Senior Focus: July 13, 2021 ActionS update, Our 28th Year of Publishing FREE memory check (979) 849-5407 PLEASE Weekly © 2021 Bulletin SEE PAGEs 6-7 mybulletinnewspaper.com TAKE ONE LAKE JACKSON • CLUTE • RICHWOOD • FREEPORT • OYSTER CREEK • JONES CREEK • ANGLETON • DANBURY • ALVIN • WEST COLUMBIA • BRAZORIA • SWEENY The magic of a Fiesta weekend I learned languages while Hush-a-bye, don’t you cry; when looking for a new home you wake, it will be party time By John Toth other than when we talk to fellow By Stephanie Johnson The Bulletin Hungarians. The Bulletin The disadvantage to moving Which, in my case, is very Traveling with a toddler is not the from country to country as a child seldom. After my mother died in easiest thing to do. It takes a lot of was that just by the time I got used 1986, I lost a lot of my native lan- patience. We decided to take a road to the place, we were on the plane guage and had to recapture it by trip to San Antonio for the weekend. to a new life. The advantage was frequently writing to relatives in the We all needed a mini-vacation, and that by the time I was 12, I knew old country. Facebook has made it was time to celebrate at Fiesta. three languages. this easy. I would have Ramblings German The New Mommy Diaries preferred to turned out to learn two of them in a classroom. be more useful. I became fluent Before we could start having fun Instead, I learned them by being in it within a year, or at least at the annual festive event, which dropped into a country where I enough that I could converse with was canceled in 2020, we had to get could not understand what anyone classmates in Vienna and pass all there. With a baby in the car, that is said. my classes. I was on my way to not always the best part of the day. Sink or swim, I like to say. When perfection when word came that We left on a Friday afternoon right Kayaking is fun, except for the paddling you don’t have a choice, swim- we’re “fahren nach Amerika.” And, before our child usually takes his pastime, I mainly associated the (See FIESTA on Page 10) By Jase Graves ming is a good option. they speak English there. Special to The Bulletin word “kayak” with a noise our cat After leaving Hungary and “Can’t we just stay here?” I In recent years, kayaking has makes right before she barfs on the arriving in Austria, where they asked my mother. We really could become a true craze, ranking right throw rug. speak German, I quickly found out not, even if she wanted to. But she up there with TikTok dances, gov- I honestly don’t understand the that Hungarian was pretty useless didn’t. This was in the 1960s, and ernment stimulus checks and those point of kayaking, other than to anywhere but Hungary. There are Vienna was just too close to where glorified Lunchables on plywood I get some rigorous exercise in a less than 10 million people in that we escaped from. She wanted to can’t pronounce called charcuterie contraption guaranteed to give country and another 10 million go far away. boards. you soggy shorts. To me, paddling spread around the world. None of Learning English was easier. A And speaking of unusual pro- a boat is something you do in an us have any use for the language (See LANGUAGES on Page 5) nunciations, before my teenage emergency situation when the motor (See KAYAKING on Page 5) daughters got involved with the Talking el español Brazoria County by the census numbers I landed in Mexico, learned Spanish By Ernie Williamson Comparisons to the U.S. as a The Bulletin whole are provided at the end of Michael Dickson or what you are referring. This is How much do you know about each category - if the numbers are Special to The Bulletin nice in theory. In practice, it often our county? interesting, and the information was I speak Spanish fairly well, but does not work. Here are some interesting gathered over similar time periods. some things mystify me. How I think this is perhaps why Traveling with a small child is not updated QuickFacts on Brazoria Population: The county has about this missing letter n? there’s such confusion in the always easy, but a good time at County from the United States grown 19.5 percent since 2010. The Spanish word for demon- Latino world. San Antonio’s Fiesta helped us all. Census Bureau. U.S.: Country grew 6.3 percent. strate is demostrar. The n disap- When I stepped off the Delta Age and sex: 26.1 percent of peared! Why? Latinos do lots of jet in Guadalajara in 2000, I knew the county population is under 18, inexplicable things. The Spanish scant Spanish in spite of living INSIDE THIS ISSUE and 12.2 percent of the population is word asistir does not mean assist. in Puerto Rico almost two years 65 years and over. Women make up It means to attend. during the 1970s. I was focused on Jan’s garden: How to get 49.5 percent of the population. U.S.: Embarazada does not mean rum then, not Spanish. Women make up 50.8 percent of the embarrassed. It means you’re My first two years in Mexico, I population. pregnant. You gotta take care with studied Spanish like a wild man. You can’t beat through bug- (See COUNTY on Page 10) that out in public. Rum was in the past. I studied Spanish often drops the subject morning, noon and midnight. those beets biting season facebook.com/ from sentences, relying on the When I was not into the text- SEE PAGE 8 SEE PAGE 16 thebulletinbrazoriacounty/ verb form to make it clear to whom (See SPANISH on Page 5) Page 2 THE BULLETIN July 13, 2021 (979) 849-5407 www.mybulletinnewspaper.com Highest winds in history • The highest ever recorded occurred on Barrow Island, Aus- tralia. On April 10, 1996, an unmanned weather station measured a 253 mph wind gust during Olivia. • For nearly 62 years, Mount Washington, New Hampshire, held the world record for the fastest wind gust ever recorded on the surface of the Earth: 231 miles per hour, recorded April 12, 1934 by Mount Washington Observa- tory staff. • Humans can survive blasts of 500 mph wind. (Don’t try this at home)

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Weather facts that are not that ordinary July 13 1895 - A struck Cherry Hill in New Jersey causing $50,000 in damage. It also descended into the Harlem and Woodhaven areas of New York City, killing one person, and finally ended as a waterspout in Jamaica Bay. July 14 1936 - Extreme heat prevailed across the central U.S. as severe drought raged from Texas to the Dakotas. Record high temperatures were established in 16 states that summer, including readings as high as 120 degrees in the Great Plains Region. July 16 1946 - The temperature at Med- ford, OR, soared to an all-time high of 115 degrees to begin a two-week heat wave. During that Oregon heat wave, the mercury hit 100 degrees at Sexton Summit for the only time in 40 years of records. July 17 1941 - A prolonged heat wave over Washington State finally came to an end. Lightning from untimely thunderstorms was responsible for 598 forest fires. July 18 1942 - A record deluge occurred at Smethport in northern Pennsyl- vania, with 30.7 inches in just six hours. The downpours and resultant flooding in Pennsylvania were devastating. July 19 2005 - Las Vegas, Nevada, tied its record high of 117 degrees. www.mybulletinnewspaper.com (979) 849-5407 July 13, 2021 THE BULLETIN Page 3 Strange but True By Bill Sones Baby upright with feet touching increased in size over thousands and Rich Sones, Ph.D. a support, and legs will lift, then of years, their trunks lengthened to What is it? descend. The latter complex stay in contact with the ground.” Q. There are the Moro, walking reflex is there at first, then Or maybe you prefer this theory: Babinski, palmar mandibular, disappears, then reappears when It has long been suspected that palmar mental, palmar grasp, Baby takes those momentous first elephants have an ancestral con- plantar grasp, startle, search full steps. nection with fully aquatic animals, or rooting, sucking, symmetric Elephant’s trunk with early trunks for breathing while tonic neck, asymmetric tonic Q. From the standpoint of underwater. Snorkeling anybody? neck, stepping, crawling, swim- animal “engineering,” what Greek discovery ming, head- and body-righting, might be the point of an ele- Q. 2000 years ago early labyrinthine, pull-up, parachut- phant’s ungainly looking trunk? travelers noted on long jour- ing down... all in the “infant” A. So the head can reach the neys north or south that the old category unlike the knee-jerk ground is one theory. “And comical familiar stars near the northern which is “lifespan.” Identify this as this sounds, it’s got a good or southern horizon each night grouping, and please, don’t just chance of being true,” says Chris couldn’t be seen. It was also answer reflexively. Lavers in “Why Elephants Have widely observed that when a A. They’re infant reflexes, Big Ears” (Ans: To cool off their ship goes out to sea, its hull some primitive (sucking, Moro, fat bodies). At 3-4 meters tall, a disappears first, then the lower etc) for protection or survival, trunkless elephant would need a mast, finally the mast’s top. And appearing during gestation or at neck 3-4 meters long to forage then there were those dramatic birth and generally suppressed by near the ground. But imagine trying lunar eclipses, looking like a pie 6 months of age, say V. Gregory to carry a 1-ton head on the end of eaten away down to a crescent. Payne and Larry D. Isaacs in a 3-meter lever! And lightening the Moreover, regardless of whether “Human Motor Development: A head doesn’t seem feasible, given the moon was high or low when Lifespan Approach.” Others are the elephant’s large braincase and an eclipse occurred, the same postural (crawling, stepping, etc) huge jaws and teeth for processing arc shape appeared. From these for development of later voluntary all that food, enough to wear out - plus the round sun and round movements. several sets of choppers over its moon and round canopy of the The Moro, often elicited by lifetime. sky itself -- the brainy ancient holding and then suddenly lowering So a high head on a short fat Greeks came to a conclusion. Baby 3-4 inches, causes immedi- neck with a room-service trunk What was the conclusion? ate extension of arms, fingers and makes good sense. “It is likely A. Not only that the Earth is legs. Stroke the bottom of Baby’s elephants evolved from smaller round, answered Isaac Asimov in foot heel-to-toe,and the toes will animals with prototrunks as “How Did We Find Out the Earth fan out and extend (Babinski); hold some tapirs have today. As they Is Round?” but it is round in three dimensions - an enormous ball. But exactly how big? The geog- rapher Eratosthenes estimated Angleton Manor this circa 240 B.C.E.: Knowing that 1100 Buchta Rd., Angleton, TX . 979-849-0115 an upright rod cast no shadow at noon on June 21 in the Egyptian city of Syene (modern Aswan), but 500 miles due north in Alexandria (where he worked) it did cast a shadow of a certain height, he calculated correctly that the Earth’s circumference is about 25,000 miles!

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And if the lack of a I thought I might require a more life forms. the end of the day, our silhouettes But who knows? Maybe someday I’ll propeller isn’t a warning sign, the life full-figured watercraft. Neverthe- The rest of the excursion was tinted auburn by the sun reclining get one of those fancy kayaks with a jacket and swimwear requirements less, I took my seat in the rear with exhilarating as our guide identified along the horizon, I reflected on our motor – and a storage area for key should be. my wife in the front so that she the diverse wildlife and dramatic adventure and felt a deep content- lime pie. Just a few weeks ago, we spent could more efficiently sling sea landscapes around us. At one point, ment from the memories we made (Copyright 2021 Jase Graves. a Saturday with family at Lake water off her paddles and directly he drew our attention to a school of as a family. I was also hopeful that I Graves is an award-winning humor Cherokee in East Texas, and my into my nostrils. small pompano jumping out of the would someday regain the ability to columnist from East Texas. Contact two older daughters effortlessly Because I was immediately water right in front of our daughter’s lift my arms up again. Graves at susanjase@sbcglobal. kayaked on their own across the distracted by the beauty of nature, kayak, although from our vantage Although I’m glad I had the net.) lake, probably for the sake of some including a great blue heron flying point at the far rear of the group, he sweet action selfies – and to avoid directly overhead that was possibly could have told us they were a herd answering embarrassing questions looking for the men’s room, I missed of amphibious armadillos, and we from relatives about their boyfriends’ some of the instructions from the would’ve been none the wiser. hair styles. guide about how to steer the kayak I was so taken by the splendor of Not to be outdone, and trying to properly. As a result, my wife and I God’s creation that I almost didn’t prove that we’re still young, hip and became instant experts at paddling notice the crippling pain radiat- semi-mobile, my wife and I decided our kayak without actually moving it. ing from every muscle below my to embark on a guided sunset After a “wife-splaining,” I even- eyebrows as I paddled. Luckily, my kayaking excursion with our eldest tually got my bearings, and we wife is in great shape, or I couldn’t and most expensive daughter the frantically paddled out into Perdido have taken my frequent fake-paddle following week while vacationing in Pass to catch up with our daughter, breaks with such discreet confi- Orange Beach, Alabama. Since my wife and I are both novice kayakers, DID YOU KNOW ? the guide suggested that we use a • Charlie Sheen once bought 2,615 seats at a baseball game because he tandem kayak he called “the divorce wanted to catch a home run ball. He didn’t. Your’e Invited As We maker.” • Fear causes your body to produce more earwax. Although we were amused by the • Uranus is not visible to the naked and was the first planet discov- Celebrate our joke, I was immediately concerned ered with the use of a telescope. about the narrow dimensions of the • Standing for three hours each day at work instead of sitting uses the First Anniversary kayak. Since I tend to eat shameful py same amount of energy as running 10 marathons a year. Hap Free cupcake until gone! although I am still not at the level I almost perfection. On Sunday. July 18 LANGUAGES (From Page 1) was at age 12. It’s actually easier to write out Mon - Friday 4:30 AM - 1:00 PM lot of German and English words I took High School Spanish for what I want to say in English and AnnivSeat - Sunrday s 5:00 AMa - 2:00 PrM y are similar. two or three years. Some of it stuck, have Google translate it to German 500 W. Mulberry St., Angleton, TX 7515 English also does not have some but not enough. Kids, if you are or Hungarian. Then I edit it and Tel: (979) 331-3457 of the seemingly random language reading this, take advantage of free send it. My virtual language skills rules that German has. It was language offerings in your public have instantly improved. My real actually fun to learn, and within six school. It’s very valuable. Spanish ones, not as much yet months, I had it down enough to be in this area is the most practical Looking back to those turbulent able to blend in with my classmates second language to learn. childhood years, they were actually (with a very heavy accent) and pass Duolingo to the rescue again. a lot of fun, although back in those all my classes. Now I am also doing daily Spanish days I was too busy keeping up with Then German started fading. lessons. A lot of what I have learned the daily changes and challenges. While I tried to revive it, the new decades ago is coming back. But But it was a real life adventure. world’s intricacies took over, and let’s not converse yet in Spanish. “You’ll pick up the language fast German through the years went into Give me a little more time. and make new friends,” my mother the shadows. I have combined Duolingo with assured me in Vienna as we were But it’s making a comeback Google Translate. They make it getting ready to depart. through Duolingo.com. It’s a free easy to keep advancing my lan- She was right on both counts. language learning app that I use guage skills and also to translate Viszlát kedves olvasó, jövő hétig. almost daily. The app is like playing something that I am interested Auf Wiedersehen lieber Leser, bis a game, except I am learning a lan- in, which is in another language. nächste Woche. Goodbye dear guage. It has made a big difference, Google Translate has it down to reader, until next week. clearly, the mumblers and the less home, mostly. Spanish (From Page 1) educated. Starting a new language in your books, I was on the plaza collaring I understood everything former 50s is a challenge but interesting. and talking to the natives. In time, it President Calderón said on televi- (Michael Dickson retired from all jelled. sion, but the current president can The Houston Chronicle in 1999 I don’t study Spanish at all any- stump me. And the car-wash guy on and moved to the middle of Mexico, more, but I should because some- the plaza at times is a challenge. I where he remarried, became a times I don’t understand people, go days without speaking English, Mexican citizen and lives happily to primarily folks who don’t speak and I speak Spanish all day. At this very day.) Page 6 THE BULLETIN July 13, 2021 (979) 849-5407 www.mybulletinnewspaper.com ActionS resuming meal service at area senior centers By Sharon Toth and walks in and needs a meal. grocery store or beauty salon - if it’s Senior Focus The Bulletin About 300 seniors receive something they need to do to take ActionS Inc. of Brazoria County is home-delivered lunches currently. care of themselves,” said Knape. Question from a frustrated widow resuming meal service at all its cen- Usually, these are seniors with “And it’s door to door. They just ters around the county by next week transportation barriers or who have need to call and make an appoint- Dear Rusty: My husband and more than you’re entitled to in ben- and is adding a seventh location health issues that prevent them ment. There’s no fixed route.” I were only married 5 years before efits, which would mean no benefits while continuing meal deliveries to from going to the centers to have Restarting programs at the senior he passed away from cancer. I am would be paid. Here’s an example: the registered home-bound elderly. lunch, she said. centers are also in the works to 61 and was told by SS that I don’t Say you make $60,000 per year “We’re stair-stepping them in by ActionS also offers transportation enable seniors to socialize more qualify to receive his survivor ben- working full time. If you collect the July 19,” said Breah Knape, ActionS to seniors who need a ride to the again. efits because we weren’t married survivor benefit and because you executive director, of the effort to centers for lunch and then to return These could include educational long enough and because I made haven’t yet reached your full retire- reopen meal service at the centers, home afterward. seminars, such as warning about more money than him when he was ment age (FRA), you’ll be subject which were closed due to Covid and Applicants registering for the scams and offering long-term alive. I still work fulltime and plan to to the earnings limit of $18,960. are being reopened as the virus weekday lunch service can sign up planning advice as well as brain continue until my full retirement age. At this earnings level, you would count declines and many seniors at the same time for transportation games, crafts and physical work-out Am I able to collect any of his ben- exceed the limit by about $41,000. have been vaccinated. to the closest center. sessions in some locations. efits? Why can his daughter collect Half of that amount would be about In addition to the six centers Grocery distribution will be “The younger generation has his benefits, but I cannot? Signed: $20,500, and SS would require you reopening in Alvin, Angleton, winding down as the centers open a feeling (from Covid) now how Frustrated Widow to repay them that amount from Brazoria, Lake Jackson, Pearland up, she added, but the agency is horrible isolation can be. The health Dear Frustrated: You were your SS benefits. Depending upon and Sweeny, a seventh site will be “ramping up transportation” - rides detriments of social isolation are given partially incorrect information your survivor benefit amount, that located in Oyster Creek as of next to places ActionS’ clients need to go unbelievable,” said Knape. by Social Security because you could disqualify you from receiving week. The agency plans to offer if they’re unable to drive theirselves For information about ActionS were married long monthly benefits. services in Manvel eventually, but or don’t have a vehicle. meals, transportation or programs, enough to collect Ask Rusty As you can there’s no time frame at this point, “These include medical visits and or to register, call ActionS at (979) a survivor benefit, see from this said Knape. non-medical, such as a trip to the 849-6132 or a center listed here. but there are also example, if you ActionS offers free lunches to other rules which might affect your work full time but do not significantly anyone age 60 or older who is a The centers where ActionS Inc. will be serving meals eligibility: exceed the annual earnings limit, resident of Brazoria County and is Alvin: Alvin Senior Citizens Center, 309 Center, 333 Hwy. 332 East, 77566 (979) 415- • You cannot have remarried you may be able to collect at least registered with the agency. West Sealy, 77511 (281) 585-4677, open 8 a.m. 2611, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.; before age 60 and be currently some of your survivor benefits, but I “They can call and set up an to 2 p.m.; Oyster Creek: 134 Linda Dr., 77541, 8 married. cannot answer that without knowing appointment to join the center; Angleton: Angleton Recreation Center, a.m. to noon; • You cannot collect full survivor your annual earnings and approx- it takes about 15 minutes for the 1601 N. Valderas, 77515; (979)248-1454; 8 a.m. Pearland: Melvin Knapp Building, 2424 benefits if you exceed Social Securi- imately what your survivor benefit paperwork,” Knape said. At the to 2 p.m. S. Park Ave., 77581 (281) 997-1862, 8 a.m. to ty’s annual “earnings limit.” That you would be. For clarity, the earnings same time, the non-profit agency Brazoria: 100 First St., 77422, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. made more money than your hus- test no longer applies once you won’t turn anyone away who meets 1 p.m.; Sweeny: Senior Citizens Building, 205 N. band (and are presumably entitled reach your full retirement age. the age and residency requirements Lake Jackson: Lake Jackson Civic Oak Dr. 77480 (979) 585-6454, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. to a higher personal SS benefit) isn’t Regarding your husband’s daugh- material, but your earnings from ter collecting a survivor benefit from work could be. him: a surviving minor child of the If you didn’t remarry before age deceased can collect a survivor 60 and remain married, and if you benefit until they are 18 (or 19 if still don’t earn too much money, you are in high school). An adult disabled eligible to collect a survivor benefit child who was disabled before age as your husband’s widow. 22 is also eligible to collect a survi- You can even claim your survivor vor benefit from a deceased parent. benefit (only) while allowing your So, let’s recap: you were married personal SS benefit to grow (if to your husband long enough to be desired, up to age 70 when it eligible for a survivor benefit, but reaches maximum). So, you may be you may have significant earnings eligible to collect a survivor benefit which disqualify you from receiving from your husband now, but if you’re those benefits right now. working full time, you may make too There is no longer an “earnings much money to be able to collect it test” once you reach your FRA (66 at this time. years and 10 months), so at your Social Security has an “earnings FRA, you could collect your full test” which applies to those collect- survivor benefit. ing early benefits and which limits And you could collect your survi- how much you can earn before they vor benefit only first and allow your take benefits away. For 2021, the own personal SS benefit to grow annual earnings limit is $18,960, until you are 70 when it would be and if you earn more than that, they more than your survivor benefit. At will take away benefits equal to $1 that time, you would switch to your for every $2 you are over the limit. own benefit which would be about That could mean you’ll owe them 25% more than your FRA benefit. COLOR

www.mybulletinnewspaper.com (979) 849-5407 July 13, 2021 THE BULLETIN Page 7 Forgetful? It’s most likely the rigors of growing old FROM ASSOCIATION OF MATURE “Trying hard to complete a task that: “Most people start to notice Senior Focus AMERICAN CITIZENS increases emotional arousal, so changes as they enter their 50s and It’s not just old-timers who have when younger adults try hard, 60s. Although these changes can those “senior moments;” studies this should increase their ability to cause consternation, most age-re- show that we gradually begin to find ignore distracting information.” lated memory and thinking prob- it harder to focus when we are in While young adults are not as lems don’t stem from an underlying our 20s, and it gets more difficult as easily distracted as are senior brain disease such as Alzheimer’s we age -- it’s a slow process but it’s citizens, there is scientific evidence disease. also part of the aging process. that the ability to ignore distractions Instead, what appears to be a “A specific brain network, the peaks when we are about 20 years memory problem may simply reflect locus coeruleus, that controls our old and slowly deteriorates annually. a slower processing speed and ability to focus while under stress “So, if you forget that you wear poor encoding and retrieval of new appears to weaken as we age, glasses, have your forgetfulness memories as a result of diminished interfering with our ability to focus,” checked out. But if you simply forgot attention. is how Science Daily explains it. where you left your glasses, it is However, even though your brain Studies have shown that when we most likely the rigors of getting old,” may be slower to learn and recall get older it’s normal for us to get says Rebecca Weber, CEO of the new information, your ability to distracted, making it hard to pay Association of Mature American make sense of what you know and attention. Citizens [AMAC]. to form reasonable arguments and According to Professor Mara The Harvard Medical School pub- judgments remains intact.” Mather, a co-author of a study, lished a report on the topic, noting In other words, says AMAC’s Weber, while you may forget where you left your glasses, the knowledge and wisdom you’ve accrued in your Ten lifetime remains. “Remember, it might take a bit longer to recall the details of an event or the answer to a routine question it doesn’t mean that you’ve lost it. You’re simply the victim of the aging process.” As the folks at the Harvard Medical School put it: “The result is that as you age, it takes longer to absorb, process, and remember new information. The natural loss of receptors and neurons that occurs with aging may also make it harder to concentrate. Therefore, you not only learn information more slowly, but you also may have more trouble recalling it because you didn’t fully learn it in the first place. With slower processing, facts held in working memory may dissipate before you have had a chance to solve a problem.”

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Page 8 THE BULLETIN July 13, 2021 (979) 849-5407 www.mybulletinnewspaper.com Jan’s garden: You can’t beat those home-grown beets By Janice R. Edwards ends of the Pink Brandywine are under the Purple Martin houses, The Bulletin tomato barrel. I really didn’t expect and I got buzzed by parent birds I wasn’t going to write a column much, but I think every seed came while conducting my little harvest. I about my beets because – well, up. They were planted too close washed the beets with the hose and frankly, I didn’t think they would together to make very big beets, took them to the kitchen, where I make. Turns out, though, with this but I couldn’t bring myself to rip out immediately prepared them to boil. I strange, cold spring, they are doing perfectly good plants, just hoping was going to have pickled beets for better than the tomatoes. Who the others would get bigger. dinner that night, I thought. knew? I should have done that, though, I watched my Mom do this a hun- The beets were an experiment because the seeds that fell outside dred times. You must leave parts for me. I have never done well with my neat little rows got the biggest – of the stem on the root when you root crops. For instance, anybody not that they were anything to write boil it to keep the color in the beet. can grow radishes. I LOVE fresh home about. I think the liquid tomato I did that, and before I knew it, they radishes, but when I plant them, all food worked its magic on the seed- were cooked to perfection. After pickling juice will stain, so take something to be said about blending I get is a skinny red root. I thought lings, and they grew right along with they cooled a bit, I peeled them and precautions. tradition with growing, cooking and the beets might have a similar fate, the tomato plant. In my last column, I started to slice them, but realized From this recipe, I guess you can pickling your own beets. And on the but I wanted to try them. I love pick- I said it looked like they were getting I could not remember Mom’s recipe see I did not eat pickled beets that plus side, there looks like enough led beets, but Roy does not. SO, I ready to harvest – that’s when the for the pickling juice for the refrig- same night; I had to wait a day. It beets for a second picking in a figured, if all I got was two or three, root part of the beet starts to show erator pickled beets. So, I Googled was worth the wait. I could almost week or so. I am blessed. that would be O.K. above the ground. recipes and looked until I found one hear my Mom say, “Good job!” (Write Janice in care of The So, this Spring, I went to Reifle’s Recently, I got a spurt of energy that was like Mom’s. when I tasted the first bite. I think Bulletin. Email: john.bulletin@gmail. feed store and got some bulk beet and decided to make a beet har- I knew what Mom put in, just not those had to be the best pickled com. Snail mail: The Bulletin, PO seeds. I planted the seeds some vest. I grabbed my colander and what proportions. This recipe was beets I ever tasted. I guess there is Box 2426, Angleton TX, 77516.) distance apart on both sides of gardening gloves and walked down close, but not quite like Mom’s, so the potato seedlings and on both to the containers. These containers I improvised. The recipe below is the closest I could come to Mom’s recipe, and it has since been taste-tested by me, and it ranks a gold star. You can use this recipe for home- grown, raw beets you Prices Good Thru July 20, 2021 cook yourself, fresh beets from the grocery store or even canned beets. But let me make it clear – this is for REFRIGERATED pickled beets. If you are canning them for a longer sit on your pantry shelf, use a different recipe. Refrigerated pickled beets will last six weeks in the refrigerator. They won’t last that long at my house. REFRIGERATED PICKLED BEETS Ingredients: Bunch of cooked, sliced beets Pickling juice: 1 cup water 1 cup apple cider vinegar 1/3 cup sugar 1 teaspoon salt 1 ½ teaspoons pickling spice Mix all pickling liquid ingredients together in a pot. Bring to a simmer and simmer until sugar is dissolved. Let cool while you slice your cooked beets into the container you are going to keep them in the fridge. I find they taste better in glass, not plastic. Cover the beets with the pickling liquid, cool about 10 minutes and put in refrigerator. Let them set one day – then enjoy your labor! Please note the purple beet COLOR

www.mybulletinnewspaper.com (979) 849-5407 July 13, 2021 THE BULLETIN Page 9 Did you know about pencils? Pencil is an older word, derived from the Latin ‘pencillus’, meaning ‘little tail’, to describe the small ink brushes used for writing in the Middle Ages. The modern pencil was invented in 1795 by Nicholas-Jacques Conte, a scientist serving in the army of Napoleon Bonaparte. The material he used was pure carbon that we call graphite. Lead pencils do not contain any lead. The “lead” actually is a mixture of The oldest pencil in the graphite and clay; the more graphite, the world, found in timbered darker the point. Pencil lead is not toxic. house built in 1630.

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Page 10 THE BULLETIN July 13, 2021 (979) 849-5407 www.mybulletinnewspaper.com We were out of ideas. What else especially the peaches. They had a FIESTA (From Page 1) could he possibly want? I leaned splash pad, and kids were running Alamo didn’t go all that well, but Texas nap. We figured it would take him over and wrapped a blanket around around having a blast. There were a while to fall asleep in the car. A him, and he eventually fell asleep chalk drawings everywhere, espe- history then took a turn for the better sleeping baby in the car makes the again. Thank goodness, I was get- cially all over my baby, who was Less than two months after In the meantime, the Republic parents very happy. ting close to jumping out of the car, covered in chalk. the siege of the Alamo, the Texas of Texas was formed in 1836, and He fell asleep almost immediately figuratively speaking. As we walked around by the San War for Independence took a turn Houston was elected president - before we even got on the highway. We were almost to our destina- Antonio River behind The Pearl, the towards triumph; on April 21, 1836, twice. Usually, this is a great thing, but we tion when he woke up again. We kiddo decided it was nap time and Sam Houston overwhelmed the On Dec. 29, 1845, Texas became hit some construction slowdowns on had finally made it after what felt like fell asleep in my husband’s arms. It unvigilant army of Mexican General America’s 28th state, but maneu- I-10, and he decided it was time to days of driving. was so sweet, except that now we Santa Anna in vers with Mexico wake up and start screaming in the As soon as we showed up, we were stuck. We were about to head the Battle of San HISTORY MATTERS persisted another middle of a traffic jam. were greeted by my parents. The to a restaurant, and now all plans Jacinto. Houston two years. This went on for a while. I’d rather mini-vacation could now start. Here had changed. And, it was hot. A feature courtesy of The and his volun- According to listen to fingernails on a chalkboard. we come, Fiesta. Hello Market The beautiful Hotel Emma came Grateful American Book Prize teers flogged the History.com, it Then we spotted something that Square. to our rescue. Do you know what Mexican army and imprisoned their “helped to fulfill America’s ‘mani- could be our rescue - Buc-ee’s. We The screaming toddler magically made it even more beautiful? The leader. fest destiny’ to expand its territory exited immediately. changed his attitude, as if saying: air conditioning. Houston agreed to release Santa across the entire North American The plan was to get him out of the “Oh, I didn’t know we were going to As we walked around this magnif- Anna - a former Mexican president continent.” car, walk around some, change his party. I thought I was being driven to icent historic structure, we noticed 11 times - only if he endorsed a (For more about Sam Houston, diaper, look at the toys and pick up the doctor’s office again.” that there were four or five other treaty that acknowledged their the Grateful American Book Prize some food while we were there, and First stop, a store to purchase babies also passed out on their independence and ended Mexico’s recommends “The Mexican Ameri- it would all be fine once we got back big-brimmed hats to fit the occasion parents’ arms in the lobby. We fit aggressive machinations. can War,” by John DiConsiglio.) in the car to continue our trip. and to give us some protection from right in. That plan fell apart. The scream- the sun. Then we dived into a pastry We had a great meal. It was DID YOU KNOW ? ing and crying restarted when the shop. You know you went overboard time to head back to our weekend car started. when your pastries are put in a home, enjoy some family time and • A total of 27% of Americans believe that God decides the outcome of huge, brown tote bag. continue devouring our Mexican sporting events. DID YOU KNOW ? Time to soak up some Tejano pastries from Market Square. I • All the DNA in your body, if uncoiled, could stretch to Pluto and back 17 music and classic rock n’ roll. We heard somewhere (I don’t know times. • Horseshoe crabs are ‘living danced the early evening away as exactly where) that they were all • Space smells like a combination of diesel fuel and barbecue, according fossils,’ meaning they’ve survived 22-year-old Elora Valdez and her zero calories, so it was O.K. to astronauts. The smell is caused by dying stars for at least 445 million years, nearly band cranked out one oldie classic Sunday morning brought along unchanged, well before dinosaurs after another. Without the baby, we with it another challenge - the trip existed. would have danced the night away, back to the real world. That meant • 1.3 million Earths could fit inside but it was time to call it a night. that the kiddo had to be placed back the sun, an average-sized star. The vacation continued the next in the car. We dreaded it. • At the moment John Lennon day with a visit to the family friendly But Fiesta time and our other out- was pronounced dead, the Beatles Pearl Farmer’s Market - a great ings worked miracles on our mood, song “All My Loving” was playing decision. and his. He was knocked out five over the hospital’s sound system. We walked around the market minutes into our drive and stayed • The Ancient Greeks used olive for a while and purchased some asleep the entire time - a gift from oil as a sunscreen. local goods that were delicious, the Fiesta gods.

cent of persons speak a language percent of the county’s civilian labor COUNTY (From Page 1) other than English at home. U.S.: force over 16 years of age. U.S.: Population characteristics: 21.6 percent speak a language other 58.3 percent for women in work Foreign-born persons make up 13.1 than English at home. force. percent of the county’s population. Computer and Internet use: Transportation: The mean There are 17,565 veterans in the 93.4 percent of county households travel time to work in the county is county. U.S.: Foreign -born make up have a computer, and 87.1 percent 30.6 minutes. U.S.: Mean travel time 13.6 percent of population. of households have a broadband to work is 26.9 minutes. Housing: The county’s median Internet subscription. Income and poverty: The value of an owner-occupied hous- Education: High school gradu- county’s median household income ing unit is $197,700. The median ates or higher make up 87.9 percent is $81,447, and the poverty rate is monthly owner cost with a mortgage of the county’s population, and those 8.6 percent. U.S.: Median household is $1,894. The median gross rent is with a bachelor’s or higher make up income is $62,843. $1,141. U.S.: Median value of hous- 30 percent. Businesses: These figures ing is $217,500. Health: Six percent of the coun- have not been updated since 2012 Families and living ty’s population under age 65 have a but showed at that time there were arrangements: There are on disability, and 16.4 percent of those 25,895 firms in the county. Men average 2.87 persons per household under age 65 don’t have health owned 13,043, and women owned in the county, and 88 percent of insurance. U.S. 8.6 percent of those 10,180. Minority-owned firms totaled the population is living in the same under 65 have a disability. 11,466 and non-minority firms house they did a year ago. 26.5 per- Economy: Women make up 58 totaled 13,613. COLOR

www.mybulletinnewspaper.com (979) 849-5407 July 13, 2021 THE BULLETIN Page 11 Cell phones have reduced our need to make calls, talk By Tom Purcell a computer keypad is a legacy of technology,” infomania can actually Special to the Bulletin the typewriter, which was invented cause you to temporarily lose twice Texting is replacing talking as in the 1870s. as many IQ points as smoking the preferred form of communica- The typewriter eventually marijuana. tion? replaced messy quill pens and When I was growing up, the According to a recent survey by paper pads and greatly improved telephone that hung on our kitchen OpenMarket, 75 percent of mil- the efficiency of the businesspeo- wall was the source of many long lennials chose texting over talking ple and writers who learned how conversations. when given the choice between to use it. When it rang, everyone in the being able only to text versus call Now we are abandoning an house was excited to pick it up to on their mobile phone. 1870s invention to revert to text chat with whomever was calling. To be sure, the powerful dig- messages that we awkwardly com- Now, many people prefer to ital devices almost everyone is pose with opposable thumbs. not answer their mobile phones carrying around these days have Mark Twain used his typewriter because they don’t want to be bur- changed the art of human con- to create long, eloquent sentences dened by conversing with another versation and the way we relate in his memoir “Life on the Missis- human being. to each other — and not for the sippi,” but now humans use texting Comedian Sebastian Maniscalco better. to disrupt the human language with talks about how excited his family When I was in high school many abbreviated statements that would used to get 20 years ago when the years ago, my mother encouraged embarrass a Neanderthal. doorbell rang and how different our me to take a typewriting course, “Thag no like text. LOL. :)” reaction is now. thinking it would benefit me in my Psychologists say texting can Like Maniscalco’s family, my working life — and, boy, did it ben- cause “infomania,” which Dictio- siblings and I loved the sound of efit me as a writer! nary.com. defines as “an obsessive the doorbell ringing as friends and I don’t know how many words I need to constantly check emails, neighbors dropped in. can type per minute, but I’m able social media, online news, etc.” Our mom would break out the to put my thoughts onto the screen Because it causes individuals to coffee cake she saved for visitors. rapidly by using almost all my “lose concentration as their minds Our home took on a festive spirit fingers on the keyboard. remain fixed in an almost perma- as storytelling and laughter broke The arrangement of the keys on nent state of readiness to react to out. Now what happens if someone has the gall to ring your doorbell, asks Maniscalco? People turn off the lights, pull down the blinds and pretend they’re not home. Before email and texting became the default modes of communicat- ing, there were multiple opportuni- ties to greet and converse with our fellow human beings face-to-face. We’d cheerfully talk about the weather or sports or just “shoot the bull.” We’d use facial expressions and hand gestures to emphasize THE our points. The act of chatting in person was enriching. Now the art of conversation is SPACE dying out because we’ve reduced it to a form of two-dimensional PLACE communication that only requires you to tap a dozen letters on your Thank you, Angleton smartphone. That’s a regrettable trend — or, Come rent a space at our place! if you prefer, nothing to “ROTFL” about. 1/2 OFF For the text-averse, ROTFL First Month's Rent means “roll on the floor laughing.” With This Ad (Copyright 2021 Tom Purcell. Purcell is an author and humor 2370 E. Mulberry columnist for the Pittsburgh Tri- Angleton bune-Review. Email him at Tom@ 979-848-1400 TomPurcell.com.) COLOR

Page 12 THE BULLETIN July 13, 2021 (979) 849-5407 www.mybulletinnewspaper.com every opportunity. room with. He, like Paul had to look If that wasn’t enough, he left forward and not in the rearview God gives us all a gift in the womb to use as we wish him to face the horrors of Gol- mirror or he would have wasted his By Shirley Prihoda that leaves clear footprints. Rabbi and teacher, but it took a gotha with only his mama standing gift and not become the leader of The Bulletin One path may lead to a cure pony ride to Damascus for him there remembering the night the the whole Jerusalem church. In the stillness and safety of the for disease, or one may pin on to realize he was barking up the angel stood before her with what If he had focused on his past, womb, every child has a gift tucked a badge and run toward danger wrong tree. He got his sight back at the time seemed like gloriously it would have stolen his future. inside them waiting to be used. to rescue others. Maybe it’s a in the natural and the spiritual. wonderful news. James was given But, as one who had bought the The gift may be as a writer, a smile that values someone above Now, he had to press forward and the gift of a leader, but he woke wrong ticket and now lives with leader, police officer, fireman, or yourself. not look back because the view up Easter morning and realized he the memory of what an unbridled nurse. Maybe it’s the ability to Something amazing happens in the rearview mirror was too had bought a first-class ticket on tongue can do, he set out to warn grasp engineer- when one recog- painful. I’m sure he encountered the Titanic. He had been leading, others as only an experienced ing, which is CHASING THE CREATOR nizes the talent family members or children whose all right, but on the wrong ship. leader can. certainly not a given to them and parents were torn to bits by lions That realization came a day late (To contact Shirley, please send gift on my radar, uses it for the as a sporting event. And, each time and a dollar short. He had missed emails to [email protected] neither is reading owners manuals. purpose in which it was intended. he remembered, he had a part in an amazing opportunity to learn or write to The Bulletin, PO Box Each gift is selected specially for As with all decisions, one leads their deaths. from the Man he had shared a 2426, Angleton, Tx. 77516) that child, and the job of delivering to light and the other to darkness. Another person to consider it to the womb is not delegated to The dark path will leave the person is James. It’s been said that the an angel or a cherub. knowing they are missing some- book of James is the Proverbs of Natural man lacks Spirit of God It is hand-delivered by the thing they were meant to do. That how to live in the New Testament. Based on the writings of the Rev. Billy Graham Creator Himself with the purposeful longing for fulfillment often leads to Why was James so fixated on Q: intention of blessing the child first, abuses to themselves and others. the tongue and how it could set I have a friend in prison inal reading his Bible he thought and then for them to use it to bless When the Creator gives His gifts, the world on fire? I think he was who says God cannot forgive he was a phony. However, as the others. He doesn’t take them back, even if putting his money where his mouth her for what she has done, chaplain spent time with him he It’s not unlike when we search they are used destructively. There had been, or as my mama used because she committed the wrote, “But the longer I listened, for the perfect gift for our children. have been times in my life where I to say, “he had walked that talk?” worst sin - taking the life of the more I felt he might be sincere. We want them to be thrilled at haven’t used my treasured gifts for This James is the younger brother another. What hope does she He insisted he was very glad that receiving the gift and then use it for the good of others We can see a of Jesus. He had lived all his life have to know God’s forgive- a nation which would probably put its intended purpose. We are free couple of people in the Bible who with Jesus and probably shared a ness? - P.D. him to death thought enough of his A: to choose our path in life, and there didn’t either. Paul, the Apostle was room and pjs with him. He laughed Many see God as able to eternal welfare to provide him with will always be the option of two given the gift of a skilled orator and at him, made fun of him, thought forgive the small sin, but incapable spiritual guidance.” paths, and each has a destination the brains to be an accomplished he was crazy and shamed him at of forgiving the gross sinner. In With Bible in hand he said, “I our own weakness as humans, we know from this book that God can tend to grade sins. Here’s a little love a sinner like me.” There is sin on our scale, but over here always hope. What an amazing Vain Religion there’s a very, very heavy sin. love God exhibited for us all at the The viewpoint of the world is that religion is important, but which particular religion one es- The story is told about many cross! pouses is not important. People can be heard to say, “Join the church of your choice” or, “Attend war criminals being put on trial for Tribune Media Services their crimes after their defeat at the the church of your choice this Sunday.” Does it matter to which church you belong? Is one (Send your queries to “My Answer,” religion as good as another? The Bible answers this question in a decisive manner, and its answer hands of the Allies in 1945. Many c/o Billy Graham, Billy Graham Evange- is that it matters very much which religion one espouses. leaders who committed some of listic Association, 1 Billy Graham Park- the most infamous crimes known way, Charlotte, N.C., 28201; call 1-(877) Jesus said that some religion is vain or empty religion, “These people draw near to Me with to man were brought to trial. 2-GRAHAM, or visit the Web site for the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association: their mouth, and honor Me with their lips, but their heart is far from Me. And in vain they The world watched as sentences www.billygraham.org.) worship Me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men” (Matthew 15:8-9). Also, Paul of imprisonment and death were condemned the Galatians for adhering to another gospel than the one that the apostles taught (Ga- brought against them. However, latians 1:6-9). Peter warned that “...there were false prophets among the people, even as there an amazing account was given by will be false teachers among you, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies, even denying a prison chaplain who recalled the the Lord who bought them, and bring on themselves swift destruction. And many will follow their sincere conversion to faith in Jesus Christ by some of these men who destructive ways, because of whom the way of truth will be blasphemed” (2 Peter 2:2-2). These had committed despicable crimes - and many other passages teach us that it matters very much to God which religion one espouses. one of them a former general. Vain worship means “empty” worship. Many people actively pursue some form of religion, At first, the chaplain was very and they do so sincerely, but sincerity is not enough. One’s religion and worship must be true leery of confessions of faith. He (John 4:24). The one and only source of truth is the word of God (John 17:17). Are you involved said the first time he saw this crim- in a religion that pleases God or that pleases you? Leave your human, vain religion for the one taught in the New Testament. West Columbia Church of Christ 306 E. Jackson St., West Columbia, TX. 77486 Services: Sunday: 9:00 a.m., 9:50 a.m., and 6:00 p.m. • Wednesday: 7:00 p.m. Phone: (979) 583-2175 • Website: http://www.westcolumbiatxcoc.com www.mybulletinnewspaper.com (979) 849-5407 July 13, 2021 THE BULLETIN Page 13 Columbia Christian Senior Citizens Center Menu MR. MORRIS By Rick Brooks 629 E. 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Scramble solutions: use a mirror to check your answers CHARMY’S ARMY By Davey Jones Page 14 THE BULLETIN July 13, 2021 (979) 849-5407 www.mybulletinnewspaper.com History of the World On This Day July 13 over Hartford. Cleveland Indians pitchers held 1896 - Philadelphia’s Ed Dela- 1885 - In New York, the Niagara New York Yankee Joe DiMaggio hanty became the second major Reservation State Park opened. hitless for the first time in 57 games. league player to hit four home runs 1916 - In Seattle, WA, Pacific July 18 in a single game. Aero Products was incorporated by 1927 - Ty Cobb set a major 1978 - Lee Iacocca was fired William Boeing. The company was league baseball record by getting as president of Ford Motor Co. by later renamed Boeing Co. his 4,000th career hit. He hit 4,191 chairman Henry Ford II. 1968 - ABC-TV premiered “One before he retired in 1928. 1982 - The All-Star Game was Life to Live”. 1936 - The first Oscar Meyer played outside the United States July 16 Wienermobile rolled out of General for the first time. They played in 1940 - Adolf Hitler ordered the Body Company’s factory in Chicago, Montreal, Canada. preparations to begin on the inva- IL. July 14 sion of England, known as Opera- 1964 - Pete Rose (Cincinnati 1456 - Hungarians defeated the tion Sea Lion. Reds) hit the only grand slam home Ottomans at the Battle of Belgrade. 1964 - Little League Baseball run of his career. 1911 - Harry N. Atwood landed Incorporated was granted a Federal July 19 an airplane on the lawn of the White Charter unanimously by the United 1909 - The first unassisted triple House to accept an award from States Senate and House of Repre- play in major-league baseball was U.S. President William Taft. sentatives. made by Cleveland Indians short- 1914 - Robert H. Goddard pat- 1969 - Apollo 11 blasted off from stop Neal Ball in a game against ented liquid rocket-fuel. Cape Kennedy, FL., and began the Boston. 1933 - All German political first manned mission to land on the 1960 - Juan Marichal (San parties except the Nazi Party were moon. Francisco Giants) became the first outlawed. July 17 pitcher to get a one-hitter in his July 15 1920 - Sinclair Lewis finished his major league debut. 1876 - George Washington novel “Main Street.” 1975 - The Apollo and Soyuz Bradley of St. Louis pitched the first 1941 - The longest hitting streak spacecrafts separated after being no-hitter in baseball in a 2-0 win in baseball history ended when the linked in orbit for two days.

Bulletin horoscope Tribune Media Services ARIES (March 21-April 19): hopefully some exciting holiday they can illuminate your quest for “Seeing is believing” might be fireworks. Use your imagination love and success. Don’t let vague your motto this week, even if what to please your loved ones. Focus half-truths cloud your judgment or you see is merely a vision of the on doing your job well in the week fog your thinking during the week way you think things ought to be. ahead. Also focus in the person ahead. Celebrate your independence with you love. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. a toast. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): You 19): You may meet someone TAURUS (April 20-May 20): might be happiest in any gathering who opens your eyes to a more Cookouts by a pool or romantic that is filled with camaraderie and empowered worldview. As the walks hand in hand might live up genuine caring. Go to places where week unfolds, you can make prog- to your fantasies. You may find you can relax and speak your mind. ress toward your most important opportunities for love as the week You may meet some influential ambitions through hard work and unfolds. Get together with a special people in the week ahead. persistence. Don’t forget to walk partner for private bliss. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): your dog twice a day. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Someone friendly who may seem AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): This could be one of those days fickle could prove to be utterly Celebrate the red, white and blue when you feel the need to protect trustworthy. If you accept an invi- and spend happy, relaxed times someone’s feelings. As the week tation during the upcoming week, with your tribe this holiday. Loved unfolds, you may find new ways to you might be treated like a family ones may display enormous ambi- become more financially secure or member and have a delightful time. tion and talent in the week ahead. make your mark at work. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): CANCER (June 21-July 22): Feel free to be honest with others. Someone might value your opinion It takes a village. Mutual support Add a steadying hand to the helm in the upcoming week, so don’t is a good possibility now. Believe to guide loved ones past unfore- hide your thoughts or be vague in others in the week ahead, and seen obstacles in the week ahead. about details. You may inadver- they will likely make you proud You may be more objective than tently mislead someone if you are and prove that they can keep their they are about some issues and not forthcoming.

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66 Two-bagger, for one 67 Half a score ... or a perfect score OTTAWA TOKYO CAIRO LIMA OSLO ROME (C) 2021 TRIBUNE CONTENT AGENCY, LLC. Page 16 THE BULLETIN July 13, 2021 (979) 849-5407 www.mybulletinnewspaper.com The bugs are out; Tips on how to get through bug-biting season

By DeeDee Stiepan so much on your face and neck exposed to a bug or not, I would Mayo Clinic News Network (TNS) area that it’s difficult to function, you highly encourage you to see your It’s officially bug-biting season. can see your primary care doctor or primary care provider or a derma- While some bugs are just annoy- a dermatologist ... (who) may give tologist.” ing to deal with, the bite of others you some systemic medications For those who will be outside can be potentially dangerous. that are immunosuppressive, like and think they might be exposed Dr. Dawn Davis, a Mayo Clinic prednisone, to help the swelling go to any type of bug bite, which is dermatologist, says some bugs down.” just about anywhere in the U.S., can transmit disease-causing Other types of rashes from bug it’s wise to think about protection. bacteria, viruses and parasites exposure are more serious, such Bugs are attracted to oil in the skin, through their bite, and these bites as the ones related to tick-borne sweat and heat, so covering up as often manifest on the skin as diseases. much exposed skin as possible rashes. Here’s what Dr. Davis recom- is a good first step. Dr. Davis also “Bug bites in general tend to mends: “If you develop general recommends wearing repellants look red. They tend to be swollen. symptoms of feeling ill, and you with DEET (30% or more), oil of Some of them can make a target develop a rash, regardless of limonene, or permethrin on exposed shape,” says Dr. Davis. whether you feel that you’ve been skin and clothing. Some people, especially young children and older adults, may have an adverse reaction to bug U.S. housing prices jump to 30-year high bites and develop a rash that is By Craig Giammona the median estimate in a survey of called papular urticaria. Bloomberg News (TNS) Bloomberg economists and was the “Essentially what happens is at U.S. home prices jumped the biggest gain since 2005. the site of a bug bite, you will get most in more than 30 years in April. “April’s performance was truly a very large welt that looks quite Nationally, the S&P CoreLogic extraordinary,” said Craig J. impressive, and you will overswell Case-Shiller index of property Lazzara, global head of index or become overstimulated, and values climbed 14.6% from a year investment strategy at S&P Dow have an overreactive bug bite,” earlier, according to a statement Jones Indices. “We have previously she explains. Tuesday, the biggest gain in data suggested that the strength in the “Papular urticaria is not going back to 1988. That came after U.S. housing market is being driven necessarily harmful, and it simply 13.2% increase in March, and was in part by reaction to the Covid means that our immune system is the 11th straight month that price pandemic, as potential buyers move overzealous and eagerly respond- gains accelerated. from urban apartments to suburban ing. It can be quite uncomfortable. Home prices in 20 U.S. cities, homes. April’s data continue to be As you can imagine, if you swell meanwhile, jumped 14.9%, beating consistent with this hypothesis.” Low mortgage rates and demand for properties in the suburbs have fueled the U.S. housing market for more than a year with a shortage of homes to buy helping to push prices higher. Many buyers are running into issues finding properties they can afford. Sales of previously owned homes in the U.S. fell for a fourth straight month in May. Still, home prices are expected to remain elevated. Builders cite high materials prices, supply shortages and a limited number of skilled workers as ongoing challenges as they race to complete new homes. “The forces that have propelled home price growth to new highs over the past year remain in place and are offering little evidence of abating,” Matthew Speakman, and economist at Zillow Group Inc., said in a statement. “The number of available homes for sale remains historically small, particularly given the elevated demand for housing.”