Cumberland County Edition
April 2015
Vol. 16 No. 4
2,000 Miles of Happy Trails Cumberland County Woman the Oldest to Hike Appalachian Trail By Rebecca Hanlon
The grisly 2,185-mile stretch of the Appalachian Trail could not take down Nan Reisinger. The Cumberland County resident is not the first woman to tackle the rocky slopes, but she is the oldest. At 74, she has the strength and determination of someone decades younger. Reisinger isn’t going to spend her retirement years cooped up at home. Instead, she canoes in Florida, skies in Connecticut, and climbs the steepest trails in Maine. And she laughs at the idea that she might be getting too old. The record was held previously by a 71-year-old woman. That was all Reisinger needed to hear. “I decided to give it a try,” she said. “Listen, I can beat that. That was the reason for it. Strictly for the glory.” With her friend Carolyn Banjak, Reisinger would leave her East Penn Township home to complete the trek from Springer Mountain in Georgia to Mount Katahdin in Maine. Their goal was to finish before winter set in. She would make every last step from March to October with a 25-pound pack on her back, completely self-sufficient on what she considers one of the greatest accomplishments of her life. please see HAPPY TRAILS page 18
Avid hiker Nan Reisinger completed a thru-hike of the Appalachian Trail last fall. Here, she pauses along Blue Ridge Parkway in southwestern Virginia.
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The Green Mountain Gardener
New Veggies to Grow in 2015 Dr. Leonard Perry ive more new vegetables, including three herbs, have recently been awarded the prestigious AllAmerica Selections (AAS) award. These include a basil, beet, broccoli, chives, and oregano. Each year, the best of the new seedgrown vegetables are chosen as AAS winners after trials across North America. They must represent either a totally new variety or one improved in some way over an existing one. This year there is a much larger number of winners than usual—19 vegetables, which, with flower winners, brings the total to 25. This is a 75-year record, the last year with so many winners being 1939. Another first is the inclusion of three organically grown herbs. Basil Persian is a new, vigorous variety with later flowers than most others. This is a bonus since basil is grown for leaves,
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not flowers, and when the plant is flowering the leaves may develop a bitter taste. When flowering, though, bees Photos courtesy of AAS usually flock Above: Beet Avalanche to it, so this makes it a Right: good plant Broccoli Artwork for pollinatorfriendly gardens. It also may be known as Thai or sweet basil and grows about 15 to 18 inches high and wide. It makes an attractive ornamental with silvery-green leaves and purplish stems. Figure on about 75 days
from sowing seeds to harvesting leaves. Beet Avalanche is, as you might guess from the name, a beet with white roots. Unlike many beets, this has no earthy taste or bitterness, but instead is mild and sweet. It is an easy vegetable to grow, and quick, taking only 50 days from sowing seeds to harvesting roots. Avalanche has good resistance to a key leaf spot disease (Cercospora) of beets. You often see this late summer under high temperatures, humidity, and leaves staying wet into the night.
Broccoli Artwork is a new hybrid, often called a sweet stem broccoli. It starts out as the usual heading type but, once harvested, tender and tasty side shoots develop late into the season. This hybrid resists “bolting” (flowering prematurely) during hot weather better than other stem types. Now you can grow this gourmet broccoli from seeds at home, a type only available before in gourmet markets, restaurants, and specialty farm stands. Allow enough time and start seeds indoors early, as it takes 85 days from sowing to first harvest. Chives Geisha is a garlic chive, with some of this flavor. Leaves are slightly wider, flatter, and more refined-appearing than regular chives. These, along with the white flowers late in the season, make it an attractive ornamental as well as please see VEGGIES page 17
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Dread, Drama, and the Drill Saralee Perel anic kicked in like a lightning bolt. The team in white coats swarmed through the offices as medicinal odor encircled me. Yes. I was at the dentist’s office. “It’s so hot in here.” My face was red from a hot flash. I was given water. I closed my eyes so I wouldn’t see the needle. Then came the spinechilling sound of the drill. Terrified, I asked, “Are we almost done?” “Well, we just started,” Dr. Robert Lynch said. Here’s the thing: It was my husband, Bob’s, appointment. I was in the room while he was having a cavity filled. I was there to comfort Bob, who happened to be asleep. I’ll tell you: If he could give birth, he’d sleep right through it. I also had the notion that I could desensitize myself from my fear of the dentist by watching the procedure. Hah! Bernadette was assisting that day. As always, she treated me like I was her best friend. “Do you like your work?” I asked her. “I do. I love the people.” And I love her. Which leads to what I believe is one core of anxiety: isolation. The antidote? Connection. When I’m at my dentist’s office, I am frail and frightened. I tell the staff that. Therefore, what brings down my panic is that they care
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when we’re together at the office, it’s as genuine a bond as any other. How I am feeling is priority to her. Just as it is with Robert and Bernadette. In all parts of my life, it is the connection I give and receive that helps settle my angst. Ruminating to myself makes nothing better. Instead it fuels my isolation and anxiety. “We’re done now, right?” I asked Robert. “Just about,” he said. It was hard to hear him over Bob’s snoring. I put my head between my knees so I wouldn’t pass out. Bernadette offered me a cool towel and more water. Then Robert said, “All done.” I didn’t realize he was talking to Bob when he said, “You did great.” “Oh, thanks,” I said. “It was pure hell but I made it through.” As we left the office, I said to my husband, “You’re my inspiration.” He tenderly kissed my forehead and said, “And you’re a doofus.” “Well, I’m perfectly calm now.” We got into our car. I gave him a big hug, told him how relieved I was it was over, put on my seatbelt, and passed out. Saralee Perel is an award-winning, nationally syndicated columnist. Her new book is Cracked Nuts & Sentimental Journeys: Stories From a Life Out of Balance. To find out more, visit www.saraleeperel.com or email sperel@saraleeperel.com.
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When the weather gets warmer and your boss, teacher, or spouse asks why your mind is wandering, you might try blaming your spring fever on physiology. Spring fever’s symptoms usually appear during the onset of the vernal equinox. In the northern hemisphere, people begin to feel more energetic, enthusiastic, and amorous because of chemical changes in the body in part produced by increased exposure to daylight.
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• Increased light also affects the hypothalamus, the section of the brain that regulates eating, sleeping, and sex drive. • Our other senses—sight, smell, and hearing—also wake up as blossoms and spring breezes assault them. Such stimuli can trigger strong emotions, from euphoria to sadness.
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Fragments of History
Glimpses of History via Letters Victor Parachin Letter to Harriet Beecher Stowe In 1850, a Mrs. Edward Beecher wrote her sister “Hattie,” who had already written and published several books, making this request: “Hattie, if I could use a pen as you can, I would write something to make this whole nation feel what an accursed thing slavery is!” Her sister promptly wrote back, saying that with a new baby, “I can’t do much of anything, but I will do it at last. I will write that thing if I live!” Less than a year later, Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote Uncle Tom’ s Cabin, a book that became a bestseller, galvanized the North against the institution of slavery, and contributed to the outbreak of the American Civil War. In 1862 Beecher Stowe visited the White House, where she was met by an impressed President Abraham Lincoln, who greeted her saying: “So this is the little lady who wrote the book that made the big war.” William James’ Letter of Appreciation In 1869 William James graduated from Harvard University as a medical doctor. All his life he struggled with depression, a factor that may have created his interest in psychology. He is regarded as America’s first psychologist, famously declaring: “The first lecture on psychology I ever heard being the first I ever gave.” Offered a teaching position at Harvard University, James accepted and remained there for 35 years.
A group of female students from Radcliff College took a class with him and, at the end, presented James with the gift of an azalea plant. Clearly, James was overwhelmed by Harriet Beecher Stowe this gift, circa 1852 indicating it was the first time he’d received such appreciation. Addressing the group as “Dear Young Ladies,” he wrote: I am deeply touched by your remembrance. It is the first time anyone ever treated me so kindly, so you may well believe that the impression on the heart of the lonely sufferer will be even more durable than the impression on your minds of all the teachings of philosophy 2A. I now perceive one immense omission in my Psychology (a reference to his recently published book)—the deepest principle of human nature is the craving to be appreciated, and I left it out altogether from the book, because I never had it gratified till now. I fear you have let loose a demon in me, and that all my actions will now be for the sake of such rewards. However, I will try to be faithful to this one unique and beautiful azalea tree, the pride of my life and delight of my existence. Winter and
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summer will I tend and water it— even with my tears. Mrs. James shall never go near it or touch it. If it dies, I will die too; and if I die, it shall be planted on my grave.
Harry Truman’s Letter Defending His Daughter’s Recital In December 1950, U.S. President Harry Truman’s daughter, Margaret, gave a public singing recital. Present was Paul Hume, the Washington Post’s music critic, who reviewed her performance
negatively, writing that her voice had “little size and fair quality.” He also noted that Margaret sang flat much of the time, adding sarcastically that there were “few moments … when one can relax and feel confident that she will make her goal, which is the end of the song.” Truman was furious and wrote Hume the following letter: “I have just read your lousy review buried in the back pages. You sound like a frustrated old man who never made a success, an eight-ulcer man on a fourulcer job, and all four ulcers working. “I have never met you, but if I do you’ll need a new nose and plenty of beefsteak and perhaps a supporter below.” When the letter was made public, it caused considerable controversy, but most Americans seemed to approve of a father defending his daughter.
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My 22 Cents’ Worth
Family Feuds Walt Sonneville
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to 45 percent of families today have some siblings have occurred only after experienced feuds among relatives that the siblings became aged. Brothers Curtis persist over an and Prestley Blake coextensive duration. founded Friendly’s Ice This is lamentable, Cream Corporation in Too often we especially when the 1935. They remained are locked in aged despair of ever friends until they were seeing close to 90 years of unresolved reconciliation. age. Then they had an estrangements The problem is acrimonious dispute most apparent over the future of the within families. during holidays company. when an assembled The Andrews Sisters family senses or witnesses the presence of were enormously successful as a vocal conflict and the absence of unwelcomed trio, but their family harmony began to drift the year they lost both of their kin. Well-publicized estrangements among parents.
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amily feuds are as old as mankind, beginning with Cain killing his brother Abel. Disputes that age into decades can fracture family solidarity through succeeding generations. By the time we reach our senior years, it may be too late to control further damage. During the past few centuries there have been celebrated cases of regicide (killing a monarch) and parricide (killing a close relative) to gain control of the royal throne. Fortunately, commoners need not worry about aristocratic plots in which we escape personal involvement. Yet, too often, we are locked in unresolved estrangements within families. Studies have concluded that 30
Bandleaders Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey were estranged brothers for several years, reconciling toward the end of their lives. Feuds between parents and children or their stepchildren can be difficult to repair if the parents are in their advanced years. Billionaire T. Boone Pickens at the age of 85 sued his 58-year-old son, Michael, for defaming him on Michael’s website. Anthony Marshall, the son of Brooke Astor (Mrs. Vincent Astor), was charged with unauthorized use of his wealthy mother’s estate. Mrs. Astor at the time was 104 years of age.
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Savvy Senior
Jim Miller Dear Savvy Senior, Is life insurance needed in retirement? I’m about to retire and have been thinking about dropping my policy to escape the premiums. Is this a good idea? – Over Insured Dear Over, While many retirees choose to stop paying their life insurance premiums when they no longer have young families to take care of, there are a few reasons you may still want to keep your policy. Here are some different points to consider that can help you determine if you still need life insurance in retirement. Dependants: Life insurance is designed to help protect your spouse and children from poverty in the case of your untimely death. But if your children are grown and are on their own, and you have sufficient financial resources to cover you and your spouse’s retirement costs, then there is little need to continue to have life insurance. But, if you had a child late in life or have a relative with special needs who is dependent on you for income, it makes sense to keep paying the premiums on your policy. You also need to make sure your
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Work: Will you need to take another job in retirement to earn income? Since life insurance helps replace lost income to your family when you die, you may want to keep your policy if your spouse or other family members are relying on that income. If, however, you have very little income from your retirement job, then there’s probably no need to
continue with the policy. Estate taxes: Life insurance can also be a handy estateplanning tool. If, for example, you own a business that you want to keep in the family and you don’t have enough liquid assets to take care of the estate taxes, you can sometimes use a life insurance policy to help your heirs pay off Uncle Sam when you die. It’s a good idea to talk to a disinterested third party (not your insurance agent), like an estate planning expert or a fee-only financial planner, to help you determine if your life insurance policy can help you with this. Life Settlement Option If you find that you don’t need your life insurance policy any longer, you may want to consider selling it in a “life settlement”
transaction to a third-party company for more than the cashsurrender value would be, but less than its net death benefit. The best candidates are people over age 65 who own a policy with a face value of $250,000 or more. Once you sell your policy, however, the life settlement company becomes the new owner, pays the future premiums, and collects the death benefit when you die. How much money you can expect to get with a life settlement will depend on your age, health, and life expectancy; the type of insurance policy; the premium costs; and the value of your policy. Most sellers generally get 12 to 25 percent of the death benefit. If you’re interested in this option, get quotes from several brokers or life settlement providers. Also, find out what fees you’ll be required to pay. To locate credible providers or brokers, the Life Insurance Settlement Association provides a referral service at www.lisa.org. Jim Miller is a regular contributor to the NBC Today show and author of The Savvy Senior Book. www.savvysenior.org
Read the Fine Print in Your Retirement Plan Few of us know all the mechanics of our 401(k) or other retirement plans. That can cause unpleasant surprises when people retire or switch jobs. Here are some important things to learn: Trading limits. Many plans allow you to move money, but with strings attached. Don’t move long-term retirement savings around for short periods of
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Travel Appetizers: Stories that Whet the Appetite for Travel
A World-Class Event in a World-Class City By Andrea Gross he elevator rises; my stomach drops. Zooming upward at 15 miles an hour, it takes only 58 seconds to reach the observation deck of the CN Tower in Toronto, one of the world’s tallest buildings. Now, from 1,465 feet above street level, I get a wide-angle view of Canada’s most populous city—a labyrinth of buildings interspersed with green parks, traffic-filled freeways, and, not much more than a mile away, the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. This summer Toronto will gain international attention when it hosts the Pan Am Games, the third-largest international multi-sport competition in the world. (It is surpassed only by the Olympic Summer Games and the Asian Games.) Held every four years since 1951, the games bring together amateur athletes from more than 40 countries throughout the Americas who compete in 36 sports.
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The CN Tower is Toronto’s most famous landmark and one of the world’s tallest buildings.
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They are followed 12 days later by the Parapan American Games, during which athletes with physical disabilities compete
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and its surrounding burgs will host upward of a quarter million tourists as well as thousands of athletes, coaches, and team officials. We figure we’d better learn how to navigate the city now, in preparation for then. Although the powers-that-be are spending megabucks readying the area for the games, and while much of this is earmarked for transportation, we suspect that in many cases walking will still be the easiest way to get around. Thus we choose to stay at the newly renovated and centrally located Radisson Admiral Hotel. The location is especially perfect for sports enthusiasts. Athletes’ Village, the mini-city that’s being built for participants, is less than a half-hour stroll along the waterfront, and we only have to walk across the street to get to Rogers Centre, the large multipurpose stadium that will be the site of the most anticipated event of the games, the opening ceremony, which will be
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produced by Cirque du Soleil. Meanwhile, we pay an early visit to the centre, which is home to both the Blue Jays (Toronto’s major league baseball team) and the Argonauts (the city’s professional football team). It’s the next-to-last game of the season, and the crowd goes wild as the Blue Jays beat the top-ranked Baltimore Orioles. A slightly longer walk gets us to the Distillery Historic District, an area that was once home to the largest distillery in the British Empire. We admire the Victorian architecture that has caused the neighborhood to be designated a National Historic Site and explore the trendy galleries, boutiques, and eateries that line the pedestrian-only streets. I could happily spend the rest of my vacation right here, but we’ve more, much more, to see. In addition to the Distillery District, there’s a Financial District, Fashion District, and Garden District, as well as a Greektown, Chinatown, Little India, and Little Italy. In fact, according to the Toronto Star, there are 239 separate enclaves in this city, which bills itself as “a city of neighborhoods.” We don’t know whether to be dazed or amazed, but we do know that we need help in order to visit even a small proportion of them. Thus we climb aboard a bright-red bus where, from our seats on the upper
Toronto is often called a “city of neighborhoods.”
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Plants sprout from a car in what is billed as the “the world’s smallest park.”
The alleys of Kensington, one of Toronto’s most interesting and diverse areas, are filled with murals.
deck, we can get an unobstructed view of street-level Toronto. A nonstop tour would take about two hours, but our ticket gives us hop-on, hop-off privileges for three consecutive days.
Therefore, we hop off in the Theatre District (the third-largest live theatre venue in the English-speaking world, after London’s West End and New York City’s Broadway); visit Casa Loma
Castle, once the largest private residence in Canada and today a location site for movies such as Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2; and attend a neighborhood festival. Finally, we hook up with The Tour Guys to get a more in-depth look at two of Toronto’s most fabled areas, Chinatown and Kensington. Our guide entertains us with stories and peppers us with facts as he leads us down alleyways, past walls filled with murals and artgraffiti, and into small shops we’d never have discovered on our own. But before we leave, there’s one more neighborhood we have to explore, the one by our hotel that houses some of the city’s top breweries. Steam Whistle Brewing is known for what many consider to be some of the best Pilsner in the world, while Amsterdam Brewhouse offers a variety of seasonal and experimental beers. I confess to not being an expert on beer, but the pretzels can’t be beat! www.seetorontonow.com www.radisson.com www.toronto2015.org Photos © Irv Green unless otherwise noted; story by Andrea Gross (www.andreagross.com).
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Art and Antiques by Dr. Lori
Spring Break for Museum Lovers Lori Verderame f you are planning a trip this spring, consider spending some of your welldeserved break time at one of the world’s most interesting museums and special exhibitions.
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Rogier van der Weyden, Raphael, Albrecht Dürer, and Rembrandt van Rijn, among others. If you miss this show in Washington, you can visit Ringling Museum of Art & Sculpture Garden, these fine Sarasota, Fla. works of art as Washington, D.C.: The National they travel to The British Museum in Gallery of Art is hosting a large London, England, from September exhibition dedicated to the great masters through December 2015. www.nga.gov and their interest in drawing and printmaking. New York, N.Y.: The new Whitney This show, dedicated to the history of Museum of American Art will open in metalpoint—the art of drawing with a May in the trendy and accessible metal stylus—features nearly 100 original meatpacking district at Washington drawings by Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, Street and Gansevoort Street.
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Walking Canes Get Clever Redesigns Judith Zausner alking is healthy. We take it for granted and do not consider the inherent benefit that it provides of mobility and independence. However, as we age, we may require extra support to walk and to stabilize our steps from one point to another. A cane is the simple solution and, until recently, has been just a classic candy-cane form with the choice of material and color as the only option in
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With this function, there are no worries about the cane falling down, sliding off chair backs, or forgetting where you put it. A good example is Tru-Motion SurStep because it has a stable standalone function and a
padded, flat-foot base that provides traction. Designed by a team of engineers and physical therapists, it provides security and convenience for the user. For travel, there are many companies that manufacture the cane that folds in three sections. Although most are constructed as a classic cane, there are some that have a base for the standalone function. The Hurrycane is designed for free standing and pivoting on its base as well.
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April 2, 6:30 p.m. Too Sweet: Diabetes Support Group Chapel Hill United Church of Christ 701 Poplar Church Road Camp Hill (717) 557-9041 April 7, 6 p.m. CanSurmount Cancer Support Group HealthSouth Acute Rehab Hospital 175 Lancaster Blvd., Mechanicsburg (717) 691-6786
Free and open to the public. April 8, 1 p.m. Parkinson’s Support Group HealthSouth Rehab Hospital 175 Lancaster Blvd. Mechanicsburg (717) 877-0624
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Although the StrongArm Walking Cane cannot stand alone, it does offer an important support benefit for people who need extra support. It is designed with a curve on its upper part to support the arm in a brace-like effect. This design offers extra help for those with balance concerns and who could not easily lift themselves up to reach for a standard cane. The stiff, straight cane has been an important tool for the blind as they extend it outward to avoid any physical elements that might impede their
walking. Now there is the SmartCane and more expensive UltraCane that have been designed with ultrasound technology to help mobilize blind people. The user moves the cane from left to right as they walk. The SmartCane or UltraCane then emits vibrations on one side when an object is detected, indicating the person should move toward the other side. Enter the home walking-cane-design revolution. Italian-Singaporean designers Lanzavecchia + Wai have designed a
beautiful and functional collection of canes for the elderly that are styled with home domestic function. Together Canes—T-Cane, U-Cane, and I-Cane—are all for home living and not just mobility because they serve multiple functions. Each piece is designed not just as a support cane, but also as a carrier of something: a tray, a basket, a smartphone platform. Our physical independence is tied to our emotional well-being. Fortunately, there are more products on the market than ever before that can offer mobility
support tailored to our needs. It is not unusual for someone to have multiple canes: one for outside walks, one for traveling, and one or more of the new domestic-style canes from Lanzavecchia + Wai. While we are all aging, we can appreciate the choices now in choosing canes that will support our bodies safely and make our lives so much more comfortable. Judith Zausner can be reached at judith@caringcrafts.com.
Believe It or Not? History is full of practical jokers, some more successful than others. Check out these three tales of hoaxes that seemed plausible—before they fell apart: I’ll take Manhattan. A carpenter by the name of Lozier claimed in 1825 that Manhattan was in danger of sinking because of overbuilding on the lower end. Lozier proposed that the lower end be sawed off, dragged into New York Harbor, and then reattached. He came up with a plan and commissioned numerous laborers. When the day came for the big move,
the laborers gathered with supplies and provisions. Lozier never showed up. Not so elementary. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle created the famous detective Sherlock Holmes, but his own deductive powers weren’t always superior to anyone else’s. Two young girls, 16 and 10, once sent
him a picture of fairies supposedly photographed in the English village of Cottingley. Doyle brought them national attention. Photography experts declared there had been no touching up or manipulating of the picture. In the early 1980s, the two girls (now grown women) had admitted that they
had posed with paper cutouts of fairies, which had been supported by hatpins. Out of the Stone Age. In 1971, the world was told that a tribe of Stone Age people, never exposed to modern civilization, was found deep in the jungles of the Philippines. There was great hubbub about the discovery. Then in 1986, a Swiss journalist revisited the tribe, only to find them living in huts and dressed in t-shirts and shorts. The group of people then revealed that they had been instructed by a government official to pretend they were cave dwellers.
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Salute to a Veteran
He was at Guantanamo When an Atomic War was a Hairbreadth Away Robert D. Wilcox obert McRobbie grew up in suburban Albany, N.Y., and was deferred from military duty as he studied engineering at Cornell University in the late 1950s. However, he left college during his senior year to take a job with United Engineers, a design and construction firm in Philadelphia. Hoping to become a naval pilot, he then took the Navy test and found that it brought good news and bad news. The good news was that he was virtually off the chart on the many skills the Navy required. The bad news was that his eyesight was not keen enough to qualify him for flight training. So he joined the Navy Reserve and was assigned to a squadron based at the naval air station in Willow Grove, Pa. There he studied for several months to become an avionics technician, learning how to install, inspect, test, adjust, or repair avionics equipment, such as radio
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overnight. But when we woke the next morning, we found that the Essex had left without us. It had a big role to play in the naval ‘quarantine’ on Cuba in October 1962 when it was discovered that the Soviets were shipping missiles to Cuba. “Having no official duties, we went to the base commander and asked if he would give us something to do. He was glad to have us as drivers to haul supplies to the Marines who were there in the nearby mountains to deter any Cuban attempt to attack our base. And we’d bring Marines down every now and then for a hot meal and a shower. We were there a month before we were flown back to Quonset.” By that time, McRobbie’s hitch was about up, and he was discharged from the Navy as a second class petty officer in September 1963.
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He worked for Rohm and Haas in purchasing while he pursued his degree at Drexel at night and earned a B.S. in mechanical engineering. He then worked for Honeywell, first as a project manager and then as a manager in research and development. After 23 years, he retired from Honeywell in 2001. Friends told him of a retirement community in Central Pennsylvania, to which he moved in 2007. Since he had been using computers for some 30 years by then, he has been a leading member of the retirement community’s computer club and a regular source of counsel when other residents need help of any kind with their computers. “Which,” he says with a smile, “is surprisingly often.” Colonel Wilcox flew a B-17 bomber in Europe in World War II.
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Patti Davis, daughter of Ronald and Nancy Reagan, had highly publicized personal criticisms of her parents, eventually reconciling. In 2011 film star Mickey Rooney, at the age of 90, testified before the U.S. Senate Committee on Aging that a family member had abused him recently. When families fight over the assets of their parents or grandparents, lawyers are likely to reap all the rewards. The legal expenses of some feuds can drain virtually the entire estate. Actor Peter Ustinov left a fortune said to be in the “tens of millions of pounds” (The Daily Telegraph, Jan. 24, 2013). Almost all of his estate went for legal fees as his children and their stepmother battled for years in various courts. One of the Ten Commandments instructs us to honor one’s father and mother. It seems odd that we must be commanded to do so. This command should include a clause requiring parents to earn that honor. With the divorce rate
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An active person—participating in Kick ’n Gliders, a cross-country skiing group, and the Harrisburg Bicycle Club— Reisinger enjoys a challenge. But this wasn’t her first time on the trail. She completed a section hike in 2011. It took six years for her to pick up pieces of the trail whenever she had the time. “I always wanted to do a thru-hike, but it was always tough,” she said. “I was working and never had time to give up six months of my life to just walk in the woods. When I finished the section hike, I thought I was done with it. Then I found out I might be able to do something pretty neat.” It was Banjak who told Reisinger she should try to break the record. It didn’t take much convincing. The two took a trip to Florida to canoe before making their way to Georgia to start the hike. They would set off together on March 30. Even though it was just the two of them on the journey, they had a slew of fans. Reisinger kept a journal and would mail pieces of it when they would reach a rest stop. Bill Stine, a member of Kick ’n Gliders, would post her stories online. Her entries describe the many people they met along their way, including Tonya and Tina from Germany, whom they
fondly called “I enjoy it. I feel “T&T.” They also like a kid getting met Osprey, a 74ready to build a year-old man who fort any time I wished the need to set up “biddies” good camp and make luck on their my dinner.” journey. Tired and They hiked hungry, the two through rain and planned a break hot sun. They for the end of Reisinger beneath a misty tree in devoured eggs, They would June. George Washington National Forest in Virginia. bacon, and home catch up on bills, fries when they sneak in a dentist had the rare stop appointment, and at a restaurant attend reunions along the way. before heading They dreamed of back out. warm beds and In the rush to hot showers. get home, with Despite her just a few miles age, Reisinger between the embraced the women and the Reisinger atop Mount Katahdin, lifestyle that a comfort that Maine’s highest peak (5,270 feet). hike on the waited, the trip Appalachian Trail nearly ended for requires. She doesn’t know how much Reisinger. longer she’ll be able to sleep under the Climbing over rocky terrain, her foot stars or carry on her back everything she got caught and sent her flying to the needs to survive. ground. With a throbbing knee, she made “Some people like the trail, but they it home. But she wondered if she’d return hate that part of the experience,” she said. to the trail.
X-rays showed the injury looked worse on the outside. With rest, the swelling subsided. Not wanting to let an injury set her back, Reisinger headed back to the forest. When they finally got back on the trail, the pair would have to make up about 5 miles that were missed in Pennsylvania. So, they decided to save it for last. They each asked their families to meet them in the end and help them cross the finish line. The women would power through the remainder of the hike, making it through the toughest climbing in New Hampshire and Maine. They reached their end point on Oct. 4, but it wouldn’t be until Oct. 19 that they’d hike those last 5 miles into Pine Grove Furnace State Park. About 50 people showed up to join them for the hike and a cookout that followed. It wasn’t just Reisinger and Banjak who celebrated that day—but all the people who had kept tabs on their journey through Reisinger’s blog. “I never thought of giving up, but I can understand why sometimes people do give up,” she said. “I think I’m in good shape, but I know I don’t have the stamina of someone who is 25. So, for me, I think I’ve done my last hike of the Appalachian Trail. I think I can say I beat it.”
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Spring Time Walking outside I feel so nice, Escape my cage of snow and ice; Spring has come, and a warm sun smiles. When I was young I walked long miles; Hot or cold I was ready to go, Whether grass was green or under snow. But now I am old and fear to fall; Just one bad slip and down I’d sprawl. I feel safe when I carry my cane If roads are dry with no hint of rain. I can’t walk far because I’m slow; But I love to feel the warm breeze blow, To hear birds sing, see flowers in bloom, That drives away my winter gloom. My body is old but my heart is young, There is many a song still to be sung. Written and submitted by John McGrath
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