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SeniorIF YOU ARE 50 OR OLDER YOUBeacon SHOULD READ IT!! SB Vol. 30: No. 5 Established Aug., 1982 353 Consecutive Months! DECEMBER, 2011 Legal Lines: When Is Right Time To Adopt Relative? by Sara Crocker-Communications relative’s care of the child), and kinship might be a better choice Question: I’ve been raising my grand- adoption (the child becomes a legal part for a family that cannot children. Is it in the best interests of of the family). qualify for benefits from the children to adopt them? The other way for a relative’s Human Services, or if the Answer: The circumstances child to come to live with you is on a final family unit would surrounding the adoption of grandchil- voluntary basis, which if adoption is have a hard time with dren, or children of other family mem- pursued, is a private kinship adoption. medical, food or housing ent to the child; and bers, are different than those of adopt- In a private kinship adoption, the child issues. Children with serious medical • The effect the adoption will ing a non-related newborn or child has not been taken from the home by issues, both physical and mental, could have on the child. through an adoption agency. There are Human Services and it has not provided benefit greatly if they were able to con- There are many reasons that basically two ways that grandparents, any benefits for the child, unless you tinue with Human Services benefits. the child may have come to you to be or other relatives, can adopt a child have personally met with Human Serv- Adoption is a permanent step. raised, such as the parent’s death, ma- they are raising. One way is for a Hu- ices to request them. There are benefits Biological parents lose all of their jor illness, incarceration, negligence or man Services Department to remove available for qualifying relatives when rights to the child in an adoption. Al- drug abuse. How you have come to be the child from the home for his or her raising a child that is not their own. The location of parental rights or, possibly, raising the child is an important con- benefit and have the child placed with benefits remain with the child through the appointment of a guardian would be sideration in determining whether the other relatives, including grandparents, allocation of parental rights and guardi- a better choice for a family where the best interest of the child is to adopt. or in foster care when relatives are not anship. However, if the child is adopted parent may be able to responsibly take Each child has his or her own special immediately available. Through foster in a private kinship adoption, the ben- over raising the child at some future needs, both physically and mentally, care, children are placed on medical and efits that have been set up with Human date. With allocation of parental rights and may be angry, hurt, mentally disa- other living benefits, which remain with Services are lost, unless the entire fam- or guardianship, the biological parent bled, depressed, experience feelings of the child through allocation of parental ily can qualify for those same benefits. retains the option to petition the court abandonment, or may adjust very well rights (a court hearing granting custody A private kinship adoption is to have their rights restored. due to the circumstances involved. In a of the child), guardianship (the court not always in the best interest of the Adoption might be a better so- number of cases, the biological parent supervises the welfare of child and the child. Allocation of parental rights lution in cases where the child will be will have some access to the child be- taken to other states or traveled with cause the care is provided by a family Winter Remembrance/Mercado while under your care. You must take a member. The amount of access a par- El Pueblo History Museum. look at the family unit and determine the ent will have needs to be considered on A significantly important event that is a part of El Pueblo trading post’s needs and best interests of the child. an individual basis, taking into account history (1842-1854) will be highlighted at the first “Winter Remembrance” lantern Some things to consider in your the child’s mental and physical health, lighting ceremony on December 9, Friday, beginning at 5:00 p.m. This ceremony decision to adopt are: as well as the influence the biological will recognize the trading post victims and the Native Americans who died in the • Health concerns and issues, parent may have over the child. 1854 Christmas attack by the Muache Utes. Following the ceremony, until 8:00 both physical and mental, of the child; All things in the lives of the p.m., the Winter Mercado will be held that teaches the lifeways of Pueblo’s first set- • The mental, physical and fi- child, grandparents or other relatives tlers who traded goods during an era of political and cultural conflict. nancial burden that the adoption will need to be brought into consideration in During the Mercado program, living-history interpreters will represent put on the existing family; the determination of whether adoption Mormon emigrants and trading post residents. These interpreters will bring alive a • The stability of the family in is in the child’s best interests. Adoption frontier evening. It is a time to fully engage the senses as one smells cooking in the general; is not a decision to enter into lightly or SEE ‘WINTER’ PAGE 17. ·• Access of the biological par- swiftly. Look at the family as a whole and determine your best option. 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Page 2 - Senior Beacon -Dec., 2011 Visit Us at http:// www.seniorbeacon.info Just Another Day At The Races by James R. Grasso, Chief Cook & Bottle Washer what Clinton and Bush did on this costs.” Observations From The Cave matter: “And in each instance when • On BHO blaming Republicans Here is some info for you to cogitate on during the New Year, 2012: the rate dropped, revenues from the tax for the stagnate economy columnist • “...hedge-fund managers are paying taxes at a lower rate than teachers increased: the government took in more Charles Krauthammer opines: “So what and firefighters. How can you defend that?”...... Barack Obama money. And in the 1980s, when the tax do you do when you say you can, but it • Stephen Moore - Wall Street Journal - “....according to the Congressional was increased to 28 percent, the gov- turns out, you can’t? Blame the other Budget Office, middle-class families in 2007, earning between $34,000 and ernment revenues went down. So why guy. Charge the Republicans with mak- $50,000, paid an effective 14.3 percent of their income in all federal taxes. The raise it at all, especially given the fact ing governing impossible. Never mind top 5 percent of income earners paid 27.9 percent and the top 1 percent paid 29.5 that 100 million people in this country that you had control of Congress for percent. And what about the highest earners? Americans with annual incomes own stock and would be affected?” two-thirds of your current tenure. It’s above $2 million paid an average 32 percent of their income in federal taxes in • BHO’s answer: “Well, all the fault of Republican rejection- 2005 (the most recent year the data are available).” Charlie. What I said is that I would ism.” • Charlie Gibson, a television journalist, in 2008 asked BHO this ques- look at raising capital gains for pur- “Hence, “We Can’t Wait! tion concerning BHO’s desire to raise capital gains taxes reminding BHO of poses of fairness.” (BHO’s election slogan). 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It was at a controversial commencement Departure: Colorado Springs, CO @ 8 am announced in November. And where, speech at the University of Notre Dame Day 1: Depart your group’s location in a spacious, video and restroom equipped Motorcoach, enjoying the great pray tell, was all that diplomacy since in 2009 because of his embracing state- scenery along the way. Then, settle into a comfortable en route hotel for a good night’s rest. Day 2: After a Continental Breakfast, head to the Oklahoma City National Memorial. At this stirring memorial, you'll Jan. 22, 2009? paid abortions as recalled by Michael have the opportunity to pay respects to those who were lost in the 1995 Oklahoma City bombings. Later in the day,  enjoy Dinner and head to your en route hotel. Gerson columnist:  • “Amid a darkening fiscal Day 3: Today, you'll arrive in beautiful San Antonio, TX – Home of the Alamo! Later that day, enjoy a relaxing Dinner and check into your San Antonio area hotel for a 4-night stay. crisis, Secretary of Energy Steven Chu, “..... President Obama skill- Day 4: After enjoying a Continental Breakfast, your adventure begins with a Guided Tour of San Antonio. The tour includes visits to San Fernando Cathedral, the King William Historical District, and El Mercado, an area patterned whose department has become a huge fully delayed the tension. He extended after an authentic Mexican market. This afternoon you will visit the Institute of Texan Cultures. The Institute is devoted to the 26 different cultures that settled Texas. After Dinner, you'll go to the famous River Walk for a scenic and incompetent venture capital fund, a “presumption of good faith” to his cruise! Day 5: Enjoy a Continental Breakfast before departing for Fredericksburg, “Jewel of the Texas Hill Country”. Start has not resigned as penance for compro-life opponents..... “Let’s honor the with a visit to the National Museum of the Pacific War, including the George Bush Gallery. Here, visitors become quickly engaged in the personal stories of Americans from all branches of the military involved in the Pacific theatre plicity in the administration’s “green conscience of those who disagree with of World War II. Then, depart for the Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park where you will go on a tour of the abortion and draft a sensible con- LBJ Ranch, and see the “Texas White House.” This evening, enjoy a lovely Dinner complete with entertainment.  graft (Solyndra) and crony capital- Day 6: Start the day with a Continental Breakfast. Afterwards, depart for a visit to the San Antonio Missions National  ism.”...... columnist George Will science clause, and make sure that all Historical Park. Experience the "Queen of the Missions" - Mission San Jose, established in 1720. Later, go to the IMAX  Theatre at San Antonio Rivercenter to see “ALAMO … The Price of Freedom”. Then, stand where history took place of our health care policies are ground- when you visit the buildings and grounds of the ALAMO - "The Shrine of Liberty". This evening, you will relax and • And George Will again, enjoy Dinner. “Secretary of Transportation Ray ed not only in sound science, but also in Day 7: Enjoy a Continental Breakfast at your hotel before leaving for the Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum in Austin, TX. Its interactive exhibits and artifacts bring the myth, legend and fact of the Lone Star State together under LaHood, who should take a high-speed clear ethics, as well as respect for the one roof. Later that day, after a relaxing Dinner, you'll check into your en route hotel. Day 8: Today you'll go to the Oklahoma History Center in Oklahoma City, OK. 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National Perspective: Culprits Behind Today’s Polar Politics? by David M. Shribman in Europe and wondered why Ameri- way.” fensive, said the president’s biggest If you are looking for someone can parties so defied logic. Indeed, the lack of a middle blunder “was to undertake the purge in to blame for the polarized nature of our But today, FDR and the politi- in the American political class is the the absence of impressive challengers politics today, here are two nominees: cal science establishment having had American problem. The irony is that to conservative incumbents.” Franklin Delano Roosevelt and the po- their way, the United States has its most the American problem repeatedly has That very likely is true. For litical science establishment. ideologically aligned party system in been held up as the American solution. whatever reason, the mushy party sys- Together they set out the argu- modern history -- and perhaps the big- The most prominent advocate tem prevailed -- and had unforeseen ment for the situation we have in Wash- gest political crisis in modern history. for ideologically aligned parties was consequences even for Roosevelt. ington -- a Republican Party loaded Party caucuses always have Roosevelt, who once told Sam Rosen- Many of the most ardent opponents of with conservatives, a Democratic Party reinforced party discipline, but for the man, a White House speechwriter and the New Deal turned out to be the most larded with liberals, and few in between. first time both caucuses are enforcing the first White House counsel, “We ardent supporters of the president’s The result has been gridlock, rancor and ideological discipline as well. In the ought to have two real parties -- one initiatives in foreign affairs, support- a sense of despair if not hopelessness in course of their work, lawmakers almost liberal and the other conservative.” ing Roosevelt on Lend-Lease, so much the capital and across the country. never encounter views that depart from FDR set out to create just that so that party alignment was doomed as We have a political landscape their own, almost never form friend- with his effort to purge conservatives World War II approached. where it is possible to argue that the ships with their political adversaries. If and New Deal foes from the Democrat- It gained new life a dozen most conservative Democrats in Con- they don’t practice ideological compro- ic Party. He singled out, among others, years later, however, when the Ameri- gress today are more liberal than the mise inside their own parties, they are Walter F. George of Georgia, Ellison D. can Political Science Review published most liberal Republicans. There is vir- less likely -- less able -- to practice it on “Cotton Ed” Smith of South Carolina a landmark article called “Toward a tually no overlap, no real party dissent- the floor of both houses of Congress. and Millard Tydings of Maryland, all of More Responsible Two-Party System,” ers of the sort who were unacceptable to “We finally got ideological pu- whom prevailed against the onslaught which argued that American parties FDR, who wanted a party of ideological rity, and it’s a disaster for the country,” of White House opprobrium. needed “sufficient internal cohesion” purity, and who were inexplicable to po- says former Gov. Angus King of Maine, Susan Dunn, a Williams Col- and a “degree of unity within the par- litical scientists, who looked longingly an independent. “We have ideological lege historian who has written the de- ties” that they lacked at mid-century. at the ideologically disciplined parties gridlock. You can’t solve problems this finitive account of the Roosevelt of- SEE “NATIONAL” PAGE 19. If Not Romney, Who? If Not Now, When? by Ann Coulter social engineering,” we found out this cheap. For the amazingly good price The main- So now, apparently, we have to week that Gingrich was a recipient of of only $300,000 apiece, Fannie and stream media keep go through the cycle of the media push- Freddie Mac political money. Freddie bought the good will of former pushing alternatives ing Newt Gingrich. This is going to be (Even I will admit, however, Reps. Vin Weber, R-Minn., Susan Moli- to Mitt Romney not fantastic. that Newt was great when he was chair- nari, R-N.Y., and Newt Gingrich, R-Ga. only because they are In addition to having an affair man of GOPAC back in the ‘90s with Former Sen. Alfonse D’Amato, R-N.Y., terrified of running in the middle of Clinton’s impeachment; Gay Gaines at the helm.) was even cheaper at $240,000. against him, but also because they want apologizing to Jesse Jackson on behalf Although Fannie Mae and (Correction: After Gingrich ad- to keep Republicans fighting, allowing of J.C. Watts -- one of two black Re- Freddie Mac -- the institutions most mitted last week to receiving $300,000 Democrats to get a four-month jump on publicans then in Congress –- for hav- responsible for the nation’s current fi- from Freddie, we found out this week us. ing criticized “poverty pimps,” and then nancial crisis -- were almost entirely that it was actually closer to $1.6 mil- Meanwhile, everyone knows inviting Jackson to a State of the Union Democratic cash cows, they managed lion.) the nominee is going to be Romney. address; cutting a global warming com- to dirty up enough Republicans to make So now conservatives shy away That’s not so bad if you think mercial with Nancy Pelosi; supporting it seem like bipartisan corruption. from denouncing these crooked organi- the most important issues in this elec- George Soros’ candidate Dede Scozza- Democrats sucked hundreds of zations for fear of running into Vin We- tion are defeating Obama and repealing fava in a congressional special election; millions of dollars out of these institu- ber at a cocktail party. Obamacare. appearing in public with the Rev. Al tions: Franklin Raines, $90 million; Sorry, guys -- on the plus side, There may be better ways to Sharpton to promote nonspecific edu- Jamie Gorelick, $26.4 million; Jim you’re millionaires, but on the down- stop Obamacare than Romney, but, un- cation reform; and calling Paul Ryan’s Johnson, $20 million. side, you’ve earned the contempt of fortunately, they’re not available right plan to save Social Security “right-wing By contrast, Republicans came your fellow man. now. (And, by the way, where were you conservative purists when Republicans were nominating Waterboarding-Is- Torture-Jerry-Falwell-Is-an-Agent-of- Intolerance-My-Good-Friend-Teddy- Kennedy-Amnesty-for-Illegals John McCain-Feingold for president?) Among Romney’s positives is the fact that he has a demonstrated ability to trick liberals into voting for him. He was elected governor of Massachu- setts -- one of the most liberal states in the union -- by appealing to Democrats, independents and suburban women. He came close to stopping the greatest calamity to befall this nation since Pearl Harbor by nearly beating Teddy Kennedy in a Senate race. (That is when he said a lot of the things about which he’s since “changed his mind.”) If he had won, we’d be carving his im- age on Mount Rushmore. He is not part of the Washington establishment, so he won’t be caught taking money from Freddie Mac or cutting commercials with Nancy Pelosi. Also, Romney will be the first Republican presidential nominee since Ronald Reagan who can talk. Liberals are going to have to dust off their play- book from 30 years ago to figure out SEE “ROMNEY” PAGE 11. Page 4 - Senior Beacon - Dec., 2011 Visit Us at http://www.seniorbeacon.info

Small Inventions Could Boost America’s Standing by Georgie Anne Geyer wizened little murderer and perverter of most brilliant leaders in all of Africa and put American troops into major ground WASHINGTON -- As Ameri- children, founded his “Lord’s Resistance who has had enormous success in rescu- wars, whether in Asia, Africa or the Near can diplomatic and military actions Army” or LRA, coming out of the deep ing the country from Amin’s abuses. But East, is a lost cause. We can neither afford grow in ever greater intensity all over the African forests in Uganda and southern even though he told me that Kony’s LRA it financially nor emotionally. world, one of the strangest -- and smallest Sudan only to attack villages, kidnap was finished seven years ago, the fact is But this example of Kony’s -- new military acts has sneaked into the and rape Ugandan or Sudanese children, that it still operates with its savage prac- frightful army -- this could be an exam- Pentagon’s schedule of “interventions” and force them to kill their parents or tices -- and the United States is to use its ple of how we can help other countries constantly being reassessed. dismember other young girls and boys. well-trained counterinsurgency experts and the decent people in them. Our few This is not to say that because it Kony quotes biblical phrases in a strange, to help in the fight against Kony’s army. trainers could be just the element that is relatively small that this intervention thwarted voice as he goes about his Luci- Very well, that could unques- could push the levers of power around. will be easy -- or even cheap. Military in- fer’s work. tionably aid the Ugandans and Museveni We already have some examples cursions somehow have a way, no matter Lovers of history would know -- but what about the U.S.? When I saw of this kind of power being exercised by how small they seem at first, of turning that the former British colony of Uganda, Gen. James Jones, our NATO chief in the United States. We have Kosovo, the out to cost, and cost, and cost. Yet the which has lush agriculture and rich min- Mons, Belgium, eight years ago, one of autonomous Albanian region of Serbia, makeup of this new Pentagon plan has erals, is nevertheless poor. This is because the major changes he briefed me on was which NATO rescued from the Serbs and the look of potential success about it, it has had a rogue’s gallery of strange, at that he was beginning a tour of Africa in helped to gain successful independence, perhaps because it seems so eminently least half-mad, leaders in its “modern” order to pinpoint African military situ- joining the West. We have the recent suc- logical. times. Everyone from the strange Alice ations where we could help with small cessful positioning of NATO over Libya, What is this newest wrinkle in Lakwena, who spoke in the voices of numbers of our men and women. only in a non-fly zone, with considerable the Pentagon’s unabashed intention to many spirits and told soldiers the bullets The Uganda situation seems success in the related Libyan revolution. see the world a safer place? It is the plan, would not harm them, to the brutal Idi made to order for this combination of Many things are happening with announced by President Obama on Oct. Amin Dada, Lord of All the Beasts of the good governance on the Ugandan side foreign affairs -- and some of them are 14, to send some 100 U.S. special opera- Earth and Fishes of the Seas and Con- and American technical help, and there good. There is nothing wrong with care- tions troops to Uganda in Central Africa. queror of the British Empire in Africa is reason to believe that it will be a major fully thought-out, half-interventions. They are going in a non-combat advisory in General and Uganda in Particular, to pattern for the future. We’re seeing more examples of new ways capacity to capture the Ugandan killer Kony ... One really hopes that America for America to succeed in the world. and his men who have terrorized the Today, Uganda’s leader is Presi- has learned after Iraq and Afghanistan north of the country since 1987. dent Yoweri Museveni, a former militia and Pakistan, and after Somalia and It was then that Joseph Kony, a leader against Idi Amin who is one of the Lebanon, and Haiti and Vietnam, that to ‘Whack-A-Newt’ Is The Media’s New Game In Town by Richard Reeves Contract With America year -- he began initiatives. And he succeeded, for a while. equally surprising Herman Cain, who re- WASHINGTON -- Like most his self-destruction. Lord Acton would But ... As Politico.com’s Jonathan Martin ally represented “none of the above.” reporters here in the 1980s, I liked Newt have understood: Power corrupts; abso- and John Harris wrote last Wednesday: Romney appears to be hated by Gingrich and spent time listening to his lute power corrupts absolutely. The little “The new political lease on life a majority of Republicans. They seem office lectures every few weeks. He was professor from a Georgia college no one brought on by his buoyant poll numbers determined to do anything to stop him, smart, he was candid about most things, had ever heard of was of a type I came to guarantees a new season of harsh scrutiny even raising Gingrich from his political wrong about others -- and funny in his know well, the angry academic who feels of old Gingrich controversies: his financ- grave. Whatever his past, no one ever hypercharged way. He was young and ir- he is being held back by other teachers. es, his volatile temperament, his erratic questioned Gingrich’s intellect. He’s reverent -- like us -- and he was on his Well, he showed them all by be- management record, his polarizing brand probably the quickest of the Republi- way to taking over the Republicans in ing elected to Congress. What he found of politics over the course of nearly 40 can candidates, even if he often rewrites Congress and then Congress itself. His there, he told me then, was a permanent years in the public arena. world history, national history and his ambition was boundless, but he was Republican minority, heads down, wait- “’He’s going to see a real barrage,’ own personal history to suit his purposes changing the rules in Washington for ing for their next defeat. He changed that. predicted former House Speaker Dennis of the moment. What the adults in the better or worse. He organized other young Republicans Hastert. ‘His success really depends on party question is whether he has finally Then, after becoming speaker of into a militant force determined to de- how he handles himself.’ grown up. He also has his own battalions the House after the 1994 elections -- the feat rather than just modify Democratic “Whether Gingrich’s revival is a of enemies, as you would expect of a man fad or something more substantial hinges who once called the then-leader of his on his answers to a handful of questions party, Sen. Bob Dole, “a tax collector for Belmont Senior Care -- all of them relating to how a politician, the welfare state.” “Pueblo’s Premier Assisted Living Community” at age 68, explains and defends his own Politico’s David Mark, who past. Can he rewrite his personal narra- runs an open forum called “The Arena,” Providing Pueblo and the surrounding tive? picked up a couple of these quotes after communities with 25 years of excellent service. “Memories are short in politics. 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So they have turned to an un- dollar revolving credit line at Tiffany’s, happy past -- until Rick Santorum or Jon and the millions of dollars in “consulting Huntsman are the next to be bumped up fees” from Freddie Mac as soon as he left as the Romney plays Whack-a-Mole one 1-5 Douglas Ct. - Pueblo 719-544-3999 Congress. more time. Stop by for more information and a tour today! Now, for the moment at least, he Ed. Note: This guy is so daffy.H e quotes the www.belmontseniorcare.com or become a fan on Facebook! is, according to polls, the last man stand- media and then says it will all be Newt’s BSC is a local, private, non-profit corporation not affiliated with Belmont Lodge nursing home fault. Guess which word I inserted in the ing against Mitt Romney, replacing the headline? I added Media’s Richard. Visit Us at http://www.seniorbeacon.info Senior Beacon - Dec., 2011 - Page - 5

Coulter: Hypocrisy Concerning Black Conservatives by Ann Coulter decade ago, as many as two anonymous i.e., a sexual harasser. So it’s striking that Peace, said Rice “doesn’t bring much ex- By spending the last three dec- women accused Cain of making un- the only two conservative public figures perience or knowledge of the world to ades leveling accusations of “racism” specified “inappropriate” remarks and accused of being witches both happened this position.” (Unlike Hillary Clinton, every 10 seconds, liberals have made it one “inappropriate” gesture in the work- to be conservative blacks: Clarence Tho- whose experience for the job consisted virtually impossible for Americans to rec- place. (We had more than that on John mas and Herman Cain. of being married to an impeached, dis- ognize real racism -- for example, the rac- Edwards’ mistress a year into the media’s Liberals go straight to ugly racist barred former president.) ism constantly spewed at black conserva- refusal to report that story.) stereotypes when attacking conservative Democratic consultant Bob tives. If the details helped liberals, we’d blacks, calling them oversexualized, stu- Beckel -- who ran Walter Mondale’s 1984 In the last year alone, a short list have the details. pid and/or incompetent. campaign so competently that Mondale of the things liberals have labeled “racist” To have been accused of sexual The late, lamented, white liberal lost 49 states -- said of Rice, “I don’t include: harassment in the 1990s is like having reporter Mary McGrory called Justice think she’s up to the job.” -- Being a Republican; been accused of molesting children at Antonin Scalia “a brilliant and compel- When Michael Steele ran for -- Joining the tea party; preschools in the 1980s or accused of ling extremist” -- while dismissing Tho- senator in Maryland in 2006, the Demo- -- The word “the” (Donald being a witch in Massachusetts in the mas as “Scalia’s puppet.” cratic Senatorial Campaign Commit- Trump’s statement that he has a “great 1690s. More recently, Democratic Sen. tee dug up a copy of his credit report -- relationship with the blacks”); In the 1990s, one plaintiff won Harry Reid called Scalia “one smart guy.” something done to no other Republican -- References to Barack Obama’s a $50 million jury verdict against Wal- In the next breath, he proclaimed Tho- candidate. He was depicted in black face playing basketball (Trump again); Mart on the grounds that a “hostile envi- mas “an embarrassment to the Supreme with huge red lips by liberal blogger Steve -- Using Obama’s middle name; ronment” was created by her supervisor’s Court,” adding, “I think that his opin- Gilliard. Oreo cookies were rolled down -- Scott Brown’s pickup truck; yelling at both male and female employ- ions are poorly written.” the aisle at Steele during a gubernatorial -- Opposing Obamacare; ees. In another case, a plaintiff won a When Bush made Condoleezza debate in 2002. -- Opposing Obama’s stimulus $250,000 award for sexual harassment Rice the first black female secretary of Trafficking in racist imagery is bill; based on her complaint that a male col- state, terror swept through the Demo- consequence-free for liberals because -- Opposing Obama’s jobs bill. league had reached for a pastry saying, cratic Party. What if people began to no- they have ruined charges of “racism” with The surge in conservative sup- “Nothing I like more in the morning tice and ask questions: “Who’s that black their own overuse of the term. By now, port for Herman Cain confuses the Dem- than sticky buns,” while “wriggl(ing)” his woman always standing with George any accusation of racism has the feel of a ocrats’ story line, which is that Republi- eyebrows. Bush?” Never mind! He’s probably arrest- Big Foot sighting. cans hate Obama because he’s black. It got so crazy that a 6-year-old ing her. It’s a neat trick, rather as if the Cain is twice as black as Obama. boy was suspended from class for a day In addition to an explosion of Nazis had called everything “genocide” (Possible Obama campaign slogan: “Too for kissing a classmate on the cheek, and racist cartoons portraying Rice as Aunt right before launching the Holocaust, Black!”) a Goya painting had to be removed from Jemima, Butterfly McQueen from “Gone and then admonished resisters not to This is why the liberal website a Penn State classroom because a profes- With the Wind,” a fat-lipped Bush parrot “play the genocide card.” Politico ran with a story on Cain that sor complained that it constituted sexual and other racist cliches, allegedly respect- Liberals step on black conserva- had everything -- a powerful black man, harassment. able liberals promptly called her stupid tives early and often because they can’t a Republican presidential candidate, the With no standard other than the and incompetent. have black children thinking, “Hmmm, hint of sexuality -- except facts. subjective offense taken by the accuser, Joseph Cirincione, then with the the Republicans have some good ideas; All we learned was: About a absolutely anyone could be called a witch, Carnegie Endowment for International SEE “COULTER” PAGE 11. Knowledge Hostility Has No Place In This World by Cynthia Tucker him a regular guy, more trustworthy than ineptitude about subjects that were rou- lectualism of late, the strain is broadly WASHINGTON -- If you’ve those hated “elites” and longtime Wash- tinely in the news. Instead, they blamed bipartisan. I’ve known Democrats and been paying any attention to the trial ington pols. journalists who asked her questions she Republicans, liberals, conservatives and heats of the Republican presidential con- The trend isn’t new, of course. couldn’t answer. independents who are dismissive of the test, you’ve noticed an alarming trend: Sarah Palin’s admirers responded simi- Indeed, a suspicion of the well- benefits of expertise and suspicious about the conflating of ignorance with authen- larly to her woeful (and willful) lack of educated is a long-standing strain in the well-educated. ticity. Herman Cain’s fans, for example, knowledge about many of the complex American politics. I remember the antics During my Alabama child- seem to believe that his profound lack issues that would confront a presiden- of the late George Wallace, who used to hood, for example, I knew lots of proud of knowledge about most of the world tial administration. Palin’s voters didn’t denounce “pointy-headed intellectuals.” churchgoers who preferred a minister is one reason to support him. It makes desert her when she showed her abysmal But this unfortunate procliv- with little (if any) formal training in the- ity seems to have reached its apex at just ology. Preachers weren’t expected to at- the wrong time: On a “flat” and inter- tend divinity school; it was more impor- connected planet, Americans need more tant that they claimed to be anointed by The knowledge, not less. We need to be bet- God. Former U.N. Ambassador Andrew ter educated, not more ignorant. In other Young tells a great story about learning to Legacy Commons words, the nation needs all the pointy- speak without notes when he was a young Assisted Living/Pueblo West headedness it can muster. preacher assigned to a rural church; the We certainly don’t need a presi- elders were skeptical of any minister who • Independent Living dent like Cain, who publicly disdained had to read from a text. • Comfortable Well-Designed Apartment Units the president of “Ubeki-beki-beki-stan- While that story is charming, it • 3 Nutritionally Balanced Meals Daily stan” as someone he didn’t need to re- also speaks to a bygone era. When Young • 24-Hour Supervision For Safety & Security member and who cannot recall why he was a newly ordained minister, commu- disagrees with President Obama’s inter- nist China was still an economic backwa- AND vention in Libya. (Actually, Cain doesn’t ter, the euro didn’t exist and the United • Medication Management • Weekly Housekeeping know much about Libya, period.) Nor do States was a manufacturing powerhouse, • Weekly Personal Laundry • Emergency Call System we need a president like Rick Perry, who providing good jobs to workers without • Scheduled Activity Program proposes to dismantle great swaths of the high school diplomas. Those days are so federal government, but doesn’t take his over. Experience The Best In own plan seriously enough to recall its Many college graduates are Independent Living details. struggling to find decent jobs these days, At least Perry was contrite about but the unemployment rate for those While Getting The his “oops” moment. More stunning is with post-secondary degrees is still much Assistance You Need! Cain’s attitude, which echoes Palin’s lower than that of high school gradu- proud ignorance. Both behave as though ates. Cain, a retired businessman, may 170 Dacona Drive, Pueblo West, CO 81007 their lack of knowledge is a selling point be stunningly ignorant of foreign affairs, -- and their supporters seem to agree. but he did get an undergraduate degree www.legacycommons.com 719-547-2538 While Republicans have been in math and a graduate degree in compu- proudly showing off their anti-intel- SEE “TUCKER” PAGE 7. Page 6 - Senior Beacon - Dec., 2011 Visit Us at http://www.seniorbeacon.info

Coulter from page 3. Romney. To the contrary, when his fa- the University of Chicago Medical If a Republican does not win, book from 30 years ago to figure out ther, George Romney, was governor of Center.) however, it will never be repealed. how to run against a Republican who Michigan, he was the most pro-civil The Heritage Foundation, a Recall that, in order to boast about isn’t a tongue-tied marble-mouth. rights elected official in the entire coun- leading conservative think tank, sup- the amazing revenue savings under As we’ve known for years, his try, far ahead of any Democrat. ported Romneycare at the time. The Obamacare, Democrats had to config- negatives are: Romneycare and Mor- No one is worried Romney biggest warning sign should have been ure the bill so that the taxes to pay for monism. will double-cross us on repealing that Gingrich supported it, too. it start right away, but the goodies don’t We look forward with cheery Obamacare. We worry that Romney- Most important, Romney has kick in until 2014. anticipation to an explosion of news sto- care will make it harder for him to get said -- forcefully and repeatedly -- that Once people are thrown off ries on some of the stranger aspects of elected. his first day in office he will issue a 50- their insurance plans and are forced to Mormonism. The articles have already But, again, Romney is the ar- state waiver from Obamacare and will depend on the government for “free” been written, but they’re not scheduled ticulate Republican. He’s already ex- then seek a formal repeal. health care, Obamacare is here to stay. for release until the day Romney wraps plained how mandating health insurance Romney is not going to get to (And Newt Gingrich will be calling up the nomination. in one particular wealthy, liberal North- the White House and announce, “The plans to tinker with it “right-wing so- Inasmuch as the Democrats’ eastern state is different from inflicting first thing I’m going to do is implement cial engineering.”) only argument for the big-eared bean- it on the entire country. Our Constitu- that fantastic national health care plan Instead of sitting on our thumbs, pole who’s nearly wrecked the country tion establishes a federalist system that signed by my pal, Barack!” wishing Ronald Reagan were around, is that you must be a racist if you op- allows experimentation with different Unlike all other major legisla- or chasing the latest mechanical rab- pose Obama, one assumes a lot of at- ideas in the individual states. tion in the nation’s history, Obamacare bit flashed by the media, conservatives tention will be lavished on the Mormon As governor, Romney didn’t was narrowly passed along partisan ought to start rallying around Romney Church’s historical position on blacks. have the ability to change federal laws lines by an aberrationally large one- as the only Republican who has a shot Church founder Joseph Smith said requiring hospital emergency rooms to party majority in Congress. (Thanks, at beating Obama. We’ll attack him blacks had the curse of Cain on them treat every illegal alien, drug dealer and McCain supporters!) Not one single when he’s president. and banned blacks from the priesthood, vagrant who walked in the door, then Republican in Congress voted for it, not It’s fun to be a purist, but let’s a directive that was not revoked until sending the bill to taxpayers. (Although even John McCain. put that on hold until Obama and his 1978. David Axelrod, Michelle Obama, Eric Obamacare is going to be re- abominable health care plan are gone, There’s no evidence that this Whitaker and Valerie Jarrett did figure pealed -- provided only that a Republi- please. was a policy fiercely pushed by Mitt out a way to throw poor blacks out of can wins the next presidential election. National Perspective from page 3. Earl Warren of California, Rep. Clifford then a political scientist at the Univer- political-party system Roosevelt and time, the Democratic Party had such P. Case of New Jersey and Sen. Henry sity of Illinois and later the chairman of the political scientists envisioned. We conservatives as Sen. Harry F. Byrd Sr. Cabot Lodge Jr. of Massachusetts. the political science department at the are living the future, and it does not of Virginia, Sen. Strom Thurmond of The political scientists’ report University of California at Berkeley, work. South Carolina and a series of South- echoed scholarly critiques dating back wrote in a contemporary critique of the “When the political scientists ern committee chairmen. The Repub- a half century, when important figures 1950 report. were thinking about these things in the licans Party had such liberals as Gov. like Woodrow Wilson, then a prominent One reason the old system sur- 1950s, they were focusing on the good vived for so long is that the multiplic- things the ‘more responsible’ party sys- ST political scientist, and Herbert Croly, an important thinker in the Progressive ity of interests and ideologies inside tem might bring,” says Larry M. Bartels, movement and the co-founder of The American parties imposed the sorts of the co-director of Vanderbilt Universi- New Republic, raised questions about restraints on the majority that Ameri- ty’s Center for the Study of Democratic cans liked, much like the checks and Institutions. “Now that we’re living it, CARPET CLEANING LLC the American party system. PUEBLO, COLORADO “However one may deplore that balances and separation of powers de- we see a lot of the bad consequences. 719-240-1194 system, he must concede that it has dis- signed in the Constitution to protect the Now political scientists are wringing Dave Pauletich, Owner played, if nothing else, a very impres- rights and viewpoints of the minority. their hands about the negative implica- (formerly Brandt Carpet Cleaning) sive ability to survive,” Austin Ranney, Now we have just the kind of tions of polarization.” A recent National Journal study showed that every Republican member of the Senate has a voting record to the right of every Democratic member of the Senate, and that only five House Republicans have a voting record to the left of Rep. Gene Taylor of Mississippi, the Democrat with the most conservative voting record. The journal has been conducting these studies since 1982. Only once before, in 1999, did the Sen- ate have a profile like it does today. In an important retrospective on the 1950 political scientists’ report published on its 50th anniversary, UCLA political scientist Barbara Sin- clair argued that the modern parties “do represent a clearer policy message than they did 50 years ago.” She’s right. If you vote for a Republican today, you are very likely voting for a conservative, and if you vote for a Democrat you are very likely voting for a liberal. That’s clear. One other thing also is clear: The political system is a lot worse off. (David M. Shribman is executive editor of the Post-Gazette ([email protected], 412 263-1890). Follow him on Twitter at ShribmanPG.) Visit Us at http://www.seniorbeacon.info Senior Beacon - Dec., 2011 - Page - 7

s h i COMPILED BY CHUCK SHEPHERD new of t e we rd FOR SENIOR BEACON Weird World more toothpaste prematurely. (He wants of his “performance,” as he might do for as “Baba Suwe”) was detained before a Enterprising reporters get sto- Procter & Gamble to return 90 cents to corporate clients. (Despite his alleged flight at the Lagos airport because au- ries by earning the trust of their sources, everyone who bought Neat Squeeze improved lovemaking, the girlfriend thorities suspected that he had ingested which Simon Eroro of the Post-Courier packages.) (2) Sarah Deming of Keego broke up with him.) (2) West Virginia drugs to smuggle to Paris. Omadina (Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea) ob- Harbor, Mich., filed a lawsuit in - Sep roadkill-cooking activist David Cain denied the charge, but police locked viously did. At a banquet in November, tember against the distributor of the told Bloomberg News in October that him up and began monitoring his bowel the News Limited (Rupert Murdoch’s movie “Drive” (starring Ryan Gosling) he generally supported Volvo’s new movements. On Nov. 4, Omadina was empire) awarded Eroro its “Scoop of because its trailers promised fast-driv- driver-safety technology that warns of released without charges following 25 the Year” honor for reporting on mili- ing scenes (like those in the “Fast and objects ahead in the road. Cain pointed “evidence”-free movements. tant tribal fighters of the Free West Pa- Furious” series), but delivered mostly out that it was just a warning, that the A News of the Weird Classic (March pua movement -- a scoop he had to earn just drama. driver “could still choose to run over 2008) by agreeing to undergo a ritual circum- Fine Points of the Law something that’s good for eating.” The divorce of Anton Popa- cision, with bamboo sticks, to prove his (1) A recent vicious, unpro- People With Issues zov and his wife, Nataliya, is about to sincerity. (Some of the rebels still wear voked attack in Toronto by Sammy In November, Tommy Joe go through (in 2008), but the couple penis gourds whose size varies with the the cat on Molly the black Labrador Kelly, unsuccessfully acting as his own are still contractually committed to the status of the wearer.) (bloodying Molly’s ear, paws and eye) lawyer, was convicted of slashing a Moscow State Circus, where their act The Litigious Society left Molly’s owner without recourse to stranger’s tire by an Austin, Texas, jury, includes Nataliya’s shooting an apple -- An Illinois appeals court fi- Ontario’s or Toronto’s “dangerous pet” despite his explanation. “OK, I’m go- off of Anton’s head with a crossbow. nally threw out a lawsuit in August, but laws. The owner told the Toronto Star ing to tell you the truth on this one,” he The Times of London asked Anton dur- not before the two-year-long battle had in November that, apparently, only dan- said from the witness stand. “It doesn’t ing a show in Sheffield, England, in created a foot-high pile of legal filings gerous dogs are covered. (2) Maya the sound right, but it is. I ... had hemor- February whether he was afraid. “I still on whether two “children” (now ages cat was central to a recent contentious rhoids at that time, super duper bad.” trust her because Nataliya is very pro- 23 and 20) could sue their mother for British immigration case when a judge (There have been 391 tire slashings in fessional,” he said. “(T)he show must bad parenting while they were grow- seemed to favor residence for a Bolivi- Kelly’s neighborhood over the last four go on.” ing up. Among the claims were mom’s an national because of Maya. The judge years, but he was charged with only Mom’s Womb failure to send birthday cards or “care” had concluded that the Bolivian man one count, and sentenced to 10 years in At press time, Melinda Arnold, packages during the kids’ college years and his British partner had established jail.) 34, was waiting to hear whether her and calling her daughter at midnight to a close-knit “family” relationship be- Least Competent Criminals mother would be accepted as an organ ask that she return home from a party cause of the need to care for Maya. Robbers Easily Subdued: (1) donor for her daughter -- with the or- (and once failing to take the girl to a car Ironies Dale Foughty, 56, was charged with gan being the mom’s womb. Melinda (a show). -- Unclear on the Concept: (1) robbing a convenience store in Jackson- nurse from Melbourne, Australia) was -- Todd Remis, an unemployed Licensed Texas physician Akili Gra- ville, N.C., in October, despite attempt- born without one (though with healthy stock-market research analyst, filed a ham, 34, who gives paid motivational ing to intimidate the clerk by dress- ovaries and eggs), and if the transplant lawsuit in 2009 against the photogra- speeches on healthy living (“How to ing as Spiderman. However, the clerk by Swedish surgeon Mats Brannstrom pher of his 2003 wedding, citing breach Deal With Stress”), was arrested in poked Foughty in the stomach with a of Gothenburg University is success- of contract because the 400 shots taken October in Houston and accused as the broom, sending him away empty-handful, and Melinda later conceives, her during the ceremony failed to cover front man for four “pain clinics” that al- ed. (2) Cody Smith, 18, was charged baby will be nurtured in the very same several key moments, such as the “last legedly dispense prescription drugs ille- with snatching a woman’s purse in uterus in which Melinda, herself, was dance.” A November 2011 New York gally. (2) A chief child-abuse investiga- Johnson City, Tenn., in November. The nurtured. (Womb transplants have been Times report pointed out that Remis tor for the Catholic Church in Britain, victim chased Smith into nearby shrub- performed in rats and, with limited suc- is demanding not just the return of his Christopher Jarvis, 49, was sentenced bery, entangling him long enough for cess, from a deceased human donor.) $4,100, but for the photographer to in October following his guilty plea to her to recover the purse. (3) Two men, Government in Action pay for re-creating the missing scenes possession of over 4,000 child-sex im- attempting a robbery of the Ace Smoke -- A British manufacturer, BCB by covering travel expenses for all 40 ages on his computer. Jarvis had been Shop in Altadena, Calif., in July, fled International, is flourishing, buoyed by guests to reconvene. (Remis and his hired in 2002 to protect against pedo- after grabbing only part of the store’s sales of its Kevlar underwear, at $65 a wife have divorced; she has returned to philes’ access to church groups. cash. They were frightened off by the pair, to U.S. military personnel in Af- her native Latvia, and Remis does not -- Violinist Martin Stoner, 60, manager’s barking Chihuahua. ghanistan and Iraq. However, soldiers even know how to contact her.) who lost his job after 25 years and who Recurring Themes and Marines must buy them directly; -- Consumer Rights: (1) is suing the New York City Ballet for The tactic of “patience” is usu- the “Bomb Boxers” are not supplied Jonathan Rothstein of Encino, Calif., age discrimination, petitioned federal ally employed when police believe that by the Pentagon even though nearly 10 filed a lawsuit in September against judge Robert Patterson to disqualify a suspect has ingested drugs for smug- percent of battlefield explosive-device Procter & Gamble for selling its Crest himself from the case because he is too gling, i.e., nature will take its course, injuries result in sometimes-catastroph- toothpaste in “Neat Squeeze” packages, old (88) and, according to Stoner, has and the drugs will appear in the toilet ic genital and rectal damage. According which Rothstein said make it impossi- vision and hearing problems. sooner or later. 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s h i COMPILED BY CHUCK SHEPHERD new of t e we rd FOR SENIOR BEACON from page 8. ing haute cuisine at the Communica- charged with shoplifting from a Beall’s She was convicted of soliciting murder, Memo, the Pentagon’s currently issued tion Museum in Berlin in November, as department store. It was his 100th arrest but the verdict was overturned, and she protection is inferior to BCB’s but is prominent German chef Roland Trettl -- although prosecutors are batting only eventually pleaded guilty in exchange less expensive. (Although the Pentagon introduced his fashions (displayed on .353 against him (35-for-99). (Wilson’s for a 10-year sentence, of which she fully funds post-injury prostheses and live models) made from food, including getaway was delayed when he jumped served six months.) colostomies, it could purchase about a tunic of octopus, a miniskirt of sea- into the passenger seat of an idling SUV Family Values 7,700 Bomb Boxers for the price of a weed, a trouser suit made with lean ba- and ordered the driver to “Take off!” -- Too Soon? An 11-year-old single Tomahawk missile.) con, a scarf of squid ink pasta, and a hat but the driver did not.) California boy and a 7-year-old Geor- -- In what a cement company woven from lettuce. The museum direc- -- Points for Style: (1) Police gia girl have recently decided -- with executive said is “one of those bureau- tor (presumably without irony) said the in Corpus Christi, Texas, looked to the parental support -- to come out as the cratic things that doesn’t make any items were “provocative” and “raise(d) public for help in October to find the other gender. The boy, Tommy, wants sense,” the city of Detroit recently built questions.” man who, according to surveillance more time to think about it, said his wheelchair ramps at 13 intersections -- Veteran New York City per- video of a city agency building, stole lesbian parents, and has begun taking along Grandy Street, despite knowing formance artist Marni Kotak, 36, gave three surveillance cameras (not the re- hormone blockers to make his transi- that those ramps are either not connect- birth to her first child, Ajax, on Oct. 25 cording units, just the cameras) by las- tion easier should he follow through ed to sidewalks or connected to seldom- -- and that was her “art,” as the birth soing them from their perches near the with plans (first disclosed at age 3) used, badly crumbling sidewalks. The took place at the Microscope Gallery in ceiling. (2) Theresa Mejia, held in the to become “Tammy.” The McIntosh ramps were required by a 2006 lawsuit Brooklyn, N.Y., after Kotak had moved Burlington, Wash., police station on County, Ga., girl has been living as settlement in which Detroit pledged to into the space two weeks earlier to inter- kidnapping charges, climbed through a boy for a year, said father Tommy build ramps on any street that gets re- act with visitors. Previously, Kotak had a ceiling vent in a dramatic escape at- Theollyn, a transgendered man who is paved, as Grandy was. (No one in city “re-enacted,” as her “art,” both her own tempt, traversing the entire length of actually the one who gave birth. The- government thought, apparently, to at- birth and the loss of her virginity in the the building before officers knew where ollyn petitioned the school board in tempt a trade of these 13 intersections back seat of a car. (A New York Times she was. (However, that put her directly September (unsuccessfully) to allow for paving 13 more-widely used ones in report suggested that Kotak may not be over the police chief’s office, and she the child to use the boys’ bathroom. the city.) the most extreme performer in her fam- crashed through to the floor.) Theollyn said the girl first noticed she -- A Chicago Tribune/WGN- ily. Her artist-husband, Jason Martin, The Aristocrats! was a boy at age 18 months. TV investigation revealed in Septem- makes videos in which he dresses as a (1) Owen Kato, 23, was arrested Cutting-Edge Tactics ber and October the astonishing result wolf or dog and “conducts seance-like following a police report in Port Char- -- Crime-Fighting: (1) In Oc- that Illinois laws passed in 1997 and rituals intended to contact the half-ani- lotte, Fla., of a man grossing out cus- tober, about 120 professional mimes 2007 at the behest of organized labor mal, half-human creatures that visited tomers by standing beside the entrance began voluntarily patrolling the traf- have given at least three former un- him in dreams as a child.”) to a McDonald’s for about 10 minutes, fic-congested Sucre district of Caracas, ion leaders lifetime government pen- Police Report popping his pimples with his fingers. Venezuela, at the request of Mayor Car- sions as if they had been city or state -- Cutting-Edge Policing: Of- (2) A man unnamed in a news story los Ocariz. The white-gloved mimes’ employees, totaling an estimated drain ficials in Prince George’s County, was charged on July 24 with resisting specialty was wagging their fingers at on public budgets of about $7 million. Md., reported that crime had fallen arrest (for trespassing) by failing to put scofflaw motorists and pedestrians, Two teachers’ union officials were al- as much as 23 percent during the first his hands behind his back. According to and mimes interviewed by the Associ- lowed to teach exactly one day to qual- nine months of 2011 -- the result, they the Destin, Fla., police report, the man ated Press reported improvements. (2) ify, and an engineers’ union official said, of holding meetings with 67 of the explained, “I can’t put my hands behind At least 300 professional clowns from was hired for exactly one day, with the most likely recidivist offenders in five my back because I’m making a bowel Mexico and Central America, in Mexico remainder of the service of the three neighborhoods and sweet-talking them. movement (in my pants).” (According City in October for a convention, dem- having been on the payroll of the re- The 67 were offered help in applying to the report, that was true.) onstrated against the country’s drug- spective unions. A September Tribune for various government and volunteer Least Competent Criminals cartel violence by laughing, in unison, report estimated that perhaps 20 other programs, but were told they would be Brent Morgan, 20, was arrested nonstop, for 15 minutes. (They were union officials might have been eligi- watched more closely by patrols. in Prince George, British Columbia, in likely less successful than the mimes.) ble under similar provisions. -- Milestone: Joseph Wilson, October on three counts related to the -- Parenting: Freemon Seay, 38, Great Art! 50, was chased by police and arrested attempted theft of a Corvette. Morgan was arrested in Thurston County, Wash., -- It was haute couture meet- in Port St. Lucie, Fla., in October and had seen the car in a driveway, jumped in October on suspicion of assault with in and locked the doors. However, the a deadly weapon after disciplining his owner had been in the process of charg- 16-year-old daughter for leaving home ing the battery, which was still too weak without his approval. Seay allegedly for the car to start and for the door locks forced the girl to suit up in armor and to continue working. Feeling trapped helmet, with a wooden sword, and to and sensing that the owner had called fight him (also in armor, with a wood- the police, Morgan panicked and began en sword) for over two hours until she using any available tool inside the car could no longer stand up. Seay’s wife to smash the window. According to the (the girl’s stepmother) was booked as an police report, officers arrived just as accessory and was said by deputies to Morgan had broken open the driver’s have been supportive of her husband’s side window, but too late for Morgan to “Renaissance fair” enthusiasm (which realize that he could have exited the car Freemon Seay called a “lifestyle”). by manually lifting the door lock with Bright Ideas his fingers. -- In Malone, N.Y., in Septem- Recent Alarming Headlines ber, Clyde Gardner, 57, was sentenced “Maine Woman Loses Lawsuit to five to 15 years in prison for try- Over Removal of Husband’s Brain.” ing to murder his ex-girlfriend twice. “Condoms Rushed to Thai Flood Vic- Initially, he was going to dress in a re- tims.” “Killer Sharks Invade Golf cently skinned bear’s hide -- walk on its Course in Australia.” “Lingerie Foot- paws, so as not to leave shoe prints, and ball League Wants to Start a Youth “maul” her with the claws. After aban- League.” “Man Uncooperative After doning that plan, he promised a friend Being Stabbed in Scrotum With Hypo- $15,000 to kill the woman in a car dermic Needle.” crash, and since Gardner was a demo- A News of the Weird Classic (May lition derby driver, he offered expert 1991) instructions (though the friend turned Wanda Webb Holloway, 36, Gardner in). was arrested in January (1991) for Armed and Clumsy (All-New!) putting out a murder contract on a -- People Who Shot Them- Channelview, Texas, woman. Hollo- selves Recently: Two men -- a 23-year- way thought killing the mother of her old in Fayetteville, N.C. (June), and a 13-year-old daughter’s arch rival would 22-year-old in Seminole, Fla. (Octo- cause the rival to quit the junior high ber), accidentally shot themselves in the cheerleader squad in grief, making way head while trying to assure friends that for the Holloway girl’s selection. Re- their guns posed no danger. A firearms portedly, Holloway imagined the other instructor shot himself in the thigh dur- girl’s death, too, but realized that she ing his recertification class at the Smith could only afford one contract. (Hollo- & Wesson facility in Springfield, Mass. way’s story spawned two TV movies. (September). Visit Us at http://www.seniorbeacon.info Senior Beacon - Dec., 2011 - Page - 9 OLD NEWS REPRINTS: Archbishop Defies King Reprinted from Old News that as archbishop it would be his respon- whether Becket and his bishops would pope had been wrong in his assessment Archbishop Defies King sibility to maintain the church’s powers observe what Henry called “royal cus- of the king’s character and aims. Henry’s by Matthew Surridge to the best of his ability. He felt that at- toms,” meaning the royal right to try and victory in London over the issue of trying In 1155 Thomas Becket, the tempting to serve both king and church punish criminal priests. Becket believed criminal priests had simply emboldened thirty-seven-year-old archdeacon of Can- as archbishop would be a challenge much that the supposed customs had no his- him. Not only did Becket feel it wrong terbury, was named chancellor to the greater than torical basis, to agree to the constitutions, but he also King of England by the newly crowned any he had and believed realized that Henry would likely demand Henry II. The appointment was a consid- faced in his also that to more powers in future. Since Henry had erable promotion, but Becket knew that role of chan- surrender the made him agree to the royal customs in there were potential political conflicts as- cellor. Becket, church’s right the Constitutions before seeing them, sociated with the post. therefore, at- to try church- though, he could not explicitly reject Becket was a clever, energetic, tempted to men would set them. He accepted his copy of the docu- and amiable young man who had been decline the a precedent of ments but did not sign them. born to a merchant family in London. In honor. handing the A dejected Becket wrote to the his twenties he had found his way into B u t church’s au- pope begging forgiveness for what Becket the service of Theobald of Bec, the arch- then a mes- thority over to saw as his sin of disloyalty. Exactly what bishop of Canterbury. It was Theobald senger from the crown. he had feared had come to pass, and he who had named Becket archdeacon, and Pope Alexan- Beck- believed that he had failed at both his urged Henry to select him as chancellor, der III urged et, along with tasks, alienating the king while also al- the highest ecclesiastical member of the Becket to take the other lowing him to take over powers that be- king’s court—effectively the royal chap- the position. bishops, told longed to the church. lain—even though Becket had not been The pope was the king that Alexander seems to have forgiv- formally ordained as a priest. Becket’s an ally of Henry, and seems to have be- they would support royal customs to en Becket. The pope agreed with Becket main responsibility as chancellor was to lieved that Becket would be an effective the extent that they felt was lawful for that the Constitutions of Clarendon were deal with the financial and legal chores, agent of both king and church, helping to churchmen to do so—meaning that they unacceptable, but he still hoped to keep including the issuing of governmental keep both institutions in harmony. In the held that canon law superseded the king’s Henry as an ally, so he did not explicitly payments and receipts. face of this urging, Becket agreed to take claims. Henry was not satisfied, and told reject the new laws, either. As he learned the ways of the the archbishopric. Becket he would accept only a simple and Becket attempted to travel to court, Becket soon became the king’s best Many of the English bishops unconditional “yes.” The king then left France to speak directly to the pope, but friend. At the same time, Theobald seems expressed reservations about the instal- the meeting. he was stopped at the coast. Henry was to have been satisfied that Becket was a lation of Becket as archbishop, arguing The next morning, Becket was determined to enforce the Constitutions, good influence on the king. Worldly- that the position was traditionally given summoned to meet Henry. Henry or- with or without his archbishop’s agree- wide and a capable administrator, Becket to a monk. The bishops felt that a man dered Becket to give up control of cer- ment. Becket again went to speak to deftly balanced the interests of both who had spent much of his life at court tain estates that he had controlled as the king in person but was dismissed by Henry and Theobald for several years. was too secular in his orientation to be royal chancellor, and that Henry had al- Henry with the sardonic question: “Do In 1161 Theobald died after archbishop. Henry’s insistence overcame lowed him to continue to oversee even you find my kingdom not big enough for a long period of infirmity. Henry told their opposition. Becket was formally after his resignation. Henry then left the both of us?” Becket he intended to have him serve as elected archbishop by a council of Eng- city, ending the council. The brief meet- The king seemed determined to both chancellor and as the new archbish- lish churchmen and barons late in May, ing had been a stinging public rebuke for coerce Becket into signing the Constitu- op. Becket realized that Henry hoped to and established on June 3. He immedi- the archbishop. Becket understood that tions of Clarendon. In mid-1164 a baron use their friendship to assert rights over ately resigned his position of chancellor, Henry’s anger was personal; he felt that brought a legal case against Becket over church policies that Henry regarded as believing he needed to do so in order to Becket had betrayed him. Becket himself the control of land that was part of the traditional powers of the throne. Specifi- be fully free to act as archbishop. was hurt by Henry’s public anger but also archbishopric. When Becket was unable cally, Henry resented the fact that church- The resignation surprised and strongly believed in the rightness of his to appear at the court due to illness, a men charged with a crime could only be angered Henry, but Becket felt strongly own actions. royal council found him guilty of disobe- tried in an ecclesiastical court, not a lay that the action was necessary. As chancel- Not long after this confronta- dience and of contempt of the summons. court. Becket suspected that Henry would lor, he had led a lifestyle that often in- tion, messengers from Pope Alexander He was fined heavily, but Henry, not try to assert the crown’s right to bring ec- volved lavish feasting and other displays III came to Becket. The pope, who was at content with this, demanded a payment clesiastical criminals to trial; if so, Henry of wealth; as archbishop, he had to adopt that time in Sens, France, had learned of of a past loan and a complete account- would expect Becket as archbishop to a different way of living. Becket was re- the quarrel. The pope urged moderation; ing of revenues for all vacant sees and agree with him. Becket, though, believed lieved to find that despite Henry’s initial he felt that the king had been so intransi- abbeys Becket had controlled as chancel- reaction, Becket’s decision did not imme- gent only to maintain his standing before lor. Becket could not possibly make these diately sour the friendship between the the barons at the council. Alexander be- payments; they would bankrupt him. 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To make the basin even more Audubon Soci- quite a splash. You can even find birdbaths that hang on attractive to birds, add a dripper in the ety. If your bird- Birdbaths are not just for bird sturdy chains from an iron crook or a tree summer months. Drippers sit right in bath is too deep, watchers, but have long appealed to gar- limb. the birdbath or can be clipped to the put in a few flat deners, who love them for their elegant Birds really don’t care what kind edge. They’re attached to a hose and rocks to give sculptural forms. Bird-watching garden- of birdbath you have. They prefer a shal- adjusted with a valve to provide a slow, birds something ers also know that water is one of the low basin, and they appreciate careful steady drip that birds can see and hear. to stand on. most powerful ways to attract birds to the placement near small trees or shrubs they Chickadees and bluebirds particularly “That way, the garden. can fly to after they’ve had their bath or love drippers, and will perch on the tube birds can pick “The birdbath is the piece de drink. Shrubs should be just far enough to take a little sip of a drip. their depth,” he resistance,” says Greg Butcher, director away from the birdbath to protect birds Many drippers on the market says. Don’t wor- A classic pedestal of bird conservation for the National from opportunistic cats. have a mister attachment, which sends ry about birds birdbath suits gar- Audubon Society and an enthusiastic Birdbaths with gently sloping ba- a fine spray into the air around the bird- drowning in a dens of any style. This backyard bird watcher. “It’s really amaz- sins will accommodate all birds, Butcher bath. The mist catches in the sun and deep birdbath. is Campania’s Juliet birdbath. photo: Campania ing when you get a warbler taking a bath says. Small warblers and finches can wade attracts hummingbirds, which delight “They can flap International right outside your window.” confidently in the shallow water near the in flying in and out of the spray. Heidi those wings and Birds need water year round, edge, and blue jays and robins can hop McCullough, who works at the Wild get out of trouble easily,” he says. Butcher says. Winter is not the time to into the deeper center of the basin for a Bird Center in Prairie Village, Kan., -- A ground-level birdbath is retire the birdbath for the season. In fact, vigorous splash. sometimes attaches a mister to a shrub pretty, but a pedestal bath is the safest a birdbath heater, or a heated birdbath Dave Netten, owner of All Sea- in her backyard. “You can set it up on choice. “It gives birds a little better view (they’re both available at many garden sons Wild Bird Stores in the Minneapolis- a bush or a vine, and the birds love to of their surroundings,” Butcher says. shops and at bird-supply stores) will help St. Paul area, attaches a heated birdbath to come and flap on the leaves,” she says. -- Birds fly off to preen after a make the winter months fly by. his deck railing in October and leaves it McCullough turns on the mister for a bath, so make sure they have a place to “You can count on seeing some there until late April, after the danger of half-hour on warm summer days when perch nearby. Small trees or shrubs with- big, colorful birds,” Butcher says. “The frost has passed. The thermostat turns the she plans to be outside, so she can watch in four to eight feet of the birdbath are robins are out there, and they are found 150-watt heater on when the temperature the birds play in the spray. about right. all around the country all winter long drops below about 40 degrees. It keeps Wherever you place a birdbath, -- You can make your own bird- now.” Cardinals, goldfinches and blue the water from freezing even when the air it becomes an important sculptural ac- bath with a terra-cotta plant saucer. A jays will also come to a birdbath through temperature falls well below zero -- most cent in your garden. Place it as you 14- or 16-inch saucer, placed on a stump the winter. heated birdbaths are rated to minus-20 would a piece of statuary: at the center or a stone wall, works fine. Birdbaths are beautiful garden degrees. of a flower bed, at the end of a path or -- It’s nice to have several bird- decorations. The classic stone or concrete “With a birdbath, you end up at- in the lawn near the front porch. Above baths in the garden. Place one in a sunny birdbath on a pedestal is a timeless de- tracting a lot more bird activity than you all, make sure you can see your birdbath spot and another in dappled light. sign appropriate for gardens of any style. do with feeders,” Netten says. “If you only from inside the house -- especially in -- Most birdbaths are sturdy Contemporary birdbaths, made of stone provide seeds, you miss out.” winter, so you can enjoy it as much as enough to withstand winter weather. To or steel, look sharp in stylish walled city Of course, a heated birdbath the birds do. keep water from freezing, install a bird- gardens. Colorful glazed birdbaths can be needs a source of power. A sturdy exten- BIRDBATH TIPS: COME ON IN, bath heater (available at garden shops a bright spot in a green garden, and they sion cord approved for outdoor use works THE WATER’S FINE and bird-supply shops). -- Birdbaths should be about SEE “BIRDBATH” PAGE 17.

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Visits by these dignitaries helped any of Ireland’s wild natural beauty, boost the number of tourists visiting Ire- quaint villages or rich historical lega- Additionally, the Southern in Phoenix Park, Dublin. land by 15 percent, according to a recent cy. Gems tour includes a visit to the Na- • Those who appreciate fine Reuters article. Both visits took place CIE Tours International will tional Stud, where you will see prize- stitching may want to attend the first within a matter of days, with the U.S. feature three of more than 40 tours in winning racehorses. The Irish Gold in- annual International Quilt Festival of president commenting on his distant 2012: the seven-day Southern Gems, cludes a dinner at the renowned Killeen Ireland, located in a special Quilter’s Irish ancestry and the queen being the the eight- or nine-day Irish Gold, and House Restaurant in Killarney, and the Village on the banks of the River Cor- first British regent to visit in a century. the 12- or 13-day Irish Classic, which Irish Classic tour includes a visit to Gi- rib. ant’s Causeway, with its astounding 60 When deciding on a tour, con- Winter At El Pueblo million-year-old volcanic formed col- sider the benefits of all-inclusive travel. from page 1. umns. Read the fine print to see what - isin hearths, feels the warmth of the fire lit rooms, plays some games of chance, trades Several events on the calendar cluded in the tour price so you don’t with the traders and watches the trappers at work. Along with games and stories, for 2012 will also draw visitors to Ire- face daily sales pitches for meals and there will be frontier toys that children can play with land. special events or attractions. CIE Tours’ In the galleria there will be demonstrations on yucca weaving and children’s • Lovers of nautical history and $550+ Advantage means everything is activities. Refreshments will be for sale and the gift shop will be having its Holiday movie trivia may set a course for the included, so you will not encounter un- Sale. “Remembering the Titanic” event in expected costs for “extras.” “Friday Afternoons!” Belfast. For more information, visit For children 7 to 12 years of age, these afternoon programs are designed for • Runners may want to partici- www.cietours.com/emeraldisle or call play, creating and imagining. Instructors will introduce historical and cultural con- pate in The Great Ireland Run, Ireland’s (800) 243-8687. cepts using artifacts, maps, science projects, stories, writing exercises and art projects. fastest-growing 10-km running event, The programs are every Friday afternoon in December; from 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Cost is $1 each Friday. Registration is required by calling 719/583-0453. Birdbaths “Holiday Splash” The Southern Colorado Watercolor Society Fine Art Exhibit from page 15. at_home/index.html and the Cornell The Southern Colorado Watercolor Society presents “Holiday Splash” ex- -- If you live in a cold climate and Lab of Ornithology’s “All About Birds” hibit of fine art in the museum’s High Vista Gallery. An array of exquisite watercolors do not have a heated birdbath, fill your site: www.birds.cornell.edu/programs/ will be presented. The show will continue through December 31, during regular birdbath with warm (not boiling) water AllAboutBirds/. museum hours of Tuesday through Saturday, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Admission is every day, or on the weekends when you -- All Seasons Wild Bird Store free to the art gallery. Artwork is for sale. are home, Butcher suggests. The water will (www.wildbirdstore.com) has five loca- For more information call 719/583-0453, or visit elpueblohistorymuseum. attract birds for an hour or two before it tions in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area, org . The museum is located at 301 North Union, Pueblo. freezes. “Don’t worry, the birds will ac- and ships across the country. commodate to your schedule,” he says. -- Check the Wild Bird Center SOURCES website (www.wildbird.com) to locate a -- For more information about store or shop online. backyard bird-watching and birdbaths, -- Campania (www.campani- check the Audubon Society’s “Audubon At ainternational.com) offers many styles *GZPVIBWFRVFTUJPOTBCPVU Home” website: www.audubon.org/bird/ available at garden shops. 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When he delivered the milk to the studio’s musical director, Charles Previn (father of An- dre), he also dropped of photos of his boy (1942) is Sandy’s only recollection 3JDL4DSPHHT daughter. One look from studio casting of her film career. She remembers the 55: and she was hired! Her expressions and line, “I’d rather be in kindergarten.” 7JTJUPVS8FC4JUFBUXXX6)$.FEJDBSF4PMVUJPOTDPN her big, bright doe-like eyes won her Baby Sandy retired in 1942. the role, yet it was her wonderful and She became a housewife and legal sec- happy temperament on the set that led retary. The twice-married and twice-di- to Universal signing her at $50 a week. vorced former child star has two sons Audiences fell in love with the and resides in Brevard, North Carolina, toddler, who the studio renamed, ‘Baby living a very, very normal life. Sandy’ - a play off of their other pre- Baby Sandy goes by her birth (FUUIFGBDUTZPVOFFEUPNBLFB viously famous child star (and W.C. name, Alexandra, and occasionally sees TNBSUEFDJTJPO Fields’ foil), Baby Leroy. Baby Sandy one of her old movies on television. “I was given the full publicity build up in was brat”. She recalls that “When I was Life Magazine and Look Magazine, as thirteen or so, I was going to take drama well as, merchandising of product lines classes and become a big star again. My such as diapers, toys, baby food, story mother thought that was ridiculous. I books and coloring books. suppose she was right.” The family of UnitedHealthcare Medicare Solutions plans includes Part D Prescription Drug Plans, Medicare Supplement Insurance Plans and Medicare Advantage Plans featuring the UnitedHealth®, AARP®, SecureHorizons®, By 1940, Sandy’s popularity Luckily for Baby Sandy, all of SecureHorizons® MedicareDirect™, Evercare® or AmeriChoice® brand names. Plans are insured or covered by an was so great her names was used in the the money she made from her films, affi liate of UnitedHealthcare Insurance Company, a Medicare Advantage organization with a Medicare contract and a Medicare-approved Part D sponsor. film’s titles; ‘Sandy’s a Lady’ and products and endorsements kept her C0009M0011_090925_172215 OVEX3191975_000 ‘Sandy Gets Her Man ‘ (both produced afloat for most of her life. in 1940). Her last film, Johnny Dough- Page 18 - Senior Beacon - Dec., 2011 Visit Us at http:// www.seniorbeacon.info Home Sweet Home Touch Of Glass: Stained Glass Used For 1,000 Years by Mary G. Pepitone ange and red; and cobalt makes blue. stained glass in the home Even during the winter, many Stained glass was first intro- isn’t just limited to windows homeowners look out their windows duced to the world in the 11th century, and nature scenes of flowers for a splash of color. Humans have used and stained glass windows with leaded and butterflies. “Some leaded stained glass for 1,000 years in decora- assembly (referred to as leaded stained stained glass designs are more tive objects and it’s still as desirable in glass) became popular in churches and simplistic with clean lines,” 21st-century homes. cathedrals by the 13th century. he says. “Decorative glass can Jack Whitworth, past presi- In the early 1800s, Louis Com- be worked into any room in dent of the Stained Glass Association fort Tiffany’s creations lit the popularity a house, including a walk-in of America and owner of Whitworth of stained glass for use in the home. Tif- closet.” Stained Glass Studio near San Antonio, fany created the copper foil technique Homeowners might Texas, says the medium is timeless be- for stained glass, a procedure which become glassy-eyed when cause it is natural light in color. provided the strength and rigidity need- discussing design options, “Stained glass continues to ed to create his signature lampshades. since decorative and stained An entryway door is a first impression and with a beautiful stained glass assembly, it can also be a re- fascinate people,” Whitworth says. In the early 1900s, Frank Lloyd glass comes in a rainbow of flection of the person who lives inside. photo: Whitworth “Unlike paintings that rely on reflected Wright used stained glass in geometri- colors and a myriad of differ- Stained Glass Studio. light, stained glass is a medium that re- cally designed windows. While most ent types and textures: fracts light.” stained glass windows use lead came, -- Antique Glass quality commissioned piece. The term “stained glass” origi- (the slender channeled stripping that This type of glass is mouth- Quality leaded glass pieces nated from the process of applying becomes the chief skeletal support in blown, in the same that way glass was should have structural integrity in the metal oxides to molten glass, creating a leaded stained glass construction), made in medieval times. finished product with smooth lead the desired color that gives the glass Wright also used rigid metal cames to -- Cathedral Glass joints, a consistency in width of lead a “stained” appearance. For example, provide strength and straight lines for This is a transparent type of lines and leaded joints that line up even- adding iron or copper oxide makes his designs. glass that is machine-made single- ly. The glass should fit tightly between green; selenium or cadmium makes or- However, Whitworth says colored glass. lead lines with no rattling. -- Opalescent Glass When constructed properly, Warm/Cozy No Matter The Weather Machine-made, this glass is leaded stained glass pieces can be ex- (NAPSI)—One of the hottest trends in warming homes—and keeping them opaque. Rather than allowing the light pected to last nearly 100 years. Nowa- cozy—is the energy-efficient heat pump. rays to pass directly through, opales- days, many homes built using stained Heat pumps aren’t known for being particularly good at providing heating in cent glass spreads them within its sur- glass at the turn of the 20th century re- cold climates. Older models of heat pumps often require face, giving the effect of being lighted quire restoration. When selecting a stu- an additional heat source to keep a home warm during from within. dio to do stained glass work, Whitworth the winter. However, the latest heat pump technology of- -- Textured Glass says you need to find an artist’s style fers superior heating performance, especially at lower out- The appearance of this glass you like, view a studio’s other projects door temperatures, and is changing the way people think can look rippled, hammered, crackled, and check references. about such systems. fractured or ring-mottled. “Having a large stained glass For example, Mitsubishi Electric Cooling & Not all leaded glass designs project designed or restored isn’t the Heating, an industry leader in cooling and heating tech- contain stained glass. According to time to turn it over a hobbyist,” he nology, offers a heat pump option that operates at full Whitworth, clear glass leaded windows says. “Professionals know how to build heating capacity at temperatures as low as 5 degrees Fahrenheit. are popular because they complement structures into the design so it doesn’t The Mitsubishi Electric Hyper-Heating® systems use a unique technology the decor in nearly any home. Instead fall apart.” that enables the heat pumps to provide year-round comfort in extreme climates while of creating visual interest using colors, Large panels of beautiful ar- being extremely energy-efficient. In many applications, there is no need for resistance many homeowners are using clear glass chitectural art glass windows can also electric or other supplemental, energy-consuming devices to provide this level of with contrasting textures. be sandwiched between two pieces performance. Leaded glass windows, fire- of clear, tempered safety glass. This The H2i® systems are ENERGY STAR® and tax-credit qualified, and the place screens and large decorative ob- process doesn’t require any leading, systems maximize energy savings by making sure only the energy needed to heat an jects can create an instant focal point yet affords homeowners privacy and a area perfectly is used. The system also features an auto changeover function in which in a room, Whitworth says. Pieces can stained glass look without the price tag it senses whether a space needs cooling or heating and automatically switches mode be designed to complement traditional of a leaded design, Whitworth says. as needed to maintain a consistent temperature. or contemporary styles with the use of “Most people want to be sur- Inside the home, the heat pumps feature quiet operation and an enhanced floral, art deco, craftsman or religious rounded by light and beauty,” he says. filter system. A sensor scans the room and makes real-time adjustments based on patterns. “What makes stained glass unique is temperature readings. Depending on the intricacies that depending on how the sunlight These systems don’t need ductwork, making them easy to install and provid- of a leaded glass piece, Whitworth says strikes it, the colors are ever-changing ing complete personal comfort control for each room. All Mitsubishi Electric systems homeowners can expect to pay upward through the course of the day and sea- use environmentally friendly refrigerant and are made of mostly recyclable parts. of at least $150 per square foot for a sons.” To learn more, you can go to www.MitsubishiComfort.com. AFFORDABLE HOUSING Garden Park Villa New Management - Same Great Company

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On older furnaces, the pilot light • An Energy-Efficient by following some simple steps on home may stay on all the time and you can see Hot Water Circulator—such winterizing, and by using energy-efficient it; newer models are usually self-igniting as the Bell & Gossett ecocirc®- heating equipment, homeowners can save and light only when the furnace is run- -can save an average family of as much as 20 percent on annual energy ning. four more than 12,000 gallons costs. • Humidifiers or Dehumidi- of water and hundreds of dol- Before you begin to winterize, fiers—For freestanding units, change lars in energy costs a year. you should call in a professionally li- or clean filters. For furnace-mounted • Thermostat Set- censed HVAC contractor to inspect and humidifiers, check, clean or replace the ting—68° F is recommended tune up your heating system. Once that is water media pad, or water level on float- for cold months, 65° F at done, there are several things you can do type humidifiers. Check waterline/ waste night. The rule of thumb is that yourself to prolong the life of the equip- line for leaks. you can save about 3 percent ment and help ensure proper operation. • Hot Water Heaters—Drain on your heating bill for every • Oil Heat—Change fuel filters about 10 to 15 gallons from service valve, degree that you set back your and service burners if needed. Check fuel located at bottom of water tank, to re- thermostat. tank for water content and fill tank. move sediment. 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National Perspective from page 3. setts. “However one may deplore that One reason the old system sur- At that time, the Democratic Party had The political scientists’ report system, he must concede that it has dis- vived for so long is that the multiplic- such conservatives as Sen. Harry F. echoed scholarly critiques dating back played, if nothing else, a very impres- ity of interests and ideologies inside Byrd Sr. of Virginia, Sen. Strom Thur- a half century, when important figures sive ability to survive,” Austin Ranney, American parties imposed the sorts of mond of South Carolina and a series like Woodrow Wilson, then a prominent then a political scientist at the Univer- restraints on the majority that Ameri- of Southern committee chairmen. The political scientist, and Herbert Croly, sity of Illinois and later the chairman of cans liked, much like the checks and Republicans Party had such liberals as an important thinker in the Progressive the political science department at the balances and separation of powers de- Gov. Earl Warren of California, Rep. movement and the co-founder of The University of California at Berkeley, signed in the Constitution to protect the Clifford P. Case of New Jersey and Sen. New Republic, raised questions about wrote in a contemporary critique of the rights and viewpoints of the minority. Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. of Massachu- the American party system. 1950 report. Now we have just the kind of political-party system Roosevelt and the political scientists envisioned. We are living the future, and it does not 719-568-0970 work. “When the political scientists were thinking about these things in the 1-866-568-0970 1950s, they were focusing on the good things the ‘more responsible’ party system might bring,” says Larry M. Bartels, the co-director of Vanderbilt Universi- ty’s Center for the Study of Democratic Proudly serving all of Colorado Institutions. “Now that we’re living it, we see a lot of the bad consequences. Now political scientists are wringing their hands about the negative implica- tions of polarization.” A recent National Journal study showed that every Republican member of the Senate has a voting record to the right of every Democratic member of the Senate, and that only five House Republicans have a voting record to the left of Rep. Gene Taylor of Mississippi, the Democrat with the most conservative voting record. The journal has been conducting these studies since 1982. Only once before, in 1999, did the Sen- ate have a profile like it does today. In an important retrospective on the 1950 political scientists’ report published on its 50th anniversary, $30.00 Per Month UCLA political scientist Barbara Sin- clair argued that the modern parties “do represent a clearer policy message than they did 50 years ago.” Lifeline Service Now Available She’s right. If you vote for a Republican today, you are very likely voting for a conservative, and if you vote for a Democrat you are very likely voting for a liberal. That’s clear. One Securing Our Seniors other thing also is clear: The political system is a lot worse off. P.O. Box 8383 (David M. Shribman is executive editor Pueblo, CO. 81008 of the Post-Gazette (dshribman@post-gazette.com, 412 263-1890). Follow him on Twitter at ShribmanPG.) 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You disability” for children filing for Sup- ning and how to save at www.socialse- certainly wise enough to apply for re- don’t have to have a bat-computer or be plemental Security Income (SSI)? curity.gov/retire2/other2.htm. But wait, tirement benefits at www.socialsecurity. a superhero to harness the power of the Answer: A child is disabled if he or there’s more. gov. Retirement Estimator at www.socialse- she: If you decide you’re going to be Superman may be America’s curity.gov/estimator, or to apply online • Has a physical or mental a “snowbird” when retirement comes, most popular superhero, and also the for benefits at www.socialsecurity.gov. condition (or a combination of condi- oldest to hit the Up, up, and away into an active retire- tions) that results in “marked and severe screen in recent ment! functional limitations.” This means that Caring hands… years. The man QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS the condition very seriously limits the Compassionate hearts… of steel was cre- GENERAL child’s activities; and ated in 1932. The Question: I live in a hurricane zone and • The condition has lasted, or is Comforting care… guy’s 79 years old there’s always a good chance I’ll have expected to last, at least one year or is and he has a new to evacuate. What should I do if I’m ex- expected to result in death; and 1439 Main Street pecting my check and a hurricane dis- • Is not working at a job that we Cañon City, CO 81212 movie coming out 719-275-4315 (voice) in 2012. Superman rupts the mail? consider to be substantial work. 719-275-8315 (fax) , /Ê, " Ê"-* does mostly volun- Answer: To avoid this situation alto- To determine whether your www.fremontregionalhospice.com teer work, but even gether, get your payments sent electroni- child meets the definition of disability, [email protected] if he earns wages cally. Direct Deposit and Direct Express we look at medical and other informa- For those with a terminal illness, as Clark Kent, are the fast, easy and secure ways to re- tion (such as information from schools his benefits won’t ceive your benefit payment. For more and from you) about the child’s condi- our hospice team emphasizes: be offset since he information, see www.socialsecurity. tion. We also consider how the condition ¢ Comfort care ¢ Bereavement support reached his full re- gov/deposit. affects the child’s daily activities. We ¢ Dignity ¢ Grief counseling tirement age. RETIREMENT consider: what activities is your child ¢ Compassionate ¢ Spiritual support Batman made Question: How long does a person need not able to do, or is limited in doing; the quality of life ¢ After-hours visits as needed his debut in 1939, to work to become eligible for retire- type of extra help and how much extra ¢ A focus on the ¢ Personal care and he’s about to ment benefits? help your child needs to perform age-ap- entire family ¢ 24-hour phone support star in another fea- Answer: We base Social Security ben- propriate activities for example, special ture film, running efits on work credits. Anyone born in classes at school, medical equipment; around like a 30- 1929 or later needs 40 Social Security and whether the treatment interferes year-old. Also in credits to be eligible for retirement ben- with your child’s day-to-day activities. his 70s, Mr. Wayne efits. You can earn up to four credits a Remember that SSI is a needs- is getting full re- year, so you will need to work at least 10 based program where family income and tirement benefits years to become eligible for retirement resources also play a role in determin- — and Robin too. benefits. Learn more by reading the pub- ing eligibility for benefits. For more The same can’t be lication How You Earn Credits at www. information, read Benefits For Children socialsecurity.gov/pubs/10072.html. With Disabilities at www.socialsecurity. Question: Will my son be eligible to gov/pubs/10026.html. Senior Beacon receive benefits on his retired father’s SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY Senior Beacon serves Pueblo & Fremont Counties and reaches the rest of record while going to college? INCOME Southeastern Colorado. It is a monthly newspaper dedicated to inform, serve, educate and entertain the Senior Community in these areas. 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Fold in the tuna week has healthy recommend that all adults, including into their diets,” says Miller. “One of my and roasted peppers. Season to taste with benefits throughout pregnant women, eat more seafood. favorite seafood options is canned tuna salt and freshly ground black pepper. life. Pregnant and “Many studies have shown that or tuna in a pouch, as it is affordable and To add more seafood to your diet breastfeeding wom- seafood provides great health benefits in can be used to make a quick, low-calorie and get its health benefits, try these tips: en are encouraged adults, such as reduced risk for heart dis- meal easily prepared at home.” • Swap Proteins—Replace the to eat more seafood ease,” said Dr. J. Thomas Brenna, Ph.D., Miller’s new cookbook, “Robin usual protein (such as beef or chicken) in because it boosts their babies’ brain de- professor of human nutrition at Cornell Takes 5,” includes 500 recipes each with your favorite recipes with seafood for a velopment. For adults, eating the recom- University. “It is particularly important five ingredients or fewer and with 500 tasty twist. For example, try tuna in your mended amount of seafood helps protect for women to eat seafood during preg- calories or less per serving. Robin rec- tacos instead of beef. against the No. 1 cause of death: heart nancy to provide their developing babies ommends many different types of pro- • Incorporate Small Bites—Sea- disease. However, Americans, especially with crucial nutrients. In fact, limiting or tein, and seafood is a key ingredient in food doesn’t need to be your main dish; pregnant women, are not eating enough avoiding seafood when you’re pregnant many of the recipes, such as this one: it can be part of snacks, appetizers, even seafood. In fact, most people should at can result in slower eye and brain devel- Tuna Pasta Salad with breakfast. 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Tomato, Hardboiled Egg, Grapefruit Half. dec. 9: HAMBURGER/BUN, Catsup, dec. 29: CHICKEN/WHITE CHILI, Mustard & Onion, Split Pea Soup, Creamy Spinach Salad with Lite Ranc, Cooked Coleslaw, Banana. Carrots, Apple, Cornbread/Margarine. dec. 13: CHICKEN/NOODLES, Sea- dec. 30: AMERICAN LASAGNA, soned Green Beans, Baked Acorn Squash, Herbed Green Beans, Seasoned Cabbage, Apricot Pineapple Compote. Banana. dec. 15: BEEF BARLEY SOUP, Whole Wheat Crackers, Sesame Broccoli, Apricot Pineapple Compote, Apple. GOLDEN AGE CENTER dec. 16: BEEF STROGANOFF, Orange 728 N. Main St.-Canon City M-W-F Spiced Carrots, Ruby Beet Salad, Mixed MENU NOT READY Fruit. AT PRESS TIME dec. 20: PASTA PRIMAVERA, Spinach we are sorry for any Salad/Egg and Lite Italian Dressing, Apple inconvenience this may Pear Salad with Almonds, Plum. have caused. dec. 22: ROAST TURKEY/GRAVY, please call 275-5177 Whipped Potatoes, California Vegetable with specific questions Medley, Raisin & Nuts, Tropical Fruit about the menu. 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One call Visit Us at http:// www.seniorbeacon.info Senior Beacon - Dec., 2011 - Page - 25 Medicare Part B To Raise Rates But Not As Much by Ron Pollack, Executive Director, this new premium is considerably lower - the average Social Security benefit for a remained under control. Families USA-December 2011 than the $107 that had been predicted retiree in 2011 is $1,186 per month. That So what’s going on? Some of the At the end of October, peo- last spring. will increase in 2012 by about $43 per lower-than-expected costs are due to simple with Medicare got a welcome bit of Premiums were frozen in 2010 month. Of that increase, only $3.50 will ple math. With Social Security benefits goodnews. The agency that runs Medi- and 2011 because there has been no cost- go towards Medicare premiums. It should finally increasing, the costs of Medicare care announced that Part B premiums of-living increase in Social Security ben- be remembered that for most people, their can be spread more evenly across all ben- will increase by much less than expected. efits for the past two years due to the slow Medicare premium is eficiaries. But that’s In 2012, Medicare premiums for most economy. When Social Security benefits automatically deducted only part of the story. people will increase by only $3.50 a do not increase, under federal law there from their Social Secu- The Affordable Care month, from the $96.40 a month now can be no increase in Medicare premiums. rity payments. The rest Act made a lot of to $99.90 a month. While this will be Happily, in 2012, Social Security benefits stays in people’s pock- changes to Medicare the first increase in Medicare premiums will at last increase, by 3.6 percent start- ets, giving them some and the health care in several years, it should be noted that ing in January. To put this in real terms real financial help in system to make costs these tough times. more manageable. Some impor- Fully implement- fromNeiens page 13. The information contained in this report tant details: ing these changes does not purport to be a complete descrip- 1) Most peo- will take years, but it $34.87; Johnson & Johnson JNJ-$62.63, tion of the securities, markets, or develop- $63.51; US Bancorp USB $27.20, $25.33; ments referred to in this material. Any ple who have joined Medicare in 2010 or looks like they are already having an ef- Wells Fargo WFC-$31.30, $24.89. information is not a complete summary 2011 will actually see a premium decrease. fect. Medicare’s overpayments to private The portion of Buffets list that I or statement of all available data neces- Their premiums have been unusually high insurance companies are dropping. Ef- surveyed here reveals what many of you sary for making an investment decision in order to offset the freeze in everyone forts to eliminate unnecessary care, like know. It has been a grinding type of year so and does not constitute a recommendation. else’s Medicare premiums during the past better discharge planning so that people Any opinions are those of Gary Neiens and far. The SPX (Standard & Poor’s Average) not necessarily those of RJFS or Raymond two years. don’t need to return to the hospital after started the morning of January 3, 2011 at James. Expressions of opinion are as of this 2) If you’re in a Medicare Advan- surgery, are starting to take root around the 1257.62 level; it is now about 40 points date and are subject to change without no- tage plan, your plan may charge an ad- the country. And stepped up prosecution below that level with about a month and a tice. Past performance may not be indica- ditional premium. of the criminals who defraud Medicare is half of trading left to conclude the year. tive of future results. The S&P 500 is an 3) If you have Medicare Part D paying dividends. So, if the market has somewhat accurately unmanaged index of 500 widely held stocks that’s generally considered representative of prescription drug coverage, you pay a If you have limited income, discounted the known risks (and I think the U.S. stock market. The NASDAQ com- separate additional premium set by your check to see if you might qualify for ad- it has) the not unusual Santa Claus rally posite is an unmanaged index of securities plan. ditional help with your Part B or Part D could be in the cards. This is needed to traded on the NASDAQ system. Inclusion 4) Finally, high-income people premiums and costs. You can get infor- improve on the years uninspiring results. of these indexes is for illustrative purposes (those whose annual incomes are above mation from your State Health Insurance From all of us at Raymond James Financial only. Raymond James Research does not $85,000 for an individual or $170,000 Assistance Program (SHIP), which you – Merry Christmas! closely follow Costco, Exon Mobil, General Electric, Conoco Phillips, Coca Cola, Amer- for a couple) pay higher premiums. can find by calling 1-800-MEDICARE Good luck and good investing, ican Express, Kraft Foods, Johnson & John- This very modest Medicare pre- and asking for a referral, or go to the So- Gary Neiens son, US Bancorp or Wells Fargo. Raymond mium increase is particularly impressive cial Security website: Financial Advisor / Investment Broker James does not make a market in Costco, considering that Medicare coverage has www.ssa.gov/prescriptionhelp. Raymond James Financial Services, Inc., Exon Mobil, General Electric, Conoco Phil- actually gotten better in the past year. In We still have a long way to go before Member FINRA/SIPC lips, Coca Cola, American Express, Kraft 2011, thanks to the Affordable Care Act, health care is affordable for everyone. 310 S. Victoria Ave, Ste. G Foods, Johnson & Johnson, US Bancorp or Pueblo, CO 81003 Wells Fargo. Gary Neiens, Raymond James Medicare started covering most preven- But as we head into 2012, there are some Financial Services, Inc., its affiliates, offic- Phone: 719-545-2900 tive services for free as well as offering an encouraging signs that we’re on the right ers, directors or branch offices may in the annual wellness visit. Prescription drug track. E-mail: Gary.Neiens@RaymondJames. normal course of business have a position com in any securities mentioned in this report. coverage has also improved. Yet costs have “Independent solutions from Independent Advisors” Bucket List fom page 16. ship also pays attention to the eccentrici- son. ties of its passengers. 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Christmas Impends: How To Make The Best Of It! by Patricia McLaughlin thought that counts,” but who believes Clearly, if we want to eliminate Christmas? Again? Already? it anymore? That’s because it’s something the annual $13 billion loss to our long- Must we? people say when they get a present they suffering economy caused by badly cho- ‘Fraid so. There’s no getting don’t like, don’t want, and haven’t any sen Christmas presents, we need to think around it this year. The poor, flounder- use for. What they mean is: “This cuf- more before we shop. A successful present ing economy needs all the help it can get. flink box made from the hollowed-out is something that the recipient will find And, the way things have been going, the shell of a dead baby armadillo is the most either useful or delightful or both -- and folks on your gift list probably need a hit grotesque thing I’ve ever seen in my life, something that, beyond its utility to the of Christmas cheer more than ever. but it’s sweet that my elderly missionary recipient, tells the person you know him: Which makes it more important cousin Hermione, whom I haven’t seen You recognize and appreciate who he is. than ever that we do it right this time: No since I was 11, thought to send it all the For instance, the other day I deadweight. way from Patagonia!” came across a pair of knitted hand warm- You may recall that, several years That represents a misunderstand- ers in the Fair Indigo catalog (www.fair- ago, an economics professor named Joel ing of “it’s the thought that counts.” In indigo.com) that somebody ought to Waldfogel calculated that Christmas is fact, when we judge cousin Hermione’s give me for Christmas. I could use them: responsible for an annual deadweight loss unfortunate armadillo by the standard of My desk is next to a window that, even to the U.S. economy of around $13 bil- “it’s the thought that counts,” we find that with the storm windows shut, produces a lion. In other words, people spend $13 her thought process was deficient. If she’d draft. (A computer mouse with a heater billion on Christmas presents that are really thought about it -- if she’d thought in it would be a good thing, too.) Also, These dual-purpose striped hand warmers, of no use whatsoever to the people who about you, and who you are, and what I like these hand warmers’ natty black- knitted from yarn made from recycled up- receive them and that, for one reason or your life is like, and what sort of things and-white stripes, and I like that they’re holstery waste in Binghamton, N.Y., keep another, cannot be returned. $13 billion you enjoy and despise, she wouldn’t’ve made from recycled cotton fiber right your hands warm and your brain oriented down the drain. sent you a grotesque dead baby armadil- here in the USA. (I think it was a mistake in space; $19.90, www.fairindigo.com. photo: Fair Indigo We’ve all heard that “it’s the lo, would she? to give up on manufacturing.) But what makes me feel they ent’s hobbies. Think how many meant- were made for me is the big letters knit- to-be-funny wall plaques on the subject May The Clouds ted into them: L in blue, R in red. I’ve of golf the American giftwares industry always had trouble processing certain bi- has produced over the last century. Now nary distinctions: Left/Right, East/West, think: What percentage of the lucky re- etc. When I was 16, I had to sign up cipients of these plaques actually wanted Never Burst And The Son for extra driving lessons to work on left to hang them up on a wall in their home? and right turns. I still sometimes have to And how many golfers ever buy them for check my hands to tell which direction is themselves? Always Find You! right and which left. Maybe that’s the first rule of gift- I’m not saying good presents giving right there: Avoid things that are necessarily call attention to the recipient’s manufactured purely to be given as gifts, disabilities -- sometimes that’s tactless -- things no sentient being would ever buy only that they should make the recipient for himself. feel recognized. People don’t buy them for them- Some givers try to achieve this I- selves because they don’t want them. So see-who-you-are effect by choosing jokey what sense does it make to give them as presents that refer to one of the recipi- gifts? ´:K\GLGP\ Where Are They Now? by Marshall Jay Kaplan +HDULQJ$LGVHQG BABY SANDY The cute child actress who was XSLQWKH'UDZHU"µ given her own movie series at the age of three and then retired at the age of If you’ve ever asked this five, currently lives a very normal life question, we can help! outside of the glamour of Hollywood. ‘Baby Sandy’ was born Alexan- At DigiCare, dra Lee Henville in Los Angeles, Cali- we’re dedicated to fornia on January 14, 1938. In 1939, RU Hearing Health Education Alexandra’s father, who was a milkman read in the newspaper that Universal Studios was looking for a ten-month old baby to play alongside Bing Crosby in ‘East Side of Heaven’. When he delivered the milk to the studio’s musical director, Charles Previn (father of An- dre), he also dropped of photos of his boy (1942) is Sandy’s only recollection daughter. One look from studio casting of her film career. She remembers the and she was hired! Her expressions and line, “I’d rather be in kindergarten.” Enhancing the Rich Sounds of Life-Every Day! her big, bright doe-like eyes won her Baby Sandy retired in 1942. 7KHUH¶VDEURDGUDQJHRIFRVW the role, yet it was her wonderful and She became a housewife and legal sec- happy temperament on the set that led retary. 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My 7ULQLGDG5DWRQ such as diapers, toys, baby food, story mother thought that was ridiculous. I 1&RPPHUFLDO books and coloring books. suppose she was right.” /D-XQWD By 1940, Sandy’s popularity Luckily for Baby Sandy, all of RU :UG6W was so great her names was used in the the money she made from her films, film’s titles; ‘Sandy’s a Lady’ and products and endorsements kept her GLJLFDUHKHDULQJFRP /DPDU.HQGDOO'U ‘Sandy Gets Her Man ‘ (both produced afloat for most of her life. in 1940). Her last film, Johnny Dough- Visit Us at http:// www.seniorbeacon.info Senior Beacon - Dec., 2011 - Page - 27 “Light For The Journey” By Jan McLaughlin - Director of Prayer for Prisoners International

Christmas outreach. kitchen table or invite friends over to help. DECEMBER 2011 How different if caring men and Prisoners and volunteers are blessed. Nicholas – Sterling, “THE GIFT OF HOPE” women didn’t step up to the plate to of- One of the most wonderful as- CO “How do I ever Christmas! Once again the Prayer fer prisoners the gift of hope through this pects of this mission is the change which start to thank people whom I’ve never met For Prisoners International office is flooded simple and inexpensive act of kindness. takes place in the hearts of the volunteers. but who took time to send a prisoner like with requests from eager volunteers want- Volunteeers’ efforts have a powerful eter- Through the responses of prisoners, God is me a Christmas card. It brightened up my ing to send cards to prisoners around the nal impact on the lives of thousands of helping Christians outside prison walls to year and holiday. Thank you for showing world. In addition, lists arrive with hun- prisoners. Each year, well over a thousand realize these incarcerated men and women me the true meaning of giving and how far dreds of names of prisoners who sign up to volunteers attend Christmas card parties are real people. This is clearly expressed people will go to give someone a special gift receive a card. Our heavenly Father is truly at churches or in homes and even in busi- by volunteers who correspond with several like you’ve given me.” in the midst of this amazing evangelical nesses. Individuals write cards at their own prisoners. I often hear, “A few years ago, Jimmy - Calhoun Work I never dreamed I would correspond with Camp, FL “Thank you for the beautiful prisoners and love it. What a wonderful Christmas card. It means so much to me way to share Jesus! They write back want- for someone to take a few minutes to sit ing to know more.” down and write me. I don’t get mail from Letters, cards and testimonies tes- anyone. Because you wrote to me, I found tify to the power and importance of this out God does answer our prayers. I’ve outreach. Responses from prisoners ex- prayed for a letter every day and then yours pressing gratitude inundate the mail box, came two days ago. I am sure you and your especially right after Christmas. However, family will have a wonderful Christmas be- these letters and cards continue to arrive cause God watches over special people and well into the summer months. you are very special. Thanks so much” With thousands of responses it is Raphael- St. Johns, Arizona “Do difficult to choose a few to share but I want you know what is amazing? I had no you to experience a glimpse of the joy and idea you even knew who I was, and I get gratefulness from these men and women. I a Christmas card from you saying you are pray you will hear their hearts. Listen care- praying for me. Wow, your words brought fully. Perchance you hear God whispering tears to my eyes. What a wonderful gift to YOUR heart, it may be He is telling you gave me.” YOU to step up and help with this huge It is difficult to imagine how mission outreach. something as simple as a Christmas card Gus - Pleasant Valley St. Prison with their first name written inside can Colenga, CA “I am writing to thank you have such a powerful impact. How many for the Christmas card I received from your cards do YOU receive at Christmas? Most ministry. You have no idea what a blessing of us take them for granted. Knowing that that card was to me.” only 10% of prisoners receive mail, can Nathaniel – Pelican Bay C.I. Cali- you imagine the joy of the other 90% who fornia “Thank you for the Christmas card. never receive ANY mail to hear their names I thank God for you. Never have I received called at mail call? I pray you have a bet- so much support besides my family while ter understanding of the eternal value in a

2119014 incarcerated. My 24th birthday was two seemingly insignificant act of kindness. days before Christmas. That made your When you read the thank you card even more special. My dad is a min- notes, was your heart touched? Did you ister and I believe in Jesus Christ, my Lord hear God’s whisper? Will you respond? I and Savior. He’s a won- pray your answer is “yes” because you will NOTE ANY CORRECTIONS OR MODIFICATIONS. ______der!” be blessed. You know it is in giving that we AD NUMBER ...... 2119014 Angela - Lowell CI, Fl. receive. Could it be clearer than the Apos- ADVERTISER ...... UNIV. PARK CARE CTR. “Make sure “I am writing in loving tle Paul’s words when he quoted Jesus? “I SALES REP ...... 07 PEGGY response to the beauti- have shown you in every way, by laboring RUN DATE ...... TUE., OCT 04 you could get ful Christmas card. It like this, that you must support the weak. SECTION ...... PC reminded me of Christ’s And remember the words of the Lord Jesus, GRAPHIC DESIGNER ...... HA PROOF OUT ...... 092611 @ 11:58 AM help at a love for me. This won- that He said, ‘It is more blessed to give than ______derful card warmed my to receive’” Acts 20:35. NKJV PLEASE RETURN ASAP VIA EMAIL OR HARD Christmas like nothing Truly, when you give in Jesus’ COPY FOR FINAL APPROVAL moment like I could have imagined. name, you are giving to Him. He told us Thank you. May our in Matt 25:40, “…‘I tell you the truth, this with the Lord Jesus Christ abun- whatever you did for one of the least of these dantly bless you.” brothers of mine, you did for me.’” NIV NEW Troy - Canon Won’t you please join me and City, CO “I humbly and hundreds of volunteers in giving the GIFT Auto Alert* sincerely thank you for all OF HOPE to prisoners this Christmas? you precious friends do © 2011 Jan McLaughlin, All rights re- Lifeline for the kingdom of our served. Lord. For sure, it is peo- Jan McLaughlin is Director of Medical ple like you who make the Prayer For Prisoners International and can biggest differences in this be reached at 719-275-6971 or by e-mail, Alarm world.” [email protected]. Service.” Employment Opportunity Development Officer for Prayer For Prisoners Interna- tional ministry. Position will be part time to begin with. the only medical alert Wages will depend on applicant’s background and track SRDA Auto Alert Lifeline, record. Job Description available at www.prayerforprison- pendant that can call for help even when you can’t… ers.org. Send Resume and references to: Attn Jan - PFPI *AutoAlert option does not detect 100% of falls. If able, the user should always press their button when they need help. P.O. Box 1574, Cañon City, CO 81215-1574 VOLUNTEER POSITION PFPI is also looking for help with Information Technology, Call SRDA LIFELINE $30 per month web site assistance, etc. Call Jan - 719-275-6434 today at: (Basic Service for New Clients) MISSION OPPORTUNITY! Lives are changed through prayer. Please consider praying 545-1212 for prisoners with the option of corrrespondence ministry. Go to the website or reply to learn more. www.PrayerFor- Your local service for 21 Prisoners.org Jan McLaughlin Forman, PFPI Co-Director years! Prayer For Prisoners International “Remember those in prison.... Heb. 13:3” Ph & Fax 719-275-6971 - Cell: 719-649-2937 Page 28 - Senior Beacon - Dec., 2011 Visit Us at http://www.seniorbeacon.info Reeling “Old West Vs. Outer Space” by Film Critic Betty Jo Tucker, Pueblo

Old West Vs. Outer Space both western and sci-fi movies included ily with humans battling of Shadows” (Dec. 16). If cowboys in the Old West were here, but they seem to enhance the movie aliens, but during some of Robert Downey Jr. and threatened with aliens from Outer Space, rather than detract from its outrageous these sequences I began Jude Law return for their who would win? “Cowboys & Aliens,” a story. What’s most impressive involves to think the title should second adventure as rip-roaring action movie starring Daniel the way all the actors take their roles so be “Cowboys, Indians & Holmes and Dr. Watson. I Craig and Harrison Ford imagines what seriously. In fact, I think Craig delivers Aliens,” for there’s noth- think we can expect more might happen in such a farfetched con- his best performance ever as a man who ing better to unite warring special-effects shenani- frontation. And, believe me, it’s not a wakes up in a godforsaken desert with factions than a common gans and humorous ban- pretty sight. But the film is great fun to a weird bracelet on one arm and has no enemy. Beach’s character tering from this entertain- watch! Mystery, suspense, sci-fi shenani- idea who or where he is. Ford also excels serves as a courageous ing pair of sleuths as they gans, gunplay and horsemanship fill the in the role of a rough-and-tough old guy catalyst for that part of gumshoe around London. screen in one of this year’s most enter- who takes no guff from anyone, espe- the flick. The previews look amaz- taining offerings (available December 6 cially a stranger. And beautiful Olivia F o r t u n a t e l y, ing! on DVD). Wilde adds a haunting presence to the along the way, the film “The Iron Lady” (Dec. However, don’t expect anything proceedings. Among the supporting cast, also answers four important 16). Meryl Streep portrays Margaret like “3:10 to Yuma” or “The Day the Adam Beach, Sam Rockwell, and Paul questions that kept running through my Thatcher in this biopic about the price the Earth Stood Still.” This movie is in a Dano stand out as Ford’s loyal follower, mind. Iron Lady paid for power. I’m not alone class by itself. Yes, there are clichés from a worried bartender, and Ford’s rambunc- Who is Jake and where did he in predicting another Oscar nomination tious son, respectively. come from? for her as a result. Why? Because the Searching for answers to his How did that bracelet get on his Academy always finds a slot for Meryl identity, Jake (Craig) arrives in town just wrist? Streep. in time to witness Percy (Dano) show- Why does a mysterious woman “We Bought a Zoo” (Dec. 23). ing off with his gun and bad manners. (Wilde) follow Jake wherever he goes? Matt Damon stars here as a father who Store Hours While they are both in custody, all hell What do the aliens want? moves his family to the country to re- Mon-Fri 10:30am - 9:30pm breaks loose outside. When Jake tries to Although some dark scenes open a rundown zoo. This should be an Sat. & Sun. 7:30am - 9:30pm take off his strange bracelet, he discov- make it difficult to see what’s happen- adorable comedy. ers its unusual power. Soon he’s out with ing, “Cowboys & Aliens” offers a special “War Horse” (Dec. 25). Some Daily Specials the townspeople fighting for their lives effects extravaganza in its amazing sci-fi say this film is just another version during the explosive alien attacks. Not sequences. Whether flying through the of “Black Beauty,” but the marvelous 3400 N. Elizabeth St. surprisingly, Woodrow (Ford) begrudg- air or tromping over the ground, those previews show a different story about ingly accepts Jake’s help because of his monstrous aliens gave me a “shock and a young man and his brave horse who Pueblo, CO powerful wrist gadget. awe” reaction. So who wins? My lips are Senior Beacon ad:Layout 1 11/18/10 2:57 PM Page 1 struggle through the battles of World War 545-3384 The rest of the film deals primar- sealed. You’ll just have to see “Cowboys One. Please remember that all release & Aliens” to find out. (Released by dates are subject to change. Universal Pictures and rated “PG-13” for Appointments available in Pueblo & Cañon City! intense sequences of western and sci-fi Read more film reviews by Betty Jo Tucker at action and violence, some partial nudity ReelTalkReviews.com. Copies of her two books, CONFESSIONS OF A MOVIE ADDICT and and a brief crude reference.) SUSAN SARANDON: A TRUE MAVERICK, And on the Big Screen… are available on Amazon.com and at Barnes Santa always brings movie treats & Noble in Pueblo. IT HAD TO BE US, the award-winning romantic memoir she and her during December, so here are four prom- husband co-wrote under the pen names of ising theatrical releases to watch for this Harry & Elizabeth Lawrence, can be ordered at month: Amazon’s Kindle store, where CONFESSIONS “Sherlock Holmes: A Game OF A MOVIE ADDICT is also available now.

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