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Build a Suitable Nest and They Will Come By Lori Van Ingen

Birder Cletus Benjamin loves watching the bluebirds that now nest in the birdhouses that he and fellow residents at a local retirement community built and maintain. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bluebirds are an attractive bird to have around,â&#x20AC;? Benjamin said. Eastern bluebirds are known for their vibrant colors and sweet songs. The males are a brilliant royal blue on the back and head, and warm red-brown on the breast. Blue tinges in the wings and tail give the grayer females an elegant look. But by the last half of the 20th century, the numbers of bluebirds had seriously declined. According to Wildlife Habitat Management Institute, the decline was due to factors such as the proliferation of the European starling and English house sparrow, the increased use of harmful pesticides, replacement of wooden fence posts with metal posts, clearing of field borders and fence rows to increase cropland acreage, and a growing human population. Now with the help of nest boxes and bluebird trails, eastern bluebirds are a more common sight. please see NEST page 30 Cletus Benjamin in the workshop where he and fellow birders build their bluebird houses.

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The Wacky Worlds of Eccentric Geniuses page 12

The Often-Ignored Warning Signs of a Mini-Stroke page 26

May is Better Hearing & Speech Month Diabetes and Hearing Loss Diabetes and hearing loss are two of America’s most widespread health concerns. Nearly 26 million people in the U.S. have diabetes, and an estimated 34.5 million have some type of hearing loss. Those are large groups of people, and it appears there is a lot of overlap between the two. A recent study found that hearing loss is twice as common in people with diabetes as it is in those who don’t have the disease. Also, of the 79 million adults in the U.S. who have prediabetes, the rate of hearing loss is 30 percent higher than in those with normal blood glucose. Right now we don’t know how diabetes is related to hearing loss. It’s possible that the high blood glucose levels associated with diabetes cause damage to the small blood vessels in the inner ear, similar to the way in which diabetes can damage the eyes and the kidneys. But more research needs to be done to discover why people with diabetes have a higher rate of hearing loss. Since it can happen slowly, the symptoms of hearing loss can often be hard to notice. In fact, family members and friends sometimes notice the hearing loss before the person experiencing it.

Signs of Hearing Loss • Frequently asking others to repeat themselves. • Trouble following conversations that involve more than two people. • Thinking that others are mumbling. • Problems hearing in noisy places such as busy restaurants. • Trouble hearing the voices of women and small children. • Turning up the TV or radio volume too loud for others who are nearby. What should I do if I suspect a hearing loss? Talk to your primary care doctor. You may then want to seek help from hearing specialist like: an audiologist, a licensed hearing aid dispenser or a doctor who specializes in hearing problems. From a full hearing exam, you’ll learn more about your hearing loss. You will also be told what can be done to treat it. Reprinted with permission from The American Diabetes Association. Copyright 2014 American Diabetes Association. www.diabetes.org

Age-Related Hearing Loss Hearing loss that occurs in people as they age is called presbycusis. Because both ears are usually affected equally and it progresses gradually, many people aren’t even aware their hearing has changed. Generally, it becomes difficult to hear higher pitched sounds or following conversations in a noisy room at first. The exact cause of presbycusis is not known but it is believed that the nerve cells that are supposed to convert sounds into nervous impulses that then

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go to the brain aren’t doing their job as well as they should be. Many factors may contribute to Presbycusis such as arteriosclerosis, over exposure to noise, stress, certain medications, smoking, being overweight, and possibly heredity. Have your hearing professional check for earwax and if your hearing has not improved, a hearing test may be your next step. With today’s technology and options, there’s no reason you should miss out on hearing the wonderful sounds of life. www.50plusSeniorNewsPA.com

The Search for Our Ancestry

Censuses and Enumeration Districts on Ancestry.com Angelo Coniglio

“Narrow by Category,” select “U.S. Federal Census Collection.” (At this point, you could start searching all U.S. censuses by individuals’ names, but continue as described here to go specifically to

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Even though Ancestry.com is a paid site, its 1940 census can be accessed free from any computer with Internet capability.

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ontinuing with newer features of the subscription genealogy site Ancestry.com, consider the 1940 U.S. federal census. This census was released to the public 72 years after its compilation, in April 2012, and was quickly indexed by numerous online sites. Even though Ancestry.com is a paid site, its 1940 census can be accessed free from any computer with Internet capability. Go to Ancestry.com and click on “Search.” On the drop-down menu, select “Census and Voter Lists.” Under

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begin your search. I especially like the 1940 census because it’s the first one in which I (born in 1936) have my name recorded, and what’s more, I can search it throughout my old neighborhood and find the names of boyhood friends. The 1940 census asked many of the same questions as those from 1910, 1920, and 1930: address; name, gender, and age; relationship to the head of the household; and country of birth. But it doesn’t have some information found on please see CENSUSES page 9

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the 1940 census.) Scroll down the page, and select “1940 United States Federal Census FREE!” Now you can fill out the form displayed on the left, with specifics—an ancestor’s name and other known information—and

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By John Johnston very month I receive questions from people all over Pennsylvania about all aspects of the Social Security program. I offer this column to share some of those questions and answers with the readers and to strengthen their understanding of Social Security.

Question: How long do I need to work to become eligible for retirement benefits? Answer: Everyone born in 1929 or later needs 40 Social Security credits to be eligible for retirement benefits. You can earn up to four credits per year, so you will need at least 10 years of work to become eligible for retirement benefits. During your working years, earnings covered by Social Security are posted to your Social Security record. You earn credits based on those earnings. If you become disabled or die before age 62, the number of credits needed to qualify for Social Security benefits depends on your age at the time you die or become disabled. A minimum of six credits is required to qualify for Social Security benefits regardless of your age. You can create a my Social Security account to check and periodically monitor how many credits you have. Just go to www.socialsecurity.gov/ myaccount. Question: I have children at home, and I plan to retire next fall. Will my children be eligible for monthly Social Security payments after I retire? Answer: Your children may get monthly Social Security payments if they are: • Unmarried and under age 18; • Age 19 and still in high school; or • Age 18 or over and became severely disabled before age 22 and continue to be disabled. For more information, read Benefits For Children available at www.socialsecurity.gov/pubs.

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Disability Question: Is there a time limit on how long you can get Social Security disability benefits? Answer: No. Your disability benefits will continue as long as your medical condition has not improved, and you cannot work. We will periodically review your case to determine if you continue to be eligible. If you are still receiving disability benefits when you reach your full retirement age, your disability benefits will automatically be converted to retirement benefits. The amount you receive will remain the same. Learn more about disability benefits at www.social security.gov/disability. Question: Why is there a five-month waiting period for Social Security disability benefits? Answer: Social Security provides only longterm disability, so we can only pay benefits after you have been disabled continuously for a period of five full calendar months. Social Security disability benefits begin with the sixth full month after the date your disability began. You are not entitled to benefits for any month during the waiting period. Learn more at our website: www.socialsecurity.gov/ disability. Supplemental Security Income Question: My grandfather, who is receiving Supplemental Security Income (SSI), will be coming to live with me. Does he have to report the move to Social Security? Answer: Yes. An SSI beneficiary must report any change in living arrangements before the 10th day of the following month. If you do not report the change, your grandfather could receive an incorrect payment and have to pay it back, or he may not receive all the money that he is due. Failure to report a change to us could result in the deduction of a

penalty from his SSI benefits. Your grandfather also needs to report the new address to us to receive mail from us. You can report the change by mail or in person at any Social Security office. Call us toll-free at (800) 772-1213 (TTY: (800) 3250778). You can get more information by reading Understanding SSI at www.socialsecurity.gov/ssi. Question: I want to apply for Supplemental Security Income (SSI), but I don’t know whether I qualify since I own my own home. Can I still get SSI? Answer: Yes, it is possible for you to qualify for SSI even if you own your own home. To be eligible for SSI, you cannot own more than $2,000 in resources for an individual and $3,000 for a couple. However, we do not count the house you live in as a resource. Of course, if you are disabled, you must file an application and wait for a medical decision on your claim, unless you are over the age of 65. There are other requirements you must meet as well. Learn more by reading You May Be Able To Get SSI, available at www.socialsecurity.gov/pubs. Medicare Question: I found out that my daughter submitted incorrect information about my resources when she completed my Application for Help with Medicare Prescription Drug Plan Costs. How can I get my application changed now to show the correct amount? Answer: You can call (800) 772-1213 (TTY: (800) 325-0778) and let us know. We will match information on your application with data from other federal agencies. If there is a discrepancy that requires verification, we will contact you. For additional information about Medicare prescription drug plans or enrollment periods visit www.medicare.gov or call (800) 6334227. John Johnston is a Social Security public affairs specialist.

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PinnacleHealth Home Care Announces New Name: Affilia Home Health The home healthcare provider affiliated with the region’s three largest health systems announces its new name of Affilia Home Health. Previously, the provider operated under three separate names: PinnacleHealth Home Care, VNA Community Care Services, and Reading Health Home Care. “The new name better reflects the evolution of our organization over the last 15 years,” said William K. Wilkison, chairman of the Affilia Home Health Board of Directors. “Over this time, Lancaster General Health, PinnacleHealth System, and Reading Health System joined forces to strengthen our ability to provide highquality, patient-focused healthcare services in the home. We now cover all or part of nine counties in SouthCentral and Southeastern Pennsylvania. William V. Dunstan, Affilia Home Health president and chief executive officer, added, “Our new identity symbolizes our transformation into a cohesive, self-sufficient, regional provider of home-based services. Today, we are a complex and vibrant organization that stands apart from, yet still remains closely aligned with, our parent health systems.”

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Affilia Home Health provides services in the home on an intermittent basis. Patients who need skilled care receive one or more of the following services: nursing, medical social work, home health aide services, as well as physical, occupational, and speech therapy. The new name comes from the Italian word “Affiliare,” meaning ‘to join,’ and more importantly, ‘to work together.’ “The second meaning really resonated with our staff,” said Sheila Baublitz, Affilia Home Health chief operating officer. “Working together is something we do every day — with each other, with our patients and their loved ones, and with physicians and other health care professionals. We care for individuals with complex medical conditions. The only way that we can provide them safe, high-quality care is through working together as a team.” Geoffrey Eddowes, Affilia Home Health board member representing Lancaster General Health, said the name fits. Within Affilia, three competing health systems have “come together” to better serve the needs of their patients in the home setting. “Our health systems understood that

by working together we could improve the financial footing of the home health agency,” he said. “When it comes to home health, a well-managed agency operates on a razor-thin margin, while a poorly managed one can be a financial drain on the entire health system.” Affilia board member Mary Agnew of the Reading Health System added that larger organizations are able to spread costs over many patients. They can purchase expensive tools such as sophisticated electronic medical record and scheduling systems, telehealth equipment, and clinical education programs — all of which improve efficiency and quality. Wilkison said PinnacleHealth decided to merge with Affilia because its home health program ran at an operating loss. “In this economy, strategically managing costs is imperative,” he said. “By eliminating duplication of services, we can provide the highest quality healthcare at the best value.” Dunstan noted that the relationship with its parent health systems sets Affilia Home Health apart. “We have developed specialized programs for patients with medically complex health conditions, like

congestive heart failure. We provide selected patients with telehealth home monitoring.”

About Affilia Home Health Affilia Home Health is an organization of united hospitalaffiliated home health providers serving a nine-county region in South Central and Southeastern Pennsylvania. With offices in Coatesville, Harrisburg, Lancaster, Pottsville and Reading, Affilia Home Health provides high-quality home healthcare that allows patients to recover or to live with an illness in the comfort of their homes. Our unmatched competence and consistency combines the best practices of our affiliate health systems — PinnacleHealth, Lancaster General Health, and Reading Health — with the excellence of our staff to deliver a better experience for our patients.

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Lori Verderame here are many objects that I jewels in your watch (the number of appraise at my public events jewels is typically marked on the watch), worldwide: paintings, sculptures, the more accurate your watch. pottery, prints, beaded purses, Native American leatherware, toys, glassware, • Much of the information about a gold jewelry, silver, swords, guns, historic pocket watch is found on the inside case. documents, sports collectibles, movie Look for maker’s marks, number of memorabilia, autographs, and the list jewels, date stamps, precious metal goes on. markings, etc. One of the most common items that I appraise—vintage or antique—are • Pocket-watch cases may be made in timepieces, specifically pocket watches. a different part of the world from where Many pocketthe watch works watch owners were actually don’t know the made. Don’t basics about assume that the these little pieces case and the of history. If you watch are both have a pocket made by the same watch or are manufacturer, as interested in that is not always collecting them, the case. here are some tips you should • And, a pocket Photo courtesy of staff of www.DrLoriV.com know. watch’s case may 19th-century gold pocket watch. Pocket watches be made of a were introduced precious metal like prior to the introduction of the sterling or solid gold. Some watch cases wristwatch. The wristwatch was a World are more inexpensive and made of silver War I era invention (circa 1914) used to plate or are gold filled. aid soldiers on the frontlines. Pocket watches were widespread in the 1800s Pocket watches are a fun and popular and continue to be of interest today. collectible on the antiques market and there are many, many different styles and Tips for Your Pocket Watch makers to choose from when amassing • If your pocket watch does not open your collection. easily, don’t force it open. Use a piece of An easy way to tell the time period of dental floss to pry your pocket watch your pocket watch is to look at the open or ask a professional jeweler to design of the case and the dial, the style open your pocket watch for you. Never of the font or numbers on the face of the use a pocket knife or other sharp dial, and the decorative face, whether instrument to open your pocket watch. painted on porcelain or embossed in metal. • Pocket watches should be cleaned Some of the most popular names in regularly. The internal mechanism, which pocket watches are Hamilton, Elgin, is made up of various gears, requires Waltham, American Watch Company, regular maintenance by a professional. If etc. Learn some of the basics to make the gears get gummy or dirty, then the sure you assemble a collection of pocket watch will not tell time accurately. watches that will stand the test of time.

• Don’t overwind your pocket watch. Be gentle. • The number of jewels refers to the accuracy of the mechanism, and the more accurate the watch, the more valuable it is. The greater the number of

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The Way I See It

Good Coffee Mike Clark an it be that hard to make good coffee? If you say it depends on the bean and its origin, the type of roast (light, medium, dark), the coarseness of the grind, and a spotlessly clean brewing system, you would be correct. Oh, and efficient flavor extraction requires proper water temperature (195 to 205 degrees Fahrenheit) and a specific amount of time for the coffee grounds to be in contact with the hot water, which depends on how bold you want the flavor to be. It is also recommended that you use filtered or bottled water if your tap water is a bit unpleasant. The chlorine and calcium and everything else that comes from the tap are not particularly beneficial to the taste or the brewer. It can be a lot of fuss getting a great cup of coffee, and many people think it’s

worth the effort. Some people, like my friend Betty, just go to the local convenience store at the same time every morning to buy their coffee already prepared. I think I can produce a good cup of brew without a chemistry degree and hocus pocus, however. My interest in good coffee began inadvertently about 25 years ago in my humble row-house kitchen. When I lived in town, my father-in-law came to visit just about every Sunday morning; so did my brother. My 12-cup drip brewer was always in

action as our caffeine-fueled conversation and razzing sometimes persisted nonstop. It was a subtle remark by my father-inlaw and my brother’s subsequent jeering that inspired me to do a better job at producing a good cup of the black potion. On that particular day, I asked my fatherin-law if he wanted another refill. He balked and said, “I think I’ve had about enough of that batch.” I asked him what was wrong with it. “I don’t know what you did to it, but it’s not so great.”

I replied, “Carl, you wouldn’t know a good cup of coffee.” He smiled and said, “Maybe not, but I sure know a bad cup.” He and my brother then laughed uproariously at the putdown. I snickered as I felt the blood of humiliation fill my face. To this day, when we are all together, my brother pulls out the sharp dagger of degradation to stab me in the heart. Ever since that day I have made some pretty good coffee. My experiments at variation have often bombed, though. A guy at work always cut back on the amount of coffee grounds he used. He thought that using the recommended recipe was wasteful. The flawed reasoning was that you could get all the flavor from two scoops that you could from six or eight. In an attempt at frugality, I bought

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into that just long enough to see my coffee go bad again. The thought of another family flogging was too much to bear. I quickly reversed my destructive thought process and have since stuck with convention. After all, the road less traveled does not always lead to enlightenment. A couple of years ago I started using a French press. My brother had used one for quite a while, and he told me how much he loved it. Once I got the process and proper ratio of coffee to water figured out, I also embraced it. My friend Frank and his lovely wife, Lynne, have a morning ritual of grinding fresh-roasted beans and French pressing. Frank is even contemplating the idea of roasting his own beans. Have at it, my friend.

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I now use a single-cup brewing system that uses premeasured cups. You know which one I mean. If I serve a bad cup of coffee now, I can blame it on everything but me. I like that. These premeasured cups also have great names like Breakfast Blend, Donut Shop, and Fog Lifter. I’ve been looking for others such as Waist Slimmer, Bicep Builder, Hair Grower, and Mind Reviver. If you know a supplier of such concoctions, let me know soon; I’m almost at the point where none of them will help. The best coffee, however, is always served at a table with good friends and family. Mike Clark writes a regular column for The Globe Leader newspaper in New Wilmington, Pa. He can be contacted at mikemac429@aol.com.

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earlier censuses, like age at first marriage, date of immigration, or whether alien or naturalized. It did add some questions, including “Where did you live in 1935?” and “Is there a radio in the household?” As with all records, be wary of errors in the original spelling of the name, dates given, etc., as well as in the transcription of the record by the Ancestry.com indexer. Note that these latter errors, if they involve the names you are searching for, may prevent you from finding your relative’s names. If that is the case, try various phonetic spellings of the name, use initials for given names, etc. Be creative—you’d be surprised how a name could by mangled by a marginally literate enumerator, taking information from an illiterate citizen, speaking a foreign language! Sometimes no number of permutations of a name will have success. If that’s the case but you know the address where your relatives lived, one trick is to search for the name of a nearby neighbor (if you know them) of your family, possibly neighbors whose name was not misspelled by the enumerator or the indexer. If you find the neighbors, inspection of nearby entries may yield the information recorded for your relatives. If you don’t know the neighbors’ names but know the address, or at least the neighborhood, there’s another approach: searching by enumeration districts. Enumeration districts were subdivisions of localities, established so that a manageable area could be assigned to each census enumerator, or www.50plusSeniorNewsPA.com

record-taker. Before the computer age, if you wanted to search a census, you would go to library for a (paper) map that outlined the enumeration districts (EDs) for the city or town you wanted. You’d find the number of the enumeration district for the street address of the subject of your research and then go to a (paper) copy of the census and page through to the right ED to look for the information. A tedious process, but now it can be done online if direct searches by an individual’s name fail to give results. On Ancestry.com, you can click on “Search” and select “Card Catalog.” In the “Title” box, type (exactly) “U.S. Enumeration.” Then hit “Search” and click on “U.S. Enumeration District Maps and Descriptions, 1940.” Then, under “Browse this Collection,” enter the appropriate information, and you’ll find a map of your target city, with ED numbers superimposed on the neighborhoods. Now you can return to the 1940 census search described above, but this time use the right side of the form to enter the state, county, city, and enumeration district. There could be 10 to 20 pages to go through, but you may be rewarded with the 1940 census records of your ancestors. Write to Angelo at genealogytips@aol.com or visit his website, www.bit.ly/AFCGen. He is the author of the book The Lady of the Wheel (La Ruotaia), based on his genealogical research of Sicilian foundlings. See www.bit.ly/ruotaia or www.amzn.to/racalmuto for more information.

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Maple Farm

1901 North Fifth Street • Harrisburg, PA 17102-1598 (717) 221-7902 • www.homelandcenter.org

604 Oak Street • Akron, PA 17501 (717) 859-1191 • www.maplefarm.org

Number of Beds: 92 Rehabilitation Unit: No Alzheimer’s Unit: Yes Skilled Licensed Nursing: Yes Therapy: Speech, Occupational, Physical Long-Term Care: Yes Respite Care: Yes 24-Hour Medical Care: Yes Recreational Activities: Yes Scheduled Entertainment: Yes

Number of Beds: 46 Rehabilitation Unit: Yes Alzheimer’s Unit: No Skilled Licensed Nursing: Yes Therapy: Speech, Occupational, Physical Long-Term Care: Yes Respite Care: Yes 24-Hour Medical Care: Yes Recreational Activities: Yes Scheduled Entertainment: Yes

Comments: A beautiful, full-service continuing care retirement community with a 146-year history of exemplary care.

Scheduled Entertainment: Yes Private Rooms Available: No Semi-Private Rooms Available: Yes Pet Visitation Allowed: Yes Beauty/Barber Shop: Yes Medicare: Yes Medicaid: Yes Comments: Claremont provides quality skilled nursing and rehabilitation services for short- and long-term stays.

Private Rooms Available: Yes Pet Visitation Allowed: Yes Beauty/Barber Shop: Yes Medicare: Yes Medicaid: Yes Accreditations/Affiliations: LeadingAge, LeadingAge PA, Mennonite Health Services Comments: Maple Farm puts the person first so your choices matter. Enjoy the comforts of home with country kitchen, private bedroom, full bath, and great views.

Mennonite Home Communities

The Middletown Home

1520 Harrisburg Pike • Lancaster, PA 17601 (717) 393-1301 • www.mennonitehome.org

999 West Harrisburg Pike • Middletown, PA 17057 (717) 944-3351 • www.middletownhome.org

Number of Beds: 188 Rehabilitation Unit: Yes Alzheimer’s Unit: Yes Skilled Licensed Nursing: Yes Therapy: Speech, Occupational, Physical Long-Term Care: Yes Respite Care: Yes 24-Hour Medical Care: Yes Recreational Activities: Yes Scheduled Entertainment: Yes

Number of Beds: 102 Rehabilitation Unit: No Alzheimer’s Unit: No Skilled Licensed Nursing: Yes Therapy: Speech, Occupational, Respiratory, Physical Long-Term Care: Yes Respite Care: Yes 24-Hour Medical Care: Yes Recreational Activities: Yes

Private Rooms Available: Yes Semi-Private Rooms Available: Yes Pet Visitation Allowed: Yes Beauty/Barber Shop: Yes Medicare: Yes Medicaid: Yes Accreditations/Affiliations: Equal Housing, LeadingAge PA Comments: Person-centered care with reputation for compassion and excellence. Established in 1903. Respite care available w/minimum stay.

Scheduled Entertainment: Yes Private Rooms Available: Yes Semi-Private Rooms Available: Yes Pet Visitation Allowed: Yes Beauty/Barber Shop: Yes Medicare: Yes Medicaid: Yes Comments: Our campus offers skilled nursing and rehabilitation services, personal care, and independent living residences.

Mt. Hope Nazarene Retirement Community

Pleasant Acres Nursing & Rehabilitation Center

3026 Mt. Hope Home Road • Manheim, PA 17545 (717) 665-6365 • www.mthopenazarene.org

118 Pleasant Acres Road • York, PA 17402 (717) 840-7100 • www.yorkcountypa.gov

Number of Beds: 50 Rehabilitation Unit: Yes Alzheimer’s Unit: No Skilled Licensed Nursing: Yes Therapy: Speech, Occupational, Respiratory, Physical Long-Term Care: Yes Respite Care: Yes 24-Hour Medical Care: Yes Recreational Activities: Yes

Number of Beds: 375 Rehabilitation Unit: No Alzheimer’s Unit: Yes Skilled Licensed Nursing: Yes Therapy: Speech, Physical, Occupational Respiratory Long-Term Care: Yes Respite Care: No 24-Hour Medical Care: Yes Recreational Activities: Yes

Scheduled Entertainment: Yes Private Rooms Available: Yes Semi-Private Rooms Available: Yes Pet Visitation Allowed: Yes Beauty/Barber Shop: No Medicare: Yes Medicaid: Yes Accreditations/Affiliations: Leading Age, Lancaster Links, LCF, MC Chamber Comments: A church mission dedicated to great care in a loving Christian environment for low-income seniors.

This is not an all-inclusive list of agencies and providers. These advertisers are eager to provide additional information about their services.

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Nursing & Rehabilitation Centers The listings with a shaded background have additional information about their center in a display advertisement in this edition.

Spring Creek Rehabilitation & Health Care Center

StoneRidge Retirement Living

1205 South 28th Street • Harrisburg, PA 17111 (717) 565-7000 • www.springcreekcares.com

440 East Lincoln Avenue • Myerstown, PA 17067 (717) 866-3200 • www.stoneridgeretirement.com

Number of Beds: 404 Rehabilitation Unit: Yes Alzheimer’s Unit: Yes Skilled Licensed Nursing: Yes Therapy: Speech, Occupational, Respiratory, Physical Long-Term Care: Yes Respite Care: Yes 24-Hour Medical Care: Yes Recreational Activities: Yes

Number of Beds: 194 Rehabilitation Unit: Yes Alzheimer’s Unit: Yes Skilled Licensed Nursing: Yes Therapy: Speech, Occupational, Physical Long-Term Care: Yes Respite Care: Yes 24-Hour Medical Care: Yes Recreational Activities: Yes Scheduled Entertainment: Yes

Scheduled Entertainment: Yes Private Rooms Available: Yes Semi-Private Rooms Available: Yes Pet Visitation Allowed: Yes Beauty/Barber Shop: Yes Medicare: Yes Medicaid: Yes Comments: A charming campus offering short-term rehab, specialized respiratory services to include vents and tracs, Alzheimer unit, and long-term skilled care.

Private Rooms Available: Yes Semi-Private Rooms Available: Yes Pet Visitation Allowed: Yes Beauty/Barber Shop: Yes Medicare: Yes Medicaid: Yes Comments: Continuing care retirement community with two Myerstown sites convenient to Lebanon, Berks, and Lancaster counties.

Tel Hai Retirement Community

Transitions Healthcare – Gettysburg

1200 Tel Hai Circle • Honey Brook, PA 19344 (610) 273-9333 • www.telhai.org

595 Biglerville Road • Gettysburg, PA 17325 (717) 334-6249

Number of Beds: 139 Rehabilitation Unit: Yes Alzheimer’s Unit: Yes Skilled Licensed Nursing: Yes Therapy: Speech, Occupational, Respiratory Long-Term Care: Yes Respite Care: Yes 24-Hour Medical Care: Yes Recreational Activities: Yes Scheduled Entertainment: Yes

Private Rooms Available: Yes Semi-Private Rooms Available: Yes Pet Visitation Allowed: Yes Beauty/Barber Shop: Yes Medicare: Yes Medicaid: Yes Accreditations/Affiliations: CARF, MHS Alliance, Leading Age Comments: Dedicated short-term rehab neighborhood with Tel Hai’s own therapy department dedicated to intensive therapy with goal of returning home.

Number of Beds: 135 Rehabilitation Unit: Yes Alzheimer’s Unit: Yes Skilled Licensed Nursing: Yes Therapy: Speech, Occupational, Respiratory, Physical Long-Term Care: Yes Respite Care: Yes 24-Hour Medical Care: Yes Recreational Activities: Yes

Scheduled Entertainment: Yes Private Rooms Available: Yes Semi-Private Rooms Available: Yes Pet Visitation Allowed: Yes Beauty/Barber Shop: Yes Medicare: Yes Medicaid: Yes Accreditations/Affiliations: PHCA, PACA Comments: Fully staffed Transitions Healthcare employees in skilled nursing and sub-acute rehab. Tours are encouraged!

Twin Pines Health Care Center 315 East London Grove Road • West Grove, PA 19390 (610) 869-2456 Number of Beds: 120 Rehabilitation Unit: Yes Alzheimer’s Unit: No Skilled Licensed Nursing: Yes Therapy: Speech, Occupational, Physical Long-Term Care: Yes Respite Care: Yes 24-Hour Medical Care: Yes Recreational Activities: Yes Scheduled Entertainment: Yes

Private Rooms Available: Yes Semi-Private Rooms Available: Yes Pet Visitation Allowed: Yes Beauty/Barber Shop: Yes Medicare: Yes Medicaid: Yes Accreditations/Affiliations: AHCA, PHCA Comments: Beautiful, brand new facility. Top-quality skilled nursing and rehab. Immediate openings!

If you would like to be featured on this important page, please contact your account representative or call (717) 285-1350.

This is not an all-inclusive list of agencies and providers. These advertisers are eager to provide additional information about their services.

Every day we should hear at least one little song, read one good poem, see one exquisite picture, and, if possible, speak a few sensible words. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Traveltizers

Travel Appetizers: Stories that Whet the Appetite for Travel

The Wacky Worlds of Eccentric Geniuses with the decorative materials that he collected from around the world. He involved parishioners to help with the building and worked nearly round the clock. He never used a blueprint, yet he was able to use the color and shapes of his materials to create structures that are expressive, balanced, and completely enchanting. www.dickeyvillegrotto.com

By Andrea Gross was blown away the first time I encountered visionary art, and I mean this literally as well as figuratively. I was standing in an open field, looking at 30 or more “things” that rose 50 feet in the air. They were made of cast-off machine parts, painted in vivid colors and covered with thousands of small reflectors. Suddenly the wind came up, some of the parts started to spin, and I began to feel dizzy. It was all part of the experience of visiting Vollis Simpson’s “garden.” Since that time, I’ve become a fan of the wacky worlds created by eccentric geniuses. They remind me that with passion and imagination, anything is possible. Here, three of the best:

Whirligig Garden – North Carolina Vollis Simpson, who passed away May 31, 2013, at age 94, made his first spinning contraption during World War II when, in addition to his regular job repairing highways, he was asked to fix a broken washing machine. His make-do invention worked, thus foreshadowing his post-retirement hobby of turning scrap material into gyrating gizmos. Some folks call Simpson’s creations “windmills,” others call them “whirligigs,” and some just call them weird. But what’s for sure is that they spin in a breeze, whirl in a wind, and shine like the stars when, at night, they’re caught in the glare of a car’s headlights. Since we met him 20 years ago,

Vollis Simpson’s whirligigs are in Baltimore’s American Visionary Art Museum and the Vollis Simpson Whirligig Park , but their first home was on his property in Lucama, N.C.

Wisconsin’s Dickeyville Grotto incorporates shards of glass, fossilized fish, and parts of Model T cars.

Simpson has become an icon among folk-art aficionados. His smaller pieces can be seen at various places, including the American Visionary Art Museum in Baltimore. Many of his massive structures have been relocated from his property in Lucama, N.C., to the Vollis Simpson Whirligig Park (www.wilsonwhirligig park.org) in nearby Wilson. Phase one of the 2-acre park opened to the public in November 2013.

~Congratulations~ to the winner of the Best Bites survey and a $50 gift card from Giant:

Sharon Gettel Thank you to all who participated!

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New Mexico’s Tinkertown is the life work of skilled woodcarver Ross Ward.

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Dickeyville Grotto – Wisconsin Father Mathias Wernerus started small. In 1925 he decided to honor the three men in his parish who were killed during World War I by building a soldiers’ monument at the edge of the church cemetery. The project grew as Wernerus expanded his vision. He would, he decided, build a roadside attraction in order to promote the two values he felt were essential to a person’s well-being: love of God and love of country. In the following five years before he died at age 58 of an undiagnosed illness, he turned the small plot of land next to the staid Holy Ghost Church into a wonderland of shrines using found and discarded materials: shards of colorful glass, stones from costume jewelry, bits of petrified wood, fossilized sea urchins, starfish, and even the round balls used on top of the gearshifts of old Model T’s. He worked passionately, first gathering rocks from the bluffs of the nearby Mississippi River for the foundation; then making forms from wood and wire, coating them with mortar; and finally, encrusting them

Tinkertown – New Mexico “Ideas,” said Ross Ward, “are everywhere. Pick them like flowers.” That Ward did, becoming inspired by the Western movies he loved as a child, by the carnivals and circuses where he worked as a traveling painter, and by materials he found along the way. Now, more than 1,500 miniature carvings, as well as a host of collectibles that include arcade machines and Route 66 road signs, are on permanent display in a rambling 22-room museum outside of Albuquerque. But the real magic in Ward’s makebelieve world is a series of incredibly detailed dioramas that represent the Old West of Ward’s imagination. Five mini-folks sit on the porch of a ramshackle house strumming guitars; men in horse-drawn wagons deliver water to the Monarch Hotel; shopkeepers hawk Native American rugs and relics to passersby; and Perry’s Polar Pantry promises to keep residents well fed while the Lucky Nugget Saloon guarantees to keep them well lubricated. There are also circuses populated with clowns, acrobats, elephants, and caged tigers as well as carnivals peopled with freaks and oddities. By the time I get to the minicemetery, I’m so immersed in Ward’s imaginary world that even the carefully carved angels ascending to heaven seem perfectly plausible. www.tinkertown.com Other Wacky Worlds: Winchester Mystery House – San Jose, Calif., www.winchestermystery house.com Abita Mystery House – Abita Springs, La., www.abitamysteryhouse.com Castle Island – Junction City, Kan., www.kansastravel.org/krachtcastle.htm Photos © Irv Green unless otherwise noted; story by Andrea Gross (www.andreagross.com).

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15th Annual

May 27, 2014

• 9 a.m. – 2 p.m.

Hershey Lodge 325 University Drive, Hershey, PA

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Sponsored by: Travel Fair Sponsor:

Principal Sponsors: A Continuing Care Retirement Community

Visitor Bag Sponsor: Ascendant Home Health Care

A Community Outreach of Homeland Center

Media Sponsors: abc27 • WHP580 • WIOO

Patron Sponsor: Country Meadows Orthopedic Institute of Pennsylvania

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717.770.0140

Supporting Sponsors: Gateway Health The Middletown Home USAA

Table of Contents Registration Form ................................................14 Shuttle Bus Information ....................................14 Directions to the EXPO ......................................14 Welcome .................................................................14 What to Expect at the EXPO ............................15 Presenters ...............................................................16 50plus Senior News.............................................17 Exhibitor Display Map........................................19 Demonstrations & Entertainment .................20 Health Screenings................................................21 Door Prizes .............................................................21 Travel Fair..................................................18, 22, 23

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!

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We are looking forward to seeing you at the 15th annual Dauphin County 50plus EXPO. Each month, you enjoy the information that is included in 50plus Senior News, 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. Or perhaps you have become a caregiver. Representatives from a wide array of businesses are looking forward to speaking with you about issues that are on your mind, whether that is about 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-toaccess locations! For your enjoyment, entertainment and demonstrations have been scheduled throughout the day – A miniperformance by Dutch Apple Dinner Theatre, Zumba, music by Vickie Kissinger, the 2012 PA STATE SENIOR IDOL Winner, and container gardening. You could even be the winner of the newly created flowering container and will be able to take delight in it all summer long. On-Line Publishers, Inc. is 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 – On-Line Publishers, Inc. & the Dauphin County Area Agency on Aging Travel Fair Sponsor – AAA Central Penn

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Supporting Sponsors – Gateway Health, The Middletown Home, USAA

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Patron Sponsor – Country Meadows, Orthopedic Institute of Pennsylvania

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Visitor Bag Sponsor – Ascendant Home Health Care

Wheelchairs will be available at the registration area, courtesy of On-Line Publishers.

Media Sponsors – abc27, WHP580, WIOO See you at the EXPO!

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Shuttles to the exhibit hall and back to your parking area will be provided by Homeland Center and Messiah Lifeways. Please, hop aboard.

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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. www.50plusExpoPA.com

What to Expect at the EXPO The 50plus EXPO is a community event that offers you — boomers, seniors, their families and caregivers — a chance to see what is available in your area that is relevant and of benefit to you and your life. There will be more than 90 exhibitors whose representatives would love to either speak with you in person about their products or services or provide information for you to take home to peruse later. Whatever type of information you are looking for, you’ll find it at the EXPO. Each exhibitor booth is filled with information and staffed by friendly people who are eager and willing to answer your questions about: leisure, travel, healthcare, housing options, transportation, entertainment, home improvements or modification, government resources, nutrition, finances, jewelry, and health and beauty. Planning a vacation or just thinking about options for a great getaway? The Travel Fair area within the 50plus EXPO will be an NG RTI PO OR

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excellent starting point. Whether you’re considering a cruise, flying, driving, or another mode of transportation, representatives from a vast variety of travel services will be on hand to provide information. Travel seminars will be held throughout the day that will tempt you to make reservations soon! It’s a wide, wide world out there with so much to see and do. Make some memories this year! In addition to the wide variety of exhibitors, the EXPO features free health screenings, including hearing, body mass index, and bone density. The 2014 Dauphin County 50plus EXPO will include some great entertainment and exciting demonstrations that you won’t want to miss (see inside for details). Be sure to make your way around the EXPO floor getting the listed sponsors to sign your bingo card, and return the completed card at the registration area for a chance at winning a door prize. At the 50plus EXPO, you can spend an hour or spend the day. Socialize, become better informed, and, most of all — have fun! A DI R

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• Apartment-Style Living • Personal Care and Nursing Services • Comprehensive Short-Term Rehab • Continuing Care Retirement Community Stop by our booth at the EXPO! Friendship Love Truth

The Middletown Home 999 West Harrisburg Pike, Middletown, PA

(717) 944-3351 www.middletownhome.org

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50plus EXPO – Brought to You By: For more than a decade, On-Line Publishers, Inc. has celebrated serving the mind, heart, and spirit of the 50+ community of Central Pennsylvania through our Mature Living Division of publications and events. 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. 50plus Senior News is published monthly, touching on issues and events relevant to the 50+ community. The Resource Directory for the Caregiver, Aging, and Disabled is published annually in distinct county editions and contains information from local businesses and organizations offering products or services that meet the needs of these groups. 50plus LIVING is an annual publication and the premier resource for retirement living and healthcare options for mature adults in the Susquehanna and Delaware valleys. On-Line Publishers produces (((b))) magazine, Central Pennsylvania’s premier publication for baby boomers. (((b))) magazine reflects on the past, recalling the provocative and historychanging decades of the 1960s and ’70s; it also

examines where baby boomers are today and identifies the issues they face now—all with a mind toward representing the mid-state’s own boomer community. On-Line Publishers also works to inform and celebrate women in business through our Business Division. BUSINESSWoman includes professional profiles and articles that educate and encourage women in business. SUCCESS STORIES highlights the achievements of local professional women so that others may be inspired. It is a special insert in the March issue of BUSINESSWoman magazine. POWERLUNCH is an extension of BUSINESSWoman and is held in York in the spring and in Harrisburg during the fall. Executive women are offered the opportunity for networking, lunch, seminars, and information from a select number of exhibitors interested in marketing to women. The third annual Lancaster County women’s expo will be held Saturday, May 17, 2014, at Spooky Nook Sports. The women’s expo premiered in Dauphin County in March 2014 and will return to Lebanon County on Oct. 4 and Cumberland County on Nov. 8. This one-day event features exhibitors and interactive fun that encompass many aspects of a woman’s life.

Senior Citizens, What Can Dauphin County Do for You?

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If you or a loved one are 60 years of age or older, there are probably services or community resources available to assist you. We can assist you with a wide array of issues including the following: • Medicare Part D - We have counselors who can help you sort through and choose the best prescription drug plan for you. • Home Delivered Meals - We deliver hot meals 5 days per week, approximately 4,000 meals per week to senior citizens in Dauphin County. There is no charge for this service. • Senior Centers - With 18 Senior Centers throughout Dauphin County, senior citizens can gather for fellowship and activities including board games, cards, dance, tai chi, exercise, computer classes and trips. There is no charge to join a senior center, and many of the activities have no cost.

Dauphin County Board of Commissioners Jeff Haste, Chairman George P. Hartwick, III, Secretary Mike Pries, Vice Chairman

• Adult Day Care - Your loved one can spend the day engaging in supervised activities at one of seven facilities that is licensed by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. • Home Care Support - Our Family Caregiver Support Program can help you care for an older relative in your home.

• Nursing Home or Personal Care Placement - We can do an assessment to determine if you or a loved one is medically eligible for nursing home admission and provide you with information so that you and your family can make an informed decision. If you would prefer to stay in your home instead of going into a nursing home, we can help you obtain a waiver to receive that care in your home or in your community. There is no charge for this service. • Concerned about possible exploitation, abuse or neglect of a loved one? Our Protective Services Unit and Elder Abuse Task Force will intervene to assure that the health, safety and welfare of the senior citizen is protected. To report suspected elder abuse or exploitation, call 1-866-SAFE-111 (1-866-723-3111). There is no charge for this service. • Other services are available such as transportation, long-term care Ombudsman representation and inhome personal care.

For more information, please call 717.780.6130

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50plus Senior News Since 1995, the mission of On-Line Publishers, Inc. (OLP) has been to enhance the lives of individuals within the Central Pennsylvania community. We endeavor to do this by publishing 50plus Senior News, produced through the Mature Living Division of OLP. Over the years, 50plus Senior News has grown to six unique editions in Chester, Cumberland, Dauphin, Lancaster, Lebanon and York counties. Now more than ever, 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 Senior News strives to reflect that in its editorial content. Pick up a copy of 50plus Senior News for articles that will amuse you, inspire you, inform you, and update you on topics that are relevant to your life. Regular columns appearing monthly include topics like health, trivia, book reviews, nature, technology, leisure, veterans’ issues, and, most important, coverage and information about the goings-on in your county.

Whether you’re looking for some light, amusing reading or seeking out information on weightier matters, you’ll find it in our excellent and timely editorial, which is supplied by both national and local writers for a balanced blend of nationwide interest and regional relevance. Many of your friends and neighbors have been highlighted within the pages—or even on the cover—of 50plus Senior News. Be sure to check out 50plus Senior News’ website at www.50plusSeniorNewsPA.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. You can even find 50plus Senior News on Facebook! The advertisers in 50plus Senior News 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. 50plus Senior News—reflecting the vibrant and energetic lifestyles of its over-50 readers … and truly Redefining Age!

L IPA R C PRSINPONSO

“A Continuing Care Retirement Community.”

“A Community Outreach of Homeland Center.”

Provider and leader of quality healthcare in Central PA for more than 146 years.

Exemplary personalized care that enables patients and families to live each day as fully as possible.

50 renovated Personal Care Suites. Applications being accepted for a limited number.

Focused on pain relief, comfort, and support for patients and families.

Skilled Nursing Care Unit accommodates 92, including a 21-bed Alzheimer’s Unit.

Providing hospice care in Cumberland, Dauphin, Lancaster, Lebanon, Perry, York, Adams, Franklin, and Mifflin counties. Call us for details on our full array of services.

717-221-7902

717-221-7890

1901 North Fifth Street • Harrisburg, PA 17102

2300 Vartan Way, Suite 115 • Harrisburg, PA 17110

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www.homelandhospice.org

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AG RB TO OR VISI SPONS

Need Dependable Home Health Care?

Travel Seminars Cocoa Suite 5 Presented by AAA Central Penn Travel Fair Sponsor 9:30 to 10 a.m. – AAA Alaska Cruise Tours and Other Itineraries Presented by: Beth Widhson, Holland America Cruise Lines

Going Above and Beyond the Rest • • • • • •

10:30 to 11 a.m. – AAA 2015 Wonders of the American West Presented by: Shannon McGee, Insight Vacations

Skilled Nursing Services Physical Therapy Speech Therapy Occupational Therapy Medical Social Workers CNAs (Certified Nursing Assistants)

11:30 to noon – General Info: Royal Caribbean Ships and Itineraries Presented by: Roxanne Steele, Royal Caribbean 12:30 to 1 p.m. – AAA English & Scottish Discovery Presented by: Anthony Agostinelli, CIE Tours 1:30 to 2 p.m. – AAA 2015 Tulips and Windmills Presented by: Walter Nadratowski, Uniworld Boutique River Cruises

1205 S. 28th Street Harrisburg, Pa 17111

2:30 to 3 p.m. – AAA Marvels of Costa Rica Presented by: Carolyn Pugh, Pleasant Holidays

(717) 745-9018

Thank you, sponsors!

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DAUPHIN COUNTY

Proudly Sponsored By: Travel Fair Sponsor:

Principal Sponsors: A Continuing Care Retirement Community

Visitor Bag Sponsor: Ascendant Home Health Care

Patron Sponsor: Country Meadows Orthopedic Institute of Pennsylvania

A Community Outreach of Homeland Center

Supporting Sponsors: Gateway Health The Middletown Home USAA Media Sponsors: abc27 • WHP580 • WIOO

The 50plus EXPO is FREE to the community due to the generosity of our sponsors.

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Exhibitor Map & Exhibitor List Entertainment

AAA Travel Fair

ATo Travel Seminars

Lobby

3-D Consultants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .120

Hearing Aid Associates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .155

AAA Central Penn.................................175-188

Hershey Plaza Apartments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .150

Reliv – Robert E. Meyer Independent Distributor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .190

Abbvie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .223 abc27 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .162

Highmark Blueshield . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .196

Renewal by Andersen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .104

Homeland Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .137-139

Ricker Sweigart & Associates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .212

American Heart Association . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .202

IDEAL Study/National Institute on Aging . . . . .102

Amtrak . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .198

Juniper Village Senior Living . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .105

Appleby Systems, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .108

Kitchen Saver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .191

Artistry Skin Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .218

LeafFilter North, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .135

Ascendant Home Health Care . . . . . . . . . . .130

Lebanon Valley Brethren Home . . . . . . . . . . . . . .124

Auer Cremation Services of PA . . . . . . . . . . . . . .146

The Manor at Oakridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .109

Bath Fitter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .144

Messiah Lifeways . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .224, 225

Bladder Cancer Advocacy Network – Lehigh Valley Chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .147

Mid-Atlantic Waterproofing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .213

Capital BlueCross . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .163

Nerium International . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .204

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Office of the Attorney General, Bureau of Consumer Protection . . . . . . . . . . . .210

Century Spouting Incorporated . . . . . . . . . . . . .126 Country Meadows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .168 Daley Zucker Meilton & Miner, LLC . . . . . . . . . . .149 Dauphin County Area Agency on Aging . .172-174

The Middletown Home . . . . . . . . . . . . .215, 216

O’Hanlon Kitchens, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .211 Orthopedic Institute of Pennsylvania . .156, 157

Spring Creek Rehabilitation and HealthCare . .193 Sundance Vacations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .165 Take Shape For Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .160 Office of State Senator Robert Teplitz . . . . . . . .195 Traditions of Hershey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .154 USAA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .148 Vector Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .221 Weaver Memorials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .170 West Shore Window and Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .159 WHP580 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .208 Window World, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .131 WIOO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .200 Your Remodeling Guys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .164 Check website for newly added exhibitors!

PA Public Utility Commission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117

Dollar Energy Fund/PPL Epower Team . . . . . . .143

Pennsylvania Cremation Society . . . . . . . . . . . . .122

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The Pennsylvania Lottery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .169

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Edward Jones – David Kolter, Financial Advisor . .129 Gateway Health . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .207

Premier Eye Care Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113

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Don’t Miss the Great Lineup of Demonstrations and Entertainment at the EXPO! 10:45 a.m. – Zumba Gold

12:15 p.m. – Container Gardening

Judy McMillen, licensed instructor, will show how much fun Zumba Fitness® can be. Part dance, part fitness, Zumba Gold® provides modified, low-impact moves geared to active older adults. Easy-to-follow fun lets you move to the beat at your own speed. For class information call Judy at (717) 512-0484 or visit judymcmillen.zumba.com.

Sarah Riling, certified Master Gardener and greenhouse sales specialist at Stauffers of Kissel Hill, will demonstrate how to use thrillers, fillers, and spillers to transform your container garden from ordinary to amazing. In addition to creating a flowering container garden, Sarah will also share some timely tips on growing vegetables or herbs in containers. One lucky attendee will be chosen at random to receive Sarah’s demonstration container garden.

11:30 a.m. – Vickie Kissinger, 2012 PA SENIOR IDOL Winner

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Vickie Kissinger of Gap will take the stage and sing some of your favorite songs. She holds a B.S. in music education and is a classically trained mezzosoprano, pianist, and organist. She is also a student of internationally recognized master voice teacher Dr. Thomas Houser. With more than 25 years’ teaching experience, Vickie runs a fulltime private voice studio from her home.

1 p.m. – Dutch Apple Takes Center Stage Dutch Apple Dinner Theatre’s 2014 season is filled with classics such as Hairspray, The Music Man and Crazy for You. Cast members will perform songs from these shows as well as the regional premier of the hilarious show based on the Oscar®-winning DreamWorks film, Shrek!

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The 50plus EXPO committee is looking for volunteers to help at our 15th annual Dauphin County 50plus EXPO on May 27, 2014, at the Hershey Lodge, 325 University Drive, Hershey, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. If you could help greet visitors, stuff EXPO bags, or work at the registration desk, we would be glad to have you for all or just part of the day. Please call On-LLine Publishers at (717) 770-0140.

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Free Health Screenings Hearing Aid Associates Hearing exam Booth #155 Orthopedic Institute of Pennsylvania Heel Scans for bone density Booths #156–157 Take Shape for Life BMI Booth #160

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The EXPO thanks the following companies for their generous contributions: Amtrak 2 roundtrip tickets to NYC (Value determined by departure)

Juniper Village Senior Living Gift basket ($50 value)

Artistry Skin Care Artistry Intensive Skincare Renewing Peel ($104.25 value)

Messiah Lifeways Gift certificate ($50 value)

Century Spouting Incorporated Gift certificate ($100 value)

Nerium International Bottle of Nerium AD Night Cream ($110 value)

Country Meadows Gift basket – movies and treats ($125 value)

Orthopedic Institute of Pennsylvania OIP branded neon hooded sweatshirt plus OIP branded glass coffee mug ($25 value)

Dollar Energy Fund/PPL Epower Team Conservation kit ($75 value) Dutch Apple Dinner Theatre 2 dinner and show tickets ($104 value)

Reliv – Robert E. Meyer Independent Distributor 1-Reliv Now & 1-Reliv LunaRichX ($135 value) Take Shape For Life Gift basket with food and book ($25 value)

Edward Jones - David Kolter, Financial Advisor Meat/cheese/fruit basket ($75 value)

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Saturday, November 14, 2014 9 a.m. – 2 p.m. Eden Resort • 222 Eden Road, Lancaster

This event is FREE for Expo attendees and job seekers! Please, join us!

Exhibitors • Health Screenings •

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June 10, 2014 9 a.m. – 2 p.m. FREE! Church Farm School 1001 East Lincoln Highway Exton

Sept. 17, 2014 9 a.m. – 2 p.m. York Expo Center FREE! Memorial Hall East 334 Carlisle Avenue York

At the Expo Veterans Benefits & Services Community Services Thank-a-Vet Participants Medical/Nonmedical Resources Products and Services Available Support/Assistance Programs

At the Job Fair Employers Job Counseling Workshops/Seminars Resume Writing Assistance Education/Training Services

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With nearly 200,000 men and women transitioning out of the military each year, access to information about benefits and job opportunities is a top priority.

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9 a.m. – 2 p.m. Carlisle Expo Center 100 K Street Carlisle

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

2004

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Halbruner, Hatch & Guise, LLP 2109 Market Street, Camp Hill, PA 17011 717-731-9600 fax 717-731-9627 c.hatch@hhgllp.com • www.hhgllp.com

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Keystone Elder Law 555 Gettysburg Pike, Suite C-100, Mechanicsburg 43 Brookwood Ave, Suite 1, Carlisle 717-697-3223 toll-free 844-697-3223 karen@keystoneelderlaw.com www.keystoneelderlaw.com

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Savvy Senior

The Often-Ignored Warning Signs of a Mini-Stroke Jim Miller Dear Savvy Senior, How can a person know if they’ve had a stroke? My 70-year-old husband had a spell a few weeks ago where he suddenly felt dizzy for no apparent reason and had trouble talking and walking because his left side went numb, but it went away after a few minutes and he feels fine now. – Seems Fine

Dear Seems, It’s very possible that your husband may have had a “mini-stroke,” also known as a transient ischemic attack (TIA), and if he hasn’t already done so, he needs to see a doctor pronto. Each year, more than a quartermillion Americans have a mini-stroke, but only about half of them realize what’s happening. That’s because the

symptoms are usually fleeting (lasting only a few minutes, up to an hour or two), causing most people to ignore them or brush them off as no big deal. But anyone who has had a ministroke is 10 times more likely to have a full-blown stroke, which can cause longterm paralysis, impaired memory, loss of speech or vision, or even death. A mini-stroke is caused by a

temporary blockage of blood flow to the brain and can be a warning sign that a major stroke may soon be coming. That’s why mini-strokes need to be treated like emergencies. Who’s Vulnerable? A person is more likely to suffer a TIA or stroke if they are overweight or inactive or have high blood pressure,

Calendar of Events

Dauphin County

Dauphin County Department of Parks and Recreation

Senior Center Activities

May 4, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. – Garden Faire, Fort Hunter Park May 7, 7:30 to 9:30 a.m. – Bird Walk: Peak Migration, Wildwood Park May 11, 1:30 to 3 p.m. – Flower Walk: Jack-in-the-Pulpits and Other Spring Flowers

AARP Driver Safety Programs

Rutherford House – (717) 564-5682, www.rutherfordhouse.org Mondays, 11:30 a.m. – Sign Language Tuesdays, 11 a.m. – Zumba Wednesdays, 9 a.m. – Computer Assistance

For a Safe Driving Class near you, call toll-free (888) 227-7669 or visit www.aarp.org/findacourse.

Please contact your local center for scheduled activities.

May 22, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. – Mohler Senior Center, 25 Hope Drive, Hershey, (717) 533-2002

Dauphin County Library Programs

Programs and Support Groups Free and open to the public. May 5, 1 p.m. Bonsai Inspiration: History and Passion The Civic Club of Harrisburg 612 N. Front Street, Harrisburg (717) 234-6736 or (717) 730-9326 May 13, 6 to 7 p.m. Alzheimer’s Caregivers Support Group Graysonview Personal Care Community 150 Kempton Ave., Harrisburg (717) 561-8010

May 28, 7 p.m. Piecemakers Quilt Guild of Middletown St. Peter’s Evangelical Lutheran Church Spring and Union streets Middletown (717) 915-5555 gsk1308@gmail.com May 27, 6 p.m. Susquehanna Rovers Volksmarch Walking Club Gander Mountain 5005 Jonestown Road, Harrisburg (717) 991-5232

May 15, 1:30 p.m. Hershey Area AARP Chapter #3466 Meeting Spring Creek Church of the Brethren 335 East Areba Ave., Hershey (717) 832-3282 May 21, 1:30 p.m. Parkinson’s Support Group on East Shore Jewish Home of Harrisburg 4004 Linglestown Road, Harrisburg (717) 441-8627

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elevated cholesterol, or diabetes. Other factors that boost the risks are age (over 60), smoking, heart disease, atrial fibrillation, and having a family history of stroke. Men also have a greater risk for stroke than women, and AfricanAmericans and Hispanics are at higher risk than those of other races. Warning Signs The symptoms of a mini-stroke are the same as those of a full-blown stroke but can be subtle and short lived, and they don’t leave any permanent damage. They include:

• Sudden confusion, trouble speaking or understanding

• Sudden trouble walking, dizziness, loss of balance or coordination

Take This Quiz More than one-third of mini-stroke sufferers will eventually have a full-

Age: If over age 60 – one point.

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Diabetes: If he has diabetes – one point. If his score is three or less, his risk of having a major stroke within a month of his TIA is 2 percent. A score of four or five indicates about an 8 percent risk for stroke within 30 days and a 10 percent risk within 90 days. And a score of six or seven estimates a 16 percent chance of stroke in 30 days and around 20 percent within 90 days. 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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Clinical features: If he had weakness on one side of the body during his ministroke – two points. If he had a speech disturbance without weakness – one point. Duration of symptoms: If his symptoms lasted for 10 minutes to an hour – one point. If they lasted an hour or longer – two points.

• Sudden trouble seeing in one or both eyes

Anyone who is having any of these symptoms should call 911 immediately. Or, if you’ve had any of them and they went away, ask someone to drive you to the emergency room or nearby stroke center as soon as possible and tell them you may have had a stroke.

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Blood pressure: If his systolic blood pressure (top number) is higher than 140 mmHg and/or diastolic blood pressure (bottom number) is higher than 90 – one point.

• Sudden numbness or weakness of the face, arm, or leg on one side of the body

• Sudden, severe headache with no known cause

blown stroke, unless their underlying conditions are treated. If your husband did have a mini-stroke and did not get medical treatment, this self-assessment quiz (known as the ABCD2 tool) can estimate his risk of having a major stroke in the very near future.

Are you or is someone you know commemorating a special anniversary this year? Let 50plus Senior News help spread your news—for free! We welcome your anniversary announcements and photos. Anniversaries may be marking any number of years 15 and over. (Fields marked with an * are required.) *Anniversary (No. of years) _________________________________________ *Contact name __________________________________________________ E-mail ________________________ *Daytime phone ___________________ *Husband’s full name _____________________________________________ Occupation (If retired, list former job and No. of years held)___________________ _____________________________________________________________ *Wife’s full maiden name __________________________________________ Occupation (If retired, list former job and No. of years held)___________________ _____________________________________________________________ *Couple’s current city and state __________________________________________ *Marriage date_____________ Location ______________________________ Children (name and city/state for each)_________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ Number of grandchildren________ Number of great-grandchildren___________ Photos must be at least 4x6'' and/or 300 dpi if submitted digitally. Completed information and photo can be emailed to mjoyce@onlinepub.com or mailed to:

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Fragments of History

50 Years of Beatlemania, Part I Victor Parachin hen The Beatles first came to the United States in 1964, there was nothing they wanted more than to meet Elvis Presley. “When I first heard ‘Heartbreak Hotel,’ I could hardly make out what was being said,” said John Lennon in 1975. “It was just the experience of hearing it and having my hair stand on end. We never heard American voices singing like that. They’d always sung like Sinatra.” Unfortunately, The Beatles were unable to meet Presley in 1964. However, the following year the Beatles learned they would be in Hollywood at the same time that Presley was filming. Even though Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra had indicated they wanted to meet the Beatles, the group opted to visit with Presley. The event happened on an evening in Bel Air, Calif. It was 10 p.m., Friday, Aug. 27, 1965. Presley greeted them at the door dressed in a red shirt and gray trousers. In the presence of their idol, The Beatles were at a loss for words. To break the ice, a joking Presley said, “If you’re just going to sit there and stare at me, I’m going to bed. Let’s talk a bit, and then play and sing a bit.” “That’s just what we all wanted to do, and you could feel the tension in the room begin to ease,” Lennon recalled. Guitars were brought into the room,

and the King and The Fab Four began an impromptu musical session that lasted more than an hour. After the music, the entertainers talked and exchanged stories. The Beatles left Presley’s home at 2 a.m. As a group, The Beatles never met Presley again. The King would, however, record several Beatles compositions, including “Hey Jude,” “Yesterday,” and “Something.” It’s been decades since The Beatles swept across America, yet their music remains popular and deeply embedded in the American spirit. Here are some fascinating facts about The Beatles. How they got their name. One of rock ’n’ roll’s greatest musicians was Buddy Holly, who was killed in a plane crash on Feb. 3, 1959. Holly had a seminal influence on The Beatles, and they often played several of his numbers in their early days. The Fab Four chose the name “Beatles” when seeking a similar name to that of Holly’s group called The Crickets.

They came up with the name “Beetles,” and John Lennon replaced one of the E’s with an A. Long after they became famous, Paul McCartney continued to be enamored with Holly’s music and managed to buy Buddy Holly’s 38 compositions. Beginning in 1976, on the anniversary of Holly’s death, McCartney began to run an annual Buddy Holly Week, a weeklong partyand-concert tribute to Holly. The man who turned down The Beatles. Dick Rowe, an executive with Decca A&R (Artists & Repertoire), has had to live with the stigma of being “the man who turned down The Beatles.” In 1962, an assistant approached Rowe, saying he’d discovered two hit groups and would like to sign them both. The two groups he had heard were The Beatles and Brian Poole & The Tremeloes. Rowe asked his aid how long he’d been with the company. “Two years,” the man replied. Skeptically, Rowe then asked, “And

how many hits have you had during those two years?” When the aid replied he’d had none, Rose said, “None! And now you’ve discovered two hit bands on the same day?” He told the aid he could sign on one of the two, and the aid contracted The Tremeloes simply because that group, living in Dagenham, was closer to London than The Beatles, who were in Liverpool. When asked about Dick Rowe, Paul McCartney was extremely gracious, saying, “I don’t blame him for turning us down.” In 1986, Rowe began writing his autobiography, titled The Man Who Turned Down The Beatles. Sadly, he died before it was completed. Rowe was 64 and had been suffering from diabetes for several years. The Fab Four. This nickname for The Beatles was inadvertently created by Tony Barrow, a publicist who worked with The Beatles between 1962 and 1968. In one press release, he referred to the band as “the fabulous foursome.” Quickly, various disc jockeys and media reporters shortened it, dubbing them “The Fab Four.” To be continued ...

The Squint-Eyed Senior

Animal Kingdom Theodore Rickard and my spousal fellow zookeeper are experts on domestic animals. We had offspring who loved them. I’m sure Dr. Spock could make something of this—or Freud, perhaps. Competition in a houseful of loud siblings, overstressed by having to play shortstop with a hand-me-down first baseman’s mitt, etc. All of these things bred the children’s

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need for companionable compensation: usually in the form of a torn-earned stray mongrel who “just followed me home” or a cross-eyed kitten found after “I just opened the front door and there it was.” Along the way, we added fish, snakes, turtles, hamsters, rabbits, and, I feel certain, any number of undeclared residents. But the cat and the dog predominated.

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The kitty, in the perverse nature of things, turned out to be a violenttempered tomcat who pretty well hated everybody—especially after his trip to the local vet undertaken upon insistent suggestions of several neighbors. The only family member the cat liked, of course, was the boy who was allergic to fur and spent a good many of his teen years with his eyes swollen and watering

as though he’d been subdued with pepper spray. Kitty—who never had any other name—also made life miserable for the dog, an emotionally needy mutt who loved everybody and would have greeted Jack the Ripper with a writhing frenzy of wagging tail and licking tongue. please see ANIMAL page 33

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Book Review

Why Normandy Was Won: Operation Bagration and the War in the East 1941–1945 By Kenneth C. Weiler n June 1944, the German Wehrmacht had more than 217 combat divisions fighting in Europe. Fifty-seven were in Normandy, Belgium, and Holland—where were the others? Why were they there? Who and what kept them away? These questions and others are answered by author Ken Weiler in his book, Why Normandy Was Won. The Allied return to Europe in northwestern France was fully expected by the Nazi armies, but when they landed on D-Day,

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birdhouses to keep benefit the community’s undesirable birds, like the auxiliary. They were sold for house sparrows, from $40 a pair, with $32 going to entering and taking over the the auxiliary and the rest to nest. pay for the building materials, Watroba also suggested he said. where and how to place the Once the birdhouses were birdhouses, such as having installed, the residents, the openings pointing to the including Benjamin and his east, he said. A finished bluebird wife Dorene, began Originally, the residents monitoring the trail. house ready to be posted. installed 40 birdhouses, but They use the Pennsylvania have since expanded them to Bluebird Society’s forms to 52 houses. keep track each week of what They retrieved some old barn boards kind of nest is in the house, how many from local farmers, but soon realized it eggs there are, whether there are adults would be easier to just buy new lumber sitting on the nests, and whether any instead of trying to square up the old eggs have hatched. But, he said, they boards. don’t open the nest to look. While building the bluebird houses, After the first eggs have hatched and Benjamin said the residents decided they fledged, there is often a second couple should hold a fundraiser with them to that will build a nest in the house the

same year to raise their own brood, he said. During the first year of the trail, 22 bluebirds fledged, the second year 44 bluebirds fledged, and last year there were 62 fledglings. “We feel pretty happy with it,” Benjamin said. Besides the bluebirds, other birds such as chickadees, wrens, and tree swallows also build nests in the birdhouses, he said. “But there are so many variables concerning other species. Some stay all winter; others are picking out their houses (in March),” Benjamin said. Benjamin hopes the bluebirds get to their nests early enough to beat the wrens and other birds to them. With as many fledglings as they had last year, “I hope the fledglings come back this year and take the houses around campus before anybody else,” he said.

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For the last four years, Benjamin and his fellow residents have been involved in maintaining a bluebird trail — from building the birdhouses in the woodshop, to driving in the stakes and putting the birdhouses up, to monitoring the trail for bluebird fledglings and keeping records. “We figured we had a few bluebirds here now, so let’s put a whole bunch more nests up,” said Benjamin, who initiated the project. The residents invited Joan Watroba, of the Pennsylvania Bluebird Society and editor of “Bluebird Trails & Tales” newsletter, to talk with them about starting their trail. “She was quite helpful,” Benjamin said. For instance, Watroba told them about monofilament lines (fishing line) that could be added to the front of

About the Author Ken Weiler, a former staff sergeant in the U.S. Army with the Department of Engineering and Military Science at Fort

Belvoir, Va., was also the legislative liaison NCOIC with the Army’s SAFEGUARD anti-ballistic missile program at the Department of Defense in Arlington, Va. He has written several articles on historical preservation and identification and is a member of the Hanover Historical Society and co-chairman of its museum committee. He is also a trustee of the Eisenhower Society and a volunteer curator at the Eisenhower National Historic Site, both in Gettysburg.

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The Beauty in Nature

Feathered Competitors for Nesting Cavities Clyde McMillan-Gamber everal kinds of small, common birds in South-Central Pennsylvania, including eastern bluebirds, tree swallows, Carolina chickadees, tufted titmice, white-breasted nuthatches, house wrens, great crested flycatchers, and house sparrows, compete for limited nesting cavities. The hollows they use to raise young are caused by woodpeckers, wind breaking off tree limbs, decaying fence posts made of wood, and bird boxes erected by people concerned about bird populations. Each bird species’ allegiance to a specific habitat lessens competition for nesting sites among those birds. That loyalty to a certain environment brings order to where breeding birds will rear offspring. Bluebirds and tree swallows are most imprinted on meadows and fields that have some tall grass, shrubbery, and trees.

And the swallows prefer habitats near water where flying insects are more abundant. Little gangs of tree swallows work together to chase lone pairs of bluebirds away from cavities. However, some male bluebirds, working alone, valiantly defend nesting hollows. But most of the confrontations between bluebirds and tree swallows end in favor of the swallows. However, tree

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swallows nest once a year, with their young leaving the cavities toward the end of June. Some pairs of bluebirds hatch babies after the young swallows fledge those nesting places, enabling the bluebirds to raise a brood. Chickadees, titmice, whitebreasted nuthatches, house wrens, and great crested flycatchers nest in holes in trees in woodlands and in cavities and nest boxes in older suburbs with their

many tall trees. These birds compete for nesting sites, but not completely. Chickadees and titmice hatch youngsters before the wrens and flycatchers return north in spring. But house wrens are aggressive, destroying the eggs of small, cavity-nesting birds, which discourages them from nesting where the wrens want to. And because the flycatchers are larger than chickadees and titmice, the latter two species can hatch young in cavities too small for the flycatchers’ use. The aggressive house sparrows compete with small birds for nesting spots, but these non-native weaver finches from Eurasia stay close to human-made structures. Therefore, they are little threat to birds nesting in hollows away from buildings. Look for cavity-nesters this spring. And, maybe, some readers could erect houses for these birds.

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Salute to a Veteran

What’s a submarine commander doing with the likes of Doris Day and Mary Martin? Robert D. Wilcox orman “Red” Stein says, “In New Kensington High School, near Pittsburgh, I was a lot more interested in football, basketball, boxing, and girls (not necessarily in that order) than I was in study.” His parents seemed to have noted that, too, and he was soon enrolled as a sophomore at Valley Forge Military Academy. He says, “That absolutely changed my life. It introduced me to a life of discipline and study.” He still played sports, of course, competing in football, boxing, and track. He also participated in three years of Army ROTC. He remembers that in his sophomore year, he won the school’s championship, boxing against the captain of the football team, which gained him much respect on campus. But it was his play as a halfback on the school’s first undefeated football team that helped win him a scholarship to

North providing the Carolina State inclusiveness University. and fraternity There he of an infantry played one platoon. year before So, when deciding to graduating try for a from the nomination to Academy in the U.S. 1952, Naval submarine LCDR Norman “Red” Stein (far right) with Doris Day Academy. He service was aboard the submarine Blackfin, where he was was fortunate much on his executive officer. enough to mind. land that, and he played sports there, However, he was required to first have a winning the boxing crown at 155 pounds year in surface ships. Assigned to an as a Plebe. He also played jayvee and amphibious landing ship, he headed for varsity football before suffering a knee the Pacific. injury that ended his football career. He especially remembers their serving At the Academy, he met Dusty as station ship in Hong Kong for 20 Dornin, a much-medaled hero days, their role being ready to evacuate submariner of WWII, who impressed U.S. citizens as might be needed. him by picturing life in submarines as He also recalls with affection knowing

the owner of Hong Kong Old Mary’s shop, where seamen from everywhere bought cloth for civilian suits that were tailored for them overnight. Then he got his wish for the submarine duty that was to occupy him for 19 years. Leaving from Key West, he started by patrolling the North Atlantic, where his sub was once hit by the most vicious storm he had ever seen. They had to surface to recharge the sub’s batteries, and he says, “The seas were so high that, on the surface, we couldn’t use the air intakes to get air to the engines. We had to use our snorkel, and were barely able to avoid its being awash. We lost all our communication antennas, all radar, and one periscope. When we submerged, we were still rolling 15 degrees even at a depth of 150 ft. That Atlantic duty was followed by two years as an instructor at the

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Submarine School at Groton, Conn. Then it was off to the Pacific Northwest, making patrols off Okinawa, Japan, and other islands. He remembers one time in 1963, however, when they returned to Long Beach and were picked to be the sub to appear in a Doris Day movie, “Move Over, Darling,” where Doris played the role of a wife whose passenger plane goes down in the Pacific and who is marooned on a Pacific Island for five years before being picked up by a submarine and returned to the U.S. And, surprisingly, that was not Stein’s only touch with Hollywood. Once, when his sub pulled into Okinawa, Mary Martin was touring with the entire cast of “Hello, Dolly.” It packed a huge field house. Stein and his crew enjoyed the show.

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Then he sent Mary a commanding officer of card inviting her and the a submarine has the whole cast to tour his right to visit honorary submarine, the Sea Fox. members of his crew at She sent a kind note, any time.” explaining why the Mary’s husband schedule wouldn’t permit then called Stein to say that, and Stein sent her a that tickets for him certificate making her an and his wife Lonnie Honorary Member of the would be waiting for Sea Fox crew. Mary later them at the box office. sent him an autographed They, of course, playbill cover for the attended. And after the show, writing on it, show, he and Lonnie “Hello, Red, from an were ushered backstage Photo courtesy of Jeremy Hess Photography Honorary Crew Member to visit with Mary. Red Stein today, in retirement, of the Sea Fox, Mary Stein says, “You can’t with his Husky, “Balti.” Martin.” believe how warm and Years later, when Mary was starring on cordial she was to us.” Stein spent his last Navy years at the Broadway with Robert Preston in “I Do! I Pentagon, where he was responsible for Do!” Stein sent her a note saying, “The

the administration of the Submarine Intelligence Program. He remembers once going to the White House to conduct a briefing for a Strategy Committee. How did that go? “Well,” he says, “I got to make Henry Kissinger laugh, so I guess it went OK.” Stein retired from the Navy as a captain in 1978 and spent 12 years working in his dad’s insurance business and “playing a lot of golf.” He and Lonnie then moved close to Annapolis and built a home there. In 2007, another Navy captain friend invited him and Lonnie to look at a retirement community in South-Central Pennsylvania. They came, found it suited them perfectly, and they’ve lived there with their Husky, Balti, ever since.

bowl two-thirds full of tepid water. It contained two goldfish, a plastic castle atop some Technicolor gravel, and two pieces of seaweed, waving at random as the fish swam in endless, dizzy ovals back and forth. Kindergarten closed up for a full week’s spring “vacation.” (Why a 5-year-old needs a vacation is beyond me and always has been … although it’s obvious why the teachers do.) But whether reasonable or not, our young student volunteered to take care of the fish while school was suspended. This required an immediate trip to an obscure pet store to get fish food. The child’s anxiety levels were contagious: If we didn’t get this done right now, the fish would surely starve to death. Crumbs from the breakfast toast would not do at all. It had to be what turned out to be, actually, a vitamin-reinforced fish food. At the price per ounce of opium. The fish, astonishingly, disappeared after two days. And for once, Kitty let Dog have full command of the food dish. There may have been a connection there,

member of the classroom expressed any regrets. Kids are pretty accepting, I guess. Or maybe each of them also had a cat at home.

Colonel Wilcox flew a B-17 bomber in Europe in World War II.

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Kitty had his own bowl, of course, filled with cat food. He wouldn’t touch the dog’s food. But neither would he allow the dog to do so. The solution was a second bowl for the dog. Thus began a sort of rotational dance—somewhat like the do-si-do in square dancing—between the two animals, which enable the dog to gulp down at least part of a meal at either end of the quadrille. Somehow, Dog learned to open doors by persistently pawing the general area of the doorknob. We thought she was still looking for her litter of puppies, each of whom had found a good home months before, and for which several neighbors had been frostily avoiding us ever since. But I think now that she was just practicing. When one of the bikes was stolen from the garage, I swear the animal opened the door for the thief—a revenge for the missing puppies, perhaps, or maybe for the presence of the cat. How else would the thief know the lock didn’t work? Besides Dog and Kitty, there was the

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but nobody brought it up, and we all professed to be as befuddled as the 5-yearold. The day before school resumed, we revisited the pet store and bought two more goldfish. I was willing to bet nobody would notice the difference. But dissemblance never had a chance: Our kindergarten custodian announced the switch first thing, and only one

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In Flanders Fields In Flanders Fields the poppies blow, Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky, The larks, sill bravely singing, fly, Scarce heard amid the guns below. We are the dead. Short days ago, We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved and were loved and now we lie, In Flanders Fields. Take up our quarrel with the foe To you, from failing hands, we throw, The torch, be yours to hold it high. If ye break faith with us, who die, We shall not sleep, though poppies grow, In Flanders Fields. —John McCrae

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Tinseltown Talks

A Conversation with Robert Osborne Nick Thomas ongtime Turner Classic Movies host Robert Osborne has interviewed just about every Hollywood star imaginable over the past 60 years—a dream job that any classicmovie fan would envy. Although he dabbled briefly in acting, including the 1962 pilot episode of The Beverly Hillbillies, he became a journalist for the Hollywood Reporter. After accepting an offer as temporary host for an entertainment segment on CBS in New York, he fell in love with the city and television and remained in both ever since. Osborne’s movie knowledge and relaxed interview style has made him the “rock star” of classic-film audiences. “I like to think they are more like conversations,” he said of his approach to interviewing, when we met recently. “I do my research before an interview and will have one or two questions to get started.

in dramas, the good Then I let it flow from guy would usually there. win.” “For example, when Good guys and I interviewed Peter villains, Osborne has O’Toole for a TCM known most. But was Film Festival, he really there someone he led the conversation desperately wanted to with his interesting interview but never stories and even talked did? about his time in the “I got to most of Navy, which he said them,” he answered. he had never spoken “But I’d love to have about before.” interviewed the Robert He’s also not Taylors and Tyrone surprised with the Robert Osborne Powers of the world. I continued popularity never met Greta Garbo and am actually of classic films. “The world seems so full of chaos these glad because I was afraid if I did, the illusion about her would have been lost.” days, and we’re constantly bombarded What about the most difficult with depressing news,” he said. “TCM has come to be an oasis for its viewers because interview? “That was Robert Mitchum,” he many of the movies are from an era where films left you with a positive feeling. Even answered without much hesitation. “We had him do a Private Screenings interview, and at lunchtime he was quite chatty—a great raconteur and talker. “But as soon as we went on camera, he’d clam up! I asked him, ‘When you first met Jane Russell, what was your impression of her?’ He said, ‘Don’t remember.’ I asked, ‘Which of your movies would be the best representative of your work?’ He answered, ‘You decide.’ He was deliberately being a scoundrel!” Send us your favorite smile—your children, Anyone who watches Osborne’s TCM grandchildren, friends, even your “smiling” film introductions has probably heard pet!—and it could be 50plus Senior News’ next him say a hundred times, “This is one of my favorite films …” But if stranded on a Smile of the Month! desert island with only one film to watch You can submit your photos (with captions) either digitally to mjoyce@onlinepub.com or by mail to:

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Books: A Great Lesson in History

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