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4 Breast CancerAwareness MonthTake action and commit toearly detection.

5 Breakfast Fit for a Kingor a PrincessMWR’s Character Breakfast.

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

8 Thrillers and Walt LongmireWhat’s on tap for Octoberat Barr Memorial Library.

10 Don’t Sweat the PressureTips for this year’s Halloweencostumes.

11 October Calendarof Events

14 Adult HalloweenParty IdeasGreat recipes to spice up yourparty this Halloween.

19 Event Program Guide

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Publisher Creative inkAdvertising Ed SnyderOpportunity Knox Staff Laura Sanders

Jennifer Palalay, Iva Pearlstein Tracy Whitaker, Kerry Weintraub, Nick Knight,

Vanessa Schoenfelt, Michael Steinmacher

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The purpose of Opportunity Knox is to provide current informationabout Fort Knox Family and MWR activities and events and to shareideas that will help readers become educated about Fort Knox Family and MWR activities. Views and opinions expressed are thoseof the authors. The mention or appearance of commercial advertis-ers, commercial sponsors, and/or their logos does not constitute endorsement by the Federal Government or the U.S. Army. The information in this issue is current at the time of publication.Activities and events are subject to change without notice.

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By Iva Pearlstein

Most Americans are familiar with the traditional German Oktoberfest – even thoughit takes place in September. However, many arenot aware that in 1983 President Ronald Regandeclared October 6 as the first German-Amer-ican Day. After a convincing campaign fromGerman-American organizations, Congressdesignated October 6 as an official day of commemoration in 1987 and President Regansigned the proclamation. The date itself remembers the anniversary of the arrival of 13German families who settled in Philadelphia in1683. There they founded the community ofGermantown, Pa., which still exists today aspart of Philadelphia.

German immigrants and their descendantshave 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, Germanshave continued to immigrate to the USA up to the present day. In his1987 proclamation President Regan mentioned, “Our kindergartens, graduate schools, the social security system, and labor unions are allbased 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 homewith German spouses.

Here on and around Fort Knox this trend is clearly visible. Fort KnoxFMWR serves as an employer for quite a fewlong-term German spouses in the area.Gabriele Ruiz, Manager of ITR Leisure Traveloriginally met her husband in Nurnberg, Germany and relocated with him to the USA in1991. She still has Family in her homeland andtravels to visit once a year. When asked if thereis anything she still misses, Ruiz replied, “Traditional foods, especially Brӧtchen (German bread rolls) and the ease of travel toforeign countries.” She mentioned she likes,“the wide open spaces in America and friendlypeople.” Keeping up with her native languagehas not been difficult thanks to the Germancommunity here and she finds it very usefulbeing able to provide native language servicesto newly arriving German spouses.

Manager of the FMWR Hansen Center ThriftShop, Heidi Wadsworth has been in the USAsince 1993 when she arrived with her AmericanSoldier husband. Wadsworth doesn't especially

long for German food items because she hasbeen able to find sufficient German groceryitems in local shops. However she relates, “I still miss German cultural traditions including the fests, Christmas Markets, alongwith the more relaxed social life and leisuretime in general.” Like Ruiz, Wadsworth likesthe wide open spaces here but finds publictransportation to be lacking in contrast to hernative country. She has raised two children whoare able to speak her mother tongue and areproud of their German heritage. “They werevery excited and cheered on the German teamas they played their way to victory at the recent World Cup Soccer Championship!”

Elke Jones, Administrative Assistant for theFMWR Business Division married an AmericanSoldier in 1991. After moving back and forthwith him for various duty station changes whichincluded an assignment in Grafenwӧhr, Germany, she settled permanently in the USAin 1998. A native of Cologne, Germany, Jonesstill 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 isnothing like the Carnival celebration in Cologne.” In agreement withher colleagues, Jones enjoys the vastness of the land here and alsomentioned appreciating, “Friendly people and southern hospitality!”Maintaining language skills has been no problem for her thanks to localGerman friends and her mother's annual visits.

Arriving in the USA with her American Soldier husband as a youngbride from her native city of Bremen in 1985,Petra Morgan, Recreation Programmer forFMWR, has grown very accustomed to theAmerican lifestyle. Ease of travel inside theUSA appeals to Morgan and she also enjoysthe convenience of the long shopping hourswhich are still not so prevalent in Germany. Onher visits home she savors a traditional GermanBreakfast with Brӧtchen. Missing her native culture is not an issue for Morgan because sheis able to speak her mother tongue almostevery day with local German friends.

Military PCS moves can be hard for anyone.Moving to the USA from another country canmake a PCS move that much more difficult.Describing the experience of being married toan American Soldier and then immigrating tothe USA, Ruiz summarizes, “It has been a veryinteresting and eventful life!”

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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 andorder as the Sheriff of Absaroka County inWyoming’s Big SkyCountry. The characterhas appeared in eight acclaimed novels andwas adapted for televi-sion by A&E. A limitednumber of complimen-tary copies of Johnson’swork will be available to Soldiers attending inuniform.

“Wait for Signs” collects12 Longmire stories forthe first time and featuresan introduction by actorLou Diamond Phillips,who plays Henry Stand-ing Bear in the televisionseries. The first shortstory, The HillermanAward-winning “Old-In-dian Trick,” was writtensome 10 years ago and isone of Longmire’s first appearances. Johnson annually writes a new Longmireshort story that does not appear in any of the full-length novels.

Johnson’s novels have attracted popular acclaim: Publishers Weeklycalled “The Dark Horse” one of itsbest books of the year; LibraryJournal labeled the New YorkTimes bestselling “Hell is Empty”as Best Mystery of the Year.“The Cold Dish” was a DilysAward finalist and “Death Without Company” was hailedas the Wyoming State Historical Association’s Bookof the Year. “Another Man’sMoccasins” was the West-ern Writers of America’sSpur Award winner and the Mountains & Plains Independent Booksellers’Book of the Year. “Junkyard Dogs” wonthe Watson Award for a

mystery novel with the best sidekick.

The television series, which stars Robert Taylor as the titular character, is A&E’smost-watched original drama series of all time. The third season recently con-cluded on the network.

A marathon of the first season of the television series will feature five episodesper week, beginning October 11 from 11 a.m. until 4 p.m. at the Barr Memo-rial Library.

Copies of “Wait for Signs,” as well as other novels by Craig Johnson will beavailable for sale at the event. Soldiers attending in uniform may receive a com-plimentary copy of one of Johnson’s works.

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

David Bell, author of “Never ComeBack” and “Cemetery Girl,” discusses and signs his new thriller“The Forgotten Girl” October 15 at6 p.m. as part of the Barr Memorial Library Authors at Your Library series.

Bell’s previous books, “Never ComeBack,” “The Hiding Place” and“Cemetery Girl,” are acclaimed bySuspense Magazine, who calls him“one of the brightest and best crimefiction writers of our time;” Publishers Weekly and The NewYork Times have lauded his work.Nelson DeMille, a #1 New YorkTimes bestselling author, says that

“Bell understands the hearts andminds of ordinary and not so ordinary people, and his keen insights add a powerful dimensionto his crisp writing.”

Bell is an associate professor ofEnglish at Western KentuckyUniversity in Bowling Green.He received an MA in creative writing from MiamiUniversity in Oxford, Ohio,and a Ph.D. in AmericanLiterature and creativewriting from the University of Cincinnati.

Copies of “The Forgotten Girl” willbe available for saleat the event.

THRILLERS AND WALT LONGMIREON TAP FOR OCTOBER AT BARR MEMORIAL LIBRARY

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