Cumberland County Edition
September 2011
Vol. 12 No. 9
A Voice for Central PA’s Pets Media Personality Devotes Decades to Animal Advocacy By Megan Joyce It’s a safe bet that Bob Rudy is one of those people who doesn’t often leave his house without a little pet hair on his clothing. And he probably doesn’t mind; in fact, he likely wears the strands proudly, each a tiny, individual talisman reminding him always of the animals he’s spent the better part of his 54 years loving and working to protect. And now, he’s not alone in his mission. In 2008, Rudy married his wife, Debra Vredenburg-Rudy, a psychology professor at Millersville University and the founder of Pet Guardians, a Lancaster County-based nonprofit that finds new homes for pets of the elderly or terminally ill. Rudy is now the treasurer and a board member of Pet Guardians. Together, the couple works daily to locate foster homes and, eventually, new permanent homes for animal lovers who are ill or entering assisted living or hospice care—so that, on top of everything else on their minds, they don’t have to worry about who will care for their pets. Although his charitable work on behalf of our furry friends is now at its zenith, Rudy’s dedication to animals began decades ago and has included so much volunteer work that in 2005 he received the Jefferson Award for Public Service in York County and the March of Dimes’ Community Spirit Award in 2007. please see PETS page 18 Bob Rudy with his pack. From left, Maggie the black lab, Taj the Afghan hound, Rudy the human, Rudy the lab/pit bull mix on bench, and Maggie the Irish setter, seated in front.
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Walt Sonneville an you pass a citizenship test? This country’s adult population, and apparently the voting sector of that population, appears to be inadequately informed regarding our form of government and current events. A number of polls reveal astounding misinformation among the electorate. Given the complexities of our country’s history and the time required to remain current in new developments, this is understandable but not acceptable. The voting-age population that participates in the presidential general election declined from 63.1 percent in 1960 to 56.8 percent in 2008. The latter year actually was an improvement from the 2000 election, when 51.3 percent of eligible voters bothered to do so. While the percentage of registered voters who exercise their franchise is of interest, it is crucial that the voting public has a basic understanding of our country’s government, its history, and its economic policies. A representative democracy must have an informed electorate. James Madison, the father of the U.S. Constitution, made the point when he declared, “A popular government, without popular information or the means of acquiring it, is but a prologue to a farce or a tragedy.” The lowest 20 percent of income earners had a 36 percent rate of voting in 2004. The percentage increased as incomes increased until it reached the top 20 percent of income earners, at which point it declined from 67 to 63 percent. This implies that higher income earners generally have the benefit of more education, better access to information, and, perhaps, easier transportation access to the polls. The “farce and tragedy” that worried President Madison are indicated by several polls taken over the past decade. Consider the ABC News Poll taken February 2000 when respondents placed Ronald Reagan as the fifth most effective president and George Washington as the sixth.
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In February 2005 the Washington College Poll had elevated Reagan to the No. 2 spot after Abraham Lincoln, while George Washington fell to eighth place, immediately behind George W. Bush. Two years later, in 2007, the Gallup Poll ranked Reagan comfortably close behind Lincoln (20 percent and 15 percent) for first and second honors. George Washington was named the seventh most effective president (7 percent). George W. Bush had fallen to ninth place (2 percent). Voters in 1948 appear to have had a better understanding of the rankings of American presidents. A Schlesinger Poll at that time named Lincoln, Washington, FDR, Woodrow Wilson, and Jefferson as our top five most effective presidents. (Of course Reagan and George W. Bush were not nominees in the poll at that time.) When Oregon’s Tom Foley, speaker of the House of Representatives (1989-1995), lost his reelection bid, 30 percent of those voting against him believed his opponent would automatically succeed to the position. (Newt Gingrich succeeded him.) According to a September 2010 Pew Research Center survey, about 25 percent of U.S. voters did not know the Democrats had a majority in the U.S. House of Representatives. Michael Delli Carpini, dean of the Annenberg School for Communications, states: “Public opinion polling since the 1930s has
consistently documented low levels of political knowledge among the public.” Is civics still taught in high schools? Education emphasis today is placed on improvements in reading, math, and science. Should more attention be given to the fundamentals of our multi-layers of government? Could native-born high-school graduates pass the test given to naturalized citizens? Here are typical questions asked of those seeking to become new citizens. For citizens who are seniors, these should be easily answered. 1. What do we call the first 10 amendments to the Constitution? 2. How many U.S. senators are there? 3. We elect a U.S. senator for how many years? 4. We elect a U.S. representative for how many years? 5. If both the president and vice president no longer can serve, who becomes president? 6. Who is the current chief justice of the United States? At a minimum, schools should be encouraged to offer the same citizenpreparation program given to those who wish to become citizens. Anyone should be eligible to attend upon application. Walt Sonneville is a retired marketresearch analyst. He enjoys writing and reading non-partisan opinion essays. Contact him at waltsonneville@earthlink.net.
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Change Sy Rosen got an email from a guy I hadn’t heard from since high school. About 45 years ago we were best friends— two goofballs who did everything together. I remember spending hundreds of afternoons eating Eskimo pies and debating what superpower we would want most. We decided on invisibility because then we could go into the girls’ locker room. I told you we were goofballs. Anyway, as soon as I started reading the email my smile turned into look of bewilderment. He was using terms like transcendental meditation, peace, serenity, and love. He said he now feels a spiritual connection to the universe and has devoted his life to doing good deeds. My first thought was, Man, is this guy messed up. He no longer wants to be invisible. And then I started marveling about how much he’d changed. The thing is, I
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Mort I really loved him, but I did everything he wanted. Now that he’s passed away, may God rest his soul, I live my own life and do whatever I want to do.” “What do you do?” I asked. “Mostly I think about Mort,” she answered. I went to a coffee shop with my cousin Tommy. Tommy used to weigh about 350 pounds but now, because he exercises and eats the right kinds of food (stuff that tastes like cardboard), he’s down to about 210 pounds. “You know,” he said, “I used to hate myself. I thought everybody was laughing at me. And I was afraid to talk to people, especially girls. Now, I like myself and I’m not scared to ask a woman out.” He then asked the waitress out and she turned him down. He was still proud of himself for trying. I spoke to a few more of my relatives
and they all thought they had changed in some way. This, of course, depressed the heck out of me, and I went to talk to my friend Larry about it. “I think I’m the only person in the world who hasn’t changed since high school,” I complained. Larry said that he’s pretty sure I’ve changed and grown. “Really?” I asked. “Oh yeah, you used to be a totally selfabsorbed jerk.” “Thanks,” I said. “But now look at you; you’re thinking about other people … what they’re going through … how they’ve changed.” I thanked Larry for his nice words and then spent the next three days thinking about how I was no longer self-absorbed. I then realized that if I’m thinking about not being self-absorbed, I probably am self-absorbed. And I thought about that for another three days.
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Calendar of Events Cumberland County Department of Parks and Recreation
Senior Center Activities
Sept. 3, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. – Family Fishing Festival, Pine Grove Furnace State Park
Big Spring Senior Center – (717) 776-4478 91 Doubling Gap Road, Suite 1, Newville
Sept. 6, 10 to 11:30 a.m. – “More Talk, Less Walk,” Kings Gap Environmental Education Center
AARP Driver Safety Programs For a Safe Driving Class near you, call toll-free (888) 227-7669 or visit www.aarp.org/findacourse. Sept. 12 and 19, 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. – West Shore Evangelical Free Church, 1345 Williams Grove Road, Mechanicsburg, (717) 761-4822
Tuesdays in September, 9 a.m. – Learn to Cross Stitch Wednesdays, 12:30 p.m. – Bunco Sept. 21 – Lunch and Learn: “Things You Should Have to Protect Yourself ”
Carlisle Senior Action Center – (717) 249-5007 20 E. Pomfret St., Carlisle
Sept. 22, 1 to 5 p.m. – Bosler Library, 158 W. High St., Carlisle, (717) 243-4642 Sept. 23 and 30, 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. – Boscov’s, 370 Camp Hill Shopping Center, Camp Hill, (717) 763-1100
Cumberland County Library Programs Amelia Givin Library, 114 N. Baltimore Ave., Mt. Holly Springs, (717) 486-3688 Bosler Memorial Library, 158 W. High St., Carlisle, (717) 243-4642 Sept. 21, 1 p.m. – Afternoon Classic Movies at Bosler Cleve J. Fredricksen Library, 100 N. 19th St., Camp Hill, (717) 761-3900 East Pennsboro Branch Library, 98 S. Enola Drive, Enola, (717) 732-4274 John Graham Public Library, 9 Parsonage St., Newville, (717) 776-5900 Joseph T. Simpson Public Library, 16 N. Walnut St., Mechanicsburg, (717) 766-0171 New Cumberland Public Library, 1 Benjamin Plaza, New Cumberland, (717) 774-7820 Sept. 8, 10:30 a.m. – Mystery Discussion Group: “One Author: The One and Only Agatha Christie” Sept. 19, 6 to 8 p.m. – Great Books Discussion Group: Middlemarch by George Eliot Sept. 20, 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. – Travel Program: “Sunny Spain”
Mary Schaner Senior Citizens Center (717) 732-3915 98 S. Enola Drive, Enola Mechanicsburg Area Senior Adult Center (717) 697-5947 97 W. Portland St., Mechanicsburg Southampton Place – (717) 530-8217 www.seniors.southamptontwp.com 56 Cleversburg Road, Shippensburg Wednesdays, 9:30 to 10 a.m. – Beginner Zumba Class Sept. 15 and 16, 8 a.m. – Yard Sale Sept. 23, 9 a.m. – 10-Week Weight Wise Class
West Shore Senior Citizens Center (717) 774-0409 122 Geary St., New Cumberland
Shippensburg Public Library, 73 W. King St., Shippensburg, (717) 532-4508
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Mondays and Thursdays, 1 p.m. Exercise for 2011 Classes Susquehanna View Apartments 208 Senate Ave., Camp Hill (717) 232-1375 Sept. 1, 6:30 p.m. Too Sweet: Diabetes Support Group Chapel Hill United Church of Christ 701 Poplar Church Road, Camp Hill (717) 557-9041 Sept. 4, 6:30 p.m. Picnic and “The History of AST” Presentation Amputee Support Team HealthSouth Rehab 175 Lancaster Blvd., Mechanicsburg (717) 944-2250 www.astamputees.com
Free and open to the public. Sept. 9 (Fridays to Oct. 7), 7 to 8:30 p.m. Beginner Country Line Dance Classes Silver Spring Presbyterian Church 444 Silver Spring Road, Mechanicsburg www.silverspring.org/calendar ellen@linedancefun.vpweb.com Sept. 20, 1 p.m. Caregiver Support Group Mechanicsburg Church of the Brethren 501 Gale St., Mechanicsburg (717) 766-8880 Sept. 24, 1 p.m. New Cumberland Town Band Performance Apple Festival New Cumberland Borough Park Front Street, New Cumberland (717) 737-8779 www.nctownband.org
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Number of Children Living with a Grandparent Has Increased In 2009, 7.8 million children lived with at least one grandparent, a 64 percent increase since 1991, when 4.7 million children lived with a grandparent, according to a new report from the U.S. Census Bureau. Among children living with a grandparent, 76 percent also were living with at least one parent in 2009, not statistically different from the 77 percent who lived with at least one parent in 1991. These statistics come from the household relationship module of the Survey of Income and Program Participation collected in 2009 and published in the report Living Arrangements of Children: 2009. In 1991, 5 percent of white, 15 percent of black, and 12 percent of
Hispanic children lived with at least one grandparent. By 2009, 9 percent of white, 17 percent of black, and 14 percent of Hispanic children lived with at least one grandparent, a significant change for white children but not for black or Hispanic children. Many children who do not live with a parent live with a grandparent. More than half of the children living with no parents were living with grandparents. Percentages for black children (64 percent) and nonHispanic white children (55 percent) did not differ from Hispanic children (61 percent), but the percentage of Asian children living with no parents who lived with grandparents was lower, at 35 percent.
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Braintwisters 1. What year was Rembrandt born? A. 1556 B. 1606 C. 1656 D. 1706 2. At what university was Rembrandt educated? A. Webster B. Leyden C. Cambridge D. Vrije 3. What was the name of Rembrandt’s first wife? A. Helena B. Franceska C. Hendrickje D. Saskia
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Book Review
Eisenhower & Montgomery at the Falaise Gap By William Weidner
oping to avoid unfavorable comparison with the much larger United States Army in France, the British sometimes played politics with Allied strategy. The trouble began at a small town in Normandy named Falaise. The 14 miles between Falaise and Argentan have come down through history as the Falaise Gap. This gap was used as the escape route out of Normandy for more than 100,000 German soldiers between Aug. 12 and 21, 1944. The Supreme Allied Commander, U.S.
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About the Author William Weidner was born in Carlisle in 1941. He graduated from Carlisle High School in 1959. He attended Dickinson College in Carlisle and served three years (1963-66) in the United States Army. He has a Bachelor of Arts degree from Fort Lewis College in Durango, Colo. He has been employed as a time study engineer, a real estate salesman, a construction project manager, and a home builder. He has two daughters and lives in Grand Junction, Colo.
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September September time has come once more Days growing shorter than before Foggy mornings dark and shivering cool Sleepy children dawdling off to school Songbirds are winging southward now Apples hang heavy on the tree bough Late-blooming asters in gardens grow Butterflies still flitter to and fro Colder weather is very near Sweaters and jackets soon appear Jack Frost with paint and brush in hand Is eager to color the leaves so grand Written and submitted by John McGrath
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Options for Retirees Headed Back to School Jim Miller Dear Savvy Senior, Are there any financial resources available to retirees who are interested in going back to college? Since I retired, I’ve been thinking about going back to school to study some topics of interest to me, but, living on a fixed income, I could use some financial help. – College-Bound Senior Dear Senior, There are actually numerous discounts, tuition waivers, tax credits, and other deals that can help boomers and seniors go back to school. Here are some of the opportunities available. Lifelong Learning One continuing education option in the Central Pennsylvania area is the Pathways Institute for Lifelong Learning, which offers mental, cultural, and spiritual activities for anyone 55 and
older through various retirement communities in the region. These courses are open to the public, so you do not need to be a resident to participate. In addition to being a great example of learning for the pleasure of it, Pathways’ noncredit courses are often taught by seniors who are experts in their particular field. Topics include literature, religion, computers, hobbies/crafts, politics, music, environment, current issues, and culture.
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universities, LLIs offer a wide array of academic courses in such areas as literature, history, religion, philosophy, science, art and architecture, economics, finance, computers, lifestyle issues, and more. To find an LLI, call your closest college or search the websites of the two organizations that support and facilitate them: Osher (www.osher.net) and Elderhostel (www.roadscholar.org/ein/ intro.asp). Together they support more than 500 LLI programs nationwide. If you don’t find an LLI in your area, depending on where you live, there are other organizations that offer non-credit older adult education courses like Oasis (oasisnet.org, (314) 862-2933), Shepherd’s Centers of America (shepherdcenters.org, (816) 960-2022), and SeniorNet (seniornet.org, (571) 2037100), which offers computer courses at learning centers around the country.
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Also, be sure to contact your local public library to see if it offers any programs for seniors. Back to School More and more retirees are also heading back to the classroom, looking to pursue their interests, connect with other people, or retool for a new career. But with the high cost of college these days, paying for tuition, fees. and books can be a big strain for many older adults living on a fixed income. Here are some tips that can help you save. Discounted Tuition Your first step is to contact your nearby college to find out what, if any, deals they offer. Many community colleges and some four-year colleges, for example, allow people over 50 to audit classes for free and many offer significantly discounted tuition rates for those who take them for credit. In fact, according to Fastweb, a college financial aid resource, 21 states and Washington, D.C., offer free tuition for senior citizens at some or all of their public colleges. (Textbook costs and sometimes fees are not covered, however.) Credits and Deductions Uncle Sam can offer some assistance too in the form of tax credits and
deductions. For credits, check out the Lifetime Learning tax credit that allows students of any age to claim up to a $2,000 credit each year for college or other post-secondary school expenses. And the American Opportunity credit allows an annual tax credit up to $2,500. The government also provides tuition and fees deductions for students that can cover up to $4,000 in expenses. But, you can choose only one of these three tax breaks: Lifetime Learning credit, American Opportunity credit, or the tuition and fees deduction. To learn more about these benefits, visit the IRS’s Tax Benefits for Education Information Center, which you can access at TaxBenefitsForEducation.info. Scholarships While most scholarships are aimed at traditional undergraduates, there are a number of scholarships offered specifically to adult and nontraditional students. Two good websites to help you find them are fastweb.com and scholarships.com, both of which offer huge scholarship databases and easy-touse search tools.
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Art and Antiques by Dr. Lori
Dumpster or No Dumpster Dr. Lori y antiques quiz game, You know that you should keep the Dumpster or No Dumpster™, lunchbox featuring Ritchie, the Fonz, and has become a mainstay for fans the rest of the Happy Days gang. They who play along at regularly sell online for a couple of www.Facebook.com/DoctorLori during hundred dollars in good condition. You’ll my TV appearances and at my antiques get a few more dollars for it if you sell appraisal events presented nationwide. yours around the time that the school I developed the game years ago so folks buses return to your neighborhood in can enjoy playing as they learn which early September. objects to trash and which they should So, what about the other back-totreasure. Remember, cleaning is not the school items? Remember that I made this same as trashing. While you will get rid of game easy on you. You only have to deal stuff by simply throwing it away, you may with a few items. Imagine how hard it is be liquidating some real to make these decisions money in the process. when you have an entire Typically, when you clean house filled with stuff to out a house, you have no sort through. That’s why idea what certain items people ask for my help are, their age, or their and get an appraisal from value. me first. Deciding what to If you are faced with do without any expert the decision of what to do help can really cost you! with the following items As you make decisions, relating to the back-toyou are pretty sure that school season, which you can throw away the objects should you throw child’s chalkboard and the away and which objects high-school yearbook. The should you keep? From chalkboard is in bad shape A Winnie the Pooh book and the list below, is it a so it can go. You are right! other examples of children’s In good shape, these sell “Dumpster” or a “no literature command big bucks. for $45 to $75. But, Dumpster” item? condition is directly 1. An original, not a first edition, copy related to an object’s value and yours is in of a Winnie the Pooh book sorry shape. It’s a Dumpster piece. 2. A circa 1970s Happy Days television And, as you stand in the basement show lunchbox holding an old high-school yearbook, you 3. A small, easel-style chalk blackboard think, Wasn’t it silly that Mom kept this that is moldy from being stored in the around all these years? So, you don’t really basement since the 1950s have a sentimental attachment to it 4. Your high-school yearbook from anymore and you figure that it is a 1968 Dumpster item. One thing to remember about old Many people make the mistake of yearbooks: The only time that your highthinking that old books are worthless school yearbook might be of interest to unless you own a first-edition copy. Of buyers is if you share the pages with a course, first editions are highly sought celebrity. If you had home economics or after, but it is also true that later editions physical education class with Madonna, of favorite books are highly regarded. Julia Roberts, or the Prince of Monaco, it For example, children’s literature that is could be valuable. Otherwise, you can either antique (more than 100 years old) dump it! or vintage (less than 100 years old) is Keep playing Dumpster or No quite valuable. When it comes to the big Dumpster with me and find out what names in children’s literature or beloved your stuff is really worth! characters like Winnie the Pooh, the Velveteen Rabbit, or Curious George, Note: Dr. Lori will be hosting two free don’t be quick to dump it! antiques appraisal events in Pennsylvania
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Clarification The July 2011 article “How to Stop Junk Mail” by Jim Miller advised readers to contact the consumer credit reporting industry opt-out service to reduce unwanted mail. Thank you to readers who expressed concern over needing to give their Social Security number to this service to be removed from mailing lists. While it is generally true that personal information should not be given out, the opt-out service has been checked out and is legitimate. These industries identify consumers by Social Security number and use date of birth to verify the Social Security number; therefore, this information is needed to be removed from the lists. However, if readers are uncomfortable giving this information—then please do not do so.
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Beyond the Battlefield
He Served as a Soldier and Sailor and Survived the Brutal Battle of the Bulge Alvin S. Goodman eon I. Lock of Mechanicsburg is a World War II veteran who served twice in the Army, as an enlisted soldier and an officer, and once in the Navy. He is a survivor of the Battle of the Bulge in the winter of 1944-45. Lock, 87, is a Harrisburg native. He attended public schools in the city and is a 1942 graduate of William Penn High School. Lock entered the Pennsylvania State College, where he studied engineering. He wanted to attend the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, Md., and sought the assistance of his congressman. He took all his tests and physicals at the Philadelphia Naval Hospital. Unable to be admitted to the Naval Academy, Lock enlisted in the U.S. Army after completing his freshman year at Penn State. He received basic training at Ft. McClellan, Ala., and was sent to the Army Specialized Training Program at Hope College, Holland, Mich.
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Even if they occasionally received regular food, the soldiers could not cook anything since they lacked the equipment. The soldiers were given cigarettes, toilet paper, and salt tablets to take in the morning. Because drinking water was scarce, they were told not to drink water during the day. The inclement weather made supply drops and bombings almost impossible for weeks. The soldiers rarely received mail because it took a month or more for letters to travel to Europe from the United States. The men also seldom saw any officers. Near the end of the Battle of the Bulge, when his unit was preparing to invade Germany, Lock received a note from the Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force sending him back to the United States. He turned in his rifle, hitched a ride on a truck to the city of Luxembourg, and slept at the U.S. Headquarters there. His pants and field jacket were torn and filthy, and he carried two bags with him. He also carried two hand grenades at all times. With no money and no official orders, and wearing his ripped and soiled uniform, he managed to travel via military and public transportation to France, England, and eventually the States. At
various depots, he would seek out the that Lock was from the Harrisburg area, mess hall to grab a bite and take extra he made arrangements for his transfer to sandwiches to eat along the way. At one the Naval Supply Depot in English depot, he was given English Mechanicsburg. trousers to replace his ripped pants. He There, the base commodore sent Lock had to wait a month in Birmingham, to Camp Peary, Va., to attend the Naval England, for a ship bound for Norfolk, Academy Preparatory School group. He Va. sat in on the classes He thought that but did not need to his return to the take any tests because United States would of his credits from enable him to enroll Penn State and his at the Naval exemplary Army Academy. His service. congressman When the base apparently had kept commodore realized his name on file for that Lock would not four years. Lock was be accepted into the Lock served as parade marshal in this year’s USNA presumably sent to the Memorial Day Parade in Mechanicsburg. Philadelphia Naval because of his age, Hospital, where he he advised Lock to learned he had lost 40 pounds in only five leave the service as he had sufficient points months. He was discharged from the for discharge. Army and joined the Navy as a Seaman Lock returned to Penn State, where he First Class. Again, he was denied received a BS degree in civil engineering in admission to the Academy and was sent to 1949. While there, he joined the Army Boston, Mass. ROTC in 1946 and was assigned to the There Lock spoke to an old boatswain U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. He retired mate about applying for underwater duty. from the Army in 1957 with the rank of The Boatswain advised against such captain after 14 years of military service. hazardous SCUBA duty after surviving the Lock was president of Chelsea Auto Battle of the Bulge, and when he learned Parts Co. of Harrisburg and Costa Mesa,
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With three college degrees to his name (an associate degree in police science; a bachelor’s in humanities/communications; and a master’s in education/training and development), Rudy has worked in radio and television for almost 30 years. But as is so often the case, his projected career path began elsewhere: with a goal to become a Pennsylvania state trooper after high-school graduation. “I’ve always had a heartfelt desire to help others,” Rudy said, adding that it is “just as well” that his policeman path didn’t pan out. “I would have probably spent more time helping stranded motorists change tires than writing speeding tickets.” His radio work started in the early 1980s and included stints at more than a dozen Pennsylvania radio stations, including, locally, WYCR and WSOX. Over the years, Rudy found ways to fuse his expertise as a communications professional with his passion for animal welfare, beginning with the Helen O. Krause Animal Foundation in Mechanicsburg. Rudy used his trained voice and honed people skills to host many of their fundraising Pet Walks as
well as several other events for the companion, much to the owner’s delight. organization. Sadly, the owner passed away later that Rudy has also hosted numerous events year, and Rudy agreed to adopt Sheena for the York County SPCA, serving on until she herself passed two years later. their board of directors, as host of their By that time, Rudy had already been holiday auction, and, beginning in 2000, owned by several dogs in his lifetime, as the host of Meet the Pets, a television beginning with a beagle named Trixie show aimed at finding homes for pets at during elementary school and Tina, a the shelter. Chihuahua/terrier mix in high school. “Nearly everyone I When he moved out would run into would on his own, Rudy say, ‘How can you do adopted Smokey, an I knew I couldn’t that show every week Afghan mix, from the and not want to take Humane Society. save them all, so I all those animals home Afghan hounds, an did my best to with you?’” he unusual breed with recalled. “Well, I knew convince others to their long, thick hair, I couldn’t save them had always held a adopt them. all, so I did my best to special place in Rudy’s convince others to heart, ever since his adopt them.” grandfather, a state In early 2001, Rudy had his first forest fire warden, saved a kennel full of experience serving as an animal foster dogs in danger of being consumed by a parent when the executive director of the forest fire. The kennel owner had given SPCA asked him to take in Sheena, a his grandfather Wendy, a Westminster Saluki whose owner unexpectedly ended Dog Show award-winning Afghan, as a up in intensive care. token of his gratitude. While Sheena’s owner was in the A few years later, a purebred Afghan, hospital, Rudy managed to “sneak” the Ashley, joined Smokey in the Rudy dog up the back stairs to visit her ailing household. Six months later, Abby,
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another Afghan, entered the canine mix. Ashley and Abby passed away within three years of one another and, heartbroken, Rudy wasn’t sure he could ever own another dog. But while hosting events for the York County SPCA, Rudy was put in touch with a family who had just had a litter of Afghan puppies. His new dog was a blond male Afghan with AKC papers, so Rudy had to choose an AKC name to register the dog. “I picked my dog’s AKC name, ‘Magic Carpet Ride,’ [after] one of my favorite songs by Steppenwolf,” he said. “After all, an Afghan hound lying down does resemble a big rug!” And it was a listener to Rudy’s morning show on Oldies 96.1 who called in with her idea for the new dog’s exotic-sounding name: Taj. In January 2004, Rudy’s life took a dramatic change while hosting Meet the Pets when a “crazy red Irish Setter came bouncing into the video studio at the shelter,” said Rudy. “Maggie … was so full of life that I could hardly hang onto her. As soon as we were done taping the segment, I ran up to [the executive director]’s office and said, ‘I want to take that dog home!’”
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It was during his nine years as half of the “morning drive” team of “Mad Dog and Rudy” on WSOX that Rudy decided to throw himself even deeper into community service. “I volunteered to host just about everything I could, helping every organization imaginable, which eventually led to my being presented with the Jefferson Award,” Rudy said. He was also the public service director at WSOX and host of a Sunday-morning show called Music and the Message, during which he interviewed people from the nonprofit community to help spread the word about their efforts. Knowing of Rudy’s love for animals, a listener contacted him about Pet Guardians. Rudy invited the founder and president, Debra Vredenburg, onto his show … and the rest, as they say, is history. “On May 31, 2008, Debra and I got married and began our mission together to save as many animals as possible,” said Rudy. “I continue to host events, but the deal is, if I’m there, Debra is there too with a stand for Pet Guardians.” The Vredenburg-Rudys combined pets: his Afghan, Taj, and Maggie the Irish setter with her Rudy the lab/pit bull mix (yes, Vredenburg-Rudy named her dog Rudy before she even met her husband) and Maggie the black lab— that’s two dogs named Maggie. Add in foster dog Bella and four cats, and the Vredenburg-Rudy household is brimming with well-trained, well-loved animal family members. “Two of the special things Debra and I do together include occasionally taking our pets to area nursing homes and retirement communities for pet therapy visits,” Rudy said. “And every other week, we take two of the dogs to visit with patients at a day treatment center. There’s nothing quite like an Irish Setter unexpectedly jumping up onto your lap and licking you in the
face to make you love life!” Their household also now contains not one but two Jefferson Award winners—for her tireless efforts with Pet Guardians, Debra Vredenburg-Rudy was the recipient of the 2010 Jefferson Award for Lancaster County. “We strongly advocate preparing for your pets when you’re gone, just as you do with your estate,” advised Rudy. Because Pet Guardians is not a shelter or boarding service—they are essentially liaisons that help find temporary and permanent homes for the animals—they are always seeking foster families who will provide homes for the pets until a permanent adoptive pet parent is secured. To find out more about Pet Guardians, visit www.petguardians.org or email thepetguardians@yahoo.com. Rudy will be the master of ceremonies at WoofStock in Harrisburg on Sept. 18. A Central PA Animal Alliance event featuring live bands, pet contests, food, and rescue organizations from all over Central Pennsylvania, WoofStock will cover a nine-block area along Front Street from North Street down to the Walnut Street Bridge. Rudy and Pet Guardians will also be part of several local parades in the coming months, and Rudy will emcee the Dillsburg Farmer’s Fair Parade on Oct. 15. For Rudy, a lifelong animal lover and advocate, the payoff is in serving as a conduit for the human-animal bond, in perpetuating for others that special connection that has meant so much to him in his own life. “[I love] seeing the joy on the faces of the people who know that their pet will be taken care of as well as the joy of the people getting the pet,” he said. “And especially when they stay in contact with each other; it’s almost like bringing those two families together through the love of that one dog or cat—that’s overwhelming.”
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