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West Central Ohio’s magazine for the mature reader October 2015 Volume 13, Issue 10 our Generation’smagazine Family shares their Alzheimer’s lessons How to manage credit this holiday season The making of the American Mall FREE Volume 13, Issue 10 features our INSPIRE 3 Family shares their 5 Alzheimer’s lessons Generation’s By Christina Ryan Claypool Our Generation’s Magazine EDITORIAL Lifestyle/Special Sections Editor department Adrienne McGee Sterrett 567-242-0510 [email protected] SEASONINGS • Contact Adrienne McGee Sterrett if you 4 Hasselback potatoes have a story idea or if you see an error of fact. ADVERTISING YOUR MONEY For information on advertising 5 in this publication, contact: Local Display/Advertising Manager Natalie Buzzard AT OUR AGE Q&A [email protected] 6 Our Generation’s Magazine is published monthly by The Lima News by the fi rst of every month. Address HISTORY correspondence to The Lima News, 3515 Elida Road, 8 The making of Lima, OH 45807, Attn: Our Generation’s Magazine. the American Mall Our Generation’s Magazine is available free at By Greg Hoersten libraries, supermarkets, retail stores, assisted living center, hospitals and other outlets. Our Generation’s Magazine all rights reserved. No portion of Our Generation’s Magazine may be TRAVEL reproduced without the written consent of the 10 A fi nal night in Frisco, publisher of The Lima News. at the ballpark By John Grindrod 8 SPORTS SPOT 14 The vintage Rosarian ON THE COVER: West Central Ohio’s magazine for the mature reader year of 1951 October 2015 our Volume 13, Issue 10 By John Grindrod Daughter-in-law Carmella, Generation’s 81-year-old Charles, and magazine Farley Banks are trying to cope with the effects that Alzheimer’s disease has had upon Charles’ ability for fun to live alone. Family shares their Alzheimer’s lessons Photo courtesy of the Banks How to manage credit CROSSWORD family this holiday season 11 The making of the American Mall FREE 12 EVENTS CALENDAR 14 2 | October 2015 | Our Generation’s Magazine Inspire Story by Christina Ryan Claypool Family shares their Alzheimer’s lessons “Dementia is a general term for a decline in mental ability severe The Alzheimer’s Support Group meets enough to interfere with daily life,” the fi rst Tuesday of every month at 7 p.m. at Elmcroft of Lima presented by according to the Alzheimer’s Associa- Amy Fleming, LSW. Call 419-331-2442 tion Website, www.alz.org. Alzheim- for more information about the free er’s disease is the “most common type meeting. of dementia” which “accounts for 60 to 80 percent of cases.” Farley and scream when she got upset, another Carmella Banks, of Lima, know a lot time … she bit me.” Carmella played about this incurable illness, because Gospel music to try to soothe her. Farley’s parents and his grandmother Farley’s father, Charles seemed to have had it. be in denial about what was happen- For two decades, Banks has been a ing to his wife and initially chose to local attorney. But in January 2014, stay in his Maryland home supported he and Carmella became full-time by a network of friends. Sadly, he too caregivers for his late mother, Emma was beginning to struggle with his Banks. memory. For almost a year until her death “My father always prided himself Jan. 16, the couple cared for the on paying his bills immediately; then 80-year-old woman who “couldn’t I started to notice he would write the do anything for herself,” said Banks. checks, but he wouldn’t mail them,” He credits his wife of 15 years for said his concerned son. the ability to care for his mom at The Allen County lawyer has been their Shawnee residence. “I am really proactive in supporting those affected blessed that she has been with me by Alzheimer’s disease and joined the every step of the way,” said the Ohio association’s area board. For the past Northern University graduate. four years, Farley and Carmella have It all began when Farley made a also participated in the September visit to his parents’ home in Oxon walk to raise awareness for Alzheim- Hill, Maryland, a suburb of Washing- er’s in honor of his grandmother, who ton D.C., and realized that his mother suffered with dementia in the late was no longer capable of living with- 1980s. out assistance. “At that time we didn’t know it was “There were some issues dealing called Alzheimer’s. We just called it with her behavior … my father, too, senility,” said Banks. but not to the extent of my mother,” Through his work on the board, he said 57-year-old Banks. discovered the monthly Alzheimer’s Eventually, “She wore diapers. I Support Group that meets at Elmcroft bathed her and changed her,” said of Lima. The couple gleans support Carmella who is an assistant manager and knowledge through these free at Lima’s Dunham’s Sports store. meetings. “She probably had dropped down to “I started going there before Mom 80-some pounds.” even came here, because I started There were also a few times during wondering if there is anything I can that year, when the normally docile do from 400 miles away, because at woman became violent. that time Mom was still living with Courtesy of the Banks family “She slapped me once when I was Dad back in Maryland,” said Farley. Daughter-in-law Carmella, 81-year-old Charles, and Farley Banks are trying to cope with the effects that trying to dress her,” said her daugh- Alzheimer’s disease has had upon Charles’ ability to live alone. The former Maryland resident recently moved ter-in-law. “She would just … yell and See INSPIRE | 7 to Ohio to be with his son. Our Generation’s Magazine | October 2015 | 3 Seasonings HASSELBACK How to make Hasselback potatoes POTATOES 4 baking potatoes, By Traci Arbios scrubbed The Fresno Bee (TNS) 4 tablespoons melted butter Being so clued-in to social media can be 4 tablespoons Parmesan a blessing and a curse. The blessing: One cheese learns about new and amazing crafts and reci- 2 tablespoons panko pes that one must try. The curse: One learns breadcrumbs (or other about new and amazing crafts and recipes dry breadcrumbs) that one must try. At issue: My “must do” list Salt and pepper stretches ahead into next January, while my budget limps along back in July somewhere. Preheat your oven to Luckily, one of the nifty items on my list 425 degrees. Place a was the Hasselback potato — that beautiful, washed potato on your fanned-out baked potato making constant cutting board, and set appearances on my Facebook timeline. I’m a wooden spoon handle not sure who first put forward the post, but next to it, running along it seems I run into a gorgeous photo of these the length of the potato’s delicious-looking spuds every few days, usu- base. With a sharp knife, ally at my most ravenous moments. Traci Arbios/Fresno Bee/TNS Crispy and delicious, the Hasselback potato hails from Stockholm, but demands your culinary attention. begin making thin (1/8- The sad sorry truth is, I’m not a huge pota- inch to 1/4-inch) slices to maker. For years, low-carb diets have been across the potato’s width. the trend and I have a ton of very positive As you cut downward, use things to say about reducing carbohydrates the spoon’s handle to act in one’s daily consumption. But — and with Place the sliced as your cutting guide so carbs, there is always a very large but (buh- potatoes in a you don’t slice down all doom-bah) — the high-starch, carbohydrate- baking dish. Drizzle the way through the pota- laden potato is delicious. Before dieters with 2 tablespoons of butter and to. Prepare all 4 potatoes permanently write off these beloved tubers, in this way. know that they have roughly 4 grams of pro- season with salt and pepper before Place the cut potatoes tein and plenty of fiber. baking. in a baking dish. Spread “In addition,” says Prevention Magazine, 2 tablespoons of butter “one medium baked potato (including the atop the prepared pota- skin) provides 20 percent of your daily potas- toes. Season with salt and sium, a known hypertension fighter.” Grant- pepper, and bake for 40 ed, I prefer my hypertension fighter drenched minutes. in butter, sour cream and bacon, but the Remove the potatoes potato can be consumed in other delectable, from the oven and top less-fatty ways. each potato with the If you’re looking for a solid side dish to Place a knife handle or panko breadcrumbs, wow friends or a simple entree to enjoy in wooden spoon Parmesan cheese and the front of the TV, give the Hasselback potato next to the remaining butter. Re-sea- a try. Apparently a Swedish dish, the Hassel- potato before son with salt and pepper back is a thinly sliced, fan-like baked potato cutting to and bake for another 20 that — much like virtually any other type of keep from to 25 minutes. slicing all the baked potato — can be topped with any num- Remove from oven ber of delicious items. This recipe does call way through the potato. and let then cool slightly for butter and Parmesan cheese, but it also before consuming with requires no peeling and keeps all the nutri- abandon. ents that linger beneath the skin intact. 4 | October 2015 | Our Generation’s Magazine Your Money How to manage credit this holiday season Courtesy of Metro When making in-store can’t pay the balance in its and many retailers both purchases, chances are entirety.