August 2020 www.bishopgadsden.org Issue 364 GADSDEN GAB
August 2020
Issue 364
GADSDEN GAB A publication of Bishop Gadsden
HIGHLIGHTS:
PAGE 2:
Message from President/CEO
PAGE 6:
Semmelweis:The Man Who Figured Out that Unwashed Hands Could Kill
PAGE 8:
Back in Time: Augustus
PAGE 10:
August Birthdays/New Move-Ins
PAGE 12:
BG Cooks In
GROWING A DREAM
By MP Wilkerson
"It all began when a group of builder to clear the land, build the
people who loved the outdoors beds, gazebo and shed. BG would
and liked to garden bonded
supply irrigation, gravel, and the
together to pursue a dream,"
picking up of trash. He outsourced
said Katy Huger, a member of the the construction to Buzz Cody of
original committee that started Coastal Landscapes who drew up
the Bishop Gadsden Community plans and did the landscaping.
Garden. She is the spokesperson
At that time, the only space
for the garden and the garden's available was where The Quay 400
current co-chairman along with building now stands.This was a
Kay Meek, who grew up on a farm huge area covered with weeds and
in Texas and has always gardened. trees.While the committee knew
In 2011, residents who were this space was temporary, they
gardeners were trying to grow
proceeded.
a few tomatoes and flowers but
The plans called for 30 raised
needed a place with more sun.
garden beds, which Peter Read
From this, the idea of a community designed, and a park where
garden grew and a group was
community-wide activities such
formed to make it happen.
as Oktoberfest, a spring wine and
The first committee chairman cheese festival, and a Fourth of July
was Smiley Putman who had been celebration could be held.
active with a hospital's community The committee received almost
garden in Ohio. On the committee 70 donations that ranged from
were Katy, Peter Read, Bob Xidis, $10 to $10,000, and construction
Barbara Burbello, and Kathy Harms. started in early 2012.
To start, they visited seven or
"The years 2012 to 2013 were
eight community gardens and
glorious years," said Katy. The
drew up a proposal for a garden garden was dedicated in May 2012.
at Bishop Gadsden.They sent this Over 100 people attended the
to the Environmental Services
dedication, and community-wide
Committee, and the committee activities were held along with
endorsed it. Next they presented garden tours for residents in Myers
the idea to Bill Trawick, then Bishop Hall and Read Cloister. Bishop
Gadsden's president and CEO. He Gadsden's annual report even
suggested the committee survey featured the garden on its front
the residents to see how much cover.
interest there was, which they did The people were wonderful and
and 25 replied.
Katy fondly remembers some of
Bill told them that with
the original gardeners who are no
fundraising, Bishop Gadsden would longer with us. Col. Jake Burrows
allow them to the have space and a had a patriotic garden and would
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visit the garden with nature and the varied plantings. Past Wellness Weeks
his caregiver. Jimmy included tours of the garden for Myers Hall residents.
Evans was out every
The garden is a resident-driven project. The
day and Ab Middleton committee maintains the garden and plant life, and
had potato vines that does the fertilizing, weeding and pruning.
spread all over the
There are now 38 residents who are bed holders
garden.There was
or share one of the 37 raised or "tabletop" beds.
a moon vine on the Plus, several residents who do not have a garden bed
back fence and viewing volunteer for maintenance or special projects. The
parties were held to current committee is a standing committee of EVS
watch the flowers open at 5 p.m.
and includes Bob DeMarco, Jakie Fleet, Inge Gabler,
Then in 2013,The Quay project became a reality Carolyn Lee, Barbara and Dave Mann,Trilla Minkel,
and the garden was moved and rebuilt in its current Lynn Pagliaro, Peter Read, Ike Smith and Melly Troia,
location. From 2015 to 2016, the garden was
plus co-chairwomen Kay and Katy.
expanded.The small park in the back of the garden
Recently, garden flowers have been donated for
was improved and made into a pollinator garden and good cheer arrangements to brighten up the rooms
bee sanctuary that included bluebird houses. The path of Myers Hall and Read Cloister residents who are
was rebuilt and expanded in honor of Fran and Peter quarantined.
Read. Kay and Kelsay Meek provided bushes and plants What began with a wish to grow a few tomato
and repaired the garden's teak benches. Several trees plants and zinnias has emerged into the beautiful
and bushes were donated in memory of residents
community garden whose raised beds are aglow with
who had passed away.
flowers and vegetables and herbs, all designed to
The year 2020 has given an even wider role to
tempt the secret gardener that resides in all of us.
the colorful garden during the spring "Stay at Home" "So many people worked so hard in the past and
period. It was a source of uplifting spirits as many
present to make this happen," Katy said, "and the
residents walked through to admire the beauty of
present garden honors everybody's work."
MY 2020 EPIPHANY By Talia Dillahey
As I slowly got used to loneliness and isolation as becoming a daily activity. Finishing and wrapping
the pandemic progressed, I asked, how am I going to online-ordered Christmas gifts was another endeavor.
use my newfound eight hours of free time? Should
Cleaning out drawers and closets instigated another
I adopt a cat? Should I write my autobiography?
chore. Undertaking online grocery shopping was a
Watching TV was not an option. Newscasts were
first in experimentation.Turning on my car once a
projecting doom and gloom, fueling anxiety for parents week and driving around in circles for twenty minutes
who were zooming and homeschooling their school- empowered me to save my battery. My blue recyclable
aged kids and for college students trying to finish their bag with disposable food containers was taking over
semester with virtual assignments. Fears of catching my kitchen floor, necessitating I travel to the nearby
the virus lingered silently.
trash bin more often than not.
To combat boredom, I discovered my Kindle and
To lift the residents' spirits, BG suggested, on a
began voraciously reading the likes of Mary Kay
given Wednesday afternoon, that everyone be creative
Andrews, Mary Alice Monroe and Dorothea Benton and venture out on their balconies and patios to
Frank, S.C. authors espousing on the environment
wave, scream, and shout hello, cheering on their
and conservative issues within the realm of the
neighbors. I decided to roll up my bedroom windows,
Georgian sultry breezes, salty seas and the beauty
turn the volume up full blast on my Roland keyboard
and magic of the Carolina lowcountry.The fictional synthesizer and serenade my fellow human beings with
novels portrayed insights into family relationships
alluring music. I even got a toot from a distant driver!
with humor and tragedy.Walking the halls now was Five months later, my invisible audience continues to
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listen in on my Wednesday interludes.
? How to practice Aristotle's seventh virtue of
After months of encountering a restricted lifestyle, PATIENCE.
BG slowly returned to the following activities: off
? How to live with changes in life, challenging as they
campus trips; limited 15-person classes, with six-feet may be.
distancing; carry out from the Market Place Caf?;
? How to care for one another, and how to thank
assigned gym time slots; outside entry into Eliza's Attic; our healthcare workers, administrators and team
four-person gatherings.
members. (Our weekly sign waving cheering squads
In closing, I learned:
demonstrated to them our respect and love as they
? What leadership means to CEO Sarah Tipton.
arrived and departed the BG premises).
By viewing her daily virtual broadcasts, she not only I try to remind myself that my current way of life is
updates residents on the status of the coronavirus, but only temporary, firmly believing that in the future I will
directs her administration to adopt new and different return to some sense of normalcy.
ways to safely improve our lives while urgently
Oops, we just had an uptick in virus cases and have
committing to strategies to keep residents healthy. now all of our precautions are back in place!
? How to adjust to a much simpler lifestyle.
MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT/CEO By Sarah Tipton
The heat and humidity tell us that August is here. As we continue to adapt to the constant new challenges this pandemic throws at us, August brings the added reality of hurricane season - which has become all too immediate in recent days. It feels like the sarcastic, comic image someone sent me recently of a face from an old infomercial pointing straight at the camera saying that familiar phrase,"But wait, there's MORE." If only we could snap our fingers and turn the "more" into that bonus gift...if we just act now!
Everything is amplified these days. If we're fearful or discouraged or grieving, it is turned up to max volume. Thankfully, our experiences of grace, community, and love are amplified too. In these slowed-down days, we have more time to focus on how even the smallest ways we can lift one another up are deeply soothing to our souls. Truly, not a day goes by that I don't witness this and experience it personally. Everyone in this community is playing an important part in the journey, and we will emerge in strength because of the very unique and important gifts we each bring. Gifts like the lovely melodies we hear on Sundays at Brunch thanks to Talia. Gifts of phone calls and encouragement to a neighbor who is in the dreaded quarantine for one reason or another. The gift of a note for a team member ending a long hard shift, or residents who come out to show appreciation in the heat and say thank you in person. Gifts of incredible generosity in support of the BG mission and the Employee Appreciation fund. The comfort of the gift of hospitality, as Kanuga extends its mission arms to BG once again, inviting us to take refuge there in any storm that may come our way. Each and every gift is vital and necessary. If even one thread is missing, the fabric would surely tear. Most especially, I am thankful for the gift of shared hope through faith. Yesterday, over a snow cone, a team member described her family's tragic loss from this virus.When I winced and told her how deeply sorry I was for what she had been through, she lowered her mask to take a bite and I saw a bright smile. She said,"I'm still smiling. God is faithful. I am here.This is a good day." But wait, there is MORE.Yes, there are bonus gifts. Hope and faith and community are right here at BG. Caring for each other is how we "act now" to receive them.
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DOC TALK: THE MOSQUITO VS. CRISPR
By Dr. Jack Hisley
Mosquitoes have ruled the planet
there are restraints, excessive
for 190 million years. Serving as
population growth would eventually
vectors or carriers of disease seems
exceed food production, and
to be their only contribution to the
human life would not be sustainable
earth's biosphere. For the 200,000
because of famine, disease, and
years of man's existence, mosquitoes
endless wars. He concluded that
have harassed humankind, killing one
periodic catastrophes such as global
half of all humans who have ever
pandemics, extreme weather and
lived. Thankfully, of the 3500 species
destructive wars would provide
of mosquitoes on the planet, only
a more balanced ecosystem and
200 carry deadly viruses such as
prevent mankind from breeding
malaria, yellow fever, dengue fever,
himself into extinction. Professor
Zika fever, and Ebola, as well as St. Louis,Western
Malthus would most likely disapprove of our massive
Equine, and Japanese encephalitis.
broad scale efforts to permanently exterminate the
When ready to attack, the female mosquito hovers menace mosquito.
for approximately 10 seconds before locating a blood In 2012, American biochemist Dr. Jennifer Doudna
vessel and alighting. Sharp little blades saw the skin and her team of scientists at the University of
and puncture the blood vessel, thereby creating a
California at Berkeley discovered CRISPR (clustered
pathway for her syringe-like proboscis to extract a regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats).
small amount of blood. Her saliva, which contains an CRISPR is an ingenious technique that snips a section
anticoagulant to prevent the blood from clotting, is of DNA from a gene and replaces it with another
quickly deposited at the fresh puncture site to hasten "desirable" piece of DNA, thereby permanently
the extraction. If she is carrying a viral pathogen,
altering the genome and changing a particular species
it is carried in her saliva and is not actually injected forever. Currently, over 3,000 laboratories worldwide
into the blood vessel. Since the anticoagulant is an are working on CRISPR, which is also called "gene
allergen, a whelp on the victim's skin rapidly appears drive".
and itching soon follows.
The Bill Gates Foundation has invested a whopping
Mosquitoes are attracted to deodorants,
$75 million in support of gene drive technology.
perfumes, and, strangely enough, they seem to prefer By depleting or eliminating disease-transmitting
people with blood types A, B, and AB more than
mosquito populations, Gates hopes to eradicate
those with type O. Of all the virus carriers, the
malaria, a major cause of poverty in much of the
Anopheles, Aedes, and Culex mosquitoes are the
world. Targeted gene editing has the potential
most dangerous. Unfortunately, as the global climate to render the mosquito extinct in one or two
warms, mosquitoes have been steadily expanding their generations. The worrisome aspect of CRISPR is that
territory. In 2018, viruses carried by mosquitoes killed scientists have the ability to effect extinction of any
a staggering 830,000 people. In comparison, humans organism they choose. "With CRISPR, the DNA of
killing other humans accounted for 430,000 deaths, any organism, including humans, can be rearranged in
snake bites accounted for fewer than 50,000 deaths, endless ways. What are the unintended consequences
and only 10 people were killed by shark attacks in of gene editing?" Dr. Doudna asks. While genetic
the same year. Despite man's ongoing efforts to
manipulation may effectively eradicate biological
eradicate them, the mosquito has cleverly adapted disorders or undesirable traits, it could also be used
and survived. Charles Darwin once remarked, "It for eugenics, biological weapons, or a multitude
is not the strongest of the species that survives nor of other dark purposes. In 2016, James Clapper,
the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is Obama's Director of National Intelligence, warned
most adaptable to change."
that CRISPR should be considered a weapon of mass
In 1798, Thomas Malthus, an English cleric, scholar, destruction.
demographer, and economist, wrote an essay entitled If he were alive today,Thomas Malthus most
The Principle of the Population. He posited that unless likely would not approve of total extermination of
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the mosquito, as that action would forever alter the balance of nature's equilibrium. The advent of CRISPR "designer babies" has prompted controversy and heated debate around the world. While many scientists believe they can control complex genetics-editing outcomes, unintended results can certainly be made worse. At this time, science has no reason to believe that perfect outcomes can be successfully engineered all the time. The enormity of ethical questions generated by this evolving technology is, simply put, mind-boggling. As Dr. George Church, a scientist at Harvard University observed,"With CRISPR, the genie is already out of the bottle". Stay tuned.
WITCHCRAFT By Ray Houlihan
You might think I'm stuck in the 1690s and perhaps I am.While piracy was attempting to rule the waves, witchcraft was attempting to rule in Salem, Massachusetts. We know that pirates were after plunder and witches were after your mind and soul. It was a transitional time in world history, shortly before the advent of the "scientific method", which led to great changes in how people thought about practically everything. However, before that, magic, religion, and primitive ideas along with peculiar social norms dominated medieval "science." A recent book by Katherine Howe with the unusual title The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane brings witchcraft to the reader. The heroine of the book is a successful midwife and healer who enjoys her social positions and importance in the late 17th century. Unfortunately, in that day, witchcraft accusations were often accepted as truth. Jealousy supported the notion, allowing Satan to inhabit a person's mind while gaining control of their souls. The author introduces us to Constance Goodwin, who is about to become a PhD student and has chosen witchcraft and Deliverance Dane as the subjects of
her thesis. Deliverance Dane, because of her success, had become the object of jealousy and suspicions. She was accused of possessing satanic powers. Unfortunately, at the trial, the angry crowd intimidated the judge and the midwife was given a death sentence.
Moving into the 18th century, the world was about to change and part of it came with the advent of what was known as the "scientific method." The old world thought of earth, air, fire, and water to describe the universe, so the advance of science provided the impetus for far ranging discoveries. It didn't take much to discard witchcraft for greater enlightenment.
Katherine Howe's book is a combination of truth and fiction. In reality, the life of Deliverance Dane did not end on the gallows. She was released from prison after 13 weeks and was able to continue her works as a healer and midwife. Clearly, the author understood that the 17th century mind was a captive of its time and broader concepts were on the horizon. They finally came to full flower in 1775 when a new free country was born.Witchcraft represented the last gasp of the old world and the excitement contained in the Declaration of Independence suggested that minds were opening up to new possibilities. Deliverance Dane would have loved to have been a part of the revolution.
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