Cooperative Living July 2018 - 7

HistoryMystery
The theme for this
Our May 2018 History Mystery subject was
year's column is
" Famous People
Born in Virginia. " You
are invited to submit
your guess as to the
identity of the person
pictured in each issue
and submit it in
writing, along with
your name, address and
phone number, via mail to History Mystery, c/o
Cooperative Living, P.O. Box 2340, Glen Allen, VA
23058-2340 or guess online at www.co-opliving.com
under " Contests. " The deadline for this month's entries
is July 18. Correct entries will be placed in a drawing
and the winner announced in the September 2018
issue. The winner will receive a check for $25. n
from head-in-hands despair to laughing
out loud after spending 10 minutes with
a dog. People who were otherwise
unresponsive in the hospital have
responded to the presence of the dog. A
nursing home resident's pain levels subsided
enough to allow him to sleep after sharing
a nap with the dog. There are times when
the dogs know who needs them, even if
that person doesn't realize it.
 DO YOU KNOW WHO THIS IS?
George C. Scott (1927-1999). Born in Wise
County, his mother died when he was 7. He
was raised in Detroit, where his father was an
executive at Buick. He wanted to be a writer
like his favorite author, F. Scott Fitzgerald,
and while serving in the Marines from 19451949
taught English literature and public
speaking at the Marine Corps Institute. Scott
became interested in drama while attending
the University of Missouri, graduating in 1953
with degrees in English and theater. In
addition to his stage work, Scott became
best known for his portrayal of Gen. George Patton in the film
Patton, as Ebenezer Scrooge in Clive Donner's 1984 film, A
Christmas Carol, and as Gen. Buck Turgidson in Stanley Kubrick's
movie Dr. Strangelove. He was the first actor to refuse an
Academy Award (for Patton in 1970) and believed that every
dramatic performance was unique and could not be compared
to others.
Reader Clara Johnson of Farmville was our $25 winner.
Congratulations, Clara!
We do a lot of obedience training with
our dogs, but you can't train the empathy
the dogs exhibit. I could talk about these
amazing dogs all day, but you get the
picture. For me as the handler, I am in
awe of what the dogs can do, and humbled
that I get to be a part of their service. We
as handlers are mostly a necessary
appendage at the end of the leash, and
the dogs' chauffeurs, but we willingly
take the dogs anywhere we are needed.
- Sue Smith
Haymarket
LETTER'S TONE, CONTENT
DISAPPOINTED READER
I occasionally enjoy the articles in
Cooperative Living about interesting
regional " hidden gems " throughout the
state that I've called home since 1993,
and where I can trace my ancestors back
to the 1700s.
When I read the Mailbag letter titled
" Electoral College Debate Grows Tiresome "
in the June issue, I was surprised and
disappointed to read such divisive
political opinions about red and blue
voting trends, urban area " consumers, "
rural area " producers " and other
constitutional commentary.
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I thought this was a publication meant
to be light, sometimes interesting and
instructive and enjoyable, but NOT
political. But, I found this letter to be
opinionated, uninformed and divisive.
Regarding the number of counties
" won " by Trump, the author is quoting
nearly verbatim from a 2016 email
widely circulated via social media. And,
according to FactCheck.org (a wellrespected
non-profit project of the
Annenberg Public Policy Center), " The
Associated Press debunked the claim that
Clinton only won 57 counties across the
country in an article published Dec. 6. "
Further, I know many " rural Virginians "
who DID NOT vote red. I believe the recent
election for governor proved that Virginia
has many rural areas that vote blue!
And while all history lessons are
somewhat biased, I am confident that
Virginia teachers check their sources and
try NOT to teach political propaganda as
" historical fact. " I do hope that, in the
future, Cooperative Living will avoid
printing such divisive political opinions
in today's volatile environment.
- Barbara Aikens
Spotsylvania
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