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July 2014 - Volume 3 - Number 3

World War II veteran Roy Smith, 96, of Little Rock visits the Jacksonville Museum of Military Museum’s new D-Day exhibit. Smith is a retired accountant who was drafted into the Army in Pine Bluff in 1941.

Exhibit brings back memories

“How anybody got through, I’ll never know,” recalled a 96-year-old World War II veteran who stood on the cliffs above Omaha Beach eight days after the initial D-Day assault on June 6, 1944. Roy H. Smith, a retired accountant who lives in Little Rock, was one of a small group who visited the D-Day exhibit at the Jacksonville Military Museum last month and reminisced. [Full Text]

DOJ, HHS call for action to address elder abuse

Leaders in the fight against elder abuse announced on July 9 a framework for tackling the highest priority challenges to elder abuse prevention and prosecution, calling on all Americans to take a stand against the serious societal problem of elder abuse, neglect and financial exploitation. Research suggests that 1 in 10 Americans over the age of 60 has experienced elder abuse or neglect and that people with dementia are at higher risk for abuse. [Full Text]

Jacksonville entrepreneur tells all

Harold Gwatney, who moved to Jacksonville in 1958 to run the city’s first Chevrolet dealership, was recently recognized, along with his wife, Syble, for allowing officials to place the welcome sign on their property near the freeway. [Full Text]

Games of yesteryear remembered

“We were doing something everyday,” said Jim Berryhill, 62, of Pangburn. “We had three seasons: Baseball, football and basketball. If we got hot playing baseball, we’d jump in the pool and then back to baseball. If it got too cold for basketball, we’d go down to the gym. We had a key,” he said, winking, “to get in.” [Full Text]

Golden Games a golden event

For a city that wasn’t even supposed to have the annual veterans’ Golden Age Games, Fayetteville and the rest of Northwest Arkansas responded fabulously, according to local coordinator Carol Kick. Almost 750 veterans from 40 states, including a contingent from Hawaii and 20 from Arkansas, participated in the 28th annual games. [Full Text]

Summer play is for children

Video games, Facebook, chatting, sleeping and eating is how most kids seemingly spend their summer vacations nowadays. It’s alarmingly obvious that they aren’t outside. [Full Text]

Kebab or kebob: Does spelling really matter?

Well, if that piece of fractured Shakespeare doesn’t drive Hamlet even crazier, we are still faced with the question: Is it shish kebab or shish kabob? Some people are adamant about which one is right. If one goes to the dictionary to find the meaning of kabob, it is defined as chunks of meat that have been marinated along with vegetables threaded on a skewer and grilled on a flame. However, the same definition is found for kebabs. [Full Text]

Creating a Memory Page

Why this Alzheimer care tool is important It is believed Alzheimer’s disease begins in the hippocampus. This is the part of the brain that stores our memories. As the disease progresses, the diseased neurons die, therefore destroying the most recent memories. This is why breakfast is not recalled, but older memories remain intact. Too often care is disease based, and the disease is the source of focus. A memory page is a reminder for the patient and all contributing to their care that they were a person before they were diagnosed and will continue to be one as well. [Full Text]