Chester County Edition
September 2012
Vol. 9 No. 9
Solace for Wounded Spirits In Crises, Volunteer EMS Chaplain Offers Comfort By Lori Van Ingen Frank Poley is there for families, patients, and EMS staff whenever tragedy strikes. “When suddenly someone loses a husband, wife, or even a child, I’m there for them. I feel for them. I stay on the scene until a coroner comes and I stay with the family as long as they want,” the volunteer chaplain said. Poley, an ordained chaplain with the Penn Del district of the Assemblies of God, doesn’t have any special training in chaplaincy. “What prepared me is my deep faith in the Lord above. All I do is open my mouth and God takes care of it. The right words come out,” he said. “One thing God has given me is an overdose of compassion.” Losing children is the hardest. The youngest one was only 5 days old when there was a home accident in which a parent fell asleep and accidentally smothered the child. He also helped the family of a 1-month-old, where it was later determined the baby died of shaken-baby syndrome caused by the father. “The EMTs were crying their eyes out. They could be anywhere else, but they chose to be first responders,” Poley said. “The doctor gave me the sign the baby was dead and I had to tell the dad. I also had to reach out to the mom, who was incarcerated. The warden allowed her to come to the hospital please see SOLACE page 15 Volunteer EMS chaplain Frank Poley is trained in CPR and first aid but said there is no special training needed “to love someone in troubled times.”
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Dear Savvy Senior, What can you tell me about elder mediation for resolving family conflicts? My mother has Alzheimer’s disease, and to make matters worse, my three siblings and I have been perpetually arguing about how to handle her care and finances. Would this type of service be helpful to us? – Tired of Fighting Dear Tired, If your siblings are willing, elder care mediation may be just what your family needs to help you work through your disagreements. Here’s what you should know. Elder Mediation While mediators have been used for years to help divorcing couples sort out legal and financial disagreements and avoid court battles, elder care mediation is a relatively new and specialized field designed to help families resolve disputes that are related to aging parents or other elderly relatives. Family disagreements over an ill or elderly parent’s caregiving needs, living arrangements, financial decisions, and medical care are some of the many issues that an elder care mediator can help with. But don’t confuse this with family or group therapy. Mediation is only about decision making, not feelings and emotions. The job of an elder mediator is to step in as a neutral third party to help ease family tensions, listen to everyone’s concerns, hash out disagreements and misunderstandings, and help your family make decisions that are acceptable to everyone. Good mediators can also assist your family in identifying experts such as estate planners, geriatric care managers, or healthcare or financial professionals who can supply important information for family decision making. Your family also needs to know that the mediation process is completely
confidential and voluntary, and it can take anywhere from a few hours to several meetings, depending on the complexity of your issues. And if some family members live far away, a speakerphone or webcam can be used to bring everyone together. If you’re interested in hiring a private elder care mediator, you can expect to pay anywhere from $100 to more than $400 per hour, depending on where you live and whom you choose. Or, you may be able to get help through a nonprofit community mediation service that charges little to nothing. Since there’s no formal licensing or national credentialing required for elder mediators, make sure the person you choose has extensive experience with elder issues and be sure you ask for references and check them. Most elder mediators are attorneys, social workers, counselors, or other professionals who are trained in mediation and conflict resolution. To locate an elder mediator, start by calling your area agency on aging, which may be able to refer you to local resources. Or try websites like eldercaremediators.com and mediate.com. Both of these sites have directories that will let you search for mediators in your area. Or, use the National Association for Community Mediation website (www.nafcm.org) to search for free or low-cost, community-based mediation programs in your area. Savvy Tip: The Center for Social Gerontology (see www.tcsg.org) provides some good information on their website, including an online brochure titled Caring for an Older Person and Facing Difficult Decisions? Consider Mediation. Jim Miller is a regular contributor to the NBC Today show and author of The Savvy Senior Book. www.savvysenior.org.
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Apples for All Dr. Leonard Perry hether thinking about apple trees to buy for planting next season or buying apples from local farm stands and pick-your-ownorchards, there are selections for all manner of tastes and uses. If you’re looking to pick your own, most states have a listing of orchards.
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If you’re new to growing or picking apples, the first question you may ask is, “When is it ripe and ready to pick?” Like many fruits, if it separates easily with a slight tug, it is ripe and ready to pick. If in doubt, cut an apple open. The seeds should be brown and not still white. If you’re picking apples slightly green
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Art and Antiques by Dr. Lori
Assessing Walt Disney Autographs
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am often asked to evaluate autographs of famous people. Some autographs are found on a personal letter or note, on a glossy photograph, or even on a piece of scrap paper. There are some rules of thumb when it comes to assessing autographs. For instance, content is always king. With all autographs, value is increased if the autograph is accompanied by some content relating to the famous person who signed their name. To have content that relates to the signer with an authentic autograph is more valuable to collectors than just a simple autograph. For example, a letter signed by Marilyn Monroe complaining about her failing marriage to husband and baseball great Joe DiMaggio is much more valuable than just a cocktail napkin with Marilyn Monroe’s signature on it.
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Artist Bob Moore joined The Walt Disney Studios as an apprentice animator in 1940. He contributed to animated classics such as Dumbo, The Three Caballeros, and Make Mine Music. Moore was named head of the publicity and marketing department and designed Disney movie posters, Christmas cards, logos, and letterheads. He was one of Disney’s official “autographers” and he signed numerous items (photographs and
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One of best-known autographs is that of the American entertainment icon Walt Disney. Disney’s signature actually became the logo for the Walt Disney Company and for the Walt Disney Classics Collection. The logo is based on Disney’s signature from the early 1940s and was used on company artwork. Walt Disney autographs were signed by both Disney and by his authorized employees. Over the years, at least a dozen Disney Studios staff members signed Walt Disney’s name to comics, fan items, promotional material, etc. The most common authorized signatures of Walt Disney were signed by Hank Porter during the 1930s and 1940s and, later, by Bob Moore in the 1950s.
letters) with Disney’s famous signature. He designed Sam the Eagle for the 1984 Olympic Games and murals housed in Walt Disney Elementary Schools located in Tullytown, Pa., and Anaheim, Calif. Walt Disney never drew the popular Sunday newspaper Mickey Mouse comic strip or comic book nor did he sign all of his autographs, either. Every piece of artwork was “signed” with a Walt Disney signature, but Walt Disney did not provide every signature. Some signatures came from a production artist, not from Disney himself. Sign Here! Authentic Walt Disney autographs, those that Disney signed
by his own hand, differ depending on the stage of his life. The signatures dating to the 1920s differ from those of the early 1960s. He signed his name in both cursive and block print (known as Roman lettering), and he used every type of writing instrument to sign his name, including pencils, markers, fountain pens, ballpoint pens, and crayons. Disney redesigned his own signature over the years, in very much the same way he changed the appearance of Mickey Mouse. The most common Walt Disney signatures date from the period after 1954, when Disney was seen regularly on television, and up to the time of his death in 1967 at age 65. These autographs are among the most popular and collectible. On Discovery channel’s Auction Kings, I will highlight a collection of famous autographs and their worth while demonstrating the tricks so you can spot a fake. It is interesting to note that an authentic Disney autograph can actually command more money from collectors than most autographs of our U.S. presidents. About 40 of our presidents’ autographs are worth less on the collectibles market than an authentic Walt Disney autograph. What’s more, it has been said that Disney’s autograph is the most recognizable in the world. Ph.D. antiques appraiser, author, and award-winning TV personality, Dr. Lori presents antique appraisal events nationwide. Dr. Lori is the expert appraiser on the hit TV show Auction Kings on Discovery channel, which airs Wednesdays at 10 p.m. Visit www.DrLoriV.com, www.Facebook.com/ DoctorLori, or call (888) 431-1010.
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Chilled Cucumber Dill Soup By Pat Sinclair Although most of us think of the start of school as the end of summer, there are usually a few warm and humid days to come. Take advantage of fresh cucumbers that are now in abundance and prepare a creamy chilled soup to start a simple supper on a summery day. Makes 4 servings 2 tablespoons unsalted butter 1 pound (2 to 3 medium) cucumbers, peeled, seeded, and chopped 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour 2 1/2 cups chicken broth 1/4 teaspoon salt White pepper, to taste 1 cup nonfat Greek-style plain yogurt 4 teaspoons chopped fresh dill Melt the butter in a medium saucepan over medium-high heat and add the cucumbers. Cook, stirring occasionally, until the cucumbers begin to soften, about 3 minutes. Stir in the flour and cook 30 seconds, stirring constantly. Add the chicken broth and return to a boil. Reduce the heat to low and simmer 10 to 15 minutes or until the cucumbers are fork-tender. Carefully ladle the hot cucumbers and liquid into a food processor bowl and process until pureed. Add liquid as needed or process in two batches. Adjust seasoning, adding salt if needed and white pepper. Pour into a covered container and chill. Pour chilled soup into serving bowls or cups and sprinkle with fresh dill.
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He Fought at Anzio and in Southern France Before Facing the Japanese Robert D. Wilcox nton Heidinger’s parents came to the U.S. through Ellis Island from their home in AustriaHungary. Settling in Union, N.J., then Berkley Heights, N.J., they raised a family of eight. Heidinger was the seventh born. He did exceptionally well in schools as he grew up. And, when he was old enough, he earned a wrestling scholarship to the University of Maryland. Instead, he opted for the Navy, enlisting on Nov. 16, 1942, and going through boot camp at Newport, R.I. He next trained in Boston to become a machinist’s mate, responsible for the continuous operation of the many engines, compressors, gears, refrigeration, and other types of machinery onboard ships. He would be responsible for the ship’s steam propulsion, auxiliary equipment, and the deck machinery.
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The destroyer USS Hilary P. Jones, on which Anton Heidinger served.
Machinist’s Mate First Class Anton M. Heidinger in Brooklyn in 1944.
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After his training, he was assigned as a machinist’s mate to the USS Hilary P. Jones, a destroyer that had made many trips across the Atlantic while part of hazardous North Atlantic convoy duty. This time, the ship was headed for even more dangerous combat in support of the invasions of Italy and southern France. Although the ship arrived shortly after the Anzio invasion, she joined with other destroyers of her division to cover landing and provide fire support at the bitterly contested Anzio beachhead. As she exchanged fire with German shore batteries, Heidinger remembers learning that the destroyer USS Cooper had gone down in the Pacific, with the loss of 191 men, including his best friend. “I felt so bad about that,” he says, “because I had talked him into joining the Navy, and now he was gone. And, it made me realize that, in the bombardment we were taking at Anzio, I could die too.” After a brief respite, the ship returned to her gunfire support duties at Anzio during April and early May, occasionally engaging in escort and antisubmarine patrol operations. She joined with six other destroyers and a Wellington bomber in one of the most extended submarine hunts of the war. It was called “Operation Monstrous,” and it ended with the sinking of the U-616 off northeastern Spain on May 15, 1944. During June and July, the ship acted as escort ship for Mediterranean convoys and took part in training for the invasion of southern France. On Aug. 13, the ship left Naples, escorting French and British ships for “Operation Anvil,” the southern France
invasion. There, during the assault, she provided gunfire support and acted as an electronic jamming vessel, successfully preventing radio-controlled bombs from harassing the area. She continued to range up and down the coast in support of the First Airborne Task Force, destroying bridges, gun emplacements, railroad facilities, and coastal vessels. She was attacked by a German E-boat on Aug. 21 but destroyed the craft with gunfire. For her outstanding record during this period, the ship received the Navy Unit Commendation. After continuing convoy duties in the Mediterranean, the ship returned to New York. Following overhaul and training, she sailed with her last transatlantic convoy and was then designated for the Pacific Fleet, departing New York on April 24 for the Panama Canal Zone and Pearl Harbor. On June 2, she sailed from Pearl Harbor for the advance base at Ulithi, an atoll in the Caroline Islands and a major staging area for the Navy, 370 miles southwest of Guam and 1,300 miles south of Tokyo. She was there when the atomic bombs were dropped that brought the war to a close. She then escorted occupation troops to Japan, entering Tokyo Bay on Sept. 2, as the surrender ceremony was under way onboard the Missouri. She escorted two more occupation troop convoys to Japan before returning to Charleston. Heidinger left the Navy on Feb. 16, 1946, as a Machinist’s Mate First Class and went to work for Public Service Electric and Gas Company in New Jersey. He met and married Eleanor Finken, and they came to Central Pennsylvania in retirement seven years ago. On Sept. 21, they will be celebrating their 65th wedding anniversary. In his retirement, Heidinger can reminisce with pride about his days of having served his country well in two oceans during World War II. Colonel Wilcox flew a B-17 bomber in Europe in World War II.
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79 Years of Outdoor Movies W.E. Reinka The movie wasn’t so hot It didn’t have much of a plot We fell asleep, our goose is cooked Our reputation is shot. – “Wake Up Little Susie� hen the Everly Brothers hit the top of the pop and country charts in 1957 with “Wake Up Little Susie,� drive-in movies were so entrenched in American culture that even though the song never mentions “car� or “drive-in,� listeners understood immediately that the teenage sweethearts had fallen asleep at the drivein. This year marks the 79th anniversary of the first drive-in theater. Richard Hollingsworth Jr. experimented with the concept by setting a Kodak projector on the hood of his car and aiming it at a bed sheet in his backyard. He stuck a
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radio behind the screen for sound. After fine-tuning his experiment, the first drive-in theater opened outside Camden, N.J., in June of 1933. Drive-in movie popularity grew slowly until the Baby Boom got into full swing after World War II. To attract young moms and dads, many drive-ins let kids in for free. Parents got an outing and saved babysitting money. They could smoke and talk in their cars. Babies could cry. Competing for the family market,
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drive-ins added playgrounds, miniature golf, and pony rides. Sources differ on the numbers, but thousands of drive-ins popped up nationwide in the ’40s and ’50s. Nowadays, little kids still wear PJs to the drivein for the same reason Mom dressed me in them before we piled into Dad’s ’49 Ford. No way will tykes stay awake through a double or triple feature. Providing privacy for teenagers back when stay-at-home moms made afterschool trysts difficult added to the
drive-ins’ market and earned them the sobriquet “passion pits.� (“What will we tell our friends when they say, ‘Ooh, la la?’�) When a girl’s blocking elbow beeped the horn, it often triggered a tooting return chorus. The Harmony (Pa.) Drive-In found that 50 spaces suited its needs. In Florida the Ponce De Leon Drive-In got by with 60. In contrast, the Panther Drive-In in Lufkin, Texas, made room for 3,000. Big-city suburbs from Timonium, Md., to Long Beach, Calif., sported huge lots capable of handling more than 2,000 cars. Eventually, land values in urban areas could not sustain huge lots shut down half the year by weather. Most remaining drive-ins are in rural areas. These days, many “ozoners� back their minivans or pickups into spaces rather than watch out the windshield. Parents unfold lawn chairs while kids plop
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their former popularity, but they’re so darn much fun that the remainders seem to be thriving. Long lines form at the Milford (N.H.) drive-in. The Capri Drive-In in Coldwater, Mich., offers hotel packages to aficionados who travel long distances on their drive-in pilgrimages. Our two college kids insist that we drive 90 minutes to our nearest drive-in several times each summer. Maybe I’ll start wearing PJs again. I’m usually asleep by the time one of the kids drives us home.
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mattresses in the pickup bed or snuggle into sleeping bags to watch out the open back of the minivan. Another change is that the soundtrack usually comes via a local FM circuit. A boom box works best with the reverse-car orientation and saves car-battery juice. Unfortunately, FM eliminates the entertaining spectacle of watching someone drive off with the speaker still attached to the window. Drive-in theaters may never return to
“The Writing Is on the Wall” This phrase derives from the Book of Daniel in the Bible’s Old Testament. Belshazzar, the king of Israel, had stolen from the temple in Jerusalem. At a party where wine was being consumed, the fingers of a man’s hand appeared and wrote on the wall. The interpretation of the writing was that the king’s days were numbered. He had been weighed on the scales and found deficient, and his kingdom was divided and given to the Medes and Persians. That same night, Belshazzar was killed.
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Calendar of Events Support Groups 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 Sept. 4, 2 p.m. Grief Support Group Phoenixville Senior Center 153 Church St., Phoenixville (610) 327-7216
Free and open to the public Sept. 5, 6 p.m. Memory Loss and Dementia Support Group Sunrise Assisted Living of Paoli 324 W. Lancaster Ave., Malvern (610) 251-9994 Sept. 10 and 24, 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Caregiver Support Group Adult Care of Chester County 201 Sharp Lane, Exton (610) 363-8044
Community Programs Sept. 1 and 15, 5 to 10 p.m. Bingo Nights Marine Corps League Detachment 430 Chestnut St., Downingtown (610) 431-2234 Sept. 4, 11:30 a.m. West Chester University Retirees Luncheon Old Country Buffet 1090 E. Lancaster Ave. Downingtown (610) 269-1503 Sept. 7, 7:30 p.m. Concert Series: Sunnyside Tel Hai Retirement Community Chapel 1200 Tel Hai Circle, Honey Brook (610) 273-9333
Sept. 12, noon Family Caregiver Support Group Sarah Care 425 Technology Drive, Suite 200 Malvern (610) 251-0801
Coatesville Area Senior Center – (610) 383-6900 22 N. Fifth Ave., Coatesville – www.cascweb.org Various dates/times – Retirement Planning Seminar Series Sept. 4, 10 a.m. – Walking Club Initial Meeting Sept. 13, 10:30 a.m. – Garden Club: Fall Planting and Garden Design
Sept. 18, 6 p.m. Family Caregiver Support Group Sunrise of Westtown 501 Skiles Blvd., West Chester (610) 399-4464
Downingtown Senior Center – (610) 269-3939 983 E. Lancaster Ave., Downingtown http://home.ccil.org/~dasc
Free and open to the public Sept. 10, 6:30 p.m. Exton PC Club – Using Quicken Chester County Library Struble Room 450 Exton Square Parkway, Exton (484) 876-1221 www.extonpc.org Sept. 11, 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 Sept. 19, 10:45 a.m. Medicare 101 Presentation by APPRISE Program West Grove Senior Center West Grove Presbyterian Church 139 W. Evergreen St., West Grove (610) 255-4477 greggj1@aol.com
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Sept. 20, 6 to 8 p.m. Medicare 101 Presentation by APPRISE Program Phoenixville Senior Center 153 Church St., Phoenixville (610) 935-1515 Sept. 27 and Oct. 4, 6 to 9 p.m. Training Workshop for Volunteer ESL Tutors Volunteer English Program in Chester County Kesher Israel Congregation 1000 Pottstown Pike West Chester (610) 918-8222 www.volunteerenglish.org If you have an event you would like to include, please email information to mjoyce@onlinepub.com for consideration.
Great Valley Senior Center – (610) 889-2121 47 Church Road, Malvern Sept. 5, 11 a.m. – Yoga Sept. 20, 11 a.m. – History Book Club: A Covert Affair by Jennet Conant Sept. 27, 2 p.m. – Metaphysical Discussion: Dreams Kennett Area Senior Center – (610) 444-4819 427 S. Walnut St., Kennett Square www.kennettseniorcenter.org Sept. 11, 1:30 to 4 p.m. – Tea Party: “The Fashion Show” Sept. 13, 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. – Free Blood Pressure Screening Sept. 23, 1 to 3 p.m. – Sunday Dinner with Friends: “Welcome to Fall” Oxford Senior Center – (610) 932-5244 12 E. Locust St., Oxford – www.oxfordseniors.org Phoenixville Area Senior Adult Activity Center (610) 935-1515 153 Church St., Phoenixville www.phoenixvilleseniorcenter.org West Chester Area Senior Center – (610) 431-4242 530 E. Union St., West Chester – www.wcseniors.org
Senior Centers to Counsel Nutritionally At-Risk Seniors Over the next three years, funding from The Pew Charitable Trusts will allow the Chester County senior centers to locate and assist approximately 1,000 Chester County seniors who need nutritional assistance. The Chester County Senior Center Collaborative, through a grant provided by The Pew Charitable Trusts, takes aim at Chester County lowincome and homebound seniors who are nutritionally at-risk. The grant provides funding for a nutritionist who will locate, counsel, and provide information for access to nutritional programs at the senior
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centers and Medicare/Medicaid supplemental food programs. The collaborative has contracted with registered dietitian Carol Sweeney, MA, RD, LDN, from West Chester. On a yearly basis, the six county senior centers, located in Coatesville, Downingtown, Kennett Square, Oxford, Phoenixville, and West Chester, provide 85,000 meals to Chester County senior residents. For more information about this program, call the senior center near you or visit the Chester County Collaborative website at www.chestercountyseniors.org.
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Apfel at Age 90: More is More Judith Zausner orget the old saying “less is more.” Minimalists thrived on that belief because it validated their art, but the contemporary fashion niche embraced by Iris Apfel makes a different statement. Turn your head 180 degrees and open your eyes wide and your mind even wider. There she is: a fashion maverick; an irreverent renegade; a defiant, creative spirit; and a marvel of an exquisite opulence of wearables. “I’m a geriatric starlet, my dear, don’t you know,” she said. “All of a sudden, I’m hot; I’m cool; I have a ‘fan base.’” With a rising cult of diverse people spilling around her amazing presence, Apfel is taking her show on the road. The HSN road, that is. Middle America is fascinated and wants this design eccentricity to be a brand in their lives. Naturally, much will be in translation. For example, her classic owl-shape eyeglasses will be featured in a scarf print and tribal-type necklaces are modified with respect to design and price. Apfel was always a fashion maven. “My mother worshipped at the altar of accessories, and I got the bug. She always said, ‘If you have a good, little, simple black dress and you have different accessories, you can have 27 different outfits.” So she learned early. “The fun of getting dressed is that it is a creative experience and I never know what it’s going to be.” She assiduously edits her ensembles, often wearing a basic architectural type of garment that can be accessorized dramatically. In 2005, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City presented an exhibition about Apfel called “Rara Avis (Rare Bird): The Irreverent Iris Apfel.” It was so successful that they created a traveling version that could be viewed by other audiences.
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“Composing the elements of interior and composing an ensemble are part and parcel of the same thought process,” says Apfel. So she was a natural watching her father in his business, working with high-end mirrors that focused on interiors. This passion for interiors catapulted the careers of Apfel and her husband, Carl. Serendipitously they started working with Old World Weavers in search of a certain cloth and then began to travel worldwide looking for both exotic fabrics and historically based designs that could be replicated by these foreign specialty mills. It was through this work that she was asked to consult for the White House interior for Presidents Truman, Eisenhower, Nixon, Kennedy, Johnson, Carter, Reagan, and Clinton. Married 64 years, she and her almost 100-year-old husband wear the same perfume called Yatagan by Caron, which is hard to find so they store it in big containers in the refrigerator. They also wear similar, round spectacles. An amazing couple, they have been very successful in their fabric business and, despite retirement from Old World Weavers in the 1990s, it’s clear that Apfel’s fame is soaring. This radical fashion icon will be featured in an upcoming documentary by Albert Maysles while she continues to design products for various companies and has the magnanimous vision to donate more than 900 pieces from her wardrobe to the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, Mass. Iris Apfel is an iconic legend with the bravado and mastery of greatness. “You only have one trip (one life), so you might as well enjoy it.” – Iris Apfel “In order to be irreplaceable one must always be different.” – Coco Chanel
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My 22 Cents’ Worth
Do Public Libraries Have a Future? Walt Sonneville hen today’s geriatric seniors were high school seniors, they took for granted certain informational resources would continue to be available for many decades— especially libraries. Some of these resources no longer exist (e.g., Sears’ mail-order catalog), some are fading (e.g., the black-andwhite phone directory), and others seem threatened (e.g., the postal service, newspapers). The postal service may yet reinvent itself by resurrecting a modernized version of the Railway Express, a predecessor of today’s United Parcel Service. The Railway Express was owned by the railways. Newspapers may survive by concentrating their staff ’s reportorial coverage to state, county, and local topics, limiting their national and international coverage. Public libraries may never see their own reincarnations but may simply disappear as the Internet dominates the informational-search domain and electronic books (“e-books”) replace printed versions. E-books already have captured an estimated 10 percent of all consumer book sales as of October 2010, up from 3.3 percent in late 2009, according to Read Write Web. Amazon.com reported that during its fourth quarter of 2010, it sold more electronic books than paperbacks. Public libraries are funded by municipalities or counties. In budget-
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for all age groups. Today, public libraries have become popular Internet-access sites. The Census Bureau reports an average of 12.5 Internet terminals per public library location, ranging from an average of 19.4 in Maryland to 4.5 in Nevada. The specter of closed libraries remains a real possibility. Already one municipality, Salinas, Calif., has closed most of its library locations because of financial constraints. Boston considered closing four of its 26 branches in early 2010 as the state reduced its share of funding for the library system from $8.9 million to a proposed $2.4 million. Other publiclibrary systems that closed some of their branches are Seattle, Denver, Honolulu, and cities in Ohio, New York, North Carolina, Oklahoma, and Michigan. Before libraries are shut down, many jurisdictions will choose to reduce library hours. According to Public Library Funding & Technology Access Study 20092010, published June 2010, “just under 15 percent of libraries (up from 4.5 percent in 2009) report that they
decreased their operating hours in the past year … further reductions in library hours and closures in more locations seem likely.” The just-under 15 percent figure was based on all libraries nationwide. The study found the figure for urban libraries alone was a painful 24 percent. Like newspapers, libraries furnish a fundamental service in democratic societies by providing information and education on which the electorate can make informed choices. Some of us received the better part of our education in public libraries. Samuel Clemens, better known as Mark Twain (1835-1910), educated himself in public libraries, such as they were then. He preferred their expansive resources compared to public schools. That education took place in the evenings while Clemens was employed as a typesetter. Many of today’s seniors may have shared this kind of educational experience. Like the movie theaters of past decades, the public library may not survive as a local institution. Its demise would be one more loss of interaction between individuals, families, and their local communities. Walt Sonneville, a retired market-research analyst, is the author of My 22 Cents’ Worth: The Higher-Valued Opinion of a Senior Citizen, a book of personal-opinion essays, free of partisan and sectarian viewpoints. A Musing Moment: Meditative Essays on Life and Learning, was released in January 2012. Contact him at waltsonneville@earthlink.net.
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cutting times, public libraries and parks are the first to have their funding slashed. The libraries today’s seniors visited in their youth often were funded in large part by the philanthropy of Andrew Carnegie. From 1881 through 1917, Carnegie helped start 1,689 public libraries by requiring municipalities to provide only the land while committing to undertake the maintenance and management of the library. By 2007 there were 9,214 public-library systems having a total of 16,604 locations, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. This is a slight increase from the 9,137 public-library systems in 2002. It is doubtful if we will see any growth in the decade following 2007. Fortunately, there are many publicschool “libraries.” As of 2007, they numbered 76,807, according to the Census Bureau. Frequently they are called media centers because they fall far short of being a traditional library with well-stocked shelves. Public-school libraries cannot provide the services found at public libraries. The latter have been indispensable resources
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with two guards. “I only hug, hold, and love ’em,” Poley said. He also prayed over the infant and was asked to tell the 6-year-old daughter. When he told her he was a chaplain, she said she knew him because he had prayed over her previously when she was sick. She asked him how her sister was. “I said, ‘Jesus came and took your sister, but you’ll have a chance to see her again.’” Poley recalled another incident when he was called during off-duty hours. “The husband died at the kitchen table while the wife was there. I just held her and reached out to her pastor. I wanted her to be as comfortable as possible. She got one of my hankies—my pants are loaded with pockets and I always have a few hankies since I go through them. “Two or three weeks later, a box arrived with a note which said, ‘You were there when I needed you. Enclosed find all my dead husband’s hankies. I’m sure you’ll put them to good use.’” The EMS chaplaincy program began in 2008 after a local pastor told EMS Chief Bobby Pine about his brainstorm following a bad accident in the area.
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said. “Frank is dedicated to us, and it’s worked really well for the program.” Poley volunteers eight to 10 hours a day three days a week, plus call-outs, which are typically bad situations. “In today’s day and age, with time demands, it’s an unusual perk to have from a volunteer,” Pine said. The chaplains have become an integral part of EMS. “They are always there for us and us for them,” Pine said. EMS provides the chaplains with uniforms and helps with joint fundraising with an area church. As an EMS chaplain, Poley is there not only for the bad news, but the good news as well. Poley has performed marriages at the station and gave another away since her father couldn’t be there. “They are like my kids, the paramedics and EMTs. They are very special people,” Poley said. “I’m thrilled to be doing this. It has given me an extended family (in addition to his five daughters and seven grandchildren).” Poley was born and raised an orthodox Jew, but later converted to become a Messianic Jew while living in Florida. He retired as a Messianic rabbi with ties close to the International Alliance of Messianic Congregations and
Synagogues. After he moved to Pennsylvania to be with his wife’s elderly mother, Poley worked for two years at Hersheypark driving a tram. One day one of his passengers fell off the back of the tram. Since she was wearing a large cross, he asked if he could pray for her while they waited for an EMT. After they arrived, she told him he should become a chaplain. Not long after that, the EMS started its chaplaincy program, and Poley knew that was where he belonged. “I’m in my 70s. I can give a family comfort. Why can’t others? There’s no need for special training to love someone in troubled times,” Poley said. There are so many out there who think retirement is a time to relax and do nothing, Poley said. “Anyone can just sit around, read, or watch TV and let their life go by—why not walk up to somebody and hold onto them?” As long as you have the strength, Poley believes you should take it and do something with it. “You are in the fourth quarter, and the game is not over yet,” Poley said, quoting Coach Bill McCarthy, founder of Promise Keepers.
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