WEATHER HAMPERS WOMEN’S GOLF TOURNEY, SPORTS B1 LEESBURG, FLORIDA Thursday, May 15, 2014 www.dailycommercial.com AROUND THE WORLD: Lost Lake Elementary GODZILLA: Movie remake is celebrates diversity with Multicultural Day, A3 stepping into big footprints, C1 Antidepressant may cut protein in Alzheimer’s development Associated Press WASHINGTON — Research shows a common antidepressant may cut pro- duction of one of the chief suspects behind Alzheimer’s, a new avenue in the hunt for drugs to prevent the dev- astating brain disease. It’s far too early for anyone worried about dementia to try the drug citalo- pram, which sells as the brand Celexa — and comes with side effects. “This is not the great new hope. This is a small step,” cautioned Dr. Yvette Sheline of the University of Pennsyl- vania, who is leading the research with Dr. John Cirrito of Washington University in St. Louis. Alzheimer’s is characterized by sticky plaques that form in patients’ AP PHOTOS SEE STUDY | A2 The only existing model of the World Trade Center is displayed at the National Sept. 11 Memorial Museum Wednesday in New York. MOUNT DORA Monument to unity Local actor in film with Jack Black 9/11 museum offers sights and sounds of tragedy LIVI STANFORD | Staff Writer [email protected] Associated Press York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, the memori- Caleb Emery was at loss for words EW YORK — Leaders al foundation’s chairman, when he received the phone call from of the soon-to-open said at a news conference his agent, informing him Sept. 11 museum N Wednesday. “This muse- that he got the part in portrayed it as a monu- um, more than any his- “Goosebumps,” a movie ment to unity and resil- tory book, will keep that based on R.L. Stine’s fa- ience ahead of its dedica- spirit of unity alive.” tion today, saying that the mous horror books for After today’s dedication, struggles to build it and children, starring Jack then six days of being conflicts over its content Black. EMERY would be trumped by its open around-the-clock to “It is pretty awesome,” tribute to both loss and Sept. 11 survivors, victims’ the 21-year-old Mount Dora man said survival. relatives, first responders in a phone interview. “Growing up, I “It tells how in the after- and lower Manhattan read all the Goosebumps books. All math of the attacks, our residents, the Nation- actors have a list of actors they want to al September 11 Memo- city, our nation and peo- Former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, left, Chairman of the work with. Jack Black was on my list. ple across the world came Sept. 11 Museum, with museum President Joe Daniels, addresses rial & Museum opens to This has become a dream come true. together,” former New a news conference in New York. SEE MUSEUM | A2 SEE ACTOR | A2 UMATILLA World War II Purple Heart recipient shares stories AUSTIN FULLER | Staff Writer England, I wanted to get back “One thing I have is a good [email protected] to my squad,” Harris said. memory,” Harris said in a sep- Harris, who said he re- arate interview with the Daily Mount Dora resident Ho- ceived a Purple Heart, four Commercial. “I think the rea- mer Harris said he got his Bronze Stars, two Presiden- son for it is I got PTSD (Post Purple Heart during World tial Citations and a German Traumatic Stress Disorder), War II after he was struck Occupation medal, met and only they didn’t call it that in the leg by some shrapnel shared stories about his ex- back then. I have nightmares when crossing a field in Ger- periences with state Sen. Alan about it, I keep reliving it.” many, but was only out of Hays, R-Umatilla, Wednes- Harris, who recently turned commission for three weeks. day at his Umatilla office. 89, said he served from June “They wanted to send me Those stories spanned every- 1943 through May 1946. back to England, because thing from how he joined, to Harris also said in the sep- when you get leg injuries, time he spent helping with arate interview that while AUSTIN FULLER / DAILY COMMERCIAL that’s where they like to send border patrol and to events in Salzburg, Germany, they Homer Harris, left, shows his uniform to Sen. Alan Hays, R-Umatilla, on you. But I didn’t want to go to that happened in Europe. SEE WWII | A2 Wednesday. 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Sheline has begun enroll- CASH 3 ...............................................9-6-2 Scientists have tried didn’t go away but they It will take years of ad- ing healthy older adults Afternoon ..........................................9-7-4 treatments to clear away quit growing — and dra- ditional research to tell if into a study to see if using PLAY 4 .............................................7-1-3-9 matically fewer new that translates into any citalopram for two weeks those plaques, made of a Afternoon .......................................5-3-0-6 protein named beta-am- plaques formed compared protective effect. Citalo- has the same effect. yloid that somehow goes to mice given sugar water, pram and similar drugs More than 5 million MAY 13 awry and starts clumping the research team report- called SSRIs alleviate de- Americans already have FANTASY 5 ........................... 6-10-13-27-30 ed in the journal Science pression by affecting lev- Alzheimer’s or related together, but with no suc- MEGA MONEY ........................ 3-6-10-44-12 cess yet. Translational Medicine. els of the brain chemical dementia, numbers ex- Wednesday’s study is a Next, researchers gave a serotonin; Sheline said pected to jump to 16 mil- MEGA MILLIONS .............. 37-46-48-70-74-1 somewhat different ap- single dose of citalopram citalopram probably al- lion by 2050 as the pop- proach, beginning to ex- or a placebo to 23 healthy ters amyloid production ulation ages. 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