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They Were Stardust, They Were Golden: The Reality of Woodstock 1969 page 4

how seniors can spot fake news page 2

Study Could Confirm Nicotine’s Benefit in Treating Memory Loss page 13

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How Seniors Can Spot Fake News

Dear Savvy Senior, I recently read that seniors are the No. 1 purveyor of fake news on the internet. Is this true, or is it fake news too? If it’s true, how can seniors go about spotting fake news? – Faked-Out Senior Dear Faked Out, Yes, it’s true. According to a recent study published in the journal Science Advances, people aged 65 and older are almost four times more likely to share fake news on social media than younger people. Why do older users share fake news more often? There are two theories. The first is that seniors, who came to the internet later, sometimes lack the digital literacy skills of their younger counterparts to identify false or misleading content. The second is that many older people experience cognitive decline as they age, making them more likely to fall for hoaxes. What is Fake News? Fake news is not new, but it is more prevalent than ever before because of the internet and social networking, which enables it to spread like wildfire. Fake news comprises false news stories, hoaxes, or propaganda created to deliberately misinform or deceive readers. Usually, these stories are created to influence people’s views, push a political agenda, or cause confusion and can often be a profitable business for online publishers. Also note that some fake stories aren’t completely false but rather

distortions of real events. These deceitful claims can take a legitimate news story and twist what it says or even claim that something that happened long ago is related to current events. How to Spot Fake News Here are some tips from the International Federation of Library Associations, Harvard University, and Facebook that can help you spot fake news stories.

Be skeptical of headlines: False news stories often have catchy headlines in all caps with exclamation points. If shocking claims in the headline sound unbelievable, they probably are. Look closely at the web link: A phony or lookalike link may be a warning sign of false news. Many false news sites mimic authentic news sources by making small changes to the link, for example “abcnews.com. co” (an illegitimate site) versus the actual “abcnews.com.” Investigate the source: Ensure the story is written by a source you trust with a reputation for accuracy. If the story comes from an unfamiliar www.50plusLifePA.com

organization, check their “About” section to learn more. You can also find a list of websites that post deceptive and fake content at FactCheck.org — type “misinformation directory” in their search feature to find it.

(www.politifact.com), Snopes (www.snopes.com), and FactCheck.org that can help you fact-check a story and identify fact versus fiction. These sites have most likely already fact-checked the latest viral claim to pop up in your newsfeed.

Watch for unusual formatting: Many false news sites have misspellings or awkward layouts. Read carefully if you see these signs.

Send your senior questions to: Savvy Senior, P.O. Box 5443, Norman, OK 73070, or visit SavvySenior.org. Jim Miller is a contributor to the NBC Today show and author of The Savvy Senior book.

Inspect the dates: False news stories may contain timelines that make no sense or event dates that have been altered. Check the evidence: Check the author’s sources to confirm they are accurate. Lack of evidence or reliance on unnamed experts may indicate a false news story. Look at other reports: If no other news source is reporting the same story, it may indicate that the story is false. If the story is reported by multiple sources you trust, it’s more likely to be true. Is the story a joke? Sometimes false news stories can be hard to distinguish from humor or satire. Check whether the source is known for parody and whether the story’s details and tone suggest it may be just for fun. Do some fact checking: There are many good websites, like PolitiFact

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They Were Stardust, They Were Golden: The Reality of Woodstock 1969 By Randal C. Hill

the original name was retained — would be a lowkey, folky affair drawing no more than 50,000 Half a century ago, in an atmosphere redolent of music fans. Given the green light, Woodstock Ventures cow manure and marijuana smoke, 500,000 young leased the nearby 300-acre Mills Industrial Park people came together on the hillside of a farm in and went to work. Beginning with Creedence New York state. Clearwater Revival, top rock acts of the day were The historic Woodstock concert of Aug. 15–18, soon signed 1969, became (at top dollar, the watershed in order to moment of secure the the late-1960s biggest names), counterculture and aroundgeneration and the-clock toil offered attendees was begun on a brief respite prepping the from political area. assassinations, However, inner-city race Wallkill folks riots, antiwar also began to demonstrations, get cold feet, Chappaquiddick, and a hastily Charles Manson, organized a raging foreign zoning board of war that made appeals denied no sense, a Photo credit: Marc Holstein the necessary general feeling This monument marks the site of the original 1969 of hopelessness, Woodstock Music and Arts Festival site in Bethel, New York. permits. Howls of protest and visions of a from Woodstock Ventures fell on deaf ears, and bleak future — if any future existed. the proposed concert, now only one month away, Translation: It was time to party! appeared to be dead in the water. ··· Everyone panicked except Lang, who assured his partners that everything would somehow work out. The architects of Woodstock included idea Given a tip from a realtor friend, Lang journeyed men Michael Lang, a concert promoter, and 33 miles west and met with an open-minded Capitol Records VP pal Artie Kornfeld, along with trust-fund millionaires John Roberts and Joel Bethel, New York, dairy farmer named Max Yasgur, who agreed to lease a sizeable portion of his Rosenman, who were both willing to fund Lang’s pet project: a history-making concert of prodigious sprawling property in nearby White Lake. As before, Lang had pitched the idea that no proportions that would feature the current crème more than 50,000 concertgoers would show up. de la crème of the rock-music world and ensure a huge profit for the investors. ··· In January of 1969, the foursome named their In mid-August, a river of cars, vans, and trucks fledgling company Woodstock Ventures, the title flowed into White Lake until their drivers could honoring Lang’s artsy adopted hometown 108 miles north of the Big Apple and his hoped-for site go no further. Many abandoned their vehicles and walked or hitched rides in cars inching toward of the biggest music gathering ever. Yasgur’s sacred grounds, a bowl-shaped cow pasture But Woodstock locals turned thumbs down that sloped to a flat space — a perfect setting for on the idea of a horde of rowdy, unwashed, longthe expansive performance stage — and next to a haired hippies descending on their Norman Rockwell-style village. After required permits were crystal-clear lake. But problems were far from over for the denied, the four men then set their sights on the Woodstock Ventures men. Rented portable ticket hamlet of Wallkill, 64 miles to the south. stands were never delivered, and the incoming The Wallkill locals were assured that the human tsunami that weekend — which would Woodstock concert — due to its coolness cachet, www.50plusLifePA.com

eventually total 400,000 people — pushed over McKnight, who was 16 when he attended the event, the rickety fences that had been erected around the recalled years later feeling a certain sadness creep into perimeter. the euphoria that he felt as he sat in thrall as final artist After a while, Woodstock was declared a free event, Hendrix performed his stellar “The Star-Spangled which meant that Roberts and Rosenman were out Banner” for a sleep-deprived audience that had about $10 million in today’s money. dwindled to about 35,000. In between the onstage entertainment, the concert “We knew, as we listened, that it was over,” says attendees often cavorted, skinny-dipped, and made McKnight. “We’d made history and ‘come together,’ love with abandon — not always privately — as but we also understood that it could never happen they endured stifling heat and humidity, booming again. Soon there’d be Altamont and Kent State thunderstorms, and howling winds, all the while and Watergate and disco. Jimi and Janis and Jim gamely staving off exhaustion, thirst, hunger, and a [Morrison] would all die shortly thereafter, as if they shortage of portable toilets and coping with rivers of knew it was all over too. mud. “But I also felt joy that misty morning. I knew I’d Drug usage was rampant, yes, but many concertgoers experienced something extraordinary and unique … I had come to just enjoy the world’s largest unchaperoned had shared a utopia with my brothers and sisters for a party and groove on the music. brief moment in time.” And what music it was! Many of the 32 performing Visitors to Yasgur’s farm that summer weekend acts that August weekend reflected the quintessence then began their inexorable march to adulthood, with of late-1960s rock and included established megastars many “rebels” eventually swapping their VW buses of the day (Creedence, Sly and the Family Stone, for sensible sedans, free love for marriage vows, spare Joan Baez, Janis Joplin, the Grateful Dead, Jefferson change for an IRA, and a room at home for a 30-year Photo credit: Chic Chicas Airplane, Jimi Hendrix) and such on-the-rise artists as mortgage. Magazine advertisement for Santana, Melanie, Joe Cocker, and Crosby, Stills, Nash, But for the 500,000 people on the cusp of maturity Woodstock Music Festival in 1969. and Young. who had temporarily bonded as members of an elite The entertainment commenced on a Friday afternoon club of sorts, it had meant three days that defined what with folkie Ritchie Havens and ended the following Monday morning — rain many would come to mark later as the high point of their young — or perhaps had delayed the Sunday-night performances by several hours — with the entire — lives and one that to this day retains an almost sanctified aura. legendary Jimi Hendrix. On the front cover: Opening ceremony at Woodstock on Aug. 15, 1969. In the book Woodstock Revisited, musician/songwriter/producer Sandy

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Grilling Lettuce Might Make You Sleepy

This summer, lots of people are barbecuing. You probably think the words “grill” and “lettuce” shouldn’t be in the same sentence. Why not? It wouldn’t be the first time a vegetable was grilled. Just think of zucchini, peppers, and corn on the cob. Wild lettuce, known as Lactusa virosa, is a species from the lettuce family that is most interesting. It grows all over the world. It contains “lactucarium,” a milky substance that can cause sedation and psychoactive effects like hallucinations. It should not be grilled. Wild lettuce has bright-green leaves that secrete the lactucarium. This compound resembles opium, a mild analgesic. In the early 1900s, extracts of this species were used for whooping cough. But you’re probably wondering about iceberg lettuce or romaine, aren’t you? To answer your first question (because I can read your mind), no, these foods are not psychoactive. Food Science and Biotechnology has an article entitled, “Sleep-inducing effect of lettuce (Lactuca sativa) varieties on pentobarbital-induced sleep.” The scientists investigated the sleep-inducing effect of romaine lettuce on mice who were put to sleep by pentobarbital, an anesthetic and anti-seizure drug. Because romaine lettuce has a higher content of a compound called “lactucin,” it made people sleep longer than they would have normally. They tested the seed extract and the leaves themselves; seeds were stronger. FYI, lactucin is part of the bigger compound lactucarium, which I mentioned earlier, so romaine does actually have some sedating characteristics. Iceberg didn’t make anyone snooze, although it’s fabulous for lettuce wraps! Of the two lettuces, romaine is what I recommend. Not because it causes drowsiness — trust me, it’s not even remotely close to an Ambien! But romaine lettuce is full of antioxidants and chlorophyll, which clean your internal biochemical gears. It also contains a lot of vitamin K and natural folate (methylation); plus, what better way to consume delicious fiber? It’s also very high in potassium, which normalizes blood pressure. So this summer, try grilling lettuce along with your burgers and dogs. Here’s a recipe for you: please see LETTUCE page 18

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Soldier Stories

Robert Naeye

Sprayed by Shrapnel, His Flak Vest Saved His Life

Pennsylvania native and central Pennsylvania resident Tom Foor nearly perished in Vietnam during an enemy attack. But this stout artilleryman survived the war and earned numerous decorations for his valiant service, including the Army Commendation Medal, the Purple Heart, and a Presidential Unit Citation. Foor comes from a military family. He had 21 direct relatives who served in Tom Foor leaning on the barrel the Civil War, eight of whom of his 105 mm howitzer. paid the ultimate sacrifice. His father served in the Army in Africa and Europe for almost the entire duration of World War II and helped liberate the concentration camp in Landsberg, Germany. But like many World War II veterans, “He didn’t tell me a lot of stories about the war,” says Foor. Foor grew up in in Manns Choice, Pennsylvania, and graduated from Bedford High School in 1966. Shortly thereafter he went to work for a U.S. Department of Agriculture research center in Beltsville, Maryland. Foor had a 1A draft number, so he knew he would eventually have to go into the military. “I thought, ‘Man, I’m not going to sit around thinking about that for the next six, eight months or whatever.’ I decided to get it over with.” So he went to a recruiting station in Altoona and signed up for a two-year enlistment in the Army. On June 24, 1968, he traveled to the Pittsburgh airport to fly to Fort Jackson, South Carolina, for basic training. There, he met a fellow incoming soldier who would become one of his best friends: Jim Engelmeier. Foor vividly remembers a bus ride to Fort Gordon, Georgia. A staff sergeant named Raymond Soulet hopped on the bus and yelled, “I don’t wanna hear talk. I don’t wanna hear a fart. I don’t wanna hear nothin’.” “It was dead silence all the way to Fort Gordon,” says Foor. Foor enlisted at a time when casualties in Vietnam were mounting, so the armed services had to lower their standards for enlistees. Foor met soldiers who could barely read or write. “All they were doing was looking for bodies. They just wanted people to fill the ranks,” says Foor. He also recalls a renegade soldier punching a drill sergeant, which turned out to be a big mistake. A group of drill sergeants came out and beat the guy up so badly that his face was a bloody pulp. That was the last time they ever saw him. Foor later traveled to Fort Sill in Oklahoma for artillery training. There, he learned how to fire a variety of howitzers. “Fort Sill was nice because they treated you almost like you were a human being,” he recalls.

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Tom Foor, right, with Rich Burton, president of the Central Pennsylvania Vietnam Round Table, for which Foor was recently the featured speaker.

After a 30-day leave back home in Bedford, he flew to Fort Lewis, Washington. Coincidentally, his buddy Engelmeier from basic training took the same flight. After turning down an opportunity to flee to Canada with three fellow soldiers who went AWOL, Foor flew to Hawaii, then Guam, and then to Bien Hoa Air Base, near Saigon. “I remember walking off that plane and as soon as that door opened, it smacked you in the face. The heat and the stink. I remember diesel fuel smells and garbage. Every time I smell that, it

takes me back to that time,” says Foor. Foor spent his first few weeks shuffling between bases. But he was eventually choppered into Landing Zone Clara, west of Saigon. “I was walking off the pad up to the guns and I heard this guy yelling at me. I thought, ‘Who the heck is that?’ Here’s that Engelmeier again. We ended up in the same outfit again. That is a one-in-a-million shot,” he recalls. On Dec. 29, the North Vietnamese Army battered LZ Clara with rockets and mortars. Foor was getting ready to return fire when a mortar round exploded about 15 feet away, spreading shrapnel that entered Foor’s chest, neck, arm, and leg. Foor was wearing a flak vest, which he credits for saving his life. The shrapnel penetrated his chest but didn’t go far enough to kill him. Foor was medevacked to a hospital in Cu Chi, where he spent several days recovering. He recalls one incident when a severely wounded man helped him make his blood-stained bed. “You could see his stomach and there was plastic covering the area. You could look in there and see stuff, whether it was intestines or whatever. I said to him, ‘What happened to you?’ He said, ‘I’m waiting for my abdomen to drain and then they’re going to sew me up.’” Foor was transferred several days later to a hospital at Cam Ranh Bay, where he stayed for nearly six weeks. There, he met the famous actor Jimmy Stewart, who was also from Pennsylvania. After Foor recovered sufficiently from his wounds to go back into the field, he first went to LZ Elrod and then LZ Lois. On March 17, 1969, Lois got hit hard with rocket-propelled grenades, and two howitzers were taken out of action, the only time Foor’s unit lost a gun to enemy action during his year in ’Nam. On May 10, Foor was stationed at LZ Phyllis when it was attacked by mortars and rockets. Infantrymen made a sweep around the base and found a cache of weapons. Following orders, they loaded the ordnance onto a jeep trailer and drove it into the LZ. Two days later, after a second enemy attack, another infantry sweep produced another cache of weapons that was also brought into the LZ.

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Something caused the entire pile to blow up, killing 11 men and wounding 10 others. “I hope somebody got court martialed for allowing that ordnance to come on the base. That was a travesty and a tragedy,” says Foor. After intelligence suggested a major attack was coming on LZ Phyllis, Foor was evacuated first to LZ Cindy then to LZ Joy. The NVA launched a heavy ground attack on June 12, and sadly, Jim Engelmeier was killed instantly when he was hit in the neck with small arms fire. Foor’s unit was moved around from base to base over the next few months and fired many rounds supporting the infantry. He later went to Bu Dop, a Special Forces camp near the Cambodian border. There, he witnessed a Vietnamese woman giving birth to a baby girl in a bunker. Foor recalls, “It was amazing, but I felt so bad for that kid being born into this time and in this hellhole. She was a pretty little thing.” After returning from R&R in Taipei, Taiwan, Foor was asked to drive an officer to a nearby provincial capital. That officer happened to be Gen. Creighton Abrams, commander of all U.S. forces in Vietnam. Abrams had a pocket full of cigars. Foor thought, “Please give me a cigar.” The general didn’t give Foor a cigar, but he thanked him for the ride. Foor spent most of his remaining tour at LZ Westcott. He shot a lot of rounds, and as he points out, “The longer you stayed in a place, the worse the rats would get.” On Thanksgiving, his battery commander and first sergeant told him that would be his last day in the field. “I got choked up. ‘Oh man, I made it,’” Foor recalls thinking. Flying out of the base that afternoon, Foor was allowed to follow a unit tradition by throwing a red smoke grenade out of the helicopter as he was flying away for the last time. In early December, Foor flew to Hawaii and then Oakland, California. A day later, while leaving Oakland for San Francisco’s international airport, he encountered protestors for the first time. “Why are they throwing rocks and eggs at us?” he thought. “We weren’t too much aware of what was going on in 1969.” He returned home to Bedford to friends and family. He still had six months of service remaining, which he completed at Fort Stewart, Georgia. Foor has enjoyed a successful post-military career, working for PPG Industries, then as a car salesman, and then 22 years in the postal service. He has been married to Kim for 39 years, and the couple has a daughter, Shelley, who lives in Florida. He has traveled around the U.S. and Europe and loves riding his Harley-Davidson motorcycle. But to this day, the war lingers on in Foor’s mind from shooting thousands of rounds with large guns. “I have big-time tinnitus,” he says, “It’s been ringing in my ears every day since.”

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Why More Ambitious Seniors are Going Back to School By Ted Lee

Another argument for going back to school later in life is the impact it can have on your life expectancy. Global lifespans are on the rise, and education can make a big difference in how long a person lives. Surprisingly, holding a college degree can increase your lifespan significantly. A Maryville University resource highlighting attending school after 50 notes that men with bachelor’s degrees lived 12.9 years longer than those without a degree. Women lived an average of 10.4 years longer. Seniors who go back to school to complete a degree will not only have a chance to fulfill their dreams, but they’ll also probably have more time to do so.

Historically, most college students have been young adults in their late teens and early 20s. It’s practically a given these days for young people to go to college. But what about the older generations that didn’t have the same opportunities and expectations? A growing number of adults aged 50+ are following their ambitions and going back to school to create new lives for themselves during their golden years. Today, people are living longer, and many older Americans see retirement age as time to make their dreams a reality. But what are the factors driving this trend, and what can ambitious seniors expect when they make the bold decision to go back to school? Let’s take a look. Seniors Have a Lot to Look Forward to! These days, healthcare is more effective than ever, and we’re living longer as a result. People over the age of 50 now lead active, vibrant lives and have a lot to look forward to. It makes sense to upgrade your skills and keep working if you enjoy what you do and could use the money (and let’s face it, who can’t!). There’s a growing demand for people with degrees and tech skills in the workforce, and seniors can launch a satisfying second career by investing in their education.

Going Back to School Can Make You Healthier and Wiser Older students can gain more benefits than an education and improved job prospects by going back to school. Attending college can also have massive health benefits and positively affect overall well-being. Seniors who continue learning late in life have the opportunity to stay sharp and exercise their brains in challenging and stimulating ways. Challenging yourself with education can help you stay independent, healthy, and empowered. The social component of going back to school can also make a difference in long-term health and happiness. Making new friends, engaging in academic

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discussions, and getting out into the world can help you stay healthy, wise, and engaged with the world. This can have a major positive impact on both your physical and mental health. The Dollars and Cents of Going Back to School Obviously, going back to school is an investment that can be scary for seniors who may be on a limited income. Ambitious older students need to think about the financial implications of enrolling in a college or university program. Although degree holders make much more annually than high school graduates, some programs are more likely to create a return on investment than others. Making smart decisions about what to study can help justify the cost of an education and set you up for financial success late in life. If you’re worried about your finances when going back to school, take some time to make a budget and understand the investment you’re making. Creating new financial goals and understanding the full cost of going back to school and your potential earnings will help you understand if it will be necessary and worthwhile to borrow money and allow you to make a plan for how to afford your new educational journey. Pursue Your Dreams If you think you’re too old to pursue your dreams, think again. More and more people over 50 are saying yes to an education and using their retirement years to live fulfilling and active lives. If you dream of graduating, don’t let your age hold you back. There are so many benefits to going back to school in your golden years. And these days, you’re likely to meet students your own age and develop rich friendships. Invest in yourself and follow your dreams — you’ll be glad you did. Ted Lee is a higher education researcher focused on the continual merger between education and technology. Lee’s current focus is on the online education sector and how various online programs and learning platforms can help develop a more educated and informed society.

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The nonprofit Laundromat Library League, which brings books to children by placing them in cooperating laundromats, recently received an $800 donation generated by the Chester County Chapter of the American Association of University Women’s “Piggy Project.” Last winter, the AAUW distributed plain pottery piggy banks to its members. Members placed spare change in the piggy banks over the weeks, and those that wished to compete in the decorating contest decorated their piggies. Some joined in piggy-painting parties; others engaged grandchildren in decorating piggies. When summer came, the piggies — now filled with coins — were brought to a social at which the decorated piggies were judged and the money collected and presented to the Laundromat Library League. The AAUW is a regular supporter of the Laundromat Library League. As of July 1, the LLL had processed over 75,000 gently used children’s books and had purchased hundreds of others to enrich the boxes they place in laundromats (including books in Spanish and those with multicultural content, categories rarely obtained as used-book donations). The AAUW donation will be used for more purchases. To volunteer with the LLL, or to arrange to donate books, inquire via laundromatlibrary@gmail.com.

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MIND Study Could Confirm Nicotine’s Benefit in Treating Memory Loss By Megan Joyce Nowadays, it’s difficult to hear the word “nicotine” without immediately conjuring up an image of a cigarette. Nicotine may be in need of a PR overhaul, to be sure. Its potential use as a medicinal agent has been on researchers’ radar for decades; nicotine has demonstrated effectiveness in the treatment of Parkinson’s disease, depression, ADHD, anxiety, and other disorders. A stimulant found naturally in the nightshade family of plants — which includes tobacco — nicotine is now also the focus of a twoyear nationwide study, funded by the National Institutes of Health, that looks at nicotine and its potential to improve memory in adults diagnosed with mild cognitive impairment, or MCI. The MIND Study comprises data collected from 400 individuals diagnosed with MCI from 32 sites across the country, including Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center in Hershey. Researchers have used nicotine in memory studies for more than three decades, according to the NIH, and the MIND Study is the largest and longest running of its kind. Researchers hope to establish whether the safe use of nicotine, delivered via patch, can improve memory and functioning in people diagnosed with MCI. “MCI is a bit of a broad umbrella term that refers, in most cases, to shortterm memory loss that starts to become noticeable to an individual in their daily activities,” Dr. Paul Eslinger, neurologist with Penn State Neuroscience Institute at Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, said. MCI, which occurs in about 20% of people 65 and older, goes beyond what is considered a normal level of cognitive decline associated with aging. “MCI is usually diagnosed if they tend to fall a certain degree below what’s typical for an individual of their background, such as their educational and occupational level,” Eslinger said. People with MCI will report not only misplacing objects and forgetting aspects of conversations, but also trouble retrieving names of people or objects they would usually know and difficulty keeping track of scheduled activities. “Most often, individuals don’t have noticeable changes in their neurologic exams, such as their cranial nerves or reflexes,” Eslinger added. People with MCI can generally use effective strategies — such as calendars, alarms, and other reminders — to compensate for their memory issues. “Most often, they’ll be able to be fully independent and continue managing their affairs and their social and recreational activities, but they need extra attention, often double checking specifics,” Eslinger noted. Eslinger said about half of individuals with MCI will remain stable, meaning their memory loss will not progress further; but the other half will develop more symptoms over time, leading to conditions such as Alzheimer’s disease. And it’s here, in the mild stages of impairment, that Eslinger and other MIND Study researchers hope to be able to slow or even stop memory decline — using nicotine. Studies of Alzheimer’s disease have shown that one of the brain’s neurotransmitters, acetylcholine, has become deficient in disease sufferers. www.50plusLifePA.com

Acetylcholine sends signals from cell to cell and activates entire groups of cells, Eslinger explained. It is a key neurotransmitter for memory and thinking. And nicotine, a natural stimulant, acts very similarly to acetylcholine, stimulating the nicotinic receptors in the brain and in areas close to the memory structures of the limbic system. “So [nicotine use] is a way for us to potentially stimulate some cells that may be underactive in the memory areas in a way that can bolster functioning of these memory structures in the brain and hence improve individuals’ memory functions on a day-to-day basis,” Eslinger said. Administering nicotine via a patch on the skin bypasses all the problems associated with cigarettes, he added. “In its pure form, [nicotine] can actually be used by the brain quite well,” Eslinger said. “The problem with cigarettes is all the carcinogens that cause all the lung disease, and the other anoxic effects of the smoke. And all that is completely taken out of the equation.” In a preliminary six-month study of 74 people with MCI, individuals using nicotine patches showed improvement in both attention and memory versus those who had placebo patches. The two-year, double-blind MIND Study looks to extend the confirmation of nicotine’s benefit. Study participants must be healthy, nonsmoking adults 55–90 years old who have been diagnosed with MCI. Participants must commit to applying a fresh patch each morning and to visiting their research site every three months for two years to have their progress documented. All studies to date have shown no risk of addiction — even for former smokers — to the patch’s nicotine, which is released in a dose considerably lower than that found in cigarettes. The nicotine is also absorbed more slowly, over the course of a 12- to 15hour day, and is gradually titrated up in each participant until a therapeutic dose is reached. Past participants have occasionally reported minor side effects, such as nausea, dizziness, or headache, but “when they do occur, they tend to be upon first having the patch, and they tend to resolve rapidly,” Eslinger said. “We have not seen any side effects that have been lingering or that have caused anyone to drop out of the study.” Eslinger sees the potential advantages of nicotine use for both halves of the population with MCI, those whose problems will progress no further — and those whose symptoms signal the beginnings of dementia or Alzheimer’s. “For those individuals … this will be a stage at which we could slow that progression, and we may be able to slow it by several years if the nicotine patch ends up being very helpful in improving the memory function and slowing progression of the disease,” Eslinger said. “For those individuals who have MCI as really their only manifestation of change in the brain, it will help them, we believe, function better in their daily activities,” he added. “They’ll be less stressed and harried in trying to keep up with notes and providing reminders all the time.” The MIND Study has already begun, but additional participants are still needed. Individuals interested in more information should call (866) MIND150 or visit www.mindstudy.org. 50plus LIFE u

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Mondays (except holidays), 10-11:30 a.m. Sunshine Memory Café United Methodist Church of West Chester 129 S. High St., West Chester (610) 349-3401 adean0413@gmail.com

Aug. 13 and 27, 6:30-8 p.m. Bereavement Support Group Jennersville Hospital Conference Room B 1015 W. Baltimore Pike, West Grove (610) 998-1700, ext. 226

Aug. 6, 1:30-2:30 p.m. Grief Support Group Phoenixville Senior Center 153 Church St., Phoenixville (610) 327-7216

Aug. 14, 1:30 p.m. Family Caregiver Support Group Sarah Care 425 Technology Drive, Suite 200, Malvern (610) 251-0801

Coatesville Area Senior Center (610) 383-6900 250 Harmony St., Coatesville www.coatesvilleseniorcenter.org Mon days, Wednesdays, and Fridays, 10:30-11:15 a.m. – Going Fit Exercise Program Aug. 1 and 15, 11 a.m. to noon – Veterans Coffee Club Aug. 14 and 28, 1-2 p.m. – Bingo

Aug. 6 and 20, 6:30-8 p.m. Bereavement Support Group Brandywine Hospital Conference Room 2N 201 Reeceville Road, Coatesville (610) 998-1700, ext. 226

Aug. 14, 7-8:30 p.m. Hearing Loss Support Group Christ Community Church, Second Floor 1190 Phoenixville Pike, West Chester (484) 402-4907 hlaaachesco@gmail.com www.hearinglosschesco.com

Aug. 7, 6 p.m. Memory Loss and Dementia Support Group Sunrise Assisted Living of Paoli 324 W. Lancaster Ave., Malvern (610) 251-9994

Aug. 20, 6 p.m. Family Caregiver Support Group Sunrise of Westtown 501 Skiles Blvd., West Chester (610) 399-4464

Aug. 7 and 21, 5-6:30 p.m. Bereavement Support Group Main Line Unitarian Church 816 S. Valley Forge Road, Devon (610) 585-6604 phoenixbereavement@yahoo.com Nondenominational; all are welcome. Aug. 12 and 26, 10:30 a.m. to noon Caregiver Coffee Break/Support Group Active Day of Exton 201 Sharp Lane, Exton (610) 363-8044

Aug. 28, 6 p.m. Living with Cancer Support Group Paoli Hospital Cancer Center 255 W. Lancaster Ave., Paoli (484) 565-1253

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Library Programs Avon Grove Library, 117 Rose Hill Ave., West Grove, (610) 869-2004 Aug. 1 and 8, 6:30-8:30 p.m. – Craft & Create Aug. 5 and 19, 3-4:30 p.m. – Sit & Knit Aug. 20, 6 p.m. – Young Adult Book Club for Adults Downingtown Library, 330 E. Lancaster Ave., Downingtown, (610) 269-2741 Aug. 12, 6:30 p.m. – Fantasy Book Club Aug. 13, 6:30 p.m. – Film Forum Aug. 22, 6:30 p.m. – Reading the Classics Paoli Library, 18 Darby Road, Paoli, (610) 296-7996 Mystery Book Club – Call for dates/times West Chester Public Library, 415 N. Church St., West Chester, (610) 696-1721

Downingtown Senior Center – (610) 269-3939 983 E. Lancaster Ave., Downingtown www.downingtownseniors.org Mondays and Wednesdays, 10 a.m. – Balance and Flexibility Tuesdays, 11 a.m. – Chorus Wednesdays and Fridays, 11 a.m. – Core and More Great Valley Senior Center – (610) 889-2121 47 Church Road, Malvern Tuesdays, 10 a.m. – Exercise Tuesdays, 11 a.m. – Scrabble Thursdays, 10 a.m. – Cards Kennett Area Senior Center – (610) 444-4819 427 S. Walnut St., Kennett Square http://kennettseniorcenter.org Oxford Senior Center – (610) 932-5244 12 E. Locust St., Oxford – www.oxfordseniors.org Wednesdays, 8:30-11:30 a.m. – Paint Class Phoenixville Area Senior Center – (610) 935-1515 153 Church St., Phoenixville http://phoenixvilleseniorcenter.org West Chester Area Senior Center – (610) 431-4242 530 E. Union St., West Chester http://wcseniors.org Thursdays, 1 p.m. – WCASC Chorus Submit senior center events to mjoyce@onlinepub.com.

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Aug. 1, 7:30 p.m. Compassionate Friends Valley Forge Chapter Good Shepherd Lutheran Church 132 E. Valley Forge Road, King of Prussia (484) 919-0820 www.tcfvalleyforge.org Aug. 3 and 17, 5-10 p.m. Bingo Night Marine Corps League Detachment 430 Chestnut St., Downingtown (610) 429-8174 Aug. 6, 11:30 a.m. West Chester University Retirees Luncheon Call for location (610) 269-1503

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Data Backup Considerations Mark Rinaudo

Question: What are my options for backing up my computer?

Mark Rinaudo has worked in IT in Shreveport, La., for more than 20 years. He is the owner and operator of Preferred Data Solutions. Email mark@preferreddatasolutions. com to submit a question for this column.

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When it comes to computers, it’s not a matter of if it’s going to fail, but when. With hard drives slowly being replaced by solid-state drives, the chances of losing your data is slowly diminishing — but it’s not completely gone. Solid-state drives today have about one-tenth of a percent failure rate, versus its cousin the hard drive, which has a 4–6% failure rate. It’s pretty slim, but still possible. Backups are a very important tool to be used to guard your data against failures within the machine and failures made by the users of these machines. As malicious activities — such as scams and viruses — escalate, so do the tactics used to deploy them and their level of sophistication. Ransomware is a tool that is starting to be seen more and more. The ransomware will encrypt all of your data and programs and leave your machine in an unusable state. The ransomware then instructs you where to make payment if you want your data decrypted. A good backup may be the quickest way to free yourself of ransomware. Backups play a crucial role in protecting yourself from data loss and time loss. There are many online services available to consumers that allow you to back up your computer to the cloud. When you hear the word “cloud,” it’s safe to assume you can replace it with the word “server.” When you back up to the cloud, your data is usually compressed, encrypted, and uploaded to a server on the internet, where it is stored for retrieval. Most online backup services provide you the option to keep multiple versions of files, so if you accidentally overwrite a file or want to go back to a particular version of a file on a particular date, you have that option. Online backups are your go-to disaster-backup tool. This protects your data

from theft, fire, or acts of Mother Nature. In the event your home or office is no longer standing, for whatever reason, your data is readily available to be downloaded from the internet. All this data will take some time to download, however. For non-disaster recovery, I recommend restoring from an onsite backup. This usually entails an external hard drive connected to your computer. Some backup services allow you to back up to a local destination as well as to the cloud. I always recommend having a local backup in the event you need to recover from a computer failure and you don’t want to wait eight hours to download all your data from the internet. Backing up your files is a good first step for protecting yourself, but if you really want protection, then you will want to make sure you have a bare-metal backup. This backup provides a way for you to restore your operating system, programs, and files back to a specific point in time. This is the backup you want if your computer loses a hard drive or you’re infected with the latest, greatest ransomware. You can simply restore your machine from a bare-metal recovery, and you’re back up and running without having to reinstall the operating system and programs one at a time or without reconfiguring everything. It’s all there, ready to be restored. It’s like going back in time. Backups are definitely something any computer user needs to have in their line of defense. It will save you the loss of data and the anguish of lost time.

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‘Sugar, Sugar’ Randal Hill

The Archies’ “Sugar, Sugar” was the bestselling Pop-music fans probably thought they heard the single of 1969, yet the singing group was never entire group of Riverdale chums — Archie, Betty, photographed together, never gave an interview, never Veronica, Jughead, and Moose — vocalizing on appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show, never headlined in “Sugar, Sugar,” but in truth the recording Archies Las Vegas, and never traveled the lucrative tour road. consisted only of Dante’s multi-tracked voice and The reason was simple: Beyond the walls of the Wine’s simplistic two-line contribution of “You make recording studio, the Archies didn’t exist. The outfit life so sweet!” and “I’m gonna make life so sweet!” was as fictional as the absurdly wholesome teenagers She would later tell the website Songfacts, “It was from John L. Goldwater’s Archie comic books that just a very easy session … it was a blast, and at the had been around since 1942 and upon which the TV session we just knew that this was something, and series was based. something huge was going to happen.” In 1968, Filmation Studios released a Saturday Kirshner knew that Top 40 radio stations probably “Sugar, Sugar” morning CBS-TV cartoon program called The Archie would steer clear of a single by a cartoon band, so he The Archies Show and featured the whole clean-cut gang from directed his promotion men to visit radio stations and August 2019 mainstream Riverdale High. play “Sugar, Sugar” for the program directors but not Music mogul Don Kirshner, a savvy businessperson who knew the youth reveal the group’s name until proper interest had been shown and the 45 had music market inside and out — he had managed the Monkees’ career — was secured a place on the station’s playlist. hired to supply tunes for the prepubescent-oriented show. The strategy worked, and “Sugar, Sugar” subsequently reached No. 1 on the He brought together virtuoso studio musicians, a 19-year-old singer/ Billboard charts and sold 3 million copies. songwriter named Toni Wine (who, at 16, had co-written the Mindbenders’ “A And Ron Dante? Later in the year he became the lead singer of the oneGroovy Kind of Love”), and 23-year-old vocalist Ron Dante. hit wonder Cuff Links, another studio-only group whose 15 minutes of fame Dante’s musical career had begun at age 11 after he had fallen out of a tree. included the little-remembered 1969 Top 10 winner “Tracy.” To exercise a fractured wrist, he took up playing the guitar and mastered the instrument so quickly that he formed a rock group called the Persuaders just one year later. Dante had worked for Kirshner for years, mainly as a demo (demonstration) singer, although he had briefly tasted fame in 1964 as a member of the Detergents. They had enjoyed a Top 20 novelty 45 with “Leader of the Laundromat,” a spoof of the Shangri-Las’ “Leader of the Pack” that had resulted in a lawsuit from its composers. But later attempts at finding success in the entertainment world had eluded Dante until the day that Kirshner signed him as the lead voice of the nonexistent Archies.

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