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JANUARY 2017
January 2017 Issue 101<br />
Volume 10 No.1<br />
Features<br />
20<br />
Amelia Earhart,<br />
First Female in Flight<br />
Traveling Near or Far<br />
24<br />
Nurses Group:<br />
Staying Healthy when<br />
Traveling Abroad<br />
41<br />
TSA Pre 3 (precheck)<br />
42<br />
The Once Danish<br />
West Indies<br />
44<br />
Grand Marais, MN 55604<br />
28<br />
Dr. Martin<br />
Luther King, Jr.<br />
More Than a Dreamer<br />
On the Cover<br />
SCCL’s first all-owner Board of<br />
Directors. L to R - seated: Paul<br />
Kostelac, Rick Kremer (Chairman),<br />
Paul Purfield. Standing: Joe Ditchman,<br />
Bob Keiner, Jim Odendahl, Jim Mayer.<br />
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46<br />
26<br />
32<br />
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52<br />
54<br />
56<br />
60<br />
70<br />
74<br />
Highlights<br />
John P. Countryman, Warrant for a Felony<br />
Sir Winston Churchill – A Seasoned Man for<br />
all Seasons<br />
Birdwatching: Eagle Nest Cameras<br />
Murder Mystery Authors – Joanna Fluke and<br />
Diane Mott Davidson<br />
Paring Down the Paper – A Realistic<br />
Retention Schedule- Part One<br />
The New SCCL Website<br />
Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner?<br />
Concrete Vs. Asphalt<br />
Making the Most of RecycleBank<br />
70<br />
7<br />
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18<br />
19<br />
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38<br />
50<br />
58<br />
62<br />
65<br />
73<br />
76<br />
78<br />
In Each Issue<br />
From the Editor<br />
Community Connect<br />
January Local Events<br />
Meet Your Neighbor<br />
Neighborhood Visions<br />
From the CAM<br />
SCCL Lifestyle<br />
Calendars<br />
Bits and Pieces<br />
Gardening at SCCL<br />
SCCL Club & Group Directory<br />
SCCL Club & Group News<br />
Welcome Newcomers<br />
List of Advertisers<br />
The Last Word: Food Fast Forward<br />
58<br />
Upcoming Articles<br />
Have you or a previous owner made any<br />
change to the interior of your home that<br />
makes yours different from other similar<br />
models?<br />
If you'd like to include your unique<br />
interior in an upcoming article, please<br />
contact Pook Bellini at:Pook.Bellini@<br />
oursccl.net or Mobile: 480-628-7377<br />
LIVING @ SCCL, January 2017 5
From the<br />
Editor<br />
“It hasn’t<br />
been<br />
smooth<br />
getting<br />
here, and<br />
things<br />
won’t<br />
change<br />
overnight,<br />
but...”<br />
A New Year, A New Sun City Carolina Lakes<br />
We are off to a new start. This is issue 101, and you will notice some changes in this magazine<br />
for starters. This is just the beginning of the improvements we intend to make. If you have<br />
any thoughts about what you would like to see, or what other changes you would like us to<br />
consider for this magazine, our email address is livingsccl@aol.com.<br />
Also new will be our Board of Directors. Owner-member Pat Peters and two Pulte<br />
representatives have been removed by Jon Cherry who replaced them on the Board<br />
with Jim Mayer, Bob Kiener, and Joseph P. Ditchman, Jr. They now join the previously<br />
appointed members Rick Kremer, Paul Purfield, Jim Odendahl, and Paul Kostelac. These<br />
seven members met for the first time as an all-owner Board at the Workshop on Monday,<br />
December 5, and for the formal monthly meeting of the Board of Directors on Monday,<br />
December 19. They will direct our SCCL community forward into 2017, and we can look<br />
forward to a productive year ahead.<br />
A change at FirstService Residential (FSR) brings us a new Executive Director, Brian Matt,<br />
who started work on December 20. He comes to us with an extensive background in various<br />
management positions over a long and diverse career. We wish him well and expect that his<br />
experience in varied locations and positions will serve us well in working on and improving<br />
operations in the future.<br />
FSR has had growing pains in the past, and Brian Matt will have a learning curve to absorb<br />
before he can understand the history and culture of this active-adult community. Over<br />
this ten year period we have had a number of Executive Directors. Each had his/her set of<br />
growing pain concerns, and each moved us forward as the community was built out. We<br />
believe that we are now finally on the right track, with the right personnel, and so we have a<br />
positive outlook for the future.<br />
The Home Owners Advisory Council (HOAC) is new for 2017, also. The leadership is<br />
changing now that Bob Kiener, former Chair, has moved on to the Board of Directors of<br />
the SCCLCA. Former Communications Director Larry Ayres moves into the Chairman<br />
role and Peg Mertes moves into the Program Director role. They will be joined by Cindy<br />
Thomas as Vice Chair and Diane Szulimowski as Communications Director. The Vision and<br />
the Mission Statement of the Council is also dramatically different than it was in the past,<br />
because the past is now behind us. All of this bodes well for the future of the Council, and for<br />
the future of the community.<br />
None of these changes will be easy. It will not be until the Initial Meeting of the SCCLCA<br />
that those we have elected can be formally seated and can actually be considered independent.<br />
At that time we will be free to change some of the rules and regulations that Pulte put into<br />
place over the past ten years, and start working on making governance more in line with the<br />
needs of Sun City Carolina Lakes.<br />
It hasn’t been smooth getting here, and things won’t change overnight, but we know that the<br />
New Year will see changes in Living magazine, the Board of Directors, the HOAC, and our<br />
management company, FSR…changes that will ultimately improve things in our community<br />
and turn Sun City Carolina Lakes from Good to Great.<br />
LIVING @ SCCL November 2016 7
C<br />
ommunity<br />
onnect A look at happenings around SCCL<br />
To submit community news and pictures, email:<br />
community@livingscclmagazine.onmicrosoft.com.<br />
Walk On Sun City Carolina Lakes, Strong<br />
The first ever “Sun City Strong” walk to end<br />
Alzheimer’s” held on the first Sunday in November<br />
was a smashing success. Over two hundred walkers<br />
turned out on a sunny Carolina blue afternoon to enjoy<br />
the camaraderie and show their commitment to end a<br />
terminal disease that afflicts millions -- it is the sixth<br />
leading cause of death in the US.<br />
the South Carolina Alzheimer’s Association staff from<br />
Spartanburg. At the Grandparents Park a “sag wagon”<br />
awaited anyone too tired to make the round trip, and<br />
additional water and refreshments were available.<br />
“This is a much bigger turnout than we expected,” said<br />
Dori Burgess, Program Director of the South Carolina<br />
Alzheimer’s Association. “It’s amazing, especially for a<br />
first-time event.”<br />
“It should be an annual event, for sure,” said Nikki Lord,<br />
SCCL resident.<br />
The stream of walkers heads down Del<br />
Webb Boulevard.<br />
After registering, each walker received a purple “bib”<br />
with their number and a raffle ticket to enter the<br />
drawing for door prizes. Refreshments were available on<br />
a nearby table to enjoy before, during, or after the event.<br />
The SCCL Motorcycle Club and other volunteers helped<br />
direct traffic and guide walkers on their route.<br />
In The Lodge parking lot, DJ Dixie played energizing<br />
music, purple balloons sparkled in the sunshine, face<br />
painting added whimsy, and event sponsors provided<br />
information and handouts to the good-natured crowd.<br />
One of the sponsors demonstrated warm-up exercises<br />
to prepare for the walk. Many walkers signed posters<br />
dedicating their effort to the memory of a loved one or<br />
to honor a person challenged with Alzheimer’s disease.<br />
Several area businesses contributed attractive door prizes<br />
to express their support for the cause. The drawing<br />
for these prizes took place just before the crowd was<br />
organized into a line to begin the hike down to the<br />
Grandparents Park and back at exactly two o’clock.<br />
Along the route, a series of purple and white signs were<br />
posted featuring information about Alzheimer’s disease.<br />
The signs were brought in and installed by members of<br />
Joy Nelson expresses joy at the<br />
Alzheimer’s Walk.<br />
By three o’clock, the clean-up crew was finishing up,<br />
and the person who had conceived the project breathed<br />
a sigh of relief. “It was beyond my wildest dreams,” said<br />
Janis Yarde, who had organized a small committee to put<br />
on the first Sun City Strong walk. “I thought we’d be<br />
lucky to get fifty people out!”<br />
A preliminary tally of the funds collected from sponsors,<br />
local businesses, walkers, and online revealed that more<br />
than $8000 was raised for the Alzheimer’s Association,<br />
an organization that funds research and provides<br />
support for families facing the many challenges of this<br />
dreadful disease. The successful project was organized<br />
by the Nurses Interest Group in SCCL, the Alzheimer’s<br />
caregiver support group, and Senior Helpers.<br />
Submitted by Melanie Aves<br />
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More Improvements Coming To The Softball Facility<br />
SCCL Softball-Water’s Edge Park Tribute Walk<br />
SCCLCA’s Board of Directors approved the Softball<br />
Club’s request to offer personalized, laser-engraved<br />
paver bricks as a fundraiser for the club.<br />
An area at Water’s Edge Park around the maintenance<br />
shed and washrooms, receives a great deal of foot<br />
traffic. This area is currently very unsafe, unattractive,<br />
and presents an ongoing maintenance issue for the<br />
community.<br />
The project is a plan to lay a combination of engraved<br />
and blank paver stones in that area, creating an attractive<br />
patio/tribute walk area to address the safety concerns,<br />
improve ease of access to the grandstands, and to further<br />
beautify the ball park.<br />
The Softball Club will be offering the opportunity to<br />
honor or pay tribute to grandchildren, family members,<br />
or friends on 4 x 8 inch and 8 x 8 inch high quality<br />
pavers that include a lifetime warranty. Residents will be<br />
able to specify the text, or text and selected clip art. The<br />
inscriptions are limited only by your own imagination<br />
and good taste.<br />
The Softball Club’s goal is to solve a current issue at the<br />
ball park at no<br />
cost to the HOA<br />
and in so doing,<br />
further enhance<br />
the beauty and<br />
attractiveness of<br />
our community.<br />
If you have<br />
someone on your Holiday Shopping List particularly<br />
difficult to buy for, why not consider a paver stone. Your<br />
support might kill more birds with one stone.<br />
For additional information about obtaining your<br />
personalized pavers, pricing, or to order your pavers,<br />
please contact Softball Club Board Members: Mark<br />
Mandle (mandlemarka@gmail.com) or Larry Anglin<br />
(holeone@aol.com).<br />
Thank you for your support of SCCL Softball.<br />
Submitted by John Knill<br />
An artist’s rendering of the project, an order form, and<br />
examples of engraved inscription are available on the<br />
Softball Group Page.<br />
LIVING @ SCCL, January 2017 9
Community Connect<br />
Oklahoma! A hit!<br />
h what a beautiful mornin”… or afternoon… or<br />
“O evening… at The Lodge in Sun City Carolina<br />
Lakes. Those lyrics were first heard seventy-three years<br />
ago on Broadway in New York City. Two thousand two<br />
hundred and twelve performances over a five-year period<br />
made Oklahoma! a certifiable hit.<br />
Integrating music and dance in storytelling was the<br />
secret of Richard Rodgers’ and Oscar Hammerstein’s<br />
success. They were the geniuses who created the<br />
memorable words and music of this lavish super musical.<br />
Oklahoma! looks as fresh today as it did when the curtain<br />
went up for the first time in1943.<br />
At first, critics considered it a flop, but a final name<br />
change from, And Away we Go, to Oklahoma!, was<br />
all that was needed to finalize Oklahoma!’s success.<br />
(Jackie Gleason, the comedian, adopted the phrase<br />
“And away we go,” when he became a television superstar.)<br />
Deafening applause on opening night proved the<br />
critics had been wrong. Eleven years after the original<br />
The stunning backdrops were designed by Sharon<br />
Webb and set pieces by Debbie Routman.<br />
stage production finally closed, this lavish musical was<br />
brought to the silver screen, starring Gordon MacRae<br />
and Shirley Jones, and grossed over seven million dollars.<br />
Under the direction of our own Ken Weiss, many<br />
residents attended the two plus hours of this stirring<br />
musical comedy. Seven sold-out performances over a<br />
two-week period were a testament to the well-received<br />
songfest.<br />
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The show was a success; “Little Wonder.”<br />
Seven performances for over 1,600 happy<br />
audience members.<br />
Months and months of rehearsals made this musical<br />
comedy production an outstanding triumph at SCCL.<br />
Many residents are eager for another stage performance<br />
similar to Oklahoma! in the near future. We agree.<br />
“We know we belong to the land<br />
And the land we belong to is grand<br />
And when we say<br />
Yeow! Aye-Yip-Aye-Yo-Ee-Ay<br />
Were only sayin’<br />
“you’re doing fine Oklahoma,<br />
Oklahoma”<br />
O-K-L-A-H-O-M-A<br />
Oklahoma!,<br />
Yeow!”<br />
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LIVING @ SCCL, January 2017 11
Community Connect<br />
Living @ Sun City Carolina Lakes<br />
Magazine Wins Award in<br />
2016 National Mature Media<br />
L<br />
iving @ Sun City Carolina Lakes magazine was a<br />
winner in the 25 th annual National Mature Media<br />
Awards Program. The program, presented by the Mature<br />
Market Resource Center, a national clearinghouse for the<br />
senior market, recognizes the nation’s finest marketing,<br />
communications, educational materials, and programs<br />
designed and produced for older adults.<br />
The article, entitled “Harry The<br />
Potter,” which appeared in the<br />
August 2015, edition, received a<br />
Merit Award for a magazine article.<br />
Those involved with “Harry the<br />
Potter” were Melanie Aves, author,<br />
and design by Jack Haubach.<br />
“We were delighted to take part in<br />
the Mature Media Awards Program<br />
this year, and were honored to have<br />
been selected as a winner,” says<br />
Mike Truland, Editor.<br />
Resident Harry Owens,<br />
the subject of the awardwinning<br />
article.<br />
The entries were judged by a distinguished panel of<br />
mature market experts from across the United States<br />
for overall excellence of design, content,<br />
creativity and relevance to the senior<br />
market. The competition for these awards<br />
is definitely first-class.<br />
This marks the fourth such award Living<br />
magazine has received since we began<br />
publishing in 2008. We received one award<br />
in 2014 from the The Printing Industry<br />
of the Carolinas for Haubach’s magazine<br />
design and this 2016 award is our third<br />
award from National Mature Media. This<br />
is a credit not only to the author, but to<br />
all of the volunteer staff that makes this<br />
magazine possible.<br />
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Community Connect<br />
LifeLong Learning January Offerings<br />
Submitted by Thomas Huber<br />
Jan. 9<br />
Genetics and Health<br />
Your nutrition needs are as unique as you are, so let’s talk<br />
nutrition -- real nutrition. Why is it that individuals,<br />
eating similar diets and living comparable lifestyles, may<br />
have vastly different health outcomes?<br />
Our guest lecturer, Steven Zeisel, MD, PhD, worldrenowned<br />
nutrition expert and research scientist, is<br />
leading the Nutrition Research Institute (NRI) on the<br />
North Carolina Research Campus located in Kannapolis,<br />
NC. His institute at UNC tries to unlock the promise of<br />
personalized nutrition for proactive health management.<br />
Our healthcare professionals will be able to better guide<br />
each of us to reach and maintain our optimal health and<br />
to more effectively treat diseases like obesity, cancer, and<br />
diabetes. The NRI is exploring this frontier in human<br />
health. Currently, Dr. Zeisel’s laboratory teams are<br />
investigating how abnormalities in certain genes alter<br />
dietary requirements, and how diet can turn on or off<br />
the effects of these genes. Dr. Zeisel’s work has brought<br />
to light the important role of the body nutrient Choline<br />
in human health, and he will discuss his findings.<br />
Jan. 16<br />
The “Nones”<br />
For many years, affiliation with organized religion has<br />
been declining. This phenomenon has reached a point<br />
where an entirely new “religion of no religion” has<br />
evolved. Now referred to as the “Nones,” this group<br />
has reached a point at which it is having an impact on<br />
almost all areas of our society and has raised questions<br />
regarding exactly what will happen to the organized<br />
religions of the world over time.<br />
In this presentation, we will review formal data and<br />
research from respected sources to help us better<br />
understand why this decline in affiliation is taking place.<br />
What is a “None?” Who are the “Nones?” What do the<br />
“Nones” believe? Why have these people abandoned<br />
organized religion? How is the religious decline already<br />
affecting our society? And finally, what might this all<br />
mean for the long-term?<br />
Originally from Baltimore, Maryland, Arnie Stone<br />
earned a bachelor’s degree in English from the University<br />
of Maryland and his master’s degree in Literature from<br />
the American University. He started his professional<br />
career in sales, and later transitioned to marketing.<br />
Arnie, as a Director and Vice President, led sales and<br />
marketing teams in divisions of several Fortune 500<br />
companies where he also served on several divisional<br />
Boards of Directors. Upon retirement, Arnie was<br />
determined to revisit writing a novel that he had actually<br />
attempted to start over forty years ago in college.<br />
Discarding what he viewed as outdated writing, but<br />
maintaining the original religious and philosophical<br />
ideas that he had started out with, he began doing indepth<br />
research. Out of this was born his first novel, The<br />
Revelation of the Nones, a speculative fiction based on<br />
true data and facts. That information is the basis for this<br />
LLL presentation. Arnie is now retired and has lived in<br />
SCCL for the past 10 years with his wife, Helaine.<br />
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Jan. 23<br />
The 2016 Presidential Election<br />
Dr. Scott Huffmon, Professor of Political Science at<br />
Winthrop University and Director of Winthrop’s Social<br />
and Behavioral Research Lab, will explain and comment<br />
on the national and South Carolina elections last<br />
November. He was originally scheduled to speak to us in<br />
October, but had to postpone due to illness.<br />
Prof. Huffmon’s commentary on poll results, South<br />
Carolina politics, and southern and national politics in<br />
general have been featured in national and international<br />
news outlets, including CNN, NBC Nightly News, ABC<br />
News, MSNBC, the New York Times, Washington Post,<br />
the LA Times, the Miami Herald, Politico.com, PBS,<br />
NPR, Time, Newsweek, BBC, AFP (Agence France-<br />
Presse), Tokyo Broadcasting System, and many more.<br />
Professor Huffmon was awarded the 2016 Distinguished<br />
Professor of the Year. This designation is the highest<br />
honor the Winthrop community can bestow upon<br />
a faculty member. This will be Dr. Huffmon’s third<br />
appearance at LLL. Just three days after the inauguration<br />
of the new US president, he will add his perspective to<br />
the new balance of power in Washington.<br />
Jan. 30 Explorations During the Age of<br />
Discovery<br />
Does the term Renaissance apply when nothing has<br />
died? Popular history says that the Italian Renaissance<br />
grew from the ashes of the Middle Ages. Humanism,<br />
Science, Literature, Art, Theater, Politics, and the drive to<br />
explore past the boundaries of Medieval Europe exploded<br />
in the fourteenth to sixteenth centuries. What was the<br />
impetus? Mercantilism and the printing press opened a<br />
gateway to awareness of diversity. Religious encapsulation<br />
became invaded with freedom of thought and expression.<br />
Inventions replaced cainophobia (the fear of change).<br />
Conflicts expanded beyond family and village to the<br />
concept of nationalism. Exploration, both internal and<br />
external, became a more acceptable norm.<br />
The seeds of enlightenment were sown not only in Italy,<br />
but throughout Europe and the Middle East. This lecture<br />
will look at the Age of Discovery, trace its roots, and<br />
expose the manifold achievements. It will also provide<br />
an overview of art, science, literature, and the incredible<br />
creativity that manifested itself during this period.<br />
Who in Sun City Carolina Lakes would be better<br />
qualified to talk about the Renaissance than Bob Engel? L<br />
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Community Connect<br />
Recently, the all-volunteer staff of Living @ Sun City Carolina Lakes<br />
magazine celebrated the publication of the 100th issue with cakes<br />
decorated by the covers of the very first and the one-hundreth issue.<br />
BF_Closets_Feb2012.pdf 1 1/24/12 3:58 PM<br />
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January Local Events<br />
Outdoor Skating Rink<br />
Founders Holiday Ice<br />
Rink<br />
205 Saluda St,<br />
Rock Hill<br />
onlyinoldtown.wixsite.<br />
com/icerink<br />
Now through January 16<br />
See website for hours.<br />
$10.00 for 2-hours of<br />
icetime, includes skate<br />
rentals.<br />
803-326-3886<br />
Wish you could strap on some ice skates and practice<br />
your sit-spins like you used to do up North? Wish no<br />
more. The Holiday Ice Rink in Rock Hill awaits you.<br />
Extending its operation into mid-January this year, the<br />
rink offers $10 admission for two (2) hours on the ice<br />
including skate rental if needed. Groups of 10 or more<br />
are eligible for a 20% discount and cash and credit cards<br />
accepted. EveryWednesday is Buy One, Get One FREE<br />
night.<br />
If the grand-urchins are still here through the new year,<br />
January 6 will be a “Magical Night of Harry Potter”<br />
at the rink. Wizards and muggles alike are all invited<br />
to enjoy a magical night on the ice. The event features<br />
a costume contest, Sorting Hat, house competition,<br />
butterbeer, Thestral rides, a movie showing and more.<br />
Admission to the event is free. Cost to skate is $10/<br />
skater (and earns you 10 points for your house.)<br />
Hog Butchering Day<br />
Historic Brattonsville<br />
1444 Brattonsville Rd,<br />
McConnells, SC 29726<br />
chmuseums.org<br />
803-628-6553<br />
Sunday, January 14<br />
10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.<br />
Adult, $8;<br />
Senior, $7;<br />
Youth ages 4-17, $5<br />
Pork was a mainstay in our 18th century ancestors’ diet,<br />
and preparing and preserving the meat was a family<br />
affair. A hog will be butchered and preserved, with<br />
demonstrations of the many processes associated with it<br />
such as rendering lard, making soap, and cooking with<br />
pork. Over twenty historically-dressed interpreters will<br />
entertain and inform you, and you can gather around<br />
the hearth for some 18th century Carolina Backcountry<br />
cooking.<br />
Charlotte Symphony: Schubert<br />
“Great C Major”<br />
Belk Theater<br />
January, 6-7<br />
130 North Tryon Street 8:00 p.m.<br />
Charlotte, NC 28202<br />
$ 25.50-$94.50<br />
704-372-1000<br />
Sometimes considered his greatest work, the 9th<br />
Symphony was never heard by the composer, because the<br />
Viennese musicians considered it unplayable. Some ten<br />
years after it was composed, it was premiered in a Leipzig<br />
Gewandhaus concert in 1839 under the direction of<br />
Felix Mendelssohn. Today its length and the physical<br />
as well as musical hurdles it poses for musicians are no<br />
longer novel; but it remains immensely challenging in<br />
performance.<br />
Also being performed are Beethoven’s Overture<br />
to Fidelio and Leonard Mark Lewis’ Concerto for<br />
Percussion, Evolution*, featuring percussionist Leonardo<br />
Soto.<br />
* World Premiere<br />
Genghis Khan Exhibit<br />
Discovery Place<br />
Science<br />
301 N Tryon St<br />
Charlotte<br />
704-372-6261<br />
All this month<br />
Mon.-Fri., 9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.;<br />
Sat., 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.;<br />
Sun., noon-5:00 p.m.<br />
Adults $17<br />
Children $13<br />
Seniors $15<br />
Members FREE<br />
Explore the culture, conquests, and heritage of the<br />
world’s greatest conqueror when the treasures and stories<br />
of Genghis Khan are presented in Charlotte for the first<br />
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Meet Your Neighbor By Marlene Markowitz<br />
N<br />
Roz and Marty Husney<br />
For many years when interested buyers entered the<br />
Sales Office of Sun City Carolina Lakes, they were<br />
first met and greeted by Roz Husney.<br />
Roslyn Monblatt Husney was born in Manhattan and<br />
was raised in Yonkers, New York, along with younger<br />
brother Barry. She attended Yonkers High School where<br />
she was a member of the National Honor Society.<br />
Loving bike riding, she often rode for miles. Attending<br />
Hunter College in Manhattan, she majored in Political<br />
Science and minored in Education. At the end of her<br />
freshman year, the family vacationed at Rockaway Beach<br />
where Roz was introduced to a handsome guy named<br />
Marty. She was swept off her feet, and they were married<br />
five months later.<br />
Marty is the fourth son of refugees from Aleppo, Syria.<br />
His father arrived in the United States from Aleppo in<br />
the early 1900s. Seeing a picture of a beautiful young<br />
girl who was still living in Aleppo at that time, he sent<br />
for her and married her in New York. They raised seven<br />
children in Brooklyn.<br />
Marty was the youngest son, and the favorite, as<br />
he always did what he was told to do. He attended<br />
Lafayette High School. The Syrian people were known<br />
to be good business people, dealing with wholesale and<br />
retail operations. Marty entered first as a salesman, and<br />
then owner. Introduced to a pretty blonde eighteen year<br />
old, Marty fell in love immediately. Their wedding was<br />
spectacular with traditional and middle-eastern music<br />
and food delicacies.<br />
The Husneys set up their home in Scarsdale, New York,<br />
raising three children. Roz decided to take courses in the<br />
travel field. She worked fifteen years as a corporate and<br />
personal travel consultant. She also was a volunteer for<br />
United Way and the United Jewish Appeal. She tutored<br />
math in the schools while Marty continued working.<br />
Following daughter Robin, her husband, Craig Rubin,<br />
and grandchildren Matthew, Jonathan and Dana, to<br />
Charlotte, North Carolina, the Husneys retired in the<br />
South. They made a beautiful life, joining Temple Israel<br />
and the Jewish Community Center. Learning to play<br />
pickleball at the JCC, Marty didn’t realize at the time<br />
how important that would later become.<br />
Marty was one of the<br />
founders of the Pickleball<br />
Club. The members played<br />
in the parking lot of the<br />
future Lake House. He was<br />
the first treasurer of the<br />
club, and also sold paddles<br />
and balls.<br />
Roz was hired by Pulte as<br />
a front desk receptionist<br />
Marty and Roz<br />
at the Sales Center. She was<br />
a “Meeter and Greeter.” She<br />
was very active with the USTA Tennis Team in SCCL.<br />
The Husneys belong to the Shalom Club, where Roz<br />
was the first Treasurer. They play Duplicate Bridge on a<br />
weekly basis together, while Roz also plays Mah Jongg<br />
and Canasta.<br />
Roz’s bucket list includes the idea of her becoming a<br />
comedic actress in Performing Arts Club productions.<br />
She fulfilled this thus far by appearing in three major<br />
productions, Susan’s Secret, Anna’s Brooklyn Promise and<br />
You’re the Jury, as well as several Performance Cafes.<br />
She also appeared in Fiddler on the Roof and hopes to<br />
continue auditioning, getting more juicy roles.<br />
Roz and Marty are extremely proud of the<br />
accomplishments of their children. Robin went on to<br />
obtain a Master’s Degree from Bernard Baruch at the<br />
top of her class. Adam went on to The University of<br />
Pennsylvania Medical School and lives in Boise, Idaho,<br />
with wife Kristin and children Sarah and Seth. Jamie<br />
is married to Julie, living in White Plains, New York,<br />
and is a Vice President with Alliance Bernstein Wealth<br />
Management.<br />
The Husneys will be celebrating 58 years of marriage in<br />
January 2017. They have traveled to various Club Meds,<br />
England, Israel and Panama. While in Panama, they<br />
acquired a taste for a Pacific fish called Corvina. They<br />
discovered that they can finally buy it nearby, at Costco.<br />
Roz often says, “If you are age qualified, and can afford<br />
to live here in Sun City Carolina Lakes, it is the only<br />
place to live. You never have to be alone unless you<br />
choose to be.” L<br />
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Neighborhood Visions<br />
Neighborhood Visions<br />
"April Addition"<br />
By Ned Conlin<br />
"Misty Morn"<br />
By Lee Layton<br />
You may be hard-pressed to find a snow covered landscape on<br />
a winter’s day in our part of South Carolina, but beautiful misty<br />
morns will frequent the trails near the river.<br />
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Amelia Earhart<br />
First Female in Flight<br />
By Nick Suhr<br />
Earhart on the landing strut of a Lockheed Vega, an American six-passenger high-wing monoplane<br />
airliner built by the Lockheed Corporation. Amelia Earhart became the first woman to fly the Atlantic<br />
solo in this plane.<br />
I volunteered to write this article because I grew up<br />
knowing my mother’s cousin, Katrina Pusey, who got<br />
her pilot’s license in Delaware in the 1920s and heard<br />
about Amelia Earhart from early childhood.<br />
Amelia, named after her mother and her maternal<br />
grandmother, Amelia Otis (of the elevator Otises),<br />
was born in Atchison, Kansas, in 1897. She and her<br />
sister Grace were homeschooled by their mother and a<br />
governess until Amelia was twelve. From the beginning,<br />
both girls were instilled with a spirit of adventure and it<br />
stuck.<br />
The Family Story<br />
Amelia’s family life growing up<br />
with her sister was great. Life<br />
with her parents was not always<br />
so great. Moving from town to<br />
town, state to state, and teacher<br />
to teacher, led to a disrupted<br />
childhood. The girls often spent<br />
extended time with their maternal grandparents. When<br />
her grandmother died in 1907, Amelia was distraught.<br />
The family homestead she knew growing up was sold<br />
and the door to her childhood refuge slammed shut. She<br />
was ten years old.<br />
When her father got a job with Great Northern Railway<br />
in St. Paul, Minnesota, she started high school in 1915.<br />
When his chance for a transfer to Springfield, Missouri,<br />
fell through, her mother took the girls to Chicago to live<br />
with friends, supported by a trust under her mother’s<br />
will. There, Amelia attended Hyde Park High School,<br />
where she graduated in 1916. World War I was raging<br />
when she visited her sister in Toronto in 1917. Amelia<br />
trained to be a nurse and to care for badly wounded<br />
soldiers at a military hospital. In 1918, a Spanish flu<br />
pandemic struck Toronto and Amelia was not spared.<br />
Her bout with the flu led to pneumonia and sinusitis,<br />
and the latter condition lingered to affect her in later life.<br />
She returned to the US, planning to attend college.<br />
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None of this worked out, so in 1920 she went to<br />
California where her parents had reunited, and there she<br />
took her first ride in an airplane.<br />
Learning to Fly<br />
On January 3, 1921, Amelia walked four miles to meet<br />
the woman who would teach her to fly. This was Anita<br />
“Neta” Snook, a pioneer female aviator who trained pilots<br />
in a surplus Curtiss JN-4 “Canuck.” Amelia had one<br />
request: “I want to fly. Will you teach me?” She would,<br />
and during the next seven years Amelia bought and<br />
sold several airplanes, saw her parents get divorced, kept<br />
collecting newspaper clippings and articles about women<br />
seeking positions in businesses, and participating in sports<br />
that were traditionally “men only,” and kept on flying.<br />
We all know<br />
that her plane<br />
disappeared in the<br />
Pacific on July 2,<br />
1937, during her<br />
second attempt<br />
to become the<br />
first woman to<br />
circumnavigate<br />
the earth by<br />
air. This event<br />
led to countless<br />
efforts to discover<br />
what happened,<br />
L–R: Neta Snook and Amelia<br />
Earhart in front of Earhart’s<br />
Kinner Airster, c. 1921<br />
spawned dozens of myths, lots of speculation and, so<br />
far, no results. This rest of this article is about the things<br />
Amelia accomplished in her forty years.<br />
Important Milestones<br />
1922 Set the women’s world altitude record by flying to<br />
14,000 feet.<br />
1923 Became the sixteenth woman to receive a pilot’s<br />
license from the French Aeronautics Federation.<br />
1927 Had accumulated nearly 500 solo hours of flying<br />
and began efforts to form an all-female pilots’ association.<br />
1928 In June, became the first woman to cross the<br />
Atlantic as a passenger, keeping the flight log for the pilot,<br />
Wilmer Stultz. In August, she made a round-trip solo<br />
flight across America, showcasing her skill.<br />
1930 In July, set the women’s world speed record at<br />
181.18 mph, racing in a sport that captivated America in<br />
the Roaring Twenties.<br />
1931 Became a founding member and president of<br />
the “Ninety-Nines,” an association of female pilots, and<br />
married publisher and promoter, George Putnam, who<br />
became her manager.<br />
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Amelia Earhart’s Lockheed Model 10 Electra, at Oakland, CA on March 20, 1937. This is the<br />
last photo known to exist of Earhart in the plane that disappeared a few months later.<br />
1932 On May 21, became the first woman to fly<br />
solo across the Atlantic and in August, became the first<br />
woman to fly solo across America non-stop from Los<br />
Angeles to Newark. For these achievements, she was<br />
awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross, the Gold Medal<br />
of the National Geographic Society, and the Harmon<br />
Trophy (America’s Outstanding Airwoman). Published<br />
her memoir of her flying career, For the Fun of It.<br />
1933 Set a new women’s North American<br />
transcontinental speed record of seventeen hours, seven<br />
minutes and thirty seconds, breaking her own record.<br />
1935 On January 12, became the first woman to<br />
fly solo across the Pacific, and was named America’s<br />
Outstanding Airwoman by the Harmon Trophy<br />
Committee. She became a visiting advisor on<br />
aeronautical engineering at Purdue University and did<br />
career counseling for women students.<br />
Postscript<br />
The mysterious disappearance of Amelia’s Lockheed<br />
Electra still attracts attention after eighty years. On<br />
September 9, 2016, an article in the New York Post<br />
covered a study by The International Group for Historic<br />
Aircraft Recovery, suggesting Amelia may have survived<br />
as a castaway on a remote, deserted island. This group<br />
discovered measurements of some long-lost bones found<br />
on the island of Nikumauroro which, based on photos of<br />
Amelia, they concluded were “consistent with a female of<br />
Earhart’s height and ethnic origin.” The mystery seems<br />
still far from solved. L<br />
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Many of us who are lucky enough to live in Sun<br />
City Carolina Lakes have opportunities to travel<br />
in retirement. But I have heard scary stories that perhaps<br />
could have been avoided. It is important to remember<br />
that you are responsible for your own health and wellbeing<br />
when you are traveling. Be prepared. It’s a great<br />
way to make sure you have a good time.<br />
Before you leave<br />
• Make sure are that you are current on all your<br />
required vaccinations, as well as medications for<br />
mosquito borne viruses.<br />
• Find out the contact information for the nearest<br />
U.S. embassies or consulates in the countries you are<br />
to traveling to.<br />
• Apply for a passport at least three months before<br />
you travel. If you already have one, be sure to check<br />
the passport’s expiration date as well as any entry<br />
requirements for the countries you will be visiting.<br />
• Understand the financial system and know the<br />
currency rates at your travel destinations.<br />
• Tell your bank and/or credit card company of your<br />
travel plans so that their security measures do not<br />
freeze your account.<br />
What to bring<br />
• Plan to bring the smallest roll-aboard suitcase you<br />
can manage. A second bag should stack neatly on<br />
top of your wheeled bag. Packing light is important<br />
for seniors.<br />
• Bring along a magnifying glass to help you read<br />
detailed maps and small-print schedules, perhaps a<br />
pocket flashlight, and a small notebook to jot down<br />
facts and reminders.<br />
• Bring a copy of your Living Will with you.<br />
• Bring an updated copy of all of your current<br />
medications (both prescription and over-thecounter).<br />
• Bring emergency contact information about your<br />
family in the United States with you when you<br />
travel. Also, be sure to pencil this information into<br />
the emergency contact information section of your<br />
passport.<br />
• Bring travelers checks and one or two major credit<br />
cards. Many credit cards and travel and tourism<br />
companies offer cancellation protection for an<br />
additional fee.<br />
• Purchase travelers checks from a bank and bring<br />
local currency with you for taxi fares, tips, and minor<br />
expenditures in the foreign country.<br />
What to leave<br />
• Leave your itinerary, your emergency contact<br />
information, and a copy of your passport’s<br />
biographic data page with family and/or trusted<br />
friends.<br />
Insurance<br />
• Make sure you get travel insurance and read the<br />
fine print. Don’t leave home without it. It is best if<br />
you speak with a travel agent or a general insurance<br />
agent, and go through “worst case scenarios” of<br />
needing major medical care in a foreign country<br />
and/or transportation all the way home, and not just<br />
to the nearest stateside hospital.<br />
• Always purchase trip cancellation, travel health, and<br />
medical evacuation insurance. Consider purchasing<br />
luggage insurance.<br />
Medications<br />
• Bring an updated copy of your current medications<br />
(both prescription and over-the-counter), and<br />
enough for the whole trip plus a few extra days. Keep<br />
your medications with you, not in your checked<br />
luggage.<br />
• Before every meal of foreign foods, it is helpful to<br />
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• It is best to bring your own supply of antidiarrhea<br />
medication (e.g., Lomotil or Imodium).<br />
• You should have a Z Pak for infections, if you can<br />
get a prescription from your physician.<br />
• Consider carrying a small typed card in your<br />
wallet that has your blood type, allergies to foods<br />
or medications, and list of all medications you<br />
take, including over-the-counter meds.<br />
Food and Drink<br />
• Remember to wash your hands with soap and<br />
warm water before eating.<br />
• Consume only bottled water, even for brushing<br />
your teeth, and keep your mouth closed in the<br />
shower.<br />
• There is no guarantee against food-borne illness,<br />
but be vigilant and never eat undercooked meat,<br />
poultry, fish, or eggs.<br />
While traveling<br />
• Move. Blood clots are possible on long trips, so<br />
get up and move every hour or so when flying.<br />
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John P. Countryman<br />
by Louise Pettus<br />
Warrant for a Felony<br />
On July 3, 1825, a laborer, John P. Countryman,<br />
“entered the dwelling house of Robert Love” and<br />
stole “one Spanish milled dollar of the value of one<br />
dollar, one quarter valued at twenty-five cents, one seven<br />
pence in silver of the value of twelve and a half cents<br />
and one three pence half penny in<br />
silver at the value of six and one<br />
quarter cents.”<br />
The same day or soon thereafter,<br />
Countryman stole from James<br />
Love some paper bank bills—a<br />
$10 note issued by the Bank of<br />
the State of South Carolina, along<br />
with a $10 note on the Bank of<br />
North Carolina, several small<br />
notes, and a few silver coins. The<br />
total amounted to around $30.<br />
Countryman’s apparent motive<br />
was to get enough money to allow<br />
him to move to the west. To South<br />
Carolinians in 1825, the west was<br />
Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee,<br />
or Kentucky.<br />
Countryman only got as far as<br />
Chester District where, on September 10, 1825, he was<br />
apprehended by Abraham Petty and Rutherford Hayden.<br />
The two took Countryman to Clement Wood, a justice<br />
of the peace. Wood charged Countryman with theft,<br />
placed him in the Chester Gaol (jail), and informed York<br />
District Sheriff John M. Harris of the money found on<br />
Countryman.<br />
The records are not clear on what Sheriff Harris did<br />
next, but they do show that before the quarterly court<br />
session assembled, he had secured three material<br />
witnesses against Countryman and had required the<br />
three, William Currier, John Turner, and Elijah Carroll,<br />
to post bond of $200 each to guarantee their appearance<br />
in court.<br />
“...one Spanish milled dollar of the<br />
value of one dollar...” The scroll and<br />
pillars on reverse of the coin are<br />
said to be the origin of the dollar<br />
sign.<br />
One in a series on the<br />
History of Our Area<br />
A warrant for felony was issued for Countryman. The<br />
case was officially recorded as The State vs. Countryman,<br />
and the twenty-one assembled jurymen were summoned<br />
by a state court called the Court of Oyer and Terminer.<br />
The court had the power to try treason and felony and<br />
the power of general gaol delivery.<br />
In the October 1825 court<br />
session, the story unfolded in the<br />
testimony of the three subpoenaed<br />
men.<br />
William Currier testified that on<br />
August 5, he received the 1822<br />
Spanish milled dollar, which was<br />
marked, apparently with a knife,<br />
“on the edge opposite the foot of<br />
the left-hand pillar,” from John<br />
Turner.<br />
John Turner then took the stand<br />
to testify that earlier on August 5<br />
he had received the same dollar<br />
from John P. Countryman.<br />
Elijah Carroll then took the stand<br />
and swore that he received the<br />
marked dollar from Currier on the same day.<br />
John Countryman was found guilty by the jury. If<br />
he ever testified in his own defense, the record does<br />
not show it. The judge’s verdict did not appear on the<br />
records filed in York. Since the judge was a circuit judge<br />
trying a state case, it is probable that the records showing<br />
the judge’s decision are in the State Archives.<br />
Actually, John Countryman’s guilt or innocence is<br />
irrelevant. What is instructive in the case of Countryman<br />
is that as late as 1825 in York District, foreign coinage<br />
was still in general circulation as demonstrated by the<br />
exchanges on August 5.<br />
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The people undoubtedly would have preferred all United<br />
States currency rather than dealing with a variety of<br />
foreign coins. It was certainly easier to calculate the<br />
relative value of domestic currency by using the decimal<br />
system devised by Thomas Jefferson some 35 years earlier<br />
than it was to translate Spanish, English, and Dutch<br />
coins into American money.<br />
This area was in a state of economic depression in 1825,<br />
a depression that became particularly severe by 1827.<br />
Cotton had created great prosperity in the uplands of<br />
South Carolina following the invention of the cotton<br />
gin in 1794. By the mid-1820s new cotton lands in the<br />
west were out-producing the older cotton lands of the<br />
Carolinas.<br />
A significant number of York, Chester, and Lancaster<br />
District farmers sold their land for what they could get<br />
and formed wagon caravans with their slaves and many<br />
of their relatives and neighbors and headed west to grow<br />
in far richer soil. For the most part, they prospered in<br />
the west and soon persuaded more folk to join them in<br />
a western migration that lasted until the outbreak of the<br />
Civil War.<br />
We do not know whether<br />
John Countryman ever joined<br />
the westward migration. L<br />
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Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.<br />
More Than a Dreamer<br />
By Anne Lauher Artwork by Lonnie Knabel<br />
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., is<br />
remembered for having been<br />
the leader of the Civil Rights<br />
Movement in the United<br />
States from the mid-1950s<br />
until his assassination in 1968.<br />
But he may be most notably<br />
remembered for his “I Have<br />
a Dream” speech delivered on<br />
August 28, 1963, in the shadow<br />
of the Lincoln Memorial during<br />
the March on Washington.<br />
As we prepare to celebrate what<br />
would have been his eightyeighth<br />
birthday on January 15,<br />
let us take a more in-depth look<br />
at the man, his life, and his<br />
legacy, for he was more than a<br />
dreamer.<br />
Before he became involved in<br />
civil rights and social activism,<br />
Dr. King was a Baptist preacher/pastor, but this role is<br />
often overlooked. It was an important aspect of who<br />
he was, for he viewed Christianity as a force to be used<br />
for social change. His faith was his inspiration to lead<br />
the non-violent movement for equality for African-<br />
Americans. It was in the pulpit where his great oratorical<br />
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In 1955, he was called to serve<br />
as pastor at the Dexter Avenue<br />
Baptist Church in Montgomery,<br />
Alabama, and it is here where<br />
his first major campaign against<br />
civil injustice, the Montgomery<br />
Bus Boycott, would take place.<br />
He resigned from Dexter Avenue<br />
in 1960, to devote more time to<br />
the civil rights cause. However,<br />
he wanted to keep connected to<br />
his pastoral calling, so he became<br />
an associate pastor at Ebenezer<br />
Baptist Church in Atlanta,<br />
Georgia, where his father was<br />
pastor.<br />
Rev. Michael Thurman, former<br />
pastor of the Dexter Avenue<br />
Baptist Church, states that, “It<br />
was the African-American church<br />
that nurtured him and gave him<br />
the sense that God was a god of justice, God was a god<br />
of mercy, God was a god of reckoning.”<br />
There were many significant events that Dr. King led<br />
that made him the dominant force and most important<br />
leader of the civil rights movement. The first such<br />
campaign, in December 1955, was the Montgomery Bus<br />
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Boycott, to force integration<br />
of the city’s bus line after<br />
Rosa Parks was arrested for<br />
refusing to give up her seat to<br />
a white passenger. This was<br />
the earliest large-scale protest<br />
on behalf of civil rights in<br />
America, and it confirmed his<br />
commitment to nonviolent<br />
resistance.<br />
In 1957, he was elected<br />
president of the Southern Christian Leadership<br />
Conference (SCLC), the national organization formed to<br />
help end segregation in the South. One of its first actions<br />
was to conduct non-violent protests in key southern<br />
cities where they went to register black voters.<br />
Between 1957 and 1963, Dr. King organized and led<br />
marches in Albany, Georgia; in Seattle, Washington;<br />
in Greensboro, NC; as well as in many other cities<br />
throughout the South.<br />
In 1963, two events would have profound impact on<br />
the Civil Rights Movement. He led a number of support<br />
groups in a peaceful demonstration against economic<br />
injustice in Birmingham, Alabama, in early April. The<br />
protestors were met with violent confrontation by city<br />
police and were jailed. It is here that he composed the<br />
famous “Letter from the Birmingham Jail” in which<br />
he both responded to those who said the civil rights<br />
campaign was moving too fast, and defended the need<br />
for civil disobedience as a response to racism. Then on<br />
August 28, he delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech<br />
before more than 250,000 gathered in support for<br />
pending civil rights legislation. Less than a year later, on<br />
July 2, President Lyndon<br />
Johnson signed the Civil<br />
Rights Act of 1964.<br />
Miss Rosa Parks<br />
On October 14, 1964, Dr.<br />
King received the Nobel<br />
Peace Prize for his efforts to<br />
end racism and economic<br />
injustices.<br />
In late March 1965, Dr.<br />
King was joined by 3,200<br />
supporters for the Selmato-Montgomery<br />
March to<br />
bring attention to voter<br />
registration efforts. A direct<br />
LIVING @ SCCL, January 2017 29
“It was the African-American church<br />
that nurtured him and gave him the sense that<br />
God was a god of justice, God was a god of mercy,<br />
God was a god of reckoning.”<br />
result of this campaign was the passing of the Voter<br />
Rights Act, which eliminated barriers to voting for<br />
African-Americans.<br />
During the years between 1965 and 1968, Dr. King<br />
shifted his focus from civil rights to economic injustice<br />
and international peace. He spoke out against the<br />
Vietnam War and felt the war contributed to poverty<br />
experienced by many Americans.<br />
It was this new focus that was to be highlighted in the<br />
“Poor Peoples’ Campaign,” planned for spring 1968 in<br />
Washington, DC. But Dr. King interrupted his planning<br />
to go to Memphis,<br />
Tennessee, to support<br />
the sanitation workers’<br />
strike. He never<br />
returned to complete<br />
those plans because<br />
he was assassinated<br />
on April 4, 1968,<br />
while standing on<br />
the balcony of the<br />
Lorraine Hotel in<br />
Memphis.<br />
The 1965 Selma-to-Montgomery March<br />
injustice based on his Christian beliefs. He greatly<br />
impacted race relations in the United States and played a<br />
major role in ending legal segregation. The thirteen years<br />
of his leadership resulted in enormous progress toward<br />
racial equality in America.<br />
Mrs King at the first<br />
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By Merrel Wilkenfeld<br />
Undoubtedly one of the greatest<br />
international statesmen of the<br />
twentieth century, Winston Churchill<br />
was born in Blenheim Palace to the<br />
third son of a British Duke and an<br />
American socialite. The year was<br />
1874. After finishing college, he was<br />
accepted at Sandhurst, the prestigious<br />
British Royal Military Academy equivalent to<br />
America’s West Point. After three attempts at<br />
final exams, he became a British officer. Oddly,<br />
he resigned his military commission in 1899, to<br />
pursue a career as a war correspondent.<br />
Churchill calls on<br />
President Hoover, 1929<br />
Sir Winston Churchill<br />
A Seasoned Man for all Seasons!<br />
Churchill left for<br />
Africa to report on<br />
the Boer War. While<br />
accompanying South<br />
African troops on a<br />
routine scouting mission,<br />
he was captured, but<br />
he managed to escape<br />
shortly thereafter. Had<br />
he retained his officer<br />
status, he would have<br />
been awarded the<br />
Victoria Cross for valor.<br />
As a civilian, he was not<br />
eligible. After remaining<br />
in South Africa for some<br />
time, he joined the South<br />
African Light Horse regiment. At the same time,<br />
he continued as a correspondent.<br />
Churchill returned to England in 1900, stood for<br />
parliament, and won his seat on the conservative<br />
side of the aisle. He then officially became an MP,<br />
a member of parliament. By 1904, he’d made<br />
a dramatic switch to the Liberal Party and was<br />
tagged a traitor.<br />
Over the next few years, Churchill rose dramatically<br />
in the political arena, and in 1911 was made first<br />
lord of the admiralty. In the United States the<br />
equivalent is CNO, or chief of naval operations.<br />
Sir Winston<br />
Churchill was possibly the first of all<br />
European statesmen to warn Europe<br />
(and America) about Hitler and the<br />
rising German military buildup. He was<br />
truly a lone wolf in these early years,<br />
and his foresight was not shared by his<br />
colleagues.<br />
Not too long after World War II began, the<br />
Conservatives and Liberals formed a coalition,<br />
and Churchill was named prime minister. There<br />
was no doubt in parliament that he had the best<br />
credentials and the most experience of any of his<br />
colleagues. He rallied his troops, gave profound<br />
speeches between 1940 and 1945, and traveled to<br />
all the war zones during the war.<br />
Churchill, Franklin Roosevelt, and Joseph Stalin<br />
There is an old saying that “no good deed goes<br />
unpunished.” And so it was. Churchill, Franklin<br />
Roosevelt, and Joseph Stalin were conferring outside<br />
their hotel in Potsdam, Germany, to decide the future<br />
of a peacetime Europe. During their discussion,<br />
Churchill received a radiogram that his beloved<br />
country had voted him out as prime minister.<br />
By 1951, Britain was still going through major<br />
reconstruction, and Churchill was again prime<br />
minister. A year later, Princess Elizabeth became<br />
queen of England. One year after that, after her<br />
coronation in 1953, he won the Nobel Prize for<br />
Literature. The same year, the queen knighted<br />
him, and he was forever more known as Sir<br />
Winston. His dedication to his work and his<br />
accomplishments are legendary. He passed away on<br />
January 24, 1965, at the age of 90.L<br />
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From the CAM<br />
Community Association Management<br />
Greetings to the homeowners and residents of Sun City Carolina Lakes.<br />
As your new Executive Director for the Sun City Carolina Lakes Community<br />
Association, I look forward to meeting each of you and getting to know you in the<br />
coming weeks. My first day on the job at SCCL will be Tuesday, December 20. I<br />
am honored to have been selected as your new Executive Director and realize I<br />
have big shoes to fill. I believe my career path has uniquely and properly prepared<br />
me for this challenge. I consider it a privilege to be a part of your beautiful<br />
community and look forward to serving you.<br />
I want to take this opportunity to introduce myself and tell you a little bit about me.<br />
I grew up in a small community in northwest Iowa. Growing up there I played golf,<br />
tennis, and even did some sailing on the nearby lake.<br />
I earned an Associate’s degree in Culinary Arts from the Culinary Institute of<br />
America. I also studied economics at the University of Iowa. These studies<br />
launched my interest into the field of hospitality services as well as the business<br />
and operational aspects behind hospitality. I soon started my career in the hotel<br />
industry with Helmsley Hotels. That was followed by a move to southern California,<br />
where I worked with the famous Four Season Hotels as an Outlet Manager. It<br />
was here that I received some of my best training in excellent customer service,<br />
hospitality, facilities management, and the business organization necessary to<br />
deliver a great customer experience at a high level.<br />
In the late ‘90s, I ventured into the world of private equity clubs, continuing to<br />
work in California. Later, that work took me across the country, just down the I-77<br />
corridor from Charlotte to your state’s capital, Columbia, SC. I was the General<br />
Manager for the former University Club (now Cobblestone Park). Most recently,<br />
I spent seven years in Florida as Chief Operations Officer and General Manager<br />
with bundled communities that all had golf courses surrounding them.<br />
On a personal note, I have two sons; one is a freshman at Texas Tech University,<br />
and the other is 14 years old. He enjoys basketball, swimming, and is working<br />
towards his Eagle Scout.<br />
It will be a privilege to work with you, the Board of Directors, and the committees,<br />
as we build the next chapter for Sun City Carolina Lakes and strive to make it<br />
the premier community in which to live the active adult lifestyle. I look forward to<br />
starting our journey together on December 20.<br />
Regards,<br />
Brian Matt<br />
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Lifestyle<br />
By Cynthia O’Connor-Smith,<br />
Lifestyle Director<br />
TICKET SALES NEWS<br />
“Line up” numbers to purchase tickets will be set out when the Lake House opens. Tickets go<br />
on sale at 10am in Café, thereafter at the Residents Service Desk. If available, tickets are also<br />
sold at the door. Unless otherwise noted, doors open 30 mins prior to the start of the program.<br />
When reserved seating is noted, you can always purchase single tickets. Refer to the web<br />
portal for updates.<br />
Coming in January<br />
NEWLY ADDED AND ON SALE NOW.<br />
NIGHTCLUB at THE LODGE WITH RHONDA K<br />
& DAUGHTER BRITTANY. SUNDAY, JANUARY<br />
29: 7:00 p.m. / $12 / LIMITED RESERVED TABLES<br />
OF 10 / BYOB / Tickets on sale now.<br />
SCCL favorite RHONDA K performs at The Lodge<br />
FOR THE FIRST TIME with daughter BRITTANY,<br />
a professional “Broadway in Chicago” actress and<br />
singer, and guitarist Troy Conn….Charlotte’s hottest<br />
guitarist. Rhonda is featuring songs from the Broadway<br />
smash “Beautiful” by Carole King and by Sara Bareilles,<br />
composer of the new Broadway hit “Waitress.” This<br />
unique mother/daughter show will be something<br />
special that should not be missed.<br />
ELVIS COSTUME CONTEST ADDED FOR<br />
THE PRE-ELVIS BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION<br />
ON SATURDAY, JANUARY 7 AT THE LODGE<br />
Remember, Steven Chappell sounds like Elvis, but<br />
doesn’t look like the King—BUT YOU CAN. Join in<br />
the fun and come dressed “like the King.” There will be<br />
prizes for 1 st , 2 nd , and 3 rd place Elvis. Let’s see how many<br />
Elvis’s, we can get into our “house” Check for ticket<br />
availability and join in the fun.<br />
A BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION IN HONOR OF<br />
DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR., PRESENTED<br />
BY THE RENAISSANCE CLUB & LIFETYLE<br />
DEPARTMENT. MONDAY, JANUARY 16: 10:00<br />
a.m. (to approx. 12:00 p.m.) AT THE LODGE. The<br />
Renaissance Club members have planned a beautiful<br />
program to celebrate Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday.<br />
Following the program, light refreshments will be<br />
served. All residents are invited to attend. Open theatre<br />
style seating. Please refer to the community website for<br />
further details and updates.<br />
WALTER DJ’S FEATURING 70’S DISCO NIGHT<br />
AND MORE (Timeless is rescheduled for March 28)<br />
TUESDAY, JANUARY 31 AT THE LODGE: 7:00<br />
p.m. / $8 / Reserved tables of 10 / BYOB-Tickets<br />
sales started in Dec. FYI to all who<br />
have not yet seen the website. Tonight,<br />
dance and popular hits from the 70’s<br />
will be featured, as well as, many<br />
popular line dance tunes. Ladies and<br />
gentleman get out your best 70’s<br />
outfits. Timeless will be back in March.<br />
FITNESS TIBITS! 2017 ANNUAL FITNESS CLASS PASSES<br />
ON SALE! Give yourself (or treat a friend or spouse) the gift<br />
of fitness! It’s a new year for a new you! We have experienced,<br />
caring instructors leading 4 to 13 dynamic classes offered six<br />
days per week! Refer to the website for full details and fitness<br />
schedules are located at the Resident Service Desk.<br />
36 LIVING @ SCCL, January 2017
New Events<br />
HOT JAZZ NIGHT WITH THE JUST RIGHT<br />
JAZZ TRIO AT THE LODGE. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY<br />
3: 7:00 p.m. / $7 / Reserved tables of 10 / BYOB /<br />
Ticket sales: January 5<br />
The group formed in 2012 to play tunes from the<br />
American Songbook and Jazz standards for listening<br />
or dancing. Using backing tracks from small groups to<br />
big bands, they focus on standards from the 30s to the<br />
present. The members: Joe Parascand on the Trumpet,<br />
Flugle Horn and Cornet, Roger Bauer on Vocals, and<br />
Jerry Wallmark on drums. Warm Up with “hot jazz” and<br />
the Just Right Jazz Trio.<br />
BLACK, PINK, AND RED DANCE WITH<br />
SUMMERDAZE AT THE LODGE. FRIDAY,<br />
FEBRUARY 10: 7:00 p.m. / $12 / Reserved tables of<br />
10 / BYOB / Ticket Sales: January 5<br />
Not your average band. Summerdaze is eight members<br />
strong and features a three piece horn section. All eight<br />
are vocalists. The group plays the hottest dance and<br />
party music and keeps dance floor full. You might have<br />
heard of their number one radio hit song for August<br />
2016, “I Got To Know” playing on local stations WSGE<br />
Radio and Beachmusic45.com. Yes, this musical talent is<br />
a local favorite with a diverse repertoire boasting Beach,<br />
Rock, Motown, Country, Top 40, Pop, and Beautiful<br />
Ballads. Wear pink or red and receive a special treat.<br />
DAZZLING DUETS BY WALTER PHILLIPS<br />
AND LESLIE RICHARDSON AT THE LODGE!<br />
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 28: 7:00 p.m. / $12 /<br />
Reserved tables of 10 (Cabaret Style Seating / BYOB /<br />
Ticket Sale: January 10.<br />
Last July, Walter amazed us with a musical performing<br />
of iconic hits from Barry Manilow and Neil Diamond.<br />
This year the very talented vocalist, Leslie Richardson<br />
joins Walter for a night of “duets.” Such great songs and<br />
artists such as Don’t Go Breakin My Heart-Elton John<br />
& Kiki Dee, Endless Love-Diana Ross & Lionel Richie,<br />
Like I’m Gonna Lose You-Megan Trainor & John Legend,<br />
Ain’t No Mountain High- Marvin Gaye and Tammi<br />
Terrell—and many more “dazzling duets!<br />
January Events on Sale Now. See website for details<br />
Jan 4: A Film Extravaganza at the Lodge, “Films that<br />
Changed America,” 1:00 p.m.-$7<br />
Jan 7: Pre-Birthday Celebration to Elvis with<br />
Stephen Chappell, 7:00 p.m.-$12<br />
Jan 13: Jen & Fitz, 7:00 p.m.-$5<br />
Jan 22: Hot Latin Dance Fever Night, 7:00 p.m.-$12<br />
Jan 31: Walter DJ Disco Down, 7:00 p.m.-$8<br />
FUTURE EVENTS IN THE WORKS MARK YOUR CALENDARS.<br />
Bill, Arlene, Friends and More, March 11 The In-Laws Dance Band, April 25<br />
Ron Morrow, More of Motown, March 23 Cinco De Mayo Fiesta, May 5<br />
Spring Arts and Crafts Fair, April 8<br />
Carla as Barbara Streisand, May 12<br />
Annual Easter Egg Hunt, April 15<br />
Leon Solo Show, May 26<br />
Eric Mintel Jazz Quartet, April 15<br />
Science Show “Under The Sea,” May 27<br />
Vince and Friends, April 29<br />
Memorial Day Celebration, May 29<br />
LIVING @ SCCL, January 2017 37
January 2017<br />
Support Groups and Events Calendar<br />
1<br />
Please check the SCCLCA website, the Comporium channels, or the bulletin board at the Lake House for schedule changes.<br />
SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY<br />
2<br />
3<br />
4<br />
5<br />
6<br />
7<br />
HAPPY<br />
NEW<br />
YEAR<br />
HOA OFFICES<br />
CLOSED<br />
Property &<br />
Grounds<br />
Committee<br />
10:00 am─12:30 pm<br />
Bill W Meeting<br />
1:00 pm—2:00 pm<br />
Communications<br />
Committee<br />
1:00 pm—3:15 pm<br />
Film Extravaganza<br />
at The Lodge<br />
1:00 pm<br />
HOAC<br />
9:15 am-noon<br />
Friends of Lois Al-<br />
Anon Family Support<br />
9:00 am—10:00 am<br />
SCCL Basic Website<br />
Training<br />
1:00 pm—2:00 pm<br />
Technology Committee<br />
1:00 pm─3:00 pm<br />
The Elvis<br />
Pre-Birthday<br />
Celebration<br />
w/ Steven<br />
Chappell/Lodge<br />
7:00 pm<br />
8 9<br />
Recycle at the<br />
Lake House<br />
8:00 am—12:00 pm<br />
Board of Directors<br />
Meeting<br />
1:00 pm<br />
10<br />
Transition<br />
Committee<br />
8:00 am—9:00 am<br />
Bill W Meeting<br />
1:00 pm—2:00 pm<br />
New Resident<br />
Orientation<br />
1:00 pm—3:00 pm<br />
11<br />
Modification<br />
Meeting<br />
9:00 am—11:00 am<br />
Public Safety<br />
Committee<br />
9:30 am—Noon<br />
12 13<br />
Friends of Lois Al-<br />
Anon Family Support<br />
9:00 am—10:00 am<br />
Bereavement Support<br />
Group<br />
10:00 am—12:45 pm<br />
Caregiver Support<br />
Group for Alzheimer’s<br />
and Related<br />
Dementias<br />
10:00 am<br />
Technology Committee<br />
1:00 pm─3:00 pm<br />
Jen and Fitz/Lodge<br />
7:00 pm<br />
14<br />
15 16<br />
17<br />
18<br />
19<br />
20<br />
21<br />
Dr. Martin Luther<br />
King, Jr.’s Birthday<br />
Celebration/<br />
Lodge<br />
10:00 am<br />
Property &<br />
Grounds Com’te<br />
10:00 am─12:30 pm<br />
Bill W Meeting<br />
1:00 pm—2:00 pm<br />
Communications<br />
Committee<br />
1:00 pm—3:00 pm<br />
Cancer Support<br />
Group<br />
11:00 am—Noon<br />
Lung Disease<br />
Support Group<br />
2:00 pm—3:30 pm<br />
Friends of Lois Al-<br />
Anon Family Support<br />
9:00 am—10:00 am<br />
Technology Committee<br />
1:00 pm─3:00 pm<br />
22<br />
`<br />
Hot Latin Dance<br />
Fever Night<br />
7:00 pm<br />
23<br />
Board of Directors<br />
Meeting<br />
1:00 pm<br />
24<br />
Bill W Meeting<br />
1:00 pm—2:00 pm<br />
25<br />
Modification<br />
Meeting<br />
9:00 am—11:00 am<br />
26 27<br />
Friends of Lois Al-<br />
Anon Family Support<br />
9:00 am—10:00 am<br />
Bereavement Support<br />
Group<br />
10:00 am—12:45 pm<br />
Technology Committee<br />
1:00 pm─3:00 pm<br />
28<br />
29<br />
Rhonda K<br />
Night Club/<br />
Lodge<br />
7:00 pm<br />
30 31<br />
Bill W Meeting<br />
1:00 pm—2:00 pm<br />
DJ Walter w/ 70s<br />
Disco Night/Lodge<br />
7:00 pm<br />
SCCLCA Board of Directors<br />
Advisory Committees. Meetings<br />
are generally open to<br />
the public.<br />
Support Group meetings.<br />
38 LIVING @ SCCL, January 2017
January 2017<br />
Aquatics and Fitness Calendar<br />
Please check the SCCLCA website, the Comporium channels, or the bulletin board at the Lake House for schedule changes.<br />
MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY<br />
Chair Yoga<br />
6:45 am–7:35 am<br />
Mixed Yoga<br />
8:00 am–9:00 am<br />
*Lilies of SCCL<br />
8:00 am–9:00 am<br />
Abs & Glutes<br />
9:00 am–9:30 am<br />
Chair Yoga<br />
9:15 am–10:15 am<br />
Cardio/Strength<br />
9:30 am–10:30 am<br />
Cardio/Strength<br />
10:30 am–11:30 am<br />
Cardio/Strength<br />
11:30 am–12:30 pm<br />
*Sculpt & Tone<br />
8:00 am–9:00 am<br />
**Jazzercise<br />
9:00 am–10:00 am<br />
Water Tone & Flex<br />
9:00 am–10:00 am<br />
Rock Bottom Abs Lab<br />
10:00 am–11:00 am<br />
Fat Burning Floor<br />
Aerobics<br />
11:00 am–12:00 pm<br />
Chair Yoga<br />
6:45 am–7:35 am<br />
Mixed Yoga<br />
8:00 am–9:00 am<br />
*Lilies of SCCL<br />
8:00 am–9:00 am<br />
Abs & Glutes<br />
9:00 am–9:30 am<br />
Chair Yoga<br />
9:15 am–10:15 am<br />
Cardio/Strength<br />
9:30 am–10:30 am<br />
Cardio/Strength<br />
10:30 am–11:30 am<br />
Cardio/Strength<br />
11:30 am–12:30 pm<br />
*Sculpt & Tone<br />
8:00 am–9:00 am<br />
**Jazzercise<br />
9:00 am–10:00 am<br />
Water Tone & Flex<br />
9:00 am–10:00 am<br />
Rock Bottom Abs Lab<br />
10:00 am–11:00 am<br />
Fat Burning Floor<br />
Aerobics<br />
11:00 am–12:00 pm<br />
Chair Yoga<br />
6:45 am–7:35 am<br />
Mixed Yoga<br />
8:00 am–9:00 am<br />
*Lilies of SCCL<br />
8:00 am–9:00 am<br />
Abs & Glutes<br />
9:00 am–9:30 am<br />
Chair Yoga<br />
9:15 am–10:15 am<br />
Cardio/Strength<br />
9:30 am–10:30 am<br />
Cardio/Strength<br />
10:30 am–11:30 am<br />
Cardio/Strength<br />
11:30 am–12:30 pm<br />
**Jazzercise<br />
8:00 am–9:00 am<br />
Water Tone & Flex<br />
8:30 am–9:30 am<br />
Mixed Yoga<br />
9:00 am–10:00 am<br />
Pilates<br />
10:00 am–11:00 am<br />
Beginning Yoga<br />
11:00 am–12:00 pm<br />
Water Aerobics<br />
12:30 pm–1:30 pm<br />
Rusty Hinges Water<br />
Flexibility<br />
1:30 pm–2:30 pm<br />
Advanced Tai Chi<br />
3:00 pm–4:00 pm<br />
Beginning “Chen”<br />
Tai Chi<br />
4:00 pm–5:00 pm<br />
Gentle/Beginning<br />
Tai Chi<br />
5:00 pm–6:00 pm<br />
Zumba Gold<br />
6:30 pm–7:30 pm<br />
Beginning Yoga<br />
12:00 pm–1:00 pm<br />
Beyond Beginning<br />
Yoga<br />
1:00 pm–2:00 pm<br />
**Train with Lou<br />
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Traveling<br />
Near or Far<br />
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Yogi Berra once said,<br />
“The future isn’t what it used to be.”<br />
Post-9/11, nothing could be more true. I don’t think<br />
any of us who were in the DC or NYC area that day<br />
can enjoy a cloudless blue sky the way we once did.<br />
And as a consequence of that day, security procedures<br />
at airports have become far more invasive and<br />
inconvenient.<br />
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA),<br />
the agency tasked with airport security at almost all<br />
US airports, is under the monolithic Department of<br />
Homeland Security. Regardless of what we think of<br />
the airport security procedures, they are here to stay.<br />
But for those of us who fly even a couple times a year,<br />
getting into that TSA Pre3 ® line can save a lot of time<br />
and frustration.<br />
TSA Pre3®<br />
(Precheck)<br />
By Bob Poliquin<br />
Here are some encouraging facts provided by TSA:<br />
3 97 percent of TSA Pre3 ® passengers wait less<br />
than five minutes in line.<br />
3Over three million passengers already have<br />
Pre3 ® status.<br />
3 Over 180 airports and nineteen airlines provide<br />
TSA Pre3 ® .<br />
And here is the process:<br />
3 Apply online using this link<br />
(https://www.tsa.gov/precheck).<br />
3 Schedule a ten-minute appointment for an<br />
in-person background interview and<br />
fingerprinting. Pay $85 at the enrollment center.<br />
The website has a link to find an enrollment<br />
center near you.<br />
3 After approval and receiving your Known Traveler<br />
Number (KTN), enjoy five years of Pre3 ®<br />
security at most US airports.<br />
Did you know you can get a five-year Pre3 ® guarantee<br />
rather than hope you get lucky enough to be randomly<br />
selected for Pre3 ® ? It’s not very difficult. Just fill out<br />
a form online, schedule an appointment at a local<br />
enrollment center for your in-person interview and<br />
fingerprinting, and pay the $85 application fee.<br />
As the TSA website says, “No need to remove shoes,<br />
belts, light jackets, laptops or 3-1-1 compliant liquids!”<br />
But there are other benefits. TSA Pre3 ® is not only<br />
for domestic flights. You can use the Pre3 ® line from<br />
your departing US airport for international travel. And<br />
if you are traveling with grandchildren 12 and under,<br />
they can use the Pre3 ® line with you.<br />
When you book your ticket, your KTN will assure that<br />
your Pre3 ® status is on your boarding pass. By the way,<br />
it works for either a paper boarding pass or a boarding<br />
pass downloaded to your smartphone.<br />
By our age, we all have experienced big government<br />
bureaucracy at some level. And face it, it’s a cliché that<br />
seniors complain about the government. TSA Pre3 ®<br />
process, however, is one of the things the government has<br />
made extremely simple. Take advantage of it and enjoy the<br />
relative ease of transiting through US airport security.<br />
If you have questions about TSA Pre3 ® , the website has<br />
an easy to navigate, comprehensive FAQ link. L<br />
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THE ONCE<br />
DANISH WEST<br />
INDIES<br />
By Lee Johnston<br />
One hundred years ago, as of January this year, the<br />
United States, after years of negotiations, purchased<br />
the Danish West Indies from Denmark. The price was<br />
a nice, round figure of $25 million in gold, worth over<br />
twenty times that in today’s currency.<br />
The final impetus for the purchase was the fear Americans<br />
had that the Germans would take over the islands and have<br />
a foothold in the western hemisphere. And then<br />
concern the Danish had for their citizens living in<br />
the islands in the troubled months before and during<br />
World War I. Denmark’s continued neutrality was<br />
assured when the transfer was finalized just days<br />
before the United States declared war on Germany.<br />
Today we know the Danish West Indies as the<br />
American Virgin Islands: St. Croix, St. John,<br />
St. Thomas, and the many other small islands and cays.<br />
The history of the islands is quite interesting and includes<br />
Stone Age peoples, the more recent Arawaks and Caribs<br />
visited by Christopher Columbus, the colonizing<br />
Spanish, French, and Danish, and ultimate purchase by<br />
the United States.<br />
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Explorers once delighted in naming places they visited,<br />
regardless of whether they’d already been named by the<br />
indigenous people. We owe the name of the Virgin<br />
Islands (both US and the British) to Columbus. The<br />
whole system of islands and cays reminded him of St.<br />
Ursula and her thousands of martyred virgins, and he<br />
named the larger islands for saints and such. Some day<br />
we may see these places revert to their original names,<br />
as has Uluru, formerly Ayres Rock in Australia; and<br />
Denali, formerly Mt. McKinley in Alaska.<br />
The principal economic factor<br />
of the islands has always<br />
been the production of sugar<br />
and rum, which declined<br />
significantly in the late 1800’s<br />
with the rise elsewhere of the<br />
cultivation of the sugar beet.<br />
Today, the principal economic<br />
factor of the islands is rest and<br />
relaxation, good food, great beaches, and abundant<br />
sunshine: Tourism.<br />
Tourists flock to the Caribbean and the Virgin Islands.<br />
The peak tourist season, with appropriately elevated<br />
prices, is December to March. The best time to visit<br />
is off-peak April through June, and even later in the<br />
summer when it’s off-off-peak. Many northerners<br />
wouldn’t consider a Virgin Islands trip in the<br />
summer. What they forget is that the islands’ daytime<br />
temperature, even in summer, is usually around 80°,<br />
and it’s often cooler there than up here. It is certainly<br />
breezier. Yes, there can be hurricanes, and yes, the<br />
temperatures may get a bit higher, but it’s usually a<br />
serene time in the islands. There is plenty of elbow<br />
room and plenty of beach room. There are museums<br />
and plantations to visit, duty-free items to buy in a<br />
relaxed shopping atmosphere, and swimming, hiking,<br />
and snorkeling everywhere, especially in the US Virgin<br />
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Grand Marais, MN 55604<br />
America’s Coolest Small Town<br />
Thirty-five miles south of the Canadian border,<br />
Grand Marais is an out-of-the-way town of 1,350. It rests<br />
along Lake Superior, which locals call “The Big Lake.”<br />
By Bob Poliquin<br />
a<br />
a Hawaiian pizza—pineapple and ham—comes standard<br />
with ingredients you would never think to put on a<br />
Hawaiian pizza.<br />
How out of the way is this place? If you picture the drive<br />
from Charlotte to Atlanta, you have the travel time from<br />
Minneapolis to Grand Marais. Put another way, it is fourand-one-half<br />
hours north of the Mall of America.<br />
Advertising itself as “the coolest small town in America,”<br />
Grand Marais is a layered joke—well, layered at least on<br />
two levels. With an average high temperature of 72<br />
degrees in August, Grand Marais is cool. It is also an<br />
artist’s haven, which is cool if you are an aging hipster<br />
with another income source. If you seek a quiet place<br />
to write, paint, or take photographs, Grand Marais is<br />
a premier vacation destination.<br />
What do you do once you get there? Here are a few highlights:<br />
Lodging: This isn’t the destination for you if you aren’t<br />
a planner. If you don’t want to camp, you can’t just<br />
spontaneously decide to drop in and stay between June<br />
and Labor Day. Plan to make reservations for the very few<br />
lodging places months in advance, if not a year ahead. For<br />
campers, the campground is a major fixture with numerous<br />
RV and tent sites for folks using Grand Marais mostly as a<br />
staging point for the many nearby adventures.<br />
Hikes: Artists Point alone makes the journey to Grand<br />
Marais worthwhile.<br />
The rocks and water are<br />
like nothing else this<br />
side of coastal Maine,<br />
and the natural light,<br />
especially approaching<br />
sunset, surpasses<br />
embellishment. Further,<br />
there are too many state parks, trails, and waterfalls to<br />
even begin listing. The Boundary Waters Wilderness Area<br />
is unique. It is remote, pristine, protected. If you get into<br />
trouble there, your cell phone won’t help you. So, don’t get<br />
yourself into anything that you can’t get yourself out of.<br />
Food: Like the hikes, the great little restaurants are too many<br />
to list. Nevertheless, here are two restaurants and a donut shop.<br />
Sven and Ole’s overpriced pizza is worth twice the price. Look<br />
at the ingredients before you order. Even something basic like<br />
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This next recommendation comes with a warning.<br />
Go to the Harbor House Grille. Order anything you want for<br />
appetizers and a main course and then get the raspberry<br />
cheesecake with the pretzel crust for dessert. Do that and<br />
you will never be satisfied with cheesecake again. You<br />
also must get donuts at the World’s Best Donut<br />
Shop. Get a carrot nut muffin. Get a box of<br />
donuts for everyone else, and get<br />
yourself a muffin and a cup of coffee.<br />
Your only regret will be that you didn’t<br />
get two muffins.<br />
A side note: I was told to try a<br />
fishburger before I left town. I asked the vendor what to<br />
put on it. “It doesn’t need anything,” she said. “Maybe<br />
tartar sauce. If you’re really weird, put ketchup and mustard<br />
on it.” I have no idea how something can be undercooked<br />
and overcooked at the same time, but it was. I think the<br />
fishburger thing is like a local test of strength (like lutefisk)<br />
or a joke they play on tourists.<br />
People: If Garrison Keillor’s A Prairie Home Companion<br />
and the movie Fargo had a love child, it would be Grand<br />
Marais. I found myself just staring at some people,<br />
disbelieving what I was hearing and seeing. If you are not a<br />
local, locals dismiss you like they don’t even see you. How<br />
can they tell you are not a local? In a town half the size<br />
of my sons’ high school, they all know everyone. As with<br />
family, they may not like one another, but you are not in<br />
the family.<br />
I asked one lady at the church we visited if she was a local.<br />
“No,” she said. “I was a teenager when my family moved<br />
here 43 years ago from Minnetonka.”<br />
“How are you not a local after 43 years?” I asked.“I wasn’t<br />
born here,” she said. “All of my kids were born here, but<br />
not me. I’m from Minnetonka.”<br />
There you have it. If you are looking for a place you would<br />
never be unless you were going there, check Grand Marais<br />
off your bucket list. Eat the pizza. Eat the cheesecake. Eat<br />
the muffins. Pass on the fishburger. Go on a hike. And then<br />
skip rocks in the bay of America’s coolest small town. L
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Bird Watching:<br />
Eagle Nest Cameras<br />
Do you want a fun activity where you don’t need<br />
to leave your house, but you can bring the best of<br />
nature live to your laptop? Try watching an eagle nest on<br />
a live feed camera. But beware, it can be addictive. The<br />
cameras become operational each season before the eagle<br />
couples lay their eggs and give a 24/7 live feed of life<br />
through incubation, hatching, growing, and fledging.<br />
There is also a chat option available, and you’ve never<br />
seen more enthusiastic and engaged viewers.<br />
There are many eagle cams around the country, but I will<br />
only highlight two of them here.<br />
Northeast Florida Eagle Cam<br />
eagles.org/eagle-nest-cams/romeo-juliet/<br />
This camera site is sponsored by the American Eagle<br />
Foundation (AEF), which is based in Pigeon Forge,<br />
TN, and follows Romeo and Juliet, a mated pair of<br />
eagles who have been documented since 2008. This<br />
makes them at least thirteen years old because bald<br />
eagles don’t reach mating age until five years old. Romeo<br />
and Juliet have returned to the same nest since 2008<br />
and have a 100 percent success rate in raising fifteen<br />
eaglets to fledging (flying from the nest.) The cameras<br />
were installed after the 2012 – 2013 nesting season and<br />
became operational in the fall of 2013.<br />
By Cheryl Poliquin<br />
After the fledglings leave the area and the parents do<br />
some repairs to the nest, both Romeo and Juliet typically<br />
leave the area, only to return again in early September to<br />
start the bonding and mating process all over again. Eggs<br />
are laid around the middle of November, with hatching<br />
occurring close to Christmas.<br />
This year’s eaglets, Liberty and Justice, both fledged the<br />
same day, March 19, at twelve weeks of age. They were<br />
last seen in the area on April 20.<br />
Southwest Florida Eagle Cam<br />
dickpritchettrealestate.com/eagle-feed.html<br />
This cam site differs from the first in that it is sponsored<br />
and maintained by a private business. This site also has a<br />
history of drama, sadness, and triumph.<br />
The original parent couple, Ozzie and Harriet, were first<br />
streamed live to the world in October of 2012. That<br />
season they successfully raised two eaglets to fledging.<br />
The sponsor of the nest camera prefers that the baby<br />
eaglets not be named, so these two eaglets are known as<br />
E1 and E2. Sadly, each of the next two nesting seasons,<br />
one of the two eaglets that hatched died of unknown<br />
causes before fledging.<br />
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In March of 2015, a week before E6 successfully fledged,<br />
Ozzie was found injured and disoriented by Florida<br />
Fish and Wildlife officials. He was taken to a wildlife<br />
rehabilitation center where he spent more than three<br />
months recuperating from a broken clavicle and other<br />
injuries. He was released back to the wild in June. In<br />
September, Ozzie was spotted near the nest site, but after<br />
fighting with another male eagle in the area, Ozzie was<br />
reinjured, taken back to the rehab center, and passed<br />
away.<br />
This past nesting season Harriet had a new mate, M15,<br />
and laid two eggs. E7 hatched January 26, 2016, with<br />
E8 following one day later. A little over a week after that,<br />
viewers noted that something appeared to be wrapped<br />
around E8’s foot and tethered to the nest. Wildlife<br />
officials approved a rescue, and E8 was taken from the<br />
nest to the same rehab center where Ozzie had been<br />
treated. A monofilament fishing line was wrapped so<br />
tightly around E8’s leg it was cutting off circulation and<br />
causing swelling. The line was removed, and E8 was<br />
returned to the nest after three days. He was accepted<br />
back into the family, and eagle life went on normally as<br />
both E7 and E8 grew closer to fledging. E7 successfully<br />
fledged first, with E8 taking a little longer to work up his<br />
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But E8’s trials weren’t<br />
over. While perched<br />
on a branch of the<br />
nesting tree at night,<br />
both E7 and E8<br />
were attacked by an<br />
owl and knocked<br />
to the ground. E7,<br />
with more flying<br />
experience, was able<br />
to make its way<br />
back to the nest. E8,<br />
however, was missing<br />
for a week.<br />
\Workers from the rehab clinic, who had spent countless<br />
hours searching for him, finally found him a few hundred<br />
yards from the nest in thick underbrush. Once again, he<br />
was taken to the clinic, where he was treated for a broken<br />
leg and severe dehydration and remained at the rehab<br />
facility for almost four months<br />
before being released back to<br />
the wild in the nest area. E8<br />
was last seen soaring high and<br />
free, beginning his journey<br />
that may have started a little<br />
rough, but held the promise<br />
of better things to come.<br />
As new seasons are preparing<br />
to start for all of the eagle<br />
sites, it is a good time to<br />
bookmark the web pages and<br />
follow these families on their<br />
incredible journeys. But every site has a disclaimer for a<br />
reason. They remind us that we are watching a wild bald<br />
eagle nest, and that, although we hope for good outcomes,<br />
there are many perils that eagle families face, and watching<br />
at times may be difficult. But I’m sure, after just a few<br />
sessions, you will become a regular viewer, too. L<br />
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Bits and Pieces<br />
By Bonnie Lawrance, ACSW<br />
Happy New Year –<br />
“Cheers to a New Year and another<br />
chance to get it right.”<br />
– Oprah Winfrey<br />
January is Celebration of Life month,<br />
reminding us that one of the most important things a<br />
person can do for himself or herself is to live life to its<br />
fullest.<br />
The New Year is upon us and maybe this is the time to<br />
take a leap of faith, get out of your comfort zone, and<br />
begin to enjoy new experiences. Start with a clean slate,<br />
begin a bucket list if you don’t already have one, and<br />
start prioritizing what you want to do first. What you<br />
think and how you speak are two of the deciding factors<br />
about how you will live your life. A positive attitude<br />
opens doors, while a negative attitude may close many<br />
doors. If you say “I hope I will go to Europe,” you may<br />
never go; it is only a dream, a maybe. By thinking about<br />
all the negative things that could happen if you travel,<br />
you will never leave town. If you say to yourself, “What<br />
if I get sick when I am there? What if the plane crashes?<br />
What if it rains the whole time I am there? I can go next<br />
year; I am too busy to take the time,” you will delay the<br />
trip indefinitely. Indecision and worry can be crippling.<br />
However, if you say to yourself, “I know I will go to<br />
Europe,” this is a definite yes, and once the decision is<br />
made, peace, freedom, and tranquility will be part of<br />
your life. Going to Spain has been on my bucket list for<br />
many years, so goodbye to indecision. Today is the time<br />
to live a meaningful and adventuresome life. Now is the<br />
time to make reservations, not excuses.<br />
Life is going to happen whether sitting in the house and<br />
doing nothing or beginning to live life today and not<br />
think about what could happen tomorrow. We do not<br />
have a crystal ball, and we cannot predict the future.<br />
Living in the “what if zone” can be paralyzing and can<br />
take away the ability to live an exciting fulfilling life.<br />
“Learn from yesterday, live for today,<br />
and hope for tomorrow.”<br />
– Albert Einstein<br />
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Saving Money<br />
Did you know you can save money by shopping at Dollar<br />
Stores, especially at Dollar Tree, where every item costs just<br />
one dollar? For example, all party supplies and greeting cards<br />
sell for fifty cents or one dollar, along with reading glasses,<br />
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more. Some of the items, like storage bags, are packaged in<br />
small sizes. If you use a lot of these items, you are better off<br />
buying them in the supermarket when they are on sale.<br />
Best items to purchase in January<br />
a Christmas décor and supplies – Merchants sell<br />
wreaths, lights ,displays, and themed kitchenware at deeply<br />
discounted prices to make room for their spring wares.<br />
a Winter clothes and goods – Now merchants<br />
are thinking bathing suits, not outerwear, boots, wool<br />
sweaters, and pants. They want to make room for spring<br />
merchandise.<br />
a Linens – Department stores discount their linens<br />
in January.<br />
a Cars – The cold and wintery months in January<br />
and February are relatively slow seasons for automobile<br />
dealers. In order to entice buyers, they offer discounts on<br />
new and used cars.<br />
a Fine Jewelry – Early January is the one of the best<br />
times to buy fine jewelry because there aren’t any major<br />
holidays to splurge on, and the merchants are waiting for<br />
customers. Of course, in February prices will go up.<br />
a Calendars – Wall, desk and small purse calendars<br />
are deeply discounted after January 1.<br />
a Fitness equipment – If you want to stay in shape<br />
and don’t like going to the gym, January and February<br />
are the best times to purchase deeply discounted fitness<br />
equipment.<br />
a Electronic Items – Thanks to the Consumer<br />
Electronics Show (CES), where all sorts of fancy, new<br />
technologies are unveiled in the beginning of January,<br />
retailers discount last year’s goods to make room for the<br />
new moneymakers such as big TVs, flashy cameras or<br />
computers. Appliances are also on sale this month. L<br />
LIVING @ SCCL, January 2017 51
JOANNA FLUKE and DIANE MOTT DAVIDSON,<br />
Murder Mystery Authors<br />
JOANNA FLUKE<br />
and the Hannah Swenson Murder Mysteries<br />
This is a series of murder<br />
mysteries that take place in<br />
fictitious Lake Eden, Minnesota.<br />
The main character, of course, is<br />
Hannah Swenson, who operates<br />
The Cookie Jar, a store that sells<br />
coffee and ...cookies. But be<br />
warned, many of her books are like<br />
mini-cookbooks.<br />
Take Candy Cane Murder. This<br />
book is only 150 pages long, but<br />
contains twelve recipes and many<br />
of them are three pages long.<br />
However, this book is a special<br />
Christmas edition and contains<br />
two other short novels by two other<br />
authors. They take pages 161 to<br />
388.<br />
All of the Hannah Swenson novels<br />
follow a similar pattern. Hannah finds a dead body<br />
somewhere and is drawn into finding the culprit. Her<br />
two sisters, Michelle and Andrea, often get involved<br />
in helping her. Hannah has two beaus, Norman, the<br />
staid and reliable dentist and Mike, the sexy cop, each<br />
of whom have asked her to marry him, but she can’t<br />
decide which to choose. Norman often helps Hannah<br />
research the mystery while Mike tells her not to get<br />
involved in police investigations. Toward the end of<br />
the book, the culprit usually figures out that Hannah is<br />
on to him/her and often puts Hannah in quite a bit of<br />
danger.<br />
By Rita C. Arundell<br />
DIANE MOTT DAVIDSON<br />
and the Goldy Shultz Murder Mysteries<br />
This award-winning author has<br />
also written a series of murder<br />
mysteries, much like Ms. Fluke. Ms.<br />
Davidson’s main character is Goldy<br />
Shultz. Like Hannah in the Fluke<br />
books, Goldy is a cook, but she is a<br />
caterer, so her recipes often cover a<br />
wider range of food than Hannah’s.<br />
Her business is named Goldilocks<br />
Catering.<br />
The Swenson books and the Shultz<br />
books have some similarities. Goldy<br />
is married to a cop, while Hannah<br />
merely dates one. Both contain<br />
recipes. Both women find dead<br />
bodies and work on finding the<br />
culprit. While Swenson comes from<br />
the town of Lake Eden in Minnesota,<br />
Shultz comes from Aspen Park (also<br />
fictitious) in Colorado, so cold, snowy<br />
weather is often a part of both novels.<br />
The differences include: Goldy has a son, Arch, from a<br />
previous marriage, and she still has some interactions with<br />
her ex, whom she calls “the Jerk.” And while Goldy has<br />
friends and co-workers she interacts with, she doesn’t have<br />
sisters and a mother who are part of the plots. These books<br />
tend to be longer and have more detail than the Fluke books.<br />
Davidson’s book titles also mention food, like Dying for<br />
Chocolate, Killer Pancake, Sticks and Scones, Prime Cut and<br />
Tough Cookie. There are seventeen books in this series.<br />
Ms. Fluke’s Swenson novels meet with critics and<br />
readers approval and usually get four out of five stars<br />
in their reviews. Some of the other books in this series<br />
include: Carrot Cake Murder, Peach Cobbler Murder,<br />
Blueberry Murder, Banana Cream Pie Murder, etc.<br />
There are 21 Hannah Swenson books so far.<br />
Ms. Fluke has also written other mysteries, much<br />
grittier than those mentioned above. These include<br />
Video Kill and Winter Chill. I’ve read Winter Chill and<br />
thought it was very frightening.<br />
Ms. Davidson won the Anthony Award and the Agatha<br />
Award for her first novel. A reviewer from the Baltimore Sun<br />
said, in part about one of her books: (this is) “a cross between<br />
Mary Higgins Clark and Betty Crocker.” According to the<br />
Los Angeles Times: “If devouring Diane Mott Davidson’s<br />
newest whodunit in a single sitting is any reliable indicator,<br />
then this was a delicious hit.”<br />
So if you like murder mysteries and also like to have some<br />
new recipes, books in either of these series should make you<br />
very happy. L<br />
52 LIVING @ SCCL, January 2017
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LIVING @ SCCL, January 2017 53
Paring Down The Paper -<br />
A Realistic Retention Schedule -<br />
Part One<br />
By Lee Johnston<br />
Are you one of those folks who saves every little slip of paper that comes<br />
into your hands? One of those who doesn’t know how long to save<br />
anything, so you save everything “just in case”? If so, you must be testing<br />
the capacity of your many filing cabinets. There is an easy way to rid your<br />
life of unnecessary paper records, trim down your files, and keep just what<br />
records you’ll need to document most situations that could arise. You need a<br />
retention schedule, and you need to stay with it. Once you pare down your<br />
paper, you will be delighted with all the usable space you’ve recovered.<br />
There are several ways to present a retention schedule. Some are organized by<br />
the length of time you should keep a document, from “permanently” down to<br />
“one month.” Some are organized by document name. Our listing, presented<br />
in two parts this January and February, is by the general type of document<br />
that should be retained by individuals. Note: If you run a business, we suggest<br />
you ask your accountant to provide a working retention schedule.<br />
PERSONAL DOCUMENTS<br />
Keep forever in a fire-proof box or safe deposit box:<br />
− Certificates for adoption, birth, death, divorce, educational degrees,<br />
marriage, military discharge, powers of attorney, wills, and living wills.<br />
− Passports, until replaced by current issue<br />
− Current and cancelled insurance policies and legal contracts, for as<br />
long as the pertinent statute of limitations applies<br />
− Receipts for major clothing, jewelry, cameras, artwork, family<br />
treasures (if papers are available), guns, antiques, and furniture, for as long<br />
as you own each item<br />
− Stock certificates, bonds, etc., for as long as you own them<br />
− Titles for vehicles you own<br />
− Most recent photos or video of household and personal inventory<br />
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MEDICAL RECORDS<br />
− File evidence of paid bills with that year’s tax return<br />
documentation.<br />
− If you receive monthly reports of drugs and services<br />
from Medicare or your supplementary insurance provider,<br />
keep only the latest cumulative reports. Consider having<br />
these documents and reports sent to you via email.<br />
− File a copy of your living will and medical power of<br />
attorney with your physician’s office, and keep copies in<br />
your working files in case of emergency.<br />
− It is a good idea to create and regularly update a sheet<br />
of your medical information. Copies of this sheet should<br />
be kept in your wallet or purse, in your car, in your freezer<br />
(suitably marked), with your children, and wherever else it<br />
might be handy to have such a record.<br />
HOUSEHOLD AND VEHICLE RECORDS<br />
− Keep in separate files or binder sections: receipts and<br />
warranties for major appliances (you can find appliance<br />
manuals and instructions on line), and other significant<br />
household purchases. Update the file yearly and discard<br />
papers on items you no longer have. When moving, leave<br />
relevant files, if any, with the new owners.<br />
− Keep utility bills until the next bill comes in showing<br />
record of the last bill paid.<br />
− Keep the numbers on a separate record sheet if you are<br />
interested in year-to-year utility usage,<br />
− Keep paid property tax bills with that year’s tax<br />
records documentation.<br />
− Keep vehicle sales papers and repair and maintenance<br />
records for as long as you own the vehicle. Discard or shred<br />
these papers, or pass them on to the new owner when you<br />
dispose of the vehicle.<br />
Part Two: Bank, Investment, and Credit Records,<br />
and Wage and Tax Records, coming in Febuary.<br />
Shredding- If you have many years’ worth of<br />
records to shred, you can consult companies<br />
such as Advanced Bonded Document<br />
Management in Charlotte, or Iron Mountain, a<br />
company that works with local partners such as<br />
the UPS Store in Carolina Commons. If you have<br />
just one year’s worth of documents to shred, a<br />
week or so after Tax Day each April, there is a<br />
vendor-sponsored Shredding Party at the Lake<br />
House Pavilion.<br />
On a day-to-day basis, when discarding any<br />
papers with account numbers or other sensitive<br />
information on them, be sure to shred them.<br />
This includes junk-mail credit and insurance<br />
applications that may be pre-printed with your<br />
name and address. Inexpensive shredders are<br />
available at many of the big box stores. L<br />
LIVING @ SCCL, January 2017 55
The New SCCL Website<br />
By The Communications and<br />
the Technology Committees<br />
The Sun City Carolina<br />
Lakes Community<br />
Association’s Board of<br />
Directors took action in<br />
November to move toward<br />
a new, modern, and easy-to-use<br />
community website by mid-2017.<br />
The current website<br />
(oursuncitycarolinalakes.net) has its quirks,<br />
and it can be challenging to use. Although it is familiar<br />
and we’ve grown used to it, the website in a community<br />
our size needs the capability to perform a variety of new<br />
tasks, such as the ability to:<br />
• Create group email lists<br />
• Easily handle photos<br />
• Easily cut and paste from other software<br />
• Readily access the website on mobile devices<br />
(tablets, phones, etc.)<br />
• Stop “reply all” emails<br />
• Enable clubs to identify paid members online<br />
• Provide public web pages for anyone to view, while<br />
keeping our community information private on<br />
private pages<br />
• Add functions such as ticket sales, scheduling, online<br />
payments, emergency notifications, etc.<br />
We are very excited to<br />
have a new website that<br />
will be easier for all of us—<br />
residents, the Community<br />
Management (FSR) offices,<br />
and Clubs and Interest<br />
Groups—to use. We also can<br />
look forward to the new addon<br />
features it will offer.<br />
The new website will no longer have the<br />
“firstname.lastname@oursuncitycarolinalakes.net”<br />
address that all residents were assigned when they<br />
moved to SCCL. You’ll still be able to receive email<br />
from your clubs and the community, but not at your old<br />
community address.<br />
You can use any non-community email service (Gmail,<br />
Yahoo, Outlook, iCloud, AOL, Comporium, etc.). If you<br />
currently have another email service and email address,<br />
you can continue to use it with no change. However, if<br />
you want to keep your personal and your SCCL email<br />
separated, you can set up a separate email account such as<br />
“mynamesccl@gmail.com.”<br />
A team is already busily working on training materials<br />
that will help us move to the new site. In the<br />
meantime, there are a couple of steps you can take right<br />
now to prepare for the move.<br />
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First.<br />
If you are not currently forwarding your SCCL<br />
emails to a non-SCCL email address, you should now<br />
begin to forward your SCCL emails to a non-SCCL<br />
email address.<br />
Instructions to help you with (a) forwarding email and,<br />
if necessary, (b) setting up a new email account, are<br />
available on the current website. Go to Community<br />
Home – Community Documents located on the left side<br />
and click open the folder “Web Site/Email How-To’s.”<br />
You should notify those who correspond with you using<br />
your current oursuncitycarolinalakes.net email address of<br />
your new email address.<br />
Failure to set up a non-SCCL email address will<br />
jeopardize your future access to emails when the new<br />
website is operational.<br />
Second.<br />
Clean out your email on the current SCCL website.<br />
The Technology Committee has advised that it will not<br />
be feasible to transfer any saved or unopened emails from<br />
the old system to the new one. You should forward to<br />
your other email address any emails you want to keep.<br />
This will ensure that any information you now have saved<br />
on the current SCCL website is safely captured before we<br />
move to the new website next summer.<br />
Lastly,<br />
1) delete saved email folders/emails after you have<br />
completed forwarding emails you want to save,<br />
2) review and clean out your Sent folder and<br />
3) permanently delete all emails that are in your<br />
Deleted folder.. Failure to do this may have privacy<br />
consequences.<br />
Please complete the above steps by March 15, 2017.<br />
Don’t leave them to the last minute.<br />
You’ll be hearing more about the features of the new<br />
website and getting a chance to learn how to use it as we<br />
get closer to launch date. In the meantime, doing some<br />
preparation now will make the move easier and simpler<br />
for everyone. L<br />
LIVING @ SCCL, January 2017 57
January Gardening at SCCL<br />
By Jeanette Oesterlin<br />
A Little House of Horrors<br />
always struggle with the January article. I have already<br />
I written about tree planting, and it is too early to write<br />
about spring plants. I usually just say plan, plan, and<br />
plan. Well, that is still true, but I found some interesting<br />
stuff on the internet. I always say, “Don’t believe most<br />
of what you read.” In this case, the numbers may not be<br />
accurate but the general info is accurate.<br />
We would all be shocked to learn what is really in the<br />
indoor air we breathe. Stuff called VOC’s are released by<br />
paint, carpet, cosmetics, printers, pesticides, permanent<br />
markers, glues, dry cleaned clothes, and more. These<br />
‘gems’ can trigger asthma, allergies, headaches, nausea,<br />
and some say serious diseases like cancer.<br />
The Aloe plant is great for<br />
increasing oxygen level in the<br />
home, absorbing carbon dioxide.<br />
The simple Ivy plant removes<br />
harmful particulates from<br />
household and office air.<br />
Mother-in-law tongue is great<br />
in the bedroom as it produces<br />
oxygen during the night.<br />
We all know that plants in our home release oxygen. But<br />
few of us know that they are able to clean the air from<br />
mold and toxins (VOC’s). The statements below come<br />
from a study by NASA and the Association of Landscape<br />
Contractors. The study concludes that some plants are<br />
better than others at cleaning the air and removing<br />
the toxins from the air (including dust, ammonia,<br />
formaldehyde Styrene, feces, etc.).<br />
Here is information on six plants you should keep at<br />
home. This is not the only list of good house plants, but<br />
some the study suggested.<br />
Aloe – This plant is great for increasing oxygen level<br />
in the home because it absorbs the carbon dioxide,<br />
formaldehyde and carbon monoxide. Nine air purifiers<br />
can be replaced with one Aloe Vera plant and you can<br />
58 LIVING @ SCCL, January 2017
use a leaf to rub on a burn. It will be very happy if you<br />
forget to water it. Aloe grows best in dry, well-drained<br />
soil.<br />
Ficus (FicusElastica) – This plant doesn’t need a lot of<br />
light and you can maintain it easily. It is quite effective<br />
in purifying the air of formaldehyde. But avoid it if you<br />
have pets or small children because its leaves may be<br />
poisonous; that is if you have a pet that eats everything.<br />
I have never had a pet that eats poison plants. They seem<br />
to know which are dangerous.<br />
Ivy (Hedera Helix) – this is a must-have herb. If you<br />
buy this plant, within six hours it will remove 58% feces<br />
particles and 60% of the toxins in the air.<br />
Spider plant (ChlorophytumComosum) – This plant<br />
is amazing as it is able to perform photosynthesis under<br />
minimal light. It is great in absorbing toxins from the<br />
air such as carbon monoxide, formaldehyde, gasoline,<br />
and styrene. One plant is enough to clean the air in 200<br />
square meters space.<br />
Snake planet (SansevieriaTrifasciata “Laurentii”) – I<br />
know this plant as Mother-in-law tongue, a name I<br />
prefer. It can perform photosynthesis under minimal<br />
light. It is great to be kept in the bedroom as it produces<br />
oxygen during the night. And best of all, it is very easy<br />
to grow.<br />
Peace lilies (Spathiphyllum “Mauna Loa”) – It<br />
removes toxins from the air, and it also removes<br />
formaldehyde from the air as well as trichloroethylene.<br />
Peace lilies are very forgiving; maybe that is where the<br />
name comes from. If they go flat when you forget to<br />
water them, give them a drink, and they stand up almost<br />
immediately.<br />
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NASA recommends 15 and 18 of these plants in an area<br />
of 500 square meters in commercial buildings. In 80<br />
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LIVING @ SCCL, January 2017 59
GUESS WHO’S<br />
COMING TO DINNER?<br />
A Review by Lonnie S. Knabel<br />
We are celebrating the<br />
fiftieth anniversary of<br />
the release of the landmark<br />
film Guess Who’s Coming to<br />
Dinner. Roger Ebert calls<br />
this film “a magnificent piece<br />
of entertainment.” Indeed it<br />
was, but it was also a biting<br />
social commentary, dealing<br />
with the then taboo subject<br />
of interracial marriage. Interestingly, there is a movie out<br />
now called Loving, about the interracial couple Richard<br />
and Mildred Loving, who were jailed in 1958 for their<br />
marriage, and how their case went all the way to the<br />
Supreme Court in 1967.<br />
One of the most noteworthy elements of Guess Who’s<br />
Coming to Dinner, not at all visible to moviegoers, was<br />
Spencer Tracy’s health. He was so ill that insurance<br />
companies would not insure the film. To offset this,<br />
Spencer Tracy, Katherine Hepburn, and the Director,<br />
Stanley Kramer, all gambled their own salaries on the<br />
film in hopes Spencer Tracy would finish the film. He<br />
died seventeen days after the filming concluded. At<br />
the end of the film, Mr. Tracy gives an eight minute<br />
soliloquy, one of the longest in film history, and he did<br />
it in one take. Many believe that Katherine Hepburn’s<br />
tears are real in that scene, as she watches what she<br />
knows is his last bravado performance, culminating a<br />
brilliant film career.<br />
Katherine Hepurn and Spencer Tracy on set<br />
Mr. Tracy, posthumously,<br />
received his ninth Academy<br />
Award nomination, already<br />
having won the Award twice.<br />
Hepburn and Tracy made<br />
nine films together, and,<br />
although they never<br />
married, were a Hollywood<br />
couple for many years.<br />
Tracy, a devout Catholic, could never divorce his wife.<br />
Hepburn received her second Academy Award for her<br />
performance. Over her lifetime she ultimately received<br />
four Oscars for Best Actress and twelve nominations.<br />
The film garnered ten Academy Award nominations,<br />
receiving a second Oscar for Best Original Screenplay.<br />
The dialogue is indeed witty and sharp, and doesn’t gloss<br />
over the problems inherent in an interracial marriage.<br />
It is curious that the filmmakers felt compelled to<br />
make Sidney Poitier’s character an almost perfect man.<br />
Along with Mr. Poitier’s flawless diction, his character,<br />
a doctor who was top of his class at Yale, is on his way<br />
to a convention in Geneva and does philanthropic work<br />
in Africa. It almost seems as if the filmmakers felt it too<br />
risky to have an average black man marry a white girl.<br />
But this is minor.<br />
I have deliberately divulged none of the plot so you can<br />
enjoy every minute of this fifty-year-old classic. L<br />
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SCCL Club & Group Directory<br />
ARTS AND CRAFTS<br />
Art in the City<br />
Mon. & Fri. 9:30 a.m., Wed. 12:30 p.m.<br />
Club Meeting 3rd Wed 1:00 p.m.<br />
Pat Self 803-396-0959<br />
Cardmaking and Scrapbooking<br />
1st Thurs. 9:00 a.m.<br />
Sheila Dauenhauer 548-7287<br />
Carolina Lakes Quilters<br />
2nd & 4th Wed. 1:00 p.m.<br />
Jeanette Maerkle<br />
Sandy D’Angelo<br />
Crafty Crafters<br />
3rd Friday<br />
Peggy Gaffney<br />
Jewelry & Beading<br />
Wed. 9:30 a.m.<br />
Mary Jo Vetter 803-547-5473<br />
Machine Embroidery Interest Group<br />
3rd Mon. 1:00 p.m.<br />
Pat Woltman 803-802-0788<br />
Joyce Ruff 803-548-0292<br />
Pottery for Pleasure<br />
2nd Mon. 2:00 p.m.<br />
Neysa Bennett 312-961-1466<br />
Sew Much Fun<br />
1st & 3rd Wed. 1:15 p.m.<br />
Joan Cormier 548-6723<br />
Jacque Hranica 803-608-5227<br />
Stained Glass<br />
Tues. 1:00 p.m., Wed. 5:00 p.m.<br />
Marya Hicks 548-6849<br />
Stitch & Chat<br />
Tues. 1:15 p.m.<br />
Regina Smith 548-1759<br />
WoodWorkers Guild<br />
2nd Thurs. 9:30 a.m.<br />
Joe Proscia 803-547-0320<br />
CARDS AND GAMES<br />
Bunco<br />
1st & 3rd Fri. 10:00 a.m.<br />
Barb Garrety 802-5145<br />
Chess Players<br />
Wed. 4:00 pm Beginners, Thurs. 1:30 pm<br />
Roger Stead 703-909-0091<br />
Hand & Foot Canasta<br />
Wed. 2:00 p.m.<br />
Paula Giles 802-7606<br />
Hearts<br />
Wed. 7:00 p.m.<br />
Ed Baratz 803-548-4710<br />
Mah-Jongg Mavens<br />
Tues. 12:00 noon, Wed. 6:30 p.m.,<br />
Sun. 10:00 a.m.<br />
Susan Rettig 802-0651<br />
Mexican Train Dominoes<br />
Mon. 2:00 p.m., Fri 2:00 p.m.<br />
Poker Tables<br />
Neil Bookspan 802-5213<br />
Pinochle<br />
Thurs. 2:00 p.m., Sat. 1:00 p.m.<br />
Jim Odendahl 396-5835<br />
Poker<br />
Dealer’s Choice, Mon. & Wed. 5:00 p.m.<br />
Texas Hold 'Em, Tue., Thurs., Fri. 5:30 p.m<br />
Mike O'Connell 431-7172<br />
Rummikub<br />
Tues. 3:00 p.m.,<br />
Susan McClure 396-1026<br />
Shanghai Rummy<br />
Sun. 1:00 p.m.<br />
Sue Rettig 802-0651<br />
Social Bridge<br />
Mon. 6:30 p.m.<br />
Sharon Smith 217-299-2288<br />
Sunday Board and Card Games<br />
Sun. 1:15 to 4:30 p.m.<br />
Eileen Welch 803-547-7391<br />
Sunday Social Bridge<br />
Sun. 1:30 p.m.<br />
Karen Arnold 704-564-3209<br />
Texas Canasta<br />
Tues. 7:00 p.m.<br />
Martha Burgess 803-802-3370<br />
COMMUNITY SERVICE<br />
Honoring Our Veterans/Memorial<br />
Dan Sadvary 431-7521<br />
Send all club news to:<br />
clubnews@livingscclmagazine.onmicrosoft.com<br />
Teacher Volunteers<br />
Carol Wilson 431-7453<br />
Volunteers & Helping Hands<br />
3rd Mon. 10:30 a.m.<br />
Peggy Walker 608-334-4486<br />
Welcome Club<br />
1st Wed. 10:30 a.m.<br />
Ann Coffey<br />
DANCE<br />
Clogging<br />
Wed. 9:00 a.m.<br />
Mary Margaret Meyer 803-802-7756<br />
Dancing the Night Away<br />
First and Third Wed.<br />
Second and Fourth Fridays:Lodge 6:30 p.m.<br />
Ellie Bailey 215 771-6821<br />
Line Dancers<br />
Wed. Beginner: 1:00-1:30 p.m.<br />
Wed. Intermediate: 1:30-2:30 p.m.<br />
Wed. Advanced: 2:30-3:45p.m.<br />
Thurs. Eve.Intermediate: 5:30-6:30p.m.<br />
Charlotte Curtis 548-0091<br />
Social Dance<br />
1st Wed. 6:30 p.m.<br />
Mona Baker 803-396-5605<br />
Square Dance<br />
Mon. 6:30 p.m.<br />
Richard Zaremba 803-547-5175<br />
FRIENDS GROUPS<br />
Friends of Dining for Women<br />
Jane Harvey 661-5169<br />
Friends of Knights of Columbus<br />
Bill McDonough 802-0844<br />
Friends of Lancaster Children's Home<br />
4th Tues. 10:00-11:00 a.m.<br />
George Woltman 803-802-0788<br />
Friends of Scouting<br />
Ken Obriot 548-7871<br />
Habitat Friends<br />
2nd Mon. 3:30 p.m.<br />
Rick Engel 803-835-0758<br />
Cribbage<br />
Thurs. 1:00 p.m.<br />
Kathryn Parra 396-0460<br />
Duplicate Bridge<br />
Thurs. 9:00 a.m.<br />
Richard Chase 396-1492<br />
Euchre<br />
Fri. 7:00 p.m.<br />
Sue Ralyea 803-396-2142<br />
Gin Rummy<br />
Wed. Noon<br />
Simon Estroff<br />
Informed Owners<br />
Jim Mayer 548-3369<br />
Living Magazine Publishers Guild<br />
Tues. 9:00 a.m.<br />
Bonnie Lawrance 802-4844<br />
Neighborhood Watch<br />
2nd Wed. 7:00 p.m.<br />
Brian Greene 396-8201<br />
Prayerful Knitters<br />
1st Mon. 2:00 p.m.<br />
Barbara Waccard 803-431-7286<br />
Pam Monahan 803-396-7704<br />
TailGaters<br />
John Puglise 431-7358<br />
Hadassah Friends<br />
2nd Wed 11:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m.<br />
Ellie Bantit 548-0140<br />
Debby Rosenberger 803-370-1060<br />
Lancaster Animal Shelter Supporters<br />
Janine Gross 548-5882<br />
Library Friends<br />
Mary Last 396-7863<br />
GARDENS AND NATURE<br />
Community Garden<br />
2nd Tues. 3:00 p.m.<br />
Joe Wray 803-396-0682<br />
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Fresh Produce<br />
4th Tues. 11:00 a.m.<br />
Jackie Garnatz 802-5422<br />
Mums & Poppies Garden Keepers<br />
3rd Wed. 10:30 a.m.<br />
Kathy Bjorklund 802-4330<br />
HOBBIES AND INTERESTS<br />
Amateur Radio Interest Group<br />
Rich Monahan 802-7176<br />
Cat Interest Group<br />
Pat Peters 317-670-2671<br />
Cellar Dwellers Wine Club<br />
4th Wed. of month 7:00 p.m.<br />
Steve Henderson 980-213-1452<br />
Coins, Medals and Stamps<br />
1st Wed. 6:30 p.m. Sept.–May<br />
Joe Wray 803-396-0682<br />
Computer Club<br />
Mon. 1:00 p.m.<br />
Dan Peters<br />
• Android Interst Group<br />
2nd Thurs. 11:00am<br />
• Apple SIG<br />
2nd Thurs. 9:00-10:00 a.m., iPad Basics<br />
10:00-11:00 a.m., iPad advanced<br />
11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m., General help<br />
Ginny Gertler 548-9387<br />
• Genealogy & Family History SIG<br />
1st Thurs. 10:00 a.m.- Noon<br />
George Kirlin 703-216-7529<br />
• Investments SIG<br />
3rd Thurs. 10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.<br />
Bill Freund 547-3156<br />
• Tablet SIG (not Apple)<br />
4th Thurs. 11:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m.<br />
Warren Bullard 431-7444<br />
• Windows 8 SIG<br />
4th Thurs. 9:00-11:00 a.m.<br />
Chris Wynings 609-448-5825<br />
Cooking Fingers<br />
2nd & 4th Mon. 10:30 a.m.<br />
Paula Giles 802-7606<br />
Coupon Clippers<br />
1st Tues. 10:00 a.m.<br />
Laura Johnston 704-661-8368<br />
Day Trippers Travel<br />
3rd Wed. 3:45 p.m.<br />
Dan Rothburg 5803-431-7729<br />
DIG, Dog Interest Group<br />
Ed Reisfeld 547-4467<br />
Drone/UAV Interest Group<br />
Dan Peters 812-350-5575<br />
Photography<br />
2nd Thurs. 2:00 p.m.<br />
David Knight 803-802-3483<br />
• Bridge Camera Interest Group<br />
4th Thurs. 2:00-4:00 p.m.<br />
Railroad Club of Carolina Lakes<br />
2nd Wed. 7:00 p.m.<br />
Wally Drexler 547-9841<br />
RV'ers<br />
1st Tues. 5:00 p.m.<br />
Tom Powers 252-808-5351<br />
Stock Investment Learning<br />
2nd Wed., 3:00 p.m.-4:30 p.m.<br />
Tricia Marlow 803-548-5377<br />
Writers Guild<br />
1st,2nd, 3rd & 4th Tues. 2 p.m.<br />
Diana Rizzuto 803-431-7795<br />
LECTURES & DISCUSSIONS<br />
Bible Study<br />
Thurs. 7:00 p.m.<br />
Bob Poliquin 803-804-3031<br />
Book Lovers<br />
2nd Thurs. 3:30 p.m.<br />
Mitch Kotula 406-546-698<br />
Book Worms<br />
1st Wed. 3:30 p.m.<br />
Kay Costa 396-2989<br />
Democrats<br />
2nd Wed. 7:00 p.m.<br />
Barbara Gorman 631-338-9218<br />
History Project<br />
1st Thurs. 1:30 p.m.<br />
Marvin Reed 901-229-4638<br />
Jewish Learning and Heritage<br />
Roberta Wilner 547-5988<br />
Lifelong Learning<br />
Mon. 7:00 p.m.<br />
Duane Oxley 704-882-9809<br />
Mind, Body, Spirit<br />
Fri. 10:00 a.m.(1st Fri. planning meeting)<br />
Simone Guenette 803-396-0534<br />
Nurses Group<br />
1st Thurs. 11:30 a.m.<br />
Jane Gregor 704-819-1775<br />
Renaissance Club<br />
4th Tues. 1:00 p.m.<br />
Anne Lauher 803-548-7892<br />
Jacquie Massey 803-802-5895<br />
Republicans<br />
2st Tues. 7:00 p.m.<br />
Lew White 803-548-9747<br />
PERFORMING ARTS<br />
Choral Society<br />
Tues. 3:15 p.m.<br />
Lynda Ayres 803-547-4388<br />
Garage Swing Band<br />
Pete Melrose 612-201-2301<br />
Performing Arts Club<br />
Fri. 11:00 a.m.<br />
Jim Conway 803-547-5433<br />
• Barbershop Singers<br />
Mon. 7:00 p.m.<br />
Larry McGowan 547-5867<br />
• Singing for Pleasure<br />
2nd & 4th Fri. 10:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m.<br />
Shirley Mole 802-5366<br />
Recorder and Early Music<br />
Second and Fourth Thurs. 4:00 p.m.<br />
Bob Stephens 414-640-0712<br />
Ukulele<br />
First and third Tuesday 4:00 p.m.<br />
Greg DeCicco 423-557-4398<br />
SOCIAL ORGANIZATIONS<br />
Baby Boomers<br />
Sharon Griffith<br />
bsgriffith1@aol.com<br />
Boston/New England Interest Group<br />
Harlan Polishook 396-7976<br />
Catholic Community Club<br />
Sue Delamater 396-8577<br />
DC, MD, VA & WV Club<br />
2nd Thurs. even months 6:30 p.m.<br />
Nancy and Wayne Davis 548-3057<br />
Federal Retirees<br />
4th Mon. 11:30 a.m.<br />
Bob Zweibel 547-6299<br />
Grey Hawk Village Social Club<br />
Wendy Carter 651-6671<br />
GRITS & GRITS Interest Group<br />
Ann McCullough 802-5888<br />
Italian/American Interest Group<br />
3nd Tues. 7:00 p.m. Lake House Ballroom<br />
Jim Turco 802-0818<br />
Karaoke Fun<br />
3th Fri. 7:00 p.m.<br />
Larry Garnatz 802-5422<br />
Lunch Bunch<br />
2nd Thurs., 3rd Tues. 11:45 a.m.<br />
Kathy Burtcher 487-1933<br />
Marine Corps Interest Group<br />
2nd Wensday, 1600 hours. Blue Heron<br />
Bob Paul 547-1895<br />
Michigan Club<br />
Terry McClure 803-396-1026<br />
Ohio Club<br />
5th Fri. 7:00 p.m. (4 times a year)<br />
Mary Dudash-White 937-430-6691<br />
Old Stogies<br />
Tues. 7:00 p.m.<br />
Bob Hoyt 803-932-4885<br />
Red Hat Society, Chapter 1<br />
2nd Tues.<br />
Mary Ellen Harrison 396-0374<br />
Red Hat Society, Chapter 2<br />
3rd Tues.<br />
Eleanor Gorenflo 547-4991<br />
Red Hat Society, Chapter 3<br />
1st Thurs. 6:30 p.m.<br />
Peggy Briscoe 548-2696<br />
Red Hat Society, Chapter 4<br />
3rd Thurs.<br />
Barbara Collins 547-7384<br />
Red Hat Society, Chapter 5<br />
1st Tues.<br />
Sherry Cockrell<br />
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Red Hat Society, Chapter 6<br />
4th Wed<br />
Pat Vettorino, 228-0001<br />
Pat Nazarro, 396-0949<br />
Restaurant Chat<br />
2rd Tues. 5:30 p.m.<br />
Christine Organek 547-8991<br />
Retired Military Group<br />
Last Fri. 4:00 p.m.<br />
Jack Colligan 803- 396-8455<br />
Shalom Club<br />
4th Tues. 7:00 p.m.<br />
Arnie Stone 802-8862<br />
Social Singles<br />
2rd Tues. 7:00 p.m.<br />
Phyllis Drivas 803-802-5889<br />
Topless Club<br />
Nancy Buffett 704-241-1250<br />
Tri-State Area Club<br />
3rd Wed. 7:00 p.m.<br />
Ken Weiss 860-967-4926<br />
Upstate New York Club<br />
Donna Paul 547-1895<br />
Wisconsin Club<br />
Cindy Lopez 547-6714<br />
SPORTS<br />
Basketball<br />
Tues. & Thurs. 10:00 a.m.<br />
Bob Tompkins 396-8382<br />
Billiards<br />
Mon., Tues., Thurs. 6:00 p.m.<br />
Bob Suzansky 835-0572<br />
Bocce Ball<br />
Lew White 548-9747<br />
Bowling, Lancaster<br />
Thurs. 1:00 p.m.<br />
Debbie Marchand 547-4394<br />
Bowling, Rock Hill (Monday)<br />
Mon. 2:00 p.m.<br />
Rick Berry @ 803-431-7235<br />
Donna Paul @ 803-547-1895<br />
Bowling, Rock Hill (Thursday a.m.)<br />
Thurs. 10:30 a.m.<br />
Carol Smith 548-4821<br />
Dru Besley 547-7674<br />
Bowling, Rock Hill (Thursday p.m.)<br />
Thurs. 1:00 p.m.<br />
Barbara Barry 554-1614<br />
Canoe & Kayak<br />
2nd Wed. 7:00 p.m.<br />
Paul Meegan 716-830-4107<br />
Cycling League<br />
Tim Cline 792-0666<br />
Golf, Ladies 9-Hole<br />
Tues. 9:00 a.m.<br />
Susan Winay 816-518-0651<br />
Golf, Men’s<br />
Wed. 8:30 a.m.<br />
John Fischer 704-965-9647<br />
Golf, Men’s 9-Hole<br />
Tues. times vary<br />
Bob McAveney 803-693-5112<br />
Golf, Women’s 18-Hole<br />
Times vary<br />
Cheryl Veary 630-747-8086<br />
Hiking<br />
3rd Thurs. 4:00 p.m.<br />
Linda Morse 802-3794<br />
Horseshoes<br />
Wed., Sat. 9:00 a.m.<br />
Tom Maran704-612-1952<br />
Model Yacht<br />
3rd Tues. 7:00 p.m.<br />
Bob Stephens 414-640-0712<br />
Motorcycle<br />
Bob Cotto 310-709-8742<br />
Pickleball<br />
Pat Mertes 803-548-4649<br />
SCCL Lilies<br />
Mon., Wed., Fri., 8:00 a.m.<br />
Joann Lowe 802-9787<br />
SCUBA<br />
Rick Dooley 448-1488<br />
Softball<br />
Dennis Telmanik 704-962-4938<br />
Southern Outdoors Sportsmen<br />
2nd Tues. 7:00 p.m.<br />
Ken Sholter 547-9079<br />
Sport Fishing<br />
1st Tues. 7:00 p.m.<br />
Milton R. Reisen 547-1080<br />
Table Tennis<br />
Tues. & Thurs 4:00 p.m.,<br />
Sat. 10:00 a.m. (doubles)<br />
Wed. 10:00 a.m. (singles)<br />
Chuck George 803-431-7171<br />
Tennis<br />
Round Robin Wed., Fri., Sat.<br />
Times vary<br />
Norm Compson 803-548-6484<br />
Walkers<br />
Tues. & Thurs. 8:00 a.m. @ pavilion<br />
Ida V. White 803-431-7868<br />
SUPPORT GROUPS<br />
Adoption Healing Support<br />
1st Thurs. 3:00 p.m.<br />
Alzheimer's/Related Dementias Support<br />
2nd Fri. 10:00 a.m.<br />
At the Blue Heron<br />
Seth Zamek 548-6766<br />
Bereavement Support<br />
2nd and 4th Fri. 10:30 a.m.<br />
Dennis Reilly 207-1525<br />
Cancer Support<br />
3rd Thursday, 10:30 a.m.<br />
Lung Disease Support<br />
3rd Thursday 2:00 p.m.<br />
Joan Gilmore 704-756-7946<br />
MAGAZINE SUBMISSIONS<br />
This magazine is published on or<br />
before the first of every month, and<br />
is distributed at no cost to all residents<br />
of Sun City Carolina Lakes.<br />
Material for Community Connect<br />
and Club and Interest Group News<br />
must be submitted at least five<br />
weeks in advance. Photos must<br />
include captions that identify the<br />
event and name the individuals in<br />
the photo. Do not imbed the photos<br />
in the article document. Include<br />
your topic, individual or group<br />
name, and issue month in the subject<br />
line.<br />
Once submitted, articles cannot be<br />
revised<br />
Community Connect: These articles<br />
are usually about community or<br />
club and interest group events that<br />
are unique or are of interest to the<br />
whole community. Articles can be<br />
up to 400 words long. Attach the<br />
article and any photos to an email<br />
addressed to Community@livingscclmagazine.onmicrosoft.com.<br />
Club and Interest Group News: Each<br />
month, every club or interest group<br />
may submit an article of up to 200<br />
words about ongoing or future club<br />
events. These should be submitted<br />
only by an authorized member<br />
of the club. Attach the article and<br />
any photos to an email addressed<br />
to clubnews@livingscclmagazine.<br />
onmicrosoft.com.<br />
General Articles: Any resident may<br />
submit for publication general articles<br />
on any subject that might be<br />
of interest to our readers. These articles<br />
are usually 600 to 800 words<br />
in length. Attach the article and any<br />
photos to an email addressed to<br />
livingsccl@aol.com.<br />
All articles are subject to editing.<br />
Submission is not a guarantee of<br />
publication. The editorial staff will<br />
determine the date of publication.<br />
We invite you to attend our weekly<br />
editorial meetings to learn about<br />
the subjects we are considering<br />
for future issues. You are invited to<br />
attend on Tuesdays at 9:00 a.m. in<br />
the downstairs Media Room at the<br />
Lake House.<br />
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Arts and Crafts<br />
POTTERY FOR PLEASURE<br />
The end of 2016 continues to find our studio is business<br />
as usual, except after a three year commitment, our<br />
President Jan Tamol and her team will retire for a new<br />
President, Madeline Trionfo.<br />
Jan leaves the studio an organized plastic bin place. Great<br />
shelving for each member and their supplies. Two new<br />
kilns are on their way, as well as a new slab roller with<br />
new canvases for clay. All purchases have been paid for<br />
by our members with dues and ice cream sales.<br />
The club continues to have a Pottery 101 class for<br />
new members, as well as tutorials throughout the<br />
year. Membership continues to hover around 100 paid<br />
members.<br />
Past-president Jan Tamol gets creative.<br />
With a new President, new ideas and training, and,<br />
hopefully, new members, the club will continue with<br />
great pleasure<br />
Submitted by Tricia Smith<br />
9/30/16<br />
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Performing Arts<br />
on November 11, Veterans Day, they gave a concert<br />
to the residents of The Regency Retirement Village in<br />
Charlotte.<br />
PERFORMING ARTS CLUB<br />
Submitted by Lonnie Knabel<br />
Singing for Pleasure, under the direction of Shirley<br />
Mole, gave two concerts this fall. On October 28, they<br />
sang to the residents of Waltonwood, Providence, and<br />
The Carolina Belles perform their annual<br />
holiday concert at The Lodge.<br />
Singing for Pleasure performs for the residents<br />
of Waltonwood in Providence.<br />
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Sports<br />
GOLF, LADIES’ 9-HOLE<br />
“It’s All About The 19th Hole” as the Ladies 9-Hole<br />
League gathered for the closing brunch and toast for the<br />
2016 season at The Tavern at the Lakes on November<br />
15, 2016. The unique table decorations replicated the<br />
uncompromising Hole #6, complete with sand traps and<br />
water hazard, thanks to our ever-talented and creative<br />
Social Committee. Awards were distributed from play<br />
days throughout the season. We were pleased to have<br />
Joan McCord, a founding member, join us and provide<br />
information on the development of the league in 2007.<br />
Throughout the season, the league participates in<br />
Exchange Days with other clubs in the area. On October<br />
11, fifteen players enjoyed the day at Ballantyne Country<br />
Club featuring “The 19th Hole” for the invitational. It is<br />
especially nice to renew acquaintances with ladies from<br />
the other golf clubs throughout the season and to play<br />
our sister courses.<br />
Carolina Lakes Ladies 9-Hole League players<br />
at the Ballantyne Country Club Invitational on<br />
October 11, 2016.<br />
Perhaps you might be interested in beginning the new<br />
year and a new season with the Ladies 9-Hole League.<br />
The 2017 season will begin in March. We welcome<br />
new members and would enjoy having you play with<br />
us and give it a try. You need not be a member of the<br />
Carolina Lakes Golf Course to play with our league, just<br />
a Sun City resident. Please contact Sue Winay for more<br />
information.<br />
Submitted by Marilyn Navarro<br />
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吀 栀 攀 愀 爀 攀 愀 ᤠ 猀 琀 爀 甀 猀 琀 攀 搀 最 攀 渀 攀 爀 愀 氀 挀 漀 渀 琀 爀 愀 挀 琀 漀 爀 猀 椀 渀 挀 攀 㤀 㠀 㠀<br />
㠀 アパート⸀ 㔀 㐀 㠀 ⸀ 㐀 㤀 アパート ∠ 眀 眀 眀 ⸀ 䌀 爀 漀 猀 猀 挀 甀 琀 䌀 漀 渀 猀 琀 爀 甀 挀 琀 椀 漀 渀 ⸀ 挀 漀 洀<br />
倀 爀 漀 甀 搀 琀 漀 戀 攀 嘀 ⸀ 䄀 ⸀ 䄀 瀀 瀀 爀 漀 瘀 攀 搀<br />
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SCCL Club & Group News<br />
GOLF, WOMEN’S 18-HOLE<br />
2017 officers for Carolina Lakes Women’s Golf<br />
Association were installed November 10. They are Irene<br />
Gatton, president; Grace Armstrong, vice president;<br />
Barb DeSessa, secretary; Cecile Brophy, treasurer; and<br />
Jacke Wichmann, member-at-large. Receiving special<br />
recognition for long-time and excellent service to the<br />
board were 2016 president Judy McKinstry and treasurer<br />
Mary Hudson.<br />
Handicap chair Callie Hub presented the 2016 Most<br />
Improved Golfer award to Cheryl Veary, who dropped<br />
her GHIN index by 5.7 over the course of the Marchthrough-October<br />
league season. As if to underscore her<br />
prowess, the next day Cheryl holed No. 16 at Carolina<br />
Lakes, her first at the home course and second in her<br />
career.<br />
Special thanks went to Arlene Serafin and her team<br />
(Donna Sholter, Donna Woods, and Joann Hipps) for<br />
putting together the Fall Meeting capped by a cocktail<br />
party at Tavern at the Lakes.<br />
Irene Gatton, left, takes over the 2017 president’s<br />
spot with encouragement from outgoing<br />
president Judy McKinstry at CLWGA’s fall<br />
meeting, Nov. 10, at Tavern at the Lakes.<br />
2017 Membership (including GHIN fee) is $75 and can<br />
be paid by check and placed in the Women’s 18-Hole<br />
payment box at the pro shop. If you are interested in<br />
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Support Groups<br />
LUNG DISEASE SUPPORT<br />
Cheryl Veary, 2016 Most Improved<br />
Golfer in CLWGA league<br />
play, celebrates a hole-in-one on<br />
No. 16 at Carolina Lakes Nov. 11.<br />
The SCCL Lung Disease Support Group meets on an<br />
irregular schedule at 2:00 on the third Thursday of the<br />
month at the Lodge. Meetings are announce via the<br />
group’s email. Contact Joan Gilmore at 704-756 7946.<br />
The group is looking for new leadership.<br />
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The<br />
Science<br />
and the<br />
Law<br />
Behind...<br />
Here in Sun City Carolina Lakes in South<br />
Carolina, we have more than 3,100 homes,<br />
and over ten miles of roads, adjacent sidewalks, and<br />
reasonably maintained walking trails. We are also<br />
a golf cart community with marked golf cart lanes<br />
on our two major roads. In addition, we have a<br />
community-wide speed limit of 25 mph, meaning, in<br />
reality, most folks drive between 25 mph to just under<br />
35 mph on the two major roads, as well as on the<br />
longer stretches connecting distant Pods. And, as we<br />
have all seen, some people drive much faster than 35<br />
mph.<br />
As many of us age, we have become advocates of<br />
the “eat less and move more” philosophy for staying<br />
healthy. We are seeing an increasing number of people<br />
walking and running in the road, rather than on the<br />
adjacent sidewalk, because they believe that asphalt<br />
is “easier on the joints” than concrete. They believe<br />
asphalt is actually softer than concrete. On the surface<br />
(Did you catch that?) it may seem intuitively true<br />
that asphalt has more cushioning give, but is there<br />
any science behind it? My English-major science<br />
experiment would hypothesize this: if you jumped<br />
from a 10’ ladder onto either concrete or asphalt, your<br />
leg would be just as broken. But that’s not real science.<br />
Dr. Jonathan Toker, a PhD and a triathlete, tackled<br />
Concrete<br />
Versus<br />
Asphalt<br />
By Bob Poliquin<br />
this subject in the running blog Slowtwitch.com. His<br />
proposed experiment is equally simple, probably more<br />
scientific, and certainly safer. He suggests bouncing<br />
a golf ball off of both concrete and asphalt, noting,<br />
“The rebound distance will provide an indication<br />
how much energy is absorbed by the surface and how<br />
much energy is returned to the golf ball. A surface<br />
that returns more energy to the ball will also return<br />
more energy to your legs and consequently will feel<br />
harder.” He concludes, “If you do this experiment,<br />
you will find that asphalt and concrete cause the ball<br />
to bounce to nearly the same height.” Toker then goes<br />
into a major discussion on the relative hardness of<br />
various surfaces from clay to steel. You are welcome to<br />
read his findings in full at the link at the end of this<br />
article. But his primary argument is that the difference<br />
between the surface hardness of asphalt and concrete<br />
is humanly undetectable, and running shoes, which<br />
most of us run or walk in, negate any actual difference<br />
entirely.<br />
Well, there you go. Regardless of what your friend may<br />
tell you, the asphalt road is not easier on your joints<br />
than the concrete sidewalk. Toker warns, “At the end<br />
of the day it’s up to you, but science supports that the<br />
most likely running injury you’ll get from running [or<br />
walking] on the road is getting hit by a car.”<br />
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That’s the science. Now here’s the law. In both North<br />
and South Carolina, it’s illegal to walk or run on the<br />
road when there is a sidewalk available. The North<br />
Carolina law reads: “Where sidewalks are provided,<br />
it shall be unlawful for any pedestrian to walk along<br />
and upon an adjacent roadway.”<br />
And the South Carolina law is very similar: “Where<br />
a sidewalk is provided and its use is practicable, it<br />
shall be unlawful for any pedestrian to walk along<br />
and upon an adjacent roadway.” That’s pretty clear.<br />
I’m not much of a rule follower, myself; nevertheless,<br />
I’ve seen the downed street trees and light poles in<br />
our community. That skinny strip of “common area”<br />
between the road and sidewalk isn’t going to slow the<br />
Cadillac down, but being on the sidewalk may give<br />
you time to get out of the way. If you are walking or<br />
running in the road – good luck, because you could<br />
eventually look like one of those unfortunate turtles<br />
we see as road kill way to often.<br />
Read the study for yourself at: slowtwitch.com/<br />
Training/Running/Concrete_or_Asphalt__4793.<br />
html<br />
And, more on the law at: South Carolina Code of<br />
Laws: Section 56 5 3160. Pedestrians on highways. L<br />
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This Just In...<br />
Pod Z Lights it Up for<br />
Local Food Bank<br />
After a week’s delay over weather, the Zenith<br />
Point neighborhood light up the night event<br />
took place. Many of the homes in the Pod were<br />
decorated and the entire neighborhood was lit up<br />
with luminaries. There were refreshment stations<br />
serving mulled cider, mulled wine, hot chocolate,<br />
cookies, and other goodies. There was even a<br />
doggy station serving treats. Visitors brought<br />
non-perishables collected for the Lancaster Food<br />
Bank.<br />
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Welcome Newcomers<br />
Newcomers are invited to<br />
attend the monthly SCCL<br />
Welcome Orientation. This<br />
month's event will be held<br />
on Tuesday, January 10,<br />
from 1:30-3:00 p.m. in the<br />
Lake House Ballroom. Call<br />
Ann Coffey for more info,<br />
803-396-8957.<br />
Edson, Stephanie<br />
44441 Oriole Drive, Ste. 101<br />
Carriage Homes of the Cove, 11/16<br />
smile000ny@yahoo.com<br />
631-742-6652<br />
From: King Park NY<br />
Interests: fishing, golf, painting, rock<br />
climbing, traveling, woodworking<br />
Galvin, James and Wendt, Brigitte<br />
41021 Calla Lily Street<br />
Kensington, 11/18/16<br />
jrgpc0826@gmail.com<br />
2horses2cats@gmail.com<br />
708-217-8533<br />
414-403-2150<br />
From: WI<br />
Interests: boating, golf, horseback<br />
riding, pickleball<br />
Powell, Bob and Teri<br />
44441 Oriole Drive, Ste. 100<br />
Carriage Homes of the Cove,<br />
11/04/16<br />
auburntiger.teri@gmail.com<br />
auburnalum1974@gmail.com<br />
864-884-0936<br />
864-884-8407<br />
From: Greenville SC<br />
Interests: cooking, dogs, golf,<br />
pickleball, tennis, traveling<br />
Smith–Wheat, Regina<br />
2059 Hartwell Lane<br />
Rustic Walk, 01/17<br />
kapusta640@aol.com<br />
336-813-0014<br />
From: Winston Salem NC<br />
Interests: cooking, dogs, golf, slot<br />
machines, wine tasting<br />
Stallings, Deborah<br />
5009 Olympic Court<br />
Timber Trace, 11/17/16<br />
803-228-4175<br />
347-731-6586<br />
From: Charlotte NC<br />
Interests: exercising, having fun with<br />
friends, reading, swimming, walking<br />
Sternweiler, Michael and Vivian<br />
3082 Azalea Drive<br />
The Arbors, 11/10/16<br />
vsternweiler@gmail.com<br />
617-347-1657<br />
617-968-4887<br />
From: MA<br />
Interests: beading, nurses ‘club,<br />
reading, walking, woodworking<br />
Walker, Gerald and Teresa<br />
44409 Oriole Drive, Ste. 200<br />
Carriage Homes of the Cove, 11/16<br />
teresawal@earthlink.net<br />
443-414-6450<br />
301-805-0172<br />
From: MD<br />
Interests: billiards, cards, golf, music<br />
Wolfe, Joe and Fran<br />
3002 Edisto Way<br />
Zenith Point, 11/16<br />
franandjoewolfe@aol.com<br />
lfdi@aol.com<br />
803-547-9059<br />
845-389-0829<br />
From: Ellenville NY, Flushing NY,<br />
Queens Village NY<br />
Interests: dancing, dramatics,<br />
numismatics, singing, track & field<br />
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Two Welcome Tips:<br />
Meet the Home Owners<br />
Advisory Council member for<br />
your neighborhood.<br />
Read the current edition of The<br />
Guide to Living @ Sun City<br />
Carolina Lakes.<br />
LIVING @ SCCL, January 2017 73
Making The<br />
Most Of<br />
By Lee Johnston<br />
Many of our residents might not be aware of<br />
RecycleBank and how to add up points to use<br />
toward great rewards. The rewards include the ability<br />
to order coupons worth $10 off a purchase of $50 or<br />
more at Harris Teeter; buy one, get one free at Moe’s<br />
Southwest Grill, DQ Grill and Chill, and Carvel. You<br />
can also save toward free magazine subscriptions and<br />
other rewards.<br />
Many long-time residents will remember when the<br />
reward for recycling was around 50 points or more each<br />
week. Now, perhaps because God<br />
Bless the USA has only so many<br />
points to give, the reward has settled<br />
at 15. You will see the points posted<br />
to your RecycleBank account every<br />
three weeks or so. Though there are<br />
only 15 points for weekly curbside<br />
pickup, about 75 points a month,<br />
there are now opportunities to earn<br />
extra points each day. In about a<br />
month you can earn up to an extra<br />
230 points toward rewards. This<br />
point reward system is meant to make<br />
us all more aware of the recycling<br />
effort: why recycling matters, what<br />
can and can’t be recycled, the basics<br />
of the recycling processes, and how to<br />
conserve energy and live sustainably.<br />
To enroll, if you’ve not already done so, you must first<br />
call God Bless the USA (704-708-5872) and set up<br />
an account. They’ll tell you how it works, give you an<br />
account number for RecycleBank, and send you a sticker<br />
for your recycle bin or trash can if there is not one<br />
already attached. The code on the sticker, read by the<br />
RFID reader on the recycle truck, will ensure you get the<br />
points for your regular weekly recycling pickup.<br />
The rest of the points-building is up to you. You can<br />
familiarize yourself with the process at the RecycleBank<br />
website – recyclebank.com. Bookmark the website<br />
so you see it and check it every day – including the<br />
weekends. Make a visit to the RecycleBank website a<br />
part of your regular daily online routine. It takes just a<br />
few minutes, and you are earning what amounts to cash<br />
in your pocket.<br />
There are many ways to earn extra points with regular<br />
daily pledges and weekly entries, plus extra points when<br />
you take the quizzes or read about various topics. Look<br />
for “Because You Asked” letters – they usually add five<br />
points. If you see a feature where<br />
you don’t recognize the picture<br />
(be sure to be aware of the<br />
pictures) do check it out. Look<br />
at the earning opportunities on<br />
the top banner. Features and<br />
earning opportunities change<br />
every few weeks.<br />
$<br />
Many long-term residents have<br />
built up a considerable balance<br />
in their RecycleBank accounts.<br />
It’s time to start making use of<br />
what you’ve earned.<br />
If you are a regular shopper at<br />
Harris Teeter, the $10 off $50<br />
purchased coupons can amount to about $600 worth<br />
of savings each year, and that ain’t hay. You can get $5<br />
off $50 purchased at Target; $10 off $30 purchased at<br />
Bed, Bath & Beyond; and other discounts at many local<br />
retailers and restaurants.<br />
You can “spend” about 10 points to enter regular<br />
drawings for gift cards to places like Amazon, Trader<br />
Joe’s, Macy’s, and Dick’s Sporting Goods. And there are<br />
many magazine subscription offers for publications like<br />
Martha Stewart Living, O, The Oprah Magazine, Food &<br />
Wine, Southern Living, and even, if you’re so inclined,<br />
Modern Farmer.<br />
74 LIVING @ SCCL, January 2017
Debbie K. Goldberg, CPA, P.A.<br />
Certified Public Accountant<br />
Direct (704) 543-7334<br />
9716 Rea Road #23 Toll Free (877) 268-9656<br />
Charlotte, NC 28277 Fax (704) 543-7335<br />
Email: debgoldcpa@bellsouth.net<br />
One easy way to cash in, is on purchases at the<br />
local Harris Teeter.<br />
So:<br />
• Every Monday – report your recycling for 10 bonus<br />
points. When you report your recycling five times, you<br />
get a Recycling Royalty award of an additional five<br />
points.<br />
• Every day – take the Daily Pledge for five points.<br />
When you pledge five times, you get a Persistent Pledger<br />
reward of five points.<br />
• Every day – look for new ways to learn and earn points<br />
• The first day of the month or soon after - order that<br />
month’s Harris Teeter $10 off $50 purchased coupons.<br />
Each coupon will “cost” you 100 Reward points.<br />
Make good choices, recycle, and spend your points –<br />
you’ve earned the rewards. L<br />
LIVING @ SCCL, January 2017 75
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Please Let the Advertisers Know you Support Them.<br />
They Support This Magazine.<br />
65 Senior Street..................................................................77<br />
Abbott Builders..................................................................66<br />
Antique Clock Shop..........................................................60<br />
Associates for Financial Education.................................02<br />
B & P Concepts.................................................................53<br />
Barefoot and Co., Closet.................................................16<br />
Barefoot and Co., General..............................................55<br />
Beltone Carolina Hearing.................................................45<br />
Bradley Rides.com Transportation Service ....................14<br />
Brightmore of South Charlotte.........................................23<br />
Brightstar Healthcare........................................................16<br />
Burgess Funeral Home & Crematory ..............................35<br />
Carolina Dentistry@theStateLine Dr. Schwartz...............42<br />
Carolina Family Chiropractic ..........................................59<br />
Carolina Golf Cars ...........................................................37<br />
Carolina Premier Window Film.........................................30<br />
Century 21 Ann Lyman ....................................................75<br />
Charlotte Computer Solutions.........................................53<br />
Charlotte Hearts, Dr. Dawson..........................................15<br />
Comporium Communications ........................................68<br />
Cooper’s Plumbing...........................................................73<br />
Crosscut Construction......................................................67<br />
Cureton Dentistry..............................................................72<br />
Dat.A.Syst...........................................................................75<br />
Darst Dermatology............................................................57<br />
Debbie Goldberg, CPA....................................................75<br />
Decorative Lighting..........................................................75<br />
Dutch Miller Kia..................................................................65<br />
Eye & Laser Center...........................................................61<br />
Express Sunrooms .............................................................27<br />
Five Star Senior Living .......................................................49<br />
Frankie’s Garage Door Service.......................................12<br />
Handyman Services by Bradley......................................56<br />
Indian Land Animal Hospital............................................73<br />
Integra Wellness Center...................................................13<br />
Izzy’s Handyman...............................................................75<br />
Keller Williams, Boomer Team..........................................10<br />
Keller Williams, Team Pogue, Laura Pogue....................04<br />
Lancaster Animal Shelter Supporters of Sun City..........22<br />
Mann Travels......................................................................53<br />
Mary Kay Cosmetics.........................................................50<br />
Memories and Recollections ..........................................25<br />
Metrolina Eye Associates.................................................71<br />
Michelle’s Landscaping & Lawn Maintenance............30<br />
My First Class Tours ............................................................51<br />
Nationwide Insurance, John Lovsin Agency.................57<br />
Natural Home Lite ............................................................69<br />
NYC Vacation Packages.................................................10<br />
Our Lady of the Lakes Catholic Church ........................43<br />
Padleford Agency, Insurance and Fin’l Planning.........27<br />
Palmetto Family Hearing Center.....................................09<br />
Palmetto Medical Group and Medspa.........................13<br />
Piedmont Medical Center...............................................06<br />
Piedmont Plastic Surgery & Dermatology .....................79<br />
Portraits By Lonnie.............................................................48<br />
Quality Home & Building Services...................................11<br />
Randy’s Paint & Body Shop.............................................21<br />
Records Reduction ........................................................76<br />
ReMax Realty, The Baxter Team......................................31<br />
Richard Laney, Landscaping, Inc...................................35<br />
Rob Wilson, CPA ...............................................................76<br />
Serene Rejuvenation........................................................55<br />
Smiles in the Sun, Dentistry...............................................45<br />
Springs Insurance..............................................................25<br />
Springs Memorial Hospital................................................80<br />
Sound Advice Hearing Center........................................58<br />
Southern Paws Animal Hospital.......................................28<br />
Tavern at the Lakes @ Carolina Lakes Golf Club ........39<br />
Valta Financial ..................................................................67<br />
Waltonwood Senior Living................................................29<br />
Westminster Towers ..........................................................21<br />
Wilkinson ERA – Roger Berrey...........................................59<br />
Wilkinson ERA – Anna Cipriani.........................................45<br />
Wilkinson ERA- The Young Team ....................................33<br />
Your Life Wellness & Physical Therapy ............................50<br />
Youthful Complexions ......................................................55
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GRAPHIC ARTISTS THIS MONTH<br />
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THIS MONTH<br />
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LIVING @ SCCL, January 2017 77
The Last Word...<br />
FOODS FAST FORWARD >><br />
By Lee Johnston<br />
Do you remember Lobster Newburg,<br />
Salisbury steak, Chicken a la King, and<br />
that all-time favorite Creamed Chipped Beef on<br />
Toast? This last one was also known to many of<br />
us as S#!* on a Shingle… Well, let’s just say that<br />
time marches on, and, fortunately for us, so have<br />
the trends for what we eat.<br />
We were accustomed to calorie-dense foods,<br />
foods that were relatively inexpensive but filled<br />
us and provided the calories for hard work and<br />
play. Noodles, pasta, potatoes, and bread played<br />
a big part in our diets. Unless it was spaghetti<br />
night, supper was meat, a starch, and a vegetable.<br />
Salads made very rare appearances on our plates.<br />
Farmers markets were few and far between, and<br />
unless your family maintained a vegetable garden,<br />
your veggies were days or even weeks old. The<br />
butcher, the baker, the green grocer, and the milk<br />
man were the common independent purveyors<br />
who now find themselves under one roof in the<br />
supermarket.<br />
Sundays were the days for a huge roast,<br />
perhaps leg of lamb or fresh ham, and all the<br />
accoutrements. Mom spent a lot of the morning<br />
preparing the roast, and the rest of the family<br />
spent the late afternoon working or snoozing<br />
off the effects of the meal. Today, such large<br />
roasts are served mostly on holidays. Many Baby<br />
Boomers don’t even remember a fresh ham,<br />
thinking it’s the non-canned variety of a smoked<br />
ham.<br />
While weeknight desserts were things like jello,<br />
chocolate pudding, or tapioca, Sunday desserts<br />
were presentations: pound cakes, layer cakes,<br />
pineapple upside-down cakes, coconut cream<br />
pies, pies of every flavor, and, in season, things<br />
like buckles and cobblers. In summer, there<br />
might have been a treat of home-made ice cream.<br />
In the Fifties, while we on the western side of<br />
the Atlantic were eating these traditional foods,<br />
people like Julia Child were over in France<br />
learning new ways to cook. No longer was<br />
Chinese cooking just chop suey or chow mein.<br />
No longer was Asian cooking just Chinese.<br />
No longer were chop suey and chow mein or<br />
spaghetti and pizza the only international foods<br />
on our plates.<br />
Television, advances in freezing foods, and<br />
widespread transportation meant that we were<br />
getting a larger variety of fresher foods and were<br />
learning new ways to prepare them. No longer<br />
did one cookbook cover everything we wanted to<br />
prepare. Fanny Farmer, Better Homes and Gardens,<br />
or The Settlement Cook Book have been joined on<br />
the packed shelves by hundreds of others. The<br />
vast variety of subjects to be covered in individual<br />
cookbooks meant that book stores moved the few<br />
cookbooks out of the reference section and began<br />
to devote whole sections of their shelves to them.<br />
Today we aren’t as reliant on seasonal foods,<br />
although eating with the seasons, becoming a<br />
“locavore,” and cooking with what is readily<br />
available from nearby sources is the latest trend,<br />
especially for restaurants. Many restaurants don’t<br />
have freezers, preferring to use only the freshest<br />
ingredients for their menu. And that’s another<br />
difference in the way we eat today: more and<br />
more we choose to eat out. Rather than stock our<br />
kitchens with all the ingredients for international<br />
cuisines, we go to the local places that satisfy our<br />
tastes. Just in our area we can have Asian, Italian,<br />
Greek, Mexican, New York Deli, Southern. You<br />
name it--breakfast, lunch, or dinner, and it’s<br />
nearby. So much food, so little time.<br />
Just wonderin’… …Remember the party<br />
standby, deviled eggs? Just plain deviled eggs.<br />
Today, according to a recent issue of Saveur<br />
magazine, they marinate the whites in soy<br />
sauce and raspberry vinegar - just for fifteen<br />
minutes, mind you - and then fill them with<br />
the yolks that were combined with lump crab<br />
meat, avocado, and apple. Chefs are getting<br />
inventive. Food is getting fancy. It’s probably<br />
a good thing, but we have to wonder what<br />
“comfort food” will be to generations to come.<br />
L<br />
78 LIVING @ SCCL, January 2017
Bits and Pieces<br />
by Bonnie Lawrance