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King and Queen of the Local ‘Monarchy’ Husband-and-Wife Team Work to Preserve Butterfly Population By Lori Van Ingen “Find something you’re passionate about and keep tremendously interested in it.” – Julia Child Philip and Lindy Malin have done exactly that. When they were married 33 years ago, the Malins knew they were exact opposites and had nothing in common. At that time, Philip was a proofreader for scientific publications and Lindy was director of therapies in a nursing home. If they asked each other how their day was, they knew neither would understand what the other was saying. So they decided to find something they could do together each year of their marriage. They would go to the library and find books about a particular subject, learn about it, and try it out. They called it their “Anniversary Project.” “It’s a good way for couples to stay together,” Lindy, 60, said. The first year, because Lindy was a church musician, they picked music. It please see MONARCHY page 20

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Together, Philip and Lindy Malin founded Malins Monarchy, where they raise and release up to 2,000 monarch butterflies each year.

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May is Better Hearing & Speech Month page 10

Flowers Speak Volumes in Fine Art page 22

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Leslie Caron Danced Her Way to Hollywood Nick Thomas nly a handful of actresses danced in feature films with both Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire. One was Leslie Caron. Although her last feature film was a decade ago, she hasn’t exactly been idle since. “I won an Emmy in 2007 for a guest role on Gene Kelly and Leslie Caron in An American in Paris Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, which was a grand moment for me,” said Caron from “So I’m not retired and would love to London, where she moved in 2013 from do more television or a movie,” she her native France to be near family. emphasized. Her autobiography, Thank Heaven, Shortly before her birthday last year, was published in 2010, and in 2013 she at the age of 82, Caron even tackled a appeared in an episode of the French TV demanding stage role. crime series Jo. “I traveled to California for a play—

continued with it to Broadway, but that would have been too strenuous.” Trained as a dancer, Caron’s film career took off after Gene Kelly discovered the teenager performing in the Ballets des Champs-Élysées in Paris in the late 1940s. “The husband of a dancer I shared my Caron at the 2007 Emmys Cover of Caron’s dressing room with autobiography somehow knew Gene, who had seen me and wanted me to do a Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks at the screen test for a movie,” she recalled. Laguna Playhouse—which was one of The film turned out to be An the best parts I’ve ever had. It was a twoAmerican in Paris, and rehearsals were character play with six dance numbers tough. and seven costume changes. “I wasn’t used to dancing in ballet “A person of 50 would have found it a shoes for six to eight hours a day,” she bit difficult. I would love to have

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said. “And when I arrived in America, I had mononucleosis and was undernourished having lived through World War II and food shortages. So I was very anemic.” Throughout the ’50s, Caron appeared in other musicals, including Daddy Long Legs with Fred Astaire. “Fred and Gene came from different eras,” she noted. “Fred danced on his toes and barely touched the ground—an elegant, fluid dancer. Gene’s dancing was very athletic.” Astaire’s wife, ill from lung cancer, died during production. “He would bury his head in a towel and cry,” Caron remembered. “Fred loved the film, which had a lot of youth and joy, so I think it helped him through a very bad time.” Caron continued to work in film and

TV into the ’90s but says, “I was hitting 60 and beginning to think my career was over, so I embarked on a new venture.” Proving you are never too old to start a new chapter in life, she purchased and renovated an old building by the river just outside Paris, turning it into a successful bed and breakfast. “I managed it for about 15 years until the economy crashed.” Today, Caron hopes for more roles but remains realistic. “I’m not aiming for any Academy Awards. It just gives me a great deal of pleasure to keep working.”

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With Louis Jourdan and Maurice Chevalier in Gigi

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Breakfast in Bed Theodore Rickard y the time our offspring had grown into young adults, Mother’s Day had become— well, almost perfunctory. There was no ill intent in this; it was just how things worked out. That Sunday in May got squashed between graduations and baseball season. With academic progress, there were no more ceramic handprints or construction-paper hearts on paper pastry doilies. Hallmark took over from the kindergarten teacher. As our daughters grew into little women and our sons into large young men, the advent of adulthood and full-time jobs turned Mother’s Day into a tableful at the local pancake restaurant. Here it was up to the oldest sister to divide up the check. She exercised an imperious assessment technique that squelched any arguments about parity. One of her brothers claimed it was very similar to the way the IRS operated with recalcitrant tax payers. Earlier, however, Mother’s Day breakfast had been a major occasion and much more complicated. And I’m sure it is colored pale rose by the passage of time. Neither of us parents has any idea where the children—before the teens set in—got the idea that breakfast in bed was an integral part of the Mother’s Day occasion. I’ll bet it came from one of those old, nauseatingly perky-happy-family TV shows with their benignly saccharine lovey-ness. These depictions gave us a disturbing sense of total parental inadequacy when faced with our own contentiously tight-knit brood. We knew we shouldn’t feel that way,

but we did anyhow. “I hate crumbs in the bedding,” the mother admitted once in an undertone whispered only to me. “Crumbs make me itch.” Parents, however, and especially mothers, learn to face these trials with courage and forbearance—and a remarkable ability to feign delight. Down in the kitchen, the breakfast-makers—then grades K through 10—would become deeply

involved in jurisdictional disputes, to say nothing of what can only be considered, as kindly as possible, to be procedural “issues.” Coffee grounds, for example, go into a little paper basket thing before the water percolates through them— as age 10 would explain loudly to anybody who would listen, and nobody did—and a dollop of butter beforehand allows eggs to be removed as integral units after frying. Her brother had learned this along with vulgar noises in a scouting overnight. Toast is no problem, since any determined 8year-old can always try again. In the midst of these learning experiences, one of the girls—her culinary competence disparaged by an older sister—stalks off the scene and plops herself down in front of the TV to watch a documentary on

the Battle of the Bulge with the sound turned up to highest-it-willgo. Breakfast is readied without her, and she will sulk just long enough for the food to get cold before rejoining her siblings on the breakfast parade up to the parental bedroom. Having flunked out as bearer of the sugar bowl, the youngest is reassigned the napkin to carry, and he drops that halfway as he stomps up each step. Back in the kitchen, the dog has lapped up most of the sugar and some spilled orange juice and followed the children. She retrieves the napkin and, convinced that this is some sort of newly invented game, refuses to give it up until it is adequately saliva-gummed and tooth-marked, found flavorless, and she’s bored with it. She then stands on the staircase landing and barks—almost loud enough to drown out the shrieking carnage of World War II still being broadcast on the floor below. “Oh, what a lovely surprise!” says Mother. Nobody contradicts her. And the once-sulker steps forward to pour the coffee, spilling hardly any at all on the eggs, where it is neatly absorbed by the toast anyway. “And you made breakfast all by yourselves!” Mother carols in a voice of silver bells. She avoids looking at me over the heads of our children. The breakfast may be inedibly cold, but the room is warm—warm as toast. A collection of Ted Rickard’s family-fun essays is titled Anything Worth Knowing I Learned from the Grandkids. It is now available in paperback on Amazon.com.

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Things We No Longer Need Mike Clark couple of months ago, I was chatting with a friend about a motorcycle engine she listed for sale. I asked where the rest of the bike was. She said her husband put a new engine in it, and they wanted to get rid of the old engine, which was still in good running condition. They got tired of the thing sitting around in the garage. I told her I was just curious about the listing. I certainly had no need for a motor as my motorcycle days were long over. I didn’t think they were, but my wife declared otherwise; therefore, it must be true. Each time I stumble, trip, fall, or have a close call while mowing the grass or driving the car, she points out the folly of me riding anything with two wheels and a powerful engine. “You’d be horribly mangled, or worse, within days of getting one,” my wife tells me. I tell her I’m already horribly mangled, and worse, as it is. But that whole thing is a different story for another day. My friend went on to tell me how many other things she and her husband

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have sitting around the garage and the house that they no longer have a use for. It’s time to start clearing out, she said. That got me thinking about all the things my wife and I have accumulated over the years that I now consider “junk.” OK, much of the stuff is not really junk. We have a lot of things that are still useful—at least to someone. But we sure haven’t used any of it in years. So, why do we keep it? My friend suggested that it might be because neither one of us had much as kids. She came from a large family, and anything she could call her own was treasured. I went to Milton Hershey School, and I had no treasure to take with me when I entered; anything I needed was provided by the school. When I graduated, I was

given a hundred bucks and a suitcase with some clothes in it. It was much more than I started with, and I was glad to have it. So yes, maybe we tend to cling to things, regardless of their present value to us, because we just like having lots of things to call our own. I think the biggest reason, though, is that gathering and hoarding stuff is universally inherent. Our ancestors were hunters and gathers, after all. Gathering and hoarding was necessary for survival back then. But now? Maybe we haven’t evolved completely. Oh, there are those rare people who adhere to a strict minimalist philosophy or are feng shui fanatics. They don’t share our compulsion to own and squirrel away things. I’m suspicious of those

folks. It is cult-like thinking, as far as I’m concerned. I realize I’ll probably never again use most of the things I have tossed aside. However, as soon as I sell some of it, or give it to some charity, I’ll suddenly need it. It has happened before, I tell you. Nevertheless, I know I must make some tough decisions and start clearing out the things I no longer need, even if I think it might come back to haunt me. Then I told my wife I was going to start clearing out the garage. I had to start somewhere, I said. She wanted to know why I was starting there when my workshop and tool shed were in greater need of a purge. I told her I needed to make room for a motorcycle. That, as they say, is when the fight started. Mike Clark writes a regular column for The Globe Leader newspaper in New Wilmington, Pa. He has a Bachelor of Science degree in organizational behavior/applied psychology from Albright College. Mike lives outside Columbia, Pa., and can be contacted at mikemac429@aol.com.

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He Gulped Hard When a Million Dollars Spilled Onto the Wharf Robert D. Wilcox t the time, Louis Bibri was a lieutenant JG aboard the USS Gold Star, a supply ship the Navy used in World War II to haul supplies to ships across the southwest Pacific. In this case, the “supplies” also included payroll for thousands of sailors, and Bibri had recently been named supply officer for the ship. That made him responsible for all the cargo, including those dollars that had been lifted by a crane and were to be deposited on the ship’s deck. They were, that is, until the crane operator whacked the side of the ship just hard enough to jostle the money off the pallet that was carrying them and spread them all across the wharf. What happened then? “Well,” Bibri says, “we sure didn’t need any help in gathering up the money. But it took a quick phone call from me to the MPs to make sure the

money didn’t walk off furniture, and many other the wharf.” things. And a catastrophe was After 1933, she also averted? dealt with “Well, yes,” Bibri says. communication “But it was a hell of a intelligence as she way for a new lieutenant monitored Japanese Fleet JG to start his new frequencies and directionassignment.” finder azimuths. The USS Gold Star She had three intercept had traveled the Pacific operators and one chief for many years before radioman supervised by Bibri came aboard. an officer. At the time war Louis Bibri in 1944 aboard Although she was broke out with the ship on his way to Australia. assigned as flagship of Japanese in 1941, she the U.S. Navy at was the only unarmed Guam, she made navy vessel in the frequent voyages to Asiatic Fleet. Japan, China, and the In December 1941, Philippines with cargo she sailed from the and passengers. The Philippines to Australia The USS Gold Star, where Bibri was cargo was sugar, beer, just ahead of the enemy supply officer during World War II. all the way. In livestock, cement,

Melbourne, she was then overhauled extensively, with light armament added. For many months thereafter, she made regular stops at Australian ports between Melbourne and Fremantle. Since it was expected that Japan would soon invade the Australian mainland, the Gold Star carried provisions and ammunition, as well as Australian troops and their equipment, to many Australian port cities. When Bibri came aboard in 1943, the ship would load up with all kinds of food, from bananas to Spam, all kinds of ammo, fuel … and only occasionally money. “You name it, we had it,” Bibri says. “We’d typically steam to a port like New Guinea, then distribute everything among the ships the Navy’s 7th Fleet had directed to come there to be supplied. As our troops drove the Japanese out of the eastern side of the Philippines, we often

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went there, too.” He remembers how colorful it was to be anchored in one of the many ports and have so many small boats from other Navy ships converging on them to pick up needed supplies. “At times, there would be 75 to 100 boats, all jockeying for position as they closed on our ship to pick up the supplies they needed,” he says. As they traveled from port to port, they were often convoyed by Navy destroyers. But apparently they were valued more while heading toward ports than when returning to Australia, since Bibri remembers a time when, returning from the Philippines, the destroyers simply left behind his 12-knot ship, while the destroyers hustled on ahead to Darwin. In January 1945, the Gold Star was reconverted as flagship for commander, Service Squadron Nine, and made trips to Leyte in the Philippines and Hollandia. Also she sailed to such exotic ports as Biak, Morotai, Tawi-Tawi and Zamboanga. She arrived at Manila in September 1945 after three years and nine months of service entirely in the forward areas, sometimes protected in convoy, but more often sailing unescorted. She was reported sunk by the Japanese five different times: off Guam, in the

Sulu Sea, off Makassar, in the Australian Bight, and finally in Bass Strait. In 21 years of service, the ship had never returned to the U.S., making her unique among naval vessels. Before the war, Bibri had graduated from Grove City College in Grove City, Pa., with a BA in business administration and a major in accounting. He worked as an accountant for U.S. Steel in a position that was free from the draft. Nevertheless, he volunteered for the Navy in June 1943 and was admitted as an ensign. When his Navy hitch ended in April 1946, he returned to civilian life and was quickly hired by Armstrong Cork Company (now Armstrong World Industries) as an accountant at their plant in Fulton, N.Y. He rose there to become assistant controller before being assigned to their Central Pennsylvania plant. He soon became the floor plant’s personnel and labor relations manager. In 1963, he became Armstrong’s general manager, industrial relations, and then director, employee relations, for the company, with its plants throughout the U.S. and overseas. He became a vice president in 1972. He retired from Armstrong in January 1983 and now lives quietly at a Central Pennsylvania retirement community.

When asked what he best recalls about his Navy days, he says, “Beside that chance to make lifelong friends of many wonderful shipmates, I would have to say it was the chance to become as familiar with the Southwest Pacific’s

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May is Better Hearing & Speech Month Duncan-Nulph Hearing Associates Duncan-Nulph Hearing Associates has been serving patients with hearing loss in the Mechanicsburg area for seven years. With its patient base primarily coming from satisfied patients referring their friends and family members, as well as local physicians referring their patients for hearing healthcare services, DuncanNulph Hearing Associates has become known for diagnosing hearing problems and helping patients find the best hearing devices to meet their needs. Because Duncan-Nulph is privately owned, it has access to all of the major hearing aid manufacturers. This provides the audiologists with the ability to find the best and most affordable solution for each patient’s unique needs. “The hearing aids that people remember their dad or grandfather wearing are a thing of the past,” said Dr.

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Age-Friendly Telephones Help Seniors Stay in Touch Jim Miller Dear Savvy Senior, Can you recommend some good agefriendly home telephones for elderly seniors? My 82-year-old mother has a difficult time hearing over the phone, and her vision and memory aren’t so great either. – Shopping Son

incoming calls, which is great for people with low vision. If remembering is a problem, you may want to consider a “photo phone” for your mom that lets you insert pictures of family members or friends over preprogrammed buttons, so she can Dear Shopping, simply press the There are picture of the literally dozens person she wants to of different types call, and they’re and styles of automatically age-friendly dialed. phones on the “Emergency alert market today phones” are another that can help option to consider, seniors with a especially for CSC600ER Amplified SOS Alert Telephone variety of elderly seniors who from ClearSounds challenges like live alone. These hearing loss, low phones come with vision, memory problems, and limited a neck pendant or wristband (SOS mobility. button) that your mom would wear, so if she falls down and can’t get up, she can How to Choose press it, and the phone’s preprogrammed To help you select a good age-friendly emergency numbers will automatically phone for your mom, you need to take be dialed. into account her specific needs and If mobility is an issue, there are wants because there are lots of options to “speaker phones” you can purchase that choose from. will let your mom activate the phone For example, for seniors with hearing with her voice. loss there are “amplified telephones,” And since telemarketing fraud is so both corded and cordless, that provide common among the elderly, many agevarious levels of amplification, usually friendly phones have built-in caller IDs ranging from 25 decibels (dB) up to so she can identify who’s calling before around 55 dB, with some offering tone she picks up. adjustments for high-frequency hearing Some phones even offer outgoing loss. speech amplification for seniors with Most amplified phones are also weak, difficult-to-hear speaking voices. hearing-aid compatible and come with extra-loud ringers and bright ringWhere to Shop flashers to indicate incoming calls. While there are many companies that Most amplified phones also come make and sell age-friendly telephones, with big buttons and a lighted keypad the leading suppliers in the industry are that make them easier to see and easier Clarity (clarityproducts.com), to operate for seniors with hand tremors ClearSounds (clearsounds.com), Serene or dexterity problems. Innovations (sereneinnovations.com), Some phones even offer “talk back” Geemarc (geemarc.com), and VTech buttons that speak the number as you (vtechphones.com). dial and announce the number of please see TELEPHONES page 13 www.50plusSeniorNewsPA.com

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Older But Not Wiser

How Could They Do This?! Sy Rosen ince my daughter and son-in-law both work, my wife, Wanda, and I babysat our granddaughter, Summer, three times a week from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. On an average day, a toddler walks about 2.5 miles and has to be picked up 93 times (about the same number of times I pick up a fork). Babysitting our 20-month-old granddaughter was grueling, backbreaking, demanding work, and Wanda and I came home each day exhausted. Recently, our daughter, Ann, put Summer in daycare, and we no longer have to babysit. And, of course, our reaction was: “We miss Summer! We hate it! We’ve been demoted! How could they do this to us?!” And our next reaction, of course, was for Wanda and me to blame each other: Me: “You shouldn’t have complained so much about how hard it was.”

Wanda: “I never complained.” Me: “You groaned a lot.” Wanda: “I only groaned after you groaned.” Me (incredulous): “So I was the first groaner?” Wanda: “I’m glad you finally admit it.” After this ridiculous argument, which we both realized Wanda started (OK, I realized that), I asked Ann why she put Summer in daycare—did she not think we were doing a good job? Ann said it had nothing to do with us; we’ll still see Summer on the weekends, but some scientific studies have shown that it’s very stimulating for toddlers to have interaction with other children their own age. To which I scientifically replied, “Phooey.”

I told Ann about the scientific research done by the Grandparents United Association of America that clearly states that toddlers who are cared for by their grandparents have a greater chance to become geniuses. Unfortunately, Ann couldn’t find that study (because I haven’t written it yet). Wanda and I then decided to handle the situation like two mature adults and band together against the daycare center. I mean, what did we know about this evil place anyway? Sure, it had 420,000 “likes” on Facebook, but that could be a fluke. And sure, it got an A rating, but it didn’t get an A+. (They don’t give out A+ ratings, but I still felt justified in holding that against them.) And sure, they have music appreciation, art classes, dance parties,

and field trips to museums, but could that match the pillow forts that Wanda and I built for Summer? I think not. And—can you believe this?—they sent home daily progress reports telling how well Summer socialized and learned. Talk about putting pressure on a little kid. Our progress reports were if Summer made a “number one” or a “number two.” However, just when we were going to go full force against this daycare facility, something happened that changed our minds. They sent home a progress report stating that because of Summer’s abilities, she was being moved up to a slightly older group. Any place that realizes Summer is a genius has got be very astute, perceptive, and knowledgeable and has our full support. OK, the progress report didn’t exactly say “genius.” But grandparents know how to read between the lines.

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Only Nostradamus Can Predict When a Machine is Due to Hit Dear Mark: You mentioned that a slot machine might be programmed to return 88 percent of the wagered money back in wins. My question: Is there a selected timeframe (daily, monthly, life of the machine) or a specific amount (every 100, 10,000 pulls) for this 88 percent return to happen? – Richard B. Because a random number generator selects all of the symbols arbitrarily, nobody, and that includes the casino owners, knows the whereabouts of where the machine is in its payout cycle. What the programming does tell the house is that after millions and millions of decisions, X amount of money will be won by the casino and lost by the players. Using your 88 percent return as an example, all the slot manager does is order a quarter machine with that hold percentage from the manufacturer, and over a “period of time,” that quarter

machine is going to pay back to the gamblers 12 percent of the total amount wagered. As to your question, Richard—what is that period of time?—figure approximately 10 million yanks of the handle, which is typically the number the slot maker has determined it would take for that particular machine to achieve that overall 12 percent hold calculation. Prior to those 10 million spins, the machine will go through incalculable hot and cold cycles, but as the slot closes in on that 10 million-yank mark, it’s going to hold pretty darn close to that 12 percent payout mark. Dear Mark: What is the house edge on the game Free Bet Blackjack? I know

it is helped by the push of a 22, but the free bet option is nice. – David G. Using a more simplified basic strategy than regular blackjack, the house edge on Free Bet Blackjack is approximately 1 percent. Because I did a Q&A on this game in 2014, allow me, David, to direct you to my website (http://markpilarski.com) and have you search “Is Free Bet Blackjack Really a Freebie?” for a complete analysis on this variant of blackjack. Dear Mark: I was playing blackjack where someone was continuously splitting face cards. Most everyone was giving her a lot of crap. Finally, the

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The Search for Our Ancestry

Family Trees vs. DNA Testing Angelo Coniglio usually encourage genealogy researchers to share their family trees online to make connections with others who may be researching similar information. Some folks are hesitant to do so, often because of privacy issues, but even more often because they have worked hard and long to develop and verify all the records, images of documents, photos, family stories, etc., that may be included, and posting all that online, for others to simply copy and use, strikes a sour note. I argue that most folks develop a family tree not only to find ancestors, but also where possible to identify living relatives who have some of the same ancestors—to broaden their own and others’ knowledge of blood relations. Posting a tree online can attract others who are researching the same surnames and towns, and correspondence between you and them may benefit both parties.

To those who complain that others may take “your tree” and incorrectly use it to show spurious or undocumented, unsourced information, I say, “You can keep your tree accurate and documented. If someone else uses your information and mistakenly adds something to their tree, that’s their problem, and does not reflect on you.” Such concerns, I believe, are minor when compared to the great gains that can be made when you find a distant cousin who has dozens of welldocumented folks in his tree, who are your previously unknown relatives, and you have connected because he saw your family tree online.

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That being said, why, then, do I hesitate to upload my tree to a DNA testing site? Simple skepticism. I do have a family tree online at RootsWeb, not connected to any DNA testing site. And after contacting someone identified as a relative by 23andMe or GEDmatch, I have no problem exchanging my offline genealogical database or my online RootsWeb information with that person. This lets us compare names and dates that we ourselves have researched and possibly find relatives or common ancestors we didn’t already know about. But I resist having the information I found merged on a DNA site into some

“world tree” that can contain errors or, at best, unsourced and uncorroborated information. Add to that my concern that the software that analyzes my genome could conceivably, by circular reasoning, access my tree and then report results “confirming” the information in the tree, when really, it is information that I myself entered. Maybe I’m too much of a doubter, but I’d rather separate the DNA analyses from the paper genealogy and infer connections only after I have considered each separately. I feel that the $100 I paid to have my genetic material (saliva) tested by 23andMe was money well spent, even though it has not yet allowed me to identify a relative who has more information about my ancestry than I’ve already accumulated. please see DNA page 16

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Honoring Our Service Members on Memorial Day By John Johnston On Memorial Day, we honor men and women who died while courageously serving in the U.S. military. We also recognize active-duty service members, especially those who have been wounded. Cities and towns across the United States host Memorial Day parades to thank our service members and their families for their sacrifices. Policymakers put into place laws and benefits to protect our heroes and their families. For example, Social Security provides survivors, disability, retirement, and Medicare benefits. Not only does Social Security have benefits to protect veterans, but we also provide family

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and enlarge that group of souls, living and deceased, who make up our combined families. I would recommend genealogical DNA testing for anyone who has more than a passing interest in their genealogy and personal ancestry. With the proper

approach to it (recognizing its capabilities and limitations), you can expand the broad knowledge of your roots, and combined with conventional research, it can even put leaves on those elusive branches of the tree of your direct ancestors.

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It has introduced me to several second to sixth cousins, who share significant portions of their genome (biological blueprint) with me, and together we are making strides to connect our paper genealogies, a feat we hope will identify common ancestors

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The Beauty in Nature

Lined Seahorses Clyde McMillan-Gamber eahorses are a family of small, specialized fish that grow to 6 inches long and maintain an upright position in the water when swimming. Most people think of seahorses living in tropical oceans, and many kinds do. But one species, the lined seahorse, lives along the Atlantic sea coast from Nova Scotia south to northern South America. And they live as close to southeastern Pennsylvania as the middle and lower parts of the Chesapeake and Delaware bays, the only seahorse species that does. Seahorses have unique characteristics that enable them to cope with their niche. Being weak swimmers, they are camouflaged in marine vegetation in shallow water during warmer months. They have prehensile, curled tails for grasping water plants rather than swimming. Their pectoral fins, one behind each gill, and the fin on their back do the swimming. Their swimming is

slow, labored, and of 100 to 300 eggs in her short distances. mate’s pouch, where they Their heads are are fertilized, and the young shaped like those of grow to a quarter-inch in horses, hence their about 20 days. names. And they have After that incubation tubed mouths that suck time in the male seahorse’s in tiny crustaceans, pouch, he arches his back in mollusks, and jerky motions to pump the zooplankton. young from his pouch. The Lined seahorses of young quickly hide in Lined seahorse the Atlantic Coast and nearby vegetation, and their estuaries of the Middle Atlantic States are parents are ready to mate again. Each pair yellowish-brown with several dark lines, which allow them to blend in with the aquatic plants they hide in. Seahorses have one mate for life, which is one to four years in the wild. Males are a bit larger than their mates and have slightly longer tails. Every morning, each pair will dance for each other to keep the bond between Nearly 40 percent of Americans 60 them strong. Each female sprays about and older are living with a swallowing disorder known as dysphagia. Although it is a major health problem associated with aging, it has been unknown whether the condition is a natural part of healthy aging or if it is caused by an agerelated disease that has yet to be diagnosed, such as Parkinson’s disease or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Following a recent study, researchers at the University of Missouri have established a model that identifies aging as a key factor in the development of dysphagia, which may lead to new therapeutic treatments. “As people age, and especially once they’re 50 and older, their ability to swallow quickly and safely deteriorates with each advancing decade,” said Teresa Lever, Ph.D., assistant professor of otolaryngology at the MU School of Medicine and lead author of the study. “For years, we haven’t known why. Through our research with mice, we now know this disorder can occur naturally and independent of another disease. Our next step is to study this model to determine why age-related dysphagia, also called presbyphagia, occurs and identify ways to prevent it.”

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might produce a brood every month during the warmer months. Sea turtles, crabs, sea birds, fish, and other species eat the slow-moving seahorses when camouflage fails them. Seahorses retreat to deeper water for the winter, where they probably aren’t as vulnerable to predation. Though most of us will never see seahorses in the wild, it’s neat to know they exist. And we recognize they adapted well to their niche and unique way of life, as all species do.

Study Shows Age Alone Can Cause Swallowing Disorder Individuals with presbyphagia generally experience slow, delayed, and uncoordinated swallowing that compromises airway function. This puts older individuals at risk for developing life-threatening malnutrition and aspiration pneumonia, which is caused when food or saliva is breathed into the lungs or airways. These risks are increased when an individual has an existing health condition, such as a neurodegenerative disease, head and neck cancer, or a major surgery. The researchers found that healthy aging mice develop symptoms of swallowing impairment that closely resemble the impairments seen in older adults: generally slowed swallowing function, impaired tongue function, larger size of the amount swallowed, and an increase in the time it takes liquid to travel through the throat to the stomach. “We’re about to change the landscape of dysphagia intervention,” Lever said. “For years, we’ve only been able to treat the symptoms and have been unable to address the root causes of dysphagia. Though more research is needed, this knowledge sets the stage for us to study ways to prevent, delay, or potentially reverse swallowing disorders using new therapies.” www.50plusSeniorNewsPA.com

Report Names Fastest-Growing Counties in Pennsylvania The U.S. Census Bureau reported recently on where the heaviest population growth in Pennsylvania was concentrated last year. The fastest-growing county in Pennsylvania between July 1, 2013, and July 1, 2014, was Cumberland County, whose population rose 1 percent over the period. Cumberland County was followed by Chester County (0.64 percent),

Lancaster County (0.60 percent), Lehigh County (0.577 percent), and Snyder County (0.573 percent). With respect to numerical growth, Philadelphia County added 4,245 people over the period, more than

any other county in the state. It was followed by Chester County, which grew by 3,284 people; Lancaster County, 3,198; Montgomery County, 3,025; and Cumberland County, 2,494.

Philadelphia County is the most populous county in Pennsylvania, with 1,560,297 residents, followed by Allegheny County and Montgomery County. This information is based on annual population estimates for each of the nation’s counties, county equivalents, metropolitan statistical areas, and micropolitan statistical areas since the 2010 Census and up to July 1, 2014.

Link Found Between Stress and Stroke Stroke is a devastating experience in which blood is cut off from a part of the brain. It can have many contributing factors, and one of them, physicians now say, is stress. According to the journal Stroke, researchers looked at medical records of more than 6,000 men and women who participated in a 16-year study. As part of the study, participants’ anxiety levels were measured. Over the course of time, 416 people suffered at least one stroke. The researchers determined that the risk of stroke rose 14 percent among

individuals with higher anxiety levels, as measured in terms of such symptoms as extreme nervousness, tension, and general stress. Participants with especially high rates of these symptoms were identified as having an increased risk of 33 percent. One possible connection: Anxiety and stress often lead to unhealthy habits like poor nutrition, smoking and drinking, and lack of exercise. Stress also contributes to higher blood pressure, one of the culprits behind stroke. Every minute matters when someone suffers a stroke.

Prompt medical attention can make a huge difference in whether the person lives or dies, as well as in the quality of his or her recovery. Be alert for these warnings signs so you can take fast action: Difficulty walking. The person may appear dizzy, off-balance, or uncoordinated on his or her feet. Speech problems. Stroke can affect a person’s ability to remember words or pronounce them correctly, making him or her seem confused or intoxicated.

Drooping face. One side of the person’s face may droop or look frozen. Difficulty with arm movements. Ask the person to lift both arms. An inability to raise his or her hands may indicate a stroke. Headache. Stroke can cause a sudden, severe headache accompanied by nausea or vomiting. If you observe or experience any of these symptoms, seek medical help right away.

As 50plus Senior News celebrates its 20th anniversary this year, we hope you’ll enjoy a monthly peek back at the world in 1995! This month, the political landscape of 1995: • Republicans take control of Congress (Jan. 4). • U.S. rescues Mexico’s economy with $20 billion aid program (Feb. 21). • Senate rejects balanced-budget amendment (March 2). • UN Council votes easier sanctions for Iraq (April 14). • Senator Bob Packwood of Oregon resigns under pressure for sexual and official misconduct (Sept. 6).

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MONARCHY

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didn’t work out very well because “Lindy is the musical genius and I can’t hold a tune in a basket,” Philip, 55, said. The second year, they tried pottery because Philip had taken a course in pottery in college. “But I don’t like mud under my nails,” Lindy said. That was when they decided that their anniversary project should be something neither one of them knew anything about. They explored many subjects, from snowflakes to stained glass. From golf to angels. From Americana to carving fruits and vegetables.

The couple finds that some projects don’t work out well for them, so they don’t continue on with it after their year-pursuit is over. Golf is one of those. “‘Do you mind if we play through?’ was a phrase we heard a lot,” Philip said. But their 1996 project has become a passion for the Malins that they will never let go.

Male (top) and female (bottom) monarchs that the Malins rescued and raised sip their first nectar before taking their first release flight.

For that project, Philip suggested something he had seen one day growing up: A car with a box of butterflies in the back had driven into an open field to release them. The monarch butterfly piqued both of their interests, and the couple decided to learn as much about them as they possibly could. That summer, they found six monarch

caterpillars feeding on milkweed plants beside a highway exit near their home. They named them King, Queen, Emperor, Empress, Prince, and Princess. Also avid photographers, the Malins photographed every step of the monarchs’ life cycle. They have since selfpublished a book about monarchs using those photos as they had found no other book that accurately portrays every aspect of the monarch butterfly. “As we read, watched, and learned as much as we could about these unique creatures, we found our curiosity and interest growing,” Lindy said. “Every day we’d put fresh milkweed into the glass

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May 5, 6 p.m. CanSurmount Cancer Support Group HealthSouth Acute Rehab Hospital 175 Lancaster Blvd., Mechanicsburg (717) 691-6786 May 7, 6:30 p.m. Too Sweet: Diabetes Support Group Chapel Hill United Church of Christ 701 Poplar Church Road, Camp Hill (717) 557-9041

Free and open to the public. May 12, 6:30 to 8 p.m. Carlisle Area Men’s Cancer Support Group The Live Well Center 3 Alexandria Court, Carlisle (717) 877-7561 sirbrady12@gmail.com May 13, 1 p.m. Parkinson’s Support Group HealthSouth Rehab Hospital 175 Lancaster Blvd., Mechanicsburg (717) 877-0624

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May 13, 11:30 a.m. NARFE West Shore Chapter 1465 VFW Post 7530 4545 Westport Drive, Mechanicsburg (717) 737-1486 www.narfe1465.org Visitors welcome; meeting is free but fee for food.

Never Too Late to Succeed Are you starting to feel discouraged that you haven’t yet made your mark in the world? Whatever your age, take heart. Many famous individuals achieved their greatest accomplishments during their senior years: • “Colonel” Harlan Sanders was 65 when he began trying to license his “finger-lickin’ good” chicken recipe, launching what would become Kentucky Fried Chicken.

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• Dr. William Worrall Mayo was 70 when he founded his world-famous medical clinic. • Piano virtuoso Claudio Arrau gave 110 concerts at the age of 75. • Architect Frank Lloyd Wright was 89 when he completed work on the Guggenheim Museum. • Ichijirou Araya reached the summit of Japan’s Mount Fuji at the age of 100.

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enclosure we kept them which have been in. We saw the 14presented to school legged, striped and college caterpillars grow almost classrooms, nursing before our eyes and homes, garden clubs, talked over morning church groups, coffee and evening libraries, and dessert about what we’d museums, as well as seen or read about a state Governor’s them that day.” School of Excellence After 10 days hanging from the That passion soon and the Ned Smith top of one of the Malins’ tanks, became a calling for the Nature and Arts a fully developed monarch can be seen through the Malins, talking to Festival in clear shell of its chrysalis. everyone they could Millersburg, Pa. find about their The Malins also monarchs. hope to present their Eventually, that led own TED Talk—one to the couple starting of a set of global Malins Monarchy, conferences on where they rescue, scientific, cultural, raise, and release up to and academic 2,000 butterflies every topics—on the year. monarch butterfly’s All throughout the story, called summer, the Malins “Monarch Milkweed Butterfly Lady Lindy Malin, dressed Meadows.” “rescue” monarchs by as a monarch, demonstrates their gathering milkweed Currently, they are gliding flight for the annual Nature finalists for one of (the plant on which and Art Festival at the Ned Smith monarchs always lay this year’s local Center in Millersburg, Pa. their eggs) from areas TEDx events. where they are “I’m a show-andscheduled to be mowed down or are in tell kind of person,” Lindy said. “Some danger of being sprayed with pesticides. of our favorite moments now include the They then raise the butterfly eggs and looks of amazement when people see caterpillars in tanks of fresh, clean how tiny the chrysalis is that full-grown milkweed. When the larvae transform butterflies came from.” into mature butterflies, the Malins release Other highlights include showing them all over the area, so they can lay people the monarch eggs on milkweed their 400 eggs on other milkweed plants leaves and “frass,” the scientific term for and then begin their journey to Mexico. caterpillar excrement, as well as seeing The Malins discovered that their people’s eyes cross as a monarch lands on monarchs travel 2,500 miles to the El their noses. Rosario area of Mexico, and the couple Everyone also loves to try on glasses has made their own journeys there to that show them how monarchs see, find them. The monarchs usually arrive Philip said. around the Mexican holiday of the Day The Malins are excited that the of the Dead (Nov. 1), Lindy said. federal government has recently The Mexicans believe that the authorized spending $3.2 million to monarchs that arrive there are the spirits study the preservation of monarch of their ancestors, and they never knew butterflies. that the butterflies began their lives as However, Philip said, “We don’t want eggs and caterpillars in the United States, them to be named as an endangered she said. species.” For their work, the Malins were If that were to be the case, no one honored to receive the 2008 would be allowed to touch them, and Distinguished Civil Leadership Award, they would no longer be able to do their which Richard Dreyfuss presented to presentations, nor could they farm out them at a later date at Millersville tanks of monarchs to schools and University. doctors’ offices to raise and release. These days, the Malins (who both are Instead, the Malins want to encourage now teachers at a Montessori school) are as many people as possible to plant always looking for ways to share their milkweed in their gardens and give the passion with others. monarchs more places to lay their eggs. “We want to be the Johnny Appleseed Donning silk butterfly wings—made of milkweed,” Philip said. “It’s not a especially for Lindy by a school colorguard costumer—and a proboscis, Lindy project we’re going to give up.” Malins Monarchy can be reached for becomes the “Butterfly Lady” for Malins more information at malins@comcast.net. Monarchy’s “edutainment” programs, www.50plusSeniorNewsPA.com

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Art and Antiques by Dr. Lori

Flowers Speak Volumes in Fine Art Lori Verderame istory has produced some famous artists who were also avid gardeners. For instance, Impressionist painter Claude Monet (French, 1840-1926) and his colleague, Auguste Renoir (French, 1841-1911), tended flower and herb gardens at their famous artist colony of Argenteuil, France, in the early 1870s. At Monet’s home in Giverny, France, the artist enlisted the aid of fellow gardeners to care for his famous water lily pond, which was the subject for his paintings from the early 1890s until his death in 1926. A few years ago, one of Monet’s famed water lily oil-on-canvas paintings, dated 1917, sold for $24.7 million. Imogen Cunningham and Georgia O’Keeffe, of the famous early Modernist art circle active in California and New York, both were gardeners who brought

their love of flowers In addition to these and plants into their famous gardeners, there mature works of art. are many references to Cunningham’s flowers in art. Different Modernist photographs flowers have different focused on native meanings when depicted flowers, leaves, as subjects in works of branches, etc. Her fine art and antiques famous Magnolia throughout the ages. Blossom: Tower of Jewels Flowers often reference held the record for the the bounty of plants, highest price ever paid herbs, flowers, trees, nuts, for a photograph at and fruits that were auction. found in the New World. Georgia O’Keeffe Flowers were highlighted painted desert flowers in embroidered and Impressionist flower-vase and other majestic hooked rugs made in painting blooms throughout her New England during the long and illustrious early Colonial period. artistic career, including cactus flowers, Likewise, Baltimore album quilts poppies, jack-in-the-pulpits, and various showed an abundance of plants and types of lilies. flowers when the art form peaked in popularity from 1846 to 1852. Some ADvertiSeMeNt album quilts with embroidered flowers have sold for $40,000 to $50,000. In the 17th century, Dutch still-life paintings of flowers, particularly tulips, were all the rage. The realistic method of painting flowers was important to artists of the period. The artists, so intrigued by the forms of the flowers, showed little regard for the season in which a particular flower grew. In these Akin to a military operation, family Costing on average paintings, tulips would be depicted in and friends must coordinate $20/hour, a home Clayton Lingg, a Delft vase along with carnations, Elder Law Division overwhelming responsibilities, healthcare provider iris, hibiscus, zinnias, dahlias, and Associate unpredictable schedules, and taxing would devote up to five roses, even if the various flowers emotions in an attempt to meet the health hours per day of quality care! bloomed at different times of the year. needs of an aging loved one at home. However, the local Veterans Affairs The preeminent female Dutch In their haste, family and friends forget agents and veteran service organizations baroque artist of this brand of still-life that their loved one served this county can only partially assist in the process and earned the right to receive quality because they are prohibited from advising painting, Rachel Ruysch, painted an care at home. Wartime veterans, and their you on the law. Only an attorney oil composition of Honeysuckle and surviving spouse, who served for 90 days, accredited with veterans affairs can guide Other Flowers in a Blue Glass Vase that

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sold for $690,600 at auction. The color of particular flowers offers special meaning when found in flower gardens. For example, lilies, white in color, are associated with the Virgin Mary, purity, and chastity. They are the flower of choice at Easter Sunday and on the feast day of the Virgin Mary. Deep-orange, dark-red, and gold chrysanthemums were brought from China to Marseilles, France, in 1789 and were hybridized in many forms. In Asia, mums are held in high esteem and associated with long life. One of the best-known paintings of these blooms is Edgar Degas’ Woman with Chrysanthemums from 1865 in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. The Dutch were charmed by carnations and often included them in watercolor albums documenting botanical examples. The carnation signified faithful love in marriage. Dutch masters, including Rembrandt, painted these and other flowers in wedding portraits of brides and grooms. Carnations are also carved into Dutchstyle corner linen cupboards of hardwoods. These cupboards were traditional gifts to newlyweds setting up housekeeping. On today’s market, the Old Master paintings are worth far more than the antique Dutch cupboards. As flowers speak volumes, you can highlight some of your favorite blossoms by collecting art and antiques with flowers in focus. Happy spring! Celebrity Ph.D. antiques appraiser, author, and former museum director, Dr. Lori hosts antiques appraisal events worldwide. Dr. Lori is the star appraiser on Discovery channel. Visit www.DrLoriV.com/Events, www.Facebook.com/DoctorLori, or call (888) 431-1010.

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Splurging on Dinner? Eating out is always at least a little more expensive than cooking dinner at home, but at some restaurants eating out is almost as expensive as buying a home. Take a look at this list (from the Fox News website) of some of the priciest eateries in the U.S.: Masa (New York City). This world-class sushi restaurant features fresh fish flown in from Japan and dinners that start at $450 per person. Joël Robuchon (Las Vegas). A lucky streak at the roulette table could finance your meal at this place, located in the MGM Grand Hotel & Casino. A prix fixe menu with 16 courses will cost you $425 a person, but if you’re feeling stingy, you can go for the five-course

tasting menu for only $195 per diner. Urasawa (Beverly Hills). Top sushi bars are not cheap, apparently. This restaurant’s 30-course omakase menu, refreshed daily, is priced at $395 per person. Guy Savoy (Las Vegas). This French restaurant features such delicacies as artichoke and black truffle soup and red mullet fillet, along with a 14-course meal for $375 and a nine-course version for $290. Per Se (New York City). Overlooking Central Park, this restaurant boasts an open fireplace and two nine-course menus: the Chef ’s Tasting Menu and the Tasting of Vegetables Menu, both for $310.

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