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October 2013

Vol. 14 No. 10

The Six-Decade Chase Seasoned Hunter Recalls Exotic Catches and Locales By Chelsea Peifer The thrill of the hunt started for Jim Wagner when he was only 5 years old, and the thrill is just as strong and persistent today at age 73. A Central Pennsylvania native, Wagner followed his father around in the fields and through the woods while he hunted for small game. They shot pheasants on a regular basis—a bird that is much more difficult to spot in the region today than it was during his childhood. Wagner started hunting on his own as soon as he turned 12 years old and it was legal for him to do so. He has been hunting every year since then, skipping out on his favorite hobby only for the four years after high school that he spent serving in the United States Navy, where he had the dangerous job of operating the boilers in a destroyer ship. Once back stateside, that boiler knowledge translated into a more than 40-year career in the field. Now retired and working part-time, Wagner’s hunting adventures have taken him not only all throughout the state of Pennsylvania, but into several other states and countries including Canada, Argentina, New Zealand, and the African plains. More than 50 mounts of animals he has killed are on display in his home. His wife, Janet, “puts up with it,” said Wagner with a chuckle. At first the mounts were scattered throughout different rooms of their please see CHASE page 25 Jim Wagner’s hunting excursions have taken him around the globe, including New Zealand and Argentina.

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Art and Antiques by Dr. Lori

Animals in Art & Antiques Dr. Lori have appraised many antique and vintage objects in the form of animals—from cow creamers to Kermit the Frog dolls. While objects are collectible for many reasons, when it comes to animals in art and antiques, it is interesting to note what an animal form symbolizes and why a particular animal was highlighted in a certain period of art history. We love the animals that share our lives, and in art and antiques, these beloved creatures reference important life lessons. When found in a work of art (painting, sculpture, print) or an antique object (figurine, decorative carving, fetish), the appearance of animals has special meaning.

beauty and personal accomplishment. The French Impressionist artist, Edouard Manet, painted cats in his masterpieces to suggest the abilities of a woman to attract male suitors.

Bee – Industry and community. Famous wealthy families of the Renaissance and Baroque periods oftentimes commissioned artists to include bees in

Lithograph print with girl and her cat

of nature and the nurturing characteristics of forest animals. 19th-century painting with rabbits

paintings of their family coat of arms to suggest their public interest in serving the community. Bear – Gentle strength and nurturing. In Native American totem poles, bears are oftentimes carved to suggest the strength

Bull – Wealth. Associated with the financial world today, images of bulls were painted on cave walls in Lascaux, France, and Santander, Spain, dating back to prehistoric times. Cat – Pride. The ancient Egyptians via sculptures associated cats with pride in

Cock – Passion. Ceramic figurines of cocks are common decorations in the kitchens of female chefs in France as they are female power symbols. Deer – Sensitivity. Walt Disney’s animated feature film, Bambi, captured the longstanding art historical symbol of the deer. Dog – Fidelity. A dog is shown at the feet of a couple on their wedding day in the world-known Arnolfini Wedding Portrait (National Gallery, London) from 1434 by Jan van Eyck. please see ANIMALS page 9

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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 Healthcare Information Pa. HealthCare Cost Containment Council (717) 232-6787 Hearing Services Duncan Nulph Hearing Associates 5020 Ritter Road, Suite 10G, Mechanicsburg (717) 766-1500 Pennsylvania Office for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (800) 233-3008 V/TTY

Home Care Services Home Care Assistance Serving Cumberland, Dauphin, Lancaster, Lebanon, and York counties (717) 540-4663 Safe Haven Quality Care Serving Cumberland, Dauphin, and Perry counties (717) 582-9977 Senior Helpers Serving the greater Harrisburg area (717) 920-0707 Visiting Angels Serving East and West Shores (717) 652-8899 or (717) 737-8899

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National Council on Aging (800) 424-9046

Mechanicsburg (717) 697-5011

Organ Donor Hotline (800) 243-6667

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Shippensburg (717) 532-4904

Smoking Information (800) 232-1331

Toll-Free Numbers Bureau of Consumer Protection (800) 441-2555

Social Security Fraud (800) 269-0217 Social Security Office (800) 772-1213

Cancer Information Service (800) 422-6237

Hospice Services Homeland Hospice 2300 Vartan Way, Suite 115, Harrisburg (717) 221-7890

Consumer Information (888) 878-3256

Housing Assistance Cumberland County Housing Authority 114 N. Hanover St., Carlisle (717) 249-1315

Domestic Violence (800) 799-7233

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Medicare Hotline (800) 638-6833

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Disease and Health Risk (888) 232-3228

Veterans Services American Legion (717) 730-9100

Drug Information (800) 729-6686

Governor’s Veterans Outreach (717) 234-1681

Flu or Influenza (888) 232-3228

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Lebanon VA Medical Center 1700 S. Lincoln Ave., Lebanon (717) 228-6000 or (800) 409-8771

Salvation Army (717) 249-1411

Internal Revenue Service (800) 829-1040

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He Felt a Guardian Angel Watched Over Him during WWII Alvin S. Goodman avid Press, 89, of Germans penetrated our Mechanicsburg, position, and both sides had many suffered casualties. We kept interesting experiences in firing and prevented them the U.S. Army during from retaking our position, World War II. And in his but one soldier was able to lob civilian job afterward, a grenade into our foxhole distributing recorded music before he was killed.” in five Mid-Atlantic States, Press was able to jump out he came in contact with of the foxhole, but he was several famous celebrities. knocked unconscious and Born on Christmas Day woke up in a hospital 1923 in Harrisburg, Press building. They said he had a graduated from William concussion and was Penn High School in June disoriented but was returned 1941. That summer he went to his outfit in three days. to work for D&H “Unfortunately, I found out Distributors of Harrisburg, a that the private first class with large distributor of me didn’t make it because the phonograph records in the machine gun he was firing was Mid-Atlantic States. in his way to get out. He was drafted into the “Another time, we were Group photos of Press and his buddies in Germany. Army in February 1943. He taking a small village, going received basic training at Ft. house to house, when a didn’t want to be in a rifle platoon, th Fisher, N.C., in the 557 AA German soldier stepped around the so I said I had training in big guns.” Battalion and was made a corporal corner and fired a burp gun, an He was put in a platoon with mortar automatic weapon that sounds like a two weeks after he arrived for basic training, helping to train the men in and machine-gun operations. burp, at Ray DiBagro and me. “My platoon sergeant, Sammy his company. “He must have been Cohen, made me a mortar man. I After Press’s company finished inexperienced in combat because carried the ammo and fed the mortar when firing an automatic weapon basic, they left to go overseas. but was not allowed to arm or fire it “As a cadre man (trainer), I was such as a burp gun, it has a tendency until I got more experience.” sent to train another outfit at Camp to elevate if you do not control it, so The first night Press was in Stewart, Ga. After finishing their the bullets flew over our heads.” combat, the GIs were being bombed training, I asked to be shipped out Both DiBagro and Press fired by two lone bombers. with them, but because I was cadre, their carbines from the hip at the “I was never so scared in my life, my captain would not let me go.” same time, and the German soldier and although the bombs never Press later learned that this same fell. dropped near enough to injure us, I Another time after he was moved outfit had 98 percent casualties in began praying like I never prayed to machine gunner, he was trying to Normandy. After D-Day, the Army cross an open field when a sniper needed infantry to replace the losses, before.” kept firing at the men, who were so he was sent to Camp Stewart for Close Calls trying to pinpoint his position. infantry training. Then it was onto “I think I must have had one or “We thought we had him, and as the Queen Mary, bound for Europe, more guardian angels because I had I was running across the field with where Press was chosen for guard some close calls, and I survived, the gun in front of my waist, a duty and had the run of the ship. thankfully.” sniper bullet hit the gun. It stung When the Queen Mary landed in Because of the many casualties in like hell, but I was able to get across Glasgow, Scotland, the men were put the machine gun section, Press was to safety.” on a train to Dover, and then on a moved there. He didn’t fire the gun They did eventually get the boat across the English Channel to but carried the ammo and fed the sniper. Le Havre, France. They were taken by truck to their respective divisions. gun. “After we crossed the Roer River, Other Close Calls His was the 84th Infantry Division, we took the hill from the Germans th 335 Infantry Regiment, Company “When going through a small outside the town of Baal. We took B. German village, I got the urge to “When I arrived, the first sergeant over their foxholes and dug in for their expected counterattack. The please see ANGEL page 25 asked me what my training was. I

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Getting Your Affairs Organized Jim Miller Dear Savvy Senior, My husband and I (both in our 70s) would like to get our personal and financial information better organized so our kids will know what’s going on when we die. Any tips on how to get started? – Unorganized Edna Dear Edna, Collecting and organizing your important papers and information is a smart idea and a great gift to your loved ones. Here’s what you should know. The first step in getting your affairs in order is to gather up all your important personal, financial, and legal information so you can arrange it in a format that will benefit your caregivers, survivors, and even yourself. Then you’ll need to sit down and create various lists of important information and instructions of how you want certain things handled. Here are

• Secured places: List all the places you keep under lock and key (or protected by password), such as safedeposit boxes, safe combination, security alarms, etc.

some key areas to help you get started. Personal Information • Contact list: A good starting point is to make a master list of names and phone numbers of family members, close friends, clergy, doctor(s), and professional advisers such as your lawyer, tax accountant, broker, and insurance agent.

• Service providers: Provide contact information of the companies or people who provide you regular services, such as utility companies, lawn service, etc.

• Personal documents: This can include such items as your birth certificate, Social Security number, marriage license, military discharge papers, etc.

• Pets: If you have a pet, give instructions for the care of the animal.

• Organ donation: Indicate your wishes for organ, tissue, or body donation, including documentation (see www.donatelife.net). • Funeral instructions: Write out your final wishes. If you’ve made prearrangements with a funeral home, provide their contact information and whether you’ve prepaid or not, and include a copy of the agreement. Legal Documents • Will and trust: In your files, have the original copy of your will (not a photocopy) and other estate-planning documents you’ve made, including trusts. • Financial power of attorney: This is the legal document that names someone you please see ORGANIZED page 9

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Specific areas of elder law in which the firm specializes:

Blakey, Yost, Bupp & Rausch, LLP David A. Mills, Esquire

17 East Market Street, York, PA 17401 717-845-3674 fax 717-854-7839 dmills@blakeyyost.com www.blakeyyost.com

1980

Yes

Estate planning, wills, trusts, powers of attorney, estate administration, guardianships.

Yes

Robert Clofine is the current president of the Pennsylvania Association of Elder Law Attorneys. Medicaid; nursing home asset protection; estate planning; estate settlement.

Yes

Wills; powers of attorney; living wills; estate settlement; probate; estate planning; nursing home planning; Medicaid; asset protection planning; trusts. We make house calls!

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Alzheimer’s & special needs planning; VA & Medicaid benefits; wills; powers of attorney; trusts; long-term care insurance; estate administration; care coordination; nurse on staff.

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The Elder Law Firm of Robert Clofine 120 Pine Grove Commons, York, PA 17403 717-747-5995 fax 717-747-5996 clofine@estateattorney.com www.estateattorney.com

1985

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Gettle & Veltri 13 East Market Street, York, PA 17401 717-854-4899 fax 717-848-1603 ghg@gettleveltri.com www.gettleveltri.com

1997

Yes

Keystone Elder Law

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2010

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The Levin Law Firm

150 North Radnor Chester Road, Suite F-200, Radnor, PA 19087 610-977-2443 philip@levinlawyer.com www.levinlawyer.com

2007

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Scott Alan Mitchell Rhoads & Sinon LLP Lancaster & Harrisburg 717-397-4431 (L) and 717-231-6602 (H) smitchell@rhoads-sinon.com • www.rhoadssinon.com

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1995

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MPL Law Firm, LLP 137 East Philadelphia Street, York, PA 17401 717-845-1524 fax 717-854-6999 jmiller@mpl-law.com, nstankoski@mpl-law.com www.mpl-law.com

1987

1998

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Saidis, Sullivan & Rogers 26 West High Street, Carlisle, PA 17013 • 717-243-6222 635 North 12th Street, Lemoyne, PA 17043 • 717-612-5800 attorney@ssr-attorneys.com www.ssr-attorneys.com

2010

2006

Yes

Scheib Law Offices 4813 Jonestown Road, Suite 102, Harrisburg, PA 17109 717-525-9291 fax 717-525-9467 scheiblawoffices@outlook.com www.scheiblaw.com

1992

2000

Yes

SkarlatosZonarich LLC 17 South Second Street, 6th Floor, Harrisburg, PA 17101 717-233-1000 fax 717-233-6740 ebp@skarlatoszonarich.com www.skarlatoszonarich.com

1966

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Volunteers Needed for CCACS Programs Cumberland County Aging and Community Services has several professional volunteer opportunities available. By volunteering just a few house of your time each month, you can make a tremendous difference for others. Training and ongoing education is provided. Volunteers are needed in the following programs: Healthy Horizons Leaders – A person who co-teaches a six-week class

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Social Security, IRAs, 401(k)s, interest, investments, etc. And do the same for any debt you may have—mortgage, credit cards, medical bills, car payment.

• Government benefits: Information about Social Security, Medicare, or other government benefits you’re receiving.

• Property: List the real estate, vehicles, and other personal properties you own, rent, or lease and include important documents such as deeds, titles, and loan or lease agreements.

• Financial accounts: List all your bank and brokerage accounts (checking, savings, stocks, bonds, mutual funds, IRAs, etc.), including their location and contact information. And keep current statements from each institution in your files.

• Insurance: List the insurance policies you own (life, health, long-term care, home, and car), including the policy numbers and agents’ names and phone numbers.

For more information about any of Cumberland County Aging & Community Services’ volunteer opportunities, call Denise Moore at (717) 240-6110 or (888) 697-0371, ext. 6110.

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trust to handle money matters if you’re incapacitated. Talk to an elder law attorney (National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys, www.naela.org) to learn more. • Advance directives: These are the legal documents (living will and medical power of attorney) that spell out your wishes regarding your end-of-life medical treatment when you can no longer make decisions for yourself. For state-specific advance directive forms, visit Caring Connections (www.caringinfo.org). Financial Records • Income and debt: Make a list of all your income sources such as pensions,

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to people with chronic conditions. Topics include: appropriate exercise for maintaining and improving strength, appropriate use of medications, communicating effectively with family and health professionals, nutrition, and making informed treatment decisions. No prior teaching experience is necessary. Training and a detailed manual are provided.

• Pensions and benefits: List any retirement plans, pensions, or benefits from your current or former employer, including the contact information of the benefits administrator.

• Credit cards: List all your credit and charge cards, including the card numbers and contact information. • Taxes: Keep copies of your income tax returns over the last five years and the contact information of your tax preparer.

Savvy Tips: It’s best to keep all your organized information and files together in one convenient location — ideally in a fireproof filing cabinet or safe in your home. Also be sure to review and update your information every year, and don’t forget to tell your loved ones where they can find it. 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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Dragonfly – Carefree. Louis Comfort Tiffany highlighted the dragonfly and other insects in many of his decorative creations, including jewelry and lamps. Eagle – Protection from evil. American flag collectors look for intricate and decorative flags featuring the eagle from the late 1700s and 1800s. Fish – Long life. In their numerous forms, fish symbolize longevity in works of art dating from the early Christian era to the present. Horse – Stamina and power. The famous sculpture of a horse turned machine by Futurist artist Raymond Duchamp Villon highlighted society’s change from an agricultural society to an industrial one in the early 1900s. Lion – Power and majesty, guardian. Lions have guarded the gates and entrances of some of the most famous sites in the world. Lions are featured on the Ishtar Gate, the eighth gate (north) www.50plusSeniorNewsPA.com

to the inner city of Babylon. The gate was ordered by King Nebuchadnezzar II in 575 BC. Rabbit – Rebirth. Female artists often choose rabbits as subject matter for paintings, prints, and works on paper to suggest the rejuvenation of the earth in spring. Tiger – Strength, ferocity, power. Japanese artists of the 1700s often featured tigers in their gouaches, watercolors, woodblock prints, and paintings. Turtle – Perseverance. French sculptors cast forms of turtles in bronze and other metals in the art movement called animalier. Animalier, or animal sculptures, were popular with artists such as Barye and Bonheur in the mid-1860s to the 1880s. Personally, I have collected art and antiques that feature fish for decades. It started when I was a youngster on the

swim team and the association meant something important to me. Over the years, fish have served as pets, and fish objects have been the basis for some of my collections. This glossary of animal symbolism may help you collect with a vision in mind and learn about the history of your favorite animals.

Ph.D. antiques appraiser, author, awardwinning TV personality, and TV talk show host, Dr. Lori presents antiques appraisal events nationwide. Dr. Lori is the expert appraiser on Discovery channel’s hit TV show Auction Kings. Visit www.DrLoriV.com, www.Facebook.com/DoctorLori, or call (888) 431-1010.

Are You Reading? Join the 2013 One Book, One Community campaign by reading The Cellist of Sarajevo by Steven Galloway 93 libraries in Cumberland, Dauphin, Lancaster, Lebanon, Perry, and York counties and their community partners will host special events and group discussions in October.

One Book, One Community Get a copy at your local library or area bookseller

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Visit www.oboc.org or your library to learn more October 2013

Calendar of Events

Cumberland County

PA State Parks in Cumberland County

Senior Center Activities

Oct. 5, 9 a.m. to noon – Volunteer Workday, Kings Gap Environmental Education Center Oct. 6, noon to 5 p.m. – Garden Harvest Day, Kings Gap Environmental Education Center Oct. 8, 10 to 11:30 a.m. – Golden Trails: More Talk, Less Walk, Kings Gap Environmental Education Center

Big Spring Senior Center – (717) 776-4478 91 Doubling Gap Road, Suite 1, Newville Oct. 3, 10 to 11:30 a.m. – Flu Shot Clinic at Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church, Newville Oct. 11, 10:30 a.m. – “We Are APPRISE” Informative Medicare Program Oct. 18, 9 a.m. – Chicken Barbecue Dinner and Chinese Auction at Doubling Gap Church of God

Programs and Support Groups Oct. 1, 7 p.m. CanSurmount Cancer Support Group HealthSouth Acute Rehab Hospital 175 Lancaster Blvd. Mechanicsburg (717) 691-6786

Oct. 3, 6:30 p.m. Too Sweet: Diabetes Support Group Chapel Hill United Church of Christ 701 Poplar Church Road Camp Hill (717) 557-9041

If you have an event you would like to include, please email information to mjoyce@onlinepub.com for consideration.

Free and open to the public. Oct. 9, 1 p.m. Parkinson’s Support Group HealthSouth Rehab Hospital 175 Lancaster Blvd., Mechanicsburg (717) 877-0624 Oct. 15, 1 p.m. Caregiver Support Group Mechanicsburg Church of the Brethren 501 Gale St., Mechanicsburg (717) 766-8880

Community Programs Mondays and Tuesdays starting Oct. 15, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Free Medicare Advantage Plan and Prescription Drug Plan Enrollment Help Cumberland County Aging & Community Services 1100 Claremont Road, Carlisle (717) 240-6110 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

Free and open to the public. Oct. 7, 9 a.m. Medicare Monday: Introduction to Medicare Cumberland County Aging & Community Services 1100 Claremont Road, Carlisle (717) 240-6110 Oct. 9, 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.

Oct. 10, 5 to 7 p.m. Artists Show: Farms and Fields of Cumberland County Cumberland County Historical Society History on High – The Shop 33 W. High St., Carlisle (717) 249-1626 Oct. 24, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Cumberland County 50plus EXPO Carlisle Expo Center 100 K St., Carlisle (717) 285-1350 www.50plusExpoPA.com

Cumberland County Library Programs Bosler Memorial Library, 158 W. High St., Carlisle, (717) 243-4642 Oct. 1, 8, 22, 29, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. – Upstairs Stitchers Embroidery Group Oct. 7, 7:30 to 8:45 p.m. – Monday Bosler Book Discussion Group Oct. 25, 1 to 2 p.m. – Just Mysteries Book Club Cleve J. Fredricksen Library, 100 N. 19th St., Camp Hill, (717) 761-3900 Oct. 14, 6:30 p.m. – Twisted Stitchers Knitting and Crochet Group Oct. 17 – Mobile Device Basics: iPad, iPhone, iPod at 5:30 p.m.; Android at 6:30 p.m.; Kindle and Nook at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 17, 7 p.m. – “One Book, One Community” Book Discussion: The Cellist of Sarajevo by Steven Galloway New Cumberland Public Library, 1 Benjamin Plaza, New Cumberland, (717) 774-7820 Oct. 5 and 19, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. – Book Sale Oct. 8, 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. – “One Book, One Community” Book Discussion: The Cellist of Sarajevo by Steven Galloway Oct. 13, 3 to 4 p.m. – Cultural Series: Unearthing History with Stephen Warfel

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Carlisle Senior Action Center – (717) 249-5007 20 E. Pomfret St., Carlisle Oct. 8, 12:15 p.m. – “We Are APPRISE” Informative Medicare Program Mary Schaner Senior Citizens Center – (717) 732-3915 98 S. Enola Drive, Enola Oct. 17, 10:45 a.m. – “We Are APPRISE” Informative Medicare Program Mechanicsburg Place – (717) 697-5947 97 W. Portland St., Mechanicsburg Oct. 4, 10:30 a.m. – “We Are APPRISE” Informative Medicare Program Oct. 31, 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. – Free Medicare Advantage Plan and Prescription Drug Plan Enrollment Help by Appointment Southampton Place – (717) 530-8217, www.seniors.southamptontwp.com 56 Cleversburg Road, Shippensburg Oct. 14, 9:30 a.m. – “We Are APPRISE” Informative Medicare Program Oct. 15, 9:30 to 11 a.m. – Flu Shots Oct. 18, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. – Senior Center Fall Retreat at Doubling Gap Church of God Center West Shore Senior Citizens Center – (717) 774-0409 122 Geary St., New Cumberland Oct. 30, 10 a.m. to noon – Free Medicare Advantage Plan and Prescription Drug Plan Enrollment Help by Appointment 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. Oct. 11, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. – Boscov’s – Second Floor, Camp Hill Mall, 170 S. 32nd St., Camp Hill, (717) 7631100 Oct. 12, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. – Bosler Memorial Library, 158 W. High St., Carlisle, (717) 243-4642 Oct. 19, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. – Elmcroft of Shippensburg, 129 Walnut Bottom Road, Shippensburg, (717) 532-4165 www.50plusSeniorNewsPA.com

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October 24, 2013 9 a.m. – 2 p.m. Carlisle Expo Center • 100 K Street Carlisle

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Table of Contents Registration Form ................................................12 Park ‘n’ Ride Information....................................12 Directions to the EXPO ......................................12 Welcome .................................................................12 What is an ‘EXPO’? ...............................................13 Presenters ...............................................................14 PinnacleHealth Health & Wellness Area .....15 Health Screenings................................................15 Exhibitor Display Map........................................17 50plus Senior News.............................................18 Door Prizes .............................................................20 Entertainment.......................................................21

REGISTRATION IS A BREEZE! Simply bring this completed form with you to the EXPO, drop it at the registration desk and you are ready to go! NAME: _____________________________________ ADDRESS: __________________________________ ___________________________________________ PHONE:_____________________AGE: __________ E-MAIL: ____________________________________

Dear Friends, I hope you will join us for the 14th annual Cumberland County 50plus EXPO. Each month, 50plus Senior News brings you information on topics of health, wellness, finance, and much more. This is our opportunity to bring 50plus Senior News to life—your life! Representatives from an array of businesses are looking forward to speaking with you about topics that are important to you! Unbeknownst to many of us, our own communities hold a wealth of information. Our 50plus EXPOs are effective forums for all those “hidden” community resources to gather in visible, easy-toaccess locations. OLP Events and Cumberland County Aging & Community Services are happy to be able to present this dynamic, one-day event to our visitors free of charge. PinnacleHealth will sponsor a Health & Wellness Area, featuring presentations and friendly and knowledgeable staff available to answer questions on a range of health issues. The 50plus EXPO isn’t just informative, however—it’s also entertaining! The songs of three of your PA STATE SENIOR IDOLs, Vickie Kissinger (2012), Peggy Kurtz Keller (2011), and Barry Surran (2008), will ring out during the late morning and early afternoon. See page 21 for more details. This day is made possible through the generous support of our sponsors. Please stop by their booths, have your bingo card signed, and talk with them about how they can assist you.

Co-presenter: Cumberland County Aging & Community Services Health & Wellness Area Sponsor: PinnacleHealth Gold Sponsors – abc27, 50plus Senior News, b magazine, Homeland Center, WHP580 Visitor Bag Sponsor – Carlisle Regional Medical Center Bronze Sponsors – Bethany Village at Home, Gateway Health, Menno Haven Retirement Communities, Isaac’s Famous Grilled Sandwiches, Oakwood Cancer Center, Scheib Law Offices, Spring Creek Rehabilitation and HealthCare, Today’s Options Media Sponsors – WHYL, WIOO

Wheelchairs will be available at the front desk courtesy of On-Line Publishers, Inc.

See you at the EXPO!

Donna K. Anderson EXPO 2013 Chairperson

Just A Tip! To make registering for door prizes an easy task – bring along your extra return address labels.

Park ‘n’ Ride: Messiah Lifeways will be providing shuttle transportation from your parking area to the EXPO entrance. Please, hop aboard!

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Directions to the Carlisle Expo Center • 100 K Street, Carlisle From Baltimore: • I-83 N to PA Turnpike W (I-76) • PA Turnpike to exit 226 (Rt. 11 S) • Travel 2.5 miles, right onto Clay Street • Turn at 2nd traffic light (K Street)

From Philadelphia: • Schuylkill Exp. to PA Turnpike W (I-76) • PA Turnpike to exit 226 (Rt. 11 S) • Travel 2.5 miles, turn right onto Clay Street • Turn at 2nd traffic light (K Street)

From Pittsburgh: • PA Turnpike E (I-76) to exit 226 (Rt. 11 S) • Travel 2.5 miles, turn right onto Clay Street • Turn at 2nd traffic light (K Street)

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It’s going to be a great day at the EXPO! www.50plusExpoPA.com

What is an ‘EXPO’? The 50plus EXPO is an event that’s a unique hybrid of information and entertainment, all geared toward satisfying the needs of the area’s over-50 crowd. This day is about you and whatever is on your mind. Finances, health, leisure, travel—the knowledge you seek is all available at one of our more than 100 exhibitors. Each exhibitor booth is loaded with information and staffed by friendly people who are eager and willing to answer your questions. The EXPO will also offer a variety of health screenings free to each visitor, so be proactive about your health and take advantage of this convenient opportunity to give your body a little “tune-up”!

And when you’ve had your fill of the EXPO’s informative side, help yourself to some lighter, more entertaining fare! Listen for the songs of three of your PA State Senior Idols, Barry Surran (2008), Vickie Kissinger (2012), and Peggy Kurtz Keller (2011), as they perform for your enjoyment. As you make your way around the EXPO floor, don’t forget to get your “bingo card” signed by the listed exhibitors. Then return the completed card at the registration desk for a chance at winning a door prize. At the 50plus EXPO, you can spend an hour or spend the day. Socialize, become better informed, and, most of all— have fun!

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50plus EXPO – Brought to You By: provocative and history-changing decades of the 1960s and ’70s; it also examines where baby boomers are today and identifies the issues they face now—all with a mind toward representing the midstate’s own boomer community. Auditions for the eighth annual PA STATE SENIOR IDOL competition were held recently. The finals-night competition took place Oct. 14, 2013, at the Dutch Apple Dinner Theatre in Lancaster. On-Line Publishers also works to inform and celebrate women in business through our Business Division. BUSINESSWoman includes professional profiles and articles that educate and encourage women in business. SUCCESS STORIES highlights the achievements of local professional women so that others may be inspired. It is a special insert in the March issue of BUSINESSWoman magazine. POWERLUNCH is an extension of BUSINESSWoman and is held in York in the spring and in Harrisburg during the fall. Executive women are offered the opportunity for networking, lunch, seminars, and information from a select number of exhibitors interested in marketing to women. The women’s expo is a one-day event featuring exhibitors and interactive fun that encompasses many aspects of a woman’s life. It is held in Lancaster in the spring and in Lebanon in early fall, and will be held in Carlisle on Nov. 9.

For more than 15 years, On-Line Publishers, Inc. has celebrated serving the mind, heart, and spirit of the 50+ community of Central Pennsylvania through our Mature Living Division of publications and events. On-Line Publishers, Inc. produces six 50plus EXPOs annually in Chester, Cumberland, Dauphin, Lancaster (two), and York counties. These events are an opportunity to bring both businesses and the community together for a better understanding of products and services available to enhance life. Entrance to the event, health screenings, and seminars held throughout the day are free to visitors. 50plus Senior News is published monthly, touching on issues and events relevant to the 50+ community. The Resource Directory for the Caregiver, Aging, and Disabled is published annually in distinct county editions and contains information from local businesses and organizations offering products or services that meet the needs of these groups. 50plus LIVING is an annual publication and the premier resource for retirement living and healthcare options for mature adults in the Susquehanna and Delaware valleys. On-Line Publishers produces (((b))) magazine, Central Pennsylvania’s premier publication for baby boomers. (((b))) magazine reflects on the past, recalling the

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Cumberland County Aging & Community Services

Cumberland County Aging and Community Services provides a wide range of services to the community. Their goal is to provide information, programs, and services that allow older adults to maintain their health, well-being, and independence. Many services are available to meet these goals and some are listed below.

• Allegations of abuse, neglect, or financial exploitation are investigated and actions are taken to assure the well-being of the older adult.

• Shared Ride transportation is available for essential trips. • Prime Time Health encourages a healthy lifestyle. Assistance with Medicare and related health insurance is available through APPRISE.

• The Family Caregiver Support Program assists with the costs of providing care for older family members.

• Adult daycare provides supervision and activities at a central location during the

• Information and referral can provide a caller with details about aging and many

day.

other programs and services within the community.

• The Waiver Program provides at-home care for eligible persons who would

• Senior centers offer recreation and socialization as well as a nutritious lunch.

otherwise be admitted to a nursing facility.

• The Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program attempts to resolve complaints regarding care for those who reside in long-term care facilities.

Honorary Chairperson, Valerie Pritchett Valerie Pritchett anchors abc27 News Live at Five and abc27 News at 7 p.m. In addition to her anchoring duties, Valerie also reports and coordinates the Val’s Kids program, which features children in foster care who are looking for permanent homes. Harrisburg is where Valerie, her husband, Joe, and their two dogs call home. An animal lover, Valerie helps many animal rescue Valerie Pritchett organizations with fundraising. She serves as honorary co-chair for the American Cancer Society’s Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Walk and is a member of the United Way Women’s Leadership Network.

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• The Health Share Community Partnership offers medical care to people of all ages who are uninsured, underinsured persons, and those who cannot afford a healthcare provider.

• The Homeless Assistance Program provides case management, rental assistance, and assistance through PPL’s Operation Help Program for near-homeless and homeless individuals and families.

• Cumberland Cares for Children provides support, resources, and education for early childrearing and child development for parents of newborns and preschool children.

• Food pantries supported by Aging and Community Services offer nutritious food at regular distribution dates and sites.

• Adults with a physical disability may receive services through the Attendant Care Program or other Medicaid waiver programs offered by the agency. Cumberland County Aging and Community Services can be reached by calling (717) 240-6110 or (888) 697-0371, ext. 6110. www.50plusExpoPA.com

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You trust PinnacleHealth to provide you with the safest and best care available. Trust is our most valued possession. That’s why we will never waver in our dedication to patient satisfaction, credentials, experience, research, and outcomes. Excellence in each is a strong testament to our quality of care. We are always working to meet the ever-changing needs of patients. From advancements in technologies to establishing trusted relationships between providers and patients, we continually evolve and grow to ensure we deliver the best care in the best setting. Two measures of high-quality care are our recognitions for good patient outcomes and the safety of our care. We consistently receive national and statewide recognition for our excellence in care of heart attack, heart failure, diabetes, and transplant patients. Our specific recognitions include: • Among the lowest infection rates in Pennsylvania and nationally • Fast, life-saving treatment for heart attack and stroke • Time-sensitive response to emergency care • Best blood-sugar control for diabetes nationally • Among the lowest readmission rates in Pennsylvania* • Better than U.S. national rate by CMS for heart attack patients

• Best compliance in preventative measures to reduce blood clots • Magnet status for nursing excellence *Reference: Highmark Claims Data

In addition, PinnacleHealth was given the maximum reward possible through Highmark’s Quality Blue hospital program, which focuses on quality and ultimately helping improve health outcomes for people. Pinnacle Health System began its dynamic journey more than 140 years ago as a pioneer healthcare system dedicated to providing and improving the health and quality of life for the people of Central Pennsylvania. Through remarkable teamwork among physicians, nurses, and other health professionals, we deliver the most advanced, compassionate care to our patients every day. Thank you for putting your trust in PinnacleHealth. For a complete list of services and more information on quality and safety measures, visit our website at www.pinnaclehealth.org. Visit PinnacleHealth’s Health & Wellness Area for blood pressure checks and various health screenings.

Health & Wellness Area – PinnacleHealth Visit PinnacleHealth booths 115–118 for blood pressure checks and various health screenings.

Additional Free Health Screenings

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AccuQuest Hearing Aid Center – Booth #206 Video otoscopy

Hughes Family Chiropractic Center – Booth #138 Spinal screening

BStrong4Life – Booth #168 Bone health screening

Miracle-Ear – Booth #121 Hearing screening

Drayer Physical Therapy Institute – Booth #200 Balance screening

Orthopedic Institute of Pennsylvania (OIP) – Booths #193–194 Osteoporosis heel scan

Health Network Laboratories – Booth #136 Glucose screening

Pennsylvania Center for Wellness – Booth #141 “How Healthy Are You?” survey

HEALTHSOUTH Rehabilitation Hospital of Mechanicsburg – Booth #155 Grip muscle strength test

Spring Creek Rehabilitation and Health Care – Booth #101 Blood pressure screening Take Shape for Life – Booth #215 BMI screening

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Entertainment

A Vital Response, Inc. ...........................................177 Abbvie...........................................................210-211 abc27 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .111 AccuQuest Hearing Aid Centers............................206 ADT Security Systems ...........................................109 American Treasure Tour ........................................112 Appleby Systems, Inc. ...........................................167 Auer Cremation Services of PA..............................131 Bath Fitter .............................................................159 Bethany Village .....................................................143 Bethany Village at Home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .144 BStrong4Life .........................................................168 Bureau of Radiation Protection .............................207 Capital BlueCross..................................................180 Capital Self Storage ...............................................184 Capital Senior Services..........................................163 CapTel Captioned Telephone ................................166 CaptionCall...........................................................199 Carlisle Home Furnishings.....................................181 Carlisle Regional Medical Center . . . . . . . . . . .195 Celtic Healthcare ..................................................122 Church of God Home...........................................182 Claremont Nursing & Rehabilitation Center ..........154 Cochlear Americas ................................................175 Cumberland County Aging & Community Services . .102-103 Cumberland County Housing and Redevelopment Authorities.........................137 Cumberland Goodwill Fire Rescue EMS ................142 Deimler & Sons Construction................................212 Drayer Physical Therapy Institute ..........................200 Edward Jones ........................................................101 Elder Healthcare Solutions, LLC ............................201 Essex House..........................................................119 Family Home Medical...........................................202 Gateway Health . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .162 Geisinger Gold......................................................198

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Green Ridge Village ..............................................152 Griswold Home Care ............................................191 The Gutter Guys ...................................................146 Health Network Laboratories ................................136 HEALTHSOUTH Rehabilitation Hospital of Mechanicsburg ..............................................155 Highmark BlueShield ............................................156 Hoffman-Roth Funeral Home & Crematory...........160 Holy Spirit Health System .....................................216 Homeland Center/Homeland Hospice . . .127-129 Hughes Family Chiropractic Center.......................138 Isaac’s Famous Grilled Sandwiches . . . . . . . . .150 It Works! Featuring Burn Fat Body Wraps..............196 Jaffy Jewelry ..........................................................108 The Campus of The Jewish Home of Greater Harrisburg.........................................204 Kilmore Eye Associates..........................................157 Kitchen Saver........................................................190 Kitchen Tune-Up...................................................178 LEAFFILTER GUTTER PROTECTION .....................124 Life Force Eldercare Services .................................123 LIFE Lutheran Services ..........................................158 Longevity Alliance.................................................133 ManorCare Health Services...................................169 Mary Kay Cosmetics / Miracle Maker Inc. .............125 Menno Haven Retirement Communities . . . . .126 Messiah Lifeways ...........................................208-209 Mid-Atlantic Waterproofing...................................149 Miracle-Ear ...........................................................121 Morgan Stanley Wealth Management....................130 NARFE Chapter 373 .............................................107 Nationwide Insurance ...........................................205 Need A Lift Accessible Van Rentals ................187-188 Nerium AD ...........................................................153 Oakwood Cancer Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .145 Office of Attorney General....................................192

Orthopedic Institute of Pennsylvania (OIP)..........193-194 Penn State Hershey Bone and Joint Institute .........164 Penn State Hershey Spine Center..........................165 Pennsylvania Captioned Telephone Relay Service .....................................................171 Pennsylvania Center for Wellness ..........................141 Pennsylvania Lottery .............................................147 Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission ................120 PinnacleHealth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115-118 PPL Epower Solutions ...........................................110 Renewal by Andersen ...........................................173 Ricker Sweigart and Associates..............................172 Scheib Law Offices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .151 Senator Pat Vance/Representative Sheryl Delozier ..................................................148 Shippensburg Health Care Center.........................213 Spring Creek Rehabilitation and HealthCare . .101 Sundance Vacations ..............................................106 Synchrony ChiroCare............................................183 Synergy HomeCare...............................................161 Take Shape for Life ...............................................215 Today’s Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .189 VibraLife – Graysonview Personal Care Community .................................139 Walnut Bottom Radiology .....................................174 Weiss Physical Therapy .........................................186 West Shore Window and Door .............................134 WHP580 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .105 WHYL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .140 WIOO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .132 The Woods at Cedar Run......................................176 Co-Host Visitor Bag Sponsor Media Sponsor

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The EXPO thanks the following companies for their generous contributions: Jaffy Jewelry Blessings bracelet ($20 value) Blessings bracelet ($20 value) Bracelet ($35 value) Earrings and bracelet ($65 value) Necklace and bracelet ($75 value)

A Vital Response Gas card ($50 value) AccuQuest Hearing Aid Center Raffle basket ($50 value) Bethany Village at Home Gift certificate for two hours of service ($40 value)

Kilmore Eye Associates Peppermill Restaurant gift card ($20 value)

BStrong4Life Workstation lumbar support ($30 value)

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Capital Senior Services Gift basket ($50 value)

Messiah Lifeways Gift certificate for Messiah Lifeways Wellness and/or Fireside Grille ($75 value)

Carlisle Home Furnishings Serta memory foam contour pillow ($130 value)

Morgan Stanley Wealth Management Complimentary, comprehensive financial plan ($500 value)

Edward Jones Car sunshade ($10 value)

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Entertainment 11 a.m. – Vickie Kissinger, 2012 PA STATE SENIOR IDOL Winner Vickie Kissinger of Gap holds a B.S. in music education and is a classically trained mezzo-soprano, pianist, and organist. She is also a student of internationally recognized master voice teacher Dr. Thomas Houser. With more than 25 years’ teaching experience, Vickie runs a fulltime private voice studio from her home.

Noon – Barry Surran, 2008 PA STATE SENIOR IDOL Winner, and Peggy Keller, 2011 PA STATE SENIOR IDOL Winner In the mid-’60s, Barry Surran toured with the Lehigh University Glee Club and was part of a barbershop group called the Cliff Clefs. Since winning PA STATE SENIOR IDOL, Barry has been performing for senior groups, nursing homes, assisted living facilities, private functions, and at weddings. Barry performed a three-hour concert at Delaware Water Gap Country Club and was a guest soloist with the Reading Pops Orchestra. He continues to perform at DeLorenzo’s Restaurant in Easton, Pa. A nurse, teacher, wife, and mother from Ephrata, Peggy Kurtz Keller sung the national anthem for her high school and is still singing it today at Clipper Magazine Stadium for the Lancaster Barnstormers. Peggy enjoys singing at the VA Hospital in Lebanon, for community and civic organizations, and in local theater. Barry and Peggy will be performing jointly at the EXPO, alternating between individual performances and duets.

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Q&A’s for October By John Johnston Question: My wife doesn’t have enough work under Social Security to qualify for Social Security or Medicare. But I am fully insured and eligible. Can she qualify on my record? Answer: Yes. The question you’ve raised applies to husbands as well as wives. Even if your spouse has never worked under Social Security, she (or he) can, at full retirement age, receive a benefit equal to one-half of your full retirement amount. Your wife is eligible for reduced spouse’s benefits as early as age 62, as long as you are already receiving benefits. If your spouse will receive a pension for work not covered by Social Security such as government employment, the amount of his or her Social Security benefits on your record may be reduced. For more information, take a look at the fact sheet, Government Pension Offset, Publication No. 05-10007, at www.socialsecurity.gov/ pubs/10007.pdf. For more information, visit www.socialsecurity.gov and select the “Retirement” tab. Question: Is there a time limit on how long I can receive Social Security disability benefits? Answer: Your disability benefits will continue as long as your medical condition has not improved and you cannot work. Social Security will periodically review your case to determine whether you continue to be eligible. If you are still receiving disability benefits when you reach your full

retirement age, your disability benefits will automatically be converted to retirement benefits. Learn more about disability benefits at www.socialsecurity. gov/disability. Question: Why is there a five-month waiting period for Social Security disability benefits? Answer: The law states Social Security disability benefits can be paid only after you have been disabled continuously throughout a period of five full calendar months. Social Security disability benefits begin with the sixth full month after the date your disability began. You are not able to receive benefits for any month during the waiting period. Learn more at our website: www.socialsecurity.gov/ disability. Question: I found out that my daughter and I submitted incorrect information about my resources when she helped me complete my Application for Help with Medicare Prescription Drug Plan Costs. How can I get my application amended now to show the correct amount? Answer: You can call (800) 772-1213 and let us know. Or you can contact your local Social Security office by using our office locator at www.socialsecurity.gov/ locator. Information on your application will be matched with data from other federal agencies. If there is a discrepancy that requires verification, we will contact you. John Johnston is a Social Security public affairs specialist.

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Alliance Home Help

Good Samaritan Home Health

(800) 444-4598 (toll-free); 717-283-1444 www.alliancehomehelp.com

(717) 274-2591 www.gshleb.org

Year Est.: 2010 Counties Served: Lancaster RNs: No LPNs: No CNAs: Yes Home Aides: Yes Medicare Certified?: No

Year Est.: 1911 Counties Served: Berks, Dauphin, Lancaster, Lebanon, Schuylkill RNs: Yes LPNs: Yes CNAs: Yes Home Aides: Yes Medicare Certified?: Yes

Other Certifications and Services: Providing non-medical companion, respite, and personal care services throughout Lancaster County. Caregivers matched specifically to you and your needs. Compassion, 24/7 on-call availability, trained, competent, and reliable. Medicaid Waiver approved.

Central Penn Nursing Care, Inc.

Good Samaritan Hospice

(717) 569-0451 www.cpnc.com

(717) 274-2591 www.gshleb.org

Year Est.: 1984 Counties Served: Cumberland, Dauphin, Lancaster, Lebanon, York RNs: Yes LPNs: Yes CNAs: Yes Home Aides: Yes Medicare Certified?: No

Other Certifications and Services: Providing all levels of care (PCAs, CNAs, LPNs, RNs), in the home, hospital, or retirement communities with specifically trained caregivers for Alzheimer's and dementia clients. Home care provided up to 24 hours a day to assist with personal care and housekeeping. A FREE nursing assessment is offered.

Year Est.: 1979 Counties Served: Berks, Dauphin, Lancaster, Lebanon, Schuylkill RNs: Yes LPNs: Yes CNAs: Yes Home Aides: Yes Medicare Certified?: Yes

ComForcare Home Care

Homeland Hospice

(610) 363-1485; (717) 824-3643; (717) 718-9393 www.comforcare.com

(717) 221-7890 www.homelandcenter.org

Year Est.: 2009 Counties Served: Chester, Lancaster, York RNs: Yes LPNs: No CNAs: Yes Home Aides: Yes Medicare Certified?: No

Other Certifications and Services: 2013 Best of Home Care. Employer of Choice Award from Home Care Pulse. ComForcare provides companionship and/or personal care services up to 24 hours/day, 365 days/year with our meticulously selected, highly qualified, and reliable caregivers. When you canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be there, ComForcare!

Year Est.: 2009 Counties Served: Cumberland, Dauphin, Lebanon, Perry, York RNs: Yes LPNs: No CNAs: Yes Home Aides: Yes Medicare Certified?: Yes

Other Certifications and Services: Good Samaritan Home Health is a Pennsylvania-licensed home health agency that is Medicare certified and Joint Commission accredited. We work with your physician to provide nursing, physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, wound care, and specialized care as needed.

Other Certifications and Services: Good Samaritan Hospice provides services to patients and their families facing a life-limiting illness. We are Pennsylvania licensed, JCAHO accredited, and Medicare certified. We provide services 24 hours per day with a team approach for medical, emotional, spiritual, and social needs.

Other Certifications and Services: Exemplary care provided by a highly trained staff who address all patient and caregiver needs.

Garden Spot Village

Hospice & Community Care

(717) 355-6000 www.gardenspotvillage.org

Founded as Hospice of Lancaster County

Year Est.: 2006 Counties Served: Lancaster RNs: No LPNs: No CNAs: No Home Aides: Yes Medicare Certified?: No

(717) 295-3900 www.hospicecommunity.org Other Certifications and Services: Personal care and companionship services in your home with all the professionalism, friendliness, and excellence you expect of Garden Spot Village. Contact info@gardenspotvillage.org.

Year Est.: 1980 Counties Served: Adams, Berks, Chester, Dauphin, Lancaster, Lebanon, York RNs: Yes LPNs: Yes CNAs: Yes Home Aides: Yes Medicare Certified?: Yes

Other Certifications and Services: Hospice & Community Care provides compassionate care and support for patients and their families facing serious illness, end of life, and loss. Care is provided at home, in nursing homes, hospitals, and our Inpatient Center. Joint Commission accredited. You are welcome to call with questions.

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Keystone In-Home Care, Inc.

Senior Helpers

(717) 898-2825; (866) 857-4601 (toll-free) www.keystoneinhomecare.com

(717) 738-0588 www.seniorhelpers.com/lancastercounty

Year Est.: 2004 Counties Served: Dauphin, Lancaster, Lebanon, York RNs: No LPNs: No CNAs: Yes Home Aides: Yes Medicare Certified?: Yes

Other Certifications and Services: Two- to 24-hour non-medical assistance provided by qualified, caring, competent, compassionate, and compatible caregivers. Personalized service with Assistance for Daily Living (ADL, IADL): companionship, meal prep, bathing, cleaning, and personal care needs. Respite care, day surgery assistance. Assistance with veterans homecare benefits.

Year Est.: 2002 Counties Served: Berks, Lancaster, Lebanon RNs: Yes LPNs: Yes CNAs: Yes Home Aides: Yes Medicare Certified?: No

Live-In Care of PA, Inc.

Synergy HomeCare

(717) 519-6860; (888) 327-7477 (toll-free) www.liveincareofpa.com

(717) 243-5473 www.synergyhomecare.com

Year Est.: 1997 Counties Served: Providing service to over 20 counties including Adams, Berks, Chester, Cumberland, Dauphin, Franklin, Lancaster, Lebanon, York RNs: No LPNs: No CNAs: Yes Home Aides: Yes Medicare Certified?: No

Year Est.: 2012 Counties Served: Adams, Cumberland, Dauphin, Franklin, York RNs: No LPNs: No CNAs: No Home Aides: Yes Medicare Certified?: No

Other Certifications and Services: For everyone’s peace of mind, 24-hour personal care in the home you love, yours! Premier, professional caregivers. Extensive background checks. Free home evaluations.

Safe Haven Skilled Services

UCP of South Central PA

(717) 238-1111; (717) 582-4110; (717) 582-9977 www.safehavenqualitycare.com

(800) 333-3873 (Toll Free) www.ucpsouthcentral.org

Year Est.: 2005 Counties Served: Cumberland, Dauphin, Perry RNs: Yes LPNs: Yes CNAs: Yes Home Aides: Yes Medicare Certified?: Yes

Other Certifications and Services: Owners Leslie and Sandra Hardy are members of the Society of Certified Senior Advisors. We have contracts with the VA and the Area Agency on Aging. Private insurance and selfpayment are also accepted. Friendly faces, helping hands, warm hearts. Skilled nursing also available.

Year Est.: 1962 Counties Served: Adams, Franklin, Lancaster, York RNs: No LPNs: No CNAs: No Home Aides: Yes Medicare Certified?: No

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Visiting Angels

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Year Est.: 2007 Counties Served: Adams, Cumberland, Dauphin, Perry, York RNs: No LPNs: No CNAs: Yes Home Aides: Yes Medicare Certified?: No

Other Certifications and Services: Offering nonmedical home care to provide positive solutions for aging in place. Companionship, personal care and our specialized dementia care. No minimum number of hours. Medicaid Waiver approved. Convenient, free assessment.

Year Est.: 2001 Counties Served: Cumberland, Dauphin, Lancaster, York RNs: No LPNs: No CNAs: Yes Home Aides: Yes Medicare Certified?: No

Other Certifications and Services: A PA-licensed, non-medical home care company providing companion, personal, Alzheimer’s, & dementia care from two to 24 hours a day. Call for a FREE homecare assessment and to learn more about benefits available for veterans and their spouse.

Other Certifications and Services: Personal care, companionship, respite care, light housekeeping, meal preparation, medication reminders, errands.

Other Certifications and Services: UCP provides non-medical adult in-home care services to adults under DPW and aging waiver programs. PA licensed and working hand in hand with your service coordinator, UCP provides personal care attendants who implement your individualized service plan.

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VNA Community Care Services (717) 544-2195 (888) 290-2195 (toll-free) www.lancastergeneral.org/content/ VNA_Community_Care.htm Year Est.: 1908 Counties Served: Berks, Chester, Cumberland, Dauphin, Lancaster, Lebanon, Perry, Schuylkill, York RNs: Yes LPNs: Yes CNAs: Yes Home Aides: Yes Medicare Certified?: Yes

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home, but now just one entire room is devoted to displaying the mounts. At this point, when he has a noteworthy catch, he just puts the nice rack on a plaque rather than adding more mounts to the collection. Wagner devotes four weeks of each year to rifle hunting. “I just prefer rifle,” he said. “I never got into archery. I’ve done a lot of hunting, but there are a lot of guys who would make me look pretty small.” Internationally, he has captured zebra, wildebeest, gemsbuck, impala, bushbuck, blezbuck, nyala, southern greater kudu, fallow deer, red hartebeest, Spanish goats, axis deer, black buck antelope, and more. Wagner has hunted for moose and black bear in Newfoundland, caribou in Quebec and other parts of the Arctic, black bear in Manitoba and New Brunswick, and for black bear and mountain goats in British Columbia. Within the United States he has gotten mountain lions in Idaho; whitetail deer in Pennsylvania, Maryland, Missouri, and South Carolina; and mule

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deer, elk, and antelope in Colorado. Elk hunting is challenging because the elk can be so elusive, he said. “The elk is the ultimate animal you can get,” Wagner said. Hunting for mountain goats is a great adventure because it usually involves traversing the rocky crags that the animals do in order to capture them. Wagner has memories of crawling on his hands and knees all day through the mountains of British Columbia to get to the mountain goats. “Some of that’s scary when it’s straight peaks on both sides of you,” he said. “You crawl all day, and it’s dark when you leave and dark when you come back. Or sometimes you just camp right out on the mountain.” Sometimes the hardest part about hunting is coping with the extremes in temperature. Wagner has been hunting when the thermometer read as low as 17 degrees below zero and says that’s just “terrible.” “It gets cold and miserable sometimes, and you feel like you’re freezing to

death,” Wagner said. “And you ask yourself if this is supposed to be fun.” Usually it’s between zero and 15 degrees, which isn’t quite so bad, he said. Hunters put in long hours, but when you capture the animal you’ve been pursuing, Wagner says that everything you’ve put yourself through is more than worth it. “The more you hunt, the better you get, just like everything else,” said Wagner. “Once you get something, you just keep going for something else.” South Carolina is his favorite spot to hunt in the country, and he has been traveling there once a year for the past 10 years to hunt deer and wild boar. He hunts at a 10,000-acre plantation there and said some of the deer are bigger than those in Pennsylvania, reaching 180 pounds. “In Pennsylvania, deer hunting isn’t what it used to be, but a lot of organizations are fighting to make it better,” he said. Still on his wish list of places to hunt is Texas, where he hopes to get some

whitetail deer. “I think I’ll go until I can’t go anymore,” Wagner said with a smile on his face. On international hunts he gets to try the meat after it’s been killed and cooked for the hunters, but none of that can be transported home. But his freezer at home is always stocked with meat— usually whitetail deer, elk, and mule deer. Wagner says that moose is the best meat he has tasted on all of his hunts and is close to beef in flavor. Wagner is a life member of the North American Hunting Club and a member of the National Rifle Association, Safari Club International, and a board member of the Unified Sportsmen of Pennsylvania. Out of Wagner’s four children and two stepchildren, none have become his hunting buddies. “It’s something that is born in you,” he said. “Some people love it and some people hate it. Some people try it for a year and don’t like it, but I guess it was just born in me.”

week except for the chocolates in my rations.” Just after Press’s unit crossed the Rhine River, it was attached to Gen. George Patton’s army. His tanks were moving fast, and the Germans were on the run. Press was walking along when something told him to turn his body fast. “I think I saw the bullet coming

toward me. It tore through the upper sleeve of my left arm. Talk about guardian angels!” By now the German Air Force was almost completely destroyed, but one day Press’s platoon was clearing out a small town when he saw a “beautiful black plane” coming toward him. “I was up against the wall of a house and couldn’t move. The bullets hit the

side of the house on either side of me. Had the plane or I been a few feet in either direction, I surely would have had it.” He later learned that he was strafed by what was one of the first jet airplanes, a Focke-Wulf. “Thank God for guardian angels!”

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move my bowels, so I entered a bombedout house and did my business. In the process, I heard an incoming mortar round, and I somehow knew that it was going to hit the house. I quickly pulled up my pants before finishing and dove out of the house. The shell landed on the roof and exploded through the house. “I was so scared that I traded all my K rations for cheese and that’s all I ate for a www.50plusSeniorNewsPA.com

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Such is Life

The First Step is a Cinch Saralee Perel here have you been?” a going to ride my trike.” neighbor named Stacy He tried to stop me. said. “You’ve been on your feet all day. You “Where have you been?” my neighbor, can hardly walk after that. And you Robert, asked. haven’t been on your trike for ages!” I was riding my three-wheeler bike “Bob, if I don’t do this now, I am down our road. The bike is made never going to do it.” I knew that. I knew specifically for people like me who are that from the depths of me. I had to do disabled. something to help “Well,” I said to the myself. dozen or so And it had to be neighborhood folks now. who asked me the I’d have never done same question. “I took this had I thought, time off to be “I’m going to grab my depressed.” cane, find the keys, I was on my bike check the weather, find that day because of a the bike lock,” and on breakthrough. I can and on, ending with still visualize myself on something a recent afternoon, overwhelmingly when I debated about sabotaging like, “and opening our front door ride every day for the and reentering the rest of my entire life.” outside world. The I biked down our breakthrough occurred road, loving every National Depression minute. It’s a new me, because of this thought: “If I keep a new life, and all Screening Day is waiting until I want to because of one simple Oct. 10 do something, I’ll be decision. waiting forever.” And so, the secret of Oddly, this new way of thinking began life that Mitch learned? because of a 22-year-old movie I watched To paraphrase from the movie: “Just called City Slickers. Mitch, played by Billy one thing,” Curly, the wise cowboy, said. Crystal, is dreadfully depressed as he “You stick to that and the rest is foolish takes us through his comical mid-life detail.” funk. “What is that one thing?” During his journey of recovery, he was “That’s what you have to find out for taught “the secret of life.” But here’s the yourself.” thing: Finding that secret could never For Mitch, it was not about taking an have happened until Mitch stopped adventurous trip out West; it was merely waiting for happiness to come to him agreeing to read the brochure. and instead took the first step himself. For Mitch’s wife, it was just saying First steps, I have learned, are nowhere these words to him: “I want you to have near as huge as they sound. They’re that adventure and find … your smile.” actually quite simple. They have to be. It was when Mitch realized by simply My husband, Bob, heard me crying giving his wife one single kiss: “Today is when the movie ended. my very best day!” “I thought it was a comedy,” he said. And for me, it was grabbing my old “It was hysterical.” wooden walking stick. “Then why are you crying?” Saralee Perel is an award-winning, nationally “Because it made me realize I’ve syndicated columnist. Her new book is wasted six months of my life by settling Cracked Nuts & Sentimental Journeys: Stories into depression and waiting, waiting, From a Life Out of Balance. To find out more, waiting to come out of it.” visit www.saraleeperel.com or email That was the instant I took that first sperel@saraleeperel.com. step. I grabbed my cane and said, “I’m

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Traveltizers

Travel Appetizers: Stories that Whet the Appetite for Travel

Alligators, Birds, and Plants, Oh My! By Andrea Gross t’s 9:30 in the morning, but the air is still cool. Nevertheless, I’m slathered in sunscreen and dripping with insect repellant. In other words, I’m ready to meet some alligators on a trip that will take my husband and me from Georgia’s Okefenokee Swamp, the largest blackwater swamp in North America, to Florida’s Everglades National Park, a UNESCO International Biosphere Reserve as well as a World Heritage Site.

Okefenokee Swamp Along with a dozen other passengers, we climb into a 24-foot flat-bottomed boat and set out through water that’s the color of strong tea—a result of tannic acid caused by decaying vegetation. At 10:08, we spot our first alligator. At 10:12, there’s another one, and then another. At 10:32, one leaps out of the water, arcing in front of us.

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The American alligator sometimes grows to more than 14 feet in length.

The guide pushes the boat through the shallow swamp waters.

Georgia’s Okefenokee Swamp is home to turtles as well as alligators and snakes.

Visitors glide through the Okefenokee in a 24-foot flat-bottomed boat.

“Sometimes they leap 6 feet into the air,” says our guide, Chip Campbell, owner of Okefenokee Adventures. It’s a fact I find most disconcerting. By this time, the gators are appearing every two, three minutes. There’s one over there, curled in the grass, gazing at us with steely eyes. And that log over there … It moved! I stop counting when I realize I may be tracking fallen trees as well as prehistoric reptiles. In short order we become miniexperts on alligators. We learn how to tell an alligator from a crocodile (it’s all in the teeth—a croc’s lower teeth overlap his upper); to judge the reptile’s length (estimate the distance between the eye bumps and snout bump; that distance in inches pretty much equals the gator’s length in feet); and to escape one that’s chasing you. “Climb a tree, run in zigzags, or …” Chip laughs heartily, “outrun your friend!” It’s obviously a good day for alligators, please see ALLIGATORS page 30

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My 22 Cents’ Worth

Doing Without a College Degree Walt Sonneville f one wishes to become a physician, physicist, lawyer, or any other profession where entry is limited to college graduates, higher education is unavoidable. Success has come, nevertheless, to some who have not graduated from college, and to others who dropped out of, or never attended, high school. Familiar names of those who never attended high school include authors Walt Whitman, Charles Dickens, and Mark Twain. High-school dropouts include authors H.G. Wells, Jack London, Dashiell Hammett, George Bernard Shaw, and Leon Uris; entertainers Julie Andrews, Lucille Ball, Gene Autry, George Gershwin, and Walt Disney; inventors Ben Franklin, Thomas Edison, and Orville Wright; media leaders Horace Greeley and David Sarnoff; food

entrepreneurs Wally “Famous” Amos (cookies), Ray Kroc (McDonald’s), and Dave Thomas (Wendy’s); and fourtime New York Governor Al Smith. Prominent computertechnology developers rose to fame despite dropping out of college. Among them are Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, Mark Zuckerberg, Michael Dell, and Laurence Ellison.

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Another category heavily represented by college dropouts is writers of fiction. F. Scott Fitzgerald, John Steinbeck, and William Faulkner are standouts in this field. Countless other college dropouts are in other career categories, including newscaster Brian Williams, cable-TV tycoon Ted Turner, White House advisor Karl Rove, Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura, and Michigan Governor George Romney, the father of Mitt Romney. Eight of our nation’s presidents did not graduate from college. President Lincoln did not attend either high school or college. Prime Minister Winston Churchill never attended college. A college degree was not a career pathway for most adult Americans. As of 2008, only 29.4 percent of Americans, 25 years of age and older, were college graduates. That percentage does not appear to be rising. Approximately 72 percent of students in the past decade finished high school and, of these, 52 percent earned a bachelor’s degree within six years. Hence, these numbers indicate that 37 percent of 21st-century high-school graduates earned a college degree. How many college graduates, known to you, work in the field in which their degree is related? The Heldrich Center at Rutgers University recently surveyed 571 college graduates and found “the portion of graduates who described their first job as a ‘career’ fell from 30 percent, if they had graduated in 2006 or 2007—before the 2008 economic downturn—to 22 percent if they had graduated in 2009 or 2010” (as reported by the International Herald Tribune Sept. 2, 2011).

Gaining a college degree is a worthy aspiration for students who believe their career prospects merit the risk of defaulting on their student loan. Such defaults are below the levels seen in the economic recession of the early 1990s but, at 8.8 percent in mid-2011, they have reached their highest rate since 1997, nearly double the lowest rate of 4.6 percent in 2005, according to the Department of Education. There are trade schools and two-year colleges that may offer better pathways toward gainful employment than fouryear institutions. College graduates, unable to find acceptable employment, too frequently “park their employment search” by attending graduate school. This postponement strategy can expand the debt burden of one’s higher education without enhancing future job prospects. Many discover upon graduation they are educated in fields lacking marketability. They are underemployed—working at jobs that do not require a four-year college education—more often than unemployed. Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics indicate at least onethird of college graduates in 2008 were underemployed. “Fats” Domino, the singer and songwriter, summed up the situation succinctly, saying, “A lot of fellows nowadays have a B.A., M.D., or Ph.D. Unfortunately, they don’t have a J.O.B.” Our country needs college graduates pursuing those disciplines responsive to market demand. High schools fail to produce enough graduates keen about the fields of science, engineering, or math—all essential to our national economic security. Too often the goal is selfaggrandizement in financial careers, an illusion exposed as fantasy once the market bubbles burst. Walt Sonneville, a retired market-research analyst, is the author of My 22 Cents’ Worth: The Higher-Valued Opinion of a Senior Citizen and A Musing Moment: Meditative Essays on Life and Learning, books of personal-opinion essays, free of partisan and sectarian viewpoints. Contact him at waltsonneville@earthlink.net.

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Senior Idol Moves to Fall, Talent Follows published in a poetry anthology. Jeanette Miller of Shippensburg performed a Some sat in the waiting area silently, rapid-fingered tune on the flute. Tom sporting serious game faces. Others LaNasa of York and Eugene Constantine alleviated performance jitters by chatting Hrynkiewicz of Harrisburg both and laughing with fellow contestants. No presented dramatic monologues: LaNasa matter their prep tactic, though, all the with "Ragged Old Flag" by Johnny Cash nearly 100 people who auditioned for and Hrynkiewicz with The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe. 2013 PA STATE SENIOR IDOL came And several contestants prepared and ready to impress. complemented Produced by OLP their vocals with EVENTS, the eighth Ray Ricke Jr., their own York annual PA STATE SENIOR accompaniment, IDOL competition such as Paul showcases the vocal, Zavinsky of instrumental, comedic, Hummelstown or dance abilities of the and Tom state’s over-50 Williams of population. West Traditionally held in Brandywine, the spring, the Ernest Batz, both on guitar, competition was moved Ephrata and Ross to the fall for 2013, a Mounds of move that did not Harrisburg on affect the spectrum or the keyboard. quantity of contestant Deb Olsen of turnout. Individuals from as Manheim and far west as Westmoreland Ray Ricke Jr. of County traveled to the York both paid competition’s Central tribute to Pennsylvania audition sites. Michael Jackson From this vast talent pool, with a medley of 15 his most semifinalists memorable have been hits—Olsen on the drums and Ricke selected, with his moonwalking feet. having been When the chosen semifinalists judged on the return to the stage, they will be merits of performing for both a packed ability, audience as well as local celebrity originality, judges: R.J. Harris of WHP580, appearance, Buddy King of The Magnificent and stage Jeanette Miller, Shippensburg Men, Valerie Pritchett of abc27, and presentation. Janelle Stelson of WGAL-8 will These 15 select three finalists after the first round performers will vie for the title of 2013 of performances. PA STATE SENIOR IDOL at the sold-out The finalists will then perform a finals night competition on Monday, second selection, after which the judges Oct. 14, at The Dutch Apple Dinner Theater, Lancaster. Emcee of the evening and the audience will vote together to select the 2013 Pennsylvania State will be Diane Dayton of Dayton SENIOR IDOL. The winner will receive a Communications. limousine trip for two to New York City Although the majority of contestants to enjoy dinner and a Broadway show. flexed their vocal abilities, SENIOR IDOL The 2013 PA STATE SENIOR IDOL judges still saw a fair share of other competition is brought to you by OLP talents represented. Steve Gallion of EVENTS. Media sponsors are abc27, Blue Lancaster performed a stand-up comedy routine. Ernest Batz, Ephrata, played the Ridge Communications, WHP580, and WHYL. accordion that he has played for the last For more information, call On-Line 70 of his 75 years. Publishers at (717) 285-1350 or visit Christian Kendig, Millersville, recited www.SeniorIdolPA.com. a poem—one of his own that had been By Megan Joyce

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October 2013

ALLIGATORS

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but even on gatorless days, there’d be plenty to see. The swamp is home to a large variety of other reptiles, as well as amphibians, fish, mammals, butterflies, and more than 230 species of birds, including egrets, herons, ibis, sandhill cranes, and red-shouldered hawks. Chip puts the boat in reverse so we can better see a softshell turtle, which instantly submerges to avoid us. No problem. Chip heads toward a flooded forest, where, he says, we’re likely to see a snake. “Most, but not all, poisonous snakes have cat-shaped eyes,” he tells us. Since I have no intention of getting close enough to a snake to see the shape of its eyes, I dismiss this piece of information as superfluous. I’m more interested in learning about the medicinal properties of various plants—spotting those that will repel insects, relieve depression, grow hair, and clean hands. “But there’s no remedy for folks who get their hands eaten while plucking plants,” says Chip, and I decide to stick with the pharmacy for my medications. By 11 a.m., as another gator glides by, we’ve seen so many that we’ve become blasé. We turn our heads but don’t rush for our cameras. Our memory cards are full, but even without

A boardwalk along the Anhinga Trail in Everglades National Park makes wildlife viewing accessible to all.

personal with more alligators and birds than we’d seen from farther away and during much longer expeditions. We get about 10 feet down the path when a giant black bird with a yellow bill hops on the rail in front of us. He’s waving a small fish in his mouth. We stand mesmerized for several minutes while the cormorant shakes the fish into submission, positions him in line with his throat, and swallows him whole. A few feet farther, a large osprey spreads his wings, his white upper feathers looking like a fringed cape against the black background. We turn left along a nice plank pathway. With the water undisturbed by a moving boat, dozens of alligators sun in peace, some half-submerged, others happily snoozing in the roots of swamp trees, others completely visible. The boardwalk makes a stable resting place for tripods, and there seem to be more photographers than gators or birds. Yet the mood is serene. Despite the manmade conveniences, we feel at one with nature.

A cormorant spreads his wings before diving into the water for his dinner.

An osprey can have a wingspan of 6 feet.

more photos, we know we’ve had a trip we’ll never forget. http://www.fws.gov/okefenokee; www.okefenokeeadventures.com Everglades National Park It’s a seven-hour, 385-mile drive from Okefenokee to the Everglades, and I didn’t want to go. When I read that the best way to see

the alligators is to walk along a 0.8-mile boardwalk, I turned up my nose. After all, I rode in a low-lying boat through a swamp in Georgia, so why would I want to peer down at gators from a raised walkway? So tame. So tacky. I was wrong. Everglades National Park is nature at its most convenient and abundant. A one-hour walk along the Anhinga Trail lets us get up close and

www.nationalparks.org/exploreparks/everglades-national-park Photos © Irv Green unless otherwise noted; story by Andrea Gross (www.andreagross.com).

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Why The days are getting shorter, Each night wraps us in the dark, We turn our clocks back one whole hour, On standard time embark.

Pears and apples by the bushel, From the orchard have been brought, We’ll enjoy fruits cooked or raw, In our diet as we ought.

The oak trees drop their acorns, The squirrels stash their year’s supply, So many birds have left us, Flying V-shaped in the sky.

The weather’s getting cooler, We stay warm at higher cost, We protect the plants so tender, From the first killing frost.

The peas and beans have all been picked, The root crops have been dug, A tiller works our garden, No more garden loads to lug.

Why all the changes ’round us, In sky, on land we see? It’s just that summer’s ended, Autumn’s come for you and me.

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