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Living The American Dream
In his book, The Epic of America, published in 1931 during the Great Depression, James Truslow Adams introduced the concept of the American Dream: “that dream of a land in which life should be better and richer and fuller for everyone, with opportunity for each according to ability or achievement.” In short, we don’t have to be born with a silver spoon in our mouth. We can all achieve our dreams if we just work hard and stay out of trouble.
In an even more sanguine Hollywood version of the American Dream, a nice guy in a small town marries his high school sweetheart, they raise a family—let’s say, two boys and a girl—he makes his fortune, and they live happily ever after. Meet Bill Stiver, and you can have it either way.
Wednesday, July 21, 2021
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July 26, 2021 15:35
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The World’s Busiest Man?“
"I have to be doing something all the time. I can’t sit still,” David Dignam admits in a moment of introspection.
Bingo! He’s got that right. He is one busy guy—a founder, a funder, a fixer, a door-opener, a donor and a doer. He started life in high gear, and he doesn’t intend to stop until Mother Nature tells him, “Enough already.”
Wednesday, July 14, 2021
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July 15, 2021 16:46
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She's The Real Church Lady
Who among us hasn’t seen Dana Carvey’s hilarious sendup of the “Church Lady” on Saturday Night Live? His skits brought him acclaim as the tightly wound hostess of Church Chat, whose standard putdown of her interviewees was a smug, “Well, isn’t that spesh-ull!”...
Thursday, June 24, 2021
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June 27, 2021 12:18
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Who Are These People, Anyway?
One of the oddities of living in a retirement community like Englewood is that we share enjoyable relationships with many of our neighbors without knowing what interesting secrets may be hidden in their past lives. We know them as fellow bird lovers or golfing buddies or bridge companions or morning walkers or dog lovers. But do we really know them?...
Wednesday, June 9, 2021
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June 20, 2021 10:49
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When Our Country Called, He Answered
Though born in New York City in 1938 to a well-to-do Wall Street executive, Winsor G. Eveland, Jr. grew up as a country boy. How so? Well, when he and his fraternal twin Keith were three years old, Winsor Sr. inherited a 118-acre dairy farm in Richboro, Pennsylvania and–with the country still reeling from the Great Depression and a new hot war in Europe–promptly decided to become a white-collar farmer. Literally...
Friday, May 28, 2021
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June 2, 2021 13:04
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Just who is Amanda Glam?
Have you ever wondered if the writer of this newspaper’s movie/TV reviews is really named Amanda Glam? I mean, a mellifluous moniker like that could equally well belong to a movie idol, a sultry singer, a fashion model, a Broadway celeb … or someone whose maiden name was Glam...
Monday, May 17, 2021
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May 20, 2021 12:30
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The Lady Behind The Signs Of Our Times
If you were to stand at a busy intersection in Englewood, waving a large sign in your hands, you’d expect at least some people to notice you. And Jean Ranallo can tell you it works.
Thursday, July 30, 2020
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August 12, 2020 12:35
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Portrait Of An Artist As A Young Man
Bill Farnsworth has to be one of the most visibly notable persons in our neighborhood. Look no further than the Hughes Gallery in Boca Grande or the Dabbert Gallery in Sarasota–or in some of the finest art galleries in Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, North and South Carolina, Texas and Colorado–for evidence.
Friday, July 17, 2020
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September 10, 2020 14:41
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She Sure Knows The Seashore
She may not sell seashells by the seashore, but Brenda Bossman is the one to see if you’re interested in Southwest Florida’s shore life. She’s an independent consultant who, for years now, has worked with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC), Charlotte County, Lee County and others to help save our Florida shorebirds and sea turtles.
Wednesday, July 1, 2020
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July 29, 2020 17:41
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This Gal Has Had A Moving Career
Kristine Sedra was and is a travelin’ gal, to put it mildly. In her 24 years as a professional caregiver, she has, by her count, “worked in 37 emergency departments in 12 states.”
Thursday, June 4, 2020
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July 29, 2020 17:41
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Where ‘The Dogs Are In Charge’
If Allan and Pamela Schildknecht say something to you about dogs, you’d better listen, because they know from experience what they’re talking about. During the 40 years of their marriage they’ve shared their house with over 160 dogs–fortunately, not all at the same time...
Friday, November 22, 2019
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February 12, 2020 16:18
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The Travel Guy
You could say that Dick Dunham has been a world traveler since the day he was born. His dad, Lt. Colonel Richard Weston Dunham Sr., was a 29-year career officer in the U.S. Air Force, and he moved around a lot, toting his family with him...
Thursday, October 24, 2019
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May 10, 2020 10:46
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There's A Maven In Our Haven
Though he probably hasn’t thought about it that way, Englewood’s Rich Entlich has been a problem solver pretty much all of his life... Math was his strong suit through grade school and high school, and everyone knows math is all about solving problems: word problems, numerical problems, equations, even “theories of everything” to explain our universe and how we got here...
Thursday, October 10, 2019
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May 10, 2020 10:47
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She’s ‘where the magic happens'
Jean O’Neil first came to Englewood during the summer after her graduation from Keene State College. Newly equipped with a degree in education and certified in art and English, she landed her first job … as a cocktail waitress...
Friday, September 13, 2019
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May 10, 2020 10:47
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SEPTEMBER 11: A time to forget?
Everybody remembers where they were on September 11, 2001... Englewood’s JoAnn Siciliano certainly remembers, because she was there. And for her, it’s a merciful day even now when she can repress her memories of that fateful event...
Monday, September 2, 2019
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December 3, 2019 17:10
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An angel on his shoulder
At age 96, Englewood’s Arthur Nicholas is one of a dwindling number of survivors of the “Greatest Generation” that endured the travails of the Great Depression and the even greater hardships of World War II...
Wednesday, August 14, 2019
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December 4, 2019 12:43
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She’s ‘hearing the call, Englewood’
Noel Crosby had more than her share of problems growing up: a parental divorce “at a time when no one got divorced,” as she puts it, problems with a speech defect, low self-esteem, difficulty in school and a wrenching relocation from her Manchester, N.H. home...
Wednesday, July 31, 2019
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December 4, 2019 12:45
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The ‘King of Cans’
Juergen Kroos is already noticeable in his neighborhood. On his 140-ft. by 100-ft. residential lot in Englewood Isles, he grows over 40 different fruits and vegetables, and he gives many of them away to friends and neighbors. Want some oranges, passion fruit, papayas, lemons, limes, plums, strawberries, pineapple, persimmon or bananas? He’ll get you a few...
Thursday, July 18, 2019
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December 4, 2019 12:48
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He went from wine to water
Englewood’s Kenn Visser pretty much by accident found himself in the businesses of growing fine wines and making pure water...
Tuesday, July 2, 2019
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December 4, 2019 12:46
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The man with the Midas touch
Although he’s now a wealthy man, Derek Pullen’s “West End” accent betrays his growing-up years in a tough urban neighborhood: Aldershot, England, a small city of about 35,000 people, 30 miles southwest of London, that is famed as “The Home of the British Army.”
Friday, June 21, 2019
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