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January 2013
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A Woman with 2 Birthdays Transplant Recipient Helps Others through Book and Organ-Donation Advocacy By Lori Van Ingen Chronic kidney disease affects one in nine Americans, and millions more are at risk. More than 105,000 people are on the National Kidney Transplant List in the United States. “Every day, 18 people die while waiting for a transplant of a vital organ, such as a heart, liver, kidney, pancreas, lung, or bone marrow,” said Carole Fair, an organ-donation advocate with the Kidney Foundation of Central Pennsylvania for nearly two years. Because of the lack of available donors in this country, 4,573 kidney patients, 1,506 liver patients, 371 heart patients, and 234 lung patients died in 2008 while waiting for a lifesaving organ transplant, Fair noted. “I’m hoping that with more awareness of transplantation and the generosity of others, these numbers could certainly decline,” said Fair, who recently spoke at events at Holy Spirit Hospital and Hershey Antique Auto Association. Fair is a circuit speaker at civic clubs, women’s organizations, and churches. She helps people become aware of transplantation, clears up misconceptions, and promotes organ donation in general. “I get asked the most basic questions, like, ‘Where is my kidney located?’ and ‘Is the old kidney removed during a transplant?’” said Fair, who also is a please see ADVOCACY page 6 Kidney transplant recipient Carole Fair is now an author as well as an active organ-donation advocate with the Kidney Foundation of Central Pennsylvania.
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The Search for Our Ancestry
Citizenship and Naturalization Angelo Coniglio rom the earliest days of the United States of America, citizenship was an important status for its residents, allowing individuals the freedom to live and work in the country, to enter and leave as desired, and to vote and hold public office. My next two columns will discuss citizenship and naturalization, and how information regarding that status can help in genealogical research. When the 13 colonies became the United States, under Article IV of the new Constitution, the existing citizens of each colony (state) automatically were entitled to all privileges and immunities of the citizens of every other state, including citizenship in the United States. After the Constitution was ratified in 1788, persons born within the territorial limits of the United States qualified as citizens. This is known as
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citizenship, similar to naturalization of immigrants. I can’t let this pass without commenting on the injustice of the fact that indigenous peoples, born in the land of their ancestors, could not be citizens of the United States until 14 years after the Revolution. In 1920, women, already citizens in every other capacity, were granted the right to vote. In 1922 and 1923, first Japanese and then immigrants from India were prohibited from being naturalized. Then the Immigration Act of 1924 limited the annual number of immigrants from any country to 2 percent of the number of people from that country who were living in the U.S. in 1890. This essentially reduced to a trickle the immigration from southern and eastern Europe (Italy, Poland, etc.), while 86 percent of those admitted were from northern European countries like
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Germany, Britain, and Ireland. Needless to say, if people couldn’t immigrate, neither could they be naturalized. These quotas remained in place until 1965. Various laws were passed over the years to allow Filipinos, Native Americans, and other immigrants to gain naturalization or ease citizenship requirements for those who served in the U.S. military. In 1947, barriers to the Native American vote were removed, and
in 1952, the McCarran-Walter Act granted all people of Asian ancestry the right to become citizens. In 1965, the Hart-Celler Act abolished the national origins quota system that was established in 1924, replacing it with a preference system that focused on immigrants’ skills and family relationships with U.S. citizens or residents. How do these facts about citizenship and naturalization impact genealogical
research? In many cases, the impact is negative; that is, it precludes finding certain information about some ancestors. For example, voter registration lists exist for many communities and jurisdictions; however, before you spend time searching such lists for an ancestor, be sure he or she held the right to vote during the period you’re researching. Also, early censuses may have listed solely white male landowners by name, giving only a simple count of women,
children, or slaves in a household. A future column will discuss ways of using census data about naturalization to further genealogical research. Angelo Coniglio encourages readers to contact him by writing to 438 Maynard Drive, Amherst, N.Y. 14226; by email at Genealogytips@aol.com; or by visiting www.conigliofamily.com/ConiglioGenealogy Tips.htm. His new historical fiction novel, The Lady of the Wheel, is available through Amazon.com.
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Big Plays on Display at the Pro Football Hall of Fame
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f you like vintage architecture interactive displays featuring game uniforms from the Pro Bowl as well from the 1960s, you’ll like the footage and player videos, the as equipment and apparel worn by surroundings of the Pro Football Lamar Hunt Super Bowl exhibition Walter Payton, Joe Namath, and Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio. gallery with the Vince Lombardi Dan Marino, among others. The The building was ultra-modern trophy on display, the Super Bowl exhibits also focus on the impact of in its day with its interior spiral ring display (for the jewelry lover in stars like O.J. Simpson and the ramp (like the one designed by the family), and the popular Hall of Buffalo Bills’ Electric Company. Frank Lloyd Wright for the Fame gallery. Some displays show a player’s Guggenheim Museum in New York While the Super Bowl ring love of the game by focusing on City), glass curtain wall (a nod to display was one of my favorites great plays made by Chicago Bears the urban office-building (who doesn’t like all those running back Brian Piccolo or architecture of Mies van der Rohe diamonds?), the Hall of Fame Dallas Cowboy Troy Aikman. And, and Philip Johnson), and footballgallery speaks to the core of the Hall who could forget the famous shaped roofline Immaculate Reception indicative of midmade by Pittsburgh century modern Steelers fullback Franco American Harris (a fellow Penn architecture. Stater) on Dec. 23, Canton, Ohio, 1972? The museum, was chosen as the through its diverse site for the Hall of exhibits, shows visitors Fame for many the heart of the game reasons. However, of football. we focus on I discovered one last football’s legacy interesting thing about there as opposed sports museums during to some other my visit to the Pro locale because of Football Hall of Fame. the Native No matter how much American athlete information is available Exhibition Gallery at the Pro Football Hall of Fame, Canton, Ohio. named Jim to a visitor in a sports Thorpe, who museum, fans always signed a football search for more. I of Fame. The gallery houses contract there. Thorpe, the star of noticed many visitors standing in interactive displays and an the 1912 Olympic Games, signed front of very good, informative impressive assemblage of fine-art his first contract to play football displays—even interactive bronze portrait busts of the Hall of with the Canton Bulldogs in 1915. displays—who were still searching Fame inductees through the years. While the vintage building is for additional stats on their cell good looking, the museum is in the The bronze busts are the work of phones. I even found myself doing Utah sculptor Blair Buswell and midst of completing a major it. they capture the likeness of each construction/ As a former museum curator and football great. As a display, the expansion project to host more director, I bet you think I’d be football fans. The completion of the gallery is awe inspiring as visitors appalled by this but, in fact, I think search for their favorite Hall of museum expansion will coincide when a museum’s displays prompt th Famer. with the Hall of Fame’s 50 visitors to find out more, that’s a anniversary in 2013. The new At the Pro Football Hall of Fame, pretty cool and quite interactive facilities will not only host a world exhibits trace the history of museum. Plan a visit. of football fans, but they will also professional football with unique Ph.D. antiques appraiser, author, and offer the Ralph Wilson Jr. Football objects like the Baltimore Colts award-winning TV personality, Dr. Lori Research and Preservation Center, marching band’s bass drum, press presents antique appraisal events the researchers’ reading room, an wood posters announcing the 1962 nationwide. Dr. Lori is the expert event center, and a meeting room. AFL championship game between appraiser on the hit TV show Auction In addition, there will be the Houston Oilers and the Dallas Kings on Discovery channel, which airs exhibition galleries focusing on the Texans, and early helmets worn by Wednesdays at 10 p.m. Visit history of the game dating back to various players. www.DrLoriV.com, www.Facebook.com/ the early 1900s, state-of-the-art The exhibits highlight player DoctorLori, or call (888) 431-1010.
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Do You Collect, Clutter, or Hoard? Walt Sonneville ollect, clutter, or hoard. Which best describes your habits relating to storing your “stuff ” (to use the descriptor popularized in a monologue by satirist George Carlin)? If you collect, you probably are normal if you do not clutter excessively. If you clutter within reason, you may be near average in orderliness. If you admit to hoarding, medical professionals recommend you promptly seek psychological help. In his skit, Carlin said: “A house is a place to keep your stuff while you go out and get more stuff.” It’s true. We do keep adding to our stuff. That may help explain why the average house in our nation is larger than the average three decades ago, while the number of dwellers per average household declined slightly. The median square footage per household increased from 1,488 in 1980
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to 1,769 in 2007, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. At the same time the mean average of persons per household fell from 2.76 to 2.56. Bigger homes have not solved our storage needs. The Self-Storage Association, which represents 46,500 self-storage facilities, claims that 10 percent of U.S. households rent a selfstorage unit, up from 6 percent in 1995. These units, at December 2009, had a combined space of 2.22 billion square feet, seven times as much as existed at
the end of 1995. For comparison, the square footage of the island of Manhattan is only 20 percent as large. After reading the examples that follow, you may conclude that, by comparison, you are a moderate collector or moderate hoarder. Collectors acquire a category of items, such as Barbie dolls, old beer cans, or baseball cards. Comedian Jay Leno reportedly has a collection of approximately 200 automobiles. Should this be regarded as an example of a normal collector or of a private-museum
curator? His automobile-insurance premiums alone must cost a fortune. Sigmund Freud was a collector of antiquities—items older than mere antiques—cluttering his office with an overabundance of them. Some of the very rich may be compulsive collectors of money if their life experience is virtually limited to acquiring more and more wealth. Ida Mayfield Wood was wealthy, but miserly. She did not seek more wealth. Her objective was to hoard money. She lived as a recluse in a New York City hotel from 1907, at which time she withdrew her fortune from banks, until 1931. When authorities examined her apartment, they found approximately $900,000 in cash. Bills of high denominations were stored on the floors please see CLUTTER page 9
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kidney transplant recipient. Fair said her new kidney is in the right lower quadrant of her stomach, attached to the artery in the leg and bladder. “If you have uncontrollable hypertension, they will remove the (old) kidney, but I only had mild hypertension, so mine wasn’t removed,” she said. She also gets asked how it feels to have someone else’s kidney. But Fair doesn’t think of it that way, she said. She only thinks about how good it is to no longer be on dialysis, 10 hours every night, seven days a week. “I’m so glad to be rid of it because of the donation,” Fair said. “Many think of it as their new birth date. Mine was Feb. 21, 2011. It’s a new life.” Organ transplants are based on supply and demand and, currently, the demand is far greater than the available supply, Fair said. When there were no airbags in cars and fewer people were saved from accidents, there were more cadavers available. But because airbags are saving lives, those cadavers are no longer an option for transplantations. Therefore, organ donors are needed more than ever before. In 1987, those in need of a kidney transplant only had to wait seven months after first being placed on the transplant list, Fair said. But by 2012, the wait had lengthened to four to six years. Twelve thousand people meet the criteria for needing a kidney transplant, but fewer than half get donors. “That statistic really struck home,” Fair said. Transplant recipients are looking more and more to living donors since people can live with only one of their two kidneys. At Harrisburg Hospital, more than 50 percent of kidney transplants are due to living donors, Fair said, quoting Dr. Harold Yang, a hospital surgeon who helped save her life. While kidney disease can be from hypertension, diabetes, or polycystic kidney disease, Fair’s kidney problem stemmed from a birth defect in her sphincter muscle. “There was a surgery that could be done by age 5,” she said, but her diagnosis at age 21 put her well beyond that point, and her kidneys slowly deteriorated over the years. Fair began journaling about her experiences with kidney disease in September 2007. By the fall of 2010, she needed to go on dialysis, and she continued writing. “I had no idea if I would even receive a kidney, and if I did, how would I get through the surgery? The recovery period? Would there be a happy ending? All these
questions remained unanswered,” Fair said. “Although I had excellent medical care ... I could not have gotten through this time in my life without my faith,” Fair said. “Faith is a choice—it comes from the heart. You either want to believe or you don’t. I so believed in God and knew that he would see me through this most difficult time. After all, (God) is the physician of all physicians.” Fair’s earlier kindness to a young girl reaped benefits to not only herself, but another kidney transplant recipient as well. Because Fair had sponsored Janette “Jay” Diaz into Milton Hershey School, Diaz wanted to repay her kindness by donating her kidney to Fair. But after testing, the two weren’t a match. Instead, they were put on the Paired Donor List for a live match. Diaz matched a woman in Pittsburgh, and that woman’s friend, Marlane, matched Fair for a fourway swap. “So exciting!” Fair said. On Feb. 21, 2011, Marlane’s kidney was flown from the Thomas E. Starzl Transplant Institute of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center to Harrisburg Hospital, where Fair was waiting for the lifesaving surgery. After an excellent recovery, Fair decided to compile her journal entries and craft them into a book, Transplanted to Better Health. “I wanted to offer hope and encouragement to patients who were suffering from kidney failure, or anyone suffering from a serious illness in general,” Fair said. In her memoir, Fair describes the good and bad days, the ups and downs of dialysis treatment, waiting for a lifesaving kidney transplant, and the road to recovery. “My story will be familiar for anyone who has been down the road with kidney failure, and will uplift and empower those who are just setting foot on that path,” she said. “My book is like one patient talking to another patient.” But what sets Fair’s book apart from others is the details in her journals that only a person with a medical background would include. Fair is a medical technician who worked in a doctor’s office. A signed copy of Fair’s book may be purchased from Fair by emailing her at transplanted44@hotmail.com or through Amazon.com as a book or an e-book. To receive a signed copy, send a check payable to Fair Book Publishing for $18, which includes shipping, to: FBP, 1522 Collingdale Circle, Mechanicsburg, PA 17050. To engage Fair as a speaker, contact her at the above email address. www.50plusSeniorNewsPA.com
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Travel Appetizers: Stories that Whet the Appetite for Travel
Pirates and More in Tampa captain disembarks and approaches the mayor, demanding the key to the city of Tampa. The mayor complies; the party can begin. Tampa’s annual pirate fest, which will take place this year on Jan. 26, honors José Gaspar, the bold buccaneer who, in the late 1700s and early 1800s, captured hundreds of ships off the coast of Florida. Today the Gasparilla Festival has become a major event, and the stolen treasure is being returned in the form of tourist dollars. Gasparilla combines the legend of Gaspar with the magic of Mardi Gras. Following their successful takeover of the city, the merry pirates (a.k.a., civic leaders who are members of Ye Mystic Krewe of Gasparilla) strut through downtown in true swashbuckling style, accompanied by more than 100 floats and marching bands. At the same time, merrymakers fill the streets, where there’s nonstop
By Andrea Gross “There it is!” The child who is standing next to me jumps up and down, accompanying each jump with an ear-splitting shriek. I look in the direction he is pointing. It is indeed a scream-worthy sight. There, sailing toward us, in a slow but steady manner, is a giant pirate ship, with masts that pierce the sky and bright flags that wave in the breeze. The name of the ship is emblazoned on its side: José Gasparilla. The deck is crowded with hundreds of men, some with black triangular hats adorned with a skulland crossbones insignia, others with colorful rag-wrapped turbans. The men blast cannons, brandish swords, and whoop and holler as the ship, surrounded by a flotilla of small boats, prepares to invade the city of Tampa. The ship docks and the pirate
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from page 7 Ybor City is a National Historic District that commemorates the city’s Latin heritage.
Honoring Our Veterans at the Holidays From left, Diane Witman, Jan Creitz, and Linda Jacobs of Tel Hai’s health care center recently took part in Wreaths Across America, an event that honors fallen soldiers. Columbia Restaurant, established in 1905, is Florida’s oldest restaurant.
Hand-rolled cigars are still made in Ybor City.
The annual Wreaths Across America event was observed at veterans’ cemeteries nationwide in December. At Indiantown Gap National Cemetery in Annville, Pa., more than 5,500 wreaths were placed on the graves of soldiers. Tel Hai health care center staff member Linda Jacobs and her husband, Roger—acting as part of the 11member nonprofit organization Iron
Horse Helpers—raised funds to purchase 20 percent of the wreaths used to decorate the graves this year. Jacobs was joined by fellow Tel Hai staffers Jan Creitz and Diane Witman for the event. The American Legion of Morgantown purchased the wreaths and sponsored a bus trip to allow members to participate in the wreath-laying event.
Toy Drive a Success
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The Kennett Area Senior Center recently sponsored a drive to secure toys for needy children through the “Toys for the Hood” program. The House of Original Dreams (The Hood) is located at 530 E. Union Street, Suite 3, in West Chester, Pa. Its
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entertainment and an abundance of food stands. The partying continues until 10 p.m., at which time the victorious pirates retreat, letting Tampa return to the 21st century. Of course, Tampa is more than pirates. Its attractions include great beaches (nearby St. Pete Beach was voted No. 1 by TripAdvisor), a temperate climate (average summer temps are in the low 80s; average winter ones are in the low 60s), and a historic district that reflects the city’s Latin heritage. We start our exploration in Ybor City (pronounced EE-bore), the historic neighborhood named after the Cuban cigar manufacturer who made the region a mecca for hardworking immigrants. Less than 100 years after Gaspar pillaged the region, workers from Cuba were joined by workers of other nationalities, and together they produced approximately 700 million hand-rolled cigars a year. Today the area is filled with eclectic shops and trendy nightclubs, but traces of the past remain. Old, red-brick buildings with wrought-iron grillwork line streets bordered with spindly palms; master cigar rollers continue to practice their craft; and the Columbia Restaurant, Florida’s oldest and the world’s largest Spanish restaurant, features a full array of Cuban food, as well as the “original Cuban sandwich” (a long loaf of soft, white bread filled with layers of ham, roast pork, Swiss cheese, pickles, and mustard). Walking through the restaurant is almost as interesting as tasting its food. Amidst the wrought iron and bright tiles,
there’s a royal dining room, a Spanish courtyard, and a flamenco nightclub. The Tampa Bay History Center, a 60,000-square-foot facility that opened in January 2009, tells us more about Ybor City and the entire Tampa Bay region. Various exhibits highlight people from the Seminole Indians and Spanish conquistadors to the “cowmen and crackers” who were part of Florida’s cattle-ranching past. To see a bit of Tampa’s natural history, we go to the 240-acre Lettuce Lake Park, so named because the surrounding greenery reminded folks of a lunchtime salad. Rather than renting a canoe or kayak, we pick up a map and brochure at the visitors center and explore on foot. There are 3,500 feet of boardwalk, more than a mile of paved pathways, and an abundance of well-maintained nature trails that lead us though groves of cypress and ferns and past two alligators, a few turtles, and an untold number of birds. That evening we arrive early for our flight home and are relaxing at the mojito bar when a gentleman tells us that the best place to see a Florida sunset is from the top of the airport parking garage. We take the elevator to the top floor and there, against a red sky, we can almost see a fully rigged pirate ship sailing into the bay. With a smile and a toast to José Gaspar, we go down to catch our plane. www.visittampabay.com Photos © Irv Green; story by Andrea Gross (www.andreagross.com).
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of the bathroom and living room, substantial cash was kept in pots and pans, and stock certificates were squirreled away in her bed. Clutter is a common indulgence. It occurs when items “prevent any part of the inside or outside of a dwelling to be used for its intended purpose,” according to the Department of Health and Human Services in Montgomery County, Md. (Fibber McGee’s stuffed closet is an example.) Beethoven cluttered his living quarters to the point he could be said to have lived slovenly. Keeping a neat household, while writing some of the world’s greatest music, apparently were mutually exclusive capabilities for this genius. Will Cuppy, a writer of articles for the New Yorker magazine and author of several zany books, including his bestknown work, The Decline and Fall of Practically Everybody, can be regarded as a collector who severely cluttered, not a hoarder. His apartment was filled with books stored for his research. Any space in the bathroom, kitchen, even the refrigerator, was subject to book storage. The collection represented a readily accessible research resource, not a pathological compulsion. When he died, they found more than 15,000 note cards comprising his reference file. He differs from the hoarding compulsion of Ida Mayfield Wood, who used the cash she stored only to maintain her impoverished lifestyle. Herb Block, the famed political cartoonist for the Washington Post who went by the penname “Herblock,” had an office that an assistant once described as “an organized disaster.” He was not considered a slob but, rather, “an information hoarder” (Washington Post, Oct. 19, 2011). Hoarders take collections past the
threshold of eccentricity and into the realm of psychosis. Susan Hoskins, executive director of the Princeton (N.J.) Senior Resource Center and its hoarding task force, was quoted in the AARP Bulletin (Feb. 4, 2011) stating: “As a therapist I have found very few things that are as difficult to treat, and so hard for people to give up.” The behavior of hoarders is so bizarre it is frequently detailed in the press. The two most publicized types of hoarders are the reclusive wealthy and animal hoarders. The former have been found in mansions filled with debris while the latter have an insatiable compulsion to keep dozens of cats or dogs. The Collyer brothers, Homer and Langley, lived in a New York City mansion filled with 136 tons of junk and trash. In 1947 Langley was fatally crushed as one of the piles collapsed. Homer, trapped by the fall and unable to move, died of starvation. The hoarded items included 10 grand pianos, kept because the brothers believed “they all have such different tonal effects.” In 1971 Jackie Kennedy’s aunt Edith Beale, and Edith’s daughter Edie, were found living in a 28-room mansion filled with junk and debris. Kennedy came to their rescue, paying $32,000 to remove more than 1,000 bags of garbage, clean with 40 gallons of germicide, and install a new furnace and plumbing. There seems to be a lesson here to not patronize all relatives residing in mansions. Walt Sonneville, a retired market-research analyst, is the author of My 22 Cents’ Worth: The Higher-Valued Opinion of a Senior Citizen and A Musing Moment: Meditative Essays on Life and Learning, books of personal-opinion essays, free of partisan and sectarian viewpoints. Contact him at waltsonneville@earthlink.net.
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Volunteer Spotlight Couple Contributes to Community Life Bill and Carol Morling were recently recognized as noteworthy volunteers by Keeli Looper, director of volunteer services on Tel Hai’s campus. Raised and educated in Illinois, Bill’s career as computer center director at several public and private universities took them across the country through the years. Their travels included Ohio, Illinois, Indiana, Nebraska, and Virginia. Carol, a nurse, easily found employment as they moved about the country. A family friend who was a Tel Hai resident introduced them to the community; they made the move in 2010 from Richmond, Va. Since that time they have become deeply involved in a variety of volunteer roles. “Volunteering has always been the
route we took member of when getting the to know a new technology community,” committee, Carol said. offering basic They assist and the marketing advanced department computer through education to special events residents. He and tours and also assumes act as a responsibility resource to for visiting seniors presentations through the on site and Carol and Bill Morling, Tel Hai residents since 2010, Peer to Peer supports have been recognized by the Volunteer Services committee. Department for their dedication and cheerful service resident Bill serves celebrations to others on campus. as the life by enrichment committee chairman and is a formatting program content—and even
drives the campus shuttle. Carol volunteers at the reception desk in the community center and maintains the new resident photo album. She also assists with many computer-based projects for the information technology department, plays flute during chapel services and for special events, and assists with fundraisers and periodic coffeehouses on site. Their keen interests in people and service are also expressed in their participation in the Buddy System, welcoming new residents to campus; the disaster assistance team; and Canine Partners for Life. Bill and Carol Morling have been acknowledged as fine examples of heartfelt service to others with this citation for their efforts at Tel Hai.
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Salute to a Veteran
He Spent Many 2-Month Tours Under the Sea Robert D. Wilcox s he grew up in Corning, N.Y., Bill Landis saw a future for himself as an electrical engineer. So after he graduated from high school in 1967, he went to work at a Central Pennsylvania RCA plant, working on jobs as technically complex as creating the camera used on the Apollo missions to the moon. He had a low number in the military draft, however, and he knew that he would soon be called into the military. So he decided to join the Navy, where he could hope to be part of the Navy’s program of rapidly converting to nuclear propulsion for its submarines. He didn’t know at the time how difficult that would be. But he was soon to find out. Upon enlisting, he was called to active duty in 1970 and took boot camp at Great Lakes Training Center. He then learned of the rigid requirements of those who were selected for submarine service. They were all volunteers. No one could be taller than 6 feet, and they must have perfect color vision and perfect physical condition, including sound teeth. Those meeting those requirements then faced a number of mental and psychological tests, from which only those in the top 10 percent had any chance of being selected. Having passed all those hurdles, Landis was sent to the Navy’s Mare Island Nuclear Power School in California, and then to Idaho at an operating atomic reactor for six months. There, he studied math, chemistry, metallurgy, and nuclear physics. A special board was sent from Washington, D.C., to grade the tests faced by those who completed those jam-packed months of training. Landis and the others who had qualified were sent to assignments in the fleet. Landis was sent to Pearl Harbor, where he was assigned to the Puffer, an SSN-652 nuclear attack submarine. The mission of the Puffer was to find and destroy enemy submarines and surface vessels, using its torpedoes and the Tomahawk cruise missiles it carried aboard. The sub also was able to carry Navy Seals and offload them underwater to perform a mission, and then recover them after the mission, without an enemy’s knowing from where they came
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or where they went after where we shadowed our Puffer preparing for his role as Capt. completing the mission. carriers, for example, and Marko Ramius. He was given the status An important asset of protected them from of a commander and was allowed (while the Puffer was its ability enemy subs. We used the captain was next to him) to give to descend to great depths passive sonar that listened orders while the boat was underway. at sea. Where previous for the electronic imprint Just after Christmas in 1976, Landis diesel-powered subs had of enemy subs, but was discharged from the Navy at Pearl been able to go as deep as wouldn’t lead them to us. Harbor as an E-5 2nd class petty officer. He returned to Central Pennsylvania to 500 feet, the nuclearOur torpedoes could be again work for RCA in engineering, powered subs like the steered from our sub to gaining several patents for his work in Puffer were able to dive go exactly where we William C. Landis, aboard the wanted them to go.” fiber optics. At the same time, he far deeper. attack submarine Puffer, with attended Franklin & Marshall College, in The sub itself was Other jobs of the his submarine qualification about the length of a Puffer were to participate the evening division, and earned an certificate. football field … and in war games, where they associate degree in business administration. carried all the food the gave surface ships a Landis retired in 2009 and now crew of some 120 men would need on a chance to try to locate threatening subs. spends much of his time talking with typical patrol of two months. It had its Also, to keep tabs on Soviet subs, often own water-purification and wastetrailing them for days, reporting on their groups and individuals about his having served for so many years under the seas disposal systems, and the nuclear power movements and recording noise in the Pacific. plant would propel the vessel indefinitely. signatures. Where diesel-powered subs had been An interesting sidelight was that prior Colonel Wilcox flew a B-17 bomber in essentially surface craft that could to the filming of The Hunt for Red submerge, nuclear-powered subs like the October, Sean Connery was on board the Europe in World War II. Puffer were truly underwater craft that needed to come to land only at the end of a mission. What was life like aboard the sub? “Well,” Landis says, “they fed us four times a day, and the food was outstanding. And they kept us so busy that there was little time to think of the diversions we might be missing. Meals were served continuously, so you had to fit them in between your other duties. Send us your favorite smile—your children, There were only four tables in the grandchildren, friends, even your “smiling” enlisted mess, so meals took some planning. But every man aboard—even pet!—and it could be 50plus Senior News’ next the cooks—were submarine qualified to Smile of the Month! know all the sub’s basic systems. You can submit your photos “Big as the Puffer was, every inch of (with captions) either digitally to space was used to carry essential food mjoyce@onlinepub.com or by mail to: and gear. It was so crowded that you had virtually no privacy. Since water was at 50plus Senior News such a premium, you had a ‘Navy Smile of the Month shower’ once a week. You turned the 3912 Abel Drive, Columbia, PA 17512 water on to get yourself wet, then turned it off to get soaped up, and then Digital photos must be at least 4x6'' with a turned it back on to rinse off. If the guy resolution of 300 dpi. No professional photos, please. after you thought you were taking a Please include a SASE if you would like to have your minute more than necessary, he simply photo returned. turned the faucet to cold, and you hopped out in a hurry. There were only two shower stalls for the 100 or so enlisted men aboard, and each was so small that you couldn’t turn around. “The Puffer often did escort duty,
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Eye Care Coverage and Services for Retirees Jim Miller Dear Savvy Senior, Does Medicare cover eye care? I had excellent vision insurance through my employer for many years but lost it when I retired, and now I am confused as to what Medicare actually covers. What can you tell me? — Living on a Budget
are generally not covered. But, “medically necessary” eye care usually is. Here’s a list of what is covered:
Dear Living, Many retirees are confused with what Medicare will and won’t cover when it comes to eye care. Here’s a breakdown of how Medicare handles different types of vision care services, along with some additional tips that can help you get affordable care when needed.
• Eyeglasses or contacts: only if you’ve had cataract surgery.
Medicare Coverage If you have original Medicare (Part A and B), it’s important to know that “routine” vision care like eye exams, eye refractions, eyeglasses, or contact lenses
• Glaucoma screenings: annual screenings for those at high risk (diabetics, those with a family history of glaucoma, or those who are African-American or Hispanic).
• Eye surgeries: any surgical procedure that helps repair the function of the eye like cataract removal, cornea transplant, glaucoma surgery, etc.
• Medical eye exams: only if you’re having vision problems that indicate a serious eye condition like macular degeneration, retinopathy, glaucoma, or dry eye syndrome.
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• Diabetic eye exams: if you have diabetes, yearly exams for diabetic retinopathy. • Macular degeneration: certain treatments are covered. You also need to be aware that of the eye care services that are covered by Medicare, you’re still responsible for 20 percent of the cost— Medicare pays the other 80 percent. To help with this out-of-pocket expense, some Medigap supplemental policies provide gap coverage. Or, if you have Medicare Advantage, some plans provide eye care benefits. Be sure you check with your plan administrator.
Assistance Programs Depending on where you live, there may also be some local clinics or charitable organizations that provide free or discounted eye care or eyeglasses. Put in a call to your local Lions Club to see what’s available in your area. To reach your local club, visit www.directory. lionsclubs.org or call (800) 747-4448 to get the number to your state Lions Club office, which can refer you to your community representative. Or, if you need medical eye care, check into EyeCare America. This is a national program that provides comprehensive medical eye examinations to seniors age 65 and older and up to one year of treatment at no cost. They accept Medicare or other insurance as full payment. And if you don’t have insurance, care is free. To learn more or to find out if you qualify, visit www.eyecareamerica.org. If you’re under age 65, some other services that can help include Mission Cataract USA (www.missioncataract usa.org), which provides free cataract surgery to low-income people who don’t have insurance. And Vision USA (www.optometryscharity.org/vision-usa, (800) 766-4466) provides free vision care to uninsured and low-income workers and their families.
January is Glaucoma Awareness Month
Ways to Save If you find your eye care needs aren’t covered, or you can’t afford the 20 percent out-of-pocket that Medicare doesn’t cover, there are other ways to save. For starters, if you need a refractive eye exam or a new pair of eyeglasses, many optometrists and eyeglass dealers offer discounts—usually between 10 and 30 percent—to seniors who request it. Memberships in groups like AAA and AARP can also provide lower rates. Another way to get low-cost eye care is at an optometry school. Many offer affordable care provided by students that are overseen by their professors. See www.opted.org for a directory of schools and their contact information.
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Tuesdays, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. The Wellness Community of Philadelphia: Support Group for People with Cancer The Cancer Center at Paoli Hospital 255 W. Lancaster Ave., Paoli (215) 879-7733 Jan. 2, 6 p.m. Memory Loss and Dementia Support Group Sunrise Assisted Living of Paoli 324 W. Lancaster Ave., Malvern (610) 251-9994
Jan. 9, noon Family Caregiver Support Group Sarah Care 425 Technology Drive, Suite 200 Malvern (610) 251-0801 Jan. 14 and 28, 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Caregiver Support Group Adult Care of Chester County 201 Sharp Lane, Exton (610) 363-8044 Jan. 15, 6 p.m. Family Caregiver Support Group Sunrise of Westtown 501 Skiles Blvd., West Chester (610) 399-4464
Community Programs Jan. 5-6, 12-13, 19-20 1 to 5 p.m. Model Railroad Open House Schuylkill Valley Model Railroad Club 400 S. Main St., Phoenixville (610) 935-1126 www.svmrrc.com Jan. 5 and 19, 5 to 10 p.m. Bingo Nights Marine Corps League Detachment 430 Chestnut St., Downingtown (610) 431-2234 Jan. 8, 11 a.m. New Century Club Meeting (Women’s Charity Club) Days Hotel 943 S. High St., West Chester (610) 436-9158 eichhornb@verizon.net
Free and open to the public Jan. 27, 7:30 p.m. Concert: The Three Tenors Tel Hai Retirement Community Chapel 1200 Tel Hai Circle, Honey Brook (610) 273-9333 Jan. 30, 12:10 p.m. The Saga of Joe Louis Osher Lifelong Learning Institute Widener University Exton Campus 825 Springdale Drive West Whiteland Township (484) 713-0088
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Home Repairs: Don’t Procrastinate Maintaining your abode can be costly, but putting off a needed repair can be even more expensive in the long run. Here are a few problems that should be nipped in the bud: Water leaks. Any water leak can cause severe damage over time: dry rot, mold, termite infestation, etc. Dim lights. If your lights flicker or dim when you open the fridge or use the microwave, it could be due to bad wiring or an overload of appliances on one circuit. Your best bet is to have an electrician update your wiring. Air conditioning. Make sure your filters are clean and in good repair. Dirty or missing filters can lead to fire or an air conditioner breakdown. An inexpensive filter can preserve a costly AC system.
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