50plus LIFE Cumberland County September 2016

Complimentary | Cumberland County Edition | September 2016 • Vol. 17 No. 9

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Is This Thing On?

How to Be Safe with Facebook Abby Stokes

As I type this, there are more than 1.3 billion Facebook users and counting. 1.3 billion! That is more than four times the population of the United States.

Facebook’s site is translated in more than 70 languages, and 75 percent of its users live outside of the United States. It is a global phenomenon.

In case you are not one of the 1.3 billion, here’s a fast primer on Facebook: What people share on Facebook runs the gamut from innovative ideas to great life philosophies to fun self-expression to promotion of their endeavors to tiresome overexposure to moment-tomoment thought processes.

People share photos of themselves and photos they like, as well as links to articles and videos they find interesting.

Accordingly, you may discover that what is posted is truly worthwhile, or you may perceive it as a huge waste of time. For me, it’s a delicate balance of the two.

If you do choose to venture forth with Facebook or if you already have, I want to give you some sage advice to make sure you’re as safe as possible.

Privacy Precautions My one rule of privacy for all online social networking, not just Facebook, is The Front-Door Test: Do not put anything on a website that you would not feel comfortable having taped to the outside of your front door. Simple. Easy to remember. No confusing instructions.

Some people use Facebook and other social networking websites to take advantage of people. The most

important thing to do is to listen to that voice in your head that says, “This doesn’t seem right.”

I say, “Always go with your instincts!” If something seems hinky, it usually is. Don’t click on what you don’t understand or sounds too good to be true.

Facebook Scams A common Facebook scam is to impersonate someone who already has a profile on Facebook. Often, money is the big motivator. Once the imposter has lured in your existing friends, they plead a sob story and try to extort money.

But some of these imposters do it just because they can. So, besides the creep factor, it is inconvenient, but often harmless. Nonetheless, you want to be on the lookout.

If you receive a friend request from someone you’re already friends with on Facebook, that is the tipoff.

Do not accept the second request.

Instead, by private email, phone, or text, let your friend know about the fake request.

Then they or you should notify Facebook. This is a common enough occurrence that Facebook has it in the Q&A and help sections.

Here’s Facebook’s response to: How do I report a fake account that’s pretending to be me?

Impostor accounts aren’t allowed on Facebook. If someone created an account pretending to be you: 1. Go to the impostor profile. If you can’t find it, try searching for the name used on the profile or asking

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2. Click the ellipsis (…) on the cover photo and select “report.”

3. Follow the on-screen instructions.

Facebook will act promptly (it’s in their best interest), and the fake profile might disappear before you have a chance to ask, “What kind of creeps are out there, anyway?”

Don’t be lured in by ads that tout some insider way to see who is viewing your profile on Facebook,

or invite you to view some ghastly, morbid photos, or offer the possibility of big prize money. Scam, scam, scam.

Be selective about what you click on and you’ll be fine. There’s so much to enjoy about Facebook. Don’t let these bad apples spoil the benefits.

Abby Stokes, author of “Is This Thing On?” A Friendly Guide to Everything Digital for Newbies, Technophobes, and the Kicking & Screaming and its companion website, AskAbbyStokes.com, is the Johnny Appleseed of Technology, singlehandedly helping more than 300,000 people cross the digital divide.

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Assisted Living Residences Brookdale Grandon Farms 1100 Grandon Way, Mechanicsburg (717) 730-4033 Funeral & Cremation Services Cremation Society of Pennsylvania Serving Cumberland County (800) 720-8221 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 Funeral Directors Cocklin Funeral Home, Inc. 30 N. Chestnut St., Dillsburg (717) 432-5312 Myers-Harner Funeral & Cremation Services, Inc. 1903 Market St., Camp Hill (717) 737-9961 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 Vision Resources of Central Pennsylvania (717) 238-2531 www.50plusLifePA.com

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Nursing/Rehab Homeland Center 1901 N. Fifth St., Harrisburg (717) 221-7902 Nutrition Meals on Wheels Carlisle (717) 245-0707 Mechanicsburg (717) 697-5011 Newville (717) 776-5251 Shippensburg (717) 532-4904 West Shore (717) 737-3942 Orthopedics OSS Health 856 Century Drive, Mechanicsburg (717) 747-8315 Personal Care Homes The Bridges at Bent Creek 2100 Bent Creek Blvd., Mechanicsburg (717) 795-1100

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Homeland Center 1901 N. Fifth St., Harrisburg (717) 221-7902 Pharmacies CVS/pharmacy www.cvs.com Services Cumberland County Aging & Community Services (717) 240-6110 Therapies Vitality to You by Genesis Rehab Services (717) 599-0539 Toll-Free Numbers Bureau of Consumer Protection (800) 441-2555

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Eastern Divisional Fall Meet held in Hershey, a sort of “museum on As a young man and wheels” that draws more devoted car enthusiast, than 250,000 auto Charles W. Sando Jr. enthusiasts to the area. bought his first antique More than 40 years car in 1971—a 1936 after his first antiqueChevrolet. auto purchase, Sando’s Over four decades personal collection of later, he has parlayed antique vehicles has that lifelong passion grown, as well as his for cars into his role as appreciation for this a volunteer member of Sando with a 1931 Pierce Arrow Model 43 community of auto the Antique Automobile five-passenger sedan. enthusiasts.

Club of America, where “The attraction is he works as an auto different for different appraiser. people. Some people Born and raised in enjoy antiques and the Central Pennsylvania, cars’ history; some people Sando’s interest in all enjoy the engineering. things mechanical began Once you really get into when he was a child. the hobby, some people “My main interests call it ‘the disease,’” he as a young person were laughs. sports and building Sando’s personal antique-auto collection Aside from getting the and flying gas-engine includes, from left, a 1914 Hupmobile Model 32 chance to work on and model airplanes. I was touring, a 1922 Hupmobile Model R touring, drive rare classic cars, constantly building a 1940 Cadillac model 72 sedan, and a Sando’s favorite part something or taking an 1978 Pontiac Bonneville Brougham. about his participation item apart to discover in the club’s events is how it worked,” he says. the interaction and When he was a he performed electromechanical friendships he’s made with people teenager, one of Sando’s friends troubleshooting on high-speed who share his interests. purchased a 1951 Chevy that copy machines for 26 years.

“I really enjoy working on and he helped sand and repaint. As After purchasing his first driving my antique cars, but with the vehicle needed repairs and antique car, Sando joined the the car hobby and appraising, maintenance, the teens taught AACA in 1972 and upgraded to meeting people from all over the themselves how to fix it. a lifetime membership two years world who share a similar interest After graduating from Penn later. in antique autos is especially State with an engineering degree, The AACA is a nonprofit satisfying. I’ve made a lot of he enrolled in classes to get more association dedicated to sharing hands-on experience working and preserving interest in antique interesting friends over the years,” he says. with classic cars. autos and educating the public Sando began appraising “In 1972 I began attending about American auto history. vehicles in the early ’90s, and adult night school at the vo-tech The association has more than what began as a favor for a friend school in the auto body and paint 60,000 active members and led to a job doing something class. We were able to take our 400 local regions and chapters own project to work on during internationally, holding meets and he loved. Knowing Sando’s knowledge base and passion for class. An antique auto was usually tours for enthusiasts to show off classic cars, an elderly friend my project,” he says. their vehicles and admire others’. enlisted Sando’s help when Car repair and restoration The AACA was formed needing auto appraising done for remained more of a hobby rather in 1935, and the Central estate work. than a vocation, however. Sando’s Pennsylvania region became Afterward, people in the engineering experience led to a the organization’s national antique auto community job with Xerox Corporation as headquarters in 1954. The a field service engineer, where AACA’s largest event is the annual began coming to Sando for his www.50plusLifePA.com

appraising knowledge, and since then he has worked for banks, estates, attorneys, and individuals.

There is no “typical” day for an appraiser, but the job entails variety and the occasional welcome surprise of discovering something he hasn’t encountered before. He keeps a list of current projects on his desk, including meetings with owners and investigations into their cars’ histories.

“I take pictures and lots of notes evaluating all aspects of the vehicle’s condition, including the paint and bodywork, the chrome, and the wheels, figuring out the car’s story. Later, I research the vehicle at the AACA library and write the appraisal,” he says.

Sando encourages anyone with an interest in antique vehicles to get involved with the AACA or come to the organization’s events and speak to likeminded people.

“Owning an antique car is not a requirement to belong to AACA, but participating with a vehicle surely enhances the experience,” he says.

In addition to his passion for antique autos, Sando keeps busy in his local community. He has served as a member of his township’s zoning board for more than 30 years; he is currently its chairman.

He is also a PIAA (Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association) official, and 2016 will mark his 38th year officiating high school football games in his local league.

Sando is a member of the PierceArrow Society, the Hupmobile Club, and the National Woodie Club (wooden-bodied station wagons are one of his favorite types of cars). He also enjoys spending time with his wife of 36 years, Beth, and their two children and four grandchildren.

As he approaches 70 and remains as busy as he is, Sando doesn’t see himself slowing down any time soon.

“Wow, where did the time go?

My plans for the future are to keep enjoying all of my activities for as long as I can.”

For more information on the Antique Automobile Club of America, visit www.aaca.org or call (717) 534-1910.

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Older But Not Wiser

The Nose Gets Lucky Sy Rosen

The day started off great. I was taking my 3-year-old granddaughter, Summer, for a walk around the neighborhood. We were having a contest—who could spot the most birds. OK, I may have cheated a little and counted one bird twice, but she’s 3 years old has to learn the ways of the world.

I was thinking of writing an article about when we should let our grandchildren win when, suddenly, something else happened.

We passed this guy who was also going for a walk. He called out to me, “Didn’t you used to be an actor?”

I yelled back, “No,” but I have to admit that at first I was really pleased.

He thought I looked like an actor!

But then, of course, my paranoid side started to take over.

He asked if I used to be an actor.

Does that mean I’m too old to be an actor right now?

And the question, “Didn’t you used to be an actor?” is close to the

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name. Actually, I have two middle names: The first one is “very.”

My feelings are at least understandable. I come from a

I come from a family where everyone has to look like somebody. My Uncle Mort thought he looked like Don Ameche. Unfortunately, he looked more like Don Rickles.

question, “Didn’t you used to be somebody?”

Was he saying I was a “has-been”?

That I was washed up and I couldn’t get any more parts?

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family where everyone has to look like somebody. My Uncle Mort thought he looked like Don Ameche.

Unfortunately, he looked more like Don Rickles.

And someone once told my cousin Irene that she looked like Veronica Lake. To enhance this look, she

always swept down her hair to cover one of her eyes. It didn’t work, and she kept bumping into the furniture.

The thing is, my relatives happily thought they looked like somebody handsome or beautiful and were content with their delusions. I, on the other hand, had a terrible complex about my nose. In high school my nickname was The Nose (it was not a very creative high school).

I was afraid the actors I looked like were Jimmy Durante and Al Lewis (he played Leo Schnauser in Car 54, Where Are You? and Grandpa Munster). Was the stranger referring to one of those large-nosed actors?

Even though I’m in my 60s and should be past all these feelings, it just took a simple question to make all my insecurities rise up.

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so I asked my granddaughter who I looked like. Without hesitating, she said, “SpongeBob.” “OK,” I replied, “but he’s a cartoon character and I think my body is better than his. You have to pick a real person.”

Again, without hesitating, she said, “Bert and Ernie.”

“OK,” I replied, “first of all, Bert and Ernie are two people. And secondly, they are puppets.”

My granddaughter looked at me and then said, “Grandpop, you’re silly.”

We then continued walking, and after a few steps she turned to me and, with a very serious look on her face, said, “You’re more better handsome than Bert and Ernie together.”

And that’s all I needed. That made my day. I was better looking than two puppets together. My nickname would no longer be The Nose; it would be The Puppet Master.

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By John Johnston

News for Same-Sex Couples about Social Security

Last year, the Supreme Court issued a decision in Obergefell v.

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We recently updated instructions for employees to process claims and appeals when a determination of marital status is necessary.

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• Updated and simplified our procedures for processing claims involving a transgendered or intersex person, allowing these individuals to self-identify as members of a same or oppositesex marriage.

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At the Alzheimer’s Association, we hear from individuals daily that they “feel alone.” Family and friends stop visiting because of “abnormal” behavior—a symptom of the disease—and caregivers become more and more isolated.

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There are more than 5 million Americans currently diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease or a related dementia and more than 15 million caregivers. In Pennsylvania alone, there are more than 400,000 individuals diagnosed.

We are here to provide education and support to the millions who face dementia every day, while advancing critical research toward methods of treatment and prevention, ultimately to end Alzheimer’s disease.

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groups throughout the region for those facing this disease to meet with others in similar situations.

We also host the Walk to End Alzheimer’s.

This is the association’s largest annual awareness and fundraising event, which occurs during the fall. The Walk to End Alzheimer’s is a day of hope, an opportunity—a day we all come together to see that we’re not alone in our fight.

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 bring this disease to the forefront.

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80 Million Americans Suffer from Poor-Quality Sleep

By Jeffrey B. Roth In Tigers and Traitors, Jules Verne wrote: “Though sleep is called our best friend, it is a friend who often keeps us waiting!”

Verne was expressing a common human problem: lack of quality sleep.

“We’re in the midst of a global sleep crisis,” Dr. Rachel Salas, a sleep neurologist and associate professor at Johns Hopkins Medicine, said.

“The National Sleep Foundation notes that 80 million Americans suffer from poor-quality sleep; 60 million experience chronic poor sleep; and a bit more than 40 million actually meet the diagnostic criteria for sleep disorders.

“There are actually over 80 different types of sleep disorders, and the cost of poor-quality sleep is $80 billion a year—in accidents caused by people who fall asleep while driving or from missed work and poor productivity.”

At least 50 percent of individuals 65 and older meet the diagnostic criteria for sleep disorders but are undiagnosed and untreated, Salas added.

The negative impact of poorquality sleep spans many domains of healthcare. Individuals who have been diagnosed with sleep disorders—such as sleep apnea, which involves breathing problems while sleeping—are at a higher risk for strokes and heart attacks, as well as other arrhythmias of the heart.

Men with sleep apnea may experience erectile dysfunction. Lack of quality sleep may contribute to acid reflux disease, diabetes, and high blood pressure.

People suffering sleep apnea are five times more likely to be involved in auto accidents, Salas noted.

“What happens is people have what we call micro-sleep, where your brain can fall asleep for one to two seconds,” Salas said. “If you’re driving on the highways, traveling at 70 miles per hour, you can see it can definitely make the difference between life and death.

“Poor-quality sleep ... can affect your mood. You can be more irritable.

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should. It can make you look older, and it can make you gain weight.”

Individuals with poor-quality sleep break down sugar and store fat differently, Salas said. Even if the individual is eating right and exercising, it’s going to be harder to lose that weight.

Research has shown the typical American sleep environment is not conducive for quality sleeping.

Environmental factors can negatively affect the body’s circadian rhythm— the internal clock that controls when to sleep and when to be awake.

“In our society, we have really become 24/7,” Salas said. “The human brain was not meant to see light (at night) in the blue and green domains, which we could see earlier in the day.

“We’re getting a lot of that stimulation now from LED lighting from all of our electronic use, and it’s having a negative impact on our sleepwake schedules and our behavior patterns.”

Surprisingly, even if individuals are getting enough sleep, if it’s not in line with the body’s internal clock, they may act like a sleep-deprived person.

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than quantity of sleep.

“Many Americans are going to bed at different times of night and waking up at different times,” Salas said. “In some cases, people are not getting any exposure to the sun. The result is that their biological clocks are out of whack.

“Truthfully, many Americans are falling asleep at night simply because they are exhausted. Another process that is as important as the circadian rhythm is the homeostatic or sleep drive.”

For the average person who gets enough sleep, there is no need to take a daytime nap. Around 11 p.m. is when the circadian rhythm and homeostatic drive converge, providing the highest opportunity of falling asleep, Salas said.

During sleep paralysis, a common sleep problem, the body is not smoothly experiencing the stages of sleep. Sleep paralysis often involves the feeling of being awake but being unable to move or to speak, Salas said.

Narcolepsy is a chronic brain dysfunction characterized by sleep paralysis, excessive sleepiness, and hallucinations.

Older people have a higher risk for sleep disorders caused by everything from medical conditions, such as arthritis, to breathing problems and restless leg syndrome.

About one in 10 adults suffer from restless legs syndrome, or RLS, a neurological disorder characterized by throbbing, crawling, and other unpleasant sensations in the legs and an uncontrollable, overwhelming urge to move the legs, according to the National Sleep Foundation.

Madison Madore, a neurological physician’s assistant at the PinnacleHealth Sleep Center in Harrisburg, said patients with sleep problems first go through an extensive interview process. The interview includes an entire sleep history to quantify the patient’s sleepiness—how long it has occurred and whether there are any triggers.

“My supervising physician, Dr. Francis J. Janton III, did his fellowship in sleep medicine,” Madore said. “We see sleep complaints ranging from sleep apnea, insomnia, narcolepsy, restless legs syndrome, and periodic limb movement disorder to other parasomnia.”

Depending on the results of the sleep history, a sleep study at the center or at the patient’s home may be ordered. Once a diagnosis is reached, a treatment plan is initiated. Similar treatments are prescribed for various sleep disorders.

Iron levels are also checked, Madore said. A low iron score can contribute to symptoms.

“After that, then there are a handful of medications we can use,” Madore said. “The first category of medicine we reach for is the dopamine agonist—Requip® (ropinirole), Mirapex® (pramipexole), or a patch called the Neupro® patch …

“The last-line therapy is narcotics like hydrocodone or Vicodin. They work really well with restless legs, but a lot of times, [patients] are [leery] about being on regular narcotics.”

RLS affects more females over 50 than males over 50, Madore said.

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Cumberland County Senior Games Make a Comeback

By Megan Joyce It had been five long years since Cumberland County last held its Senior Games, a summertime staple for local over-50 athletes seeking camaraderie and friendly competition.

But much like a former athlete can regain her competitive edge, this year the event was finally cleared for a comeback.

The one-day Senior Games returned to Cumberland County July 13.

Until 2011, the Senior Games— coordinated by Cumberland County Aging & Community Services—had long been held at the Carlisle Barracks.

“Finding a new venue was the key, and thanks to the support of Messiah

Lifeways, Mechanicsburg High School, and Mechanicsburg Parks and Recreation, we were able to revive [the games],” Heather DeWire, from CCACS, said.

“We hope to continue the games for years to come!”

For 2016, the Senior Games took place at Mechanicsburg High School, Mechanicsburg Place Senior Center, and the Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Park in Mechanicsburg.

“There was a lot of positive feedback,” DeWire said. “The participants always have great ideas to help us make it better, and that held true this year too.”

Participants, who ranged in age from 51 to 91, could take part in a varied roster of events: running, softball and football throws,

Wii bowling was one of the most popular events among participants.

Swimmer Penny Lyman, 86.

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basketball shooting, shuffleboard, Wii bowling, billiards, bocce, ladderball, cornhole, and a 50-meter freestyle swim.

“We had about 50 [athletes] in attendance,” DeWire said. “This was a great number for our first year back.”

Shuffleboard, Wii bowling, and cornhole proved the most popular events, according to DeWire, with medals earned for first, second, and third places in each sport.

“One participant won so many medals he earned the name ‘Jingles’!” DeWire said. “Everyone who participated felt a sense of accomplishment, though.”

In addition to help from CCACS staff, many volunteers from Messiah Lifeways and students from Mechanicsburg High School donated

From left, Terry Magaro, Skip Magaro, Mary Lou Maxwell, Peggy Mixell, Earl Mixell, Barbara Brown, Margaret Starr, and Jerry Brown proudly display their medals.

From left, Greg Bowden, Karl Robinson, Bill Metcalf, and Randy Pellow.

their time, helping to keep the games running smoothly.

“One of the most notable athletes was an 86-year-old swimmer who was cheered on by youth who were spending the hot day at the Mechanicsburg pool,” DeWire said.

Orchestrating the Senior Games requires much planning and hard work, but the payoff for DeWire comes while watching the players interact.

“You could see new friendships forming throughout the day as they cheered on their competition,” she said.

For more information on the 2016 Cumberland County Senior Games, call Cumberland County Aging & Community Services at (717) 2406110.

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Art & Antiques by Dr. Lori

Vintage Scandinavian Design Lori Verderame

Scandinavian design focuses on the lifestyle choices of those living in the lovely regions of northern Europe. In Norway, Denmark, Finland, and Sweden, furniture must be thrifty in cost, comfortable, and related to outdoor living.

The unique seasonal weather changes known to Scandinavia dictate much about how life goes on there. For instance, in the summer, there are long days of sunshine. In the winter, darkness fills days and nights.

Home decorating takes its cues from these seasonal characteristics.

In northern Europe, there is an interest in using animal skins for warmth along with small-scale fireplaces and wood-burning stoves.

Decorative patterns are produced via hand-woven textiles in the forms

of upholstered work, consider cushions, blankets new ways to use old materials, and throws, and and recycle, pillows. repair, and Scandinavian homes often restore before considering have windows replacing objects that reach from within their floor to ceiling, homes and office allowing light into spaces. the rooms. Some Scandinavian of the furniture is even painted interiors were Gustavian chairs like these yard-sale light colors, like finds are the typical whitewashed, most popular in the 1960s with white, and washed upholstered chairs used in many Scandinavian homes. the furniture in pastel colors to designs of Hans give the sense of light during the dark winter months.

Wegner, Alvar Aalto, and Eliel Saarinen, among others.

Scandinavians are style innovators like their Viking ancestors. They Ergonomically comfortable chairs, sofas, and stools are commonplace in are thrifty, forward thinking, and Scandinavian design in natural color smart. They are not afraid of hard

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Scandinavian design is rooted in its folk art and textile traditions, such as woven bunad textiles in felt and wool, embroidered floral designs and decorations such as the famous rosemaling, and woven and macramé works for tablecloths, curtains, and other window coverings.

When it comes to Scandinavian design, objects in the home focus on the outdoors and the comfort of those living indoors.

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Tinseltown Talks

Lindsay Wagner’s One-(Bionic) Woman Show Nick Thomas

One of the hottest actresses to emerge from the 1970s has been appearing around the country in recent years presenting her stage show, More than a Bionic Woman: An Evening with Lindsay Wagner. “[I’ve been] sharing anecdotes and stories from behind the scenes in my career and showing clips and photos from my personal collection,” said Wagner from her California home.

“So it [is] a lot of fun and, hopefully, fond memories.”

Wagner began appearing in primetime network television series in the early 1970s, with her breakout film role coming in 1973’s The Paper Chase.

But it was her Emmy awardwinning role as TV’s favorite female semi-cyborg in The Bionic Woman that brought her great acclaim,

Lee Majors, Lindsay Wagner, Richard Anderson, and Alan Oppenheimer in The Six Million Dollar Man (ABC).

although her Jaime Sommers character was only planned as a two-part guest-starring role when

introduced as a love interest for Lee Majors in The Six Million Dollar Man. “The story ended by killing

Jaime off, and the response from the audience was huge,” explained Wagner. “They were so appalled that the studio had killed off a character that had resonated so deeply with them and especially their children.

Even a children’s hospital in Boston wrote a letter of protest.

“So the studio had to bring me back for another two-parter to bring Jaime back to life, and the network decided to do the spin-off series.”

Wagner retired her bionic implants after three seasons and three reunion movies to tackle dozens of TV movies throughout the ’80s and ’90s. Those roles often focused on social issues such as domestic violence, adoption, mental health, terrorism, and capital punishment.

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also to highlight important issues and help people embrace their higher potential,” she explained.

But Wagner almost never got to enjoy her post-Bionic Woman success.

In May 1979, almost exactly a year after the last episode aired, she was scheduled to fly on the ill-fated American Airlines Flight 191 from Chicago to Los Angeles that crashed after takeoff, and today remains the deadliest single-aircraft aviation disaster in the U.S. “I took a flight to Portland instead to meet up with my sister and didn’t hear about the crash until after I had

landed and called my secretary to tell her of my change of plans. Everybody thought I had been on the flight so there was a lot of relief, and of course I was shocked and saddened to hear what had happened.”

Wagner went on to become an

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Lindsay Wagner today.

author, acting teacher, and motivational speaker and continues to act.

She also actively promotes a holistic approach to health—a lifestyle she adopted after suffering gallbladder issues and stomach ulcers in her teens. She was able to avoid surgery after receiving counseling from a doctor and minister who shared a

common philosophy to healing.

And while her famous TV character from the past relied on artificial physical strength to survive, Wagner continues to advocate the potential of one’s inner strength.

“We all have the ability to grow through our difficult circumstances in life rather than just survive them,” she says. “You have much more potential than you realize.”

Nick Thomas teaches at Auburn University at Montgomery, Ala., and has written features, columns, and interviews for more than 600 magazines and newspapers. Follow @TinseltownTalks.

Simple Swaps for Serious Flavor From burgers to barbecued chicken, many of the best grilled foods are served with creamy condiments—often packing on calories and fat.

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Serve each zoodle plate with three meatballs.

Nutritional information per serving: 350 calories; 20 g total fat; 6 g saturated fat; 240 mg sodium; 14 g carbs; 3 g fiber; 6 g sugar; 32 g protein.

Cut avocado in half, remove pit, and scoop out flesh, leaving thin wall of avocado. Dice avocado flesh and set shell aside for serving.

In small bowl, combine tuna, celery, carrot, onion, vinegar, oil, mustard, salt, and pepper. Mix well.

Gently stir in diced avocado.

Scoop mixture into avocado shells and serve with brown rice crackers.

Nutritional information per serving: 360 calories; 19 g total fat; 3 g saturated fat; 530 mg sodium; 26 g carbs; 9 g fiber; 3 g sugar; 22 g protein.

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The Bookworm Sez

Grunt: The Curious Science of Humans at War Terri Schlichenmeyer

Thank you for your service.

You’ve said that many times recently, and meant every word to every soldier. Thank you for keeping us protected. Thank you for your bravery. Thank you for your sacrifice.

And once you’ve read Grunt: The Curious Science of Humans at War

by Mary Roach, you’ll also thank those who serve our servicemen and women.

Chickens are not ducks.

Nevertheless, chicken carcasses are what the U.S. military uses to test its equipment to ensure that it’s safe from “birdstrike,” which describes those instances when flying bird (duck, goose, even starling) meets flying machine.

Birdstrike kills more than just birds, so the military needs to know its equipment can handle feathered

kind of weapon. The foes—therefore, it uses a “chicken gun” U.S. government hires fashion to shoot pullets, not designers to develop bullets. uniforms that are And that, says weather appropriate, Mary Roach, “is most of what I have as fireproof as possible, and that to say about guns.” can repel chemicals.

Instead of focusing Even the buttons on artillery and are tested extensively: battles in Grunt, she focuses on the “Specifications,” says Roach, “run to 22 fight to keep our troops comfortable, pages.”

As for the vehicles hydrated, healthy, troops use for and alive.

Grunt: The Curious Science transport, Roach says While it might of Humans at War

By Mary Roach that engineers must seem easy, for c.

2016, W.W. Norton instance, to outfit constantly modify 285 pages them for the safety many thousand people in identical of our soldiers. That often means that Strykers carry up clothing, what our troops wear is a

to 5 tons of extra protection on their frames, much of it tested on the cadavers of people who serve “without actually enlisting.”

Military scientists know how to protect the soldiers’ hearing, and other, um, equipment farther below on the body.

“Thanks … to the transgender community,” they know how to fix injuries there, Roach says.

Others strive to teach medics to think in the midst of chaos. They study diarrhea, sweat, bugs, stinky smells, and sharks. And they know that sleep is one of a military’s greatest defenses.

Camouflage is a familiar sight these days, and it’s usually worn by someone you thank for their service.

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Supporting our too, as do others who troops is more than keep soldiers safe. Grunt explains further. a verbal “thank you.”

The surprise is that Now, mind you, there it also comes from are no vivid recreations laboratories, volunteers, of battles in this book, manufacturers, and but author Mary Roach tells readers about the exhaustive research, and this book tells you aftermath of battle. how.

You won’t get specs on If you love—or equipment, but she’ll tell were!—a soldier, you about how science Photo credit Jen Siska has improved on the Grunt author Mary Roach. you’ll want it, because missing Grunt would gear soldiers use.

What you will get, however, is a be a disservice. curious-minded tour through the The Bookworm is Terri Schlichenmeyer. science of war and real, sometimes Terri has been reading since she was 3 gruesome but always fascinating years old and she never goes anywhere peeks far beyond the barracks. And without a book. She lives on a hill in Roach does it with a delightfully Wisconsin with two dogs and 14,000 lighthearted-yet-serious approach. books.

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Labor Day: A Short History Labor Day is more than one last chance to fire up the grill before the end of summer. It’s a yearly celebration of the American worker—a tribute to labor’s contribution to the economic and social well-being of the United States.

Some records show that Peter J. McGuire, general secretary of the Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners and a co-founder of the American Federation of Labor, was first to suggest a day to honor those “who from rude nature have delved and carved all the grandeur we behold.”

Other research seems to support the contention that machinist Matthew Maguire, later the secretary of Local 344 of the International Association of Machinists in Paterson, New Jersey, proposed the holiday in 1882 while serving as secretary of the Central Labor Union in New York.

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The first Monday in September was selected as the holiday in 1884. As labor organizations grew in size and power, so did the idea of Labor Day. In 1885 Labor Day was celebrated in many industrial centers of the country.

The first governmental recognition of the holiday came through municipal ordinances passed during 1885 and 1886. While the first state bill proposing the holiday was introduced into the New York legislature, Oregon passed the first law on Feb. 21, 1887.

Four more states—Colorado, Massachusetts, New Jersey, and New York—created the Labor Day holiday by legislative enactment that same year.

By the end of the decade, Connecticut, Nebraska, and Pennsylvania had followed suit.

By 1894, 23 other states had adopted the holiday in honor of workers, and on June 28 of that year, Congress passed an act making the first Monday in September of each year a legal holiday in the District of Columbia and the territories.

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Auto Insurance Discounts for Older Drivers Jim Miller

Dear Savvy Senior, I’ve read that many car insurance companies offer a variety of discounts to older drivers when they retire or reach a certain age. What can you tell me about this? – Discount Seeker Dear Seeker, Most auto insurance companies offer policyholders a wide variety of discounts, many of which can benefit retirees.

Auto insurers love older drivers because they’re experienced behind the wheel and they drive less than younger age groups, which makes them a lower risk for accidents and a safer bet for insurance companies.

While discounts will vary by insurer, many of these benefits can reduce your overall premium by 15 to 20 percent or more, and you are

10 percent to drivers who are at least 55 years old and aren’t actively looking for full-time work. And Liberty Mutual offers a “newly retired discount” to drivers who reach that employment milestone, regardless of age.

usually allowed to combine discounts to increase your savings, though total discounts are often capped at around 25 percent.

To find out what discounts may be available to you, contact your auto insurer and inquire about these benefits and any others that may help you.

Age discount: Many auto insurance companies offer a general “senior” discount that will reduce your premium just because you’ve reached a specific age. The actual name and amount of the discount will vary by insurer.

Allstate, for example, provides a “senior adult discount” of up to

Low mileage discount: Most insurers offer discounts to customers who drive limited miles each year, which is often beneficial to retirees who drive less because they don’t commute to work every day. The fewer miles you drive, the lower your odds of getting into an accident.

The parameters of low mileage differ by insurer, but generally about a 10 percent discount is available for driving fewer than 5,000 to 8,000 miles each year, although smaller

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Driver’s education discount: Many states require insurance companies to offer “defensive-driving” discounts to drivers who take a refresher course to brush up on their safety skills. The discounts vary, usually ranging between 5 and 15 percent.

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Danger Abounded, but Fate was Kind to This Vietnam Marine

By Stephen Kopfinger It sounds unlikely, but good luck followed Ken Ford during his tour of Vietnam.

Ford experienced some memorable close calls during his yearlong tour of duty, which lasted from November 1967 to November 1968.

He served with the 2nd Battalion, 11th Marines, 1st Marine Division, as a lance corporal assigned as a communications technician.

Ford was assigned his work in that capacity after six weeks of electronics training in San Diego. He repaired encrypted teletype machines and in Vietnam, “we were [fixing] radios, and telephones, and anything having to do with communications,” Ford remembers.

He had already received his basic training at Parris Island in South Carolina and infantry training at Camp Geiger in North Carolina in 1966, after marrying his wife-to-be,

Ken Ford in Phu Bai, July 1968.

Jeralee.

Ford had signed up for service; that action gave a man a fixed time as to when he could start training and duty.

That was different from the whims of the draft, which could ship a soldier out on short notice.

“I would have missed my wedding,” Ford speculates, on taking his chances with the draft.

Ford landed at Da Nang Air Base at, of all times, the day before Thanksgiving. And it wasn’t long until Ford experienced his first brush with danger. He soon found himself

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Ford, far left, receiving the Navy Commendation Medal for Meritorious Service in Vietnam from Col. Schmid, center.

at a nearby firebase, the name of which he can’t recall.

At that base, however, “we actually had Thanksgiving dinner,” remembers Ford.

But this comforting, welcoming taste of home didn’t last long. Around 8 or 9 p.m., mortars lit the air. Ford had been at the base for just five or six hours before everything broke loose.

He isn’t sure just who fired on the troops, but he has an idea.

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“It’s hard to say. I’d have to guess it was the Viet Cong,” he says of the elusive North Vietnamese force known for their stealth. “They could set up mortars and be gone.”

But it was here that luck played into the picture. “[The mortars] do a lot of damage, but they are short range,” says Ford.

“Nobody was seriously hurt. I think they were just trying to [tick] us off!”

Ford and his fellow Marines were soon moved to an airfield at Phu Bai combat base just south of Hue, which is now the civilian Phu Bai International Airport.

They arrived three days before the Tet Offensive, in which the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces launched a huge campaign against South Vietnamese and American forces beginning in January 1968.

Again, luck was on Ford’s side.

“Rockets and mortars and both!” says Ford of what filled the skies when Tet happened. Yet, “for some reason,

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we had very few injuries. We really got lucky.”

Moving about was a big part of Ford’s duty.

“We moved around a lot,” he recalls. “We just pulled into a big old field and set up another base.”

During this time, Ford experienced another hair-raiser—and it wasn’t due to the enemy. One soldier was medevacked in the wake of an incident “because of stupidity,” Ford says. “[This] guy decided to throw a grenade. It hit a rock” and bounced back. “I think he lost an arm. He was definitely medevacked.” Ford was unharmed.

And his good fortune stayed with him another time. After Phu Bai, Ford found himself at An Hoa combat base, where he helped to protect a small landing strip.

“Nobody knows how it happened,” Ford says of what came next. Once again, weaponry was lighting up the sky.

“They think the enemy got hold of our call signs,” speculates Ford. There was talk of “friendly fire.”

In any event, it happened at night,

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when the men were seen his son, Patrick, in the mess tent. before departing for That combination of Vietnam, but “our timing and location oldest daughter, Amy, kept the guys alive. was 6 months old Ford left Vietnam before I saw her,” says from Da Nang the Ford.

Tuesday before Ford finished out Thanksgiving 1968. his service at Camp One the way home, Lejeune in North Ford was to enjoy Carolina. Once again, a brief visit in what he found himself he envisioned to be repairing electronics sunny Hawaii. equipment. Ford said “It was raining!” the job was actually he recalls with easier in Vietnam, Ken Ford today. amusement. where if a part broke But there was off, you just made do a serious side to his visit to the with anything that fit to replace it.

“Aloha State.” The unpopularity Not so at Lejeune, where standards of the war among the American were stricter, parts-wise. people had made those who served Ford’s military service ended in unpopular among some elements.

September 1970. He would later work The homebound men didn’t for a rubber company, the former leave the airport, as being seen in Hewitt-Robbins, in Buffalo, New uniform could have had negative York, where Ford had been born, consequences. and on the freight dock for Pacific A happier reception awaited him International Express, a trucking in San Diego, where his wife and company. son were living. There was a new He remembers with fondness addition to the family. Ford had how important getting mail was

in Vietnam, and “my wife wrote to me every day.” The letters didn’t always arrive in order, but they were treasured.

Good luck almost deserted Ford years after he got home from Vietnam. As with many a soldier, he was exposed to the defoliant Agent Orange, which has caused numerous health problems for veterans of the war.

Ford was treated for prostate cancer in 2001, but he is fine today.

These days, Ford keeps busy as secretary and treasurer with Chapter 1008, Vietnam Veterans of America in Lancaster. If you are interested in joining one of the 27 chapters in Pennsylvania, go to www.vva-pa.org to find a chapter near you.

He has visited “The Wall,” the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, in Washington many times with his fellow members.

“Oh, yeah,” Ford says with pride.

“We go every year. We charter a bus on Memorial Day.” The public is always welcome to join them on the bus trip, Ford says.

“We always put out the word—get on the bus!”

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Too Sweet: Diabetes Support Group Chapel Hill United Church of Christ 701 Poplar Church Road, Camp Hill (717) 557-9041 Sept. 5, 4 to 5 p.m.

Caregivers Support Group Messiah Lifeways Meetinghouse 1155 Walnut Bottom Road, Carlisle (717) 243-0447 Sept. 6, 6 to 7 p.m.

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Library Programs Community Programs Free and open to the public Mondays and Wednesdays, noon to 12:45 p.m.

SilverSneakers and Silver and Fit Classes Living Well Fitness Center 207 House Ave., Suite 107, Camp Hill (717) 439-4070 Sept. 13, 3 to 4:30 p.m.

Dementia Awareness Collaboration Event Holy Spirit Hospital Auditorium 503 N. 21st St., Camp Hill (717) 763-3078

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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.

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