Dauphin County 50plus Senior News November 2014 by On-Line Publishers, Inc.

Dauphin County Edition

November 2014

Vol. 16 No. 11

Central PA Thanks its Vets Veterans’ Expo & Job Fair to Connect Local Vets with Community Resources, Jobs By Megan Joyce It has become a well-deserved and common practice nowadays to thank the members of our military, both past and present, for their service. Whether it’s a simple, impromptu thank-you between passersby on the street or more formal, public recognition, Americans have embraced the resounding call to let our men and women in uniform know we appreciate their efforts, sacrifices, and bravery. In this spirit, OLP Events, the events division of On-Line Publishers, Inc., will present its first Veterans’ Expo & Job Fair from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday, Nov. 14, at the Eden Resort, Lancaster. Area veterans, active military, and their families are urged to attend the free, one-day event. Donna Anderson, president and CEO of On-Line Publishers, which produces 50plus Senior News and the 50plus EXPOs, said the idea to organize a Veterans’ Expo & Job Fair developed after a special veterans’ area and patriotic programming were well received during one of last year’s 50plus EXPOs. “Veterans’ benefits change pretty regularly, but many veterans are unaware of the benefits they’ve earned,” Anderson said. United in theme and purpose, the Veterans’ Expo & Job Fair will be a two-for-one experience. Anderson said the response from community has please see VETS page 19

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Giving to Others Becomes a Trend with Holiday Gifts page 12

How to Tell If You Have Prediabetes page 14

Tinseltown Talks

Julie Adams Revisits the Black Lagoon Nick Thomas ow much mileage could a studio expect from a 1950s film starring a biologist with a fascination for a secluded fishpond? Quite a bit, when the scientist is beautiful Julie Adams wrapped in a skintight, white-latex bathing suit and the fish turns out to be an angry piscine amphibious humanoid—a.k.a., Creature from the Black Lagoon. Having premiered 60 years ago this year, the success of the now-cult film continues to astound Adams, who, at age 87, remains a popular guest at fan conventions and film festivals across the country. “It’s amazing the life this movie has,” said Adams from her Los Angeles home. She portrayed scientist Kay Lawrence, who was abducted by the infatuated Gill Man toward the end of the creature feature. “It’s a classic beauty-and-the-beast

Julie Adams and the Creature in various scenes from Creature from the Black Lagoon.

story, with stunning underwater photography filmed at Wakulla Springs, Fla., because of its clear waters. The lagoon scenes were shot at the Universal Studios back lot where Gilligan’s Island was filmed.”

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Underwater, Adams was doubled by Ginger Stanley, while Ricou Browning donned the rubber creature suit for swimming scenes. On land, the creature was played by Ben Browning. “Ben began going to fan conventions

in the 1990s and convinced me to attend my first one in 2003. It’s wonderful to meet so many people who still enjoy your work.” Fans have also shared some interesting admissions with Adams. “Some told me they became zoologists or paleontologists because of the film. And I met a little girl who was named after my character!” In 2011, the Arkansas-raised actress self-published her autobiography, The Lucky Southern Star: Reflections from the Black Lagoon, coauthored with her son, Mitch Danton. The book contains some 200 photographs, many unpublished from her personal collection, with a chapter devoted to Black Lagoon. Of course, the Creature wasn’t the only biped with whom Adams costarred during her career. She received top billing with less scaly characters such as

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William Powell, Glenn Ford, Charlton “My idea of heaven was going to work Heston, Elvis Presley, Rock Hudson, with Jimmy Stewart every day for six and many others (see months!” www.julieadams.biz). Unlike the little-remembered TV “Rock and I were about the same show, The Creature from the Black age, so we became close friends and Lagoon continues to gain fans from often played bridge.” new generations. One of her favorite costars was “Some projects just take on a life of Jimmy Stewart, with whom she their own,” says Adams. “The Creature appeared in Bend of the River two still walks among us.” years before Black Lagoon. Two In 2011, Adams Thomas’ features and columns have decades later, she reunited with self-published her appeared in more than 400 magazines and Stewart in 1971 for The Jimmy Adams with Jimmy Stewart Halloween 2013 at Spooky Empire autobiography, newspapers, and he is the author of Raised Stewart Show. in 1972. in Orlando, Fla. coauthored with her by the Stars, published by McFarland. He “After I read for the part of Jimmy’s son, Mitch Danton. can be reached at his blog: http://getnickt. wife, he gave me a little nod as if to blogspot.com talented actor.” “It was quite a charming show but say, ‘You’ve got the job’—and I did. However, critics and audiences were came out the same time as more edgy Jimmy was wonderfully informal but All photos provided by Julie Adams’ son, not so enamored with the show, which sitcoms like All in the Family,” said professional, so it wasn’t hard to pretend Mitch Danton. Adams, who still remembers it fondly. to be in love with such a lovely man and was canceled after the first season.

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Senior Home Repairs (717) 545-8747 Hospice Services Homeland Hospice 2300 Vartan Way, Suite 115, Harrisburg (717) 221-7890 Housing/Apartments B’Nai B’rith Apartments 130 S. Third St., Harrisburg (717) 232-7516

Housing Assistance Dauphin County Housing Authority (717) 939-9301

Services Dauphin County Area Agency on Aging (717) 255-2790

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The Salvation Army Edgemont Temple Corps (717) 238-8678

Insurance Apprise Insurance Counseling (800) 783-7067 Legal Services Daley Zucker Meilton & Miner, LLC Attorneys at Law 635 N. 12th St., Lemoyne (717) 724-9821

Toll-Free Numbers American Lung Association (800) LUNG-USA Bureau of Consumer Protection (800) 441-2555 Meals on Wheels (800) 621-6325

Nursing/Rehab Homeland Center 1901 N. Fifth St., Harrisburg (717) 221-7902

National Council on Aging (800) 424-9046

Personal Care Homes Homeland Center 1901 N. Fifth St., Harrisburg (717) 221-7902

Veterans Affairs (717) 626-1171 or (800) 827-1000

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Social Security Office (800) 772-1213

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Global Survey Shows People Widely Misinformed about Alzheimer’s

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Alzheimer’s is a fatal, progressive disease impacting at least 44 million people worldwide, yet it is widely misunderstood. According to an Alzheimer’s Association® 12-country survey, 59 percent of people surveyed incorrectly believe that Alzheimer’s disease is a typical part of aging, and 40 percent of people believe that Alzheimer’s is not fatal. The survey, conducted in Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Denmark, Germany, Japan, India, Mexico, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, and the United Kingdom, also found that 37 percent of people surveyed believe incorrectly that you have to have a family history to be at risk for Alzheimer’s disease. The Alzheimer’s Association 2014 Alzheimer’s Disease Facts and Figures report released in March found that nearly a quarter (24 percent) of Americans hold the same mistaken belief, despite advancing age being the greatest risk factor for Alzheimer’s. Despite lack of understanding of the severity of Alzheimer’s, it is still one of the most feared diseases. When asked what disease or condition they were most afraid of getting, a quarter of people selected Alzheimer’s (23 percent), second only

to cancer (42 percent). When asked what disease or condition they were most afraid of a loved one getting, a third of people in Japan (34 percent), Canada (32 percent), and the U.K. (33 percent) selected Alzheimer’s.

that being self-sufficient and not depending on others is important (98 percent), as is the ability to care for elderly parents at home (91 percent) and being able to pay for long-term care (89 percent), according to the Alzheimer’s Association Facts and Figures report. Country and Age Breakdown • The mistaken belief that Alzheimer’s is a typical part of aging was highest in India (84 percent), Saudi Arabia (81 percent), and China (80 percent). • The U.K. and Mexico had the highest recognition that Alzheimer’s is not a typical part of aging (62 percent), but 37 percent and 38 percent, respectively, were still misinformed.

When considering health priorities, 96 percent of people surveyed said that being selfsufficient and not depending on others—an inevitability as Alzheimer’s disease progresses—is important. Being able to pay for long-term care (88 percent) and caring for elderly parents at home (86 percent) were also important. These feelings are nearly universal, with 98 percent of Americans saying

• More than half of people surveyed in Germany (56 percent), Mexico (55 percent), and Brazil (53 percent) do not realize that Alzheimer’s is fatal. • While 40 percent were misinformed, more people ages 1834 (60 percent), 35-44 (61 percent), and 45-44 (58 percent) agreed that Alzheimer’s is a fatal disease than people ages 60+ (53 percent).

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Publications 50plus Senior News is a monthly newspaper 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 with information from local businesses and organizations that meet the needs of these groups. 50plus LiViNg, an annual publication, a guide to residences and healthcare options for mature adults in the Susquehanna and Delaware valleys. ((b)) magazine is Central Pennsylvania’s premier publication for baby boomers, reflecting on the past, examining where baby boomers are today, and identifying the issues they may face in the future. BusinessWoman is a monthly magazine with a focus on business. It features profiles of local executive women who are an inspiration to other professionals. Lifestyle and wellness articles are also included to round out the publication and address the many facets of a woman’s life.

Events OLP EVENtS, our events division, produces six 50plus EXPOs annually in Chester, Cumberland, Dauphin, Lancaster (two), and York counties. Entrance to the event, health screenings, and seminars held throughout the day are free to visitors. The women’s expo is a one-day event featuring exhibitors and interactive fun that encompasses many aspects of a woman’s life. It is held in Lancaster and Hershey in the spring and in Lebanon and Carlisle in the fall. This fall, OLP EVENtS presents its first Veterans’ Expo & Job Fair, a free, two-part event. The Veterans’ Expo connects active and retired military members and their families with the benefits and resources available to them in the community. The Job Fair is an opportunity for veterans and employers to meet face to face to discuss available positions. Attendees can also take part in workshops and seminars.

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Serving Veterans on Veterans Day and Always By John Johnston Every day—but particularly on Veterans Day—Social Security salutes those who have put their lives on the line for our freedom. Members of the United States Armed Forces receive expedited processing of their Social Security disability applications. The expedited process is available for any military service member who alleges he or she became disabled during active duty on or after Oct. 1, 2001, regardless of where the disability occurred—at home or in the line of duty. Expedited processing is also available to veterans who have a compensation rating of 100 percent permanent and total (P&T) disability, regardless of when the disability occurred. Some dependent children and spouses of military personnel may also be eligible to receive benefits. Visit our website designed specifically

for our wounded veterans (www.social security.gov/ wounded warriors), where you will find answers to a number of commonly asked questions, as well as other useful information about disability benefits available under the Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) programs. Our website includes a fact sheet on the subject: Disability Benefits for Wounded Warriors. You’ll also find a webinar, “Social Security for Wounded Warriors,” that explains the expedited disability process

available to wounded warriors. The one-hour video is an introduction to disability benefits for veterans and active-duty military personnel. If you would like more detailed information about the disability process, you can watch our seven-part video series, “Social Security Disability Claims Process,” at www.socialsecurity.gov/socialmedia/ webinars. On the Wounded Warriors webpage, you’ll find links to the Department of Veterans Affairs and Department of Defense websites. Please keep in mind

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that the requirements for disability benefits available through Social Security are different from those of the Department of Veterans Affairs and require a separate application. Military service members are covered for the same Social Security survivors, disability, and retirement benefits as everyone else. Although the expedited service is relatively new, military personnel have been covered under Social Security since 1957, and people who were in the service prior to that may be able to get special credit for some of their service. Read our publication, Military Service and Social Security, to learn more. It’s available at www.socialsecurity.gov/pubs. Thank you to our nation’s brave veterans. We salute you on Veterans Day and every day. John Johnston is a Social Security public affairs specialist.

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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.

Bethany Village – The Oaks

Claremont Nursing and Rehabilitation Center

325 Wesley Drive • Mechanicsburg, PA 17055 (717) 766-0279 • www.bethanyvillage.org

1000 Claremont Road • Carlisle, PA 17013 (717) 243-2031 • www.ccpa.net/cnrc

Number of Beds: 69 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: 290 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

Private Rooms Available: Yes Semi-Private Rooms Available: Yes Pet Visitation Allowed: Yes Beauty/Barber Shop: Yes Medicare: Yes Medicaid: Yes Accreditations/Affiliations: CARF/CCAC; Eagle, LeadingAge PA Comments: Maplewood Assisted Living also available.

Homeland Center

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 147-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: 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: 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.

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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

Tel Hai Retirement Community

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

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

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: 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

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 trachs, Alzheimer’s 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 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.

Transitions Healthcare – Gettysburg

Twin Pines Health Care Center

595 Biglerville Road • Gettysburg, PA 17325 (717) 334-6249 • www.transitionshealthcarellc.com

315 East London Grove Road • West Grove, PA 19390 (610) 869-2456

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

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

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!

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!

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The Beauty in Nature

Inland Gulls Clyde McMillan-Gamber y wife, Sue, and I went to Blue Marsh Lake, a large, humanmade impoundment in Berks County, Pa., one sunny, late afternoon in January to see the thousands of gulls that were reported coming to that lake to spend the night. We saw several thousand gulls of six species, in the air, on the water, and on a sandy bathing beach. Most of the gulls were ring-bills, an abundant, inland species in the Middle Atlantic States. But there also were hundreds of herring gulls, scores of great black-backed gulls, and a few each of lesser blackbacked gulls, glaucous gulls, and Iceland gulls. The less common kinds of gulls on the sand stood tall among the smaller ring-bills.

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Most of the gulls were edibles in landfills, parking crowded on the built lots, and fields, many more beach while we were there, gulls of several kinds have but occasionally they adapted to wintering inland, suddenly rose lightly into including in the Middle the wind in a great mass, Atlantic States. swirled together over the The gull species water for a minute or two, mentioned above winter on Glaucous gull and then settled on the several built lakes in this area, sand again, creating exciting spectacles of as long as they have some open water and themselves. fields are not deeply covered by snow. Not so many years ago, gulls wintered Some of those impoundments include along seacoasts, estuaries, and rivers in the Struble Lake in Chester County, Mid-Atlantic States. Then, only the ringMemorial Lake in Lebanon County, bills were regularly seen inland, mostly on Ontelaunee Lake in Berks County, and migration. Octoraro Lake in Lancaster County, in But in recent years, because of human- southeastern Pennsylvania. made changes that benefit gulls, including During each winter sunrise, the the building of big impoundments and thousands of inland gulls, particularly

ring-bills, pour silently off the water or ice, group after group, and swiftly fly in large flocks and long lines in every direction to various feeding places, all the while causing inspiring shows. And by mid-afternoon, presumably with full stomachs, they start back to their nighttime roosts on built impoundments. One can see strings of them flying rapidly and quietly over fields. And the lines of them become ever more concentrated as they get closer to their various nighttime destinations on large bodies of water. Lakes, fields, landfills, and other human-made habitats are reasons why wintering gulls of various types are abundant today. They find additional feeding and roosting areas and survive winter in greater numbers.

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Salute to a Veteran

He Flew the F-86D Sabre Jet for Hundreds of Hours … Without Ever Leaving the Ground Robert D. Wilcox

erry Buchko says he was fascinated by airplanes as long as he can remember. As a child growing up in Donora, Pa., he would spend hours assembling kits of aircraft that he would add to his personal air force. So it wasn’t surprising that, when he was able to, he enlisted in the Air Force in February 1953. After basic training at Sampson Air Force Base in New York, he shipped by train to Keesler AFB in Biloxi, Miss. “I was a little surprised that when it was 45 F as we stepped on the train, it was 90 F when we stepped off the next day in Biloxi,” he says. “For guys with

nothing but our heavy wool uniforms, that was hot.” He was assigned to the Basic Electronics School in Biloxi that taught virtually all the Air Force men who would be working in all phases of electronics. Buchko did well there, so well that at the end of this five-month assignment, he was chosen to attend the three-month flight

A/2C Gerald (Gerry) Buchko at Keesler AFB in 1953.

simulation school that taught how to operate and care for the simulators that gave pilots various kinds of flight experience without leaving the ground. Then it was off to O’Hare AFB in Chicago, to the 62nd Fighter Squadron as a flight simulator specialist. There Buchko had six more months of hands-on experience with the huge flight simulator under the

watchful eye of the manufacturer’s representatives, who provided the training. Every F-86D pilot was required to spend two hours every month “flying” the simulator through various weather conditions, flying hazards, and aerial attacks set up by the push of a button in the simulator’s control room by a flight simulator specialist like Buchko. Realism was the key. There were two loudspeakers beneath the cockpit that emitted the whine of a jet engine. For night flying, there were flashes of lightening and rumbles of thunder, as needed.

Calendar of Events

Dauphin County

Programs and Support Groups

Senior Center Activities

Free and open to the public.

Rutherford House – (717) 564-5682, www.rutherfordhouse.org Mondays, 10 a.m. – Quilting Wednesdays, 10 a.m. – Aerobics Thursdays, 10 a.m. – Healthy Steps in Motion

Nov. 11, 6 to 7 p.m. Alzheimer’s Caregivers Support Group Graysonview Personal Care Community 150 Kempton Ave., Harrisburg (717) 561-8010

Nov. 20, 1:30 p.m. Hershey Area AARP Chapter No. 3466 Meeting Spring Creek Church of the Brethren 335 E. Areba Ave., Hershey (717) 832-3282

Nov. 19, 1:30 p.m. Parkinson’s Support Group on East Shore Jewish Home of Harrisburg 4004 Linglestown Road, Harrisburg (717) 441-8627

Nov. 25, 6 p.m. Susquehanna Rovers Volksmarch Walking Club Gander Mountain 5005 Jonestown Road, Harrisburg (717) 991-5232

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When the pilot entered the how he racked up the hundreds of simulator, he had the same hours he had flying the F-86D, a jet instrumentation as in the airplane itself. airplane that could fly at more than the He started the engine, called for taxiing speed of sound in level flight. When his hitch was up in February information, taxied for take-off, and took off for a mission as directed by the 1957, Buchko left the Air Force as an airman first class and worked for a flight simulator specialist. couple of years for a factory that made And he “flew” it as he would have flown the F-86D. But, in the simulator, the electronic products sold by Sears. He then entered the Indiana Institute of he was able to practice recovering from Technology in Fort Wayne, using the emergencies like fires, flame-outs, and G.I. Bill to earn a B.S. as an electrical loss of controls that could have been fatal in the airplane itself. If he failed to engineer. That got him a job with RCA in correct problems, a loud bell announced Central Pennsylvania, where he worked that he had crashed. for the next 15 years as a power tube Input from the control room was engineer. In that job, carried through 60 the power tubes he miles of wire and developed were used in 1,262 electronic tubes, many of the rockets a total of 28,000 pounds of equipment used in the moon shots from the Kennedy to make this all happen. To get Space Center in everything in motion Florida. He then moved to took 3,000 watts of electricity per hour. Quality and Reliability Buchko at the controls of the The flight simulation flight simulator at O’Hare AFB in Assurance for another specialists were 20 years before retiring 1954. responsible for from Burle Industries, keeping all the tubes, wires, and Inc., the company that had purchased the RCA plant. connections in working order. In retirement, he now spends one day Specialists like Buchko had to be able a week volunteering with Meals on to play the role of operators of towers, Wheels. He also spends time in his instrument-landing systems (ILS), hobby, woodworking. And, wouldn’t you ground-controlled approach systems know, he still spends lots of time in a (GCA), and other systems the F-86D Microsoft Flight Simulator, a computer pilots would be using. There was so game that permits him to fly many much to know and so many pilots to different kinds of aircraft to airports train that the simulator was in service across the world. 24 hours a day. He still can’t quite get over the fact Still, there were hours when pilots that the work of the Air Force simulator were not being trained. In those hours, specialists like Buchko were encouraged that he used to operate filled an entire room, while the Microsoft simulator he to use the simulator themselves and to now uses can do most of the same tasks, set up for themselves flight conditions like those they would use in actual pilot although it fits on a single disk that he plays through his desktop computer. training. Buchko took full advantage of that, putting himself through the same paces Colonel Wilcox flew a B-17 bomber in Europe in World War II. he’d put the pilots through. And that’s

Homeward Bound I’m going back to my hometown To see the first love of my life I haven’t seen since high school days. How I wished her to be my wife. Oh, will she still remember me When I go knocking on her door? I wonder if she kept the poems Penned during moments of amour? She was, to me, so beautiful, And angelic, I have to say. I just have to see her one more time Before life within me fades away. Written and submitted by Michael J. Smajda

Horn of Plenty: The Myth and the Symbol The cornucopia, or horn of plenty, has long been heralded as a symbol of nature’s abundance. Its history is long and rich. In Greek mythology, it was one of the horns of the goat Amalthaea, who nursed the god Zeus as a baby. The horn was believed to have produced ambrosia and nectar, which were believed then to be the food of the gods. A Roman myth says that the horn of the cornucopia came from the river god www.50plusSeniorNewsPA.com

Achelous, who transformed into a bull to fight with the hero Hercules. When Hercules broke the horn from the river god’s head, water nymphs filled the horn with flowers and fruit and left it as an offering to Copia, the goddess of plenty. These stories have contributed to the image of the cornucopia as a symbol of gratitude for a good harvest, making it an appropriate symbol for Thanksgiving Day.

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Amidst the Spires of Oxford: A College Education and a Cultural Exploration The city of Oxford is often called “The City of Dreaming Spires,” a name that comes from a poem by Victorian poet and Oxford grad Matthew Arnold. All Soul’s College, one of the university’s 38 constituent colleges, is known for its distinctive twin towers.

By Andrea Gross y tutor hands me a piece of paper. “Congratulations,” he says. “You’re an Oxford

graduate.” Well, not really. A “faux grad” is more like it. But I do have a certificate verifying my attendance at one of the world’s oldest and most prestigious universities, one whose alums include kings and saints, economists and entrepreneurs, Nobel Prize winners and Olympic medal winners. And now, me. My husband and I have just completed “The Oxford Experience,” a one-week program at Christ Church, the largest and arguably most beautiful of the university’s 38 constituent colleges. During that week, we took classes in the morning, explored the historic campus in the afternoon (including areas that are off-limits to most visitors), and played croquet, danced medieval

Oxford Experience students celebrate when they receive their “diplomas” during their final dinner in the Great Hall.

folk dances, and went pub-crawling in the evening. We lived in dorms carved out of buildings that dated back to the 18th century and ate in the Great Hall where King Charles I held his parliament in the

17th century and that was used as inspiration for Harry Potter’s Hogwarts Hall in the 21st century. Our fellow students, who included folks from more than a dozen countries, ranged in age from under 20 to over 90,

although the majority were in their midto late 60s. In short, we were taught by experts, surrounded by history, and immersed in culture, and we were members of an international community. It’s a heady combination and undoubtedly explains why the program, which began in 1990, is so popular. There are six one-week sessions between the first of July and the middle of August. During each session, there are at least 10 courses, each limited to 12 students, who meet with a tutor for three hours every morning. Courses range from the specific (George Eliot’s Middlemarch) to the general (Moral Philosophy), the artistic (Beethoven: His Life and Music) to the historic (The Birth of Europe), the religious (Sacred Landscapes and Holy Places) to the scientific (Human Memory and the Brain). The courses are so varied, and so well presented, that more than 50 percent of the attendees are repeaters. Indeed, we

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The Cotswolds, one of England’s most beautiful districts, is less than an hour from Oxford.

met one woman who has come for 10 summers and, during many of those summers, has stayed for two or more sessions. Although Christ Church is just a few blocks from the center of Oxford, our days on campus were so full that we weren’t able to thoroughly enjoy the town. So, after “graduation” we allow ourselves three days to see the age-old buildings and cobblestone alleys of the city itself. To get an overview, we climb the 100plus steps to the top of the Church of St. Mary the Virgin, where we look out over a sea of spires. Steepled churches and turreted buildings are surrounded by hills of green, and narrow alleys are bisected by modern thoroughfares. Descending from the stratosphere, we stop at the Bodleian Library, which, with more than 11 million volumes, is the second largest in Britain; gaze at the Sheldonian Theatre, designed by famed 17th-century architect Sir Christopher Wren; and meander through the Botanic Garden, the oldest such garden in England. In the shallow river bordering the gardens, we get our first look at punting, a popular Oxford activity that involves propelling a flat-bottomed boat by pushing a pole against the riverbed. It looks easy, so we rent a boat, intending to try our skill, but it takes us less than 10 minutes mired in mud to realize that we have no skill. We finally hire a “chauffeur,” who punts while we contemplate the view. We get our literary fix by having pubwww.50plusSeniorNewsPA.com

The Cotswolds is a rural area of stone cottages and stately homes. Its name is derived from two Old English words: cots, which means “sheep enclosures,” and wolds, which means “gentle hills.”

grub at the White Horse, figuring that if it’s good enough for Inspector Morse, it’s good enough for us; downing ale at The Eagle and Child, the favorite stomping grounds of J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis; and visiting the shop that was frequented by the real-life Alice in Wonderland as well as Lewis Carroll, the man who immortalized her. Finally, on our last day, we treat ourselves to an all-day tour of the Cotswolds. As Martin Cowell, owner of Absolute Touring, drives his eightpassenger van along windy roads and small villages that are inaccessible to larger vehicles, we enter a world where sheep graze in fields bordered by stacked stone fences and homes are built from bricks the color of burnished gold. Martin tells us that the Cotswolds has been deemed an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, and it is indeed. But it’s more than that. It’s a poster come to life. Back in Oxford, we stop at a souvenir shop where I buy a t-shirt emblazoned with the Oxford University insignia. After all, even a faux grad deserves some bragging rights.

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Giving to Others Becomes a Trend with Holiday Gifts By Rebecca Hanlon It was the beginning of the holiday season in 2007 when Jenn Knepper was starting to dread the approaching cycle of shopping, gift wrapping, and handing off another unneeded trinket in the spirit of Christmas. The Hershey Medical Center nurse took a break from a long holiday shift to browse the local newspaper when she read a story about a giving circle in Harrisburg. This small group of women would gather each holiday to purchase items for charities in the name of a loved one. “It seemed like the perfect way to give meaning to a holiday that had, sadly, started to lose that for me,” Knepper said. She contacted the group, and over the next several years it would join forces with Gifts that Give Hope, an umbrella organization that provides the tools for people to organize gift fairs at the start of the holiday season. Knepper’s desire to make the holidays more meaningful isn’t a new concept. Nonprofit organizations throughout the region have been noticing a trend in

charitable donations being made in place of the purchase of a physical gift. At a Gifts that Give Hope Fair, dozens of charities come together in one location, offering designated gift items. About 60 percent of the organizations are locally based, but many do work throughout the world, Knepper said. Each nonprofit offers two gift items for purchase, but cash donations also can be made, she added. “A lot of us feel like, ‘Oh, what do you get the person who has everything?’” Knepper said. “Your mom doesn’t need another sweater. Your dad doesn’t need another tie. My family is always telling me they don’t need more stuff.”

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Knepper often donates to girls’ education programs in Africa because her parents always supported her in getting her own education. After making the donation, she’s given a card with a description of her purchase that she can give to her parents. “As an adult, I got to the point where I was feeling disgruntled about buying more stuff that doesn’t have meaning,” Knepper said. “We estimated about 1,000 people attended last year’s fair, and that makes it pretty obvious we’re not the only ones who feel that way.” More than Milk One organization that is featured at

each Gifts that Give Hope Fair is Heifer International. Norma Good, a volunteer who has been involved for 22 years, is gearing up for the 70th anniversary of the organization. Heifer International was very popular in Central Pennsylvania at the start because local farmers would raise livestock that was later sent to disadvantaged families in other countries, Good said. Volunteers called “cowboys” would travel on ships with the animals to Poland, Spain, Puerto Rico, or other countries. Today, animals are purchased directly in the country where it will be received. “It’s better economically and better on the animal,” Good said. During this year’s Gifts that Give Hope Fair, people can donate money toward the purchase of a sheep or buy a school of fish. “People don’t always realize that a cow doesn’t just provide milk,” she said. “They can make cheese, sell butter, and use the manure to replenish the nutrients in their gardens. When you get all of that, their health improves. They can build roads. Their kids can go to school. They just feel such a hope that

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Patricia Gadsden Named Dauphin County Volunteer of the Month RSVP of the Capital Region is excited to present Patricia Gadsden as its Dauphin County Volunteer of the Month for November. Pat has been a volunteer with RSVP for five years and serves on the RSVP board of directors and as a facilitator for Explore Your Future classes. Pat teaches Explore Your Future classes, which help people 50+ look at their past, present, and future so that they can decide what they want to do with the rest of their lives. Pat also has her own business where she is a professional and personal

trainer and helps others reach their full potential. RSVP would like to thank Pat for her willingness to share her time and talents and for all she does to help others and the community. For more information on volunteer opportunities with RSVP, the nation’s largest volunteer program for adults aged 55-plus, email dauphinrsvp@rsvpcapreg.org, visit www.rsvcapreg.org, or call RSVP’s Camp Hill office at (717) 541-9521 or the statewide Senior Corps of Pennsylvania hotline toll-free at (800) 870-2616.

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somebody else cares and is willing to give them a hand.” ‘Hands-on’ Gifts For people who want to do more than donate money, there are several organizations that ask people to be more hands-on. Kat Prickett of Mount Joy has been a volunteer with Operation Christmas Child, a charity run by Samaritan’s Purse, since she was 11 years old. Her mom became a project leader at the family’s church, and together they’d fill shoeboxes with toothbrushes, school supplies, and coloring pages to send to children in need. Today, Operation Christmas Child has 19 drop-off locations in Central Pennsylvania where people can take their filled shoeboxes to be shipped to boys and girls around the world. Last year, 31,571 boxes were collected in this area alone, Prickett said. “Usually, the children who receive a box are getting the first gift they’ve ever received in their whole life,” she said. “For a child to know someone across the world is thinking of them, cares about them, and loves them, that’s amazing.” A lot of families make filling the boxes an annual tradition, getting their kids to buy items for children their own age and explaining how not everyone has the same comforts in life, Prickett said. Remembering the Troops If you’re looking to put your charity dollars to work in a more local organization, Keystone Military Families is busy sending more than 6,000 stockings to soldiers around the world. Kyle Lord of Shoemakersville got involved shortly after Sept. 11, 2001, when her son, Sgt. First Class Brent Lord, a member of the Army National Guard, was sent overseas.

“I found the only way to keep my sanity was to take care of other people’s kids, so we started care packages for his unit and later for the rest of the National Guard that was deployed at that time,” Lord said. Men and women who are sent on missions away from their support staff often go without hot meals and wear the same clothes for up to 10 days, she said. They send a lot of granola bars, socks, foot powder, and blister pads to ease the discomfort. Keystone Military Families also hosts a pantry where military families can stock up on nonperishable shelf items or frozen meats. A year ago, they served about 12 families a month, Lord said. Today, they serve 30 to 50 families a week. “There’s a lot more of our troops coming home with medical problems, and it can take a long time for them to get the financial support they need,” Lord said. “The obvious injuries are the ones that get taken care of first.” For many people, they’re not just helping strangers by donating carepackage items, Lord said. They feel they’re helping their brothers or sisters, fathers or mothers, or even their neighbors. “Anything we can send them from home is a reminder that people care about them and haven’t forgotten what they’ve done for our country,” Lord said. “Really, we can’t do enough to thank them.” For more information on these organizations, visit them at: • Gifts that Give Hope, www.giftsthatgivehope.org/lancaster

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How to Tell If You Have Prediabetes Jim Miller Dear Savvy Senior, My 62-year-old sister was recently diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes and was surprised when the doctor told her that she’s probably had it or prediabetes for many years. My question is, what determines prediabetes and how can you know if you have it? – Surprised Senior Dear Surprised, Underlying today’s growing epidemic of Type 2 diabetes is a much larger epidemic called prediabetes, which is when the blood-sugar levels are higher than normal but not high enough to be called diabetes. The National Institutes of Health estimates that as many as 79 million Americans today have prediabetes. Left

untreated, it almost always turns into Type 2 diabetes within 10 years. And, if you have prediabetes, the long-term damage it can cause— especially to your heart and circulatory system—may already be starting. But the good news is that prediabetes doesn’t mean that you’re destined for fullblown diabetes. Prediabetes can actually be reversed, and diabetes prevented, by making some simple lifestyle changes like

Vets Recognized at High School Football Game Five veterans from the Traditions of Hershey Veterans Club were recognized at a recent Palmyra High School football game. Before the game, the veterans stood on the field with players from Palmyra and Donegal high schools and were thanked for their years of service. Traditions of Hershey Independent Living and Personal Care is home to 30 veterans, and they have formed their own Veterans Club, open to any senior living in the community who has served in the military. Out of these 30 men and women, five of them were recognized for their years of service at a local high school football game: Jack Hand, Air Force colonel (retired); Paul Miller, Air Force airman 1st class; Rick O’Lear, Air Force tech sergeant; John Zeiders, Army

Back row, from left, Larry Glad, John Zeiders, and Paul Miller. Front row, Jack Hand, left, and Rick O’Lear.

PFC; and Larry Glad, Marine Corp sergeant. “We were thrilled to have these high school football teams and all the attendees at the game recognize our veterans for their dedication, service, and patriotism,” said Mike Lapinsky, director of marketing.

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losing weight, exercising, eating a healthy diet, and cutting back on carbohydrates. Or, if you need more help, oral medications may also be an option. Get Checked? Because prediabetes typically causes no outward symptoms, most people who have it don’t realize it. The only way to know for sure is to get a blood test. Everyone age 45 years or older should consider getting tested for prediabetes, especially if you are overweight with a body mass index (BMI) above 25. See www.cdc.gov/bmi to calculate your BMI. If you are younger than 45 but are overweight, or have high blood pressure, a family history of diabetes, or belong to an ethnic group (Latino, Asian, African, or Native American) at high risk for diabetes, you too should get checked. To help you determine your risk of diabetes, the American Diabetes Association has a quick, online quiz you can take for free at www.diabetes.org/areyou-at-risk.

prediabetes, like the “fasting blood glucose test” or the “oral glucose tolerance test,” which each require an eight-hour fast before you take it. And the “hemoglobin A1C test” can be taken any time regardless of when you ate. If you’re reluctant to visit your doctor to get tested, an alternative is to test yourself. To do that, you’ll need to purchase an A1C home test kit that measures your average blood glucose over the past two to three months. The ReliOn A1c Test sold at Walmart (or www.walmart.com) for $9 is a popular option. With this test kit, you provide a small blood sample (about a drop) and send it to the lab in a postagepaid return mailer for analysis. The results are usually sent back within a week. A1C tests measure the percentage of glucose in the bloodstream. A reading of 5.7 to 6.4 percent is considered prediabetes, while 6.5 percent or greater is diabetes. If you find that you are prediabetic or diabetic, you need to see your doctor to develop a plan to get it under control. For more information on prediabetes and diabetes, visit the American Diabetes Association at www.diabetes.org and the National Diabetes Education Program (www.ndep.nih.gov), which also offers dozens of free publications you can order online or by calling (888) 693-6337.

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Leftovers Mike Clark found an outdated container of beef gravy in the back of our refrigerator while gathering ingredients for dinner. My wife asked why I was placing it on the kitchen counter instead of immediately throwing it away. She pressed me on this simple little act because I do have a tendency to deposit dirty dishes in the sink and on the counter instead of putting them right into the dishwasher. One requires more effort than the other, I guess. So, I got defensive and replied somewhat flippantly that I needed to keep the rancid gravy there for several months as I was working on an empirical study to reject the null hypothesis that claims flies (and other critters) are not spontaneously generated from inorganic substances. A scientist used mutton gravy in one of the original studies, but beef gravy, I thought, would serve the same purpose for my experiment, which I wasn’t going to do anyway. It’s not necessary to understand the preceding arcane, scientific jargon. The theory of spontaneous generation is antiquated and obscure (and long ago debunked). The reason I thought of it is probably because I’m also antiquated and obscure (and often debunked). Also, it was my way of temporarily evading further discussion about my indolence. I didn’t want to waste my time on any discussion of that. That’s mostly because my wife has plenty of evidence to support her hypothesis that I am somewhat indolent. I had another incident with leftover chicken gravy not so long ago. The forgotten glop had dehydrated into a crackled yellow plug that easily dropped out of the plastic storage cup when I ditched it, which made for a neat and easy disposal. It just made a muffled plunk when it hit the trash can. Don’t ask me why leftover gravy so seldom gets used in our house. Maybe

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it’s because we only make gravy in small measures and very little goes unused during a meal. What’s left can easily get jammed to the back of the refrigerator and overlooked. Gravy is not the only leftover that gets shuffled throughout the refrigerator until it is forgotten. If there really was statistical significance that beasties could be spontaneously generated from a variety of non-living substances, our refrigerator, at various times, could become a real and thriving ecosystem unto itself. Perhaps a different organism could arise from each different leftover. Imagine what living thing could slink from a neglected blue-green, furry tomato. What would you think if you opened the refrigerator door and saw a legless, gapemouthed creature pop up from the casserole dish containing 2-month-old scalloped potatoes? And what about the brute that could be growing inside a plastic vessel half full of dried-out baked beans? Could a new species of fowl be spawned from that leftover Thanksgiving turkey leg? I can only imagine the screams of terror if I went for a glass of juice and saw the toothy grin of a scaly fiend just waiting to be set free from the crisper drawer. If ever there was a time when my wife needed to be there for me, that would be it. My wife claims that there is a strong correlation between forgotten leftovers and my laziness. I reminded her that one of the basic tenets of statistics is that correlation does not imply causation. Right then, I knew I had overplayed my hand. Mike Clark writes a regular column for The Globe Leader newspaper in New Wilmington, Pa. He has a Bachelor of Science degree in organizational behavior/applied psychology from Albright College. Mike lives outside Columbia, Pa., and can be contacted at mikemac429@aol.com.

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Fragments of History

America’s First Female Soldier Victor Parachin t the Rock Ridge Cemetery in Sharon, Mass., is a gravestone with this simple but unusual inscription:

DEBORAH SAMPSON GANNETT ROBERT SHURTLIFF THE FEMALE SOLDIER SERVICE (1781-1783) Those dates coincide with America’s Revolutionary War. Though women were not permitted to serve in the army, Deborah Sampson managed to enlist by assuming a man’s identity and calling herself Robert Shurtliff. She was wounded in battle, served as an aide to a general, and remained in active duty for more than two years. Deborah Sampson was America’s first female soldier. She was born in 1760 at Plympton, Mass., to a family so poor that

Sampson’s mother was forced to send her seven children into foster care. Sampson, at age 5, was sent away to live with other families in Middleborough, Mass. During the eight years she lived away from home, Sampson was fortunate to receive basic education in reading, writing, and arithmetic and domestic skills such as gardening, cooking, sewing, and weaving. Additionally, she learned how to shoot a rifle, hunt, ride a horse, and do carpentry. It was enough education and life skill to qualify her as grade-school teacher. However, when the Revolutionary War began, Sampson, wanting more out of life and seeking more adventure, decided to enlist as a man. To prepare, she made men’s clothing for herself and practiced walking and talking like a man. Her mannerisms

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became so masculine that even her family and friends did not recognize her in disguise. It helped that she was tall for a woman, measuring 5 feet, 7 inches. When she felt ready, she enlisted into the Continental Army as Robert Shurtliff. There was no physical exam. As “Bobby,” Sampson was teased by other soldiers because she couldn’t grow facial hair, but other soldiers assumed “the boy” was just too young to grow a beard. In service, she lived with soldiers, endured long marches with little food, fought alongside her companions, and was shot in the leg. Frightened that her ruse would be discovered in a hospital, Sampson used a needle and pen knife to remove the bullet herself. Though her “surgery” was successful, the leg never healed properly. Her secret was safe, however, and she remained in the army. On April 1, 1783, a sergeant sought out Sampson, announcing, “General Paterson wants to see you.” Sampson was terrified she’d been discovered. She reported to the general, expecting to be accused of deceit, but was stunned to hear the general tell her that he admired her courage, perseverance, and discipline. The general asked her to serve as his aide-de-camp, explaining that the person who held the position, Major Elnathon Haskell, had fallen ill. Sampson moved to his quarters and began her duties, which consisted of tending to the general’s needs: cleaning his boots, polishing his swords, cleaning his uniforms, preparing meals, and delivering messages. It was a good position for her, as it meant she now had a room of her own. While in the general’s service, Sampson was almost discovered when a chaplain visited General Paterson and remained for an evening meal. As Sampson served the two men, the chaplain observed her carefully, saying to Paterson: “I admire your fare, General Paterson, but even more your very polite attendant, who appears to possess the gracefulness and demeanor of a girl.” Sampson must have been greatly relieved to hear General Paterson tell the chaplain: “Private Shurtliff is one of my

finest men and one of our quiet heroes. Though he may not be as athletic as (others), he is as expert with a musket as in arraying our table for an attack with knives and forks.” When Major Haskell recovered from his illness, he returned as General Paterson’s aide and Sampson went back to her unit. When her unit engaged in a skirmish along the Hudson River, she received a second wound by a sword on her head. A third wound, a musket ball into her left shoulder at Eastchester, N.Y., would lead to the discovery that she was a woman soldier. While hospitalized for the bullet wound, Sampson came down with a fever from an epidemic running through the hospital. Losing consciousness, she awakened to learn several men in her company had carried her to the Pennsylvania Hospital in Philadelphia. Barely conscious, she was examined by hospital surgeon Dr. Barnabus Binney and heard him tell a nurse: “This young soldier is a woman disguised as a man. Take her to your apartment and care for her as though she were your daughter. Please be discreet. No one knows her secret.” When her fever had subsided, Binney had Sampson transferred to his own home, where he continued to provide private medical care. As he gained her confidence, Binney asked for her real and assumed names. She responded: “My real name is Deborah Sampson, and I took the first two parts of my brother’s name, Robert Shurtliff, the firstborn of my mother’s eight children. He died when he was 8, the year I was born. I never saw him, but I knew my mother never got over her grief at his loss.” When her condition improved, she was officially and honorably discharged her from the military and provided with safe passage back to her family. Deborah Sampson died on April 29, 1827. Though her name is not as famous as the men who helped start and shape the United States, she was, nevertheless, an important part of an army that helped create a new nation of “the land of the free and the home of the brave.” www.50plusSeniorNewsPA.com

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Art and Antiques by Dr. Lori

Top 10 Thanksgiving Collectibles Lori Verderame n the autumn of 1621, the Plymouth colonists and the Wampanoag Indians celebrated the autumn or harvest feast together. The harvest feast was a longstanding event in Native American culture and it occurred long before the Pilgrims reached Plymouth, Mass. Today, we call that celebration Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving is one of the times when families reunite to take part in age-old family traditions. While most families enjoy a feast of turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, and the trimmings, we also enjoy the objects that remind us of coming home at holiday time. Kitchen collectibles are those items that stir memories, like canister sets, mixing bowls, holiday china, handpainted tea sets, seasonal tablecloths and matching napkins, ceramic floral centerpieces, special crystal goblets, wellworn casserole dishes, etc. The antique and vintage kitchen objects that make holidays special can have collectible and monetary value, too. Here are the top 10 Thanksgiving holiday collectibles that you can find in your mother’s or grandmother’s kitchen and beyond:

am spending Thanksgiving in any given year, I do not miss this fabulous American event. The long-running parade is an American tradition with celebrity guests, decorated floats, marching bands, high-flying character balloons, and Santa Claus. The employeeorganized parade debuted on Nov. 27, 1924, and its long and diverse history offers collectors various types of parade memorabilia.

1. Turkey platters of Staffordshire or Limoges china. These platters are typically of blue/white ceramic or full color featuring an image of a dressed turkey at the center. They date from the mid- to late 19th century to the present day and remain highly collectible.

4. Pilgrim Barbie doll. As you know, Barbie comes in many forms, but at holiday time, Mattel made sure Barbie was the hostess with the mostess. Collectible Barbie dolls exist in the Thanksgiving hostess style and the everpopular Pilgrim Barbie, too.

2. Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade memorabilia. Whatever I am doing on Thanksgiving morning and wherever I

5. Authentic antique Native American baskets. These Thanksgiving collectibles are very pricey for those made in the

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3. Steiff turkey toy. The German stuffed toy firm Steiff is best known for its antique mohair teddy bears dating back to the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The toy maker also produced many other types of stuffed animals from the mid-1900s. The 1950s-era Steiff turkey toy named Tucky is a sought-after Thanksgiving collectible toy.

6. Thanksgivingrelated salt and pepper shakers. Look for turkey, Native Americans, and pilgrim salt-and-pepper shakers by various makers such as Napco, Spode, Goebel, etc. Holiday tables worldwide are enlivened by the addition of small-scale collectible salt-and-pepper shakers in the form of various Thanksgiving-related figures. 7. Presidential Turkey pardon memorabilia. Paper announcements, TV news footage, and newspaper reports from the White House regarding the annual pardoning of a Thanksgiving turkey remain a holiday collectible favorite. 8. Toleware holiday trays. Metal trays with images of turkeys, teepees, and all the trimmings are popular offerings at antique shops and flea markets in the autumn. They range in value from $25

to $75 depending on size, image, and condition. 9. Table Talk pumpkin pie tins. While Table Talk pie tins have a strong collectibles interest in the New England states, the rest of the global collecting market gets into the act at Thanksgiving time. These tin pie plates dating back into the 1900s are not going to bust your wallet, and they make fun holiday collectibles for the Thanksgiving buffet table. 10. Norman Rockwell’s Freedom from Want (Thanksgiving Day) color poster, circa 1941-45. This famous image features a family sitting down to Thanksgiving dinner. Rockwell’s poster was based on President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s Four Freedoms speech and has become synonymous with the American Thanksgiving feast since World War II. The reproduction poster in good condition from the World War II era is worth $125 to $200. This Thanksgiving, as you collect new memories and give thanks for family and friends, remember that your favorite antiques will remind you of crisp autumn days with loved ones. Have a happy Thanksgiving! Celebrity Ph.D. antiques appraiser, author, and award-winning TV personality, Dr. Lori hosts antiques appraisal events worldwide. Dr. Lori is the star appraiser on Discovery channel’s hit TV show Auction Kings. Visit www.DrLoriV.com/Events, www.Facebook.com/ DoctorLori, or call (888) 431-1010.

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been overwhelmingly supportive, with more than 60 area exhibitors coming together for the joint event. The Veterans’ Expo will connect active and retired military members and their families with the benefits and resources available to them through local businesses and organizations. Exhibitors represented will include community service providers, healthcare professionals, VFWs, and American Legions, plus businesses covering everything from home improvement, legal services, and finance to retirement living and insurance. “Whether they’ve been out of the service for a long time and new benefits have been added or amended, or they are recently discharged and need assistance, my goal is that more veterans and their families will find the answers they need and the jobs they must have at the Veterans’ Expo & Job Fair,” Anderson said. The Job Fair will provide an opportunity for veterans and employers to meet face to face to discuss available positions and connect with VA benefits counselors, education/training providers, and business-startup assistance representatives, among others. “The more acquainted we became with the challenges facing our veterans, it became abundantly clear that we also needed to incorporate a job fair into the Expo,” Anderson said. “With more than 200,000 men and women leaving the military every year, they need jobs.” Workshops and seminars will be offered on relevant topics, including resume writing, career planning, and interviewing techniques. The Veterans’ Expo & Job Fair will begin with an opening ceremony. The Red Rose Honor Guard, which has been honoring local veterans at funerals and civic services since 1998, will commence the proceedings with a special ceremony honoring all branches of military service. After the pledge of allegiance, Peggy Keller, 2011 Pa StatE SENiOr idOl winner, will perform the national anthem, followed by words from three-

star Lt. Gen. Dennis L. Benchoff as keynote speaker. Tom LaNasa, three-time Pa StatE SENiOr idOl semifinalist, will then perform “Ragged Old Flag,” Johnny Cash’s spoken-word tribute to patriotism. Later, at 10:30 a.m., Audrey Bergstresser, department service officer at VFW, Department of Pennsylvania, will present information on veterans’ benefits. Through a partnership with Keystone Military Families, a Central Pennsylvania-based nonprofit, the aim of the Veterans’ Expo & Job Fair also expands to benefit troops currently stationed at home and abroad, especially this upcoming holiday season. Representatives from KMF will be on hand accepting attendee donations toward its Stockings for Soldiers program, which sends holiday care packages to “fill the stockings” of American troops. A full list of items requested by soldiers is available under the “attendee info” section of the Veterans’ Expo & Job Fair’s website (www.veteransexpo.com). Or, because cash is always needed to help ship those care packages, guests can opt to make a monetary donation to Stockings for Soldiers. They will also be invited to write a note to a soldier on stocking-shaped cards printed and donated by Brenneman Printing and ARC Marketing. With its connections to community resources, services, and jobs, the Veterans’ Expo & Job Fair has been designed to be of practical benefit to the servicemen and –women it is geared to reach. But Anderson said that, if nothing else, she hopes the event accomplishes one basic goal: “for the men and women who join us to know that we are trying to show our appreciation for their service to our country.” For more information on the Veterans’ Expo & Job Fair, call (717) 285-1350 or visit www.veteransexpo.com.

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