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September 2013

Vol. 14 No. 9

And the Winner (Still) Is … Outgoing Idol Reflects on Yearlong ‘Reign’ By Lori Van Ingen Newly named 2012 PA STATE SENIOR IDOL Vickie Kissinger thought it had to be a prank call on her voicemail. Someone claiming to be a producer from NBC wanted her to return the call. But it was no joke. NBC had seen a clip of Kissinger at the PA STATE SENIOR IDOL competition and sought her out for their new reality show, The Winner Is ... Over a period of five days, Kissinger passed auditions and interviews for the new show, which features the pairing of six contestants or groups of all ages who perform a song of their choice and let 101 voters decide who did better and would go on to compete for a chance to win $1 million. “They wanted a diverse age group,” Kissinger said. But after getting the green light from each of her interviewers, Kissinger declined to be part of the new television series because her first grandson was due at the same time the show was taping. “That was the hitch. It was just not good timing,” Kissinger said. “But it was thrilling. It was very flattering that NBC sought me out.” Besides the call from NBC and her new grandson, Kissinger said this past year since winning the PA STATE SENIOR IDOL has been “fantastic.” Kissinger has been kept busy with a move to downsize her home and with please see WINNER page 11 2012 PA STATE SENIOR IDOL Vickie Kissinger performing at the Northern Lancaster County 50plus EXPO in Lititz in April.

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The Squint-Eyed Senior

Footnotes to the Family History Theodore Rickard

ike a lot of us, my ancestors arrived in this country on the dead run. One set of forebears fled the press gangs; the other, starvation. None of my ancestors ever looked back with anything like nostalgia. As far as they were concerned, it was “good riddance” to the Old Country and the quaint customs of impressment, bonded servitude, and nothing to eat. Today, despite the allure of colorful illustrations in slick-paper travel brochures and the security of now being several generations removed from the terror of it, I still have no desire to seek my “roots.” I feel no inner tug of tribal instinct to go clink frosty beer mugs with the happy peasants of the Rhineland, nor to link arms in bouncy step dance across the shamrocks of the village green with

apple-cheeked maidens in elfin-quaint little villages. I’m not carrying a grudge about it, but neither would I go out of my way to visit the scene where Lord What’s-HisName did the evicting or the derelict castle of a long-forgotten elector of the Palatinate whose henchmen did the round-up. Somebody must have told one of my ancestors to “get over it”—and he did just that. Somehow I can find a secret

satisfaction in being the descendent of refugees who were nobodies, especially since we’ve pretty well remained nobodies. We’ve been schoolteachers, blacksmiths, farmers, lawyers, salesmen, clerks—the kind of people everybody else is. We boast no members of the U.S. Senate, no heroic Confederate generals on horseback, no millionaire entrepreneurs, no inspired preachers, nor people of any particular genius or distinction. Taking

this as OK, I’m not being perverse, just comfortable. If I had an ancestor who had once homesteaded a square block of what is now downtown Chicago, I couldn’t help being resentful every time I visited State Street, especially knowing that the same ancestor would undoubtedly have sold off the property when he found it too swampy to grow potatoes. The past could readily overwhelm me with a sense of entitlement, and I’d probably end up shoplifting—and get arrested for it. Or what if a great-grandparent had actually led the charge at Gettysburg— on whichever side? Would this have affected me when it was my turn as a warrior? I became known as the champion deep-foxhole digger. This lacks the panache of sword-waving while astride a white charger, but it sure please see HISTORY page 5

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Resource Directory This Resource Directory recognizes advertisers who have made an extended commitment to your health and well-being. Emergency Numbers American Red Cross (717) 845-2751 Central PA Poison Center (800) 521-6110 Cumberland County Assistance (800) 269-0173 Energy Assistance Cumberland County Board of Assistance (800) 269-0173 Eye Care Services Kilmore Eye Associates 890 Century Drive, Mechanicsburg (717) 697-1414 Funeral Directors Cocklin Funeral Home, Inc. 30 N. Chestnut St., Dillsburg (717) 432-5312 Health & Medical Services Alzheimer’s Association (717) 651-5020 American Diabetes Association (800) 342-2383 Arthritis Foundation (717) 763-0900 CONTACT Helpline (717) 652-4400 The National Kidney Foundation (800) 697-7007 PACE (800) 225-7223 Social Security Administration (Medicare) (800) 302-1274

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Hearing Services Duncan Nulph Hearing Associates 5020 Ritter Road, Suite 10G, Mechanicsburg (717) 766-1500

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Music Therapy for Alzheimer’s Patients Jim Miller Dear Savvy Senior, What can you tell me about music therapy for Alzheimer’s patients? I’m helping my dad take care of my 80year-old mother, who has mid-stage Alzheimer’s disease, and thought it might be something worth trying. How do we proceed? – Unmusical Mary Dear Mary, Music has amazing power, especially for people with Alzheimer’s disease. Studies have shown that listening to familiar music can significantly improve mood and alertness, reduce agitation, and can help with a number of behavioral issues that are common in the middle stages of the disease. Even in the late stages of Alzheimer’s, a person may be able to tap a beat or sing lyrics to a song from childhood. Sitting and listening to music together can also provide a way for you and your dad to connect and bond with your mom, even after she stops recognizing your names and faces. Here are a few tips to help you create a music therapy program for your mom. Create a Playlist Your first step is to identify the music that’s familiar and enjoyable to your mom. Does she like jazz, classical, or Frank Sinatra? What songs make her want to get up and dance? Then go back to the era when she was a teenager through her early 20s. Research shows that music during this time period seems to get the best response and triggers the most memories.

If you need some help creating a playlist, the Institute for Music and Neurologic Function (www.musictherapy.imnf.org) provides a suggested list of top songs by era and genre on its website. Click on “Outpatient Services” and then on “Top 10s for Memory.” The website Pandora (www.pandora.com) will also tailor a radio station to match your mom’s musical taste when you select an

artist, song, or genre. And Music & Memory (www.musicandmemory.org) offers a free guide to creating a personalized playlist. You can also get help from a music therapist. The American Music Therapy Association (www.musictherapy.org) offers a national directory of more than 6,000 therapists to help you find someone in your area. To keep things fresh, it’s best to create a diverse playlist of numerous artists, with no more than five to 10 songs per artist. It’s also important to keep tweaking their playlist. Every week or so, ask your mom which songs she likes and which ones are just soso. Remove the so-so ones, and build on the successful ones so you end up with 100 or 200 songs that all resonate.

Music Delivery There are a number of ways you can deliver your mom’s favorite music: a digital listening device, a CD player, a computer or tablet, or even an old record player. If you don’t have any music and are on a tight budget, check with your local public library. It may have CD selections you can check out. Digital listening devices like an iPod or MP3 player are the most convenient and widely used options among music therapists for delivering music because it’s easy to add and remove songs. The Apple iPod Shuffle (www.apple.com/ipod-shuffle) and SanDisk Sansa Clip MP3 Player (www.sandisk.com), which require headphones, and the Peapod SweetPea3 MP3 Player (www.sweetpeatoyco.com), which has an external speaker, are three excellent devices that are extremely simple to use and very affordable. Another option to consider for listening to music together is through an Internet radio service like Spotify (www.spotify.com) and Rhapsody (www.rhapsody.com). These services will let you create a customized playlist (for free or a small monthly subscription fee) that your mom and you can listen to via computer, mobile device, home entertainment system, or a home Internet radio like the Logitech UE Smart Radio (ue.logitech.com), which is a great alternative that’s simple to use and compatible with most online radio services. 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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Delayed Retirement: Are There Some Advantages? The prospect of more and more baby boomers delaying retirement may be a good thing for the U.S. economy, according to the Fiscal Times website. In 2013, 18 percent of the over-65 population of the U.S. were still on the job, up from 11 percent in 1993; a 2008 study of 50-and-older retirees who had returned to the workplace found that 54 percent worked full time, and 19 percent put in more than 41 hours a week. Among the potential economic

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worked well for me. On the plus side, if we had any ancestral major criminals, we don’t know about them, either. Entwined in the family tree, there were any number of things that “we don’t talk about,” and I think they were pretty much the same things in everybody else’s family, too. There were no ax murderers, train robbers, etc.—at least as far as I know, but it’s hard to be certain. Some things didn’t get talked about at all—not even in the tree house in the empty lot behind Mullins Hardware Store. About as close as we came to notoriety in our family was a cousin who, I believe, was my mother’s cousin only by marriage, which would hardly seem to count. Out of the blue, Cousin Matthew phoned one day from a downtown hotel and invited my mother and father to join him for dinner. At first, he grandly included us kids, www.50plusSeniorNewsPA.com

but Mother graciously declined for us since it was obvious that Matthew didn’t know how many of us there were. Even overhearing only half the telephone conversation, it was obvious that Cousin Matthew did not insist, and I began to wish most heartily that I were an only child. I never did meet this shirttail cousin face to face. Several years later, he was caught up in some sort of problem with the account books where he worked, which got him fired, and this made me feel a lot better about the whole dinnerinvitation thing. Anyway, cousin-by-marriage Matthew is one of those people who, to this day, we don’t talk about. Not in my family, we don’t. 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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Dr. Lori hen it comes to glassware, The confusion surrounding crystal is most people think that the based in history and chemistry. First of best way to spot quality is to all, despite its name, crystal does not ting a glass and listen. If you educate your have a crystalline structure. eyes to spot a high-quality piece of And, crystal is a term (cristallo) coined crystal, you can give your ears the day off. by Italian glassmakers in the famous Why? The sound of a ting from a Murano glassblowing center near Venice piece of glass is subjective, and it may not to define quality glassware that did not actually tell you anything about the meet the European lead-content quality of that piece of stemware. The standard. idea that a high-pitched sound will result It is easier to sculpt glass with a high in the identification of a high-quality and lead content—the lead lowers the valuable piece of crystal is not always working temperature of the glass. It also valid. extends the time Most people do that the glassblower not think that their has to sculpt a piece. commonplace In order to tell orange-juice glass is the difference a piece of crystal. between soda-lime Most glass in our glass and crystal, everyday world is look for the something called following attributes soda-lime glass, a of crystal: 24 combination of percent lead lime, silica (sand), content; bright, and soda. It is a reflective quality; Photo courtesy staff of www.DrLoriV.com cheap glass used for clear overall Crystal dish by the French collectibles products such as appearance; silver or firm Lalique. windows, drinking silver/purple color glasses, etc. hue; rainbow prism Crystal is made of silica (sand), lead effect when held up to the light; thinner oxide, and soda, and it is known to be than regular soda-lime glass; and heavier beautiful and strong. Crystal is a term than soda-lime glass. used to describe any glassware that looks In fact, high-quality crystal with a lead fancy or is used in the service of content over 35 percent will actually champagne, wine, or spirits. Crystal is sparkle. If you are trying to tell if you the choice for spirits and wine have a piece of cut crystal, place your connoisseurs because it allows the drinker thumb into the incised or cut design of to assess the color and viscosity of the the piece, and if you move your thumb wine or liquor. around and you feel as if you will get cut, If your piece of crystal is very clear, it then you have a piece of cut crystal. probably has a greater amount of lead Crystal will take on the properties of content than its cloudier counterpart. sharp cutting. When it comes to crystal, its reflective Fine glassware may contain some lead quality and the 24 percent lead content content, but if the 24 percent lead are the most important characteristics. content level is not reached for a specific Crystal shows more clarity than a typical piece of glassware, then a manufacturer piece of soda-lime glass, and its reflective cannot by law call that piece “crystal.” quality is why crystal is used for chandeliers, fine wine glasses, and jewelry Ph.D. antiques appraiser, author, awardwinning TV personality, and TV talk show pendants. host, Dr. Lori presents antiques appraisal Very fine crystal—like those pieces events nationwide. Dr. Lori is the expert made by high-quality firms such as appraiser on Discovery channel’s hit TV show Waterford—may even exceed the 24 Auction Kings. Visit www.DrLoriV.com, percent lead content requirement and www.Facebook.com/DoctorLori, or call (888) provide products that are upward of 30 431-1010. percent lead content or more.

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Pa. Team Wins Medal at National Senior Games

Back row, from left, Leora Andrews, Shippensburg; Beverly Miller, Kennett Square; Donna Miller, Drumore; and Caroline Bookheimer, Chambersburg. Front row, from left, Linda Geary, Harrisburg; Linda Landis-Bohannon, Lititz; and Betty Jeffrey, Harrisburg.

Hailing from Central Pennsylvania, the Keystone Diggers volleyball team earned the bronze medal at the National Senior Games volleyball competition in Cleveland, Ohio, in August, despite a knee injury to a setter in the second day of competition. They placed third out of 11 teams, and they were the only team to take a game from Texas’s team, which won the silver medal. The gold-medal-winning team from Colorado was undefeated.

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Happy Birthday, Rose Marie Nick Thomas est known for her role as Sally Rogers in the ’60s CBS sitcom The Dick Van Dyke Show, Rose Marie turned 90 in August. “I don’t feel it,” she admitted when I spoke with her recently. “I feel 60 and still keep busy.” In the past year, that included voiceover work for The Garfield Show on the Cartoon Network. “I love it. You don’t have to dress up or put on makeup. All you have to do is show up! Although I can do many different voices, the producer wanted my voice so people would know ‘that’s Rose Marie.’” Audiences have known Rose Marie for nine decades, since she began performing at an age when most children would still be potty training. Her phenomenal singing voice as a child (see www.missrosemarie.com) rocketed her to fame overnight.

Rose Marie poses with a hair bow and shoes from her Baby Rose Marie days, donated to the Smithsonian’s Museum of American History in 2008. To this day, she wears a bow in her hair, which has great significance for her, but she has refused to explain why in any interview throughout her life. “It’s a very personal thing,” she said.

A huge fan, Johnny Depp personally invited her backstage during a screening of the 2007 film Sweeney Todd at Paramount, where he introduced her to Steven Spielberg, Tim Burton, and others. Later, she said it was one of the best nights of her life.

“I have no idea where that voice came from; I think God just gave me a wonderful gift,” she said. “When I was 3, I won an amateur contest, and my family took me to Atlantic City. We saw a showgirl named Evelyn Nesbit perform, and I started singing along. She invited me up on stage to sing with her; then, people began throwing money.” Backstage, Nesbit suggested changing her name to Baby Rose Marie, and her career soon took off. “I had my own radio show coast to coast on NBC when I was 5.” But there were also doubters. “Unlike other child singers, I sang adult songs with adult phrasing and mannerisms. People would write to the station in disbelief saying that no child could sing like that, and I must have been a midget. So NBC sent me out to play theaters to prove I was a child.” please see ROSE MARIE page 14

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He Flew in Big Planes and Piloted Small Ones – Part 2 Alvin S. Goodman aughn L. Schwalm, 66, of Pine Grove, has been a flight engineer in the largest military airplanes of the Pennsylvania Air National Guard. He was also a pilot for the state police, patrolling our highways from the air in a small, fixed-wing aircraft. During his long military career, he has flown to at least 20 countries. He also has touched down or driven in almost all 50 states. Over the course of a career spanning more than four decades, Schwalm has earned dozens of military decorations and ribbons, including some citations and medals from foreign countries. Schwalm was interviewed on the Discovery Channel program, Commando Solo: Afghan Skies, about the 193rd Special Operation Wing’s involvement in the War in Afghanistan. “Our aircraft fly radio and TV stations from which we transmit messages to the

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inhabitants of many countries concerning their well-being,” he said. “The Discovery program depicted our mission to that end while flying over enemy territory.” In 1973, while continuing in the Air

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the 193rd how to avoid being hit by surface-to-air missiles and anti-aircraft artillery, a position he still holds. Schwalm is a member of numerous organizations, including the Mechanicsburg American Legion Post, life member of the Shellsville VFW, the Philip C. Melley Memorial Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 65, and the Ancient and Secret Order of Quiet Birdmen, of which he is the key man (current presiding officer) in the Harrisburg hangar. He is also past president of Harrisburg Chapter No. 76, National Sojourners, and is current commander of its York Camp, Heroes of ’76; a dual

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many performances and concerts. SENIOR IDOL “has opened up the performance aspect for me. I’ve gotten quite a few shows as a result,” she said. Among her performances, Kissinger sang at several 50plus EXPOs this year. “Everyone has been so good to work with at On-Line Publishers. They’ve always been kind and accommodating,” she said. Kissinger grew up loving music, a trait she got from her grandparents, who took her for organ and piano lessons. By age 13, she was playing in church, and by 15, she was substituting for two different congregations. After high school graduation, she was offered an organist position. As a young woman, Kissinger also sang at local gigs such as restaurants, banquets, and clubs, but she took a hiatus from her musical pursuits to focus on raising her family after her husband was killed in an auto accident in 1991. When Kissinger decided it was time to get back to her musical roots, she earned a music education degree from Millersville University. She now has been a private vocal, piano, and beginning-strings instructor with a specialization in special-needs students for more than 15 years. Kissinger’s vocal performances are her way “to express who I am. I get to express me,” she said after winning the 2012 SENIOR IDOL title. At last year’s competition, Kissinger wowed the judges and audience alike with her powerhouse renditions of Etta James’s “At Last” and “My Heart Will Go On” from Titanic. For winning the 2012 SENIOR IDOL contest, Kissinger received a trip for two to New York City via limousine for dinner and a Broadway show. “I went to see Wicked on Broadway. www.50plusSeniorNewsPA.com

It was fabulous. I loved it. I just had a great time. It was nice to be chauffeured all over New York City. I went in midSeptember and had really nice weather. I had a wonderful time. I’m amazed that a year has already passed.” Kissinger will perform one last time as the reigning PA STATE SENIOR IDOL to open the 2013 finals on Oct. 14 at the Dutch Apple Dinner Theatre in Lancaster. Kissinger’s advice for the upcoming PA STATE SENIOR IDOL competitors comes from her years as a vocal instructor. “What I tell my students when they go audition is that you have to pick a song that you can sing with all your heart. You have to shine. Sing the song you love and tell the story,” she said. “It doesn’t have to be complex, but do it really well so the listener knows you are doing it with your heart and soul.” She also advises them to choose music that shows the judges their range and then deliver it, telling the story. “Nerves always play a part (in competitions), but that comes with experience,” Kissinger said. After her reign comes to an end, Kissinger said she plans to work on a CD and continue on with her performances. An upcoming show will be a Relay for Life concert with one of her voice students, Dr. Jun Chon, on Nov. 2 at 7 p.m. at the Ephrata Legion ballroom. For tickets, call Cindy Mellinger at (717) 733-6006, ext. 2551. Kissinger also is taking on new students of all ages at her private studios. She can be reached at (717) 354-6575 or through her website (www.vkmusicstudio.com). For more information on the 2013 PA STATE SENIOR IDOL competition, visit the official website (www.SeniorIdolPA.com) or call (717) 285-1350.

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Sept. 1, 2 to 3 p.m. – Traditional Folk Music, Pine Grove Furnace State Park Sept. 10, 10 to 11:30 a.m. – “Golden Trails: More Talk, Less Walk,” Kings Gap Environmental Education Center Sept. 15, 2 to 3:30 p.m. – “What’s Happening to the Honeybees?”, Kings Gap Environmental Education Center

Big Spring Senior Center – (717) 776-4478 91 Doubling Gap Road, Suite 1, Newville Tuesdays, Sept. 10 to Oct. 29, 2 p.m. – Tai Chi for All Ages Sept. 9, 2:15 p.m. – Watercolor Art Class Sept. 24, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. – Active Aging Celebration at Carlisle Regional Medical Center

Programs and Support Groups Mondays and Wednesdays, noon to 12:45 p.m. Silver Sneakers Class: Muscular Strength and Range of Movement Living Well Fitness Center 207 House Ave., Suite 107 Camp Hill (717) 439-4070

Sept. 11, 11:30 a.m. NARFE West Shore Chapter 1465 VFW Post 6704 4907 Carlisle Pike, Mechanicsburg (717) 737-1486 www.narfe1465.org Visitors welcome; meeting is free but fee for food.

Sept. 3, 7 p.m. CanSurmount Cancer Support Group HealthSouth Acute Rehab Hospital 175 Lancaster Blvd., Mechanicsburg (717) 691-6786

Sept. 11, 1 p.m. Parkinson’s Support Group HealthSouth Rehab Hospital 175 Lancaster Blvd., Mechanicsburg (717) 877-0624

Sept. 5, 6:30 p.m. Too Sweet: Diabetes Support Group Chapel Hill United Church of Christ 701 Poplar Church Road Camp Hill (717) 557-9041

Sept. 11, 6:30 p.m. Amputee Support Team Meeting HealthSouth Rehabilitation Hospital 175 Lancaster Blvd., Mechanicsburg (610) 867-9295 rbuck18015@verizon.net www.astamputees.com

Sept. 6, 5 to 8 p.m. First Friday Wicked Walk and Book Signing Cumberland County Historical Society History on High – The Shop 33 W. High St., Carlisle (717) 249-7610

Free and open to the public. Sept. 17, 1 p.m. Caregiver Support Group Mechanicsburg Church of the Brethren 501 Gale St., Mechanicsburg (717) 766-8880 Sept. 28, 1 p.m. New Cumberland Town Band Performance Apple Festival New Cumberland Borough Park 360 Bridge St., New Cumberland www.nctownband.org

Sept. 17, 11 a.m. NARFE Mechanicsburg Chapter 1816 Meeting Hoss’s Steak and Sea House 61 Gettysburg Pike Mechanicsburg (717) 545-1603

Carlisle Senior Action Center – (717) 249-5007 20 E. Pomfret St., Carlisle Mary Schaner Senior Citizens Center – (717) 732-3915 98 S. Enola Drive, Enola Mechanicsburg Place – (717) 697-5947 97 W. Portland St., Mechanicsburg Southampton Place – (717) 530-8217 www.seniors.southamptontwp.com 56 Cleversburg Road, Shippensburg West Shore Senior Citizens Center – (717) 774-0409 122 Geary St., New Cumberland

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Cumberland County Library Programs Bosler Memorial Library, 158 W. High St., Carlisle, (717) 243-4642 Sept. 2, 7:30 to 8:45 p.m. – Monday Bosler Book Discussion Group Sept. 3, 10, 24, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. – Upstairs Stitchers Embroidery Group Sept. 27, 1 to 2 p.m. – Just Mysteries Book Club Cleve J. Fredricksen Library, 100 N. 19th St., Camp Hill, (717) 761-3900 East Pennsboro Branch Library, 98 S. Enola Drive, Enola, (717) 732-4274 John Graham Public Library, 9 Parsonage St., Newville, (717) 776-5900

Please call or visit the centers’ websites for additional activities.

AARP Driver Safety Programs For a Safe Driving Class near you, call toll-free (888) 227-7669 or visit www.aarp.org/findacourse. Sept. 11 and 13, 1 to 5 p.m. One West Penn Senior Apartments 1 West Penn St., Carlisle (717) 249-7797 Sept. 12 and 19, 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Hampden Township Recreation Building 1005 Park St. Extended, Mechanicsburg (717) 761-4951 Sept. 24, 4:30 to 8:45 p.m. Bosler Memorial Library 158 W. High St., Carlisle (717) 243-4642

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Joseph T. Simpson Public Library, 16 N. Walnut St., Mechanicsburg, (717) 766-0171 New Cumberland Public Library, 1 Benjamin Plaza, New Cumberland, (717) 774-7820 Sept. 5, 10:30 a.m. – Ruth’s Mystery Group Sept. 10, 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. – Book Review: Leaving Van Gogh by Carol Wallace Sept. 25, 6 to 9 p.m. – Pennwriters Writing Group Shippensburg Public Library, 73 W. King St., Shippensburg, (717) 532-4508

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We’re on the Move to End Alzheimer’s September commemorates World Alzheimer’s Month, and within that month is World Alzheimer’s Day on Sept. 21. There is a lot to stop and pause for during September, but the Alzheimer’s Association Greater Pennsylvania Chapter does the opposite—we make people get up and move! The Walk to End Alzheimer’s is the association’s largest annual awareness and fundraising event, which occurs during September and October. The money raised allows our chapter to contribute to research—breakthroughs that we hope will one day be lifechanging for people with dementia. The funding will allow for increases in the accurate and timely diagnosis of people with Alzheimer’s and other dementias. As well, added dollars will ensure we have a significant increase in affordable, high-quality care and support for people with the disease and their caretakers. And while we know what the walk means for us, we are keenly aware that it is personal for many of you. Some walk to honor and remember those they have lost. Some walk to share stories of living with Alzheimer’s or related dementias.

Some walk so that future generations won’t have to face the debilitating and devastating effects of the disease. Some walk because they want to help make a difference and fight back. For our Greater Pennsylvania Chapter board chair, Debra Pierson, this walk is a walk toward breaking the chain of young-onset Alzheimer’s that has dramatically linked itself in her family. In a recent meeting, she was asked to jot down a personal goal. From there, she was told to imagine that the goal was accomplished, and then posed with the question, “Now what is possible?” This is how Deb responded: “Imagine a world where every child has a committed, active grandparent or great-grandparent to love them, encourage their gifts, and pass on values, family, and cultural history. Imagine if our seniors had the funds available in their retirement accounts to travel and enjoy life. Imagine when our government has billions in extra funds per year to allocate to the greater good. What you’ve just imagined is a world without Alzheimer’s.” The Greater Pennsylvania Chapter can imagine it. Can you?

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Join us in the move toward a world without Alzheimer’s. Let’s transform our imagination into realization. Register today at www.alz.org/walk or call our Helpline, available 24 hours, seven days a week, at (800) 272-3900. Your local walks include: Saturday, Sept. 14 York, Morgan E. Cousler Park Registration at 9:30 a.m. Walk at 11 a.m.

Saturday, Sept. 21 Harrisburg, City Island Park Registration at 8:30 a.m. Walk at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 28 Lancaster, Long’s Park Registration at 8 a.m. Walk at 10:30 a.m. For more information on your local Walk to End Alzheimer’s, visit www.alz.org/walk or contact Katie Warner at (717) 561-5020 or kwarner@alz.org.

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Morgan Cousler Park, York Registration at 9:30 a.m. • Walk at 11 a.m.

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Korean War era veterans at the Korean War Memorial in April 2013.

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staff and all meals are included. Departure locations are on both East and West Shores. Seating is limited. Registration and reservations required. Contact Honor Bus at (717) 462-0594 or email honorbus2009@gmail.com. For more information, visit www.honorbus.webs.org.

Registration brochures, team packets, and sponsorship packets available. Please call (717) 651-5020 or email kwarner@alz.org • Easy online registration at http://www.alz.org/walk • Volunteer opportunities available. • Teams and individuals welcome.

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ROSE MARIE from page 8 As her fame grew, the famous wanted to meet her. President Franklin Roosevelt invited her to the White House when she was just 6. “After I sang for him, we played tiddlywinks with some poker chips I found in his office.” She caught the attention of the infamous, too. While working with Milton Berle in Chicago, a visitor came backstage. “It was Al Capone, and he wanted to invite me to dinner! He picked me up the next day and we went out to eat with all the mob.” Years later as a young adult, she was invited to perform at the opening of the Flamingo Hotel in Las Vegas in 1946, along with Jimmy Durante, bandleader Xavier Cugat, and other stars of the day. The invitation came from notorious mobster and hotel owner Bugsy Siegel.

With cast of The Dick Van Dyke Show

“We became friends and he was very good to me. I just didn’t think of those guys as gangsters.” At age 10, Rose Marie met Morey Amsterdam, who would become an important influence in her career and later her co-star on The Dick Van Dyke Show.

Baby Rose Marie

“He was a popular writer for comedians like Fanny Brice and Fred Allen and became a comic himself,” she recalled. “We met when I guest starred on a radio program. He also wrote most of my nightclub material and become a lifelong friend. I actually got him the Dick Van Dyke Show job.”

As for Dick Van Dyke, she says it was a joy to work with someone so talented and has only fond memories of Van Dyke and the cast. “We were a close group and genuinely liked working together. Everyone came to work happy, and oh, did we laugh!” Speaking from his Malibu home, Dick Van Dyke recalled meeting Rose Marie for the first time. “I knew she had been in show business since she was 3 but never met her until the first reading of the script,” he said. “She just knocked me over. She probably had the most razor-sharp sense of timing of anybody I ever worked with. She was a delight and still is.” Thomas’ features and columns have appeared in more than 300 magazines and newspapers, and he is the author of Raised by the Stars, published by McFarland. He can be reached at his blog: http://getnickt.blogspot.com

Business Collecting Donations for Troops To honor our veterans this Veterans Day, Rolling Green Cemetery is collecting items for military troops currently serving overseas and for vets closer to home through the Disabled

American Veterans of Pennsylvania. Collections will be taking place through Sept. 20 at the cemetery office at 1811 Carlisle Road, Camp Hill. The goal is to have the shipments arrive to

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The House They bought a large house after they wed Standing high on the side of a hill. They filled it with chairs, table, and bed; Just to look at it gave them a thrill. In front of the house a garden they laid With flowers to brighten the scene. In back a vegetable plot they made, Where two elms shaded a lawn of green. As the years went by three children came: First was a girl and then two boys. Their lives were never again the same, The house was filled with dolls and toys.

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