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Since 1991 | WINNER OF 12 FLORIDA PRESS ASSOCIATION AWARDS | Serving Greater Oviedo/Winter Springs SEMINOLEVOICE.COM FRIDAY, JULY 4, 2014 Published weekly FREE Static in the darkness The unusual radio competition to prove who’s the great communicator after the power goes out TIM FREED The Voice Stan Wood has strained his ears for more than five hours over the constant hiss of radio static. The sun is down and time just got scarce. It’s all pitch darkness in Win- ter Springs’ Central Winds Park – the only source of light nearby comes from an iPhone Wood RATS BUILD LEAD holds over a yellow legal pad filled with lines of letters and OVER DAWGS numbers that hold meaning yet ATHLETICS, 5 don’t spell words, hastily written PHOTO BY ISAAC BABCOCK — THE VOICE in ballpoint pen. Jeff Keating and Seminole County radio operators competed in a 24-hour disaster simulation competition June 28-29. Grow your own independence Beside him Dennis Veselka How to live a more efficient life, keeps watch over a map of the tension melts away and he lets the top five year to year. ard Fischer turns a homemade and a healthier one, through Earth’s seven continents on a out an elated fist pump in the But besides providing some antenna rig toward the northeast. gardening your own food. dimly lit laptop screen. As an darkness. friendly competition, the contest A do-it-yourselfer, Wood used inch-wide circle travels across the He scribbles down the call gives radio operators the chance a PVC pipe bolted to a $5 tele- FROM MY GARDEN TO YOURS, 7 southeast United States in real sign “W5MSQ.” That’s 100 points to practice their hobby for when scope stand to keep the pronged Ballroom for the Brain time, a brief window of opportu- for first contact using a satellite. the real emergency comes. antenna raised. nity opens – less than 15 minutes. Radio operators from the “If a hurricane ever came and The new target: a satellite Dancing away dementia? It works. “We’re not gonna make it,” Lake Monroe Amateur Radio took down the electricity, I’d still launched in 1974 named AO-7 CENTRAL FLORIDA SENIOR, B1 Wood said as a group of five lo- Society put their skills to the test have my radio that only relies on that went dark for nearly three cals watch in silence behind him. at Central Winds Park this past the atmosphere,” Ham radio op- decades after the batteries died. INTERESTS ...... 4 “It’s nothing but garbage and weekend as they took part in the erator Andrew Graves said. For all that time, it had been a CALENDAR ...... 3 ATHLETICS ...... 5 noise.” annual American Radio Relay Ham operators set up tower- hunk of junk floating in space. CULTURE ...... 6 The Japanese satellite flying League Field Day – a nationwide ing antennas reaching 40 feet tall But on June 21, 2002 the battery VOICES ...... 7 directly overhead across Earth’s competition between ham radio and fire up their radios in mo- connection finally snapped, its CLASSIFIEDS ...... 8 atmosphere could relay an ur- operators to simulate a disaster bile trailers stationed around the solar panel wings fired up, and CENTRAL FLORIDA SENIOR . . . B1 gent message to anywhere in scenario without power. park. “Oscar Seven” said hello again. MARK YOUR CALENDAR America. Wood frantically spins It all starts at 2 p.m. on Satur- Children and families throw Word spread across the In- the dial and taps out a call sign day when the “disaster” strikes, Frisbees and dribble soccer balls ternet that the satellite had re- It’s time to celebrate America’s on his Morse code key, trying to the power grid goes down and nearby as the disaster scenario awakened and it’s been an orbital biggest patriotic holiday. But where to go and what to do? Check out our make contact with somebody. the invisible clock starts. Radio unfolds. source of points ever since. Independence Day calendar for your Anybody. operators have the next 24 hours That Saturday afternoon “A guy in England said weekend-long guide to festivities. There’s no power or cell to make as many contacts with Wood chases another satellite ‘What’s that?’” said Wood, who’s MORE IN CALENDAR, PAGE 3 phone service and disaster had other Hams as possible, using from the back of his Toyota C- been a Ham for more than five just struck: a crisis that’s severed radio rigs, satellite relay and old Max Hybrid, parked in the open decades. “He hadn’t heard it in almost all communication. It’s a fashioned Morse code to rack up grass at the center of the park. 20 years.” blackout that’s plunged the entire points across the airwaves. Reams of pencil-thick cords run Ham radio operator Kevin nation into darkness. Out of hundreds of teams from the car’s charger outlet to Cannon mans his own radio in- But as Wood finally hears the across the country in their class his radio set up on the floor of the side a tent made from aluminum dots and dashes of a radio op- (4A, based on their four transmit- back hatch. Wood listens closely foil-like material to reflect the erator from Texas in response, all ters), LMARS tends to place in while Ham radio operator Rich- n Please see RADIO on page 4 Publisher statement on page 3. USPS 00-093

In home delivery by Friday,In home delivery July 4 A state-sponsored vacation Local teen heads the U.S. Department of State in cooperation with the American to South Asia to Councils for International Edu- learn language and cation. The initiative’s goal is to promote cultural understand- diplomacy ing and increase the number of ALLISON OLCSVAY young Americans who speak The Voice languages that the U.S. considers While other high school stu- critical for future diplomacy. dents are whiling away the sum- For Kumar, it’s an opportuni- mer days at the beach or theme ty to further enhance her under- parks, Nina Kumar, a 17-year-old standing of the Indian culture she rising senior at Hagerty High comes from while looking back School will be in India immersing at her own American culture herself in the country’s culture through another’s eyes. and language. “This will be a real eye-open- Kumar is participating in the ing experience for me,” she said. National Security Language Ini- “I have been to India before, but PHOTO BY ALLISON OLCSVAY — THE VOICE tiative for Youth sponsored by n Please see DIPLOMACY on page 2 Nina Kumar is heading to India to learn Hindi as part of a diplomatic program. Page 2 | July 4, 2014 | Seminole Voice

THIS WEEK IN WORLD HISTORY — JULY 4, 1776 – In Philadelphia, the Continental Congress adopts the Declaration of Independence, which proclaims the This Week independence of a new United States of America from Great Britain. The declaration came 442 days after the first shots of the American Revolution. DIPLOMACY | Thousands of students have studied in the Middle East and beyond in this summer program n CONTINUED FROM FRONT PAGE largest city, Pune. a teacher. only to visit briefly. Now I will “I’m barely conversational in “I am looking forward live and learn there and hopefully Hindi now,” said Kumar. “I’m re- to learning new things, but develop a more global perspec- ally nervous about how well I’ll also learning in a new way,” tive.” keep up and whether I’ll be able she said. “I understand that While in India, Kumar will to learn quickly enough to feel the way things are taught in stay with a host family and attend comfortable. It will be a real chal- India is very different from language school five days a week lenge for me.” here at home, so I am excit- in the morning. In the afternoons, While some aspects of her ex- ed to explore that as well.” she will participate in cultural experience will feel familiar — Ku- The intensive language periences that will test her new mar’s host mother is a profes- and culture training is a per- language skills. sional Bharatanatyam dancer, the fect match for Kumar who is For the first time in her life she same type of traditional dance interested in studying inter- will be away from family, friends Kumar has been studying for 12 national law and activism. and everything familiar while she years — many experiences will be “Someday I may pursue experiences a culture thousands completely new, such as attend- a career in diplomacy and I of miles away in India’s seventh ing school with a guru, instead of think this will be extremely useful to my future,” said Kumar. CELEBRATING OVER 25 YEARS SERVING YOUR COMMUNITY Interested in bridging Bernard S. Zeffren, MD the gap between her fam- PHOTO COURTESY OF SXC.HU Eugene F. Schwartz, MD ily’s cultural heritage and Nina Kumar will learn more about the culture of a land America finds to be crucial to diplomacy. her American culture, Ku- Winnie Whidden, MSN, ARNP-C mar started Let’s Move, join more than 3,000 other Ameri- 2.5 or better. Voted Best Doctors of Central FL, Let’s Dance, based on Michelle can youth who have participated Just as Kumar plans to do, Orlando Magazine Obama’s Let’s Move program to in the program since its launch in many of the NSLI-Y alumni have for 7 consecutive years promote fitness through tradi- 2006. gone on to further develop and tional Indian dance. She recently NSLI-Y offers seven language use their new language skills in received a grant to purchase cos- programs in which students can their careers or personal lives. For OF CENTRAL FLORIDA 2 locations tumes for her program through select to study: Arabic, Mandarin, some the program opened new in Seminole the Seminole Cultural Arts Coun- Hindi, Korean, Persian (Tajiki), doors to unexpected career paths, Diplomates American Board of County cil. Russian or Turkish. for others the program further so- Allergy and Immunology Kumar also spends time vol- Interested students need not lidified their plans to serve an in- Evening Hours Available unteering in a variety of ways, have any previous language ex- creasingly global community. including visiting the elderly in perience, only a strong interest to “We understand that we are 7560 Red Bug Lake Rd., Ste. 2064 793 Douglas Ave. nursing homes. She also recently learn another language and cul- going as ambassadors of sorts, but Oviedo, FL 32765 Altamonte Springs, FL 32714 raised nearly $5,000 for Operation ture while immersed in it. more importantly we are hoping 407-366-7387 407-862-5824 Smile. The program is open to high to bring back a new understand- www.orlandoallergy.com Upon completion of her seven school students aged 15 to 18 who ing,” Kumar said. “That will help Additional offices in Waterford Lakes, Hunters Creek & Orange City weeks in India, Kumar and will maintain a grade point average of us to be better global citizens.”

Upcoming Events Storm coming? July 7th – OBN Girls Night Out We’re ready. 5:30pm –8:00pm, 158 Tuskawilla Rd. Ste. 138 The ladies of OBN are skipping their monthly luncheon in July to have a fun “Girls Nigh Out” at South + York in Winter Springs. Join them for food, drinks, dancing, karaoke, and networking! July 10th— Monthly Luncheon– Oviedo Mall Update 11:30am-1:00pm, 1700 Oviedo Mall Blvd. Oviedo, FL 32765 Join us for our monthly luncheon, on Thursday July 10th. This month we will have Brian Olivi give an update on all the exciting changes happening at the Oviedo Mall. Lunch will be provided by Publix, and is sponsored by Oviedo Roofing Enterprises! July 10th– Grand Opening of The Winey Wench 5:30-7:30pm, The Winey Wench in the Oviedo Mall Join us at the Grand Opening of the Winey Wench in the Oviedo Mall. We will celebrate with a Ribbon Cutting Ceremony followed by great networking, food, drinks, their infamous wine slushies, and door prizes! Duke Energy’s expert storm response teams know exactly July 23rd– Bagels & Business- “I-4 Ultimate Project” how to prepare for storms and keep your lights on – year 8:00-9:30am, 1700 Oviedo Mall Blvd. Oviedo, FL 32765 after year, storm after storm. Call or find us online to report and track outages, get preparation tips and more. Join us at our morning series for an update from the project manager on the Ultimate I-4 project that will begin later this year. This event is FREE to attend and open to the public. Breakfast provided by Costco! Report an outage: Get preparation tips: 800.228.8485 twitter.com/ duke-energy.com/storm DukeEnergyStorm

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Friday, July 4, 2014 JULY 4 your decorated and themed float, bike 7 p.m. on Wednesday, July 9, at their west from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. every Saturday on Volume 24, Issue 27 Join the city of Oviedo at the Oviedo and commercial entry to the 2014 theme branch, located at 245 N. Hunt Club Blvd. State Road 434 and Tuskawilla Road in Mall this 4th of July from 5 to 10 p.m. “God, Country, Community.” Prizes are in Longwood. Join Public Archaeologist the Winter Springs Town Center. Visit Win- PHONE: 407-563-7000 FAX: 407-563-7099 for the annual Independence Day Cel- available for registered participants. Float Kevin Gidusko and explore the biotech- terSpringsFarmersMarket.com for more ebration. Be a part of the 1,000-person entries should arrive at the First Baptist nology of early native Floridians and the information. SEMINOLEVOICE.COM American Human Flag Project and enjoy Church of Geneva no later than 9:30 a.m. Timucuan Indians at this free event. For Orlando, FL 32835-5705 live entertainment from BeatleBeat and Use the Main Street entrance. Judging more information, call 407-665-1670. On the fourth Friday of each month, mul- PUBLISHER The Big Band Theory. Other highlights begins at 9:45 a.m. in the parking lot, so tiple venues in Sanford’s downtown his- be ready. For more information and how ONGOING Tracy Craft include inflatable games, carnival games, toric district host the Sanford Art Walk, 407.515.2605 food trucks, craft vendors, and of course to register, call Jessie Harrelson at 407- The Summer Eco Camp Season at the showcasing local talent along with oppor- [email protected] a wonderful fireworks display. The first 416-5239 or Dorothy Hardee at 407-497- Yarborough Nature Center in the Geneva tunities to meet visiting artists. The event 1,000 to show up for the Human Flag 1869. Late youth award entries will be Wilderness Area runs now through Aug. is on July 25 this month, is free and runs MANAGING EDITOR Project will be given a red, white or blue accepted until 9:30 a.m. on July 4. 1. Children ages 7 to 12 can learn more from 6 to 9 p.m. Visit sanfordartwalk.com Isaac Babcock shirt. Participants will be coordinated into about the environment by joining five-day for more information. 407.563.7023 the proper formation and official photos Take part in a traditional cakewalk at classes that run from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The [email protected] will be taken. Registration is at 5:30 p.m. Geneva’s annual Fourth of July Parade classes include “Animals Everywhere,” Want to learn a new card game? The ASSOCIATE EDITORS near Chamberlin’s. For more information, and Festival at 8 a.m. in the Rural Heri- “Surviving in Nature” and “Creepy Crawl- Seminole County Public Library is offer- Sarah Wilson call 407-971-5575 or 407-971-5568. tage Center in Geneva. Purchase your $1 ers.” For a list of classes, a registration ing free basic bridge instruction at the 407.563.7026 ticket to participate, step inside the Rural form and more information, visit semino- West Branch Library in Longwood and [email protected] Winter Springs celebrates the 4th of July Heritage Center and stand on one of the lecountyfl.gov/parksrec/naturallands the Northwest Branch in Lake Mary, with at Central Winds Park with a firework numbered squares that form a large circle classes meeting weekly for eight total Tim Freed 407.563.7054 show choreographed to music. The at the front of the room. The music begins The Artistic Hand Gallery and Studio sessions. West Branch Library classes [email protected] event takes place from 5 to 9:10 p.m. to play and everyone walks around the is offering a wide variety of creative are every Tuesday until July 29 from 2 when the fireworks show begins. Ac- circle until the music stops. Each person outlets for your children this summer in to 3:30 p.m. Northwest Branch Library ARTS EDITOR tivities include live music, a talent show, stands on the number closest to him or painting and drawing, mixed media and classes are every Thursday until July 31 Josh Garrick games, bounces houses and other activi- her and a number is drawn. The number clay. No matter the level of experience, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. For more information, [email protected] ties. The national anthem and presenta- is announced and the person standing on the studio’s qualified teachers will culti- call the West Branch at 407-665-1670 or DESIGNER tion of colors will take place at 9:03 p.m. that number just won a cake! The Gene- vate every child’s artistic needs. Summer the Northwest Branch at 407-665-1640. with the fireworks beginning immediately va Village Homemakers currently consists I classes run through the week of July 14 Registration is required. Tom Miller 407.563.7032 afterwards. For more information, contact of more than 70 members, many of which and Summer II classes are held the week [email protected] the city at 407-327-1000. bake cakes for this annual tradition. Dif- of July 28 through the week of Sept. 14. The Casselberry Farmers Market and ferent flavors, decorations and styles of Classes for teens and adults are also Green Bazaar runs every Saturday from STAFF WRITERS The annual Geneva 4th of July Parade cakes abound at this event. available. Visit artistichandgalleryandstu- 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. next to the Cassel- Brittni Larson and Festival starts at 9:30 a.m. along dio.com for more information or call Del berry Police Department, located at 4195 Megan Stokes JULY 9 Allison Olcsvay Main Street. Awards will be presented at 407-415-6882. S. U.S. Highway 17-92. For more informa- Kristy Vickery during the Festival at the Rural Heritage The Seminole County Library will host a tion, contact Casselberrymarket@gmail. Center following the parade. 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THIS WEEK IN HUMAN HISTORY —JULY 11, 1960 – The novelty song “Alley Oop” tops the Billboard pop chart. Alley Oop was the name of a time-traveling Interests caveman in a comic strip of the same name created in 1932 by cartoonist V.T. Hamlin. RADIO | When the power goes out, Ham radio operators – whose numbers are dwindling – save the day n CONTINUED FROM FRONT PAGE It wasn’t until moments before he spired a generation of hams from sun. Cannon always knew to be and his team took one of the last the 1950s through the ’80s. But Two hours in, Dave Hillebrandt prepared as a lifelong Boy Scout commercial flights from Santo Do- that’s where the trend stopped. furrows his brows, his mouth and current Scout Master, but it mingo Airport that they learned Computerized communication slightly open as he cocks his head was the day he narrowly avoided of the storm that was about to kill technology, ever sensitive to toward the speaker to hear more catastrophe that brought him to more than 200 people and leave storms, passed the trusty ham ra- clearly. Everyone in the small trail- learning amateur radio. more than 100,000 homeless. dios by. er is silent as he strains to hear the A 1998 medical mission trip he “I realized that when you’re in Out of the 313 million Ameri- next code. DAVE HILLEBRANDT took to the remote mountains of a disaster or in a remote area, it’s a cans who will pick up a cell phone “N5BB... 3A, North Texas,” his the Dominican Republic left Can- good thing to be able to communi- or laptop computer in their lives, voice is lucid as he articulates the ences,” he said. non with no knowledge of Hurri- cate quickly,” Cannon said. only 750,000 of them are licensed call sign to the logger next to him, The guitarist and singer’s pas- cane Georges heading their way. Those sorts of epiphanies in- radio operators, according to the who quickly types it into a spread- sion for music has taken him as far ARRL. Another study done by sheet. Dave rubs his eyes and the as Amsterdam, fundraising for a Long black ants crawled across ARWatch shows that the average bridge of his nose from under- Moroccan orphanage. his arms, but Mike Welch sat in his Ham radio operator is 50 years neath jet-black wraparound Oak- While most performers sock green folding chair ignoring them old. ley sunglasses. away tips earned from gigs, Dave in the swampy heat. With his soft, Cannon’s focus during Field His position never changes: one sometimes donates his tips to non- wrinkled hands tied together on Day wasn’t just on the points, it hand active on the Morse code profits such as the American Can- his lap and a D-STAR radio in front was on passing amateur radio on transmitter and the other hand, cer Society. He lost his father and of him, he closely monitored the to the next generation. Sean, Can- adorned with a braille-dotted mother-in-law to cancer. weather on his laptop. It could turn MIKE WELCH non’s 14-year-old son, earned his wedding band, fixed on the radio. Dave attributes his patient na- at any minute, he said, his blue eyes general amateur radio license just He made about 160 contacts by ture and avid listening skills to his squinting at the icons of white light- helped Welch out in the middle of a week before field day, eager to the end of his shift. No vision nec- lack of sight. ning bolts flashing over Brooksville. the night a few years ago when the join his father in the competition. essary. “I could meet someone on Welch, with a soft gentle voice, power went out. Claps of thunder “I think there’s a lot of poten- Hillebrandt quit college after the street and I don’t necessarily has charmed everyone that’s come had rocked him out of bed. Making tial for younger people to be in- two years of studying radio and know that they’re rich, poor, small, by the information tent in the past his way across Lake County in his volved in amateur radio,” Sean television and formed a rock band homeless or not. A lot of things I’m 10 hours. truck he found himself facing the said. “If we don’t get more people with friends called The Functions. not distracted by.” “Talked to someone in Iceland back of a woman kneeling down in involved, we’re going to com- “You can’t pass up on experi- – By Nada Hassanein - The Voice the other day,” Welch recalls. Since the middle of debris. She was look- pletely lose this hobby.” 1957, the radio operator of 18 years ing at the frame of her mutilated “We need the computer gen- first time. are wrapped and antennas are has taken on different roles in life — trailer. The tornado had swept up eration and the Xbox generation “We have a new generation dissembled in mere moments. The from airman and photographer to her husband. to get off their butts, stop playing of youth that want to help in our sound of thunder in the distance a husband and grandfather — before “They never found him,” Welch ‘Halo: Reach,’ ‘Watch Dogs’ and community,” Cannon said. “We few minutes later gets the Hams loading fuel into rockets at Cape Ca- said. “Blew him away and killed him. ‘Titanfall’ and start doing some- also have young members of our moving quicker to stow away naveral. I was so sad. I’ll never forget that.” thing meaningful with their life.” community who are really into their gear. Welch’s radio lets him tell fellow On his computer screen, he Cannon and Ham Jeff Keating computers and electronics.” They know the storm might Hams if nearby thunderstorms will looks at the area covering Central oversaw 11 boy scouts earning “We’re starting an initiative to come one day, when the people pour into the campsite, impacting Winds Park. The white and blue radio merit badges during Field marry the two together.” will need amateur radio. When signals between them and places lightning bolts never do pay a visit. Day, giving them the boys the Field Day ends as the clock they’ll need someone’s hand on like China. The radio had certainly – By Ailin Lebellot - The Voice chance to talk on the air for the strikes 2 p.m. on Sunday. Cords the dial, with ears ready to listen. Seminole Voice | July 4, 2014 | Page 5

THIS WEEK IN SPORTS HISTORY — JULY 6, 1933 – Major League Baseball’s first All-Star Game is played at Comiskey Park in Chicago, designed to bolster the sport Athletics during the darkest years of the Great Depression. Fans who could still afford tickets migrated from the more expensive box seats to the bleachers, which cost 50 cents. Rats grab third straight win

ISAAC BABCOCK Diamond Dawgs are struggling to and 7-3 in their last 10 games. lead into the bottom of the ninth five innings for the 6-2 win. The Voice keep up. Those three straight losses inning before watching it go away In the second game Duce blast- The Sanford River Rats have The Rats entered last week al- must have added up to frustration on a wild throw that turned a De- ed yet another double and gave put together one of the longest ready on top of the FCSL, but after for the Freedom, who lost all three metrius Sims stolen base into the his team a margin that would winning streaks of the Florida edging the College Park Freedom by only a combined 21-16 spread. tying run. After two scoreless in- never narrow, ending 4-1. Devin Collegiate Summer League sea- in three straight games they start- The frustration peaked on June nings, a towering fly ball to - cen Pellien gave up just a run on four son, and now the Winter Park ed this week at 14-7 on the season 29, when the Freedom took a 3-2 ter field let the Rats’ Einar Muniz hits in five innings work to grab score from third in the bottom of the win. the 12th to end it all. That loss would be the fourth The Dawgs and Rats played a straight for the Freedom. pair of games each during press Meanwhile the Winter Park time. They’re on the road during the Diamond Dawgs were avenging a Fourth of July. At 1 p.m. July 6 the 5-3 loss to the DeLand Suns with Rats host the Winter Garden Squeeze two straight wins. Both of those, at Sanford Memorial Stadium. At the back-to-back on June 29, started same time the Dawgs host the Lees- and ended as blowouts. burg Lightning at home. In the first, Daniel Sweet blast- The annual FCSL All-Star Game ed a double to lead off the game. starts at 6 p.m. July 8 at Sanford Me- Two batters later Tagg Duce morial Stadium with a Home Run smashed his 10th double of the Derby, followed by the game at 7 season. Devin Raftery struck out p.m. nine and gave up just two hits in

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July 8 – moe And looking ahead … end childhood hunger in Central Josh In a career that’s entered its Florida. Along with extraordinary third decade and produced 17 Through Aug. 31 – The Allure food, guests sample select wines Garrick albums, moe enjoys the double of Ancient Rome while enjoying auctions and whammy of critical acclaim Showcasing prints, drawings, entertainment. Please know that Culture for and an international fan base. and an illustrated book from the every dollar raised fights hunger Progressive rockers Al Schnier, Cornell Museum’s permanent and homelessness in Central Chuck Garvey, Rob Derhak, Jim collection, the Cornell’s new ex- Florida. Tickets are $150. Visit your calendar Loughlin and Vinnie Amico con- hibit highlights the significance of tasteofthenation.org/orlando tinue to tour the globe, headline Roman antiquities in Europe and and/or facebook.com/Orlando- lar 20-minute fireworks finale. music festivals, and/or share the the role played by printed images Taste. We can all buy a ticket and Now through July 8 – Entertainment begins at 4 p.m. stage with performance legends. in sharing knowledge about those help. ‘Columbinus’ (the play) throughout the park; the Philhar- Known for the continuing vitality antiquities. This exhibit coin- recalls Columbine H.S. monic begins performing at 8:30 of their music, it’s their live, on- cides with the loan of a Roman Massacre p.m.; and the Fireworks begin at stage showmanship that seals the sarcophagus to the Cornell with “Columbinus,” a play based on 9:10 p.m. Visit cityoforlando.net/ deal. Join them at Plaza Live on the print-works dating from 1540 the 1999 massacre at Columbine fireworks July 8 at 8 p.m. Visit plazaliveor- to 1750. Admission is free. Call High School in Colorado, is a mix lando.com 407-646-2526 or visit Rollins.edu/ of fact and fiction dealing with July 7 and 21 – The Orlando cfam the angst of adolescent culture. Philharmonic Sounds of July 10 to 28 – ‘Ladies of MACDOWN COMPETITION Exploring the events surrounding Summer Concert Series Eola Heights’ – a Wanzie the shootings, actual discussions With each concert featuring a Comedy with parents, survivors, com- different theme of instruments, Director Ken Howard has Aug. 23 – Give Kids the munity leaders and police reports composers and musicians, this taken on this “re-envisioning” of World’s first-ever MacDown come together to reveal the dark season’s Sounds of Summer Michael Wanzie’s wildly success- Competition recesses of American adolescence. Concert Series will be performed ful comedy with a cast of Central Another “foodie” event of a Directed by Wade Hair, this play at the Orchestra’s new home at Florida’s favorite actresses includ- very different sort is the first- is for mature audiences and will Plaza Live at 425 N. Bumby Ave ing Peg O’Keef, Beth Marshall, ever MacDown (mac & cheese) be presented from July 3 to 8 at in Orlando. Blue Star and “Miss Sammy” Competition created to benefit The Breakthrough Theatre in July concerts include: Singhaus. “There is more than Give Kids the World – the 70-acre Winter Park. For reservations, • July 7 – Prevailing Winds! steel to these Magnolias” in this resort for children with life-threat- call 407-920-4034 or visit break- – Chamber ensembles drawn story of sisters who come together ening illnesses. 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THIS WEEK IN POLITICAL HISTORY — JULY 7, 1865 – Mary Surratt is executed for her role as a conspirator in Abraham Lincoln’s assassination. Surratt’s boardinghouse, a Voices few blocks from Ford’s Theatre, where Lincoln was murdered, served as the place where a group of Confederate supporters conspired to assassinate the president. Procuring our independence in our backyard

As American colonialists sought month you eat out, bring home-prepared independence from British rule, indi- meals, microwave something frozen, or viduals today seek rely on the expertise of others to prepare independence from your food. Track and relish your progress controlling inter- toward acquiring the most value from ests – whether gov- your kitchen and home-cooked meals (and ernment, financial save restaurant visits for special celebra- or personal. But tions). colonial Americans Other areas in which you can take a also sought coop- big step toward independence would be eration with the education, transportation, home improve- same geopolitical ment, entertainment, and health manage- players; respecting ment. Learning to ride and maintain a borders, trading bicycle opens whole new worlds merely economically and previewed through a windshield. Do you enjoying similar Tom Carey know how electricity and water are deliv- histories. Every- ered to meet your numerous needs? Local thing we do in life From my garden live music is a welcoming scene and might is in the pursuit to yours even encourage you to take music lessons of happiness or put off for a lifetime. avoidance of unhappiness. Being free to Everyone is different, and we have a re- seek our happiness relies on a degree of sponsibility to be our unique best. Keeping independence. Growing a garden and pro- PHOTO BY TOM CAREY — THE VOICE our bodies healthy by learning and living curing more of our needs are major steps Want to be more food independent? You’d be surprised how much variety of food can be grown in Florida. in an independent mindset not only will toward independence and happiness. keep you happy, but keep those around I am recognizing a trend toward the focused schedule. Florida gardeners, edly proud of its consumer roots, though you happy too. batch farming and then root-cellaring spoilt by the simplicity of always having in the long run the consumer-producer the vegetable produce (or ‘freezer camp’ something green ready for the plucking equation esteem points always fall to the for the livestock). A garden grown with and a refrigerator nearby, have forgotten producer. The whole concept of debt- Who a limited number of primary crops of a many required skills of food preservation. driven recreational shopping and spend- is family’s favorite foods is methodically I recently helped with dispatching of a ing is not sustainable. A huge first step for > CAREY planted, grown, harvested and stored. flock of meat chickens, grown in a subur- anyone paying homage to our spending Tom Carey is the owner of Sundew Gardens, a Beans, greens, onions and beets would still ban backyard, which will provision the independence would be to improve our you-pick gardening business in Oviedo. Visit the be appreciated fresh, but the canning and family for most of the year. efficacy in preparing our own food. Start Sundew Gardens Facebook page and email him at pickling arts would be just another step in The United States economy is unabash- by cutting back on how many days each [email protected] Appreciate the moments away from the screen

LEANDRA PRESTON-SIDLER she requires my focus more than anything. what you’ve got to do. our mediated culture? And do I need to UCF Forum columnist So why would I spend these precious mo- Even if she doesn’t get her “Yo Gabba seek help for my own preoccupation with I admit it. I’m addicted. ments looking at my phone? Gabba” television time, she pays far too media or am I just a savvy product of my Social media, my phone, television, all I like to think I’m a master multitasker much attention when I am watching own cultural moment? things Internet — I would not want to live but it has been proven that we actually television. She is also captivated by the Media is a crucial part of my life be- without them. do every individual thing worse when computer. Whether it’s the light or color or yond the entertainment realm. I turn 40 next month and I’ve had the we multitask, even when we think we do a window into her future life, it simultane- I don’t just teach, I teach online. I am luxury of: growing up without the Inter- better or “as good.” For example, when I ously worries and amuses me. “Look at not just writing a dissertation, I am doing net, reading physical books in the library transitioned from breastfeeding to using her look at the screen! She is so smart!” so in a program devoted to the conver- that I found using a card catalog, remem- a bottle, I soon realized I wasn’t paying As someone who researches digital gence of texts and technologies where my bering the first time I saw a man in the attention to her as much because the ease media and identity, I overthink this, but research focuses on social media. So I am mall using a (giant) cell phone — and was of using a bottle allowed more access recognize it warrants my thinking. How seriously immersed in digital media. fascinated — and could never conceive to reading on my phone. I feel guilty is her brain development affected by her But my daughter doesn’t have to be. how the video chat I first witnessed on admitting this, but acknowledging one’s exposure to media so young? Is it impair- Not yet anyway – not if I can help it. “The Jetsons” was possible. problem is an important part of recovery, ing or preparing her for a life immersed I loved “The Jetsons,” by the way, and right? And I want to recover. in it? Is her brain wired differently from Leandra Preston-Sidler is an instructor in the still think about the show when I see Sitting outside one night after she the start because of some evolutionary University of Central Florida’s Women’s Studies. She technology that never seemed imaginable. went to bed, just me and the stars, I had advancement (or devolvement) based on can be reached at [email protected] I now view my love for “The Jetsons” a chance to think. I had unintentionally as a love for the possibilities their world left my phone upstairs and, too lazy to represented, and I am still waiting for that retrieve it on a night too beautiful to resist, machine that cooked food made to order, I thought about things. I should vow not though today’s microwave comes pretty to look at my phone or watch television close. while I feed her, and make that our time EDITORIAL CARTOON I am also equally into nature and the — these beautiful private moments that simple things in life such as sitting on the are so fleeting, I will regret not giving back porch looking at the sky and feeling them my full attention one day. I know I the wind, walking on the beach, listening will. to music – and now, staring at my baby I think about it in the middle of the girl while she sleeps. night when she wakes up and I feed her in Looking at my daughter prompted me the dim light and silence, because I don’t to write this column, as I realized one day want to create distraction or stimulation. when she was nursing that my reading I just watch her, so sweet and innocent, the news on the phone was distracting relatively unaffected by the media that her. She stopped eating and stared at my will pollute her life every second of her phone. I put it down and focused on her, existence before she knows it. Images that but a minute or two later I found myself tell her how to look, television shows that on my phone checking my Facebook. hold her attention more than I will, the She stopped eating and looked toward Internet I will ground her from using one my phone again. “It’s the light,” I thought, day, and the cell phone that I will pry out and put it down. I had to actively focus of her little hands during dinner. on not picking it up again and recognized I know it is coming. I know this is her that I have an undeniable compulsion to world and I am introducing her to it far look at my phone, to check my email, and too young. She already loves television perhaps most impulsively, to check my though I strictly limit it and try to be Facebook, even when I am doing some- conscientious of what she watches. I re- thing else that requires my mental focus, searched the impact of television on infant like writing. minds, but as a busy working mom with a

But my baby changes every day and husband who works just as much, you do

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Bran one part water. The doctor might have question concerns the percent of and other fiber hold water in undigest- to prescribe an antibiotic ointment. Joan’s excited to relive a fine,”surgery patientsJoan says. who were given an ed food. Without fiber, the food *** little bit of her past. She’s a antibioticWhen at he the leaves right time, the within room one residue dries and becomes hard. The Dr. Donohue regrets that he is hour before surgery. This is a small colon muscles have to generate a great unable to answer individual letters, great dancer, Roy said, but shedetail makes maybe, a motion, but crucial showing to one’s deal of force to keep it moving. That but he will incorporate them in his col- he’s a little nervous. offrecovery. how she’ll be doing the force causes the colon lining to pop umn whenever possible. Readers may To find out if there is a “Distin- through1235 theN. colon Orange wall as Avenue,a diverticu- Suitewrite him 102, or request Or landoan order form32804 of • Tel. 407.730.4880 “I’m afraid I’ll step all over leadingguished” hospitalwhile they’re in your area, there. check lum. For most, diverticulosis is a silent available health newsletters at P.O. her feet.” Shethe HealthGrades won’t let him Web step site andon herthen condition(between that remains Princeton silent for life. & Ivanhoe)Box 536475, Open Orlando, Monday FL 32853- - Saturday • 11AM - 6PM search for details at the HHS site. For a few, the diverticulum breaks 6475. “Oh you will not, you’ll do feet.Still, if you’re facing a major med- and causes a local infection in the ical issue, perhaps paying for the colon — diverticulitis. The pain of a © 2009 North America Synd., Inc. HealthGrades report would give you diverticulitis attack is usually felt in All Rights Reserved needed extra information. 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The episodes begin available treatments, speak component of osteoarthritis in over the age of 75, accord- when the levodopa or enzyme with your doctor, or contact your back now, which would ing to the Centers for Disease inhibitors enter the blood- the Central Florida chapter be quite common in a 74-year- Control and Prevention. stream too slowly, or wear off of the National Parkinson old man. Osteoarthritis does Parkinson’s disease is a quickly, or just do not enter Foundation at 858-414-0459 tend to get worse with rest progressive disorder of the the bloodstream sufficiently or npfcentralflorida.org/about/ and better with exercise. I am nervous system that affects at all. contact-us DEAR DR. ROACH: I impressed by how acutely it your movement. Early signs A drug called apomorphine have had lower-back prob- gets worse, and it’s entirely may be mild and go unnoticed. is the only drug approved Anthony Giovinazzo is president and CEO lems almost all my life. Many possible that there may be Symptoms often begin on one specifically for the treatment of Cynapsus Therapeutics Inc. doctors and therapists have some muscular spasm associ- side of your body and usually of these “freezing” periods. examined it, with almost no ated with your back pain. remain worse on that side, Currently, however, it is only success. Recently my attacks Even though you are quite even after symptoms begin to available in the U.S. as an Central have been fewer and milder, tall, 230 pounds is a lot for affect both sides. Signs and injection. This can result in even if the bed is not quite your spine to support. You symptoms may include tremor, painful reactions, including Florida right. I can live with it, but a have a BMI of 28, which is slowed movement, rigid mus- irritation and nodules at the Senior new wrinkle has emerged: If in the “overweight” range. cles, impaired posture, speech injection site. Our company, I don’t get out of bed as soon Losing even five or 10 pounds changes and writing changes. called Cynapsus Therapeutics JULY 2014 PUBLISHER as the alarm sounds, I’ll have may help relieve pain on your In the early stages of Par- Inc., has developed an under- Tracy Craft back pain and little mobility back. And certainly listen to kinson’s disease, your face the-tongue thin-film strip sys- 407.515.2605 [email protected] all day and partial incapac- your body, and get up and be may show little or no expres- tem, called APL-130277 that MANAGING EDITOR ity. I am 74 years old, 6-feet active. Stretching, including sion or your arms may not is similar to Listerine Breath Isaac Babcock 4-inches tall and weigh 230 yoga and tai chi, can be a very swing when you walk. Your Strips. The strip dissolves in 407.563.7023 [email protected] pounds. 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Senior Calendar program providing free unbiased class. Senior citizen’s discount is $5 or [email protected] or visit counseling about Medicare, Me- per class. casselberry.org/register Maitland Senior Center digap, HMOs, Medicaid, Prescrip- The Maitland Senior Center is locat- Join us every Tuesday in July at 1 tions Drug Plans, and Long Term Chairobics is from 11:05 a.m. to Winter Springs Senior Center ed at 345 South Maitland Ave. and is p.m. for our Conversational Span- Care staffed by counselors from noon on Mondays and Wednesdays. Learn ceramics from a talented open Monday through Friday from 9 ish group. Spend some time chat- S.H.I.N.E. (Serving Health Insurance The class is free. Contact Claudia group at ceramics class from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. The schedule is sub- ting with others and making new Needs of Elders). All counseling is Laine at 407-718-9066. a.m. to 4 p.m. on Mondays at the ject to change without notice. For friends. Must be fluent in Spanish to first-come-first-served. Bring your Winter Springs Senior Center at 400 more information, please call 407- participate. list of medications or Rx bottles, Tai Chi for Beginners is at 1 p.m. N. Edgemon Ave. in Winter Springs. 539-6251 or visit itsmymaitland. insurance card and red, white and on Tuesdays. Contact Eric Raboy at Call 407-327-6556. com. The Maitland Senior Center Join Sher’re every Wednesday in blue Medicare card. For more infor- 407-731-9130. The cost is $5 per will be closed on Friday, July 4, for July at 10 a.m. for Instructor’s mation, email information@elderaf- class or $20 per month. Have fun and get moving at yoga Independence Day and will reopen Choice. This class is a combo of fairs.org, visit FLORIDASHINE.org, or classes at 10 a.m. every Friday at 9 a.m. on Monday, July 7. mat and chair yoga that is great for call 1-800-963-5337. Tai Chi for Intermediates is at morning. Chair yoga is also available. all levels. Cost of the class is $5 to 2 p.m. on Tuesdays. Contact Eric Join us every Monday and Friday in the teacher. Bring a yoga mat. Casselberry classes Raboy at 407-731-9130. The cost is Bingo is Wednesday, Friday and the July at 1 p.m. to see your favorite Back 2 Basics is a low-impact $5 per class or $20 per month. last Sunday of the month. Lunch is movies! Check our calendar online Join Ty every Wednesday in July at workout at noon on Tuesdays and served at 11:45 a.m. followed by to see what movies are showing in 11 a.m. for a sublime Yoga Nidra, Thursdays, and 8:30 a.m. on Satur- Bingo is from 9 to 11 a.m. on Mon- Bingo at 1 p.m. There is no bingo July. Call to reserve your seat! conscious sleep (meditation) class. days. It’s $49.99 a month for unlim- days and Wednesdays. The cost is prior to the last Sunday of the month. Cost of the class is $5 to the teacher. ited classes. $3 per session. Join John every Monday, Thursday Please bring a yoga mat, something A bridge class meets at 10:30 a.m. and Friday in July at 9 a.m. for Yoga. to cover yourself with (if you tend to Please wear comfortable clothes get cold), and a small pillow. Chair Yoga is at 10 a.m. every Mon- Duplicate bridge is from noon to every Tuesday to help your game. and bring your own mat. Cost of the day and will get you moving again! 4 p.m. on Mondays. Shore up your class is $2 to the teacher. Join Donna every Thursday in July The cost is $2 per class. skills in this classic game. Casual Need to relieve some stress? On at 11:30 a.m. for Chair Yoga. Cost bridge is from noon to 4 p.m. on Tuesdays at 10:30 a.m. join our Join us every Monday in July at 1 of the class is a $2 donation to the Gentle/Restorative Yoga is from Tuesdays. Progressive bridge is 30-minute “Guided Meditation.” p.m. for our Conversational French teacher. 8:45 to 10 a.m. on Sundays. The from noon to 4 p.m. on Thursdays group. Spend some time chatting cost is $10 per class. Senior citi- and Fridays. Altamonte Springs programs with others and making new friends. Join Ann every Friday in July for Re- zen’s discount is $5 per class. For AARP’s Smart Driver program corder classes at 12:30 p.m. Les- more information, contact Alice Line Dancing is from 1 to 2 p.m. helps refresh driving skills and de- Join Esther every Tuesday in July sons are free! Please call the Senior Gomes at 609-290-8195 or email every Wednesday. velop safer driving habits for drivers at 9 a.m. for Tai Chi classes. Cost Center at 407-539-6251 for specif- [email protected] aged 50 or older. It’s from 9 a.m. to of the class is $10 per month to the ics on this class. For more information on classes 3:30 p.m. July 12 at Altamonte Mall teacher. Please wear a white shirt, Yoga Technique is 8:45 to 10 a.m. and registration, contact Mario Al- COPS Center, 415 E. Altamonte Drive. black pants, and comfortable shoes. On July 11 seniors are invited to a on Saturdays. The cost is $10 per garin at 407-262-7700, ext. 1576, Call 1-888-227-766.

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Even though the two people can put a person at blood clotting problem before cessfully? disease often doesn’t produce risk for exposure. 1987 Yes. In about 25 percent Hepatitis C and the symptoms, it can seriously Before 1992, Hepatitis C — You received a blood of people, an acute infection Affordable Care Act damage the liver and can be was commonly spread through transfusion or organ transplant clears up on its own without Thanks to the Affordable fatal. An estimated 3.2 million blood transfusions and organ before July 1992 treatment. However, if acute Care Act, hundreds of thou- Americans have Hepatitis C. transplants. Widespread screen- — You are on long-term hepatitis C is diagnosed, treat- sands of Hepatitis C patients Older people are more ing of the U.S. blood supply hemodialysis treatment ment reduces the risk that it have new access to treatment. likely to have been exposed for Hepatitis C began in 1992. — You have abnormal liver will become a chronic infec- — All insurance must pro- to Hepatitis C, but many older tests or liver disease tion. vide free screening for Hepati- Americans are not aware that Should I be tested for — You work in health care There are several medica- tis C for anyone born between they need to be tested for it. A Hepatitis C? or public safety and were tions that treat chronic Hepati- 1945 and 1964. December 2013 report found Both the Centers for Disease exposed to blood through a tis C, including new treatments — People with Hepatitis that Hepatitis C infections Control and Prevention (CDC) needle stick or other sharp that appear to be more effective C cannot be turned down for are concentrated in the Baby and the Preventive Services object injury and have fewer side effects insurance or discriminated Boomers generation (find more Task Force recommend screen- —You have HIV than previous options. The against by an insurance com- information on that report here: ing for the Hepatitis C virus for — You engaged in sex that Food and Drug Administration pany. http://bit.ly/TTsXih). In one people born between 1945 and could have caused bleeding (FDA) keeps a list of approved — Limits on out-of-pocket major study of people with the 1964. Talk to your doctor about — You are a current or for- treatments online at http://1. costs will make expensive virus, 75 percent of the patients being tested for Hepatitis C if mer injection drug user, even if usa.gov/1q9Gq1w. However, treatment more affordable. were born between 1945 and 1964. What is Hepatitis C? Hepatitis C is a contagious liver disease that results from infection with the Hepatitis C virus, which is spread primarily here should be through contact with the blood T of an infected person. Hepatitis C ranges in sever- more to life than ity from a mild illness that lasts a few weeks (referred to as an maintenance-free living. “acute” infection) to a serious, lifelong illness that can The way we see it, it’s about living the whole of destroy the liver (referred to life. Something that, as the nation’s largest not- as a “chronic” infection). Most people with Hepatitis C do not for-proﬁt provider of senior care and services, we have any immediate symptoms. have made our daily mission. And our life’s work. However, 75 to 85 percent of people who are infected To learn more about our community eventually develop a chronic in Kissimmee, call (407) 933-1999. infection. Chronic Hepatitis C is a serious disease that can result in long-term health problems, including liver damage, liver failure, liver cancer, and even death. It is the leading cause of cirrhosis of the liver (liver All faiths or beliefs are welcome. scarring) and liver cancer, and is the most common reason for liver transplants in the United States. Approximately 15,000 people die every year from Hepatitis C-related liver disease. St. Dorothy’s Catholic Community shadow.indd 1 shadow.indd 1 5/1/12 3:22 PM 5/1/12 3:22 PM What are the symptoms of (not affiliated with the Diocese of Orlando) chronic Hepatitis C? Celebrates Mass every Sunday at 11am at Most people with chronic Hepatitis C do not have any symptoms, and they may not St. Matthew’s Tavern have symptoms until years later when they develop liver 1300 N. Mills Ave. problems. In people with no (Mills and Montana, just north of Colonial Dr.) symptoms, Hepatitis C is often detected during routine blood tests to measure liver function. Infected people who do All are welcome! All faiths/denominations! develop symptoms may experi- Come and experience a community where we ence the following: fatigue, joint pain, abdominal pain, loss practice “Love Without Judgement” of appetite, nausea, vomiting, fever, dark urine, light-colored stools, or yellowish eyes and Parking is along Mills and in skin, called jaundice. Watkins Dental parking lot. Can a person spread Hepatitis C without having symptoms? Please visit website for information Yes. 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