Dauphin County Edition
November 2012
Vol. 14 No. 11
Bearing the Burden to Ease Burdens By Lori Van Ingen What has been called “the strangest sporting event” is just another way for Camp Hill resident Steve Jones to help ease the burdens of local families. Jones will be powerwalking with hundreds of pounds of weights to the top of Roundtop Mountain in Lewisberry on Nov. 3 to benefit a girl with leukemia. People who have come to watch his benefit powerwalks over the years often ask, “‘Where’s the hulk?’” Jones said. “They think it’s the spotter.” They are amazed to discover that it is a 5-foot, 9-inch, 200-pound, gray curly-haired man who will be carrying 700 pounds up a mountain, said Jones, who works as a security guard at Holy Spirit Hospital in Camp Hill. Although he bills his benefits as powerwalks, Jones really thinks of himself as an “endurance walker.” He walks with ever-increasing weights until he reaches his goal. “I walk with a squat stand (vertical posts with horizontal bar catchers on each side),” he said. The weights sit on the stand and his crew puts them on his bar. “Six or seven people lift the weight up to my shoulders. Two guys go in front of me so I don’t step in a hole because once you turn your leg (it’s all over),” Jones said. Someone also walks behind him to hold his back up because he leans backward with so much weight on him, he said. New weights are added after he walks as far as he can up the mountain, as much as 100 yards with the lowest weight of 340 pounds at the bottom of please see BURDEN page 22 Endurance walker Steve Jones will shoulder up to 700 pounds as he ascends Roundtop Mountain for the Nov. 3 charity benefit.
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My 22 Cents’ Worth
What We Owe Native Americans Walt Sonneville he United States owes much to the original Americans. This recognition need not be symbolized by erecting another monument or by creating an additional national holiday. Columbus Day has been a federal holiday since 1937, observed on the second Monday of October. In 1989 South Dakota began to celebrate Native American Day and Columbus Day together. It is unlikely the rest of the country soon will follow their example. California governor Ronald Reagan proposed in 1968 that the fourth Friday in September be observed as American Indian Day. Thirty years later the state assembly made Native American Day an official holiday. Combining Thanksgiving with Native American Day may be more appropriate than merging Native American Day and Columbus Day. Columbus’ arrival in the
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Bahamas subsequently brought to Native Americans diseases, broken treaties, and war. The joint observances of Columbus Day and Native American Day would seem antithetical. The arrival of Columbus led, however, to European colonists benefiting from a legacy of Native American agricultural practices, use of natural medicines, examples of governance, and much more. The cultivation of corn, squash, beans,
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Book Review
The Colonel is a Lady By Beverly Thompson
he Colonel is a Lady: Le Grande Dame of the Vietnam Women’s Memorial, a biography by Beverly Thompson, tells the story of Lt. Col. Evangeline “Jamie” Jamison, an Army nurse who served in three wars and was instrumental in the creation of the Vietnam Women’s Memorial in Washington, D.C. The book’s account covers every aspect of Jamie’s life, from her childhood on the farm in Iowa, where traits that would guide the rest of her life began to take shape, to her life today. In between, she served in three wars, joining the Army after the outbreak of
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World War II and serving as well during the Korean and Vietnam wars. During her career, she was responsible for saving the lives of countless soldiers through her remarkable selfsacrifice. “Jamie’s life represents the spirit that made America great,” says
Thompson. “Her compassion, strength, and willingness to do what’s right serve as an example to the rest of us of what we can achieve.” Readers will follow Jamie across continents and oceans as her career of service leads her around the world and also learn of her tenacity that led to the establishment of the Vietnam Women’s Memorial. Written to engage, educate, and entertain, the book is intended to appeal to all
patriotic Americans. The Colonel is a Lady: Le Grande Dame of the Vietnam Women’s Memorial includes a foreword by Ross Perot and is available for sale online at www.thecolonelisalady.com or Amazon.com. About the Author Author, illustrator, and artist Beverly Thompson has been a Navy wife for more than two decades. Thompson met Lt. Col. Jamison at a VFW flag-raising event and became determined to tell Jamison’s story. Born in New York, Thompson now lives in California.
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here are many hurdles in life and, for veterans, some of these hurdles seem insurmountable. The warzone has scorched traumatic memories in their psyches that may sit buried and unreachable. Fortunately, now there are innovative support groups that provide a cathartic relief through creativity. Combat Paper (http://www.printnj .org/combat-paper), a New Jersey nonprofit, is an extraordinary program that travels around the country to help veterans relieve their stress from the effects of war. It fully embraces a creative process in three stages. Starting with “deconstructing,” the veterans bring in their worn combat fatigues for shredding to begin the paper-making process; then, the shredded, small fabric pieces are pulverized to produce paper pulp, which begins the
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“reclamation” process—they get to reclaim their uniforms as paper. The third stage is “communication” because when the paper is dry, they can write poetry or draw images on it to communicate
their feelings and/or stories. As they go through this transformation process of their uniforms and, internally, themselves, each person is encouraged to talk and share their war experience with facilitators who also have military
backgrounds. For most of these veterans, it is the first time they have spoken about traumatic events from the combat zone. Since the workshops are closed sessions for veterans only, they feel safe to open up and process emotions and memories that have previously been untouched. This is a community of veterans helping other veterans to heal psychologically, emotionally, and physically through a creative journey of inner exploration. Drew Cameron, an Iraq war veteran and talented artist, co-founded Combat Paper in 2007 with his idea to “liberate the rag.” “The story of the fiber, the blood, sweat, and tears, the months of hardship and brutal violence are held within those old uniforms,” Cameron says. “The uniforms often become inhabitants of closets or boxes in the attic. Reshaping that association of subordination, of
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warfare and service, into something collective and beautiful is our inspiration.” With the success of Combat Paper, other organizations have formed to support veterans’ healing through art. Warrior Writers Project (www.warrior writers.org) is a Philadelphia-based nonprofit that is a “community of military veterans, service members, artists, allies, civilians, and healers dedicated to creativity and wellness.” There is emphasis on writing, although they also encourage other mediums such as painting and photography. To expand their reach, Warrior Writers also offers trainings, retreats, exhibitions, performances, and alternative healing practices that include massage and yoga. They have recently published their third anthology After Action Review, which showcases more than 100 veteran poems, creative writing, and art.
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themselves and other tribes. The council served as the league’s central authority with power not given to it reserved to the individual tribes. This is believed to have inspired a key provision in the U.S. Constitution, adopted in 1789. The Iroquois League was not the only Native American confederacy. In the southeast the Choctaw, Chickasaw, Cherokee, and Creek were members of a league that also dated to the 1500s. Joined later by the Seminoles, they became known to colonists as “the Five Civilized Tribes.” These tribes sought to deal with the United States as equals, but failed when President Andrew Jackson in 1830 signed the Indian Removal Act, exiling them to western territories. Indian trails often became roads for settlers. Indian villages near key waterways and trails became large cities. Among them are Chicago, Detroit, St. Louis, and Pittsburgh. The names of 20 states, located from Massachusetts to Arizona, are of Indian derivation as are names of many cities, counties, rivers, and lakes. Thanksgiving would be a vastly preferred holiday to combine with a Native American Day. In his report following his voyage to the Bahamas in 1492, Columbus acknowledged his gratitude when he wrote: “The people of this island are generous with what they have, to such a degree as no one would believe, but he who had seen it.” Likewise, the English who established the ill-fated colony at Jamestown, Va., in 1607 depended on help from the native www.50plusSeniorNewsPA.com
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Silver Threads
From SEA to ? W.E. Reinka our trip plans may take you from sea to shining sea but, so far as the airlines are concerned, the only SEA you’ll see is Seattle-Tacoma Airport. IATA stands for International Air Transport Association, and it assigns a three-letter identifier code to every commercial airport in the world. You’re familiar with its codes from baggage tags. (By the way, IATA is pronounced “Eyeah-ta.”) It’s no mystery how IATA came up with BOS for Boston, STL for St. Louis or OAK for Oakland. But perhaps you’re wondering how it ever assigned MCI to Kansas City, IAD to Washington Dulles, or EWR to Newark? Turns out, there was method to the madness. Take Newark. When they started assigning IATA codes, certain prefixes were set aside. The Navy grabbed the “N” prefixes. Navy pilots train at NPA (Navy Pensacola), for instance. Take away the “N” from Newark and EWR makes sense. Nacogdoches, TX? OCH. Likewise, prefixes beginning with W or K are generally not used for USA airports lest they be confused with radio station call letters. (Among the exceptions: WYS West Yellowstone, Mont.; WBW Wilkes-Barre, Pa.; KLS Kelso-Longview, Wash.) Where does that leave our nation’s capital and its three airports with WAS unavailable? Just up the road from Washington sits BWI—Baltimore Washington International. OK, that’s easy enough. But why is Ronald Reagan airport (the old “National”) DCA? Don’t make it harder than it is. Try District of Columbia Airport. That leaves IAD for Dulles. Dulles was going to be DIA (Dulles International Airport) but that was too easily confused with nearby DCA, especially when harried airline employees with bad handwriting were scribbling chalk letters on baggage carts. Stick the
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D at the end and International Airport Dulles doesn’t seem so crazy. Long before the Wright brothers defied gravity, the National Weather Service dotted stations around the country with two-letter city codes. Later, IATA adopted some of those by simply adding an X. That’s why we might fly from Portland, Ore. (PDX), to Los Angeles (LAX). Speaking of the Wright brothers, that sandy Kitty Hawk, N.C., strip is designated FFA for First Flight Airport. Some airports take the initials of their namesakes—JFK for New York’s Kennedy Airport or CDG for Charles De Gaulle Airport in Paris. PHF still applies to Newport News/Williamsburg International from its days as Patrick Henry Field. JFK Airport is a rarity in that it changed IATA codes from IDL when it changed its name from Idlewild. Usually once a code is assigned, it stays assigned. So if you hop on board a flight to Indianola, Miss., and you have a really old pilot, you might want to make sure he doesn’t head for New York, seeing how Indianola took over Idlewild’s discarded IDL. An IATA code that starts with Y probably means you’re bound north because the designators for literally hundreds of Canadian airports begin with Y. Detroit’s old Willow Run airport with YIP, a nod to nearby Ypsilanti, Mich., is one of just five U.S. exceptions to “Y means Canada.” Henry Ford’s mile-long Willow Run assembly line turned out a B-24 every 63
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seconds by the end of World War II, but when commercial jet travel took off, Willow Run gave way to Detroit Metro (DTW). Why the W? Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport. Who wants to be FAT? It’s not so bad for Fresno Air Terminal. How do they get CMH out of Columbus? From Columbus Municipal Hangar. Puzzled on CVG being Cincinnati? You’ll understand when I explain that Cincinnati’s airport actually sits across the Ohio River in Covington, Ky. Here’s a stumper. Out of all the “San” and “Santa” cities in California, which airport carries the SAN code? Try San Diego. File MCI for Kansas City under “too late now.” Because of the initial letter K
restrictions, the original Kansas City airport was MKC (Missouri Kansas City). When they started planning a big new airport, someone decided that MidContinent International sounded pretty darned fancy and got the MCI designation. Before the airport opened, local politicians decided to change the name to Kansas City International Airport so that travelers would recognize their fair city. Meantime, it was too late to change the MCI code. OK, I’ve kept you in suspense long enough. You’re wondering about ORD for Chicago O’Hare, aren’t you? Midway (MDW), its cross-town rival, was bursting at the seams as the world’s busiest airport in the early days of jet travel. Officials decided to build a huge new airport out northwest of town where there was a tiny airstrip that had been renamed for heroic Navy pilot Lt. Cmdr. Butch O’Hare. As MCI will vouch, once you get an IATA code it’s almost impossible to change it. What was the name of the little strip before they changed it to O’Hare? Orchard Field—ORD.
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Social Security News
The Hunt is Afoot for Medicare Part D By John Johnston Hunting season is open. But rather than hunting for game, may we recommend setting your sights for the Part D Medicare prescription drug plan that’s best for you? If you currently are enrolled in Medicare and are considering changes to your Medicare Part D plan, act now. The “open season” runs from Oct. 15 to Dec. 7. The Medicare Part D prescription drug program is available to all Medicare beneficiaries to help with the cost of medications. Joining a Medicare prescription drug plan is voluntary, and participants pay an additional monthly premium for the coverage. While all Medicare beneficiaries can participate in the prescription drug program, some people with limited income and resources also are eligible for Extra Help to pay for monthly premiums, annual deductibles, and prescription co-payments. Extra Help is
estimated to be worth about $4,000 per year. Many people qualify for these big savings and don’t even know it. To figure out whether you are eligible for Extra Help, Social Security needs to know your income and the value of any savings, investments, and real estate (other than the home you live in). To qualify, you must be receiving Medicare and have: 1. Income limited to $16,755 for an individual or $22,695 for a married couple living together. Even if your annual income is higher, you still may be able to get some help with monthly premiums, annual deductibles, and prescription co-payments.
Some examples where your income may be higher include if you or your spouse: • Support other family members who live with you • Have earnings from work • Live in Alaska or Hawaii 2. Resources limited to $13,070 for an individual or $26,120 for a married couple living together. Resources include such things as bank accounts, stocks, and bonds. We do not count your house or car as resources. You can complete an easy-to-use online application for Extra Help at www.socialsecurity.gov. Click on Medicare
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Nov. 3 and 10, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. – Mohler Senior Center, 25 Hope Drive, Hershey, (717) 533-2002 Nov. 7 and 8, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. – West Hanover Rec. Center, 628 Walnut St., Harrisburg, (717) 540-6076 Nov. 13, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. – Susquehanna Township Parks & Recreation Building, 1900 Linglestown Road, Harrisburg, (717) 909-9228
Edgemont Senior Center – (717) 236-2221 Friendship Senior Center – (717) 657-1547 Heinz-Menaker Senior Center – (717) 238-7860
Dauphin County Department of Parks and Recreation Nov. 4, 8 to 10 a.m. – Autumn Bird Walk, Wildwood Park Nov. 10, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. – Volunteer Work Day, Wildwood Park
Highspire Area Senior Center – (717) 939-4580 Hoy/Latsha Senior Center – (717) 939-9833
Weekends, Nov. 24 to Dec. 16, 12:30 to 4:30 p.m. – Festival of Trees, Fort Hunter Tavern House Hummelstown Senior Center – (717) 566-6855
Dauphin County Library Programs
Jewish Community Center – (717) 236-9555
East Shore Area Library, 4501 Ethel St., Harrisburg, (717) 652-9380 Elizabethville Area Library, 80 N. Market St., Elizabethville, (717) 362-9825 Nov. 29, 1 to 2 p.m., 6 to 7 p.m. – Monthly Book Drop-Off Nov. 29, 6 p.m. – Friends of Elizabethville Area Library Meeting
Lick Towers Senior Center – (717) 233-0388 Lykens Senior Center – (717) 453-7985
Harrisburg Downtown Library, 101 Walnut St., Harrisburg, (717) 234-4976
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Johnson Memorial Library, 799 E. Center St., Millersburg, (717) 692-2658
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Kline Branch, 530 S. 29th St., Harrisburg, (717) 234-3934 Madeline L. Olewine Memorial Library, 2410 N. Third St., Harrisburg, (717) 232-7286
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Northern Dauphin Library, 683 Main St., Lykens, (717) 453-9315 William H. & Marion C. Alexander Family Library, 200 W. Second St., Hummelstown, (717) 566-0949 Nov. 13, 6:30 p.m. – Novel Thoughts Book Club Nov. 20, 1 p.m. – Novel Thoughts, Too! Book Club
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Free and open to the public. Nov. 12, 6 p.m. Dementia Caregiver Series: When is it Time for a Memory Support Program? Country Meadows of Hershey 451 Sand Hill Road, Hershey (717) 533-1880 Nov. 15, 1:30 p.m. Hershey Area AARP Meeting Spring Creek Church of the Brethren 335 E. Areba Ave., Hershey (717) 832-3282 Nov. 17, 10 a.m. Teamster 776 Retirees Monthly Meeting Union Hall 2552 Jefferson St., Harrisburg (717) 233-8766
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Stay Safe this Hunting Season Hunting season is underway, and both beginners and old pros are gearing up for adventure. But even the most seasoned hunters don’t know everything about their sport. Hunting can be dangerous, and experts warn that there is such a thing as getting too comfortable with firearms. “Everyone needs instruction,” says David E. Petzal, co-host of the Outdoor Channel show The Gun Nuts and coauthor of the new book, The Total Gun Manual: 335 Essential Shooting Skills. “Admitting what you don’t know is actually one of the most crucial steps toward becoming an expert shooter and a safer hunter.” With that in mind, Petzal and coauthor Phil Bourjaily are providing crucial safety tips to anyone planning to go hunting this season: • Every time you see a gun, pick one up, or point it, assume that it’s loaded and treat it accordingly. • Make sure your safety is always on and that the barrel is pointing down when you are walking or transporting your gun. When hunting with dogs, be sure the muzzle is level with the ground at the very least and preferably angled up in the air. • Never shoot at a sound or movement. Be absolutely sure that you’re shooting at an animal and that no people are anywhere near your target. • Wear at least the required amount of orange so you don’t become another hunter’s target. • Make sure all animals are dead before strapping them onto your vehicle.
• Wait until your kids are old enough to understand and follow rules before bringing them hunting. • Never climb a tree or over a fence with a loaded gun. • Keep your finger off the trigger until you’re ready to shoot. • Save those beers until the end of the day; it’s just plain common sense. • Look well beyond your target before you shoot. High-powered ammunition can travel up to 3 miles and still be deadly. • Hunt with a trusted buddy. If you’re alone, make sure that someone knows where you will be and when to expect you back. If you’re hunting with an unsafe shooter, you don’t need an excuse to leave. • If using a tree stand to hunt, don’t forget to wear a safety belt. • Be sure all your equipment is working properly and you know how to operate it before hunting.
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Alzheimer’s Caregiving: Tips to Prevent Wandering Every day can bring a new change or challenge for caregivers of people with Alzheimer’s disease. Many people with Alzheimer’s disease wander away from their home or caregiver. Caregivers need to know how to limit wandering and prevent the person from becoming lost.
• Place labels in garments to aid in identification.
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• Keep an article of the person’s worn, unwashed clothing in a plastic bag to aid in finding him or her with the use of dogs.
First Steps Try to follow these steps before the person with Alzheimer’s disease wanders: • Make sure the person carries some kind of ID or wears a medical bracelet. If the person gets lost and can’t communicate clearly, an ID will let others know about his or her illness. It also shows where the person lives. • Consider enrolling the person in the MedicAlert® + Alzheimer’s Association Safe Return® Program (see www.alz.org or call (888) 572-8566 to find the program in your area).
• Keep a recent photograph or video recording of the person to help police if he or she becomes lost.
• Let neighbors and the local police know that the person with Alzheimer’s tends to wander. Ask them to alert you immediately if the person is seen alone and on the move.
Tips to Prevent Wandering Here are some tips to help prevent the person with Alzheimer’s from wandering away from home:
• Keep doors locked. Consider a keyed deadbolt, or add another lock placed up high or down low on the door. If the person can open a lock, you may need to get a new latch or lock.*
• Use loosely fitting doorknob covers so that the cover turns instead of the actual knob.*
door by placing small scenic posters on the door; placing removable gates, curtains, or brightly colored streamers across the door; or wallpapering the door to match any adjoining walls. • Install safety devices found in hardware stores to limit how much windows can be opened. • Install an “announcing system” that chimes when the door opens. • Secure the yard with fencing and a locked gate. • Keep shoes, keys, suitcases, coats, hats, and other signs of departure out of sight. • Do not leave a person with Alzheimer’s who has a history of wandering unattended. *Due to the potential hazard they could cause if an emergency exit is needed, locked doors and doorknob covers should be used only when a caregiver is present.
• Place STOP, DO NOT ENTER, or CLOSED signs on doors. • Divert the attention of the person with Alzheimer’s disease away from using the
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them to stay off newly seeded areas, thus giving the new grass a chance. In her writings, Jekyll suggested that children begin their gardening experience by helping their parents tend to existing plantings. Later, they should be given a spot of their own in which to create a small garden. She advised her readers not to put the children’s garden in a marginal area or back corner but to give them a prime location where they can take pride in showing off their accomplishments. Jekyll also firmly stated that “children should be provided with proper tools.” In her day, acceptable implements had to be custommade by clever country blacksmiths. Today, childsized tools, including trowels, spades, rakes, hoes, blunt weeding tools, small wheelbarrows, and baskets for weeding and harvesting, are available through mail-order catalogs or many garden centers. Of course, fall with its apple picking, pumpkin carving, and many outdoor activities is only the beginning of gardening as a family. Come spring, when you are enjoying your new lawn or spring-flowering bulbs, take time to involve your children in planning and planting the flower and vegetable garden. Gertrude Jekyll, thinking back to her own youth, wrote that she thought at that time there were “only two types of people in the world—children and grown-ups—and that the world really belonged to children. And I think it is because I have been more or less a gardener all my life that I still feel like a child in many ways.” Dr. Leonard P. Perry is an extension professor at the University of Vermont.
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He Saw the Marines Raise the Flag on Iwo Jima Alvin S. Goodman ene Alexander, 88, of Hummelstown, served in both the Merchant Marine and the U.S. Navy during World War II. Alexander originally lived in New Jersey, but he and his father moved to New York in 1938 when his mother was hospitalized. She died two years later. After graduating from high school with top honors in math and physics, Alexander enrolled at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, Kings Point, N.Y., in the summer of 1942. Alexander spent two months at the academy and was assigned to the SS Cotton Mather as a cadet midshipman. He boarded the ship at Baltimore. “About a month later, we were on our way to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.” From there, Alexander’s ship went through the Panama Canal into the Pacific.
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behind us and, for a while, we were reported missing.” Returning to the academy for 18 months of intense training, Alexander graduated in May 1944 and was commissioned an Ensign in the U.S. Navy. After a month at the navy yard, he was assigned to the USS Mifflin and was sent to the West Coast. He received more training on Treasure Island in San Francisco Bay. After a month getting the ship ready for sea, it was off to Honolulu and the Marianas. “A few weeks later we were loaded with Marines.” The Mifflin was an attack transport used to launch landing boats and take troops ashore in an invasion. Soon they left in a convoy. “I was an engineer and ran the engines, so I had no idea where we were going. A week later we found that we
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were invading Iwo Jima after having bombarded the island for several days. I watched as they raised the flag on Mount Suribachi. We took a few mortar shells, but I don’t believe the ship was ever in danger. “We were a hospital ship leaving and our hospital section was full, over 60 beds. Doctors were operating constantly.” Alexander’s ship returned to the States after leaving the remaining troops in the Marianas. After a few weeks, they picked up more troops and headed back to Honolulu, before joining a convoy to the Marianas. “Now we got ready to invade Okinawa.”
The main invasion was on the west side of the island. “I don’t think this is common knowledge, but we made a fake invasion on the east side of the island to pull Japanese troops away from the main invasion. “We didn’t land any troops but sent the landing boats loaded with troops toward the shore and then back to the ships. While we were there, kamikaze pilots came after us. Our gun crews shot one down and it missed us by about 30 feet. We got word that the Japanese fleet was coming after us, so our convoy headed south. “For once I was glad that we headed
into a really bad storm. The Japanese fleet decided not to follow us. We continued to the Philippines, unloaded the troops, and headed back to the States. Somewhere around this time I was promoted to lieutenant, JG.” After picking up more troops, Alexander’s ship steamed west to invade Japan. On the way, news came about the dropping of the two atomic bombs and the Japanese surrender. “To say the least, we were relieved. Later I heard the Japanese invasion would have resulted in a half million U.S. casualties. We continued on to Japan and unloaded the troops to occupy the country.”
Then it was back to the U.S. “After a few weeks, we sailed up the river to Stockton, Calif., to dock the ships and put them in mothballs. I was put in charge of mothballing the engine rooms of both the USS Mifflin and the USS Talladega.” Alexander returned to the East Coast and was discharged from the Navy in September 1946. To be continued next month … If you are a mature veteran and have interesting or unusual experiences in your military or civilian life, phone Al Goodman at (717) 541-9889 or email him at klezmer630@comcast.net.
You May Be Diabetic – and Not Even Know It Diabetes is widespread in the United States, and the epidemic is complicated by the fact that many people suffering from the more common form, type 2 diabetes (also referred to as “adult onset diabetes”), may not be aware of it. Diabetes is a disease that interferes with your body’s ability to process glucose, which is needed to produce a healthy amount of energy. Either your pancreas doesn’t produce sufficient
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insulin to break down the glucose in the food you eat, or your cells are unable to process it. Because the symptoms can develop slowly and are easy to ignore for a long time, be on the lookout for these clues: • Increased thirst
November is American Diabetes Month
• Excessive hunger
• Slow-healing cuts or sores
• More frequent urination
• Patches of dark skin
• Unexplained weight loss
• Tingling or numbness in the hands and feet
• Fatigue
If you’re experiencing these symptoms, your best bet is to see a doctor and get your glucose level measured right away. Most forms of diabetes can be treated through medication and lifestyle changes.
• Increased irritability • Blurry vision • Frequent infections
• Itchy skin
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The Search for Our Ancestry
Collateral Lines and Distant Relatives Angelo Coniglio ach genealogy researcher has his or her own reasons for wanting to find information about his family. The Roman orator and consul Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 BC – 43 BC) put it
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For many, the search is important only as it pertains to family members known by the researcher—father, mother, grandparents, and so on—and they show little interest in earlier generations, feeling no firsthand connection with them. Others are very interested only in their paternal line, the one that carries their own familiar surname. Still others search for both paternal and maternal lines but restrict their research to direct ancestors. I believe these approaches reduce the rewards genealogy can bring, and whether I am doing research on my own family or on families of others, I like to include “collateral lines.” These are lines or branches of a family tree that spread “sideways” rather than back in time. Your grandfather’s brother’s family and descendants are in a line that is “collateral” with yours, as are the families and descendants of the siblings of any of your direct ancestors. But even for those who want to know only about their direct ancestors, a little time spent on researching collateral lines may help you find valuable information about your direct line. Here’s an example. Say your great-grandfather was Joseph Baker, and his only child was your grandfather Sam Baker. You know he’s from a country (Ireland, Sicily, Greece, etc.) in which a man named his first son after his father, so you can reasonably assume that your great-great-grandfather’s name was also Sam Baker. But you don’t know Joseph’s father’s birth year or Joseph’s mother’s name. You do know that Joseph had a sister Rose, who married Peter Potter. You try multiple sources from the hometown of your great-grandfather and his sister, but the birth records are missing for the years in which they were born. If you insist on following only your direct line, you seem to have hit a “brick wall.” But if you’re flexible enough to bend your research to include your greatgrandfather’s sister Rose, you find that she had two boys and two girls, her second boy named Sam and her second girl named Mary. It’s reasonable to think that she followed a naming convention, and her parents (who were also your great-grandfather’s parents) were named Sam and Mary. Further investigation of Rose’s history
yields a record of her marriage to Peter Potter, and that record states her father’s name as Sam Baker, deceased, and her mother’s as Mary Miller, still living at the time of the marriage. You now know the names of Rose (and Joseph) Baker’s parents and whether they were alive or dead in the year of Rose’s marriage. You’ve cracked the “brick wall” and may now to be able to find records for your great-great-grandparents Sam Baker and Mary Miller. Following through with this collateral line, Rose Baker and Peter Potter’s children are your grandfather’s cousins, making them your first cousins, twice removed. Their children are your second cousins once removed, and their children are your third cousins! You would know about none of these blood relatives if you did not research a collateral line. I’ve had several personal experiences involving collateral lines. In one case, I helped a friend who was mainly interested in the relatives he personally remembered. I convinced him to trace back a little further, and we found that he had a great-great-grandmother named Luigia Coniglio. I had never heard of her, but when we traced her line (a collateral line, to my family), we found that she was a descendant of my fourth-greatgrandfather, and that my “friend” is actually my fifth cousin! Another advantage of tracing collateral lines is not only that it may, as in the case above, reveal distant living relatives. Those relatives may also have done research on their ancestors, who turn out to be your ancestors, and thereby may be able to give you information about your direct line that you did not previously have. This latter reason is why I post my family tree on sites such as Ancestry.com and RootsWeb (www.rootsweb.com): a distant relative may recognize a name in the tree and contact me with new information. Angelo Coniglio encourages readers to contact him by writing to 438 Maynard Drive, Amherst, N.Y. 14226; by email at Genealogytips@aol.com; or by visiting www.conigliofamily.com/ConiglioGenealogy Tips.htm. His new historical fiction novel, The Lady of the Wheel, is available through Amazon.com.
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From Flu to Whooping Cough: Adults Need Vaccines Too Flu/influenza. The Centers for percent of adults with whooping cough Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) are hospitalized or have complications, recommends that all adults receive the including pneumonia and death. influenza vaccine each year. Despite the Protect yourself against this dangerous wide accessibility of the shot, which is disease, as well as diphtheria and tetanus, often administered by getting the Tdap in workplaces and vaccination. Follow retailers, only 39 up with booster Be proactive and ask percent of adults tetanus (Td) shots received the vaccine every 10 years. your physician at your in the 2011-2012 Tdap next appointment flu season. vaccination is This season, be recommended for what shots you are sure to protect nearly all adults, due to receive. yourself against the including persons flu. The vaccine is 65 years and older, especially important but is especially for seniors and those with chronic important for pregnant women, adults conditions for whom the flu can be life who are in contact with infants, and threatening. healthcare professionals. If you are not Just be aware that not all forms of the sure if you’re due, check with your vaccine are recommended for everyone. doctor about getting vaccinated. If you have an immune system disorder, talk with your physician. Measles, mumps, and rubella. If you never had these diseases as a child, or Tetanus, diphtheria, and whooping were not immunized against them, talk cough. According to the CDC, 5 with your internist. These diseases,
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While most people are aware of the need to vaccinate children, immunizations for adults are just as important. But unfortunately, adult immunization rates are well below government goals. According to the American College of Physicians, 40,000 to 50,000 adults die from vaccine-preventable diseases each year in the U.S. Knowing what vaccines to get and when to get them can be tricky, especially if you have a complicated medical history. “By talking to your internist, you can assess your vaccination status and find out what steps you need to take to stay healthy,” says David L. Bronson, MD, FACP, president, American College of Physicians, a national organization of internal medicine physicians. Don’t wait until it’s too late. Be proactive and ask your physician at your next appointment what shots you are due to receive. Here are some recommended immunizations to discuss:
which can have serious complications for adults, are highly contagious and can be caught just by talking with an infected person. One series of two shots protects you. Pneumococcal. Infections of the lungs, blood, or brain caused by this bacteria lead to 22,000 deaths each year in the U.S. A single shot protects against them. If you have chronic health conditions or you’re over 65 and your pneumococcal vaccination was more than five years ago, ask your internist if you need a booster. More information on adult immunizations can be found at www.acponline.org. So much of your health is based on chance. Keeping up with adult vaccinations is one way you can take control of your health and safety. If you can’t remember the last time you were immunized, talk to your doctor about getting back on track. (StatePoint)
Don’t Overdo It with Vitamin Supplements “Take your vitamins,” Mom always said, and though mother knows best, doctors also know a few things about what your body needs. Their research indicates that too much of a good thing can have negative effects on your health. Check with your physician if you take any of these common vitamin supplements.
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Vitamin C. In its natural form, vitamin C has been shown to boost immune functions, but despite its
popularity, no evidence firmly links it to prevention of such diseases as the common cold. It’s important to the growth and repair of bodily tissues, and it contains antioxidants that may help fight cancer. Because it’s water-soluble, your body will eliminate any excess vitamin C it doesn’t need, but too much of it can cause stomach cramps, nausea, heartburn, and diarrhea, and excessive doses may produce kidney stones. Vitamin E. This essential nutrient is
frequently recommended because of its antioxidant qualities, but except in very rare cases of vitamin E deficiency, evidence of any clear medical benefits of a supplementary dose is slim. In one study of the effect of this vitamin fighting prostate cancer, results showed a 17 percent increase in the rate of cancer among subjects taking higher doses. Your best bet is to focus on naturally occurring sources of vitamin E in cereals, fruits, and green, leafy vegetables such as spinach, meat, and nuts.
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Vitamin A. In the proper amounts, vitamin A is essential to reproductive health, good bones, and immune functions, and can be beneficial to
people suffering from such conditions as celiac disease, pancreatic disorders, and Crohn’s disease. Vitamin A deficiencies usually caused by malnutrition can lead to problems in vision, skin disorders, infections like measles, and other health issues. But such deficiencies are rare in the U.S. and other developed countries, so there’s no need to overdo it.
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Bringing Addison’s Disease Into the Open Addison’s disease is a rare affliction, one that strikes only one in about 100,000 people. President John F. Kennedy suffered from it for most of his life, and he took steps to hide it from the public, but for most people secrecy is unnecessary. With the right treatment, people with Addison’s can live long, full lives. Dr. Thomas Addison was the British physician who first documented the condition in 1849; it’s a chronic disorder of the endocrine system that prevents the patient’s adrenal glands (located just above the kidneys) from producing important hormones, including those needed to maintain appropriate blood sugar levels, decrease immune system response, and respond to stress, among other functions. The symptoms are easy to mistake for simple fatigue, but keep an eye open for these: • Muscle weakness or pain
Lightheadedness Decreased appetite Weight loss Increased tanning or darkening of the skin • Salt cravings • Nausea • Diarrhea • Personality changes (irritability, depression) These symptoms can sometimes combine and spiral into an acute condition known as Addison’s crisis, requiring prompt emergency medical care. In most cases, however, patients are treated by replacing missing hormones with medication such as hydrocortisone or prednisone tablets. People with Addison’s are often advised to carry information on them (such as a MedicAlert bracelet) to alert medical services personnel in an emergency.
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The Best Foods for Older Diabetics Jim Miller Dear Savvy Senior, My 62-year-old husband was just diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. As the cook in the family, I’m interested in finding out the best diabetic foods that he should now be eating, and where I can put my hands on some good diabetic cookbooks.What can you tell me? – Diabetic Caretaker Dear Caretaker, Eating healthy is important for everyone, but it’s even more important for the nearly 26 million Americans who have diabetes—half of whom are over the age of 60. Here’s what you and your husband should know. Diabetic Super Foods A healthy diet, coupled with regular exercise and medication (if needed), are the keys to keeping your husband’s blood sugar under control. To help meet your husband’s new dietary needs, the American Diabetes Association (ADA) offers a list of the top 10 super foods for type 1 and type 2 diabetics. These are foods that contain nutrients that are vitally important to people with diabetes, such as calcium, potassium, magnesium, and vitamins A, C, and E. They’re also high in fiber, which will help your husband feel full longer and keep his glycemic index low so his blood sugar won’t spike.
And, they’ll help keep his blood pressure and cholesterol in check, which are also critical for diabetics. Here’s what they recommend he eat plenty of. Beans: Kidney, pinto, navy, black, and other types of beans are rich in nutrients and high in soluble fiber, which will keep his blood sugar steady and can help lower his cholesterol. Darkgreen, leafy vegetables: Spinach, collard greens, mustard greens, kale, and other dark-green, leafy veggies are nutrient dense and low in calories and carbohydrates. Your husband can’t eat too much of these.
Sweet potatoes: High in vitamin A and fiber and low on the glycemic index, sweet potatoes won’t raise your husband’s blood sugar at the same level as a regular potato.
Whole grains: Pearled barley, oatmeal, breads, and other whole-grain foods are high in fiber and contain nutrients such as magnesium, chromium, folate, and omega-3 fatty acids.
Berries: Whole, unsweetened blueberries, strawberries, and other berries are full of antioxidants, vitamins, and fiber. Choose fresh or frozen berries for salads, smoothies, or cereal.
Nuts: An ounce of nuts can go a long way in providing your husband important “healthy fats” along with hunger management. They also contain a nice dose of magnesium and fiber, but don’t overdo it. Nuts are high in calories, so a small handful each day is enough.
Tomatoes: Raw or cooked, this low-calorie super food offers vital nutrients like vitamin C, iron, and vitamin E. Serve sliced, steamed, broiled, or stewed, as a side dish, in salads, soups, casseroles, or other dishes.
Citrus fruits: Grapefruit, oranges, and other citrus fruits are rich in vitamin C, which helps heart health. Stick to whole fruits instead of juice. Fiber in whole fruits slows sugar absorption so your husband will get the citrus-fruit nutrients without sending his blood sugar soaring.
Fish with omega-3 fatty acids: Salmon, mackerel, herring, lake trout, sardines, and albacore tuna are high in omega-3 fatty acids that help both heart health and diabetes. But stay away from the breaded and deep-fried variety.
Fat-free milk and yogurt: These dairy foods provide the calcium and vitamin D your husband needs, and they’ll also help curb cravings and between-meal snacks. More Information For additional information on healthy food choices for diabetics, including hundreds of free recipes, visit the ADA website at www.diabetes.org and click on “Food & Fitness,” or call (800) 342-2383 (press option No. 4) and ask them to mail you a copy of their free booklet, What Can I Eat? The ADA also offers a wide variety of diabetic cookbooks that you can purchase through their online store at www.shopdiabetes.org or (800) 232-6455. 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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Chronic Cough or Cold Could Be COPD You may have heard the term COPD before—either in a radio or television commercial. COPD, short for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, is a serious lung disease that, over time, makes it hard to breathe. Also known as emphysema or chronic bronchitis, it is the third leading cause of death in the United States, but as many as 12 million Americans don’t even know they have it. Unfortunately, symptoms are often shrugged off as a normal part of getting older or a consequence of being out of shape. And during cold and flu season, COPD symptoms can also be mistaken for that cold or cough that just won’t go away. But COPD can be a dangerous health hazard. If left untreated, it can have debilitating effects on everyday activities. Affecting one in five adults in the U.S. over the age of 45 and an estimated 24 million Americans, as many as half remain undiagnosed. In people who have COPD, the airway tubes that carry air in and out of your lungs are partially blocked, making it hard to breathe. The disease develops slowly and usually worsens over time. So don’t ignore the first signs of COPD, which include a chronic cough, hacking, wheezing, and shortness of breath. COPD occurs most often in people age 40 and over with a history of smoking, affecting both current and
former smokers. However, as many as one out of six people with COPD have never smoked. Other risk factors include long-term exposure to secondhand smoke, certain chemicals, and dust or fumes in the workplace. In some people, COPD can be caused by a genetic condition known as alpha-1 antitrypsin, or AAT, deficiency. “While there is no cure for COPD, early diagnosis and treatment can help people with the disease improve their symptoms and get back to the things they love doing,” said James P. Kiley, Ph.D., director of the Division of Lung Diseases at the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, part of the National Institutes of Health. “As we head into the colder months, take the first step to breathing better. Learn more about COPD and schedule an appointment to talk with your doctor or healthcare provider about your lungs.” COPD can usually be diagnosed by a doctor or healthcare provider during a regular office visit with a simple, noninvasive breathing test called spirometry. If you or a loved one experiences any of the symptoms of COPD, take some time to learn more about it. Visit http://COPD.nhlbi.nih.gov for more information. With proper diagnosis and treatment, people with COPD can live longer and improve their quality of life. (StatePoint)
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November Bare limbs that whistle when the cold wind blows; No leaves that whisper when the soft air flows. No singing birds to delight the ear; Only the crow with raucous call so drear. The pale blue sky has lost its luster, The air feels cold and filled with bluster. The dawn comes late spilling frost in the morn, Brown grass in the yards looks weatherworn, No flowers bloom now, the garden lies bare, Brown leaves on the ground everywhere. Though it may be the month some folks like least, It comes to an end with a marvelous feast. People happily travel far and wide To give thanks with their families by their side. Written and submitted by John McGrath
Mint. The scent of mint can disrupt ants’ sense of smell. Plant mint outside, especially near doors and windows, and place a few mint leaves in and around your windows.
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Blood Pressure Out of Control for Too Many Americans The majority of people with high blood pressure are being treated with medicine and have seen a doctor at least twice in the past year, yet their condition is still not under control, according to a new Vital Signs report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Millions more are either aware they have high blood pressure but aren’t getting treated with medicine or don’t even know they have it, the report says. Nearly one in three American adults (67 million) has high blood pressure, and more than half (36 million) don’t have it under control, according to the report.
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blood pressure greater than or equal to 140/90 mm Hg. High blood pressure’s direct healthcare cost is almost $131 billion annually. Key facts in the Vital Signs report about those affected:
• 16 million take medicine, but still don’t
Pharmacists, nurses, dietitians, and community health workers can support doctors in identifying and treating patients with high blood pressure. This team-based approach is a way to provide patient support and follow-up care, manage medicines, and help patients stick to a blood pressure control plan. In addition, patients should be counseled to make important lifestyle changes that affect blood pressure, including eating a healthy, low-sodium diet; exercising; maintaining a healthy weight; and not smoking.
Reservoir by the power lines. “It’s really rough on the rocks,” he said. Later, he switched to Ski Roundtop, going up the Minute Man slope where the chair lifts and lodge are located. In order to get ready for his yearly powerwalk benefits, Jones trains for five months: four days a week for two to three hours. Jones trains so hard because when the
weights are set on his neck, it can dislocate his shoulder. “I build calluses on my back and shoulders so I can handle that,” he said. Jones also noted that he does not and has never taken steroids. He is able to do his powerwalks only because of the intense workouts he does, he said. Once the powerwalk is done for the year, Jones puts the equipment away for a while and instead works out on the machines at his gym. “I do a lot of walking. You have to stay in shape to go up a mountain,” he said. Jones began his powerwalking journey at the age of 26 to build up his “bird legs,” he said. He would walk up 186 steps to his garage with the bar and plates behind his head, and when he was done, he would get some ice cream from the ice cream factory at the bottom of the steps. He also has practiced at the Mulberry Street bridge, crossing at Cameron Street in Harrisburg. “There’s an incline up to the bridge,” he said, “which is like Ski Roundtop.” But he really likes to practice out in a field where nobody is around. He now practices at a 1-acre lot close to his home, which has an empty trailer where he is allowed to keep his equipment. “I’m always pumped up to practice. I can’t wait to do it. It’s in my blood. The older I get, the more I want to do it. I’ll know when it’s over when I don’t want to practice,” Jones said. The idea of a benefit powerwalk began in 1978 when Jones was working as a bartender. Someone suggested he walk up the split in the mountain with his 160-pound weights to raise money for the Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon. “It was 90 degrees that day,” he recalled.
The following year, he wanted to do something for the little kids. “I saw what families go through and how lucky I was,” Jones said. “Davey Smith was the little guy that got me going. He had cancer, was in a wheelchair and going blind, but he made me smile.” Jones said Smith and his family’s situation hit him hard, so he decided to do something once a year for kids and their families. “Raising a lot of money was not my intention,” Jones said. “I have set no goals, so we won’t be disappointed. In this economy, whatever we get we’re grateful for. I’m glad to get something, is the way I always look at things. I do it for the personal satisfaction.” He has raised funds for Special Olympics and numerous other charities, “but I like (to raise money) for the little kids the best … I do a different person each year, and they never see me again because when I got close to little Davey, it hurt me.” This year, Jones will be raising funds for the Tuckey family in Biglerville. Sixyear-old Bekah Tuckey was diagnosed with leukemia in August 2011. All proceeds from the powerwalk— which will begin at 11 a.m. on Nov. 3 with a rain date of Nov. 4—go directly to the Tuckey family. Jones has a volunteer staff who will be collecting donations so that people know that none of it goes to himself, he said. To donate, make checks payable to Bekah Tuckey Power Walk Fund, Account No. 473817, Member’s 1st Federal Credit Union, 5000 Louise Drive, Mechanicsburg, PA 17055. T-shirts and bracelets also are available for purchase by calling (717) 433-4996 or on the day of the event.
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the mountain. As the weights become their heaviest, he will walk as far as 10 to 15 yards. His goal is to walk 10 yards with 700 pounds. “It’s tough to do, but I like doing it. It’s part of my life,” Jones said. The 60year-old has powerwalked for 34 years, more than half of his life. At first, Jones powerwalked in Dauphin County at Stony Creek
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The Vegetarian’s Thanksgiving Cranberry Pecan Tarts
Theodore Rickard here’s something about the late fall season that makes the family huddle of the Thanksgiving feast particularly appropriate. Maybe it’s the cooler weather: at a hearthside with plenty of wood for the fireplace and the storm door on for the winter, we seem to sit closer together as we listen for the wind. We no longer set up card tables in the corners of the dining room and wherever we could in the living room and in the front hall, too, as the family population grew. These satellite places were filled with the older of our own offspring and their cousins while aunts and uncles took up the main table where their places were interspersed with the highchairs of the littlest ones. (From the present vantage point, it’s a bit difficult to realize that the youngster who spit up sweet potatoes on his aunt so many years ago is now county prosecutor. Somehow that just doesn’t fit together.) These days there’s no room in the “dining area” of our condo for card tables. Besides, we’re invited to our daughter’s for dinner. She and our son-inlaw have a large dining room—and a “great room” with a giant TV and a game room with a pool table that’s used mostly to set things on. I don’t think they own any card tables. All of this reminds me of the year this same daughter, then a blooming 12 years of age or so, announced as dinner was served that she had become a confirmed vegetarian. I think her mother said something like “that’s nice, dear,” and went right on passing the green bean casserole while still holding the cover of the vegetable dish in one hand and looking rather haplessly at the table to see if there wasn’t, after all, a clear space where she could put it down. The cover of her grandmother’s vegetable dish had to be placed upside down. This would, hopefully, keep the condensed steam from spilling onto the tablecloth. This concern ignored the reality that within minutes the cloth would be decorated with cranberry sauce, brown gravy, overturned glasses of juice and wine, and the usual mishaps that come from combining a crowded table and children. Every holiday dinner we did the putdown-the-lid thing with the covered
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vegetable dishes. At first there were two of them whose flowery porcelain grandeur had survived a brief bout of family prosperity years ago. The problem was halved one year when an enthusiastic dish-drier, aged 7, dropped one lid. She was astonished when nobody seemed to really care. But the freshly announced vegetarian was not about to be ignored. “I don’t see how—” She made her voice ring loud and clear throughout the house, even overwhelming the clatter of everyone else. “I don’t see how you can just sit there and eat the carcass of a dead animal. It would make me sick!” Heavy emphasis on the “me” brought a momentary swiveling of heads. A couple of the younger children—girl cousins at the same card table—stopped chewing. Her younger brother asked if he could have her drumstick. “You can have my green bean casserole,” he offered. And when he laughed, she jumped from her chair to punch him. Somehow in the hubbub of portioning out the marshmallow topping for the sweet potatoes, along with the ritual turnips—of which everybody had to “at least try a couple bites”—and the ultimate objectives of the pies for dessert, the vegetarian issue was overlooked. After all, it had been only the month before that the now-vegetarian had started calling herself “Stephanie.” It took her mother and myself a week to figure out that this was a socially upscale move: a frantic clinging to the sixth-grade ladder of social pecking order. Certainly, “Stephanie” did sound a lot more limousine than “Mary,” with which she’d been christened. And I think we were right in figuring that entering junior high had a lot to do with it. Anyhow, “Stephanie” didn’t last beyond Halloween. We all had bacon for breakfast the morning after thanksgiving. I think Stephanie did, too, but I was already late getting off to work and I forgot to look. A collection of Ted Rickard’s family-fun essays is titled Anything Worth Knowing I Learned from the Grandkids. It is now available in paperback on Amazon.com.
By Pat Sinclair This seasonal tart highlights tangy and tart cranberries and newly harvested pecans. By preparing your own tart dough, you avoid having to waste the extra dough from a refrigerated piecrust. This recipe is really quick, but if you prefer, cut circles from refrigerated piecrust and press into the bottom and up the sides of two small tart pans. I always make four tarts when I take time to bake. The second two tarts can be frozen for later. Makes 4 servings 3/4 cup flour 3 tablespoons cold butter Pinch of salt 2 to 3 tablespoons sour cream Filling 1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour Pinch of salt 3 tablespoons light corn syrup 1/2 teaspoon vanilla 1 large egg, beaten 1 tablespoon butter, melted 1/3 cup chopped fresh or frozen cranberries 1/4 cup toasted chopped pecans Heat the oven to 400 degrees F. Place the flour, salt, and butter in the bowl of a food processor and process until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Add the sour cream and process until the mixture begins to clump and come together, about 10 seconds. Add more sour cream if necessary. Shape dough into a ball and divide into fourths. Press into the bottom and up the sides of four 3- to 4-inch tart pans. Continue as directed in the recipe. Combine brown sugar, flour, and salt in a medium bowl. Add corn syrup, vanilla, and egg and mix until well combined. Stir in the cranberries and pecans. Divide into tart pans, using about 1/4 cup in each. Bake 25 to 28 minutes or until set in center and edges are browned. Cool on a wire rack and remove from the pans. Store in the refrigerator. Serve with whipped cream or ice cream.
Cook’s Note: Cranberries are in season this time of year and are featured in many holiday feasts. Using a serrated knife makes them easier to chop. One of the best things about cranberries is that they are easily frozen. Just place in a food storage bag and seal. Wash the berries before using them in pie, breads, or for sauce. You don’t need to thaw cranberries before using, but you may need to extend your baking time a little. Copyright by Pat Sinclair. Pat Sinclair announces the publication of her second cookbook, Scandinavian Classic Baking (Pelican Publishing), in February 2011. This book has a color photo of every recipe. Her first cookbook, Baking Basics and Beyond (Surrey Books), won the 2007 Cordon d’Or from the Culinary Arts Academy. Contact her at http://PatCooksandBakes.blogspot.com
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