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ON THE COVER – Recipe Wonders brings you Grandma’s Sugar Cookies for the holidays. Your family and friends will have a blast icing these delicious treats this year. Bake cookies and make memories! PHOTO BY ERICKA WINTERROWD

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Calendar of Events Theatre Listings Crossword Puzzle

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Holiday Blues Tips and Resources to Help You Make it Through

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Veteran Edward Kissam

Grandma’s Sugar Cookies

Before Having Gainesville’s First Integrated Waiting Room, Doctor Soldiered In The Air And Sea

BY CYNTHIA W. WINTERROWD

BY MICHAEL STONE

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Recipe Wonders Happy Holidays

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Let It Snow

The History of Christmas, Hanukkah and Kwanzaa

Do-It-Yourself Holiday Snow Globes

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BY ERICKA WINTERROWD

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Reading Corner Review by Terri Schlichenmeyer

WINNER! Congratulations to the winner from our NOVEMBER 2015 issue…

Barbara Borrego from Gainesville, Florida

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“Working with my hands is a labor of the heart… That’s why I decided to put my heart in the hands of UF Health. “ — Victor Hahn Trenton, FL

“As a 3rd generation farmer, I have dedicated 75 years to working the land … until a problem with my heart — an irregular heartbeat — slowed me down. Dr. Floyd Burke was able to find the problem. He quickly sent me to Dr. Charles Klodell for heart surgery that saved my life. I know that UF Health has the brightest medical minds, and the most advanced technology and research in North Central Florida. I’m thankful to everyone there for getting me back to doing what I love.“

At UF Health, we’re here for you, from the routine to the complex. We can handle any heart problem you have — big or small — whether it’s evaluating your chest pain or performing aortic aneurysm surgery.

Hear more about Victor’s story at UFHealth.org/Victor. To make an appointment, call 352.265.0820.

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FROM THE EDITOR œ ALBERT ISAAC

Happy Holidays! Merry Christmas! Happy Hanukkah! Seasons Greetings! I don’t discriminate. I’m not offended if someone wishes me Merry Christmas or Happy Hanukkah or Seasons Greetings — or even Happy Fesitivus (which is just a made-up holiday anyway). It’s the intention that counts, and I’m grateful to people who wish me well. So here it is December again with 2016 right around the corner. It feels like only yesterday that I was penning my editor note for the end of 2014. In fact, a quick look reveals to me that I was writing nearly the same stuff that I was going to write today — so I’ve made some changes. How did my memory get so bad? Well, I can’t recall. But now is the time to look to the future and try to imagine the wonderful things that are coming our way. I am trying hard not to dwell on the negative, but there is a lot of bad news bombarding us these days. Politics. Terrorism.

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Climate. The list goes on. And while the media and the politicians would have us believe we are a nation divided, I am hoping that most of us are actually very much alike and are willing to meet somewhere in the middle. In the meantime, I’m going to remain hopeful despite it all and be thankful for time spent with friends and family. I’m going to count my blessings. But not everyone has the opportunity to spend time with family. Holidays can be especially challenging for many of us, so we have a story on ways to battle the holiday blues. I hope that this feature can bring some level of comfort to those who need it. We also continue with our series on World War II veterans with a feature on Dr. Edward Kissam, who — among other things — offered Gainesville’s first integrated waiting room. What would the holidays be without snow globes and Christmas cookies? Well, with that in mind, our very own Winterrowd women share their talents in a pair of stories that show you how to make your own holiday snow globes as well as a recipe for some tasty cookies. That should help put you in the holiday spirit. And lastly, with the holidays in mind we share with you a story about the history of Christmas, Hanukkah and Kwanzaa. From the Tower Family to yours, we wish you all a happy and safe holiday season! s

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BING BLING According to the Guiness Book of World Records, Bing Crosby’s “White Christmas” is the biggest selling Christmas carol of all time, with over 100 million copies sold around the world.

You spin me right round: Dreidel facts Playing the dreidel game originated from students illegally studying the Torah, according to aish.com. When Greek soldiers came by to check on them, the students would pretend to be gambling.

Way Cool...idge The White House sends more than 1 million holiday cards each year. Calvin Coolidge started this tradition when he sent the first official White House Christmas card in 1927.

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Stan Lee DECEMBER 28, 1922 Stan Lee is known for having created classic comic book characters such as Spider-Man, the Hulk, and The X-Men. Lee was born to Jewish immigrants in New York City and began working as an assistant at Timely Comics, becoming the editorin-chief and art director when he was just 19 y years old. Lee made training films for the US Army during World War II before returning to Manhattan to create a superhero team for Marvel Comics that would compete with the characters of DC Comics. Years Old Lee continued to write comic books on a regular basis until the ‘70s, when he b became the public face for Marvel. He created the Stan Lee Foundation to boost literacy. Today, Lee continues to make cameo appearances in many of the films that are based on his comic book characters.

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December Birthdays Ozzy Osbourne (67) December 3, 1948

Pope Francis (79) December 17, 1936

Dame Maggie Smith was born on December 28, 1934 in Romford, Essex. After making her stage debut at age 17 at the Oxford Playhouse in 1952, Smith has enjoyed a long career in theater, film and television and has appeared in more than 50 films. She is known for playing a number of iconic roles, from Professor McGonagall Years Old in the Harry Potter series to Violet Crawley in Downton Abbey. Smith is also a breast cancer survivor and has won the Triple Crown of Acting – an Oscar, a Tony and an Emmy.

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Liv Ullmann (77) December 16, 1938 Brenda Lee (71) December 11, 1944 Samuel L. Jackson (67) December 21, 1948

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[email protected] with the quantity of each color you would like, contact information and delivery location. NATIONAL POINSETTIA CULTIVAR TRIALS Dr. Jim Barrett and his research team will be holding their annual show at the same time as the sale. This display includes more than 6,000 plants and is the largest show in North America. There will be 150 varieties on display this year. Many of these are the newest and most novel poinsettias. Every year, Dr. Barrett conducts a consumer survey to determine preferences of the public. This year they will be selling these novel and experimental varieties, so keep your eyes out for some elegant poinsettias.

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Beat the Holiday Blues Tips and Resources to Help You Make it Through by Gabrielle Calise

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he holidays can be a source of joy and warmth, food and family, laughter and love. But for Seniors who have lost a loved one, live alone, or are experiencing financial hardship, the holiday season isn’t always “the most wonderful time of the year.” From Thanksgiving to after the New Year, many Seniors deal with the holiday blues. If you (or a loved one) aren’t feeling as holly jolly as you should, it may be time to take action. “Sometimes it is easy to feel like feeling sad and feeling down is part of getting older, and that’s not really true,” said Vonetta Dotson, a neuropsychologist at UF who specializes in late-life depression. Whether you’ve come down with a case of the holiday blues or you hope to help a friend or loved one who has fallen into its grasp, there are ways to find help.

Where Do the Holiday Blues Come From? Dotson said there’s no typical way depression starts. A portion of older patients with the holiday blues are experiencing recurring depression, meaning that they have grappled with bouts of depression throughout their lifetime and into their later years. Another group of patients suffers from late-onset depression, experiencing their first taste of depression after they reach age 50 or 60. For these patients, Dotson said, the trigger is often physiological. Research demonstrates that changes in the brain, including vascular conditions, brain life decline and cognitive orders such as dementia, can lead to depression.

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On top of that, Seniors are often faced with a range of triggers around the holidays, from going through a special time without a loved one for the first time to struggling from limitations caused by medical conditions. Seniors may struggle with feelings of isolation, or experience pangs of sadness and worthlessness after retiring. Beat the Blues While there are many reasons for Seniors feeling depressed, there are also plenty of resources they can turn to for help. Typically, medication or therapy can help patients cope with depression (though a combination of the two is most effective, Dotson said). However, there are also routes Seniors can take if they want to beat the holiday blues from home.

“Don’t underestimate the power of giving someone attention and showing concern.” For one, it’s important to be open with your feelings, Dotson said. Even just talking about it can help people with depression feel better. Getting active can also be a great way to boost your mood from the comfort of your home. Researchers found that exercise counteracts some of the brain changes associated with depression, such as decreased volume and blood flow, Dotson said. seniortimesmagazine.com

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Studies have also shown that physical exercise can be as effective as medication in treating depression. “For older adults, that’s particularly important because oftentimes people are already taking a lot of medication,” Dotson said. “Older adults are more susceptive to the negative physical effects of medication.” Before taking on a new exercise regime, it’s best to consult with either a primary care provider or a physical therapist. This is especially important for those with mobility issues, as professionals can help patients determine what is the best for them. Dotson suggests that patients take up walking, since it is effective, safe and can be modified to meet the activity level of each person. Additionally, exercise classes such as Zumba Gold are popular among Seniors. Upbeat music adds a dash of motivation and fun while the social aspect of group fitness can be helpful for those who feel lonely. Dotson also said that Seniors with depression are advised to take up hobbies from their past that they may not be involved with anymore. If the hobby is with a group or a partner, the patient gets double the benefit. Helping a Friend “Don’t underestimate the power of giving someone attention and showing concern,” Dotson said. If your friend is suffering, there are steps that you can take to help them. For example, if a neighbor is lonely, try to get them engaged. Most nursing homes offer activities such as bingo games — try inviting them along when you go to the next event. If you have a loved one who is suffering or alone, get together with your other relatives to make a plan to help. Don’t just assume that other family members will step up, since lives can get busy and things can come up, Dotson said. Try creating a visit schedule and make it a priority to stick to it. Finally, if you or a loved one needs help, don’t hesitate to call the Alachua County Crisis Center Hotline. This line is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Anyone can call, from those who are just having a bad day to people who are experiencing suicidal thoughts, said Alexandra Martinez, the director of the Alachua County Crisis Center. It’s not just about making sure that the holidays remain the most wonderful time of the year — checking in on someone could have a huge impact on their life. “If you’re ever concerned, you’ve got to trust your instincts,” Martinez said. “Give us a call, knock on the door, talk to that person and just reach out, because it just may save someone’s life.” s

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PHOTO BY GABRIELLE CALISE Dr. Vonetta Dotson works as the assistant professor of clinical and health psychology at the UF College of Public Health and Health Professions.

RESOURCES UF Health Shands Psychology Clinic chp.phhp.ufl.edu/services/psychology-clinic/ 352-265-0294 Equal Access Support Clinic [email protected] 352-327-8005 Alachua County Crisis Center www.alachuacounty.us/depts/css/crisiscenter/ Pages/CrisisCenter.aspx 352-264-6789 Gainesville Senior Recreation Center eldercare.ufhealth.org/senior-recreation-center/ 352-265-9040

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WHAT TO DO IF YOU’RE WORRIED ABOUT A FRIEND OR LOVED ONE ccording to the Center for Disease Control, a suicide occurs every 13 minutes in the U.S. It’s important to reach out if a loved one is suffering, but it can be challenging. “I think we live in a world that really wants to respect privacy,” said Alexandra Martinez, the director of the Alachua County Crisis Center. “Sometimes we hesitate — we don’t want to be wrong, we don’t want to intrude.” According to the Alachua County Crisis Center, the following signs could be indicators that your friend or loved one is suicidal:

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SO WHAT CAN YOU DO? • Go with your gut. If your loved one has been speaking with a strange tone, seems hopeless, or just seems to be struggling, it may be time to take action. • The Crisis Center isn’t just for individuals who are experiencing depression, it’s also great resource if you are worried about someone close to you. Call as soon as you suspect that something is wrong. Trained professionals can help determine the next steps.

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PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY WARNING! Gainesville, Fl - The most common method your doctor will recommend to treat your neuropathy is with prescription drugs that may temporarily reduce your symptoms. These drugs have names such as Gabapentin, Lyrica, Cymbalta, and Neurontin, and are primarily antidepressant or anti-seizure drugs. These drugs may cause you to feel uncomfortable and have a variety of harmful side effects. Peripheral neuropathy is a result of damage to the nerves often causing weakness, pain, numbness, tingling and the most debilitating balance problems. This damage is commonly caused by a lack of blood flow to the nerves in the hands and feet which causes the nerves to begin to degenerate due to lack of nutrient flow. As you can see in Figure 2, as the blood vessels that surround the nerves become diseased they shrivel up which causes the nerves to not get the nutrients to continue to survive. When these nerves begin to “die” they cause you to have balance problems, pain, numbness, tingling, burning, and many additional symptoms. The main problem is that your doctor has told you to just live with the problem or try the drugs which you don’t like taking because they make you feel uncomfortable. There is now a facility right here in Gainesville that offers you hope without taking those endless drugs with serious side effects. (See the special neuropathy severity examination at the end of this article). In order to effectively treat your neuropathy three factors must be determined. 1)What is the underlying cause? 2) How much nerve damage has been sustained. NOTE: Once you have sustained 85% nerve loss, there is likely nothing that we can do for you. 3) How much treatment will your condition require? The treatment that is provided by Jeffrey Gordon DC has three main goals. 1) Increase blood flow 2) Stimulate small fiber nerves 3) Decrease brain-based pain The treatment to increase blood flow is our new MR4 Laser and other therapies like Peripheral Neuropathy Rehab Therapy (PNRT). The MR4 laser is one of the most expensive lasers on the market today and worth every penny because it gets RESULTS! The MR4 laser therapy is like watering a plant. The laser therapy will allow blood vessels to grow back around the peripheral nerves and provide them with the proper nutrients to heal and repair. It’s like adding water to a plant and seeing the roots grow deeper and deeper. The amount of treatment needed to allow the nerves to fully recover varies from person to person and can only be determined after a detailed neurological and vascular evaluation. As long as you have not sustained at least 85% nerve damage there is hope! Dr. Jeffrey S. Gordon, a Chiropractic Physician will do a neuropathy severity examination to determine the extent of the nerve damage for only $60.00. This neuropathy severity examination will consist of a detailed sensory evaluation, extensive peripheral vascular testing, and a detailed analysis of the findings of your neuropathy.

Dr. Gordon will be making appointments for the next 2 weeks. Call 352-336-6767 to make an appointment with Dr. Gordon to determine if your peripheral neuropathy can be treated. As a service to you, Dr.Gordon’s office staff will check to see if your insurance will cover any or all of the services. Located at 2341 NW 41st. St. (just East of Fresh Market) The patient and any other person responsible for payment has a right to refuse to pay, cancel payment, or be reimbursed for payment for any other service, examination or treatment that is performed as a result of and within 72 hours of responding to the advertisement for the free, discounted fee, or reduced fee service, examination for treatment.

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hough I’ve never met Harper Lee, author of “Go Set a Watchman,” the No.1 bestseller that recently touched off one of the biggest sensations ever to hit the book world, I’ve long felt a deep connection to her. We’re both Southerners who left home and went North, she as an author and I as an editor, and we both came home again after long careers in New York City. That’s basically the subject of “Watchman” — the complex fate of the Southern expatriate and the adjustments that must be made to live at peace with one’s self and others upon returning to the Southland. I first heard of Harper Lee in 1960 when I was an editor at the G.P. Putnam’s Sons imprint Coward McCann Inc. and came to know her literary agent Maurice Crain, who’d discovered Lee in 1957. I was also close to Maurice’s wife Annie Laurie Williams, the agent famous for scoring record-breaking sales for film rights in “Gone With the Wind” and “Forever Amber.” I often invited Annie Laurie and Maurice to boozy dinners at my Manhattan apartment on West End Avenue. Though Annie Laurie resembled Mae West, with long blond tresses and spit curls, arthritis had bent her double by the time she was 65. Maurice, at 58, was still a dashing and good-looking guy with a heroic World War II record — he

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survived Stalag 17. After a few drinks Maurice would talk of nothing but Lee, much to Annie Laurie’s chagrin, and I began to think he’d fallen madly in love with his 33-year-old client. This feeling was confirmed one night when Annie Laurie interrupted another of Maurice’s paeans of praise to Nelle, as friends and family referred to Lee. Leaning over to me, Annie Laurie whispered, “Don’t give Maurice any more to drink!” She couldn’t confront him herself because “Mockingbird,” which would sell 40 million copies, had become their meal ticket. To rock the boat, even for suspected alienation of affections, was unthinkable. I also knew Lee’s editor Tay Hohoff of J.B. Lippincott, a sinewy, chain-smoking, hoarse-voiced woman in her late 50s. Maurice had sent her “Mockingbird” in 1957, and she liked it but felt radical cutting was essential. In the process Lee omitted everything about Atticus Finch’s racism. Half a century later these outtakes surfaced in “Watchman,” outraging critics who felt Atticus had been betrayed, but delighting a public that stampeded bookstores and bought millions of copies during the first week of publication. Truman Capote, a friend of Lee’s since childhood, came into my life in the mid-1960s when we met in Easthampton and went to a church bake seniortimesmagazine.com

sale on Fireplace Road. Truman and Lee were working on “In Cold Blood,” and he was distraught because he’d become attached to one of the murderers about whom they were writing. Truman wanted Perry Smith to be executed so he’d have a harrowing last chapter and meet his Random House deadline, but he was also praying for a stay of execution so he and Perry could spend the rest of their lives together. Eventually the hangman’s noose settled the matter, and Truman came up with a big finish. “In Cold Blood,” like “Mockingbird,” sold in the millions. In early 1960, Truman said, “Yes, my dear, I am Dill. The first two-thirds of the book are quite literal and true.” Fame didn’t set well with Lee. Truman claimed she was suffering “some sort of happy nervous breakdown.” One day she received 62 fan letters and, with the media pounding on her door, it was

hard to find time to write. The only thing she appeared to like about fame was getting to meet Gregory Peck when Annie Laurie made a movie deal for “Mockingbird.” Fame didn’t agree with Truman either, though he lapped it up until the day he died of drugs and alcohol. To the end he rejoiced whenever he heard bad news about Lee, reporting on one occasion that she’d fallen in love with a man she couldn’t marry because he already had a wife. When I heard this, I suspected that the man was my old friend Maurice Crain and the wife was Annie Laurie Williams. s Ellis Amburn is in the Hall of Excellence at TCU’s Schieffer School of Journalism. He

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he Holidays. We are about to embark on that most sentimental time of the year, when families gather and memories are made. It has been said that our sense of smell is the most powerful of our five senses, transforming us through space and time to distant memories. For me, the fragrance of a favorite recipe baking in the oven takes me back to that happy place in my childhood. In my mind I can be arriving home from school the day before Christmas break, my mother’s kitchen warm and welcoming, heavenly aromas greeting me as I open the door and culinary delights awaiting me to sample. Yes, you can go home again — at least in your memory — and a familiar recipe made at home in your kitchen is the vehicle to take you there.

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cookbooks grew, until there were four. Later, after I married, she gave me a blank journal so that the tradition would continue on another generation. Even though she is no longer with us, her three granddaughters can recall Grandma Ronelva and the memories of happy times spent in her kitchen. It’s comforting to know that even after our loved ones pass, the recipes we shared with them live on, reuniting us again with each bite we take.

GRANDMA’S SUGAR COOKIES The story of this cookie recipe goes way back — to the mid 1920s, I would say. When my mother was a little girl, her grandmother’s next-door neighbor always had these cookies on hand to

Cynthia Wonders Winterrowd is an award-winning writer who was raised in Illinois and lives in Gainesville. She is proud to be a “Gator Mom” of three daughters, all UF graduates. Cynthia loves sharing family recipes that have been handed down in her mother’s handwritten cookbooks. [email protected]

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give to the neighborhood children. She would cut the cookies into huge round circles, so that they had to hold them with both hands! That made a big impression on the children, and they always looked forward to going back for more. Later she was given the recipe and it has been a classic holiday cookie in our family, one that my daughters now remember making with their Grandma Ronelva. That’s what recipe memories do, passing love on through the generations. This cookie can be rolled out on a floured surface and cut with cookie cutters. For a quick cookie you can spoondrop the batter on a cookie sheet, or roll the batter into logs wrapped in wax paper, and chill or freeze the dough to be used at a later time. Simply unroll the log and slice off into desired thickness. Bake cookies at 425 degrees for 10 – 12 min. Watch! Every oven is different, and they will burn quickly. Remove when you just start to see browning on edges. INGREDIENTS: 2 cups sugar 1 cup butter or margarine, softened to room temperature 4 eggs, slightly beaten 1 Tbsp. vanilla 2 tsp. baking powder 6 cups flour, sifted 1 tsp. salt METHOD: Use a large mixing bowl. Put the softened butter and sugar in it. Cream the butter and sugar with clean hands until rich and creamy. Then add the four eggs to the creamed mixture and use your eggbeater or whisk to slightly whip them. Get your largest wooden spoon and finish beating the eggs into the sugar mixture until entirely smooth. Now add the vanilla. Sift flour. In the first two cups of flour, add the baking powder and salt measurements. Add more flour until the total six cups flour. Roll out thick. Cut with a big round cookie cutter, or holiday shapes. Sprinkle with sugar and cinnamon, colored sugar, or bake plain for icing later. Never leave your wooden spoon soaking in water or put it in the dishwater! That familiar expression, “Nothin’ says lovin’ like something from the oven” is never truer than during the Holidays. Recipes like this one have been making memories and spreading love in our family for generations, and hopefully it will inspire you to do the same. Here’s to a Happy New Year of recipe wonders! s seniortimesmagazine.com

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Happy Holidays The History of Christmas, Hanukkah and Kwanzaa

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ith both religious and commercial aspects, Christmas has been celebrated worldwide for the past two millennia. Traditionally, Christians use December 25 to commemorate the birth of Jesus Christ. However, the holiday is also a cultural phenomenon in the secular world, celebrated with traditions such as decorating trees, giving gifts and sharing meals. The story goes that an angel of the Lord came to a virgin named Mary to tell her that she would give birth to the Son of God. Mary traveled to Bethlehem with her husband Joseph, where she delivered Jesus in a humble stable. In early years of Christianity, people didn’t celebrate Christmas in December at all — since the date of Jesus’ birth didn’t show up in the Bible, no one could agree on a specific time. Finally, in the third century, December 25 became the official day. This overlapped with existing pagan celebrations. By the 8th century, Christmas was celebrated across Europe with wild parties similar to those held during Mardi Gras. Some Christian groups, such as the Puritan settlers, opposed these Christmas festivities. In fact, an Act of Parliament banned Christmas celebrations from 1644 to 1660. Today, decorating Christmas trees is a tradition for many families who observe the holiday. Prince Albert of Germany is to thank for that — he brought his family custom of decorating evergreen trees to England after wedding Queen Victoria in the 1800s. When a photograph of the royal family standing next to a 40-foot tall tree ran in an American newspaper in

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1848, the tradition caught on in the United States. The practice of sending Christmas cards also started in England around this time. The act of gift-giving, however, has been around for a while, reminding people of the gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh that three wise men brought to baby Jesus. However, the rise of advertising and the industrial age made Christmas the commercial holiday it is today. The man who is said to bring these gifts, Santa Claus, is based on a Dutch saint named Nicholas. Santa Claus used to be represented as a jolly man who wore many different colors, but after appearing in a Coca Cola advertisement in the 1930s in red and white, the colors stuck.

HANUKKAH: THE FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS During the eight days of Hanukkah, Jewish families come together at night to light candles on a branched candelabra called a menorah. They start with one flame on the first day and lighting an additional candle with each day that passes. The light from the menorah is used to represent God’s gift of light to the world. The word Hanukkah means “dedication” in Hebrew. Usually occurring sometime in November or December, Hanukkah starts on the 25th of Kislev on the Hebrew calendar. Hanukkah celebrates the rededication of the Second Temple in Jerusalem in second century B.C. In the Maccabean Revolt, Jewish people revolted against the Greek-Syrian rule that oppressed them. Around 200 B.C., the Jewish people in Judea came under seniortimesmagazine.com

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the rule of Antiochus III of Syria. When his son Antiochus IV rose to the throne, he forced the Jewish people to worship Greek Gods and outlawed Jewish rituals under the threat of death. In 163 B.C., Antiochus IV seized the Jews’ holy Second Temple and turned it into a place to worship Zeus. The Jewish high priest Mattathias staged a revolt with his five sons that raged for three years. Judah Maccabee, one of the sons, led the Jewish people to victory in 165 BC. Maccabee and the others were keen to rededicate the temple to Judaism. They planned to light the eternal flame on the ceremonial menorah. However, there was only enough oil left to last for one night. Miraculously, the oil lasted for eight days. When families light the candles of the menorah today, the flames act as a symbol for the unconquerable faith of the Jewish people. Jewish families also prepare traditional foods around this time, such as potato pancakes called latkes or jam doughnuts called sufganiyot. Additionally, Jewish children play a game with a top called a dreidel (the Hebrew word for “spinner”). Each of the four sides of the dreidel has a different Hebrew letter that represents a word in the saying Nes gadol haya sham (which means “A great miracle occurred there.”) Participants of the dreidel game spin the top, often playing to win chocolate coins called gelt. Customarily, families did not give gifts during Hanukkah. However, because the holiday often falls in close proximity to Christmas, Jews sometimes partake in gift giving during part or all of the eight nights. For the most part, this is a time to celebrate triumph over religious persecution and the miracle that kept the menorah lit for all eight nights.

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KWANZAA: A TIME FOR UNITY Kwanzaa is a weeklong celebration honoring African-American heritage. The festivities take place between Christmas and the New Year’s Day, from December 26 to January 1. Kwanzaa was founded by an activist and professor named Maulana Karenga in 1966. With the emphasis in black pride that accompanied the Civil Rights movement, Karenga’s goal was to create a holiday to commemorate the bonds that African Americans had with their forefathers in Africa. The sevenday social holiday was introduced as a way to emphasize black culture and unity. Today, an estimated 2 million Americans celebrate Kwanzaa each year. The word Kwanzaa comes from a Swahili phrase matunda ya kwanza, which translates to “First fruits.” An important part of Kwanzaa is a candleholder, called a kinara, which holds seven candles. The middle candle is black,

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ichard Anderson appeared in over 200 films and TV shows throughout his career. But it’s not just his well-known role as security chief Oscar Goldman in “The Six Million Dollar Man” that elicits fan questions on the classic film/television convention circuit. “They always ask about ‘Curse of the Faceless Man’ which we made in 1958 and was my first lead film role,” Anderson said from Los Angeles. “It was a low-budget remake of ‘The Mummy’ two decades earlier, featuring a stone monster rather than one wrapped in bandages. I really just learned my lines and tried not to bump into the furniture.” Two years earlier, Anderson appeared briefly in the venerable sci-fi classic “Forbidden Planet.” “That was the last of two dozen movies I did for MGM,” he said. “Sci-fi feature films were rather new in 1956 and it changed the genre forever. The whole movie was shot on one stage and as filming progressed, the studio gave us more money and the best production staff. We turned out a first-class movie that’s still impressive today.” Born in New Jersey and raised in New York, young Dick and his brother Bob were weekend matinee regulars at the 96th Street Motion Picture Theater, absorbed in their favorite films: westerns. “The stories had heroes and happy seniortimesmagazine.com

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endings — I really wanted to live in that world,” recalled Anderson, who outlined his career in the 2015 autobiography “Richard Anderson: At Last ... A Memoir, From the Golden Years of M-G-M to The Six Million Dollar Man to Now” cowritten with Alan Doshna. But Richard wasn’t the only celebrity in his family. “Katharine, my second wife, was the daughter of Norma Shearer and MGM producer Irving Thalberg,” he said. Richard and Katharine were married in 1961, so he never knew Thalberg who died in 1936, but said he was close to his mother-in-law. “Norma Shearer was very nice to me, she liked and respected me,” he said. “She gave us a party when we were married — Judy Garland was one of the guests. Norma had a house on the beach and when we visited her she would talk about her career and how she ‘had it all’ at one time.” While Shearer found fame in film and retired just as television was coming of age in the early ‘40s, it was TV that made Anderson a household name when

“The Six Million Man” exploded on the small screen in 1974 for five seasons. “It was a show that brought back the hero and happy endings, so I told my agent I wanted the part even if I had to pay the producers to let me do it!” he said with a laugh. Anderson also narrated the show’s famous introduction. “‘Gentlemen, we can rebuild him, we have the technology,’” he quoted. “You can’t imagine how many fans come up to me and say that. It’s the best TV show introduction ever written.” Anderson continued his Oscar Goldman role in three seasons of “The Bionic Woman,” becoming one of the few actors to portray the same character in different television series. As to why he took so long to write a book about his life, “My answer is simple,” Anderson said, who turned 89 in August. “I’m still living it.” s Nick Thomas teaches at Auburn University at Montgomery, Ala., and has written

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Veteran Edward Kissam Before Having Gainesville’s First Integrated Waiting Room, Doctor Soldiered In The Air And Sea Story and Photography by Michael Stone Now bone and muscle strengthen under stress, And moral fiber toughens, waiting out the guess. The clouds and fire will come and try your soul, But easy living should not be our goal. — EDWARD KISSAM, 1968

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hese days, at 90 years old, Dr. Edward Kissam doesn’t remember too well. But by his side, his longtime companion and his daughter help guide the memories, articulating the accomplishments of a man, a soldier, a peacemaker, a casual poet who has seen the tragedies of war, the triumphs of evolving medicine and, perhaps most meaningful to the Florida faithful, the foundation of Gator football glory. Shortening Kissam’s life to specific labels would mean calling him North Central Florida’s first orthopedic surgeon, the first doctor in Gainesville to integrate the waiting room, a small player in the development of the sports drink Gatorade, and a World War II seaman and later flyer. But it’s more so the spirit within the skin — outwardly defined by a calm demeanor that paces through almost a century of events gradually and matter-of-factly but never boastfully — that makes him an exemplar of the Greatest Generation. That’s validated greater in no other action than perhaps his decision to have an integrated waiting room when he started his orthopedic practice in 1960 at Alachua General Hospital.

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“I felt that people were equal and that they shouldn’t be separated because of their skin or anything else about them,” Kissam said from a couch in the Gainesville house of his companion of 20 years, B.J. Summerlin. “I [didn’t treat] people different because of how they looked or even whether they had any money or not — as I recall, they didn’t have to have any money for me to take care of them.” “He chose to do it that way,” added Summerlin, who also worked as a nurse at the practice for a brief time in the late ‘60s. “He blocked off the back door so the [black Americans] couldn’t come in the back door. They had to come in the front door.” “I was proud, but I didn’t know quite the extent,” said the daughter, Babette, who was just a small child then and is the oldest of Kissam’s five children. Her third-grade year was the first time she shared a classroom with black students, two of them, and both sets of parents were seen by Kissam, who was known in town as the “black doctor.” Yet Kissam’s story of enlightened Americana started much earlier, when he graduated from high school in Elizabethtown, North Carolina, in 1942, a month shy of his 17th birthday. A standout football player, Kissam was offered a scholarship by Clemson to play quarterback. “But the war was on, and I didn’t take that.” Instead, he chose a calling he saw as much more important: contributing to the war effort in the port city of Wilmington, 50 miles from his home, by building Liberty ships, mass-produced, simple vessels used to transport the equivalent of 300 train cars per trip of what was deemed “emergency cargo.” seniortimesmagazine.com

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“His eyes were wide, and he was just shaking, and I said, ‘Don’t worry. You’ll be alright. You’re not going to be hurt.’ He said, ‘You get on there where you belong.’ He really was afraid.” The job proved to be more of a transitional one. He soon took another in New York as a merchant marine — sailors that, during the war, transported troops and supplies and, with one in 26 dying in the line of duty, suffered the greatest death percentage of all U.S. war services. Though still a teenager, Kissam showed he could handle himself as a seaman during training, so he was assigned to the Liberty ship Thomas Nelson Page. The Page’s first mission with Kissam aboard was to transport a load of flour from Norfolk, Virginia, to the Italian port city of Naples following the Axis powers losing it to a local uprising and then the Allies, who moved in Oct. 1, 1943. The Page was one of 60 ships in the convoy carrying food, munitions and other supplies, and during the trip across the Atlantic and into the Mediterranean Sea, swift vessels would guard against U-boat attacks by circling the convoy and dropping depth charges. “They were just swarming around the convoy all the time,”

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Kissam said, “and even at night, you could hear, ‘Boom!’” The U-boats did claim two ships from the convoy, and another was lost to German bombers the first night in Naples’ harbor. Before the Germans lost the harbor, they purposely sank boats in it to make Allied docking difficult, so some ships in Kissam’s convoy had to tie up to the sunken ones. The Page did just that, but because it was carrying flour, it was deemed nonessential and was told to go out and anchor so another ship hauling ammo could dock. A German bomber “dropped a bomb on that ship that took our place,” Kissam said. “It was hit and went up in one big boom. I didn’t see anyone who was afraid the whole time — not one fear. I really can say that truthfully. “Everybody was interested, but nobody was afraid.” After holding onto the flour for two months, the Page finally dropped it off in North Africa, and the emptied ship was converted to a troop transport, carrying U.S. Army soldiers, ally seniortimesmagazine.com

(Opposite) Kissam poses with his companion of 20 years, B.J. Summerlin (left), in Summerlin’s Gainesville home, and with his daughter, Babette, who’s holding the nameplate from the orthopedic practice Kissam opened at Alachua General Hospital in 1960. ABOVE: Kissam holds a sketch of himself from his time in military service.

Algerians and German prisoners between Africa and Italy. It was during these transports — specifically, one night docked at Naples during a German bombing — that Kissam finally saw someone, an Army soldier, who was afraid. “His eyes were wide, and he was just shaking,” Kissam recalled. “And I said, ‘Don’t worry. You’ll be alright. You’re not going to be hurt.’ He said, ‘You get on there where you belong.’ He really was afraid.” Also aboard the Page, Kissam once removed a poison trap one of his three bunkmates, a 45-year-old black American who worked as a cook, set up for another seaman who had been threatening toward the cook. “I realized that would be a really bad thing for [the cook] and for whoever was there, so I went and took that down myself. I got rid of it,” he said. The Page served as merchant marine Kissam’s home for 10

months until it returned to The States, where he signed up in May 1944 to become, simply, a Marine. Kissam went through some “rugged battle training” at Parris Island in South Carolina, eventually becoming a navigator on B-25 Mitchell bombers. Though he wasn’t called into combat before the war ended, he would navigate aboard cargo planes in 1946 in aid of the U.S.-backed Nationalists in China in their civil war against the Communists. “Around the base [in Tsingtao, China], there were tents just spread out for a quarter of a mile or something, and every time one of our planes would take off, the tent flaps would flap and they’d be firing at us with rifles,” Kissam said. “And once in a while, there’d be a hole in the wing, but they never did damage us so that it made any significant difference.” The Marines discharged Kissam on Aug. 26, 1946, and by the time he finally got back to Elizabethtown, his life had December 2015

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turned into what he described as disaster. His girlfriend was about to marry another man. Separately, one of his best friends from back home in North Carolina, Albert Cross, who served as a bomber’s tail gunner in Europe, crashed his private plane near Kissam’s home shortly after the war ended. “He was my best friend,” Kissam remembered, softly and with pauses, “and that was really — I was really upset by that.” Perhaps most arduous of all, though, was Kissam’s mother going from a sweet, calm lady to having paranoid schizophrenia, and his father couldn’t be of much help because a stroke took away his ability to walk. His mom began keeping a loaded rifle in the living room, once tried to run over the local doctor, and was in and out of mental hospitals and shock treatments. Years later, Babette asked Kissam’s brother what brought on such illness: “How did Grandmamma take it when instead of going to Clemson and being a football star, he decided to go in the Merchant Marines? And Uncle Benny said that she began to walk, and instead of doing her normal routine of cooking and cleaning and taking care of her family, she just got up in the morning, put her shoes on and walked — all day, came home at night.

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“I’ve always thought of her as a casualty of the war, too.” But one shining light sliced through the storm: Before he died, Cross had enrolled himself and Kissam at Presbyterian Junior College under the G.I. Bill. Presbyterian started Kissam on an academic career that would eventually lead to a bachelor’s in psychology from the University of Florida in 1949 and his M.D. from Wake Forest University. While working in a cafeteria at UF, Kissam would always hold an avocado salad aside for a grad student in English, Barbara Metze, before the salads sold out. The two married in 1950. After Wake Forest, Kissam completed his medical training in Augusta, Georgia, in the then-emerging specialty of orthopedics, which focuses on injuries and diseases in muscles and bones. And eventually, in 1960, he and his wife returned to Gainesville because it seemed like the place to raise a family. That year, Kissam became North Central Florida’s first orthopedic surgeon when he started his practice at Alachua General Hospital, which opened in 1928 and closed in 2009. Treating patients regardless of their race or finances, Kissam’s patient load soared, and he would often work from 6 a.m. to 2 the next morning, leaving time for only a few hours of sleep. “So we didn’t see him a lot,” Babette said of she and her seniortimesmagazine.com

(Left) Kissam, who volunteers at the Whitney Laboratory for Marine Bioscience in Flagler Beach, poses in his favorite hat with other volunteers. (Right) Kissam and Summerlin stand with Steve Spurrier, who won the Heisman Trophy as a University of Florida quarterback in the 1960s while Kissam was a doctor for UF athletics.

four siblings. Legendary UF football coach Ray Graves picked up Kissam as a doctor for the university’s athletic programs within a year of the practice opening, and Kissam would work in that role for the whole 1960s, including during Heisman winner Steve Spurrier’s tenure. “He was the best player they had on the team,” Kissam said. “You knew this was a special player.” When Spurrier was drafted by the San Francisco 49ers, Kissam wrote a letter to the team saying the young quarterback was in good health — “unlike most of the team if they were on the line,” Summerlin said. “He was writing letters because they couldn’t play — I mean, they could play, kind of, of course, but they’d ruin their knees and a lot of their health,” she added. Today, when the Gator football players from the ‘60s, called the Silver Sixties, meet, some say “Hi, Doc!” and pull up their pant legs to show Kissam the scars he gave them from surgery. Kissam was also there when UF’s athletes were trying Gatorade — then called Cade’s Aid after one of its developers, UF professor Dr. James Robert Cade — for the first time.

“Dr. Cade actually brought it to me because I was looking after the teams and traveling with them and so on, so it sounded like it was good,” Kissam said. “Cade’s Aid, with its minerals in it, made a difference.” “You said a lot of the boys made faces and spit it back out,” Summerlin added with a laugh, noting the saltiness of the original formula. Barbara died in 1974, and, after retiring in 1983, Kissam became an avid sailor. He has lived in Crescent Beach for the past 18 years, in a house on the lot he and Barbara bought for $7,000 in the ‘60s. But he’s back and forth between Gainesville, visiting Summerlin often, and is giving moving back heavy consideration. In reflecting on the war, Kissam’s devotion to the welfare of his fellow human continues to radiate, almost contradicting the annihilative darkness that extreme nationalism and hate cast over the world. He flew in bombers but never dropped bombs, and he was trained on Liberty ships’ topside defensive guns but never had to fire. “I was disappointed, frankly, that I didn’t get to drop the bombs and stuff like that,” he said, “but in another way, I looked at it that I was glad that I didn’t have to kill anybody.” s December 2015

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CH A RIT Y OF THE MONTH WINNER S SEPTEMBER and OCTOBER 2015 TO NOMINATE A CHARITY OF YOUR CHOICE OR TO VOTE FOR YOUR FAVORITE NOMINEES, VISIT:

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SEPTEMBER WINNER - 3,854 VOTES

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GiGi’s Playhouse

Claws for a Cure

Gigi’s Playhouse is an international organization with 24 locations that offers over 30 programs to those with Down Syndrome and their families. Gigi’s Playhouse seeks to foster a sense of confidence and empower participants to achieve their greatest potential, advancing literacy, math and motor skills, and more. Each therapeutic and educational program that it offers to the community is free. The Gainesville location opened on October 11, 2015.

The October Charity of the Month $1,000 winner is Claws for a Cure for Children’s Miracle Network. Claws for a Cure consists of two Buchholz Bobcats who are on a mission to raise money for the Children’s Miracle Network. The money they raise goes toward research for cures and updating the facilities. For the 2015-16 school year, this will also be their DECA project that they will take to CDC (Statewide competition/Career Development Conference) and hopefully the ICDC (International competition/International Career Development Conference). DECA website: www.deca.org/about/. Other winners: Mallory Dale will receive $300 for nominating them. The $500 random charity winner is Gainesville Harmony Show Chorus and the $100 random voter winner is Nate Wood.

Other winners: Mika Vuto will receive $300 for nominating them. The $500 random charity winner is Power of 2, Inc. The $100 random voter winner is Chris Olanders.

Prizes provided by a partnership between Sunstate Federal Credit Union and Tower Publications, Inc.

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Healthy Edge White Americans Are Dying Younger

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shocking new study shows that white Americans, particularly middle-aged white men, are dying younger at increased rates. This sharp increase in deaths shouldn’t be happening. Instead of enjoying longer lives because of health technology improvements and being more informed healthcare consumers, white Americans from 30 to 64 years of age are dying at higher rates. As groups, Seniors ages 65 and up, blacks and Hispanics still saw a constant increase in their longevity. What’s causing the deaths? Alcohol poisoning, drug overdoses, chronic liver disease/cirrhosis, and suicides. Over half a million people who should not be dead, died between 1999 and 2013. Although more middle-aged white men than white women are dying, the patterns are the same for men and women. The difference is that the mortality rate reversed (increased) for men. For men, the death rates reflected a reverse in the “decades of progress in mortality.” The study, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, makes it clear that the unexpected deaths from 1999 to 2013 weren’t due to lung cancer or diabetes. (The death rate for lung cancer is declining, while the death rate for diabetes is slowing increasing.)

According to the Washington Post, a spike in mortality in a developing country’s subpopulation is very rare. From 1980 to 1998, inhabitants of wealthy countries have generally lived longer and healthier. Regarding white middleaged Americans, death rates dropped an average of 2 percent annually from 1980 to 1998. Yet, since 1999, mortality rates for this group increased an average of 0.5 percent annually. Swedes, Australians, Germans and other whites in wealthy countries aren’t experiencing the increase in mortality rates that white Americans are experiencing. The issue is unique to the United States. Fortunately, despite the increase in drug/alcohol-related deaths and suicides, researchers found that death rates for all causes declined 43 percent between 1969 and 2013 (1,279 per 100,000 people as compared to 730 per 100,000). An October 2015 Journal of the American Medical Association suggested that the death rates caused by strokes, heart disease and cancer all declined significantly. According to the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence, one in every 12 adults (17.6 million Americans) abuse or are dependent on alcohol. Alcohol is the most commonly used addictive substance in the United States.

The authors theorize that financial uncertainty is a factor in the rise in drug/alcohol abuse and increased suicide rates. Many Baby Boomers have found that they aren’t financially stable enough to retire, even if they want to. About 76 million Baby Boomers are heading into retirement; however, more than half don’t have the savings they need. Alcohol and drug abuse among Seniors is often hidden. Yet, alcohol and drug problems, particularly prescription drug abuse, among Seniors is one of the fastest growing health problems facing the country. The study’s co-authors Anne Case and Angus Deaton also believe that the unnecessary deaths are associated with low education levels and a rise in the availability of opioids (for instance, cheap heroine). To take a quiz to determine if you are addicted to alcohol or drugs, go to www.ncadd.org/get-help/take-the-test. A list of substance abuse therapists in and around Gainesville can be found at therapists.psychologytoday.com. If you or someone you know is in crisis, please call 1-800-273-TALK (8255) for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (www.suicidepreventionlifeline.org). When you call 1-800-273TALK, you are calling the crisis center closest to your location. After you call, you’ll hear a message saying you have reached the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline. While your call is being routed, you’ll hear hold music. Then you’ll be helped by a skilled, trained crisis worker who will listen to your problems and will tell you about mental health services in your area. Your call is confidential and free. s Kendra Siler-Marsiglio, PhD, HCC is the President of CommunityHealth IT and the Director of Rural Health Partnership at WellFlorida Council.

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WINTER WONDERLAND

Let It Snow Do-It-Yourself Holiday Snow Globes

Story and Photography by Ericka Winterrowd

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t’s the holiday season, and as the saying goes, “Tis far better to give than to receive.” Sometimes, however, that “giving” part can end up breaking the bank, creating post-holiday blues, which is never a good way to start off the new year. Here is a solution: DIY Holiday Snow Globes! What’s a better way of spreading some Christmas cheer than giving family and friends a gift made from the heart? This is a great craft project to do with the kids, who will surely be transfixed with the final product. So give the gift of enchantment this year as the shimmering magic of snowfall abounds in this classic toy, so affordable and adorable. Perfect for the child within us all.

Almost any glass jar will work for this project: baby-food, maraschino cherry, and olive jars are good choices, however I have found that the best jars are mason jars with a strong sealed top — remember there will be water and you wouldn’t want to shower your gift receiver with glittery snow… or would you? [Insert holly jolly laughter.] You may wish to paint the jar lid with a seasonal color. If so, use oil-based enamel paint and set aside so it can dry. Next, sand the inside of the lid until the surface is rough. Then, with clear-drying epoxy, adhere your holiday figurine to the inside of the lid. Let the epoxy dry. A more personal touch to this gift would be to use a photograph of your

HERE’S WHAT YOU’LL NEED:

Distilled Water Glass jars Glycerin

Glitter Fake Snow Sandpaper

Mini Trees Figurines Epoxy Glue (Instant Mix)

OPTIONAL ITEMS: paint, food coloring, photographs, scissors, laminator

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loved one along with the snow globe figurine. An easy way to do this is to print out a copy of the photo you want to use, cut it out, and run it through a laminator. Most copy stores have lamination services that don’t cost too much. Make sure when you cut around your lamination; you leave a tiny border so it stays sealed. This thoughtful touch will definitely tug at your gift receiver’s heartstrings. Now it’s time to fill the jar almost to the top with distilled water. Depending on the jar size and the amount of snow flurries desired, add 1 teaspoon to 1 tablespoon of different kinds of glitter or fake snow shavings. Make sure to choose options that most resemble snowflakes. For example, I used small silver glitter and fake snow — 1 teaspoon of each for the smaller jars. Quickly add in a couple drops of glycerin. This will help slow down the glitter as it falls, creating a majestic look to your mini Winter Wonderland. Another fun option is to add a couple drops of blue food coloring. I did this for my penguin snow globe, which really gave the scene a touch of the North Pole. BRRRR! Lastly, close the lid tightly; making sure it is properly sealed.

And now for the fun part! Shake your snow globe like a Polaroid picture. Get it? As the snow swirls around your fantastical figurines — imagine a world where magic really does exist, and then realize you already live in one. Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night! s December 2015

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CALENDAR UPCOMING EVENTS IN ALACHUA & MARION

a festive evening of hot apple cider, local artisans with handmade crafts, photos with Green Sustainable Santa, live music, kids crafts, Satchels Pizza and more. Also a crafting station so that you can create your own unique repurposed gifts. www.repurposeproject.org.

5K: LITTLE RUN ON THE PRAIRIE TIOGA MONDAY MARKET Mondays 4:00pm - 7:00pm JONESVILLE - Tioga Center, 13005 W. Newberry Rd. Market features a selection of vegetables, crafts, organic food, fruits and local specialties.

explores the rich history of wildlife art in Florida throughout the past 250 years including works by contemporary Florida artists. Organizers are planning a series of workshops/lectures during the exhibition period. www.thedoris.org.

AQUIFERIOUS EXHIBITION DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION Wednesdays 11:00am - 1:00pm GAINESVILLE - Wesley United Methodist Church, 826 NW 23rd Ave. Gainesville Chapter of the DAR meet on the second Wednesday of each month, October through May. [email protected].

Now through January 6 Times Vary GAINESVILLE - The Thomas Center, 302 NE 6th Ave. Curated by Margaret Ross Tolbert, AQUIFERious is an expansive, multi-disciplinary exhibition based on her award-winning book of the same title. It features her large-scale paintings, as well the work of the worldrenowned photographers, filmmakers and cartographers that have inspired her.

GAINESVILLE HARMONY SHOW CHORUS

ARTWALK

Thursdays

Friday, December 4

7:00pm – 9:30pm GAINESVILLE - Grace Presbyterian Church, 3146 NW 13th St. For all who are interested in learning and singing Women’s A Cappella Barbershop Harmony Music. For information call Beckie at 352-318-1281.

7:00pm – 10:00pm GAINESVILLE - Downtown. Artwalk Gainesville is a free, monthly self-guided tour that combines visual art, live performance, and events with many galleries, eateries and businesses participating. www.artwalkgainesville.com.

LADY GAMERS

CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHTING & SANTA VISIT

Fridays 1:00pm HIGH SPRINGS - New Century Woman’s Club, 40 NW 1st Ave. Everyone is invited to meet for fun, friendship and food. Meet old friends and make some new ones.

Friday, December 4 6:00pm – 8:00pm ALACHUA - Downtown Main Street Park. Bring the whole family to enjoy a Christmas Tree lighting and meet with Santa Claus. The event is free. 386-418-6100.

RANGER-LED WALK Saturdays 10:00am GAINESVILLE - Devil’s Millhopper Geological State Park, 4732 Millhopper Rd. Guided walks leave from the visitor center every Saturday at 10 am sharp. Visitors who dare to join-in on the adventure have the opportunity to learn about the history and surrounding nature.

ART EXHIBITION

CHRISTMAS SHOP, HOP AND WINE WALK Friday, December 4 5:00pm - 9:00pm LEESBURG - Downtown. Stroll the downtown shops and try a variety of featured wines. Ticket holders are entitled to a free glass of wine at every stop on the Wine Walk map. Info: Joyce at Two Old Hags 352-4359107. Facebook.com/LeesburgEvents.

Through December 11 Times Vary GAINESVILLE - The Doris Bardon Community Cultural Center, 1315 S. Main St. “Artist Naturalists in Florida: Then and Now” is the opening program at its new location. Exhibit

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Saturday, December 5 7:30am MICANOPY - Payne’s Prairie Preserve State Park, 100 Savannah Blvd. The 3rd Annual 4-H 5K: Little Run on the Prairie is a 5K run around Payne’s Prairie. After the race, there will be a presentation about the Prairie by a Park Ranger and guests can make their own healthy smoothie using the blender bike. Race will begin at 9:30 am. Registration fee is $30. Awards, t-shirt, door prizes and park admission are all included in registration fee.

LEESBURG CHRISTMAS PARADE Saturday, December 5 3:00pm – 10:00pm LEESBURG - Main Street. Come see live performances in Town Square, dazzling Christmas lights and a Main Street parade at 6 pm featuring Santa. www. christmasparade.leesburgpartnership.com.

BERT GILL Saturday, December 5 1:00pm GAINESVILLE - Tower Road Branch, 3020 SW 75th St. Author Bert Gill, a pioneer in the local food movement, will share his Southern kitchen and bold recipes from “Pickled, Fried, and Fresh: Bert Gill’s Southern Flavors.” He will be bringing local produce to demonstrate their use. Gill is chef-owner of Blue Gill Quality Foods, Mildred’s Big City Food and New Deal Café.

FALL FARM & CANE FESTIVAL December 5 – 6 9:00am NEWBERRY - Dudley Farm Historic State Park, 18730 W Newberry Rd. Watch as people grind sugar cane using mule power and boil it into syrup at an original Florida working farm. Oldtime demonstrations include woodworking, blacksmithing, washday and butter churning. Event features a quilt drawing, children’s games and toys and old-time music.

WINTER HOLIDAY CONCERT Sunday, December 6

WINTER FESTIVAL & GREEN GIFT FAIR Friday, December 4 5:00pm - 9:00pm GAINESVILLE - 1920 NE 23rd Ave. Come for

3:00pm GAINESVILLE - Santa Fe College Fine Arts Hall (Bldg FA). Concert by the Gainesville Community Band directed by Professor R. Gary Langford. $6 donation requested. www.gnvband.org.

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GLAM CRAFT SHOW Sunday, December 6 10:00am – 4:00pm GAINESVILLE - Historic GRU Operations Center, Power District, 625 SE 5th Ave. In its 7th year, GLAM Craft Show invites you to shop for unique gifts made in your community. The event will have food trucks and beer from local breweries, a gift-wrap booth and a kids’ activity area. Free admission. www.glamcraftshow.com

WHAT SWEETER MUSIC Sunday, December 6 3:00pm OCALA - First Presbyterian Church, 511 SE 3rd St. The Marion Civic Chorale presents a holiday celebration show with selections by John Rutter, Sir David Willcocks and more. Admission is free, but donations will support student scholarships. 352-537-8833. marioncivicchorale. tripod.com. [email protected].

Amahl & The Night Visitors December 11 and 13 GAINESVILLE Westminster Presbyterian Church, 1521 NW 34th St. The Gainesville Civic Chorus Chamber Singers will present Amahl and the Night Visitors on Friday, December 11th at 7:30pm and Sunday, December 13 at 7:00pm. Adult admission - $10; Children under 12 $5. www.GCCChorus.org.

HOMESTEAD HOLIDAYS Sunday, December 6 12:00pm GAINESVILLE - Historic Haile Homestead, 8500 SW Archer Rd. Visit the 1856 plantation home decked out in an array of traditional greenery and Victorian finery with a railroad theme and docents in Victorian costume. Live holiday music. Enjoy home-baked goodies, holiday ornaments, hot cider and ride in the horse-drawn carriage.

about his Florida travels and books such as Tiger Shrimp Tango. Dorsey will have multiple book titles, hats, t-shirts and the new Serge and Coleman Hot Sauce set available for sale and signing. He will also sign copies of books people bring from home. Free. Info: www. aclib.us. Nickie Kortus at 352-334-3909.

SOUNDS OF THE SEASON

CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHTING CEREMONY

Sunday, December 6 7:00pm GAINESVILLE - Phillips Center. Performance by Master Chorale and UF Choral Union. www.gcchorus.net.

HOLIDAY PARADE Tuesday, December 8 10:00am GAINESVILLE - Tacachale Center, 1621 NE Waldo Rd. School bands, ROTC units, law enforcement agencies, antique cars and floats will participate.

Thursday, December 10 6:45pm GAINESVILLE - Tacachale Center, 1621 NE Waldo Rd. A festive event with tree trimming and holiday songs. There is a strong chance that Santa Claus may make a surprise appearance. Free.

COPING DURING THE HOLIDAYS Thursday, December 10

Market. Purple is the support color of all teams from Leesburg and surrounding areas will be on hand with fundraising booths, games and races.

KIDS DAY Saturday, December 12 10:00am – 2:00pm NEWBERRY - Dudley Farm Historic State Park, 18730 W Newberry Rd. Make festive ornaments and hands-on crafts. Learn what types of ornaments were used in the Victorian Era. Fun for the whole family. Admission is $5 per car up to 8 occupants. 352-4721142. visit www.friendsofdudleyfarm.org.

FOOD TRUCK-N-FLICK NIGHT Saturday, December 12

2:30pm – 4:00pm GAINESVILLE - Senior Recreation Center, 5701 NW 34th Blvd. Presented by PrimeTime Institute. This workshop can help with common difficulties of this season by providing information and strategies that may bring you some comfort. Presented by Marissa McGehe, MSW, Bereavement Counselor at Haven Hospice, can help give you the strength to enjoy this special time of the year and honor your loved one.

5:00pm LEESBURG - Downtown. See the “Cruise In-Classic Cars” line up on Main Street and the Gourmet Food Trucks assemble around the square. Live music and gourmet food. Bring blankets and lawn chairs and watch a double feature of Christmas movies on the 24-foot outdoor movie screen starting at dusk. Info: foodtrucknflick.leesburgpartnership. com. Facebook.com/LeesburgEvents.

PAINT DOWNTOWN PURPLE

VIOLIN CONCERT

TIM DORSEY’S BOOK TOUR

Saturday December 12

Saturday, December 12

Wednesday, December 9

8:00am – 1:00pm LEESBURG - Town Square. Come help raise awareness and support for American Cancer Society’s Relay For Life at the Saturday Morning

5:00pm – 7:00pm GAINESVILLE - Dillard’s Court at Oaks Mall, 6419 Newberry Rd. Christmas music performed by the children of Queen of Peace Academy.

HOLIDAY CONCERT Tuesday, December 8 7:30pm GAINESVILLE - The Thomas Center, 302 NE 6th Ave. Enjoy Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque and some modern music associated with the holidays. There will be a solo singer, a small story-scene and audience participation.

6:00pm ALACHUA - Alachua Branch Library, 14913 NW 140th St. Meet Tim Dorsey and learn more

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BRAIN EXERCISE Thursday, December 17 2:30pm – 4:00pm GAINESVILLE - Senior Recreation Center, 5701 NW 34th Blvd. Presented by PrimeTime Institute, “This is your Brain on Exercise: Mood, Brain Function & Cognitive Benefits of Exercise,” presented by Vonetta Dotson, PhD, Asst. Professor, UF Department of Clinical & Health Psychology.

GAINESVILLE BIG BAND Friday, December 18 8:00pm GAINESVILLE - Market Street Pub, 112 SW 1st Ave. This 17-piece jazz band plays a wide range of big band styles such as traditional swing, dance, Latin, and contemporary jazz.

NEWBERRY CHRISTMAS PARADE Saturday, December 19 5:00pm NEWBERRY - Downtown Newberry. Parade will come out onto Newberry Rd. and 253rd St. behind Walker’s Produce.

Alachua Christmas Parade Saturday, December 12

2:00pm – 3:00pm

ALACHUA - Main Street. Bring the whole family to celebrate the holidays. Free. Contact the Alachua Chamber of Commerce for more information: 386-462-3333.

GINGERBREAD HOUSE WORKSHOP Saturday, December 20 2:00pm – 5:00pm ALACHUA - Alachua Branch Library, 14913 NW 140th St. Join your friends and family to construct a holiday gingerbread house. The event takes place in Meeting Room A + B. 386-462-2592.

HOLIDAY HARP MUSIC JAZZ HOLIDAYS WITH OL’ BLUE EYES Saturday, December 12 7:30pm GAINESVILLE - Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Gainesville, 4225 NW 34th St. Celebrate the 100th birthday of Frank Sinatra as pianist Thomas Royal and baritone Tony Canty present an evening of Christmas favorites and oddities.

Admission is free, but donations will support student scholarships. 352-537-8833. marioncivicchorale. tripod.com. [email protected].

STOP CHILDREN’S CANCER BENEFIT CONCERT

FIRE & ICE

4:00pm GAINESVILLE - Phillips Center. Concert by the Alachua County Youth Orchestra. www.acyo.org.

Thursday, December 31

Sunday, December 13

WINTER CONCERT

Times Vary GAINEVILLE - United Church of Gainesville, 1624 NW 5th Ave. Learn traditional and non-traditional Christmas music offered by instrumentalists and the adult, youth and children’s choirs. Lessons take place at 11:15am and 7pm. Info: 378-3500.

Sunday, December 13 7:30pm GAINESVILLE - Phillips Center. Free concert by the Alachua County Youth Orchestra. www.acyo.org.

STORY TIME Wednesday, December 16

Sunday, December 13 4:00pm OCALA - Mt. Zion AME Church, 623 S. Magnolia Ave. The Marion Civic Chorale presents a holiday celebration show that will include selections by John Rutter, Sir David Willcocks and more.

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1:30pm – 2:30pm GAINESVILLE - Tower Road Branch Library, 3020 SW 75th St. Relax to the sound of the harp as Barb Kerkhoff plays a mix of Hanukkah music and Christmas carols for the holidays.

Sunday, December 13

LESSONS & CAROLS SERVICE

WHAT SWEETER MUSIC

Saturday, December 20

11:00am GAINESVILLE - Harn Museum of Art, 3259 Hull Rd. Join a librarian from the Alachua County Library for preschool story time with songs, movement and a related gallery tour. This event is for children ages 2 to 5 and their adult caregivers. Register ASAP online at www.harn.ufl.edu/storytimeregistration.

2:00pm GAINESVILLE - YMCA field, 9315 SW Archer Rd. Come play in the snow slide on two ice slides or jump on one of the many bounce houses along with enjoying various games and activities including a fireworks show. Advance tickets required. For tickets: www.newyearsforkids.org If you would like us to publicize an event in Alachua or Marion counties, send information by the 13th day of the month prior. All submissions will be reviewed and every effort will be made to run qualified submissions if page space is available.

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Dance Alive National Ballet Presents The Nutcracker December 18 – 20 Become entranced by the beauty of the Sugar Plum Fairy and her dazzling Court, enchanted by the swirling snowflakes and breathtaking snow, and cheer for the tiny toy soldiers and their leader, the handsome Nutcracker Prince. A sparkling production with beautiful costumes and sets.

The Ten Tenors December 23 ACROSSTOWN REPERTORY THEATRE

GAINESVILLE COMMUNITY PLAYHOUSE

Gainesville Homegrown Local Playwrights’ Showcase December 4 – December 17

Mary Poppins December 3 - December 20

Now a Gainesville staple, the third annual “Gainesville Homegrown” Local Playwrights’ Showcase features full-length and one-act plays by local authors.

ARTY: Plum Pudding for Christmas & Herschel & the Hanukkah Goblins December 18 – December 20 The Acrosstown’s Youth troupe is sure to delight children of all ages in cheerful adaptations of these timeless and beloved children’s books.

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Based on the books by P.L. Travers and the classic Walt Disney film, Mary Poppins delighted Broadway audiences. The jack-of-all trades, Bert, introduces us to an early time in England and the troubled Banks family. Young Jane and Michael have sent many a nanny packing before Mary Poppins arrives on their doorstep. Using a combination of magic and common sense, she must teach the family how to value each other again. Mary Poppins takes the children on many magical and memorable adventures, but Jane and Michael aren’t the only ones she has a profound effect upon.

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Duplicity: A Washington Thriller BY NEWT GINGRICH AND PETE EARLEY c.2015, Center Street $26.00 / $29.00 Canada 464 pages

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CIA Director Payton Grainger had had it with one of his employees. For months, Officer Gunter Conner had been trying to convince his superiors that he had a better way of combating Islamic terrorism than what was already being done. Conner had written papers about it, had spoken at every meeting about it, and he was lately embarrassing himself and his department. But Conner had personal insight to the subject: his wife and son had been killed, his daughter gravely injured in a terrorist attack. He knew too well about Islamic terrorists, so when a special assignment came available, Conner saw his chance — not only to prove himself right, but to find the man behind the ruination of his family. As an African American and a woman, Captain Brooke Grant, USMC, was especially keen on avoiding special treatment — particularly when it came from her uncle, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Frank Grant, who wielded plenty of influence in Washington. She hated that he tried to shield her from danger; it was unfair, both to her and to fellow Marines. Brooke was good at her job and she hated being mollycoddled, so it was partly to avoid preferential treatment and partly because she loved opportunity that she accepted a special assignment in Somalia. When the polls showed that challenger Timothy Coldridge was rising in popularity for the upcoming election, President Sally Allworth knew it would take bold, drastic action to stay in office.

That was why, during an early debate, she announced that she was re-opening an embassy in Somalia, an area known to be held by terrorists. Securing it would take guts. It could also take lives… Notwithstanding its flaws (mainly: too much detail and too many characters, both of which slow the story down), it’s hard to cast aside a novel that includes a prison break-in and two brutal murders within the first eight pages. That’s where the ride begins in “Duplicity,” and it doesn’t let up for a good long while. With insider’s eyes for current issues, authors Newt Gingrich and Pete Earley take readers behind closed doors in Washington, to Somalia, and into terrorist cells both at home and abroad where, like the main characters, we never know who lives and who dies — or when. The story is a bit rough (blame the aforementioned details), but its authenticity over-

comes that issue enough so that readers expecting a timely, keeps-you-guessing military-political heart-pounder won’t be too disappointed. Fans of current-events-type novels will eat this book up. Thriller lovers will, too, so if you’re searching for a cold-winter’s read, here’s your book. “Duplicity” will do the job nicely. s Terri Schlichenmeyer has been reading since she was 3 years old and she never goes anywhere without a book. She lives with her two dogs and 11,000 books.

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