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South Korea: From Hanboks to Headsets By Andrea Gross
Flash back 60 years. Korea had barely recovered from a half century of domination by the Japanese when it became ground zero for a contest between China and Russia to the north and United Nations forces to the south. The streets of Seoul were filled with oxcarts, the buildings were pockmarked with shrapnel, and starving people, dressed in tattered hanboks, foraged in the country for food. Today the streets are filled with Hyundais, the buildings have been replaced with skyscrapers, and the country has morphed from one of the poorest in the world to one of the richest. Korea’s growth has been so extraordinary that it is commonly referred to as “The Miracle on the
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Namdaemon Market is the largest traditional market in Korea.
Han,” the Han being a river that flows through the center of Seoul. To accomplish such a miracle, a country needs folks who are driven. It also needs folks who are caffeinated. Fortunately, South Korea has both. And now it plans to use that energy to brag a bit, to invite others to
learn about its prewar past and its remarkable present. It seems to be succeeding. National Geographic lists Seoul as one of the top go-to places for 2017. Thus, here we are—tourists in the Land of the Morning Calm, which actually isn’t very calm at all. The only
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modern buildings. A short subway ride takes us to Bukchon Hanok Village, an authentic enclave of centuries-old homes (hanoks). Many of the homes have been turned into guesthouses and cultural centers, and women stroll the streets dressed in colorful hanboks, the shortjacketed, long-skirted dresses that date back thousands of years. No matter that the women are tourists who spent $20 to rent a hanbok for four selfie-filled hours. They give the village a certain panache, and I’m delighted to revel in a picturesque version of Korea’s past. What’s more, off in the distance, framed by wing-roofed homes, I can see the high-rises of downtown Seoul. This serves as yet another reminder of the miracle that has transformed the city. We leave the past behind when we go to Hapjeong, a former riverfront
for tech-savvy geeks. neighborhood that is “But,” he says, now dominated by “others are betting Mecenatpolis Mall, a it’ll become part of group of three towers the area’s creative that punch more renaissance, a place than 40 stories into for filmmakers, the air. musicians, and other On the streets artists. After all, people scurry about, Hapjeong is part of a smartphone in one the new Seoul.” hand, a latte in the Bulgogi, a popular Korean dish Located across other. This is the made of grilled meat and usually the Han River, home of the driven, folks who are harried served with an assortment of Gangnam is the sides, literally means “fire meat.” new Seoul on as well as hurried. But as we wander steroids. The people may be determined, but they’re a few blocks downhill from the mall, also energized—not only by the we come upon a neighborhood that omnipresent coffee shops but also by a has yet to be renovated. It’s filled with palpable enthusiasm that permeates the homes that date back to the ’70s; rarefied air. some still have echoes of traditional A while back, Gangnam was architecture. The owner of a small café rice fields, but then came the 1988 tells us that these buildings are slated Olympics and the rice fields became to be torn down and replaced with modern skyscrapers filled with offices expensive real estate.
In 2012 a South Korean rapper named Psy released a song about the upscale neighborhood in which he grew up. After “Gangnam Style” was featured on a YouTube video that received a reputed billion hits, his old neighborhood became Seoul’s hippest hangout. We gaze at tall skyscrapers, visit the largest underground shopping mall in Asia, and wander through a maze of upscale shops, galleries, and restaurants that seems to go on forever. It’s a far cry from the war-torn and depressed city of the ’50s. Korea has indeed leapfrogged from hanboks to headsets with unprecedented speed. It’s a miracle to be sure. For more information on Korea, see the Napkin Notes section of our website: www.traveltizers.com. Photos © Irv Green unless otherwise noted; story by Andrea Gross (www. andreagross.com).
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In the sports world, the players get the praise. But also there, literally on the sidelines, are the referees whose knowledge and skill are integral to the structure and flow of the game. Also overlooked is the sheer physicality of a referee’s job; to effectively officiate a game, refs must run alongside the athletes and keep up with game play—and they need to remain mentally and physically fit enough to do so. Eileen Grumbine has officiated a variety of sports for more than 30 years, from basketball to field hockey to lacrosse. She’s still hustling across the outdoor fields and indoor courts, keeping pace with the players and making calls that keep game play running smoothly. “I played field hockey, basketball, and tennis in high school,” Grumbine said. “I grew up on a farm and would rather stay after school and participate in other activities so I would not have to go home and do farm chores.” She continued playing well into her adult years, spending a lot of time either on the courts or beside them. When a friend brought her into a local field hockey adult league where the coaches and officials both ran the games and participated in them, Grumbine became curious about getting involved as more than just a player. “I started to play on a league, and then went for my test with [the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association], and one sport grew into another and then another,” she said. She started officiating games in 1981, beginning with basketball and soon adding field hockey. Years later, lacrosse arrived in the area. Despite having never played or watched a lacrosse game, Grumbine learned its rules and signed up to try her hands at
Grumbine indicating a penalty corner. refereeing it. The sport proved very entertaining and popular with audiences, so she added it to her regular roster. She continued to referee all three sports until injury forced her to cut back. “After suffering a knee injury and having surgery, I gave up the basketball and lacrosse and stayed with hockey,” Grumbine said. “Indoor hockey started to grow in this area, and we had [large facilities in the region] for more indoor games and large tournaments.” Grumbine worked for an international designer and manufacturer of floors and ceilings for 28 years, mostly with customer financial services in the company’s floor division. When new management proved less flexible with the hours she needed to continue refereeing, Grumbine chose to take early retirement and find employment with a more accommodating schedule. When not refereeing, Grumbine now works at a women’s boutique or provides private, in-home care to seniors, depending on the day. “It was the best decision I could have made,” she said. When Grumbine first began officiating, there were more than 20 women refereeing girls’ games for basketball alone. Currently, there are about a dozen left. She considers the dip a likely result of family and work issues taking up most of women’s already-busy schedules.
“There is a big time commitment involved when you want to be an official,” she said. “There are numerous meetings to attend and training sessions to keep on top of all the rule changes.” Conversely, the number of men involved with girls’ sports has seen a steady rise. Fathers get involved in the games through their daughters and eventually become interested in coaching or officiating. Another change Grumbine has observed over the decades: Some teams are now mixing the sexes. When Grumbine first became an official, there were two chapters for basketball in her area: one for girls, one for boys. But as the pool of available referees and coaches became smaller, the two chapters merged into one. This can cause minor issues for a referee, as the rules for men’s and women’s versions of the sports are often slightly different. Grumbine herself preferred to referee games for girls and women, being more familiar with their rule set, but she has refereed a few boys’ basketball games and some mixed field hockey games as well. “It is so rewarding to see young girls learn this game and develop a love for hockey as they go through school and into college and then their adult lives,” she said. Grumbine currently calls games both during the school season and the winter break, particularly the national field hockey tournaments. Despite now being considered “semi-retired,” she plans to continue hurrying up and down the field, keeping the game play honest and fair. “I enjoy student athletes and want to give back to them, as someone had to do this when I was playing sports or I would have been stuck down on the farm,” she said. “I enjoy doing something I love and getting in some extra exercise!” www.50plusLifePA.com
Homeland Center: Meeting the Needs of South-Central Pennsylvania for 150 Years The Civil War remains the bloodiest conflict in American history. After the guns fell silent, Harrisburg, like communities across the country, was left stunned by the staggering losses its families had suffered. “They are in the midst of us,’’ the local newspaper said of the households struggling to survive after losing fathers and sons, the breadwinners. “The homeless stranger and friendless, the destitute widow, the fatherless and orphan children.’’ But 18 women representing nine Harrisburg churches vowed to make a difference and establish a “Home for the Friendless’’ to save the widows and orphaned children from life on the streets. It was an act made more remarkable by the times: In the 19th century, married women could not legally conduct the business functions required to open such a place. Undeterred, the members of what became Homeland’s first “board of lady managers” convinced seven prominent men to lend their support and serve as the board of trustees. As Homeland Center celebrates its 150th anniversary this year, many things have changed, not the least of which is that women proudly serve as trustees as well as managers who focus
on the day-to-day needs of residents. What hasn’t changed is Homeland’s commitment to meeting the unmet medical and social needs of South-Central Pennsylvania. By the 1950s, the Home for the Friendless became Homeland Center, and with it a new mission: caring for the community’s seniors. Still located on its original Fifth Street site, Homeland offers personal and skilled care and rehabilitation services. A special unit provides a supportive environment to help those with Alzheimer’s or other forms of dementia. In keeping with its founders’ goal to meet the region’s needs, Homeland last year unveiled two new services to help seniors remain in their homes while receiving the quality care they require. Homeland HomeCare will assist seniors with daily tasks such as meal preparation and transportation, while Homeland HomeHealth will provide doctorordered medical assistance, ranging from providing intravenous therapy and other medications to physical therapy. Homeland Hospice, which serves 13 counties, in 2016 became the only service in Central Pennsylvania to offer a dedicated pediatric hospice program. Also in keeping with the spirit of Homeland’s founders, no resident in financial distress has ever been asked to leave. Homeland in the past year provided more than $3 million in charitable care. When those determined 18 “lady managers” first opened the doors, they certainly could not have Sunday, May 7, 2017 foreseen all they set in th motion. But everything Homeland is today harkens Hilton Harrisburg back to their abiding principles of providing the best quality of care in a homelike and welcoming setting. Emphasizing Homeland’s commitment to these principles, the center received a perfect 5.0 score in U.S. News and World Report’s Best Nursing Homes 201617. Homeland also is one of the few in Central
Homeland Center circa 1892.
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HOMELAND from page 5 Pennsylvania to earn Medicare’s top Five-Star rating repeatedly and was named Best Long-Term Care Facility for the past five years in Harrisburg Magazine’s annual Readers’ Choice poll. “We are continuing a proud tradition, founded by citizens of Harrisburg who saw a need and gathered the resources to address it,” said Barry S. Ramper II, Homeland’s president and CEO. “We are proud to carry on their legacy and to demonstrate, in our daily tasks and our outlook for the future, a history of caring.”
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Antiques and Alzheimer’s Memory Care Lori Verderame
My parents both suffered from Alzheimer’s disease and required specialized care. I am not a specialist in Alzheimer’s care, nor am I trained to give medical advice. That said, as a child of two parents with Alzheimer’s, I know something about the struggles for families living with the disease. Since I have met many other Alzheimer’s families, I wanted to share what I have learned about how heirlooms contribute to happy visits with loved ones suffering from Alzheimer’s. While my parents’ care facilities offered a quiet room, a reminiscence room, and a Snoezelen room to help stimulate the five senses, my parents responded best to personal visits from family and friends. My parents were more responsive and engaged if I brought an object from our family home for them to
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Verderame’s parents, circa 1950. talk about and touch. If anyone looked in my pocketbook when I went to visit my parents, they would have thought I was crazy with all the collectibles I carried around. The most comforting activity for my parents was discussing stuff that
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Her mother’s salt and pepper shakers. they recognized as their own. Memory Album I regularly brought a memory album filled with small ephemera (paper), mementos, and photos. I scanned old photos and printed
them out in booklet form from my computer. Digitalization allowed me to reproduce original photos and leave a copy of the memory albums with my parents without the fear of losing original family photographs. The album helped my mom recall the names of her eight siblings, children, grandchildren, friends, neighbors, etc. Dad liked to talk about the summer cottage he built or his cars. Each page had a photo and a caption with names, ages, locations, approximate dates, and descriptions. Photos of family homes, vacation spots, schools attended, church weddings, and childhood pets were featured. The visuals sparked questions and conversation from Mom and Dad. please see ANTIQUES page 9
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Not Just for Walking: Our Revelatory Feet By Barbara Trainin Blank Our feet contain a quarter of the body’s bones. Each foot has multiple joints, tendons, muscles, and ligaments. The nerves and blood vessels in the feet go all the way to the heart, spine, and brain. So it’s no wonder they’re sometimes a barometer of our general health. Vascular Disease Pain in the calves after walking short distances or while lying flat can indicate that the lower legs are not getting enough blood and nutrients to keep up with the demand. When someone presents with these symptoms, a podiatrist would need to rule out peripheral vascular disease. Or if the patient has cold toes, a lack of hair growth on the feet, or dry skin, a vascular issue may be involved. Gout Another condition that affects the feet but is systemic is gout. A gouty
psoriatic. attack presents With as red, hot, psoriatic and swollen joints, rheumatoid mostly in the arthritis, big toe. It findings indicates an show up on elevated uric the X-rays acid level, of the foot leading to the that may be formation of indicative of crystals inside early signs of a a joint. rheumatologic The disease. The podiatrist podiatrist works with a would primary care refer the doctor to treat April is National Foot Health it and prevent patient to a Awareness Month recurrent gout attacks, which rheumatologist for further workup. can cause arthritic changes in the Degenerative and post-traumatic joint they continue to occur in. arthritis are not usually associated with a systemic issue. Arthritis Other types of arthritis can present Plantar Fasciitis in the foot: degenerative, posttraumatic (injury), rheumatoid, and In cases of plantar fasciitis, the
thick band of tissue that runs across the bottom of your foot, connecting your heel bone to your toes, becomes inflamed and causes pain. Shoe inserts or physical therapy, which rehabilitates muscles to improve flexibility and strength, can help. Diabetes When a diabetic patient comes in, the podiatrist stratifies that person in a specific risk category based on multiple factors and the effects the illness has already had. The stratification identifies the likelihood of the person developing complications in the lower extremities. Diabetes can cause blood flow and nerve problems. The longer the glucose is elevated, the more negative effects the diabetic may experience. A podiatrist who sees patients with “pins and needles in their feet” can please see FOOT HEALTH page 23
Stories of ordinary men and women called to perform extraordinary military service. Since 1999, writer and World War II veteran Col. Robert D. Wilcox has preserved the firsthand wartime experiences of more than 200 veterans through Salute to a Veteran, his monthly column featured in 50plus LIFE. Now, for the first time, 50 of those stories— selected by Wilcox himself—are available to own in this soft-cover book.
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On Life and Love after 50
It’s Never Too Late to Find a Mate Tom Blake
I receive far too many emails that state something like this: “I just turned 71. I’ve been single for 10 years. I’ve given up on meeting a mate.� Emails similar to the one above come from widows, widowers, divorced people, and sometimes from people who’ve never married. The common thread is loneliness; they would like to have someone in their lives, but finding someone seems impossible. So, they don’t try. Yes, the dating world for people age 60-plus can appear bleak. But, in the 23 years I’ve written about senior dating, I’ve also received hundreds of emails from singles telling me they’ve met someone and to remind older singles to “never give up.� And these emails are not from spring chickens, but from people age 70-plus.
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On Feb. 12, 2017, my partner Greta and I attended the wedding of Chris and Tina. They met in 2004 on a cruise. Chris was a dance host and Tina a passenger. He lived in California; she lived in England. It
would have been easy for them to give up seeing each other because the distance between them was 5,419 miles. But they hung in there and saw each other as often as they could.
“When you’ve met the right person, you have to figure out a way to make it work,� Chris said. “Tina and I never gave up hope and never gave up trying. Now we are man and wife.� By the way, Chris is 83 and Tina is 76. Last month, I received an email that said two of my high school classmates, Phil and Sue, both 77, had gotten married on Feb. 24. I was dumbfounded and frankly did not believe the news. They had not seen each other in 50 years, except for a half hour at their 50th high school reunion. They had never dated. She lived in Michigan, he in California. I wondered how it was possible that they got married. Later, I received the rest of the story: Both were widowed. Both had been caregivers for the last few years.
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On Feb. 1, Sue took the initiative to call Phil to tell him the person she had been caregiving passed away. Sue was assertive and called him again the next day. They spoke on the phone every day until Feb. 12. They were openly honest with each other. Finally, Sue said to Phil, “If you want to marry me, why don’t you ask me?” Phil said, “I just did.”
Sue flew to California on Feb. 24. They were married an hour later. Both couples simply refused to allow health issues, mileage distances, public opinion, family members, and other obstacles get in their way in their quest to share life with a mate in the waning years of their lives. They stopped at Greta’s and my home on March 11. We were amazed at how thrilled they are to be together.
When I hear from naysayers who say it’s too hard to meet someone later in life, I say that is simply a hurdle to overcome. Older singles should attend their class reunions. Plus, older singles, men and women alike, should be assertive (not aggressive—there is a difference), as Sue was, in trying to meet someone. Love can happen, as these two
stories illustrate, with a little effort from both parties on the relationship. Being with someone later in life is a heck of a lot better than being alone. For dating information, previous articles, or to sign up for Tom’s complimentary, weekly e-newsletter, go to www. FindingLoveAfter50.com.
ANTIQUES from page 6 Mom’s Kitchen In addition to the memory album, my mom, who loved to cook for our big, Italian family, lit up when I brought part of her kitchen canister set for our visit. The salt and pepper shakers would get her talking about favorite recipes, and before you knew it, she would offer a tried-and-true baking tip! My mom’s memory could be sparked by such diverse objects— shown to her one at a time so as not to overwhelm her—as her wedding photo, a Hummel figurine from her collection from the 1950s, or an afghan that she crocheted in the 1970s. Dad’s Sports Of course, my mom’s disease was different from my dad’s. Mom was less combative, more engaged, and more talkative than Dad. My dad was very quiet until he was upset by some outside stimulus. Then he was in the moment. After he calmed down and started to enjoy our visit, he would repeat sentences and phrases over and over again. A highly intelligent man and a professional athlete, listening to
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Madden Physical Therapy Balance and Dizziness Workshop Join us on April 22nd, 2017, from 1–2 p.m. with speaker Chad Madden, Physical Therapist Owner of Madden Physical Therapy in Harrisburg, PA You will learn about: -The single biggest #1 mistake most vertigo and dizziness sufferers make-3 most common causes of vertigo, dizziness, balance problems, and unsteadiness-What successful treatment looks like-
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Please join us for these FREE events! Always free parking! 18th Annual
May 9, 2017 9 a.m. – 2 p.m. Hershey Lodge
DAUPHIN COUNTY
325 University Drive Hershey
18th Annual
May 18, 2017 9 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Shady Maple Conference Center LANCASTER COUNTY
Smorgasbord Building 129 Toddy Drive, East Earl
14th Annual
June 8, 2017 9 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Church Farm School
CHESTER COUNTY
1001 East Lincoln Highway Exton
21st Annual
Sept. 21, 2017 9 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Spooky Nook Sports
LANCASTER COUNTY
2913 Spooky Nook Road Manheim
15th Annual
Sept. 28, 2017 9 a.m. – 2 p.m.
York Expo Center
YORK COUNTY
Memorial Hall East 334 Carlisle Avenue, York
18th Annual
Oct. 19, 2017 9 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Carlisle Expo Center 100 K Street Carlisle
CUMBERLAND COUNTY
Exhibitors • Health Screenings • Seminars Demonstrations • Entertainment • Door Prizes
Limited Sponsorship Opportunities Available
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‘Strawberry Fields Forever’ Randal Hill
Accompanied only by his acoustic about his trespassing onto private guitar, John Lennon auditioned property. Lennon would retort, “What “Strawberry Fields Forever”— are they going to do, hang me?” From conceived as a slow-talking blues that would later come his oftensong—for Beatles producer George misconstrued lyric line, “Nothing to Martin, who sat entranced in a get hung about.” dimly lit Abbey Road studio room Lennon called his work while Lennon sang his complex and “psychoanalysis set to music,” sophisticated tune. according to The Beatles: The In the Beatles’ Anthology, Martin Biography. It featured surreal images recalled, that helped “It was him magic. bring his It was emotional absolutely world alive, lovely. some lyrics I love revealing John’s longvoice suppressed anyway, insecurities and it was and feelings a great of being “Strawberry Fields Forever” privilege misunderThe Beatles listening stood as a April 1967 to it.” child. Such “No one I poignancy and intimacy were rare think is in my tree” shows his concern from the normally guarded Beatle, about being above or below everybody who had become lyrically more else—either a genius (“high”) or a introspective after falling under the madman (“low”). influence of American icon Bob With an open-ended recording Dylan. budget, Martin could grant Lennon Strawberry Field (no “s”) was the 45 hours he needed to create what a Liverpool orphanage young would become the most complex Lennon could see from his upstairs Beatles single ever. window. The old residence was a Experimentation became the key sprawling 1870 Victorian home set word as “Fields” developed. Lennon in wooded grounds and converted added the sound of a Mellotron, a by the Salvation Army in 1936. The synthesizer-type machine that played name had come from the rows of recorded instruments (in this case, strawberries that grew in the lush flutes). gardens there. He also playfully added a littleLennon’s song “Strawberry Fields noticed series of Morse code beeps that Forever” (he added the “s” as a spell out the letters J and L. George stylistic choice) took Lennon back to Harrison contributed the sound of a his childhood and carefree summer zither-like Indian instrument called a mornings with his friends, who often swarmandal. scaled the orphanage walls to play in The song was actually recorded the trees that became their private twice, in different keys, tempos, playground and a sanctuary from and moods, and with differing annoying adults. instrumentation, sound loops, and His aunt Mimi (who raised him) please see THE BEATLES page 23 sometimes complained to her nephew www.50plusLifePA.com
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50plus EXPO – Brought to You By: On-Line Publishers, Inc. celebrates more than 20 years serving the mind, heart, and spirit of the 50+ community of Central Pennsylvania through our Mature Living Division of publications and events. OLP Events, its events division, 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. Veterans’ Expo & Job Fair—held in York, Berks, and Lancaster counties and in the Capital Area—provides veterans and their families an opportunity to be introduced to exhibitors who are interested in their well-being. The Job Fair connects veterans and employers face-to-face to discuss available positions. 50plus LIFE (formerly 50plus Senior News) is published monthly, touching on issues and events relevant to the 50+ community.
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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 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. The women’s expo is a one-day event featuring exhibitors and interactive fun that encompass many aspects of a woman’s life. Events are held annually in Dauphin, Lebanon, Lancaster, and Cumberland counties. For men of all ages, the Epic MEN'S Expo includes exhibitors covering food, microbrews, sports, automotive, outdoor adventure, travel, fitness, and more—as well as dynamic demonstrations, interactive entertainment, and contests. The Epic MEN'S Expo will debut in Lebanon April 8 and return to York in the fall.
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We are looking forward to seeing you at the 18th annual Dauphin County 50plus EXPO. Each month, you enjoy the information that is included in 50plus LIFE, and the EXPO is a great complement to that. There are returning exhibitors as well as new ones. Your lives change from year to year, and what may not have been of interest to you last year may be of more importance to you this year. Representatives from a wide array of businesses are looking forward to speaking with you about issues that are on your mind, whether that is caregiving, health, home improvements, finances, leisure, travel, fitness, nutrition, or something else. Our 50plus EXPOs are effective forums for all those “hidden” community resources to gather in visible, easy-to-access locations! For your enjoyment, entertainment and demonstrations have been scheduled throughout the day, including live musical-theater performances, exercise demonstrations, historical presentations, and more. OLP Events and the Dauphin County Area Agency on Aging are happy to be able to present this dynamic, one-day event to our visitors free of charge. You could spend a couple of hours at the EXPO while you talk with the exhibitors and have a few precautionary screenings done. If time doesn’t permit, make a shorter visit. Either way, we’d love to have you come. 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-Hosts – OLP Events, Dauphin County Area Agency on Aging
Table of Contents Presenters............................................................ 12 Welcome.............................................................. 13 Registration Form............................................. 13 Park 'n' Ride........................................................ 13 Directions to the EXPO................................... 13 50plus LIFE........................................................... 15 Exhibitor Display Map..................................... 17 Health Screenings............................................ 18 Door Prizes.......................................................... 19 Demonstrations & Entertainment.............. 20
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:_ __________________________________
Principal Sponsors – 50plus LIFE, Homeland Center, and Homeland at Home
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Automotive Sponsor – Freedom Automotive
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Seminar Sponsor – Madden Physical Therapy
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Supporting Sponsors – Bath Fitter, Homespire Windows & Doors, Kitchen Saver, Menno Haven Retirement Communities, The Orthopedic Institute of Pennsylvania – Family Care, RetireSafe, Vibra Health Plan
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Media Sponsors – FM 90.3 WJTL, WHP580, WHTM abc27
Wheelchairs will be available at the front desk courtesy of On-Line Publishers, Inc.
See you at the EXPO! Donna K. Anderson, EXPO 2017 Chairperson
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Directions To Hershey Lodge: 325 University Drive, Hershey, PA FROM NORTH Take I-83 South/US-322 East toward Hershey. Take exit 47 for US-322 East toward Paxton Street/Hershey. Continue straight onto Eisenhower Boulevard. Take the US-322 East ramp to Hershey. Keep left at the fork to merge onto Paxton Street/US-322. Take the ramp to Hersheypark Drive/39 West. Merge onto and continue to follow Hersheypark Drive. FROM SOUTH Take I-83 North to exit 46B for 322 East toward Hershey. Merge onto Paxton Street/US-322. Take the ramp and merge onto to Hersheypark Drive/39 West. Continue to follow Hersheypark Drive.
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FROM EAST Take the Pennsylvania Turnpike (I-76) West to exit 266. Turn left onto 72 North. Follow 72 North to 322 West. Take 322 West to Hershey (approximately 12 miles). Follow 322 West to the traffic light at University Drive. Turn right on University Drive. Take the first left into the entrance to Hershey Lodge. FROM WEST Follow the Pennsylvania Turnpike (I-76) East to exit 247. Take I-283 North to exit 3C and follow 322 East toward Hershey. 322 East becomes 422 East. At the traffic light, turn right onto University Drive. Take the first right into the entrance to Hershey Lodge. H May 9, 2017
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Easter Eggs around the World Eggs were colored, blessed, exchanged, and eaten as part of the rites of spring long before Christian times. Even the earliest civilizations held springtime festivals to welcome the sun’s rising from its long winter sleep, viewing the sun’s return from darkness as an annual miracle and the egg as a symbol of the renewal of life. As Christianity spread, the egg was adopted as a reminder of resurrection. Here’s how eggs have been celebrated at Easter in different countries: Slavic countries. Baskets of food including eggs are traditionally taken to church to be blessed on Holy Saturday or before the Easter midnight Mass and then taken home for a part of Easter breakfast. Central European countries. Polish, Slavic, and
Ukrainian people create intricate designs on the eggs. They draw lines with a wax pencil or stylus, dip the egg in color, and repeat the process many times to make true works of art. Every dot and line in the pattern has a meaning. Yugoslavian Easter eggs bear the initials XV for “Christ is Risen,” a traditional Easter greeting. Russia. During the reign of the tsars, the Russian royal family carried the custom of decorative eggs to great lengths, giving exquisitely detailed jeweled eggs made by goldsmith Carl Faberge from the 1880s until 1917. Germany. Eggs that go into Easter foods are not broken, but emptied out. The empty shells are painted and decorated with bits of lace, cloth, or ribbon and then hung with ribbons on an evergreen or small, leafless tree.
Some Taxing Trivia No one enjoys paying taxes, but these factoids might take some of the sting out of writing that annual check: • The first national income tax was established by Congress in 1894. However, it was ruled unconstitutional by the U.S. Supreme Court the following year. The Constitution was changed in 1913 to allow for a legal income tax. • Taxes were originally due on March 1. The date was changed to March 15 shortly before the beginning of Prohibition. In 1955 it was changed
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to April 15 to spread out the work of processing all the tax forms. • The first tax form was just four pages long, including instructions. • Unusual deductions: A parent was able to deduct the expenses for her child’s clarinet lessons because she claimed they corrected the child’s overbite. A junkyard owner deducted cat food for the cats he kept to drive away mice and rats, and the IRS approved it as a business expense. A bodybuilder claimed a deduction for the cost of the body oil that he used in competitions, and again the IRS allowed it as a business expense. www.50plusExpoPA.com
50plus LIFE It’s not an age. It’s an attitude. 50plus LIFE (formerly 50plus Senior News) reflects the lifestyles and attitudes of today’s boomerand-beyond generations. On-Line Publishers, Inc. (OLP) was founded 20 years ago with a mission in mind: to enhance the lives of individuals within the Central Pennsylvania community. Over the years, 50plus LIFE has grown to six unique editions in Chester, Cumberland, Dauphin, Lancaster, Lebanon, and York counties. Central Pennsylvania’s adults over 50 are a dynamic and inspiring population who refuse to slow down and who stay deeply involved in their careers, communities, and family lives, and 50plus LIFE strives to reflect that in its editorial content. Pick up a free copy of 50plus LIFE for articles that will amuse you, inspire you, inform you, and update you on topics relevant to your life. Be sure to check out 50plus LIFE’s website (www.50plusLIFEpa. com), featuring editorial and photo content and offering you, its readers, a chance to offer your thoughts and commentary on the articles that reach you each month. And you can even find 50plus LIFE on Facebook (www.facebook. com/50plusLIFEpa)! The advertisers in 50plus LIFE offer goods or services to foster a happy, healthy life. They are interested in increasing your quality of life, so please call them when considering a purchase or when you are in need of a service. Let us know what you think of 50plus LIFE! Connect with us on our website, on Facebook, by emailing info@onlinepub.com, or by calling (717) 285-1350.
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Proudly Sponsored By: Principal Sponsors:
Automotive Sponsor: Freedom Automotive
Seminar Sponsor: Madden Physical Therapy
Supporting Sponsors: Bath Fitter • Homespire Windows & Doors Kitchen Saver • Menno Haven Retirement Communities The Orthopedic Institute of Pennsylvania – Family of Care RetireSafe • Vibra Health Plan
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The 50plus EXPO is FREE to the community due to the generosity of our sponsors.
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April 8, 2017 9 a.m. – 2 p.m. Lebanon Expo Center
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Register online and save $5! Food • Microbrews • Wines • Cigars • Automotive • Fitness Outdoor Adventure • Sports • And so much more!
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Sponsor & Exhibitor Opportunities Available
The 50plus EXPO committee is looking for volunteers to help at our 18th annual Dauphin County 50plus EXPO on May 9, 2017, at the Hershey Lodge, 325 University Drive, Hershey, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Dynamic demonstrations, entertainment, contests, guest appearances, and more!
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Exhibitor Map & Exhibitor List Entertainment
Lobby 2gethernest.com.............................................................207 Abbvie Patient Advocate Program for Crohn’s, UC, Psoriasis, Psoriatic Arthritis, & Hidradenitis Suppuritiva..........................................126 Academic Wealth Strategies..........................................138 All County Jewelry, Coins, and Antiques......................151 Appleby Systems, Inc......................................................127 Armstrong Relocation & Co............................................202 Basement Waterproofing Specialists...........................123 Bath Fitter.........................................................................140 Better VIEW Windows and Doors & Patio Rooms.... 182, 183 Brookdale Harrisburg......................................................105 Bureau of Blindness & Visual Services..........................132 The Campus of The Jewish Home.................................111 Casino at Delaware Park.................................................131 Castle Windows...............................................................208 ClearCaptions...................................................................119 Council on Aging/Dauphin County Veterans Affairs....167 Cremation Society of Pennsylvania Inc........................177 The Crossings at West Shore..........................................180 Dauphin County Area Agency on Aging – APPRISE....168 Dauphin County Area Agency on Aging – Intake......169 Enhanced Hearing Solutions, LLC.................................145 www.50plusExpoPA.com
Freedom Automotive............................................ 103-104 Gretna Theatre.................................................................176 Health Network Laboratories........................................188 Hetrick-Bitner Funeral Home........................................192 Homeland Center................................................... 134-136 Homespire Windows & Doors........................................157 Humana............................................................................172 Jordan Essentials.............................................................163 Kitchen Craft....................................................................117 Kitchen Saver...................................................................187 LeafFilter Gutter Protection...........................................144 Lehman’s Building Maintenance & Renovations........150 Londonderry Village.......................................................166 LuLaRoe Ryan Merlino....................................................215 Madden Physical Therapy..............................................181 Menno Haven Retirement Communities.....................194 Messiah Lifeways.................................................... 210, 211 Miracle-Ear.......................................................................128 Neill Funeral Home Inc....................................................148 Office of the State Fire Commissioner..........................213 The Orthopedic Institute of Pennsylvania – Family of Care....................................................... 152-154 Palmstown Manor...........................................................160
Pennsylvania Captioned Telephone Relay Service.....191 Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission......................174 Powerton Generators Inc................................................184 Providence Place Senior Living.....................................146 Quality Insights of Pennsylvania...................................109 Re-Bath & More...............................................................196 Renewal by Andersen of Central Pennsylvania..........101 RetireSafe.........................................................................158 Ricker Sweigart and Associates.....................................212 RSVP of the Capital Region, Inc.....................................159 Senior LIFE Harrisburg....................................................198 Shady Maple....................................................................203 Sundance Vacations........................................................112 TriState LeafGuard...........................................................205 Vibra Health Plan.............................................................139 WHP580............................................................................199 WHTM abc27....................................................................133 WJTL..................................................................................170 Your Visiting Hygienist, LLC............................................204
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Enhanced Hearing Solutions, LLC — Booth #145 Ear canal wellness check/earwax check Health Network Laboratories — Booth #188 Glucose screenings
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Your chance of taking home a great prize from the 50plus EXPO is HUGE! These are just a sampling of the many door prizes provided by our exhibitors.
The EXPO thanks the following companies for their generous contributions: Casino at Delaware Park Slot dollars ($200 value)
Providence Place Senior Living Summer picnic basket ($40 value)
Enhanced Hearing Solutions, LLC Gift card to Hershey Pantry ($50 value)
The Orthopedic Institute of Pennsylvania – Family of Care OrthoPA apparel, pens, cup, with gift card and first aid kit ($50 value)
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Don’t Miss the Great Lineup of Demonstrations and Entertainment at the EXPO! 10:15 a.m. – You Can Move! Presented by Kim Eichinger, Mohler Senior Center SilverSneakers is the premier fitness program provided at no cost by more than 60 health plans nationwide. Classes designed for all abilities. And its community is active, welcoming, and fun. Join Kim on the main stage to get your heart pumping and find new exercises to do virtually anywhere!
9:30 a.m. – Revealed: How to Naturally Heal Back Pain and Sciatica for Good Presented by: Chad Madden, Physical Therapist, Founder of Madden Physical Therapy and the No. 1 Most Watched Stenosis and Arthritis Specialist on YouTube Suffering from back or leg pain when standing or walking? Experiencing pain, numbness, or tingling into your butt, in your groin, or down your leg? If you answered yes, this workshop may be a life-changing event for you. You’ll learn the three most common causes of back pain and sciatica and what successful treatment looks like without medications, injections, or surgery.
11 a.m. – Pioneer from Ground to Sky! Presented by Gretna Theatre Amelia Earhart: Lost Hero is an hourlong musical that chronicles the life of Amelia Earhart from her birth to the day she was forever lost! Gretna Theatre will present all the songs from this original musical.
11:45 a.m. – Before Chocolate … The Hershey–Derry Township Historical Society is dedicated to the preservation, restoration, appreciation, and education of the historical heritage of Hershey and Derry Township. Join the staff on a tour through Hershey and Derry Township history—before chocolate was a staple!
12:30 p.m. – Avoid Being Scammed Presented by Jerry Mitchell, Education and Outreach Specialist, Office of Attorney General The Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General’s “Senior Crime Prevention University” will educate seniors on how to protect themselves against fraud and financial exploitation. You will learn of the latest scams, frauds, and tactics in use to steal your life savings, how to avoid becoming a victim, and other important consumer information needed to protect your assets and your identity.
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Call 717-901-9487 or go to MaddenPT.com/Workshop to register for the next FREE workshop held at 5425 Jonestown Road, Harrisburg, PA 17112
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Epic MEN’S Expo Will Celebrate All Things ‘Manly’ Rod Woodruff, founder of the Buffalo The Epic MEN’S Expo will debut in Lebanon Saturday, April 8, from 9 Chip Campground and leader of Sturgis Motorcycle Rally. a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Lebanon Expo Joining the Epic MEN’S Expo Center. The one-day event premiered will be Robin Cole, former linebacker last fall in York County. The Epic MEN’S Expo will bring together men of all ages—and the women who love them—for an exciting, actionpacked event crammed with all things “manly.� Live demonstrations will include cigar Former Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker rolling by Hain’s Pipe and defensive end Robin Cole will be at & Cigar Shop, archery the Epic MEN’S Expo in Lebanon. by Kinsey’s Outdoors, and martial arts by and defensive end for the Pittsburgh Tim Warfield of Warfield Martial Steelers, who is now a public speaker Arts. for prostate-cancer education and The Pennsylvania National Guard awareness. will have Humvees on site and the A prostate cancer survivor himself, Classic Automall Museum will display Cole is the director of the Robin Cole an Indianapolis 500 pace car. for Prostate Cancer campaign and the White’s Harley-Davidson & Iron Valley Harley-Davidson will welcome founder and director of the Obediah diaor Mpeons S
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E&E Discount Beer and hard cider and wine tastings by Cardinal Hollow Winery and the Vineyard at Hershey. The expo’s exhibitors will include businesses, organizations, and services covering the multifaceted lives of modern men. The Epic MEN’S Expo will be brought to you by OLP Events. Sponsors include 105.7 the X, E&E Discount Beer, ESPN 92.5/92.7, Freedom Automotive, White’s The Epic Beard Contest is a favorite Harley-Davidson & attraction at the Epic MEN’S Expo. Iron Valley Harley Davidson, and WHTM abc27. Sponsorship and Some friendly competition will exhibitor opportunities are still also enliven the Epic MEN’S Expo. available. For more information, Guys can find out how their facial please call (717) 285-1350 or email hair measures up by taking part info@onlinepub.com. in the Epic Beard Contest or scale Advance guest registration ($5 the rock wall to see who the fastest value) and general information are climber is. Stop by for craft brew samples from available at www.EpicMensExpo.com. g tin r poornso p u S p S
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THE BEATLES from page 10 reversed tape sections. This way, Martin managed to create an aural montage by speeding up one tape and slowing down the other, blending both onto a single tape with a distinctive “faraway” sound. Released as the “B” side to the more commercial “Penny Lane,” Lennon’s masterpiece became one of the defining works of the psychedelic rock genre and the one of his most personal works. A short promotional
film shot for it became one of history’s first music videos and a forerunner of MTV. Some have deemed “Strawberry Fields Forever” rock’s all-time greatest song. Period. Randal C. Hill is a rock ’n’ roll historian who lives at the Oregon coast. He may be reached at wryterhill@msn. com.
FOOT HEALTH from page 7 rule diabetes in or out with further so is entrapment of the nerves, called testing and coordination with a tarsal tunnel (like carpal tunnel in the primary care physician. Neuropathy wrist). (problems with the nerves, usually the peripheral nerves as opposed to the • Patients who have lower-back issues central nervous system) may also mean or who have had low-back surgery can the person has diabetes. have lower-extremity nerve pain. In fact, since many people don’t go to a primary • Toenail care doctor changes can At-home foot exercises that except when signify systemic can help foot flexibility: they’re sick, issues—such as it may be the iron deficiency, • Draw the alphabet with your foot podiatrist who psoriasis, or liver to help tight muscles. diagnoses the disease. They can diabetes if, also be related to • Place the front of your foot on a for example, a cardiac disease, step and let the back of the foot patient sees a but not always. hang off. Hold for three seconds. podiatrist for This improves calf flexibility. an unhealed or • Fungus is infected foot usually localized. • Stand at a countertop, holding on, wound. and lift your heels off the ground. Other • Muscle spasms This strengthens foot/ankle foot-issue at the end of the muscles. implications day might mean include: tight muscles, • Walk or do physical exercise for which need to be general and cardiovascular health. • Dehydration stretched. can be seen in the feet—with symptoms of muscle • Some people get pitting of nails or cramping, cracking nails, and dry clubbing, in which the entire ends of skin. the fingers and nails appear rounded from top to bottom and side to side. • Poor nutrition leads to poor overall This may indicate a cardiac issue. health. Specifically, nerve symptoms can indicate a vitamin B deficiency. • If experiencing charley horses, Stress fractures (inflammation inside increase water intake or drink the bone without a precipitating event) electrolyte beverages or tonic water, can indicate vitamin D deficiency, which contains quinine. though this deficiency is sun related, not just diet related. Don’t diagnose yourself. See your primary care doctor or a podiatrist to • Numbness in the feet can be a result find out what your feet may be trying of many issues. Diabetes is one, but to tell you. www.50plusLifePA.com
April 20, 2017 May 31, 2017 9 a.m. – 2 p.m. York Expo Center
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Support Groups Free and open to the public
Senior Center Activities
Mondays, 6:30-8 p.m. Grief Support Group Mohler Senior Center 25 Hope Drive, Hershey (717) 732-1000
April 19, 1:30 p.m. Parkinson’s Support Group on East Shore Jewish Home of Harrisburg 4004 Linglestown Road, Harrisburg (717) 441-8627
Friendship Senior Center – (717) 657-1547 Mondays, Wednesdays, and F ridays, 8–9 a.m. – Light Aerobics Wednesdays, 12:30 p.m. – Mah Jong Fridays, 9:30 a.m. – Bridge Classes with Mr. Henning
April 5 and 19, 7-8:30 p.m. ANAD Eating Disorders Support Group PinnacleHealth Polyclinic Landis Building, Sixth Floor, Classroom 1 2501 N. Third St., Harrisburg (717) 712-9535
April 20, 6-8 p.m. Harrisburg Area Parkinson’s Disease Caregiver Support Group Giant Food Stores – Second Floor 2300 Linglestown Road, Harrisburg (717) 580-7772
Mohler Senior Center – (717) 533-2002, www.hersheyseniorcenter.com April 3, noon – Lunch and Learn: Income Preservation April 12, 9 a.m. to noon – Health Fair April 24, noon – Annual Volunteer Appreciation Luncheon
April 11, 6-7 p.m. Alzheimer’s Caregivers Support Group Greenfield Senior Living at Graysonview 150 Kempton Ave., Harrisburg (717) 561-8010
April 26, 7-8 p.m. Connections Support Group: Families of Memory Impaired Ecumenical Retirement Community Building 3, Second Floor 3525 Canby St., Harrisburg (717) 561-2590
April 12, 6-7 p.m. Alzheimer’s Support Group Brookdale Harrisburg 3560 N. Progress Ave., Harrisburg (717) 671-4700 April 17, 6:30 p.m. Support Group for Families of Those with MemoryRelated Illnesses Frey Village 1020 N. Union St., Middletown (717) 930-1218
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Library Programs East Shore Area Library, 4501 Ethel St., Harrisburg, (717) 652-9380 April 14, 3 p.m. – National Library Week Author Visit: Beth Fantaskey April 23, 2 p.m. – Crazy for Coloring April 27, 28, 29, times vary – Library Book Collection Elizabethville Area Library, 80 N. Market St., Elizabethville, (717) 362-9825 April 13, 6:30 p.m. – National Library Week Author Visit: Geri Krotow April 20, 6 p.m. – Thursday Theater … & More! April 29, 11 a.m. – Family High Tea Johnson Memorial Library, 799 E. Center St., Millersburg, (717) 692-2658 April 8, 11 a.m. – That’s (P)interesting: A DIY Club Kline Library, 530 S. 29th St., Harrisburg, (717) 234-3934 April 6, 6:30 p.m. – Simple Gifts: Folk Music Workshop April 12, 6:30 p.m. – National Library Week Author Visit: Rick Kearns April 27-29, times vary – Library’s Spring Book Sale Madeline L. Olewine Memorial Library, 2410 N. Third St., Harrisburg, (717) 232-7286 April 3, 6 p.m. – Crazy for Coloring April 6, 1 p.m. – Simple Gifts: Folk Music Workshop April 14, 1 p.m. – National Library Week Author Visit: Sherry Ostroff
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McCormick Riverfront Library, 101 Walnut St., Harrisburg, (717) 234-4976 Wednesdays in April, 11:30 a.m. – Midday Getaway April 10, 11:30 a.m. – National Library Week Author Visit: Ken Frew Northern Dauphin Library, 683 Main St., Lykens, (717) 453-9315 April 10, 6:30 p.m. – National Library Week Author Visit: Rachel J. Good April 27, 6 p.m. – Knit 1, Crochet Too! William H. & Marion C. Alexander Family Library, 200 W. Second St., Hummelstown, (717) 566-0949 April 11, 6:30 p.m. – National Library Week Author Visit: Bill Peschel April 13, 6 p.m. – Family High Tea April 26, 6 p.m. – Crazy for Coloring
PARKS & RECREATION April 8 – “Art in the Wild 2017” Exhibit Opens, Wildwood Park April 9, 1:3 0-3 p.m. – Wildflower Walk: Dutchman’s Breeches and Trout Lilies, Wildwood Park April 29, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. – Wetlands Festival, Wildwood Park
Rutherford House – (717) 564-5682, www.rutherfordcenter.org Mondays, 10 a.m. – Line Dancing Tuesdays, noon – Circuit Exercise with Personal Training Fridays, 11 a.m. – Chair Yoga Just a snippet of what you may be missing … please call or visit their website for more information.
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April 2, 4 p.m. Arts Alive Cultural Series: Mansfield University Concert Choir Derry Presbyterian Church 248 E. Derry Road, Hershey (717) 533-9667 April 5, 7 p.m. World Culture Club of Central PA Meeting Penn State Hershey Medical Center Fifth Floor, Lecture Room B 500 University Drive, Hershey www.worldcultureclubpa.org April 6, 7 p.m. Central Pennsylvania World War II Roundtable Meeting Grace United Methodist Church 433 E. Main St., Hummelstown (717) 503-2862 charlie.centralpaww2rt@gmail.com www.centralpaww2roundtable.org April 13, 7:30 p.m. Central Pennsylvania Vietnam Roundtable Meeting Vietnam Veterans of America Michael Novosel MOH Chapter 542 8000 Derry St., Harrisburg (717) 545-2336 centralpavietnamrt@verizon.net www.centralpavietnamroundtable.org April 25, 6 p.m. Susquehanna Rovers Volksmarch Walking Club Bass Pro Shop – Hunt Room Harrisburg Mall 3501 Paxton St., Harrisburg (717) 805-9540 April 26, 7 p.m. Piecemakers Quilt Guild of Middletown St. Peter’s Lutheran Church Spring and Union streets, Middletown (717) 915-5555 gsk1308@gmail.com
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(717) 509-5800 www.landisathome.org Other Certifications and Services: We provide trained caregivers for in-home care for personal, respite, hospice, 24-hour, live-in, and companionship-care services to seniors and individuals of all ages in the Central Pennsylvania region. Our company is fully insured and bonded. Call now for a free in-home consultation!
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Year Est.: 1984 Counties Served: Cumberland, Dauphin, Lancaster, Lebanon, York RNs: Yes LPNs: Yes CNAs: Yes Home Aides: Yes Medicare Certified?: No
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Golf Gadgets that Can Help Older Golfers Jim Miller
Dear Savvy Senior, Do you know of any golfing gadgets or equipment that can help older golfers? My dad loves to play golf, but arthritis in his hands makes gripping the club difficult. He also has a hard time bending over to tee up or retrieve the ball. Is there anything out there that can help? – Helpful Son Dear Helpful, There are actually a number of golfing gadgets and accessories on the market today that can help older golfers who struggle with arthritis, injuries, or loss of mobility. Here are some possible solutions that can help keep your dad on the golf course. Gripping Helpers Gripping a golf club is a very common problem for older adults with arthritis or those who have hand or elbow injuries, or any condition that affects their hand strength. To help alleviate this problem, there are specially designed golf gloves and grips that can make a big difference. Depending on the severity of your dad’s problem, an inexpensive option to check out is the Bionic Golf Gloves (www.bionicgloves.com), which are ergonomically designed to improve grip with less effort. Or try the Power Glove (www.powerglove. com), which uses a Velcro strap to secure the club to your hand. Another option to consider is to get oversized grips installed on your dad’s clubs. These can make gripping the club easier and more comfortable, and they are also very good at absorbing shock. Oversized grips are usually either one-sixteenth inch or one-eighth inch larger in diameter than a standard grip. Your local golf pro can help with this. Or, for a grip-and-glove combination fix, check out the Quantum Grip (www.quantumgrip.com),
which incorporates hook Velcro golf grips and companion golf gloves that have mating loop Velcro material in the palm. This ensures gripping power and prevents the club from slipping in your hand.
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Bending Solutions If back, hip, or knee problems or lack of flexibility is also hampering your dad on the golf course, there are a number of innovative gadgets that can eliminate the bending and stooping that comes with teeing up the ball, repairing divots, marking the ball on the green, retrieving a ball or tee on the ground, and picking a club, sand rake, or flagstick. These stoop-proof devices can be found at sites like Tee Pal (www.teepalpro.com) and the Upright Golf company (www.uprightgolf.com). Ergonomic Golf Carts There are also a number of great ergonomic golf carts that can help older golfers who still like to walk the course. These are three- or four-wheeled, lightweight push carts that provide great stability, can be adjusted to fit your body size, and fold into a compact size in a matter of seconds for easy transport. Sun Mountain Sports (www.sunmountain.com), Bag Boy (www.bagboycompany.com), and Caddytek (www.caddytek.com) are three companies that make these types of carts. Or, for people with severe mobility loss or who are disabled, there’s the SoloRider golf cart (www. solorider.com), which provides the ability to play from a seated position. This cart is lightweight and precisely balanced so it can be driven on tee boxes and greens without causing any damage. And federal ADA laws require that all publically owned golf courses allow them. 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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Common Golf Injuries Require Full-Body Assessment By Megan Joyce If your clubs are already cleaned and polished, you may want to polish your golfing technique, too, before you set foot on the green. Both male and female golfers are plagued by three common injury sites: lower back, shoulder, and elbow, according to Dr. Andrew Dulak, Titleist Performance Institute-certified physical therapist with Madden Physical Therapy in Harrisburg. “The first thing for any golfer is they have to know their limitations physically,” Dulak said. “I think that a lot of golfers watch it on TV, and they think that they should swing exactly like that, but their bodies don’t allow that.” He sees ailing golfers most often for pain in those areas, which are affected by this very repetitive and rotational sport. “In normal, everyday activity we rarely twist our bodies with the force that golf requires, so when you’re getting up to hit the ball, you actually can generate a lot more pressure on the lower back,” Dulak said. “The lower back, because of [golf’s] repetitive motion, just feels like it has to take up so much of the work and apply pressure, and over time it’s going to wear down and pain is going to start,” Dulak said. If the golfer is suffering from pain, Dulak provides free, full-body screenings to locate their specific limitations and trouble spots; sometimes the area of the body where the golfer feels discomfort isn’t the true source of the problem. “It might not even be a lower-back issue—it could be the hip or a middleback issue causing the lower back to hurt,” he said. If the screening reveals a spinal or joint concern, manual therapy www.50plusLifePA.com
can be applied and followed up with corrective exercises. Shoulder pain, another frequent golfers’ complaint, is a muscular issue often the result of tightness in another area of the body—again, the shoulder is overcompensating. “For the shoulder, you have to look at the hips, the core, and the middle back to find out where the issues are,” Dulak said. “Then you match the limitations up to their swing characteristics.” Dulak then creates an individually tailored treatment program that involves hands-on treatment, softtissue work, assisted stretches, and some manual therapy to the middle back or lower back and hips, depending on the site of the true problem. “And the shoulder will get better by focusing on whatever their limitations are,” Dulak said. Elbow pain is also muscular in nature and is similar to the shoulder: They are both “weaker” areas of the body with smaller muscles that attempt to absorb the force of the golf swing and compensate for whatever is unaligned elsewhere in the body. “The weird thing about this is you can have elbow pain, but it could actually be coming from the hips,” Dulak said. After a full-body screen, Dulak corrects the issue with physical therapy techniques. Want to avoid injury in the first place? The No. 1 guideline is to know your physical limitations, Dulak reiterated. He also recommended daily exercise to improve strength and flexibility; a good warm-up before play; and proper nutrition. “If you’re not hydrating enough or eating the right foods, that puts stresses on the systems of the body and they won’t function as well—and your performance will suffer.”
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Several kinds of native, woodland Each spring beauty has a few wildflowers bloom in many woods in grass-like leaves and pale-pink April in southeastern Pennsylvania. flowers that bloom a few at a time Some more common of those for a month. This species colonized flowering plants are, in a debatable certain meadows that were created order of blooming, bloodroots and from woodlands. Some sections of spring beauties, Dutchman’s breeches, those pastures are pink with spring trout lilies and beauty blossoms. wild ginger, American Indians and Virginia boiled and ate bluebells and their bulbs, as we erect trillium. do small potatoes. These plants Dutchman’s are small and breeches, trout simple, except lily, and wild bluebells and ginger commonly trilliums. Fuzzy bloom in many flies shaped like woods in the bees, called bee Photo by Jason Hollinger middle of April. flies, pollinate Each breeches Bloodroots those blossoms plant has fern-like as they sip foliage and a stem nectar. of flowers that These are lined like tiny, wildflowers white pantaloons adapted to on a wash line. growing and Those blooms blooming in also remind me April because of molar teeth there is no with their roots foliage on pointing up. deciduous Each trout Photo by Katja Schulz trees, allowing lily has a single Virginia bluebells sunlight to yellow blossom reach and and twin warm the carpet of dead leaves and dappled leaves. Trout lilies colonize soil on woodland floors. Forest floors bottomland woods’ floors. are warmer in April than any other Wild gingers are unique in that month, encouraging the growth of their brownish-purple blossom, one woodland wildflowers that beautifies per plant, is under its two glossy, woods’ floors. heart-shaped leaves. These flowers are Bloodroots and spring beauties fertilized mostly by ants. bloom early in April. Bloodroots Bushy Virginia bluebells have each have one scalloped leaf and one several sky-blue flowers shaped like white flower that looks like a small bells, and foot-tall erect trillium has tulip until it opens completely to be one big, white bloom by the third pollinated. week of April. Beautiful, mixed This plant also has reddish-orange patches of bluebells and white trillium sap in its roots that American Indians seem to mirror the sky. used as a dye and gives the plant This April, or succeeding ones, visit its name. Bloodroot also blooms woods to see wildflowers. They are along roadsides that were cut into wonderfully attractive. woodlands. www.50plusLifePA.com
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Bucket List: No Laughing Matter By Bill Levine
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Like all baby boomers, I intend to diligently execute my bucket list or drop dead trying. Just like we were told to not trust anyone over 30, now we need to frown on any cohort who has less than a 30-item bucket list. Old baby boomers don’t die; we just stay in perpetual motion. Many of these bucket-list items are more doable than ever. For instance, travel excursions are available anywhere. OK, perhaps areas under the influence of ISIS, Zika, and Putin — as well as no-fly zones — are off limits, but the rest of the world is accessible, by air or ship or yak. I, for one, have a bucket-list goal of vacationing in Tahiti, which is now served by 12 airlines. Then there are those crucial “this is really me” career opportunities. With the proliferation of online schools, anyone can pursue a dream career, if he is willing to invest his life savings to garner a blacksmithmanagement degree. But what if we are equally afraid and enthralled when contemplating some of these bucket-list activities? Sure, some of us would like to be shot out of a cannon, but fear could reduce this goal to shooting pictures with a Canon camera. In all honesty, I have to admit that some of my bucket-list items have been unfulfilled as much by lack of moxie as by lack of opportunity. For instance, when I was 23, I went to a life-coach firm, where I
had the opportunity to write a brief essay outlining what I wanted to do with my life. One goal was to be a comedian. This odd desire was based on having cracked one-liners for the entertainment of my drunken frat brothers. My dad nixed the lifecoaching firm by pointing out that I could save $500 by just listening to him, whose advice included getting off my derriere and getting a job. At any rate, comedy as a realistic goal did give way to the establishment of a real job. It was one thing to handle drunken frat brothers, but the idea of deflecting a heckling bunch of lounge lizards was intimidating. I settled into an IT career, a left-brained endeavor and a comic wasteland. Still, I did have a creative side and took on the challenge of writing humorous essays on IT, starting in the early ’80s. I was fortunate enough to have a piece run in the New Yorker of computing, Computerworld. Later I branched out to writing humorous pieces in areas other than IT with some success. Even with the experience of sitting down and writing comedy, standup still seemed like a quantum leap.
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frat boyish, acerbic, etc.? I realize that the comic has to throw these aspects into a blender and come up with either a solid, comic cocktail or else risk “bombing or dying on stage.” I invest in this critical analysis partially to be a comedy connoisseur, but truthfully, another goal is to springboard my own open-mic debut in some future century. Standup is no easy gig. I have seen too many comedians fail with decent material, including big names who have not polished new bits. Indeed, the specter of melting on stage dissuades me from even sitting down and developing a five-minute set of jokes and contemplating a stage persona. Every time my quips at Passover seders fall as flat as matzah or when I can’t merit top banana at friends’ dinner parties, visions of “killing them” at comedy clubs vanish. I have not, though, eliminated standup from my bucket list. I just need to crawl toward the open mic, instead of blindly hurdling over obstacles and inebriates. To this end, I am starting with my Toastmasters Club. I have taken on the challenge of completing the Humorously Speaking manual, which prescribes five humorous speeches. This should be in front of a friendly, sober audience. Maybe then I can come away with five minutes of material, which I can parley into a Toastmasters humorousspeech contest routine. Then maybe I will audition for open mic night, or if not, execute Plan B, where I wax comedic to empty stools at a Tahitian tiki bar. Brainteasers
Major Movie Titles of the ’60s 1. Midnight Cowboy 2. Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner 3. The Graduate 4. Goldfinger 5. The Manchurian Candidate
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Yet I never gave my standup-comic yen the proverbial hook. It was just sublimated into a lifelong interest in patronizing standup. I was part of the very small, hardcore audience of the Boston comedy scene’s informal, pub-based infancy in the late ’70s, where the standups would thank me profusely for coming. When I got married, Les and I followed these comedians into the spiffier comedy clubs that sprung up as the Boston scene exploded. We would make comedy clubs in New York City a must-stop in the ’80s, big crowds or not. We went to a near-empty New York club and, emboldened by the intimacy, handed headliner Carol Leifer pictures of our two clumber spaniels, which led to some ugly-dog jokes. Thirty years later, Les and I are sometimes the oldest patrons of local comedy shows held in basement folk clubs and attics of Chinese restaurants. Millennial jokes may fall flat on me, but I am there to study the art of comedy. I pay attention to the standup’s material and the timing of the comic’s joke delivery. Finally, I study the demeanor of the comic. Is he or she nerdish, cerebral,
Singers of the Top Songs of the ’50s 1. “The Tennessee Waltz,” 1950 – Patti Page 2. “Be My Love,” 1950 – Mario Lanza 3. “Cry,” 1951 – Johnnie Ray 4. “Any Time,” 1952 – Eddie Fisher 5. “I Believe,” 1953 – Frankie Laine
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Deal Me In
Player Cries Foul, But Was It? By Mark Pilarski
Dear Mark: I would like to know how you would have handled this blackjack scenario. I made my biggest bet of the evening ($100), and the dealer proceeded to deal two cards to each player on the table. Before the first hand was played, the player in the middle position informed the dealer that he only had one card. The dealer called over the pit boss, and she decided to give that player the option of calling his hand dead or taking the next card. Not to be a whiner, but what about me? Wouldn’t what happened be considered a misdeal? Since I was sitting third base, my cards would have been different, and not the 16 that I received and eventually busted on. – Dale L. I begin by saying that all players should expect the occasional mistake from a dealer. Dealers deal 300 hands an hour, six hours a day, five shifts weekly, equating to approximately a half million hands of pitching, counting, and paying and taking per year. No one can do something roughly 500,000 times error free. Now, Dale, playing referee, I would have handled your circumstance in the following manner, based, of course, on the rules in the multiple casinos where I had worked. First, the player in the middle position slighted a card would be given the option of either receiving the next card or being allowed to fold his hand. Then, with the cards being “out of order,” everyone else would also be given the opportunity of staying in with the two cards they were dealt or calling their hand dead. What you seldom see in any casino is the cards backed up, nor do you hear the use of the word misdeal. Misdeals in a casino do happen, but they are typically related to a poker room when cards are dealt without being cut or when cards are dealt out of order, but not on a blackjack table. www.50plusLifePA.com
Where you can have a legitimate beef is if different pit bosses, even in the same pit, make contrary decisions. Calling a particular hand differently confuses players, and that is why most casinos have inch-thick table game manuals with rules and regulations covering every possible situation. At the particular casino where you played, it’s debatable if you were given a fair shake; it depends if you were given the option to call your hand dead. Their rules and regulations are obviously different from my experiences. Or possibly, Dale, the size of your wager ($100) not being closer to the table minimum was the deciding factor. I’ve seen this played both ways, based more on the fear of players being in cahoots with each other than over a dealer error. Nevertheless, the joints where I worked allowed some leeway when it came to a scenario such as yours. My approach was to always try to render a solution in the player’s favor, figuring, Dale, that the casino would most likely recoup any player’s winnings within a hand or two. Dear Mark: I have always been curious as to how often the dealer busts. What is the average amount of times that it happens? – Skip B. How often the dealer busts, Skip, is dependent on his or her up-card. Excluding having a “natural 21,” if the dealer is showing a seven through an ace, he or she will bust 17 percent of the time. If the up-card is a two through a six, then the dealer will bust approximately 42 percent of the time. Overall, the dealer will bust about 28 percent of the time considering all possible dealer up-cards. Mark Pilarski is a recognized authority on casino gambling, having survived 18 years in the casino trenches. Pilarski is the creator of the bestselling, award-winning audio book series on casino gambling, Hooked on Winning. www.markpilarski.com
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