows up,” Rosta said.

Rosta recalled a 5-year-old

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‘That’s why I do it,” Rosts said. “This is my family. We support each other in Union Township.”

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Everyone is at risk and any body part can be affected. Sometimes we find skin cancers on the bottom of the foot, in between the toes, on the buttocks so we have to be vigilant. If you have any moles on your body that break the ABCD rule, then you should give your dermatologist a call. A stands for asymmetry, meaning if you divide the lesion in half, the two halves won’t look the same; B stands

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Faith

Church worker dedicates youth center to late husband %\ 67(9( (89,12 )HDWXUH :ULWHU Barbara Whitlow may have lost Skip, her husband of 61 years, last March, but his memory lives on.

Whitlow, 83, a member of First Presbyterian Church of Portage since she was 24, is now involved in a ministry her husband would have loved.

With memorial funds from Skip’s funeral, she and other church members have created a youth center at the church.

Called Chipper Skippers, the youth center was developed in two former Sunday school rooms. Open twice a week, from 2-5:30 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday, the center is for young people in grades 4-12.

Memorial funds were used to purchase a television, air hockey game, foosball table, music speakers and a popcornmaking machine. The church’s fellowship hall is also used for youth activities.

“My husband loved children.

He was very active with our sons when they were in sports,” Whitlow said. “He was very active in this church, too. Usually you think only women are active in church. Not him. He was as active as I was. He was on the building committee and an elder and deacon.”

Whitlow credited her pastor,

the Rev. Bill Rogers, with the idea for the youth center.

“He’s so caring, so helpful,” Whitlow said of her pastor.

Young people can come and play a variety of games, listen to music or study. Among the more popular games, Whitlow said, are air hockey and chess.

Whitlow, who takes registrations when young people arrive at the center, volunteers with Diane Misner, Bonnie and Ron Howerton, and Pastor Rogers.

“We just felt there was a need for a place for children after school,” Whitlow said, “especially with parents working.”

A retired kindergarten teacher at Jackson Elementary in the Duneland system, Whitlow is a Chesterton resident. She and Skip had two sons, David and Greg, and six grandchildren.

Whitlow applied her teaching background at her church, serving as a Sunday school teacher and superintendent for more than 20 years. She has also been an elder and deacon.

When she thinks of the small faith community at First Presbyterian, Whitlow said, “It’s family. What you feel about your family, I feel about the people of this church.”

Visitors to First Presbyterian will find a friendly church, Whitlow said. “We’re a warm

Methodist Hospitals opens new Valpo CareFirst facility Methodist Hospitals has launched a new CareFirst facility at 1781 W. Morthland Drive, Valparaiso.

This new facility is the fourth CareFirst facility in northwest Indiana, joining existing facilities in Crown Point, Merrillville and Schererville.

“Methodist Hospitals is proud to launch this new facility, which brings a one-stop source for convenient and cost-effective care to the Valparaiso community,” said Matt Doyle, Methodist Hospitals president and CEO. The new facility offers an immediate care center, a family practice physician office, and specialty care, including orthopedics, cardiology, neurology and podiatry.

CareFirst’s immediate care treats a wide variety of common illnesses and minor injuries, such as colds, flu and fevers, respiratory and urinary tract infections, fractures, sprains and strains, earaches, diarrhea and food poisoning.

Immediate care will be open evenings and weekends to provide an alternative to the emergency room during times when primary care physicians are not open.

The facility will also be home to the practice of Dr. Jonathan Ramos, a board-certified family medicine physician with more than three years of experience treating northwest Indiana patients of all ages. Ramos is also an associate of Dr. Mary Tilak and Associates, which has had a presence in northwest Indiana for more than 20 years.

In addition, Alfred Bonjean, M.D., board-certified orthopedic surgeon; Bruce Brincko, DPM, board-certified podiatrist, William Conte, M.D., board-certified neurologist; and Thach Nguyen, M.D., board-certified cardiologist, will see patients at the CareFirst Valparaiso location.

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Whitlow believes living one’s faith means “you try to live how Jesus lived his life.”

People, she added, can live their faith first by going to church. As for the youth center, she explained, “It’s not a religious experience, and we don’t

preach religion. But we try to impart our values.”

When asked about a favorite passage from Scripture, Whitlow pointed to the Golden Rule, as expressed in Luke 6:31: “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.”

“You don’t just live for your-

self,” Whitlow said. “I think that (passage) is a model for how we should live our lives.”

First Presbyterian Church of Portage is located at 6225 Lute Road. For more information on the Chipper Skippers youth center, call Whitlow at (219) 921-6477.

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Step 2 Whisk eggs and water in a shallow bowl. Mix breadcrumbs, 1/4 cup Parmesan and Italian seasoning in another shallow dish. Dip eggplant in the egg mixture, then coat with the breadcrumb mixture, gently pressing to adhere.

Step 3 Arrange the eggplant in a single layer on the prepared baking sheets. Generously spray both sides of the eggplant with cooking spray. Bake, flipping the eggplant and switching the pans between racks halfway, until the eggplant is tender and lightly browned, about 30 minutes. Season with salt and pepper.

Step 4 Meanwhile, mix tomato sauce, basil, garlic and crushed red pepper in a medium bowl.

Step 5 Spread about 1/2 cup of the sauce in the prepared baking dish. Arrange half the eggplant slices over the sauce. Spoon 1 cup sauce over the eggplant and sprinkle with 1/4 cup Parmesan and 1/2 cup mozzarella.

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Is this all there is to it, Mommy?

One toasty day in the summer of 1959, New York songwriter Paul Vance took his family to Long Island’s %\ 5$1'$/ Lido Beach. & +,// There his wife, Margie, surprised their nine-year-old daughter Paula with a bikini bathing suit. Paula’s reaction: “Is this all there is to it, Mommy?” The youngster changed in the Lido’s public locker but felt embarrassed about her new swimwear. She was eventually coaxed out, but when she eased into the water, her bathing costume bottom soon slipped off.

Paula was understandably mortified. But an hour after the family returned home, her enterprising father, always on the lookout for a new song idea, used the embarrassing moment to write the lyrics to a silly novelty. Vance then passed them to his songwriting partner, Lee Pockriss, who quickly worked up a snappy melody.

The result was the millionselling 1960 single, “Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini” by 17-year-old Brian Hyland.

That hit marked a breakthrough in America’s inevitable acceptance of a oncescandalous swimwear item.

Two years later, in “Dr. No,” the first James Bond flick, Ursula Andress caused jaws to drop worldwide when she emerged from the sea in a clinging twopiece. The next year, voluptuous ex-Mouseketeer Annette Funicello appeared in one (to the chagrin of Walt Disney) in

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While most of us know you can make a salad by simply adding oil and vinegar, you can make more flavorful dressings just as easily. For balsamic vinaigrette, combine a pinch of salt and pepper with two teaspoons of Dijon mustard, and one minced clove of garlic with 1/3 cup of balsamic vinegar, then whisk this mixture slowly into a half cup of olive oil.

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“Beach Party.” In 1964, Sports Illustrated published its first swimsuit edition, a stunning bikini-clad model adorning its cover.

The skimpy beachwear as we know it has actually been around since July 1946, when it first appeared at a poolside fashion show in Paris. So scandalous was the design that the fashion models who were scheduled to debut it refused to wear the daringly cut item, which was made from a meager 30 inches of fabric and showed (horrors) the female belly button. As a result, the designer instead hired a 19-year-old stripper named Micheline Bernardini. She was photographed later holding a matchbox to show that the new swimsuit could be stuffed inside.

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U.S. testing atomic bombs on the remote Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands. The adjective “atomic” was often used to describe anything intense, and, in less politically correct times (sorry, ladies), attractive women were often called “bombshells,” which was a forerunner of the term “sex symbol.” So it made sense that, in that year, two competing French designers, Jacque Heim and Louis Reard, dubbed their ultra-brief outfits atome and le bikini, respectively.

During the later ‘40s, seaside dress codes began to loosen.

Film stars Ava Gardner, Lana Turner, Rita Hayworth and Esther Williams frequently appeared in two-piece costumes.

In 1956, French sexpot Brigette Bardot caused a sensation in her skimpy two-piece in the film “And God Created

Woman.” But it was Brian Hyland’s 1960 ear candy that, along with shifting social mores and increasing independence for women, helped knock down remaining barriers to make way for the bikini to become an accepted part of American summer wardrobes, as young women everywhere rushed out to embrace the once-disreputable outfits.

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Health & Fitness

Try these winter warm-up recipes

One way to ensure you are getting the most nutrients from your vegetables is by putting them in a soup or stew.

Here in the dead of winter we need to consume food that will give us as many antioxidants, pre-biotics, vitamins and micronutrients as possible to help our immune system combat anything that comes

our way. Less meat — more veggies.

Here is a basic recipe from Forks over Knives for making your own vegetable stock. We have talked before about saving all your veggie leftovers, tossing them in the freezer and then using them to make stock — easy peasy, or you may use store bought.

Vegetable Stock Makes About 6 Cups 1 large onion, peeled 2 large carrots, peeled 2 celery stalks 8 cloves garlic, peeled and smashed 8 springs parsley ½ cup green lentils, rinsed Scrub the vegetables, chop roughly into 1-inch chunks. In a large pot, add onion, carrots, celery, garlic, parsley and cook over high heat for 5 to 10 min-

utes, stirring frequently. Add 1 to 2 tablespoons of water as needed to prevent sticking.

Add 2 quarts water and the lentils, bring to boil, lower to simmer, uncovered for 30 minutes. Strain and discard solids.

Refrigerate up to one week or freeze.

You can use this versatile stock for various soups. Save your leftover veggies and make vegetable soup, potato soup, squash soup, lentil chili or a host of others.

Best Lentil Soup Ingredients 1 cup yellow onion, chopped 1 cup celery stalks, chopped 1 cup carrots, chopped 2 cups kale, chopped 1 teaspoon rosemary or chopped fresh herbs: thyme, basil (whatever you like) 1 clove garlic, chopped

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2. Add chopped garlic, herbs, and kale and simmer for 3-5 more minutes.

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Quick Three-Bean Soup The China Study Cookbook 3 cups plus 2 tablespoon vegetable stock 1 medium onion, diced 4 cloves garlic, minced 1 – 15-ounce can black beans, rinsed and drained 1 – 15-ounce can red kidney beans, rinsed and drained 1 – 14-ounce can crushed tomatoes, with or without jalapenos 2 cups mixed vegetables

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As the 65-and-over population grows by almost 50% over the next decade, almost the same percentage of doctors will join that phalanx during the same period.

We expect to be almost 140,000 physicians short of what we need by 2033, according to the Association of American Medical Colleges Bottom Line.

To protect yourself, you can look for a younger doctor to care for you, should your current physician retire. You can also seek a primary care physician affiliated with a group practice, so there will be a medical doctor there to serve you, should your current doctor leave.

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Health & Fitness

Snooze dog, never a problem Something curious is happening to me. I hope it’s not anything to be too concerned about.

I’m not napping as much as I used to.

For most ,1 $ of my life, 1876+(// if I was on %\ ',&. the couch :2/)6,( watching a TV show, I’d nod off within five minutes. But a couple of weeks back, I was awake through an entire Colts game. That particular game, even the Colts couldn’t say that.

Napping has never been a problem. When I was a high school teacher, I actually fell

asleep in class while proctoring a statewide exam. The kids were very polite. “I hope we didn’t disturb you yesterday, Mr. Wolfsie,” said one of my students. “We tried to cheat as quietly as we could.”

Up until recently, I could take a quick snooze while having dinner with friends, at red lights, while waiting for my wife to put on makeup, as the dog was relieving himself, at fast food drive-up windows, in check-out lines. Anywhere.

As a result of grabbing the occasional 40 winks, I have missed a few events that in retrospect I probably should have stayed awake for. Here are the top three: 1. My 70th birthday party (I wish they had screamed “Surprise!” louder) 2. Paris 3. The end of my interview with Governor Evan Bayh

Mary Ellen never quite understood the value of a nap. Personally, I think women are afraid they’re going to miss something.

Like a sale, or a beautiful sunset, or the plot of a movie. Men don’t care about stuff like this.

On the rare occasion that Mary Ellen has fallen asleep during the day, she would awaken with an apology and an explanation of her behavior. “I don’t know what happened. I must be coming down with something!” I always had a different attitude when awakening from a short slumber: “Man, that was a great. I’m getting better and better at this all the time.”

My inability to nap recently came up during my last annual physical, but there was some confusion in the conversation. “How are you sleeping?” asked Dr. Ross, a pretty standard inquiry

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by a primary care provider.

“It’s been rough,” I told him.

“Sometimes I’m awake for 8-10 hours in a row.”

“Ten hours?” he gasped. “We need to do some testing. How long has this been going on?”

“Several months.”

“Do you just toss and turn in bed?”

“Well, I’m not in bed. That’s the problem. I’m out driving the car, watching the news, cooking.

Sometimes I’m in the garage operating heavy machinery.”

“This is very troubling, Dick. So you don’t sleep all night?”

“No, I sleep great at night. It’s all day that I can’t sleep.”

Dr. Ross was very helpful once I straightened out the misunderstanding. He said I had to accept that men experience changes in their bodily rhythms as they mature. “I want you to go home this afternoon and really think about that,” he said.

I told him I’d have to sleep on it.

Which meant, of course, it would have to wait until that night.

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Editor’s Note: The calendar is listing regularly scheduled events. Due to COVID-19, events may be canceled or postponed. Please reach out to the sponsoring agencies to verify whether the events are still being held.

Maria Reiner Center 705 E. 4th St., Hobart Monday — Pickleball intermediate, 8:30 a.m.; stretching class level 1, 9 a.m.; ukulele, 9 a.m.; bocce ball open play, 10 a.m.; walking club, 10 a.m.; pickleball advanced, 10:30 a.m.; pickleball open play, 12:30 p.m.; oil painting, 12:30 p.m.; tech class (Zoom), 2 p.m.

Tuesday — Pickleball

beginner, 8:30 a.m.; cardio with Janice, 9 a.m.; walking club, 10 a.m.; bocce ball open play, 10 a.m.; dominos, 10 a.m.; pool tournament, 10 a.m.; jam session, 11 a.m.; senior cha cha cha, 11 a.m.; pickleball open play, 11:30 a.m.

Wednesday — Pickleball intermediate, 8:30 a.m.; 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.; Zumba gold, 10 a.m.; walking club, 10 a.m.; pickleball advanced, 10:30 a.m.; movie, noon; begin0 ner’s art class, 12:30 p.m.; pickleball open play, 12:30 p.m.

Thursday — Pickleball beginners, 8:30 a.m.; cardio with Janice, 9 a.m.; pool tournament, 10 a.m.; bocce ball, 10 a.m.; dominos,

10 a.m.; pickleball open play, 11:30 a.m.; the Bible as literature, 12:45 p.m.; Happy Hookers and Naughty Knitters, 1 p.m.

Friday — Pickleball intermediate, 8:30 a.m.; yoga, 8:30 a.m. (see website fic calendar for specific dates); senior cha cha cha, 9:30 a.m.; bocce ball, 10 a.m.; pickleball advanced, 10:30 a.m.; bingo (every second and fourth Friday), 12:30 p.m.

P Plus many special classes and presentations. $3 daily visitation fee for non-members. Interested in a membership? Call (2 (219) 947-1864 or visit 705 E. Fourth St., Hobart.

For more information, visit www.hobartseniors.com.

St. John Lions Club Seeking donations of old eyeglasses, sunglasses, hearing aids. Drop-off sites: Communit munity Outpatient Clini Clinic, 9660 Wicker Ave. (Route 41); St. Jo John Library, 9450 W Wicker Ave.; Boric Religious Supply Store, 10951 Thiel St.; St. John T Town Hall, 10955 W 93 d Ave.; A W. 93rd VFW Post 717, 10400 W. 93rd Ave.; Clear Vue Eyecare, 9270 Wicker Ave.; Dr. Weisman Ophthalmology, 10220 Wicker Ave. # 3; Kolling School, 8801 Wicker Ave.; Metropolitan Eye Care, 9488 Wicker Ave.; Moses Eye Care, 7974 Wicker Ave.; Strack & Van Til, 9825 Wicker Ave.; Vision Boutique, 8319 Wicker Ave.; Welch’s Stop and Shop, 11333 W. 95th Ave. Monthly meetings are held

at 7 p.m. the first Thursday of every month (September to June) at Roma Grill, 9543 Wicker Ave., St. John. Questions, contact Lion Al at (219) 201-9103.

Whiting Lions Club Seeking donations of old eyeglasses, sunglasses, hearing aids. Drop off in yellow collection box on 119th Street, Whiting.

Highland Lions Club Seeking donations of old eyeglasses. Drop off sites in Highland are: Town Hall, 3333 Ridge Road; Lincoln Center, 2450 Lincoln St.; Centier Bank, 9701 Indianapolis Blvd.; McColly Realty, 2002 45th St.; Dr. Ligget, 2940 Highway Ave.; Family Eye Care, 8417 Kennedy Ave.; and Johnson Opticians, 8128 Kennedy Ave. If interested in becoming a Lion, contact Tim Tintor at (219) 838-8756.

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‘The Lion Sleeps Tonight’ originated in 1939 in South Africa Robert John The first time the world heard of Brooklynborn Robert John was in 1958, when he was 12 years old.

Back then, $ %RRPHU %ODVW the singing 7R 7KH 3DVW youngster %\ 5$1'$/ was going & +,// by his real name: Bobby Pedrick, Jr. An appearance on TV’s American Bandstand — occasionally the ticket to stardom for a struggling unknown — showcased his “White Bucks and Saddle Shoes,” a catchy but forgettable Big Top Records ditty. It struggled nationally to

a lowly No. 79 slot on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Similar teen-oriented follow-ups — “Pajama Party,” “Summer Nights” — sank without a trace.

Five years later, as the lead singer of doo-wopping Bobby and the Consoles, Pedrick recorded another adolescentoriented 45, a silly piece of fluff called “My Jelly Bean” on the Diamond label. With surf and hot rod records roaring up the 1963 singles charts, doo-wop was in its death throes. “My Jelly Bean” earned some East Coast airplay but not enough to make it a national hit. Pedrick and his pals never earned a second invitation into Diamond’s recording studio.

But Pedrick proved tenacious and felt in his heart that his distinctive and powerful voice would prove to be his ticket to the top of the Billboard charts

someday. Maybe he would even reach Number One? During the ‘60s, he drifted from label to label, leaving behind a few failed singles at each stop. Later in the decade, he changed his stage name to Robert John (John being his middle name). He then turned to songwriting for such established artists as Bobby Vinton and Lou Rawls.

John signed with Atlantic Records in 1971 and drew closer to making his lifelong dream a reality when he recorded “The Lion Sleeps Tonight,” which rose to No. 3 on the Hot 100.

The song is one of those tunes that seems to have been around forever, with various renditions being released as “The Lion Sleeps Tonight” and by its earlier title “Wimoweh.”

The tune has actually been a

worldwide standard since 1939, when it had been created and first recorded as “Mbube” (Zulu for “lion”).

The song had been written in South Africa by a 30-year-old factory worker named Solomon Linda, who packed 78-rpm discs and swept the floors for the Gallo Record Company. On weekends, he performed with his vocal group, The Evening Birds. One particular crowd favorite was his “Mbube,” which incorporated a call-and-response pattern, well known to the Zulus and common in Black churches everywhere. Solomon utilized an underlying chant and a meshing of male voices, with countertenor leader Linda yodeling and howling throughout.

Gallo had The Evening Birds record the tune. During the third taping, Solomon impro-

vised the melody that would become familiar to audiences internationally. “Mbube” sold 100,000 copies and made Linda a star, although he would die in poverty later, with $22 to his name. His contribution to music has lived on, though, through such groups as Ladysmith Black Mambazo.

As for Robert John? In 1979, he released his final hit, “Sad Eyes,” which rocketed all the way to No. 1

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Michigan City —

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However it happened, the United States Navy chose Notre Dame University as the site for training “midshipmen” who would hopefully go on to graduate as naval officers.

I’m both humbled and honored to own a rare copy of the September 1943 book titled “Capstan” in which the story of “The Third Midshipmen’s Class at Notre Dame” is brought forth.

This book also contains hundreds of photos of both the executive naval officers as well as the students from around the area. Michigan City may be proud to claim one “Donald W. Gropp, 1313 Wabash St.” as their small contribution in saving Notre Dame during WWII.

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Gropp had already graduated from Beloit College, Class of ’43.

Donald was assigned to the Second Battalion and would go through rigorous and intensive training in such areas as ordnance, seamanship, navigation, damage control and much more. There would also be time for physical training, sports and social activities.

Where Donald was assigned after graduation from midship-

man’s training is unknown to this writer. It is also unknown if Donald survived World War II or if he returned to Michigan City or had a family.

Indeed Michigan City may be rightfully proud to be a part of saving Notre Dame through the service of Donald W. Gropp.

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Avery Dennison provides critical support to Meals on Wheels The Avery Dennison Foundation has donated $10,000 to Meals on Wheels of Northwest Indiana to provide delivery of nutritional meals for area seniors.

“Avery Dennison has a program called ‘Granting Wishes’ that allows employees to nominate an organization

doing work that matters most to our local community. With the greater need most organizations have faced over the last year, we were driven to submit an application for Meals on Wheels of Northwest Indiana and were excited to learn our nomination was accepted,” said Rachel Baggett of the Avery

Dennison facility in Lowell.

“We are proud to support Meals on Wheels’ important work of providing daily nutrition to keep seniors healthy in our community.”

“We are grateful to Avery Dennison for their generous donation and long-standing support of Meals on Wheels,” said

Sandra Noe, executive director of Meals on Wheels of Northwest Indiana. “From volunteering to wash vans or pack meals, to serving as ‘phone pals’ and providing financial support, Avery Dennison is a true partner in serving the community.”

Meals on Wheels of Northwest Indiana delivers nutri-

tional meals to people in Lake, Porter, Newton, and Jasper counties and prepares the meals for the LaPorte County Meals on Wheels program, serving 2,000 meals each day.

To support Meals on Wheels, volunteer, or register for meals, visit www.mownwi.org or call (219) 756-3663.

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25-pound Westinghouse motor. The attached dirt bag was lined with an inner bag made of cheesecloth.

Though it wasn’t the first electric cleaner on the market, it’s considered the first commercially successful portable electric vacuum. The Model O sold for $60 plus another $15 for the dusting tool attachments. Between August and December of 1908, 372 were sold. Following an ad in the Dec. 5, 1908, Saturday Evening Post, sales jumped to more than 2,000 units in 1909.

That early success prompted them to change the name to The Hoover Suction Sweeper Company the following year. It was owned by the Hoover family until the 1940s, when it became publicly owned. Its stock was first traded on Aug. 6, 1943.

With only 10% of the population having electric service at the time, door-to-door salesmen had to work extra hard to meet their 40-callsa-day quota. The company gave them large metal rings so they wouldn’t bruise their knuckles knocking on all those doors. Hoover became the market leader with a full line of floor care products that included upright and canister vacuum cleaners, stick cleaners, hand-held cleaners, extractors, central vacuum systems, floor polishers and more. The vacuum cleaner is considered to be among the top 100 inventions of the 20th century.

Hoover Historical Center is located on original Hoover family farmland and is actually the boyhood home of W. H. Hoover. Inside the 1853 Victorian-Italianate farmhouse are highlights of the company’s history, from its roots as a regional leather goods manufacturer to a global leader in floor care products and its significant contributions to the World War II effort. During the war, Hoover retooled Continued on page 19

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In 1940 the company arranged to evacuate children of Hoover employees at its plant in Perivale, England. In August that year, 84 children made the perilous transatlantic crossing to the United States

and North Canton where they were placed in suitable foster homes for the duration of the war.

Guided tours of the Hoover Historical Center are conducted March through October on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays at noon, 1 p.m.

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Residences at Merrillville Lakes offers carefree living Are you still risking your health, lifting heavy, wet snow in freezing cold weather, not to mention possibly slipping and falling on icy sidewalks and driveways? What about backbreaking tasks, such as pulling weeds in the hot sun or once again, risking your life on a ladder while attempting to clean out gutters?

Why not finally take a break from dangerous and menial chores at The Residences at Merrillville Lakes? You deserve to reward yourself for a lifetime of hard work and live in comfort and style with maintenance-free living.

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Enjoy upgraded finishes including: oak cabinetry, energyefficient appliances, high-speed internet, and washer and dryer hookups.

There are spacious, openfloor plans that give plenty of room to host friends and family.

One may choose from four floor plans, each of which is accessible by an elevator. The third and fourth buildings have vaulted ceilings in all fourth-floor units.

Carefree living for the independent and active 55 and older adult means no more menial and risky household chores.

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During the summer months, enjoy a swim or relax in the sun by the outdoor pool, which is surrounded by a doublesized deck that is more than 3,500 square feet. In inclement weather, stay protected from the elements in an attached parking garage at the end of each wing of the four apartment buildings. One may go directly from the building to a car in the secure environment of The Residences.

Just two miles west of I-65 on Grant, one-half mile south of U.S. 30 in Merrillville, residents are conveniently close to shopping, entertainment and medical facilities. Chicago, Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, casinos and other attractions are less than an hour away.

The friendly, professional staff is ready to present prospective residents with a community tour. Call (219) 6505000 to schedule a tour today or visit www.merrillvillelakes.com for a virtual tour.

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Meals on Wheels launches new volunteer campaign: ‘Cold Days, Warm Hearts’ Winter brings colder weather, sometimes snow and frost, the trees have no leaves and the amount of time it is light during the day is at its shortest. On these “cold days” Meals on Wheels is asking people to “warm hearts” by becoming a volunteer meal delivery driver.

Help continue the mission of delivering nutritious meals to those in need with the support of community volunteers. Be a part of something bigger than yourself and discover how to become great by serving others with only an hour and a half of time as little as twice a month.

Corporate volunteer teams are welcome to join the Meals on Wheels team. Give back to the community and volunteer today.

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The increased number of clients and meals being served means Meals on Wheels of Northwest Indiana urgently needs volunteer meal delivery drivers throughout Lake and Porter counties, with the most urgent need in Merrillville, Hammond, Highland, Griffith, Hobart, Miller, Munster, Whiting and Lakes of the Four Seasons. Other routes are also available.

Volunteers pick up meals at lunch time at a meeting spot in the community and deliver to local people in need. A new app saves time and is remarkably convenient.

Additionally, volunteer van drivers are immediately needed to deliver food containers to

designated locations. All van routes originate at the Merrillville facility. Bag packers and bag stampers are also needed.

Various two-hour daytime shifts are available.

Volunteers are the heart of Meals on Wheels. They establish a relationship with each client. Volunteers are trained to deliver a personal connection and wellness check with every single meal. Turn compassion into action and become part of the Meals on Wheels team of volunteers and make a difference in the community.

Register for an upcoming volunteer driver training by contacting Charlie Misovye, volunteer manager, at (219) 7563663 or charlie@mownwi.org.

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