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FEATURES - October 2014 Publisher Advertising Opportunity Knox Staff

Creative ink Ed Snyder Laura Sanders Jennifer Palalay, Iva Pearlstein Tracy Whitaker, Kerry Weintraub, Nick Knight, Vanessa Schoenfelt, Michael Steinmacher

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Germans Live “das Gut” A look at German life in the USA.

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Germans Live “das Gut” Life in the USA By Iva Pearlstein

Most Americans are familiar with the traditional German Oktoberfest – even though it takes place in September. However, many are not aware that in 1983 President Ronald Regan declared October 6 as the first German-American Day. After a convincing campaign from German-American organizations, Congress designated October 6 as an official day of commemoration in 1987 and President Regan signed the proclamation. The date itself remembers the anniversary of the arrival of 13 German families who settled in Philadelphia in 1683. There they founded the community of Germantown, Pa., which still exists today as part of Philadelphia. German immigrants and their descendants have made huge contributions to American society over the centuries. Although the two main migratory waves took place in the late 1840s and from 1880-1889 due to revolutionary turmoil in Germany, Germans have continued to immigrate to the USA up to the present day. In his 1987 proclamation President Regan mentioned, “Our kindergartens, graduate schools, the social security system, and labor unions are all based on models from Germany.” The post-World War II American occupation of Germany has also played a notable role in bringing Germans to settle in the USA due to American Soldiers returning home with German spouses. Here on and around Fort Knox this trend is clearly visible. Fort Knox FMWR serves as an employer for quite a few long-term German spouses in the area. Gabriele Ruiz, Manager of ITR Leisure Travel originally met her husband in Nurnberg, Germany and relocated with him to the USA in 1991. She still has Family in her homeland and travels to visit once a year. When asked if there is anything she still misses, Ruiz replied, “Traditional foods, especially Brӧtchen (German bread rolls) and the ease of travel to foreign countries.” She mentioned she likes, “the wide open spaces in America and friendly people.” Keeping up with her native language has not been difficult thanks to the German community here and she finds it very useful being able to provide native language services to newly arriving German spouses. Manager of the FMWR Hansen Center Thrift Shop, Heidi Wadsworth has been in the USA since 1993 when she arrived with her American Soldier husband. Wadsworth doesn't especially knoxmwr.com

long for German food items because she has been able to find sufficient German grocery items in local shops. However she relates, “I still miss German cultural traditions including the fests, Christmas Markets, along with the more relaxed social life and leisure time in general.” Like Ruiz, Wadsworth likes the wide open spaces here but finds public transportation to be lacking in contrast to her native country. She has raised two children who are able to speak her mother tongue and are proud of their German heritage. “They were very excited and cheered on the German team as they played their way to victory at the recent World Cup Soccer Championship!” Elke Jones, Administrative Assistant for the FMWR Business Division married an American Soldier in 1991. After moving back and forth with him for various duty station changes which included an assignment in Grafenwӧhr, Germany, she settled permanently in the USA in 1998. A native of Cologne, Germany, Jones still misses her friends there, the city itself and its local beer – Kӧlsch. When asked about food, she mentioned a special variety of potato dumplings. Furthermore she adds, “There is nothing like the Carnival celebration in Cologne.” In agreement with her colleagues, Jones enjoys the vastness of the land here and also mentioned appreciating, “Friendly people and southern hospitality!” Maintaining language skills has been no problem for her thanks to local German friends and her mother's annual visits. Arriving in the USA with her American Soldier husband as a young bride from her native city of Bremen in 1985, Petra Morgan, Recreation Programmer for FMWR, has grown very accustomed to the American lifestyle. Ease of travel inside the USA appeals to Morgan and she also enjoys the convenience of the long shopping hours which are still not so prevalent in Germany. On her visits home she savors a traditional German Breakfast with Brӧtchen. Missing her native culture is not an issue for Morgan because she is able to speak her mother tongue almost every day with local German friends. Military PCS moves can be hard for anyone. Moving to the USA from another country can make a PCS move that much more difficult. Describing the experience of being married to an American Soldier and then immigrating to the USA, Ruiz summarizes, “It has been a very interesting and eventful life!” Source: www.german.about.com/od/teaching/a/geramday.htm 6

THRILLERS AND WALT LONGMIRE ON

TAP FOR OCTOBER AT BARR MEMORIAL LIBRARY

By Michael Steinmacher New York Times bestselling author Craig Johnson discusses and signs his short story anthology “Wait for Signs” October 22 at 12 p.m. at the Barr Memorial Library. The collection features Johnson’s unflappable Walt Longmire, who enforces law and order as the Sheriff of Absaroka County in Wyoming’s Big Sky Country. The character has appeared in eight acclaimed novels and was adapted for television by A&E. A limited number of complimentary copies of Johnson’s work will be available to Soldiers attending in uniform. “Wait for Signs” collects 12 Longmire stories for the first time and features an introduction by actor Lou Diamond Phillips, who plays Henry Standing Bear in the television series. The first short story, The Hillerman Award-winning “Old-Indian Trick,” was written some 10 years ago and is one of Longmire’s first appearances. Johnson annually writes a new Longmire short story that does not appear in any of the full-length novels. Johnson’s novels have attracted popular acclaim: Publishers Weekly called “The Dark Horse” one of its best books of the year; Library Journal labeled the New York Times bestselling “Hell is Empty” as Best Mystery of the Year. “The Cold Dish” was a Dilys Award finalist and “Death Without Company” was hailed as the Wyoming State Historical Association’s Book of the Year. “Another Man’s Moccasins” was the Western Writers of America’s Spur Award winner and the Mountains & Plains Independent Booksellers’ Book of the Year. “Junkyard Dogs” won the Watson Award for a mystery novel with the best sidekick. knoxmwr.com

The television series, which stars Robert Taylor as the titular character, is A&E’s most-watched original drama series of all time. The third season recently concluded on the network. A marathon of the first season of the television series will feature five episodes per week, beginning October 11 from 11 a.m. until 4 p.m. at the Barr Memorial Library. Copies of “Wait for Signs,” as well as other novels by Craig Johnson will be available for sale at the event. Soldiers attending in uniform may receive a complimentary copy of one of Johnson’s works. David Bell, author of “Never Come Back” and “Cemetery Girl,” discusses and signs his new thriller “The Forgotten Girl” October 15 at 6 p.m. as part of the Barr Memorial Library Authors at Your Library series. Bell’s previous books, “Never Come Back,” “The Hiding Place” and “Cemetery Girl,” are acclaimed by Suspense Magazine, who calls him “one of the brightest and best crime fiction writers of our time;” Publishers Weekly and The New York Times have lauded his work. Nelson DeMille, a #1 New York Times bestselling author, says that “Bell understands the hearts and minds of ordinary and not so ordinary people, and his keen insights add a powerful dimension to his crisp writing.” Bell is an associate professor of English at Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green. He received an MA in creative writing from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, and a Ph.D. in American Literature and creative writing from the University of Cincinnati. Copies of “The Forgotten Girl” will be available for sale at the event.

For more details, call (502) 624-1232 or visit online at www.barrlibrary.org. 8

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