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Joyce Mouradian honoredTICONDEROGA — Carillon Gar den Club member

Joyce Mouradian of Ticonderoga was the recent recipientof one of the highest awards given by the National Gar-den Club.

The Award of Honor was given to Mouradian at theFederated Garden Clubs of New York State, Inc. annualspring conference held at the Gideon Putnam Hotel inSaratoga Springs March 30.

The Award of Honor is given to an outstanding gardenclub member whose volunteer efforts have made out-standing contributions to their club and community overa minimum of five years. A Bo ok Of Evidence is pr e-pared and submitted for r eview and then judged by anational committee. Contributions in civic develop-

ment, conservation, floral design, horticulture therapy,horticultural landscape design, youth and all around ex-cellence are considered.

Throughout her lifetime, Mouradian has made out-standing contributions in the local, state, national andworld arenas, according to Betty Rettig, president of theCarillon Garden Club. She served as Carillon GardenClub pr esident fr om 2006-2008, FGCNYS District IVawards chairwoman from 2001-2008, is the recipient ofthe May Walton (Floral) Designer of the Year award in1999, and the recipient of the FGCNYS President’s ProudPedestal Pin in 2008 for all around service.

She also helped to organize the New Horizons Cluband the Champlain Valley Chorale. Mouradian was also

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Ti woman receives state award

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• RSVP News & Notes ................................p2• RSVP Volunteer of the Year ......................p3• Rallying for Medal of Honor winner.........p3• Wadhams man turns 100 ...........................p4• Moments with Larry and Larry .................p5• Schroon/North Hudson seniors lauded......p6• RSVP receives Stewart’s grant..................p7• Travel tips for the 50+ jet set.....................p8• Hobbies for arthritis sufferers....................p9• Port Henry museum needs volunteers .....p10• ACAP Nutrition Program menu ..............p11• Understanding osteoporosis ....................p12• Ti Marine remembers Iwo Jima ..............p13• Becoming what we eat ............................p14

Joyce Mouradian, middle, of Ticonderoga receives the National Gar-den Club’s Award of Honor, at the r ecent Federated Garden Clubsof New York State annual spring conference at the Gideon PutnamHotel in Saratoga Springs. Shown with her are Elaine DiPietro, left,FGCNYS president, and Patricia Wania, District IV director.

By Barb BrassardArea Recognitions: Two area Retired Sen-

ior V olunteer Pr ogram local r ecognitionswere held this winter . Feb. 23 was theSchroon/North H udson Area R ecognition,hosted by Donna Moses of the Schroon Nu-trition Site. Minerva/Newcomb Area Recog-nition took place on March 2 at the MinervaNutrition Site with Pat Cuzzacr ea hosting.In attendance for the festivities wer e RSVPvolunteers, town supervisors, and staff fromarea RSVP stations. Assisting were the EssexCounty Nutrition Site, Of fice of the Aging,ACAP, RSVP staf f and RSVP AdvisoryGroup. Certificates of appr eciation wer epresented to ar ea stations; the new RSVPpins were handed out and a variety of doorprizes were awarded.

The RSVP 500 Club: Hours have been tal-lied for 2010 and we have a total of 17 vol-unteers with over 500 hours for the year. Thevalue of these hours is immeasurable to ourcommunity and the stations they serve. A tipof the hat and a thank you to the 500 Clubmembers, as well as all of our volunteers.

Madge Genier 1,806.50Bernie Mayer 1,450.50Evelyn Mingo 1,435.75Marilyn Cross 1,336.00Evelyn Gravelle 1,032.00Ann Dolback 873.00

Priscilla Pascarellia 848.50Teresa Pearson 765.00John Viestenz 679.00Antoinette O'Bryan 654.50Margaret Beuerlein 647.00Dennis Everleth 644.00June Curtis 618.00Velma Gochie 611.00Emma Williams 573.50Archie Rosenquist 532.00Jacqueline Wright 500.00

Welcome our newest station In partnership with RSVP of Clinton

County we welcome the North Country Un-derground Railr oad Historical Society andMuseum as our newest station. Located at1131 Mace Chasm Road (right next to AuSable Chasm) the museum is seeking tourconductors, docents, greeters, and people toarchive. Opening day is May 21.

Volunteer opportunities Station surveys wer e conducted and, in

addition to our numer ous volunteer oppor-tunities we have some exciting new venturesto share.

Do you like people? Do you know yourway around the area? We have the new Un-derground Railr oad Museum, AdirondackHistory Center , Lake Champlain V isitorsCenter, Cr own Point State Historic Site,Ticonderoga Area Chamber of Commer ce,

Fort T iconderoga, T iconderoga HistoricalSociety’s Hancock House and the Ir on Cen-ter who ar e always in need of assistancemanning their info centers and giving tours.

Do you have computer skills? We have of-fices looking for occasional letter / thankyou note writers. Filing is always needed.

Not inter ested in a weekly commitment?We have lots of onetime events: The LakeChamplain Bridge Dedication Event will bea two-day celebration, and in addition, weare always looking for volunteers for pa-rades, car shows, and festivals of all types.A few hours of your time on one of thesedays would go a long way.

If you are 55+ and interested in joining theRSVP team then give Janet or Barb a call at546-3565 and we will find a niche for yourtalent. Tickets for the annual Memorial Daydrawing are still on sale!

(Barb Brassard is Essex County Retired Sen-ior Volunteer Program director. RSVP is basedin Port Henry.)

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RSVP honors volunteers

Minerva Super visor Sue M ontgomery Corey visitswith Huber ta Conway of the RSVP advisor y groupduring the M inerva/Newcomb volunteer recogni-tion event.

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Mineville woman honoredBy Fred [email protected]

PORT HENRY — Madge Genier didn’t re-alize how busy she was until she was namedVolunteer of the Year by the Retir ed & Sen-ior Volunteer Program of Essex County.

Genier, a Mineville r esident, logged1,806.5 hours in 2010 knitting for the Holi-days for Sharing pr ogram, which pr ovideswarm items for r esidents of nursing homesand Christmas gifts for ACAP-Head Startchildren.

“I didn’t know I worked that har d,” shejoked. “I’ve always cr ocheted; it’s some-thing I e njoy d oing, s o I m ight as w ell d osomething people can benefit from.”

RSVP has over 30 knitters and cr ochetartists pr oducing warm garments for chil-dren. In 2010 they logged 6,253 hours in theHoliday for Sharing program, knitting babyhats, blankets and sweaters for needy chil-dren and senior citizens.

“Madge is dedicated to the program,” saidBarb Brassar d, RSVP dir ector. “Not onlydoes she knit, she organizes all the yarn do-nated to the group and takes care of the pro-gram. She’s a real asset to our community.”

Genier and other RSVP volunteers will behonored at an appr eciation luncheon April27 at the Daisy Morton Center in Moriah.

“We appr eciate all the har d work byMadge and all our volunteers,” Brassar dsaid. “The value of our volunteers’ gift oftime to our communities is irreplaceable andwe thank each and every one of them.”

Brassard noted the week of April 10 is Na-tional Volunteer Week.

“The Retir ed & Senior Pr ogram of EssexCounty would like to recognize all of our 371volunteers who serve at 83 stations and havelogged over 55,500 hours in fiscal year2010,” she said. “The RSVP staff is joined bythe RSVP Advisory Group and our town andcounty officials in saluting our volunteers.”

While Genier may be best known for herwork with the Holiday for Sharing program,it’s har dly her only volunteer ef fort. Sheworks regularly with the Meals on Wheelsprogram, is a member of the Moriah SeniorArts & Crafts Club and is a r egular at the

Moriah Nutrition Site. She also served onthe Moriah 911 committee. She has been anRSVP volunteer since 1998.

“If something needs to be done I’ll helpout if I can,” Genier said. “I have time.”

The “Holiday for Sharing” program is Ge-nier ’s pride and joy, though.

“It really gives me a good feeling to knowI’m making something someone else needs,”she said.

In naming Genier V olunteer of the Year,RSVP also cited other program participants.It gave “honorable mention” to BerniceMayer of Port Henry , who volunteer ed1,450.50 hours last year , Evelyn Mingo ofSchroon Lake with 1,435.75 hours, MarilynCross of Ticonderoga with 1,336 hours andEvelyn Gravelle of T iconderoga with 1,032hours.

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Madge Genier has been named the 2010 Volunteerof the Year by the Retired & Senior Program of EssexCounty. Genier and other RSVP v olunteers will behonored at an appreciation luncheon April 27 at theDaisy Morton Center in Moriah.

Dinner held to raise money for Raymond 'Buzz’ Wright tributeBy Fred [email protected]

MINEVILLE — A native son will be again honored by his heroism.Raymond “Buzz” Wright of Mineville, who r eceived the Medal of Honor in 1967 for

his service in Vietnam, will be recognized by the National Infantry Museum and SoldierCenter at Fort Benning, Ga. He formally r eceived the Medal of Honor Sept. 19, 1968,from President Lyndon Johnson.

Wright died in 1999 at age 53.The museum’s Hall of Honor includes photos and the stories of all the nation’s Medal

of Honor winners, the highest awar d given for military service. W right is included inthat exhibit. The museum is now expanding its Heritage Walk that leads from the FortBenning parade ground to the museum. The walk is comprised of pavers with the nameof each Medal of Honor recipient.

“Every week hundreds of new soldiers graduate on the parade field,” said retired Gen.Edwin Burba, chairman of the National Infantry Foundation Advisory Board. “After theceremony the soldi ers mar ch down Heritage W alk, followed by their families andfriends. It is a solemn moment for them to pass by the pavers that honor our country’sheroes.”

Burba recently contacted Moriah Supervisor Tom Scozzafava to ask if the local com-munity would support the project by paying $250 for a paver with Wright’s name.

“The entire community is very proud to have a Congressional Medal of Honor recip-ient from our town,” Scozzafava said. “We want to help honor Buzz Wright any way wecan.”

Scozzafava contacted the Mineville VFW to see if the veterans group could assist. TheVFW decided to host a spaghetti dinner on Saturday, May 7.

“I hope we can get enough people to raise the money,” said Bernie Podres, MinevilleVFW commander. “The guy (Wright) did a helluva job for us. Now we want to do some-thing for him.”

Moriah honored Wright in 2000 with the creation of Raymond “Buzz” Wright Park inMineville located at the intersection of Plank Road and Raymond Wright Road. The parkhas thr ee monuments—one honoring W right, another dedicated to Moriah men whodied in Vietnam and a monument to World War I veterans.

There have been 3,469 Medal of Honor recipients in American history. Only 85 are nowalive.

The Medal of Honor is the highest awar d for valor in combat pr esented to UnitedStates servicemen. It is presented by the president on behalf of Congress and is com-monly known as the Congressional Medal of Honor. Wright also received the Silver Star.

Wright, then 21 years old, was a member of the Army’s 9th Infantry Division in Viet-nam on May 2, 1967, w hen his unit came under attack. According to Army r ecords,Wright and another soldier saved their unit during an ambush fr om enemy bunkers.Records show Wright personally destroyed four enemy bunkers.

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WADHAMS — Almost every day, Donald Taylor spends 20 min-utes on his stationary bicycle and then works on his arms with apulley device near his bedroom door.

A nice workout for any man half his age.Which, by the way, would be 50.Taylor, who turned 100 on April 30, still enjoys being outside and

working on his brush hog, mowing and collecting wood.“I like to be up in the woods,” T aylor said. “I still do my own

mowing and I have a br ush hog on my tractor that I use to clearthings. I was cutting last year for the winter , but I gave up usingthe chain saw this year.”

However, he still has his wheelbarr ow, which he uses to trans-port the wood into his house in Wadhams, the one that both he andhis father were born in.

Growing up, T aylor said that his earliest memory was beingburned by water that spilled out of a teapot when he was 2 yearsold.

“I would cry every time the doctor came up the driveway tochange my dressings,” he said.

Along with working outdoors, Taylor also enjoys time in natureas a hunter, getting his last deer at the age of 93.

“I started at age 16 or 17, maybe even a little before then — therules weren’t quite like they ar e now,” Taylor said. “I’m the onlyone left of my hunting party.”

Taylor said that he got his first deer — a 13-point buck — in histeens near the Lincoln Pond Dam.

Another of Taylor’s trophies — an eight-point buck he baggedin 1933 — was the second-rated rack of its size in the state of NewYork for many years.

Another outdoor passion for Taylor started when a group of gen-tlemen spent the night at a hotel in Wadhams.

“They were playing horseshoes, and me and a friend were watch-ing them practice,” T aylor said. “After that, we went home andmade our own stakes in the back yard and played the entire day. Iguess you could say that I got bit by the horseshoe bug.”

Numerous trophies and awards line a shelf in his living r oom,detailing his exploits as a horseshoe player.

However, there is one particular rivalry that T aylor always re-members.

“We were over in Vermont competing, and there was this girl,”Taylor said. “It took me four times to beat her.”

Along with being an avid outdoorsman, Taylor also could helpliven up any party with his trusted fiddle.

“I really enjoyed the music when I was young,” T aylor said. “Iwould play for the square dances. I enjoyed that. I would take myfiddle everywhere.”

Taylor said that often, at the end of the meetings at the WadhamsGrange Hall, he and some friends would tune their instr umentsand play for the dances that always followed the meetings.

“The kids from Westport would always show up just as the meet-ing was ending,” he said. “I would tune the fiddle up and we wouldplay for the dance.”

Taylor said that he appreciates the music of his generation.“This modern music, I can’t get much into,” he said.Taylor said that he has enjoyed everything that he has been able

to do and accomplish over the past century , which he believes isbehind his longevity.

“You gotta look at the bright side of things instead of the darkside,” Taylor said. “Don’t go around with a chip on your shoulder.It’s better to have something to laugh at.”

Wadhams man recently turned 100 years old

Donald Taylor

For once, he may have not beenthe oldest man in the room.

When I was preparing to sit downwith soon-to-be 100-year-old DonaldTaylor, I was told that it might be niceif I took a familiar facewith me when I wentover to his farmhouse inWadhams.

So, on that sugges-tion, I took the oldestguy I know (at least,until then) — my grand-father, Lawrence Bliss.

It was quite the expe-rience to listen toGramp and Don sit andtalk. I would ask aquestion, Don wouldanswer it, and the twoof them would recount the days oftheir youth growing up in the area andeverything that happened here.

Their stories were not that different,even though Don does have an eight-year jump on my grandfather (Don is100 on April 30, Gramp is 92 in Octo-ber). They talked a lot about thedances that used to be held at theWadhams Grange Hall; the music,which was often played by Taylor andothers; the price of things, as Don ex-plained that he remembered going to

get four gallons of gas and paying onedollar for it (there’s a 180 for you); andother things.

Both men also lit up when it came tothe topic of hunting. Both live for thewoods, and both have bagged their fair

share of game. But mygrandfather almost criedwhen he saw the tworacks — 13- and eight-point — that Taylorbrought out, by hand, todisplay. I think they al-most made him jealous.

When we left, though,there was a small spike-horn rack.

“That’s more mystyle,” my grandfatherjoked.

Speaking of peoplenamed Lawrence Bliss, an interview Idid this week also reminded me of anight I spent with my uncle at Air-borne Raceway.

He came one night when I was in myearly teens and picked me up at mygrandparents, but I didn’t know why.

On the way, there was a commercialthat Kyle Petty would be at Airbornethat night. He turned to me and said,“Guess what? We’re going to the air-port to pick Kyle up right now.”

My uncle, who was in the BCI at the

time, was to be his escort/guard forthe evening, and he had brought mealong for the ride.

There are a few things that I remem-ber from that night. First, it took anawfully long time for the plane to ar-rive in the eyes of a young teenagerwho was not exactly the most patientperson I know.

Secondly, I remember how the fanscame up to meet the NASCAR legend,son of “King” Richard Petty, with ahuge following of fans.

Thirdly, this was the first time I canremember asking a question that wasjournalistic. I remember all of the me-dia people sitting around Petty andasking questions. I spoke up and askedwhat it was like to finish behind his fa-ther in an event.

The response was something like, “Ithought maybe he’d go easy and let mewin for a change.”

The thing was, he didn’t look downon me. He answered my question justlike all of the other ones that wereasked. I think someone even used it ina story.

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Mouradian is the 2004 r ecipient of the Law DayAward from the Essex County New York Bar Asso-ciation. She has been a Moses Ludington Hospitalfoundation member and continues to serve on theParks, Recr eation, Historic Lands & MonumentsCommittee of T iconderoga. Along with her latehusband, Dr. Henry Mouradian, she participated intwo medical mission pr ojects with the ChristianMedical Society to the Dominican Republic and Tai-wan.

“The Carillon Gar den Club is very pr oud andhonored to have such a distinguished member whocontinues to serve the club, the community and theworld. Joyce has been and continues to be a leaderand role model in her charming and humble way. Itis truly a pleasur e to work together and carry outthe missions of the National Garden Clubs, Inc., theFGCNYS, Inc. and the local Carillon Garden Club,”said Rettig.

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SCHROON LAKE — The fourth in a seriesof Retir ed Senior V olunteer Pr ogram localrecognitions was held on Feb. 23 at theSchroon Lake Nutrition Site & Senior Center.Honored were the RSVP volunteers and sta-tions from the towns of Schr oon and NorthHudson.

Donna Moses, manager of the Schr oonLake meal site, hosted the luncheon. In at-tendance wer e volunteers and staf f fr omarea stations. Assisting wer e Essex CountyNutrition Site staf f, Schr oon Lake CentralSchool students, and RSVP staff and adviso-ry group.

Certificates of appreciation were present-ed to area stations. Guest speakers includedSchroon Councilwoman Clara Phibbs, NorthHudson T own Clerk Sally V inskus, andRSVP Advisory Gr oup member Buf fyBuysse.

The new RSVP pins wer e given to all at-tendees. Multiple volunteers and guestswon door prizes.

“The RSVP staf f would like to thankeveryone that took part in this event,” saidBarb B rassard, R SVP executive d irector. “ Iam enjoying meeting and working with ourvolunteers and it is a pleasure to honor themfor all they give back to our communities.”

Schroon, North Hudson seniors lauded

The fourth in a series of Retired Senior Volunteer Program local recognitions was held on Feb. 23 at the Schroon Lake Nutrition Site & Senior Center.


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PORT HENRY — The Retired Senior Vol-unteer Program of Essex County was recent-ly awarded a Stewart’s Holiday Match dona-tion in the amount of $1,500.

Stewart’s collected and matched dona-tions in their shops from Thanksgiving un-til Christmas, a tradition since 1986.

The RSVP donation is being used to pur-chase yarn for its “Holidays for Sharing”program, during which volunteers makehats, mittens, scarves and blankets for chil-dren. Adirondack Community Action Pro-gram then distributes the items to needychildren at holiday time and on an as-need-ed basis throughout the year.

RSVP has over 30 knitters and cr ochetartists p roducing wa rm g arments f or c hil-dren. In 2010 they logged 6,253 hours in the“Holiday for Sharing” pr ogram. BerniceMayer, who lives in Port Henry , devotedover 1,450 hours in volunteer time last year,part of which was devoted to knitting babyhats, blankets and sweaters for needy chil-dren. Madge Genier, who lives in Mineville,logged o ver 1 ,800 h ours k nitting a nd c ro-cheting mittens, hats and baby blankets.

“Thanks to Stewart’s Shops and their cus-tomers, this RSVP pr oject can continue,”said Barb Brassard, RSVP executive director.

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The Retired Senior Volunteer Program of Essex County was recently awarded a Stewart’s Holiday Match do-nation for its “Holidays for Sharing” program. Bernice Mayer, who lives in Port Henry, devoted over 1,450 hoursto the program last year and Madge Genier, who lives in Mineville, logged over 1,800 hours.

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Iron Center opens June 18By Fred [email protected]

PORT HENRY — The Moriah Historical So-ciety is seeking volunteers to help man the IronCenter museum this summer.

“The volunteers are our greeters,” explainedJoan Daby, historical society president. “We arestill lucky enough to have 3 or 4 who actuallyworked in the mines or on surface for Repub-lic Steel Corp., who can be a source of informa-tion about their work ther e. Others we have,have some knowledge of the mining era or cananswer questions about our town and village.”

The Iron Center museum will open for theseason on Saturday, June 18. The museum willbe open on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdaysfrom noon to 3:00 p.m. throughout the summer.

Interested volunteers should contact RSVPat 546-3565.

The Ir on Center Museum in Port Henrybrings the industrial history of Moriah to life.

Located at Park Place, adjacent to the Mori-ah town hall, the museum gives visitors aglimpse at the iron ore mining and railroad in-dustries when they flourished in the commu-nity.

The museum opened in 1998 and was namedto the National Register of Historic Places in2000.

“So much of our museum has written infor-

mation for the public to r ead,” Daby said.“They can learn a lot from that. Also, we havevideos of presentations that we show, that we

have had done in the past with people involvedwith t he m ines. As f ar a s n ew d isplays, w ekeep adding some items that people donate tous.”

The Moriah Ir on Center Museum opened anew exhibit last summer, two 18 x 36-inch pan-els which show a town of Moriah timeline withsome photos and dates of special happeningsthroughout the years. The exhibit was ob-tained through a Quadricentennial Mini-Grantfrom New York State. The panels are displayedin the diorama room of the museum.

Besides an exhibition area, the museum hasan office, an upstairs research area, rest roomsand a gift shop.

Outside the museum building, a locomotive,iron ore car and caboose ar e on display on alength of track.

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The model was created by William Kissan ofWestport, a master modeler , Jim Kinley ofWillsboro, who specializes in miniatur e elec-tronics, and Brian V enne of Moriah, a modeltrain hobbyist.

Visitors to the museum experience the ex-hibit as if they ar e miners entering the yar dfrom the change house.

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the walls as murals—east, west, north andsouth of the mine yard. Elaine Sears of CrownPoint is painting the walls.

Also contained in the exhibit ar e under-ground mining operations that depict the dif-ferent eras, from digging to blasting to drillingto, finally, the use of heavy motorized equip-ment underground.

During the period depicted by the model,the early 1960s, Republic Steel employed about450 men—250 under ground and 200 in themine yard—in Mineville. At that time minershad reached a depth of 2,400 feet below the lev-el of Lake Champlain.

There is also a slide show on the old ArcticCity movie industry and the recent episodes ofStar Trek filmed in Port Henry.

Moriah of ficially became a town Feb. 12,1808, when the state legislature approved Mo-riah’s r equest to become separate from thetown of Crown Point.

Moriah traces its history to the 18th Centu-ry. After the Treaty of 1763, soldiers were giv-en land by King George for their service in theFrench and Indian War.

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TICONDEROGA — Ray Tolar made a vow66 years ago to honor the sacrifices of his fel-low Marines.

That’s why each Feb. 19 Tolar will raise hisAmerican flag and salute.

“For me this is a cause,” the Ticonderogaman said. “It’s important to remember whatfreedom costs, to remember those who havedied.”

Feb. 19, 1945, U.S. Marines landed on theJapanese island of Iwo Jima. The small is-land, about 10 square miles, was vital to ananticipated American invasion of Japan thatwould end World War II.

Tolar, then an 18-year -old, and his fellowMarines were told Iwo Jima would be a 3-5day “warm up” for the invasion of Japan. Itturned out to be one of the bloodiest battlesin history.

When U.S. Marines finally secured the is-land on Mar ch 16, they had 6,891 dead andmore than 18,000 wounded. All but 212 of the22,000 Japanese defenders on the islanddied.

Tolar turned down a scholarship to RPI tojoin the Marines in 1942. By the time hereached Iwo Jima, he was a grizzled veteranhaving seen combat in the Marshall Islands,Saipan and Tinian.

“None of them wer e easy,” Tolar recalledof the Pacific battles. “And it wasn’t just thebattles. Once we spent 41 days on a transport(ship). We c ouldn’t u se l ights a t n ight b e-cause the Japanese might see us; we had tostay below. We had bad air, bad food; it wasa terrible experience.”

But while Tolar, a member of the Marine4th Division, had seen action, nothing pr e-pared him for Iwo Jima.

“We came in the first wave, on the rightflank,” he recalled of the Iwo Jima landing.“We expected a lot of fire, but there wasn’t.”

The Japanese had retreated from the beachand had established defensive positions incaves and bomb craters. Their strategy wasto allow the Americans to advance into care-fully-devised “kill zones.”

That strategy worked. Americans wer eable to cut the island in two on the first day

of the battle, but suffered more than 2,400 ca-sualties.

“We tried to dig in (foxholes), but the is-land was volcanic r ock and you couldn’tdig,” Tolar said. “Y ou wer e in the open allthe time. It was so rocky you didn’t have anycover.”

At one point, pinned down by Japanesefire, Tolar used the body of a dead Marinefor cover.

“I don’t know who he was, but he savedmy life that day,” Tolar said.

After three days of fighting Marines cap-tured Mount Suribachi, the island’s highestpoint. Ther e Marines raised an Americanflag, a moment that became famous thanksto a photo shown around the world.

“I didn’t see it right away; we were tryingour best to stay low,” Tolar said of the flag.“But I saw it later.”

Many assumed the flag raising was a sym-bol of victory.

“That was r eally just the start of the bat-tle,” Tolar said.

In the fierce combat, Tolar and four otherMarines became separated from their unit.On t heir o wn s everal d ays, Tolar a nd t hemen were classified Missing in Action. Theyran out of food and water.

Tolar came across the body of a dead Ma-rine. Searching the man’s pack for ammuni-tion and other useful items, he found an ap-ple.

“I’ll admit it, I thought about eating thatapple,” Tolar said.

Instead, he took it back to fellow lostMarines and cut it into five pieces.

“No one said thank you, but they didn’thave to,” he r ecalled. “The looks on theirfaces said it all.

“Every time I turn on the water I think ofIwo,” Tolar said. “When I eat I always leavea f ew m orsels o n m y p late, j ust b ecause Ican. I’ll never forget those days.”

The casualty rate among Marines on IwoJima was a staggering 22 per cent, but Tolarescaped unhurt.

“I was one of the luckiest Marines ever ,”he said. “We lost so many buddies. We weredemoralized.”

The battle taught Americans the resolve ofJapanese defense. It played a key role in the

decision to use atomic bombs when attack-ing Hiroshima and Nagasaki rather than in-vading the Japanese homeland.

“The Japs didn’t give up,” Tolar said. “Youhad to kill them. Sometimes they’d kill them-selves. They’d do anything but surrender.”

It’s important Americans r emember bat-tles like Iwo Jima, T olar said. T o help withthat cause Tolar has written a memoir titled“28 Days” about his experiences.

Tolar and his friend Charlie Drake, anoth-er T iconderoga Marine veteran, make it apoint to observe anniversaries such as Feb.19.

“On Memorial Day we raise the flag andsalute,” Tolar said. “But we should do more.

We should remember the sacrifices of Amer-icans every day. Charlie understands that. Abetter friend and Marine you’ll never find.

“Mark Feb. 19 on your calendar and, if youwill, give thought to this meager reminder,”he said. “A degree of sorr ow will be felt inyour heart as well as a tremendous sense ofpride for being an American and what itstands for.

“Semper Fi,” he concluded.


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When did obesity become such a main-stream condition?

The numbers of people being classified asobese, morbidly obese or severely morbidlyobese are increasing at alarming rates. Chil-dren are being diagnosed with obesity relat-ed conditions at younger ages than ever be-fore. To me it seems this really started to be-come an issue about a decade after healthyeating started to decline. When did we strayaway from healthy eating?

Many lifestyle factors played into why;working mothers, busy kids schedules,quick easy pre-made meals, fast food and thenew availability of treats, snacks, junk foodsand mor e income to spend on it all. Diets,diet products, restrictive food fads, andweight loss quests came and went. Manypounds were lost and gained back soon af-ter.

I remember when the TV Dinner commer-cials first came out. This was pr obablyaround 1960. What a marketing plan. Pr o-mote it to people watching TV as an idea tokeep them ar ound the TV. I had to wait formonths before actually having a TV Dinner.They were an extra, a luxury, not somethingto just have for no reason.

I wanted to have a TV Dinner so bad, thecommercials made them sound so gr eat!Turned out the dinners wer e horrible. Theycame in Fried Chicken, Turkey, or Salisbury

steak, as I remember it, those were the onlychoices for years. Oh, the excitement of fi-nally pulling the foil of f the piping hot r ec-tangle.

The thrill of having that special tr endynew meal. So modern ... the TV Dinner ...that fatty skin, the over cooked soggy frozenand thawed veggies, the instant mashed po-tatoes, yuck. W e wer e lucky then, the junkfood didn’t taste like food yet, it looked likeit tasted or maybe even worse. It took a fewdecades to get us to where we are now.

Now we have fabulous tasting, well dis-guised crap posing as healthy food. The adsand labels have catch phrases telling us howhealthy, low fat, low carb they are.

Dangerous additives ar e disguised ashealthy s ounding i ngredients. I t’s di fficultto know what to eat. One source says eat thisanother one says don’t eat that. Conflictinginformation seems to be everywhere youlook. Just walk around in a supermarket andsee all the displays promoting “healthy”products.

Back then it was unheard of to have a sodawith every meal, let alone every day or evenevery week. Now it seems to be almost ex-pected that kids have packaged beverages,even right down to the water . Give me abreak—vitamin water, carb fr ee water, fla-vored water! How about plan old Adiron-dack water? We’ve got it right here.

Chef Jamie Oliver of ABC TVs Food Revo-lution (Tuesdays 8 p.m.) says America is onour thir d generation of non-cooks. Manyyoung adults don’t know how to cook “real”food or how to create a nutritious, econom-ical meal. Their mom’s didn’t cook, theirgrandmothers knew how but wer e just get-ting into the working world and suddenlydidn’t have time to cook as it had been donein the past. His pr ogram is working on

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Rachael Ray r ecently said on a talk showthat our students ar e not learning skillsneeded for daily survival. They study topass tests, but can’t cook a meal using wholefoods.

The movies “Super Size Me” & “Fast FoodNation” brought the publics attention to thehealth dangers of fast food on a daily basis.Those meals do appeal to our taste buds &pocketbooks. What could be better than fastfood that is cheap and also tastes good. Themovies go on to expose what is so bad aboutthat.

Wouldn’t it have been truly great if we hadbeen a nation of the healthy fast meal, a dishof rice, veggie and bean stir fry or a heartysoup/chili containing a balance of nutrition-al whole foods. I still think a fast food jointthat served “real food, done fast” or “wholefood meals r eady now”, type of fast foodplace would thrive.

Jamie Oliver r ecently made over a longtime burger joint to bring their special burg-er meal platter down from about 1,400 calo-ries down to 485 calories while keeping it thesame price, making it healthy and keeping itdelicious. The owner and customers didn’twant to give up their by-products / saturat-ed fat / sodium filled bur ger and fries. Theowner needed to keep it affordable, the cus-tomer wanted it tasty and nutritious. Hecame up with real beef burger and side sal-ad for the same price but with that huge calo-rie difference. He’s working on changing onecommunity at a time into healthier schoollunches as well as healthier eating at home.

Our grandpar ents ate in season, fr esh,whole foods. They knew what was in theirfood. Rich meals wer e r eserved for specialoccasions. Desserts wer e moderate, tastydishes with moderate amounts of sugar, notthe ultra rich desserts of today . They knewthey needed to eat a good breakfast to begintheir day. Eat your three squares was a say-ing. Water was the favor ed beverage. Theywalked a lot more in daily life, lifting clothesto the line, hand moving the lawn, real laborjust around the house.

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ty at the risk of his life above and beyond thecall of duty. While serving as a rifleman withCompany A, Sp4c. W right distinguishedhimself during a combat patr ol in an ar eawhere an enemy ambush had occurr ed ear-lier. Sp4c. Wright's unit suddenly came un-der intense automatic weapons and small-arms fire from an enemy bunker system pro-

tected by numerous snipers in nearby trees. “Despite the heavy enemy fir e, Sp4c.

Wright and another soldier leaped to the topof a dike to assault the position. Armed witha rifle and several grenades, he and his com-rade exposed themselves to intense fire fromthe bunkers as they charged the nearest one.Sp4c. Wright raced to the bunker, threw in agrenade, killing its occupant. The two sol-diers then ran thr ough a hail of fir e to thesecond bunker. While his comrade cover edhim with his machinegun, Sp4c. W rightcharged the bunker and succeeded in killingits occupant with a grenade. A third bunker

contained an automatic rifleman w ho hadpinned down much of the friendly platoon.While his comrade again cover ed him withmachinegun fir e, Sp4c. W right char ged inand killed the enemy rifleman with agrenade. The two soldiers worked their waythrough the r emaining bunkers, knockingout four of them.

“Throughout their furious assault, Sp4c.Wright and his comrade had been almostcontinuously exposed to intense sniper fir efrom the tr eeline as the enemy desperatelysought to stop their attack. Over comingstubborn resistance from the bunker system,the men advanced into the tr eeline for cingthe snipers to r etreat, giving immediatechase, and driving the enemy away from thefriendly unit so that it advanced acr oss theopen ar ea without further casualty . Whenhis ammunition was exhausted, Sp4c.Wright r eturned to his unit to assist in theevacuation of the wounded.

“This two-man assault had driven an ene-my platoon fr om a well pr epared position,accounted for numer ous enemy casualties,and averted further friendly casualties.Sp4c. W right’s extraor dinary her oism,courage, and indomitable fighting spiritsaved the lives of many of his comrades andinflicted serious damage on the enemy . Hisacts were in keeping with the highest tradi-tions of the military service and reflect greatcredit upon himself and the U.S. Army.”

Leonard B. Keller of Rockport, Ill., was theother soldier in the assault. He was alsoawarded the Medal of Honor. Keller died in2009 in a motorcycle accident.

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