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the glencoe anchor | March 15, 2018 | 3<br />
Intergenerational<br />
project connects the<br />
unlikely in Glencoe<br />
Megan Bernard, Editor<br />
Jim Pelts, 82, and Mia<br />
Von Varga, a seventh-grader,<br />
have a lot more in common<br />
than they think.<br />
The two were paired<br />
in The Legacy Project:<br />
Connecting Generations<br />
through Story, which was<br />
launched last year by Family<br />
Service of Glencoe.<br />
The organization partnered<br />
with Glencoe Junior High<br />
Project to connect middle<br />
school students with community<br />
elders through the<br />
sharing of stories via interviews.<br />
The project returned<br />
this year and is currently<br />
underway at Central<br />
School.<br />
Von Varga interviewed<br />
Pelts on Thursday, March<br />
8, while recording it on<br />
video. The interview started<br />
out quiet and slow, but<br />
by the time it was over, the<br />
unlikely happened: they<br />
had a lot in common and<br />
shared many laughs together.<br />
The duo connected on<br />
their favorite movie, “The<br />
Greatest Showman,” and<br />
agreed to disagree on<br />
what’s better, a cat or dog.<br />
“When I look at my dog,<br />
I just melt,” said Pelts, a<br />
Glencoe resident, to Von<br />
Varga, who loves her cuddly<br />
cat.<br />
While the conversation<br />
was kept light at first, the<br />
two dove into some serious<br />
topics later in the interview.<br />
“What’s the best thing<br />
about getting older?” Von<br />
Jim Pelts (left) is interviewed by seventh-grader Mia<br />
Von Varga Thursday, March 8, at Central School. The<br />
interview was part of The Legacy Project: Connecting<br />
Generations through Story. Megan Bernard/22nd<br />
Century Media<br />
Varga asked.<br />
“You don’t think of<br />
things so seriously as you<br />
did before when you’re<br />
young,” said a grinning<br />
Pelts, who also shared his<br />
hardest life lesson of coping<br />
with loss and his advice<br />
on life.<br />
“Enjoy what you do every<br />
day because that’s the<br />
most important,” he added.<br />
Pelts participated in the<br />
project this year after a<br />
friend of his asked him to<br />
join.<br />
“I couldn’t turn it<br />
down,” he told The Anchor.<br />
“I thought I’d share<br />
some of my experiences.<br />
They may or may not be<br />
helpful to the kids.”<br />
Von Varga also volunteered<br />
for this year’s project,<br />
which has four junior<br />
high students, including<br />
herself, paired with four<br />
seniors.<br />
“I like the stories,” she<br />
said. “It’s important because<br />
different generations<br />
experience different things<br />
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