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Elkhart County looks forward to eventful

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Elkhart County’s Quilt Gardens along the Heritage Trail, which draws visitors to six communities from May to September. Visitors were able to enjoy 16 large outdoor gardens and 14 quilt sites at their own pace and comfort level while also navigating the ever-changing COVID guidelines. As Mark noted, nearby shops and restaurants also beneﬁt. “Having an attraction of that kind was helpful.” Next year marks the Quilt Gardens’ 15th anniversary. “Exciting plans are in the works,” he hinted. An exciting development in 2021 was Hotel Elkhart, which held its ribbon-cutting ceremony in early October. Part of Hilton’s Tapestry Collection, the higher-end “boutique” establishment features a rooftop bar and a ballroom located in a century

old building that was a hotel until the 1970s. According to Mark, the hotel decor “embraces Elkhart’s heritage of musical instruments making.” A group of private investors “took a chance,” Mark commented. The renovations, in his opinion, exceed its previous incarnation. Hotel Elkhart is “something new to this market,” he added. Its downtown location is within walking distance of Elkhart museums, eateries, entertainment venues and the new health and aquatic center. Within a mile of Hotel Elkhart is Wellﬁeld Botanical Gardens, which for the sixth year will hold Winter Wonderland Holiday Lights, billed as “bigger and brighter in 2021.” The “Million Light Year” display will run from Nov. 26 to Dec. 26. “The lights really add something and ﬁll you with the

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Christmas spirit… the event draws thousands of people every year.” Another festival of lights is Shipshewana’s Light Parade, which kicks off at 6 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 6, when lighted ﬂoats parade through the town. The event culminates with a tree lighting ceremony at Blue Gate Theater. Performance venues such as The Lerner Theater in Elkhart, Nappanee’s Round Barn Theater and Das Dutchman Essenhaus in Middlebury will all be featuring holiday-themed events throughout November and December this year. Mark noted, “It’s good to get tickets early and start planning.” At The Lerner, Premier Arts will perform “A Christmas Carol,” on Dec. 10, 11 and 12 and “Madeline’s Christmas,” Dec. 11. Another Christmas classic, the

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ﬁlm, “It’s a Wonderful Life,” will have a free “Lunchtime Live” showing at 11 a.m. Dec. 15. Christmas concerts at The Lerner include Steven Curtis Chapman Acoustic Christmas, Dec. 14; A Motown Christmas, Dec. 16, and Martina McBride’s Joy of Christmas Tour, Dec. 17. “Das Dutchman Essenhaus is really popular through the holidays,” said Mark. In addition to its famed pies, Indiana’s largest restaurant stages original theatrical productions, and “A Very Mary Christmas” runs from Nov. 26 to Dec. 18. “It’s not something people have seen anywhere else,” said Mark. Another original live production, a musical version of “A Christmas Carol” is playing at Round Barn Theater in Nappanee Nov. 3 to Dec. 31. For more information visit www.visitelkhartcounty.com.

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Andrews will eventually lead all Indiana Kiwanis clubs %\ 7,0 $6+/(< 6WDII :ULWHU When Bruce Andrews was working for the Boy Scouts of America in the 1970s, he was actively involved in the lives of children. Someone told him about how Kiwanis is also involved with children. At the invitation of the late Freeland “Flip” Phillips, he joined the Warsaw Kiwanis Club in 1974 and has been very active in a number of ways in the club for more than 45 years. Andrews has served on the board of directors, as club president, chairman of several committees and lieutenant governor and has been elected to be the Kiwanis Governor for the entire state of Indiana where he will oversee the 150 clubs statewide. He will begin his role as governor Oct. 1, 2022, and serve until the end of September 2023 (the Kiwanis year includes Oct. 1

through Sept. 30). As governor, he will get to travel a lot around the state as the current governor, Taka Ogata, is doing. Ogata visited the regular Warsaw Kiwanis Club meeting Oct. 7 and presented Andrews with a banner. “My objective is to reach as many clubs as I possibly can,” Andrews said. A state governor can be elected from any of the membership in the state, but he noted whoever is elected usually has some background of serving at the district level. Andrews has served as the chairman of the Indiana district of the Kiwanis Children’s Fund. In the 47 years Andrews has served in Kiwanis, much has changed and been accomplished. Locally the Kiwanis Park near Edgewood Middle School in Warsaw has been built. He said probably the biggest contribution members have made in terms of time and money is to the Riley

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Don Stone plays ‘old school’ in many ways %\ 0$<$ 6721( ,QWHUQ As a school teacher and father of eight, Don Stone’s life is already pretty hectic. But instead of getting overwhelmed, he just embraces and adds on to it. As one of the newest members of the 50 and over club, Stone works as a special education teacher at Whitko Career Academy. Although he has gone through many different jobs trying to ﬁgure out what he truly wants to do something always brings him back to teaching. “I fell in love with the special education realm and the kids I get to help,” he said. “Sometimes I think I get more out of it than they do and that is humbling.” Outside of teaching, he has a full family. With four kids of his own and four from his beautiful wife, Carla, they always have their hands full. With all the faces around, Stone is never short of support, but his fourlegged best friend and support dog, Vemo, is just the perfect match for the family. Even after

rescuing Vemo from an abusive situation he’s still the most loving thing and is glued to Stone’s side. Growing up in a nuclear family and hating going to school, Stone found a passion and love for baseball. Over the years this passion never failed. Through high school, college and even into the Marine Corps, he always found a team and the time to play. Now, even in his growing age, he ﬁnds way to play, but in a more unique way. For the past ten years Stone has been a part of teams across the country who play vintage base ball. Starting out with the Chicago Salmon, the team helped pave his way deeper into the sport. Vintage base ball is the way the game was originally meant to be played. They play with handmade balls, wooden bats and no gloves. “This game has taken me all over the country from the Upper Peninsula in Michigan to Florida,” he said. “I have been barnstorming, playing for anyone who calls. This has given me the opportunity to gain count-

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‘Peace Train’ brought a message of hope Cat Stevens Remember Cat Stevens? He came to prominence here in the early 70s as a singersongwriter responsible for such $ %RRPHU %ODVW ethereal 7R 7KH 3DVW ballads %\ 5$1'$/ as “Peace & +,// Train,” “Wild World,” “Moon Shadow”

and “Morning Has Broken.” He was equally popular in his home country of England at the same time, but to his British fans he was probably more like Cat Stevens 2.0, a rocker revamped from the turbulent late 60s. “Peace Train” was Stevens’s third entrée into the 1971 American Top Ten, the song being gleaned from his millionselling album ,”Teaser and the Firecat.” Arriving at a time of social upheaval (especially concerning the unpopular Vietnam conﬂict), “Peace Train” brought a message of hope and encour-

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agement to his followers. Infused with a Greekinﬂuenced calypso beat and powered by handclaps, violins and a gospel-tinged chorus, Cat’s hit offered an escape from the country’s malaise and a welcome to a world of tranquility and contentment via a metaphorical train ride. Who wouldn’t want to be on such a conveyance? Born Steven Demetre Georgiou in 1948 in London, the youngest child of a Greek father and a Swedish mother, he developed a love of music and took to playing the family’s grand piano. But at 15, intoxicated by the success of the Beatles, he switched to the guitar and started creating tunes. Stevens set his heart on becoming a songwriter in the same vein as Bob Dylan and Paul Simon. He signed a publishing deal at 17 with a

London music company and cut several original demos (demonstration records), including the future Tremeloes hit, “Here Comes My Baby,” along with “The First Cut is the Deepest,” recorded later by Rod Stewart and Sheryl Crow. He changed his stage name to Cat Stevens, in part because a girlfriend claimed he had eyes like a cat. Also, he has said, he couldn’t imagine anyone going into a record store to ask for a Steven Demetre Georgiou album. Never a standout student, Stevens later dropped out of art college to become a velvetsuit-wearing teen idol who placed three rock singles high on the British record charts. What followed for him was a schedule of personal appearances, recording sessions and an indulgence in the seductive (and often destructive) world of the rock star. He contracted tuberculosis

and landed in a London hospital for a yearlong recuperation. While taking stock of his life during that time, Stevens meditated, did yoga, became a vegetarian and considered different spiritual paths. During his recovery, he composed numerous songs in an easygoing folk-pop style, his new works more intimate than the hard-edged rockers that had ﬁrst brought him fame in the UK. “In the old days, I was more concerned with melody,” Stevens said later. “Now it’s what I have to say.” “Peace Train” became a fan favorite, and for a while Stevens ended every concert with his beloved (and still relevant) anthem, which opened with unabated optimism: “Now I’ve been happy lately/ Thinking about the good things to come “And I believe it could be/ Something good has begun.”

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worldwide computer network that stores the virtual money in a digital wallet. A lure of cryptocurrency is the ability of blockchain to process and record software programs that facilitate global transactions almost instantaneously. It’s a way to transfer large sums of money around the world without an intermediary. For example, it takes ﬁve days to transmit cross-border payments at an average fee of more than 6 percent, accounting for a $4 trillion business globally. Bitcoin cuts the transfer time down to about 10 minutes. Fees vary for the various currency forms. Some are no fee. If you feel you understand the function of virtual currencies and see them as part of your ﬁnancial future, make sure you understand the beginning, middle and end of what can happen to your money if you think you’d like to get involved and invest.

Only your computer knows virtual money It’s a tenet of investing: if you don’t understand the company or product and what it does, drop it and move on to something else. Which makes the Bitcoin story totally bizarre. Not only is it understood by a select group of financial high flyers, no one is really sure who started it. Since the Bitcoin’s birth a dozen years ago, it’s traveled a bumpy road that stretches from a price of $400 five years ago to more than $60,000 earlier this year. Along the way it dropped to $4,000 in 2019 from $19,000 two years earlier. But not to worry, if Bitcoin sounds a bit scary, there are more than 6,500 other cryptocurrencies on the market. None of these currencies involve printing presses. They exist only in computers — cyberspace. Like Bitcoin, you can’t store any of it under your mattress. There is a growing industry servicing the spending of Bitcoins after you buy them. They’re readily available at thousands of automated teller

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Phone protection %\ &(&,/ 6&$*/,21( 0DWXUH /LIH )HDWXUHV The mobile phone has become part of our lives, but some folks still haven’t given much thought to taking care of it. Dropping it accidentally, getting it wet or exposing it to extreme weather are some of the ways the screen and body can be scratched or damaged.

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Be aware of five common falsehoods about Alzheimer’s With National Alzheimer’s Awareness Month kicking off Nov. 1, the Alzheimer’s Foundation of America is providing information to dispel common falsehoods about Alzheimer’s disease to help individuals know the warning signs, understand the importance of early detection and learn how to be proactive about reducing their risk. “Dispelling the misconceptions about Alzheimer’s disease is critically important, because they may cause people to ignore symptoms and delay taking action which impacts their health and quality of life,” said Charles J. Fuschillo Jr., AFA’s president and CEO. “National Alzheimer’s Awareness Month is the perfect time to reinforce factual information that can help someone spot the warning signs, get screened and be proactive about their brain health.” Here are ﬁve common falsehoods about Alzheimer’s disease: • Alzheimer’s is just part of getting older. Alzheimer’s is not

a normal part of aging — it is a progressive, degenerative brain disorder that impacts memory, thinking and language skills and the ability to carry out simple tasks. It differs from regular agerelated memory loss, such as occasional forgetfulness. Persistent, progressively worsening memory issues that interfere with every day functions, such as routinely becoming disoriented in familiar places or forgetting familiar names and faces, are not “just part of old age,” they’re warning signs of a health problem. • Alzheimer’s disease only affects senior citizens. While the majority of people who develop Alzheimer’s disease are over the age of 65, young-onset Alzheimer’s disease can affect people as young their 30s or 40s. Memory problems at any age should be checked out. • Nothing can be done for Alzheimer’s disease. Although there is currently no cure or treatment for Alzheimer’s disease, people diagnosed with the

disease can and often do, have meaningful, active lives. They can participate in activities they enjoyed prior to the onset of Alzheimer’s (making some adaptations) and therapeutic interventions can help improve one’s quality of life. Some medications can help manage the symptoms. The earlier Alzheimer’s is detected, the more signiﬁcant the impact these interventions can have. • You cannot reduce your risk of developing Alzheimer’s. While there is no guaranteed way to prevent Alzheimer’s, lifestyle choices can help you reduce your risk for developing Alzheimer’s disease. Good diet, exercise, social interaction,

learning new skills, proper sleep, limiting alcohol and quitting smoking are all things you can and should do to promote good brain health. • All memory impairments are the result of Alzheimer’s. Alzheimer’s is a cause of memory loss, but not the only one-vitamin deﬁciencies, thyroid problems, depression, sleep apnea, stress and urinary tract infections can all cause memory impairments. Detecting the underlying cause is essential in order to take action. Memory screenings are an important ﬁrst step in uncovering potential memory issues — they are quick, noninvasive and consist of a series of questions to gauge mem-

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and based on her credentials, she could have killed me by degrees. But she was terrific. The first thing I was asked in the session was whether I was capable of turning my head. I watched as another attractive health care worker walked by, so that question was answered. That first meeting was mostly testing my mobility and flexibility. I was eager to see the evaluation issued by the therapist, which was to be available online to my other health care providers and me. When I accessed my summary, I panicked. The report kept referring to my neck rot. It took me several readings to realize that “rot” was shorthand for rotation. There was also a checklist of other possible issues the therapist was to look for, including Nystagmus, Dysarthria and Diplopia. No clue what those were, but where on the form was my borborygmus (the medical term for the rumbling, gurgling sound from my stomach)? Whenever it starts in church, I see a lot of full neck rotations among the congregation. There were other odd observations in the chart, as well. “The patient tends to cross his right leg over his left leg when he sits.” That made me feel very self-conscious, so instead of working on the required exercises, I spent most of the week practicing not crossing my legs when watching TV. The report also informed me that I had “… reduced flexibility at bilat traps, levator scapulae, scalenes and lengthened rhomboids.” Exactly what I had suspected from the beginning. That physical therapist has left for a new job in Washington, DC. For my remaining nine sessions, I will be working with Anna. She was assigned to me when I had my knee replaced four years ago. Now that I have neck rot, I hope she can help me if my head falls off and I need to have it replaced.

ory, language, thinking skills and other intellectual functions. Results are not a diagnosis, but a memory screening can suggest if someone should see a physician for a full evaluation. AFA offers free, conﬁdential memory screenings. You can visit www.alzfdn. org to learn more. Anyone who has questions about Alzheimer’s disease, memory concerns, or support resources available to help can contact the AFA helpline seven days a week by phone (866) 2328484, webchat at www.alzfdn.org or text message (646) 586-5283. Information about Alzheimer’s, memory screening, caregiving and healthy aging is also available on AFA’s website.

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Clemons ﬁghts diabetes through diet and exercise %\ '$9,' +$=/(',1( 6WDII :ULWHU Roughly 10 years ago, Warsaw’s Bonnie Clemons learned she had Type 1 diabetes. However, thanks to a combination of regular exercise, medication and a controlled diet, at age 75 she has regained control of her blood sugar and leads a healthy, active lifestyle. “Keep my body moving. That’s the key,” she emphasized. Clemons had one thing going for her in her ﬁght against diabetes. All of her life, from her childhood growing up on a farm near Akron up to today living in Winona Lake, she has stayed physically active and her weight has remained the same for most of her adult life. As one of eight children, Clemons’ parents were understandably eager to get her and her siblings out of the house. “Rather than be in the house we had to make our own fun and do our own thing,” she recalled. That meant running around outside, climbing trees and playing in the barn. Crucially, Clemons had to walk over a mile every day to

school or just to go into town. So later, as an adult working at Chamberlain Products in Akron, it was no big deal for her to walk to back and forth from home to work everyday, including every lunch time. She did this for over 38 years. Later, this habit came in handy when she was a caregiver for her husband Robert, who suffered several strokes. Living in Winona Lake, she had access to walking trails and everyday she would get two hours to herself for exercise and running errands, a time she always devoted to walking. “I would be looking at nature and meditate on things I should do next … I would pray, talk to God and meet a lot of people along the way.” In the wintertime, she would go to the gym, where she would walk an hour, or sometimes simply count the number of laps. She also walks on the boardwalk near Kosciusko Community Hospital. “Walking helps with stress,” Clemons added, which was also important when dealing with the stress of being a caregiver. And the social aspect has also been important for her mental

well-being. “You never forget those people. I still have friends from my walks.” After the A1C hemoglobin test found she was diabetic, Clemons also started attending a regular, low-impact, 20-minute workout in the mornings at Kosciusko County Senior Services Activity Center. Much of her regular workout can actually be done simply sitting in a chair and it focuses on stretching and moving all of the muscles from the toes up to the head. “It’s not hard and you have a choice if you need to sit,” she commented. She uses a strap when stretching and moving, which helps provide stability and resistance. “Stretching the muscles in the shoulders it really helps. It makes you feel so good.” It also helps her avoid steroid injections and other medications. “If we didn’t do it we’d be stiffer than boards,” said Clemons. That said, she is very careful to monitor any pain. “If it hurts don’t do it.” Clemons also cut sugary, baked goods and candy from her diet, adding oats, grains and vegetables. Most days she

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Let’s be clear, added sugar is the enemy

We have talked before about added sugar, and how much is too much, but it bears a recap. The FDA fails to buck the sugar industry with more than a “choose carbohydrates wisely” warning, but the American Heart Association does have guidelines, so let’s take a quick look at those. Under the AHA’s sugar guidelines, children under age 2 should have no added sugar, and most American women and kids over age 2 should consume no more than 100 calories per day from added sugars, with the maximum for most American men being 150 daily calories. That means one can of soda

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grams added sugar” and that is per serving, so make sure to check the listed serving size as they can be very sneaky on what they consider a serving size compared to what we would consider a serving size. Seventy-ﬁve percent of packaged food and drink contains

Sleep right, sleep tight %\ &(&,/ 6&$*/,21( 0DWXUH /LIH )HDWXUHV Your mother’s nagging to make your bed turns out to be healthy advice. A National Sleep Foundation

survey reveals that folks who make their bed daily are more likely to get a good night’s sleep than people who don’t make their beds. And change your sheets weekly.

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ministration checkpoint. After you’ve repacked everything and put our shoes back on, you can ﬁll the bottle with water from a fountain and save yourself the $3 or $4 being charged for a bottle of water in the airport or on the airplane.

Allergens that disrupt sleep can build up in your sheets. They also can build in your pillow so you should change it every couple of years. Or use two pillows and alternate them every month or so. Mature Life Features Copyright 2021

added sugar and there are 98 cereals that exceed the daily recommended limit of added sugar, so be vigilant, because overconsumption of added sugar increases the risk of cardiovascular diseases like heart disease and strokes. High blood pressure is being diagnosed in children. So, guess what the only thing is that all health researchers can agree on? Right, eat more fruits and vegetables — lots more. Remember Dr. Fuhrman’s GBOMBS – Greens, beans, onions, mushrooms, berries and seeds. At least a pound of vegetables both raw and cooked, always cook your mushrooms, 1 cup of beans/legumes, 1 ounce of seeds, 1 cup of starchy vegetable or grain, and fruit. Think

about how many of these items you could add to a salad, or a nutrition bowl — both raw and cooked together. As we near the end of fall, consider squash and homemade soups; you’ll want to keep these stocked up so you always have a go-to instead of turning to something processed. Plan to have whole or minimally processed foods — proudly be the one at the table who orders salad or a veggie wrap instead of a cheeseburger and fries; in fact, be a leader and order ﬁrst. Cat Wilson lives in South Bend and transitioned from a vegetarian diet to eating a plant-based diet over two years ago. She may be contacted at cwilson@the-papers.com.

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another land or make missionary tours. You can stay close to home and deliver Meals on Wheels or head for a strange land to help build housing with Habitat for Humanity. Before making any move, you have to decide just what moves you. Who or what interests you? Do you wish to work with children, animals or land conservation? What skills do you have to offer? Some organizations will help you learn what you think interests you. How much time can you spend on your volunteer work? How much can your health and stamina stand? Check the local chamber of commerce and your local library for lists of local and global organizations that work with volunteers. If a friend or family member works as a volunteer, or when considering an organization that utilizes volunteers, spend some time with them to see if it’s a ﬁt. Mature Life Features Copyright 2021

Find new friends when you get lost %\ &(&,/ 6&$*/,21( 0DWXUH /LIH )HDWXUHV Getting lost in the country you’ve just arrived in shouldn’t worry you. It’s an excellent way to get to meet the locals by asking them for directions to wherever you want to go or get back to.

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This allows oldsters to funnel knowledge and training acquired over the decades into pursuits they enjoy — teaching kids how to paint, reading to blind seniors, organizing neighborhood groups into orchestras, working with law enforcement agencies to ﬁght schemers who defraud the elderly, or leading small groups on wildlife outings. The range is limitless, since there is a wide variety of organizations that could not offer many of their services without the aid of volunteers. Think more than just Red Cross, Goodwill and your local church as needing your service and support. There are law enforcement agencies, libraries, museums and retirement homes that welcome volunteers for an array of duties. Helping prepare meals, organizing ﬁrst aid supplies, stacking books and taking shopping trips are a short list of the many things you can do to occupy yourself and assist others. You can also travel, if you wish, to teach children in

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Sacajawea: The mother of our nation %\ 720 02552: 0DWXUH /LIH )HDWXUHV A 16-year-old Native American who helped lead the first transcontinental expedition up the Missouri River to the Pacific coast to explore the socalled Louisiana Purchase of 1803 could arguably be called the mother of our nation. The title First Woman of America has some traction because her image is one of only two females ever placed on U.S. currency. She is the bilingual Sacajawea, born a Lemhi Shoshone in May 1788 in Idaho. She was 16 when she met and helped Capt. Meriwether Lewis and Lt. William Clark explore the far reaches of the Louisiana Territory in 1804-05. Lewis and Clark’s 45-member Corps of Discovery arrived at a Mandan village in what today is North Dakota. Knowing they would need the help of Shoshone tribes who lived at the headwaters of the Missouri River, they hired fur trapper Toussaint Charbonneau as a guide after learning his wife, Sacajawea, spoke Shoshone. She was pregnant with her first child. Lewis recorded the birth of

her son Jean Baptiste Charbonneau on Feb. 11, 1805. By August of that year, the expedition had located a Shoshone tribe and were trading for horses when they discovered the tribe’s chief was Sacajawea’s brother. When Lewis and Clark reached the Paciﬁc Ocean, all members of the expedition, including Sacajawea and Clark’s black manservant, York, voted on the location for building their winter fort. On the return trip, Sacajawea advised Clark to cross into the Yellowstone River basin at what is now known as Bozeman Pass. This was chosen later as the best route for the Northern Paciﬁc Railway to cross the continental divide. In 1809, Charbonneau and Sacajawea accepted Clark’s invitation to settle in St. Louis. In 1813, the couple entrusted Jean Baptiste’s education to Clark, who enrolled the young man in the St. Louis Academy boarding school. Jean Baptiste shares the spotlight with his mother on the U.S. 2000 “golden dollar” coin. On that coin, he’s the infant depicted on Sacajawea’s back. Some historical documents

suggest Sacajawea died in 1812 of an unknown sickness, but Native American oral histories have her crossing the Great Plains after leaving her husband and marrying into a Comanche tribe. She was said to have returned to the Shoshone in 1860 in Wyoming. In 1925, Dr. Charles Eastman, a Dakota Sioux physician, was hired by the Bureau of Indian Affairs to locate Sacajawea’s remains. He learned of a Shoshone woman at the Wind River Reservation with the Comanche name of Porivo. Some of those he interviewed said she spoke of a long journey wherein she had helped white men. She possessed a silver Jefferson Peace Medal from the Lewis and Clark Expedition. A Comanche woman named Tacutine told Eastman that Porivo was her grandmother. According to the interviews, Porivo lived for some time at Fort Bridger, Wyo., with her sons Bazil and Baptiste. Eventually, she returned to the Lemhi Shoshone at the Wind River Reservation where she was recorded as “Bazil’s mother.” Porivo is believed to have died April 9, 1884. Eastman concluded that

/(:,6 &/$5. :,7+ 6$&$-$:($ Porivo was, indeed, Sacajawea. On the basis of this claim a monument to “Sacajawea of the Shoshonis” was erected in 1963 at Fort Washakie on the Wind River reservation near Lander, Wyo. The belief that Sacajawea lived to old age in Wyoming

was widely disseminated through the book “Sacajawea” (1933) by historian Grace Raymond Hebard, a University of Wyoming professor. However, some critics have concluded “Hebard was long on romance and short on facts.” Mature Life Features Copyright 2021

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used, do not draw attention to the incorrect word. Instead, try and ﬁgure out what your loved one was trying to say and respond accordingly. • Your loved one may become frustrated when words are not easily found. Remain calm and supportive in helping them to express thoughts. • If your loved one swears at you, remember that the word that was used was probably the one that was most accessible at that moment. Try to assist your loved one in dealing with what prompted the negative emotion. • Point, gesture and demonstrate ideas to your loved one. Often, these nonverbal expressions will ﬁll in the blanks left when words begin to fail. • Be cautious of relying on reasoning or logic when communicating with your loved one. This type of thinking may often become too complex for those with dementia. • Be careful not to correct them if they say something that is untrue. Instead, create

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Faith

Gutwein helps translate Bible into various languages %\ 7,0 $6+/(< 6WDII :ULWHU Since the King James Version of the Bible ﬁrst appeared in the early 1600s, several hundred other translations have been completed. Knowing that, it’s probably safe to say Christians who speak the English language simply don’t know what it’s like to not have a translation of the Bible in their own language. Kevin Gutwein fully understands that, and it’s his job to make sure the various people groups in Bolivia, Mexico, Colombia, Paraguay, Venezuela and Brazil can read the Bible in their own language. He is in charge of 22 translation projects for these Latin American countries as a coordinator for Global Partners, which is part of Ethnos360, a missionary organization based in Sanford, Fla. “I am a Bible translator and translation consultant,” he said. Gutwein comes from a family heritage of serving as missionaries. He and his wife Sandra lived for 29 years as missionaries in Mexico and his parents and grandparents were also missionaries. “We did church planting (in Mexico) among the least reached people groups,” he said. He recalled his work of translating the Bible began in about 1997 when working with

the Guarijio tribe in northwest Mexico in the mountains. “Part of our church planting strategy included Bible translating,” Gutwein said. The Guarijio tribe did not have its own alphabet and would not otherwise have had access to the Bible in their own language. “We had to decide what the alphabet would be,” Gutwein said. “We had to isolate each ‘letter’ in their language as they spoke their language.” He helps teams understand the exegesis of the Bible or what does it actually say or mean in the original language. “Then we can translate it,” he said. A three-step process is used to include the exegesis, the transfer over into the indigenous language and the verification that the transfer is actually accurate. Gutwein said sometimes he has discovered what he thought was said in the Bible is not always accurate. “You find things and realize there is more to this,” he said. “I thought it meant something else.” Exegesis involves studying several Bible commentaries. He noted he uses computer programs “to access a wealth of resources” from Bible scholars, other translations and more. Old Testament concepts such as creation, the fall, the flood, etc., are taught and then the en-

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enjoys doing it. “I can’t think of a better job,” he said. “I get paid to dig deeply into God’s word.” Although technology has helped, he estimated fewer than 500 of the 6,500 languages spoken in the world have the entire Bible translated into their own language. And, he added, roughly 2,500 languages have no translation at all. There is also the joy of working with believers in Christ who are getting the Bible translated into their language for the ﬁrst time. “It is a thrill to see them see that translation for the ﬁrst time,” he said, noting the translators are “paying a high price because they live in

remote settings and hard to get to places.” Sandra helps Kevin in his Bible translating work and often travels with him. She was born and raised in Brazil and her parents were missionaries. Kevin and Sandra attend Warsaw Missionary Church and live in Winona Lake. Kevin also teaches a Sunday school class at the church, is chairman of the elder board and is the drummer for the praise band. They have three children: sons Bradley and Adam and daughter Shelbi, all of whom are Grace College graduates. Kevin also works part time for a construction company.

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Nursing home is a home away from home %\ &(&,/ 6&$*/,21( 0DWXUH /LIH )HDWXUHV Watching age drain the health and humor out of a loved one is both depressing and debilitating for the onlooking caregiver. It wasn’t all that long ago that grandpa would wander off daily until the day he didn’t return and the family had to go search for him — or his body — in “the back 40.” Senior-living communities, nursing homes, assisted living complexes and an array of other names applied to facilities geared to accommodate oldsters who needed time and touching as they faded away

have expanded into a lucrative economic enterprise. This enabled more people to die at home instead of in a hospital. Families still had to make the heart-wrenching decision on when and whether or not to move their parent or sibling into a “nursing home.” The eventuality still exists, but the hospice care industry is offering some stopgaps. They offer caregivers who visit your home to help caregivers get some sleep and time to themselves. Hospice care operators also provide an array of services that supplant the need for hospital stays.

Planning simplifies Continued from page 12 of you as you would take care of yourself. You can start by giving someone healthcare power of attorney. This can be accompanied with a living will to offer specific guidelines for the person with power of attorney. A durable power of attorney should be next in your planning to give someone the authority to make financial and legal decisions when you no longer are able. When you’re talking with at-

torneys to establish these documents, you also can discuss a living trust to hold your assets so they will be directed to the people of your choice when you die. When all this is done, you should call a meeting with your attorney and all the people involved in your planning. This will help clarify your wishes as well as deﬁne the role of each of the guardians you’ve appointed and the duties they have. Mature Life Features Copyright 2021

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

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Elkhart County 2 — Morris Studebaker, East Lake Nursing and Rehabilitation Center 12 — Linda Sedlock, East Lake Nursing and Rehabilitation Center; Patricia Slott, East Lake Nursing and Rehabilitation Center 16 — Robert Todt, East Lake Nursing and Rehabilitation Center 18 — Joseph Craig, East Lake Nursing and Rehabilitation Center 21 — Glenda Smith, East Lake Nursing and Rehabilitation Center 23 — Samuel Kulp, East Lake Nursing and Rehabilitation Center 27 — Lockarett Johnson, East Lake Nursing and Rehabilitation Center

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Mariposa Grove practically required a GPS. My head did not tilt back far enough to see the top. Leaving noise and civilization behind to walk among

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Yosemite’s scenic Continued from page 15 a branch stretching outward that is larger than the trunk of most trees. This was among the multitude of magniﬁcent displays by Mother Nature’s handiwork nurtured in this Rhode Island-sized park about four hours north of Los Angeles. Driving along its hilly, winding roads overlooking the tree line is but a harbinger of the visual delights ahead. Unless you plan to spend days exploring the park from all four entry points, accept the fact you’re only going to see the merest fraction of it — 90% of visitors see only 3% of the park — but it will be enough to enthrall nonetheless. And there are options right

outside the park that beg to be noticed. When you think of Yosemite, you might visualize dramatic overlooks, soaring mountains and rushing waterfalls, perhaps mining towns and giant sequoias, or even bountiful hiking trails and old historic villages. You probably don’t picture 15,000 fossils from 700,000 years ago or a collection of Ansel Adams photos or a slew of museums that are themselves small gems of mining, ranching, Native American and logging lifestyles. That’s the yin and yang of Yosemite — the many things you visit the park to see and the lesser-known attractions you never expected sprinkled throughout Madera County.

A good beginning is the thrill of Glacier Point where dramatic multi-colored layers of massive rock formations reaching skyward are punctuated by occasional waterfalls breaking through the sepiatoned line of sight. And there’s Yosemite Falls, at 2,425 feet one of the tallest in North America. The famous Half Dome dominates the landscape and, as trite as it sounds, it is one of the most spectacular creations of nature I’ve ever encountered. The views are unending and can be observed from several angles, like mountainous cliffs that go on and on seemingly beyond one’s imagination. Give yourself time to recover a bit before approaching El Capitan, with its sheer cliffs hundreds of feet high that for some reason people actually choose to climb. For a change of pace from ogling, and to give your neck a chance to realign itself, try the fun excursion on the 1928 Sugar Pine Railroad Midnight Special. Four miles of tracks take you through decades of history recounting the lumber industry and Gold Rush era that deﬁned the area in the late 1800s. They use one of the world’s largest narrow gauge Shay locomotives still operational today. And you’ll be riding in open-air log ﬂumes replicat-

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around the 12,000-acre campus. Primland is just shy of the size of Bermuda and a lot of driving is involved when you stay here. When you think you’ve arrived at Primland, you really haven’t. It’s six miles from the north gate to the lodge. It’s another seven miles to the south gate. Shuttles to the different activities felt like activities in themselves. We were happy to be on our own two feet for a hike with naturalist Tim, who embellished our walk with explanations of the diversified flora and fauna. And then it was time for archery. Followed by air-rifle shooting. And tomahawk throwing. Just like every hotel, right? Channeling my inner Native American, I raised my bow and arrow and shot at the bulls eye. Turns out I was a natural, hitting the target every time. Not so much with the air rifle. And my tomahawk throwing was a little rusty. The list of things we didn’t do — fly fishing, clay shooting, disc golf, horseback riding, hunting, watersports, outdoor fitness track, and, of course, golf and tennis — was longer than those we did. But I still felt I had earned my Signature Massage, continuing the Native American experience. Artifacts from the local Saura tribe abound and are con-

sidered sacred. Tribal elements of ﬁre, water, air and earth are incorporated through hot stones, oils, scents and touch, followed by sipping tea from the Native American Tea Co. Before the massage, I was taken to a relaxation space through hallways decked in shades of turquoise and brown that represented a “drop of heaven” and anti-aging. That night we went to the observatory for some stargazing. It was crystal clear and a very sophisticated telescope projected the stars onto a video in front of us. The full moon provided even more clarity. All of Primland emphasizes a return to nature and we were surrounded by stars, planets, constellations and galaxies — including the Orion Nebula, a star-forming nebula approximately 1,300 light years from Earth — the Pleiades Open Star Cluster (also known as the Seven Sisters) and the showstopping Andromeda Galaxy (the closest and largest galaxy to the Milky Way, roughly 2.5 million light years away). We saw more than 1,000 stars on the screen, including the mere 150 visible to the naked eye. There was so much to fathom. For instance, in 4 to 6 billion years, the Milky Way may collide with Andromeda. But what’s to worry? Mature Life Features Copyright 2021

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Mickey Mouse, Edwardsburg and Walt Disney %\ 3$6725 *5(* /$:621 0 0LQ 06: *XHVW :ULWHU It was many years ago when I came across an old late December 1947 TV Guide in an Elkhart antique store. Oh my. I was 10 years old then and it’s now, along with yours truly, a bona ﬁde antique. Many of you loyal readers are invited to journey back with me, if you will, to “our” childhood to a week before Christmas 1957. The particular day is Friday, Dec. 20. Various channels are listed on this day; some local and some for Chicago viewers. A large number of shows no longer exist, but some lasted for many years after 1957. Now what makes this 63-yearold TV Guide somewhat unique is that the subscriber’s mailing label is still afﬁxed on the front page: “Mr. and Mrs. Milton Leister, 278 Pleasant Lake, Edwards-

burg, Mich.” It may be safe to say that the Leisters are no longer alive but have left us with a wonderful record of our memories of the old-time TV shows. Remember when we could wake up to the old “Today” show with Dave Garroway at 7 a.m. Most of us would be eating our breakfast at 8 a.m. with “Captain Kangaroo,” and on this particular morning, Captain would be showing us “how to make Christmas place cards with construction paper and crayons.” Throughout the morning, there would be “Ding Dong School,” in color even, “The Price is Right” (with Bill Cullen ?), “Love of Life,” “Search for Tomorrow” and “The Guiding Light” (okay for grandmas but yuck for a 10-year-old.) Going into the afternoon at noon, we ﬁnd “As the World Turns” (another grandma show), “Our Miss Brooks,” “American Bandstand,” “Secret Storm” (no comment) and “Garﬁeld Goose

and Friends,” if you could pull in Chicago with the familiar roof-top antenna with the rotor found on top of the large console TV. Hard to believe we had no ﬂat-screen TVs in 1957. Lucky us as we were likely glued to the TV in the evening with “Annie Oakley” at 6 p.m., “Rin Tin Tin” on channel 52 (a local station), “The Life of Riley,” a comedy with William Bendix on local TV 16. After 8 p.m. it was pretty much an evening for adults and off to bed we’d go for a good nights sleep: the sleep that prepared us for Saturday morning’s cartoons. And how could I forget. Each day, at 5:30 p.m., it was the “Mickey Mouse Club” and every Friday it was “Talent Roundup Day.” It all, Mickey and Disney included, now lives within us today — and forever. Comments or memories welcome to: Pastor/Dr. Greg Lawson, 1801 E. 3rd St., Mishawaka, IN 46544.

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Solo travel has its own rewards %\ &(&,/ 6&$*/,21( 0DWXUH /LIH )HDWXUHV Flying solo no longer garners the worldwide acclaim like that of Charles Lindberg or Emelia Earhart. It just means adventurous jaunts on your own to see the world. Traveling alone is becoming more common as seniors, many of them widowed as spouses pass away, commit to turning longaspired dreams into reality. Many choose to board a luxury liner so they can mix and mingle with fellow travelers as they sail from port to port. A lot sign up with tour groups that focus on a particular topic, such as wine tasting and historic sites, or an activity such a hiking and cooking classes. But there’s a drawback — the cost known as the single supplement. Tour operators and cruise lines base their pricing on a per-person double-occupancy rate so singles are charged a premium to bunk alone in two-bunk accommodations. Sometimes it’s the same price as what a couple pays. Or you can wing it along the way. One longtime friend picks their spot — a city in a part of a country they’d like to explore — and sets aside four to five weeks for the trip. On landing, their first chore is to grab a newspaper and rent a room for the stay if they haven’t been able to arrange this before leaving. Then it’s a shopping trip to get to know the neighborhood and renting a car or taking local transit to the various sites on their program. In many cases they fly or drive to other cities they’d planned to visit in that part of the world. They’ve made lifelong friends everywhere they’ve been and found that three basic phrases in the local language are all you need: “Please,” “Thank you,” and “How do you say that?” Mature Life Features Copyright 2021