Lancaster County Edition
May 2011
Vol. 17 No. 5
Discovering Buried Treasure Metal Detecting Offers Key to Exercise, Service, Community, and Adventure By Beth Anne Heesen Metal detectors have become almost as common on beaches as seagulls. It is a popular hobby today, with thousands of people flocking to the sand each year to search for rings, coins, and other treasures. But for Bob Clark, 73, metal detecting is much more than a hobby. He started more than 40 years ago and has been doing it ever since. He began in the late ’60s. “Not many people had metal detectors at that time,” he said, “but as a deputy wildlife conservation officer, I was one of the few that did.” He was also a nature writer, and metal detecting turned out to be a perfect activity for the outdoorsy, adventure-loving man. Clark uses his metal detector extensively for community service, so the hobby has been a joy not only to him, but also to countless others who have benefited from his findings. “People take off rings [at the beach], put them in a shoe, and then come back and throw the sand out of the shoe,” he said. Out with the sand go the rings, much to their owners’ dismay. Clark said he is happy when he can return an item to someone and does not accept rewards. In the early ’70s, Clark joined a ring recovery team. One time, he found a class ring for a Gettysburg woman at Pine Grove Furnace State Park in Cumberland County. “She was very poor, and it was one of the thrills of her life,” he said. The please see TREASURE page 18 Metal-detecting enthusiast Bob Clark at the lakefront beach in Pine Grove Furnace State Park, where he has often unearthed lost jewelry.
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Such Is Life
My Diary: A Thank-You to Mom Saralee Perel January 2, 1961: Dear Diary, My sled hit a tree and cracked my head open. My stupid brother said I didn’t crack my head. But I certainly did! Mommy took us out for butterscotch sundays. Goodbye! Saralee Perel I was 10. My brother, Michael, was 14. My poor mother. How could she let us out of her sight? Michael loved terrifying me. He said, “If you hiccup and burp at the same time, you die.” Instantly, I hiccupped. I raced to my parents’ bedroom and cried, “I’ll die if I burp!” Mom patted the bed. Our arms surrounded each other as we fell asleep. January 7: Dear Diary, I have a sore throat. Mommy officially said No School For You. She let me try on her jewelry. Even her GENUINE diamonds. Goodbye! Saralee Perel
I have her clipon earrings, brooches, and “genuine” (costume) diamonds. When I’m sick, I still play with them at times. Sometimes I cry.
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Frankie is the dead one. Mommy won’t get another fish because she is mad I forget to feed them. We had a dog named Friskie. He died because he stopped breathing. Well, that’s all! Except I wish I had a nicer Mommy. Goodbye! Saralee Perel P.S. I really did not mean that.
January 9: Mommy thinks I’m faking my VERY sore throat. I TOLD her my tempeture. Mom rarely slept One hundred well. When I’d need twenty! Goodbye! the bathroom at Saralee Perel P.S. Saralee, her mom, and brother Mike on night, I’d sneak past Mommy’s agrevated the beach in Atlantic City, N.J., in 1955. Michael’s dark door. with me. He’d lunge out January 10: Dear Diary, One of our screaming, “SURPRISE!” I’d go flying 3 feet in the air, then land on all fours. fishes died. They are Frankie and Johnny.
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“Mommy!” I always ran to her side. “Michael did it again!” Without opening her eyes, she’d pat the bed, then wrap me in her arms. Once Michael said, “If you sleep on your back, you turn into a corpse in a coffin, and Mom and Dad will bury you alive.” To sleep on my stomach, I’d put pieces of my china tea set against my shoulders, so I’d feel them if I turned. Sometimes they’d break. Mom found out. She cried, holding a delicate teacup with a broken handle. “Please don’t cry, Mommy.” “Grandma gave me this for my bat mitzvah. We had tea parties, like you and I do.” I loved tea parties. We’d have Tetley Tea and Keebler cookies. We sang, “Tea for Two,” emphasizing words by singing them loudly. “Just ME for YOU, and YOU for ME.”
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“There’s some I haven’t broken, Mommy.” It broke my heart then and it does now. February 9: Dear Diary, It’s my birthday!!!! I got Frankie THE SECOND. I told Mommy one hundred times Johnny THE FIRST is lonely. Goodbye! Saralee Perel Can you imagine how irritating it was, hearing me kvetching all day about a fish? October 23: Dear Diary, Jamie and I bicycled downhill. With NO hands. I fell. The kick stand stuck in my leg. It was pouring red blood. Let me just say it was agony. Mommy took me to my uncle, the FAMOUS Doctor Louis Sachs. Uncle Lou picked out many hundred pebbles under my nose and sewed black stitches on my leg. I almost died. Mommy stopped and bought chocolate cake. Goodbye! Saralee Perel
My mother loved me— unconditionally. I wish I could tell her that I know that … now. I want to say, “I adored the shelter of your arms. You made my world safe.” Sometimes I think I’ll never find solace again. “And Mom? I am so sorry I broke our treasured tea set.” My last entry says, “Dear Diary.” However, I’m changing it for this story, as a final thank-you to my mother. December 31: Dear Mommy, Well, well, well. Our time together is coming to a sad ending. It’s been SO wonderful having you to talk to. You are my very best friend. I will miss you SO much. I will love and cherish you forever. Love, love, love, love, love, Goodbye. Saralee Perel.
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By Donald J. Mang ne hundred and fifty years after the start of the Civil War, Donald J. Mang’s novel illuminates the war’s bloody contests through the eyes of four young people traumatized by the events that divided our country and caused families and friends to become enemies. Patrick O’Hanrahan is a young Irish Catholic immigrant who has come to New York City with his family after the Potato Famine of the 1840s. He soon falls in love with Beth Wheeler, the woman who is left behind when Patrick joins the 69th Volunteers from NYC—the Fighting Irish. When the Civil War breaks out, Patrick becomes wounded in battle and is tended to by Lou Ann Summers. Her recurring presence in Patrick’s life fuels his growing affection for her. These matters of the heart are often overshadowed by the chaos of war. After being captured in battle, Patrick plots with a fellow captive and friend, Nathan, to use the Underground Railroad to
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escape the captivity of war and slavery. Another friendship is torn apart when Patrick almost kills his childhood friend, Joshua, now an enemy fighter, on the battleground. Throughout the novel, Mang’s characters represent the true struggles with life and death, good and bad that the Civil War inflicted. The stories of the lives lived and lost during the Civil War have woven the fabric of this nation in ways that are still tangible today. The novel’s rich blend of suspense, romance, religion, and history offers something for every reader.
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Dr. Leonard Perry emorial or remembrance gardens are an ideal way to keep alive the memory of those deceased, whether they are family, friends, or even pets. They are particularly appropriate if the deceased had some interest in gardening. Instead of a plaque or memorial that lasts, some like to plant a mass of perennials or a grove of native trees. These are allowed to reseed, so as the original plants die, new seedlings grow. This carries the planting along for many years, much longer than a single plant. Candidates for such perennials might be mallows, garden phlox, and lupines, and for annuals try cosmos or spider flower. Just make sure their reseeding won’t cause problems where sited. If a person was interested in gardening, their passions would be a good place to start in creating a memorial garden. Perhaps they were fond of a plant such as rhododendron, phlox, or hollyhocks, which, by planting, will remind you of them. Perhaps the person liked a food such as applesauce or wines, so you might plant an apple tree or grapes to trigger memories. My mother was fond of herbs, so I keep a small herb garden in her memory. Others keep alive memories of friends through plants given to them by that person. If a person liked a particular season, focus your garden on this, either with bloom times as in spring bulbs or foliage colors for fall. If a person liked a particular color, focus on this with flowers and foliage if possible. A white garden is sometimes popular to remember a young child, with white symbolizing purity. If the person was religious, consider a
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religious statue. If the person liked birds, add birdfeeders and baths. Such objects as birdbaths, hummingbird feeders, and benches are appropriate if you don’t have time or space for a full garden. One common remembrance popular with many is to plant a variety with the name of the person, such as Mary Todd daylily if the person’s name was Mary. Every time you see the plant you think of the person. Roses are a popular remembrance plant, many having people names. A different type of memorial garden can be designed for reflection or to grieve. In such gardens, enclosure from the outside world as with a fence or hedge often is used. Usually such gardens have a plaque, monument, or focal point and a bench or some form of seating. Soothing, sensual effects, such as fragrance from flowers or the sound of a gentle water feature, can be comforting in such gardens. A memorial garden for reflection is appropriate for persons that really had no interest in plants. Instead, install some object to remind you of them as a focal point. For an adult interested in music, you might choose wind chimes or a musical sculpture. For one interested in literature, have their favorite poem inscribed. For children, this focus could be a sculpture of their favorite toy or impressions in stepping stones. Perhaps you would create a children’s play garden for other youth to enjoy. Creating memorial gardens promotes healing. Maintaining them is therapeutic. The gardens not only keep alive their memories, but also provide beauty to those who see them even if they didn’t know the person you are remembering.
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May is 6th Annual Jewish-American Heritage Month In 2006, President George W. Bush proclaimed that May would be JewishAmerican Heritage Month. The announcement was the crowning achievement in an effort by the Jewish Museum of Florida and South Florida Jewish community leaders that resulted in resolutions introduced by Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz of Florida and Sen. Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania urging the president to proclaim a month that would recognize the more than 350-year history of Jewish contributions to American culture. The resolutions passed unanimously, first in the House of Representatives in December 2005 and later in the Senate in February 2006. Since 2006, JAHM programs have taken place across the country. The contributions of JewishAmericans are far-ranging and include scientists, entertainers, writers, and entrepreneurs. Some of these are listed below: Levi Strauss, 1829-1902. In 1873, Strauss and Nevada tailor Jacob Davis created the first blue jeans when they received a U.S. patent to make men’s
denim work pants with copper rivets. With this patent, they began to manufacture blue jeans, known today as the Levi’s® brand. Emma Lazarus, 18491887. Lazarus was a writer and a scholar of literature and languages whose poetry and essays protested the rise of antiSemitism. “Give me your tired, your poor, / Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free” are two famous lines of her sonnet, “The New Colossus,” which was affixed to the Statue of Liberty in 1903.
the only woman included in Time magazine’s 1998 list of the 20 most influential business geniuses of the 20th century. Devoted to philanthropy, Lauder launched the pink ribbon symbol as the worldwide emblem of breast health. Estée Lauder
Jonas Salk, 19141995. When news of Salk’s discovery of a polio vaccine was made public in 1955, the virologist was hailed as a miracle worker. In 1963, he founded the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in La Jolla, Calif. Salk spent his last years searching for a vaccine against AIDS.
Estée Lauder, 19062004. Born Josephine Sandy Koufax Ruth Mosko Handler, Esther Mentzer, Lauder 1916-2002. The Los founded the Estée Angeles Times’ Woman of the Year in Lauder Company in 1946. Lauder was
Job Opportunities LANCASTER COUNTY EMPLOYERS NEED YOU!! Age 55 or over? Unemployed? The 55+ Job Bank is one of three services offered by Employment Unit at the Office of Aging. Jobs are matched with those looking for work. Based on an evaluation of your skills and abilities, we can match you with a position needed by a local employer. Some employers are specifically looking for older workers because of the reliability and experience they bring to the workplace. There is a mix of full-time and part-time jobs covering all shifts, requiring varying levels of skill and experience, and offering a wide range of salaries. The other services available through the Office of Aging are the Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP) and the regularly scheduled Job Search Workshops.
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Business in 1967, Handler created the Barbie doll, named after her daughter, in 1959. The doll rocketed the Mattel company to nearly overnight success and became an icon of American culture. Handler later turned her attention to helping other breast cancer survivors, creating a breast prosthesis called Nearly Me. Ann Landers, 1918-2002. Esther Pauline Friedman Lederer, writing as Ann Landers, had her first advice column published in the Chicago Sun Times in 1955. By the end of Lederer’s life, Ann Landers had become the world’s most widely syndicated column, published in more than 1,200 publications and with more than 90 million readers around the world. Ruth Bader Ginsburg, b. 1933. Bader Ginsburg is the first Jewish woman to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court and the first woman to make both the Harvard and Columbia law reviews. She served on the U.S. Court of Appeals from 1980 until her appointment in please see HERITAGE page 23
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The Beauty in Nature
Local Flycatcher Voices Clyde McMillan-Gamber lycatchers are plain little birds that are difficult to see because of their blending into the dense, protective foliage of woodlands and thickets. Several kinds look similar, but each species has a distinctive voice to find others of their kind for mating. We humans use their voices to note their presence and identify them as to species. Most North American flycatchers spend northern winters in Central and South America. They eat flying insects that are available only during warmer weather. Each species of flycatcher, including those in the Mid-Atlantic States, nests in a particular niche. This reduces competition for living space and food with its relatives and aids in its identification. Eastern phoebes traditionally built nests of mud and moss on rock ledges under overhanging boulders near water in deciduous forests. Today they also
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Sign Up Now for the 2011 Lancaster Senior Games For the past 23 years, the Lancaster Senior Games have heralded the start of summer in Lancaster County. The 2011 games, to be held June 13-17, will once again offer seniors the chance to enjoy competitive athletic events while spending time with family and friends. The games offer a wide variety of activities that blend sports, recreation, friendly competition, and fellowship. Events will be held at Franklin and Marshall College’s Alumni Sports and Fitness Center, Evergreen Golf Course, Leisure Lanes, Overlook Golf Course, and the YMCA. The games are coordinated by the Lancaster County Office of Aging and Lancaster Recreation Commission, and all residents 55 and older are welcome to register. The five-day Senior Games remain the county’s largest annual senior fitness event. A quick reference for each day’s event offerings is as follows: Monday, June 13: Aerobics, badminton, bocce, bridge tournament, checkers, darts, easy-does-it exercise, foul shooting, javelin throw, running, shotput, tai chi, and Wii Fit.
Tuesday, June 14: Bench press exhibition, bicep curl, football throw, Frisbee throw, horseshoes, hotshot basketball, line dance clinic, pilates, pinochle tournament, shuffleboard, softball throw, swimming, table tennis, and Zumba Gold. Wednesday, June 15: Frisbee golf, homerun derby, pitch ’n’ putt, shuffleboard, soccer penalty kick, tennis, and walking. Thursday, June 16: Billiards, bowling tournament, golf – longest drive, modified bowling, and putting contest. Friday, June 17: 9-hole golf tournament, 18-hole golf tournament, and the celebration dance. All events held Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday will be held at F&M College, except for Tuesday’s swimming, which will take place at the YMCA, and Wednesday’s pitch ’n’ putt, which will take place at Evergreen Golf Course. Thursday’s events will be at Leisure Lanes. Friday’s events will be held at Overlook Golf Course and Evergreen Golf Course, with the celebration dance taking place at the Willow Valley Cultural Center.
The registration deadline for the games is May 13, and official registration forms can be obtained through the Lancaster Recreation Commission by calling (717) 3922115. There is a registration fee per individual registration, and checks can be made payable to “Lancaster Recreation Commission” with a notation “payment for Senior Games 2011.” For more information, contact the Lancaster Rec. at the above number or visit www.lanseniorgames.org. Platinum sponsors for the 2011 Lancaster Senior Games are WGAL-8 and Home Care Assistance. Gold sponsors are Brethren Village, Gentiva Health Services, The Groffs Family Funeral and Cremation Services Inc., Homestead Village Retirement Community, Luthercare, Mennonite Home Communities, On-Line Publishers/50plus Senior News, Pennsylvania Lottery, The Long Community at Highland, and Willow Valley Retirement Communities. Silver sponsors are Agape Care, CPRS Physical Therapy, Landis Homes, M&T Bank, and Masonic Village. Bronze sponsors are Citadel, Dermatology Associates, Easton Coach, Elite Coach, Evolution Power Yoga, Hartz Physical Therapy, Hospice of Lancaster County, Humana, Life Transition Services, Red Rose Awards, and Universal Athletic Club.
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Honorary Chairperson Finds Satisfaction in Sports By Beth Anne Heesen E. Jerry Brooks has invested more than 60 years of hard work and dedication into the local sports community. The 23rd annual Lancaster Senior Games recognizes his outstanding achievements by naming him honorary chairperson for the 2011 games. “It was a surprise and certainly an honor,” said Brooks, 86, of Lancaster. “It’s nice that so many seniors value sports. It’s great to be affiliated with that, and I couldn’t be more appreciative.” Brooks was involved in wrestling, football, and track in high school and was the captain of his football team in his senior year. After graduating from high school in 1942, he served in World War II. When he came back, he did not plan
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to go to college, but a football coach Manor High School in 1964 and retired from Millersville University went after as assistant superintendent in 1984. him because he wanted Brooks has received him on his team. He numerous awards, graduated from including the District 3 Millersville in 1949 and Wrestlers Hall of Fame, went on to get his the Pennsylvania High master’s degree at the School Track and Field University of Hall of Fame, the Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania Coaches His education prepared Hall of Fame, and the him for the years of George W. Kirchner leadership that followed. Memorial Award for He coached track and lifetime contributions to field, cross country, sports in the county. football, and wrestling at Brooks also received an E. Jerry Brooks McCaskey High School award for pushing for from 1949-1962, and girls to be given more then was hired as assistant principal of opportunities in sports at a time when Edward M. Hand Middle School. He girls were seen as incapable of competing went on to become president of Penn in rigorous competitions. “I had
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May is Better Hearing & Speech Month Mouse with ‘Golden Ears’ Yields Hearing-Loss Insight Most people lose some of their hearing as they get older. That’s a common part of aging. But for a small number of seniors—roughly 5 percent— it’s not the ears that are the problem; it’s the brain. In new research published in the Neurobiology of Aging, scientists have created a mouse model that is comparable to an older adult who has the ears of a healthy 20-year-old but the brain of that 20-year-old’s greatgrandmother. They created the model when they crossed two mouse strains commonly used to study age-related hearing loss: the CBA mouse, which loses its hearing gradually, like most people, and the C57 mouse, which loses its hearing rapidly in middle age and becomes deaf later in life. “The CBAs don’t breed very well. The C57s do. And so we thought, if we could
get an offspring that breeds well but still C57 mice and the CBA mice as they has pretty good hearing, we would get an aged. improved animal model for studying ageOn the other hand, they also found related hearing loss,” that the F1 mouse brain said Robert Frisina, was less able to University of compensate for sound in Rochester Medical background noise than For a small Center, and principal the CBA mice. This is number of seniors, investigator on the similar to an aging it’s not the ears study. “But we actually person whose ears are got one that had working fine but who that are the significantly better still has trouble problem; hearing than either understanding speech mouse model. And when there’s a lot of it’s the brain. that was a surprise.” background noise, such Using technologies as at restaurants and that are commonly dinner parties. used to screen newborns for hearing loss, The research team’s next step is to the researchers indeed found that the figure out what molecular pathways are offspring of this cross, called the F1 in place that may be protecting the F1 generation—a.k.a. the golden ear mice— mouse’s hearing. had significantly better hearing than the “We definitely know why the F1’s
hearing is better than the C57’s. It’s because it doesn’t have two copies of the recessive genes that the C57 has. So that’s a slam dunk,” said Frisina. “Why it has better hearing than the CBA, that’s still open.” In addition, age-related hearing loss usually is the outcome of aging ears and an aging brain, and for this reason, it’s difficult for scientists to untangle the roles the two systems play. Because F1’s ears are still working well, the researchers plan to explore how the part of the brain that processes the sounds we hear ages on its own—without the added complication of processing distorted sounds from damaged ears. If researchers can pinpoint key changes occurring in the brain as a result of aging, they may be able to develop drug or gene therapies to ward off hearing loss in some older adults.
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injured. Clark found three shell cases that were linked to the gun of the person who shot the officer. “The man [had] panicked,” he said. “He was hunting deer and [the officer] caught him, so he shot the officer between the eyes.” He has also found A few of the items Clark has recovered over the years include centuries-old coins, bottles, horse-riding equipment, knives and other and a 100-year-old, 44-caliber Peacemaker revolver, shown at left. weapons linked to crimes that occurred long He said he finds a lot of junk too, ago. which is why he recommends spending Another reason Clark metal detects is at least $300 for a metal detector. “You for the health benefits. The hobby want to find a machine that will requires walking, stretching, and digging, and the exercise can range from discriminate against aluminum,” he said. Clark’s hobby carries spectacular light to heavy, depending on how much someone wants to work on it and where social benefits for him. He enjoys metal detecting with club members and looks they go. forward to the treasure hunt they hold “You don’t have to be in that good of shape on sand at the beach, but it works each October, which he said is “sort of like an Easter egg hunt for adults.” For a you when you’re digging 3 or 4 inches fee, anyone is welcome to search for into dirt,” he said. Indian Head pennies, silver, and other Clark and his wife of 52 years, items—including a key to a treasure Thelma, travel all over America. Wherever they go, he never leaves home chest. He eagerly shares findings with others without his metal detector. He loves to go to the beach, where sand makes metal who enjoy metal detecting, although most keep the sites where they found detecting a lot easier. His wife is not as them secret, just as some people keep interested in metal detecting as Clark, silent on the special ingredients of their but she enjoys spending time on the most scrumptious recipes. “People love beach. to share, but won’t tell you where,” he Clark said that, for his purposes, the said. beach is best when it is not busy. Clark said that metal detecting is a Children get excited when they see great thing for a husband and wife to do people metal detecting and follow them together and that it provides a fun around. “You have to be careful with activity to do with kids and grandkids at children,” he said. “Ask them to stand the beach, where it is easy to get bored. back and show them what you found.” Best of all, Clark said every day of Metal detecting can bring a profit if metal detecting is an adventure. “You you work hard at it and are lucky. One of Clark’s friends makes about $30,000 a never know what you’re going to find year metal detecting in Ocean City, Md., next,” he said. “You never know when but that is not the norm. Clark said it is you’re going to find a gold coin.” For more information on metal not unusual for him to find 10,000 to detecting or the Pen Mar Historical 12,000 coins a year, but that is not a lot Recovery Association, visit of money when 90 percent of those www.gettysburgelectronics.com/penmar coins are pennies. or contact Don Hinks at (717) 334One of the rarest items Clark ever found was an 1824 self-made coin in the 8634 or gettysburgelectronics@embarqmail.com. South. Another great find was a 100year-old, 44-caliber Peacemaker revolver The club meets on the second Tuesday of every other month at the National he found under a wooden floor in an Apple Museum in Biglerville. old barn out West. www.SeniorNewsPA.com
Fragments of History
When Fidel Castro Wrote to President Roosevelt – Letters Written to U.S. Presidents Victor M. Parachin handwritten letter addressed to the White House and postmarked Nov. 25, 1940, began, “My good friend Roosevelt” and was signed, “Your friend, Fidel Castro,” who was 12 years of age at the time. In the letter, Castro apologized for his limited knowledge of English. Nevertheless, he knew enough to write the president of the United States and ask him for $10. “If you like, give me ten dollar bill green American, in the letter, because … I have not seen a ten dollar bill green American and I would like to have one of them,” he wrote. The reason for writing the letter remains a mystery. It is unlikely that Castro was in dire need of the money because his parents were a middle-class Cuban family with enough resources to send him to a private Jesuit school and later to the University of Havana. Possibly, the letter was a school assignment to practice English by writing
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a letter to a person in the United States. There is no record that President Roosevelt responded to the young Castro, but one wonders how Cuban-American relations may have been different had the president written back and enclosed a $10 bill. As the highest elected official in the country, an American president receives thousands of letters daily from citizens. Some write asking for help, others to scold, some to advise, and others to commend. Here are a few fascinating samples of letters written to U.S. presidents. The citizens of South Dakota on Al Capone. Sometime during the night hours of March 1, 1932, someone kidnapped the 20-month-old son of aviation pioneer Charles Lindbergh. Sadly, the baby’s body was found on May 12 in a wooded area near his home. That event became the crime of the century for Americans who read about it
in newspapers and listened to events on radio. When the baby was first kidnapped, Al Capone—America’s most famous and notorious gangster—was locked in Chicago’s Cook County Jail, waiting to be transferred to a federal penitentiary to begin serving his 11-year term for tax evasion. Upon learning about the kidnapping, Capone immediately offered a $10,000 reward for information leading to the safe return of the child. He also claimed he could find and apprehend the guilty person if authorities would release him from jail for a two-week period. Word of his offer made news and a lively public debate ensued over whether or not the gangster should be released to help solve the crime. A group of South Dakota citizens, outraged at the possibility the gangster could be released, even temporarily, wrote President Herbert Hoover this terse, two-paragraph letter:
Dakota, hereby wish to protest against any action that you, as chief executive of our nation, might take to release Al Capone from confinement because of his reported willingness to aid in the search for the kidnapped son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh. While our sympathy goes out to Mr. and Mrs. Lindbergh in their loss, we feel that presidential action to free this notorious criminal even temporarily, to assist individuals, would be a serious mistake. We believe that it would encourage further acts of kidnapping, violence from gangsters, and that it would be wholly unwise. Most respectfully yours … An offer of 50 lady sharpshooters for the war effort. Though her birth name was Phoebe Ann Moses, the country came to know her as Annie Oakley, “America’s Representative Lady Shot.” Oakley’s skill as a sharpshooter made her the most famous woman in America
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Pre-registration is required for these programs. All activities are held at the Environmental Center in Central Park unless otherwise noted. To register or to find out more about these activities or any additional scheduled activities, call (717) 295-2055 or visit www.lancastercountyparks.org.
Cocalico Senior Association – (717) 336-7489 May 6, 10 a.m. – Country Music with Ed Podziomek May 9, 10 a.m. – Mother’s Day Tea May 18, 2 p.m. – Zumba Exercise at Ephrata Rec. Center
May 7, 10 to 11 a.m. and 1 to 2 p.m. – Slides of Summer Birds May 21, 10 to 11 a.m. and 1 to 2 p.m. – “American Shad of the Susquehanna” May 31, 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. – “Chickies History in Pictures,” Chickies Rock County Park, Day Use Area, Pavilion 42
Library Programs Lititz Public Library, 651 Kissel Hill Road, Lititz, (717) 626-2255 May 5, 7 p.m. – Lititz Garden Club: “In Love with Lavender” May 7, noon to 3 p.m. – Astronomy Enthusiasts of Lancaster County: Public Solar Observing Session May 13, 10 a.m. to noon – Literary Travelers Book Discussion: Half of a Yellow Sun Manheim Community Library, 15 E. High St., Manheim, (717) 665-6700 Manheim Township Public Library, 2121 Oregon Pike, Suite 101, Lancaster, (717) 560-6441 Milanof-Schock Library, 1184 Anderson Ferry Road, Mount Joy, (717) 653-1510 Moores Memorial Library, 326 N. Bridge St., Christiana, (717) 593-6683 Pequea Valley Public Library, 3660 Old Philadelphia Pike, Intercourse, (717) 768-3160 Quarryville Library, 357 Buck Road, P.O. Box 678, Quarryville, (717) 786-1336
Columbia Senior Center – (717) 684-4850 May 10, 10 a.m. – Square Dancing May 19, 9 a.m. – Tour of Susquehanna Glass Factory May 25, 10:15 a.m. – Stroke Awareness Program Elizabethtown Senior Center – (717) 367-7984 Wednesdays, 10 a.m. – Wii Bowling May 6, 5 p.m. – Pizza and “Beer” (Root or Birch) Party May 28, 5 p.m. – Dinner and Pinochle Party Lancaster House North – (717) 299-1278 Thursdays, noon to 3 p.m. – Happy Hearts Club Pinochle Lancaster Neighborhood Senior Center – (717) 299-3943 May 9, 10:30 a.m. – Lancaster Daycare Kids Visit May 25, 9 a.m. – Trip to Lukens Steel Museum May 27, 9:30 a.m. – Consumer Corner (Bring Complaints)
Strasburg-Heisler Library, 143 Precision Road, Strasburg, (717) 687-8969 Lancaster Rec. Center – (717) 392-2115, ext. 147 Fridays, 12:30 to 3 p.m. – Happy Hearts Club Bridge
Shuts Environmental Library, 3 Nature’s Way, Lancaster, (717) 295-2055
Programs and Support Groups May 3, 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Parents/Grandparents with Special Cares Support Group Garden Spot Village Village Square Board Room 433 S. Kinzer Ave., New Holland (717) 355-6010 khorning@gardenspotvillage.org May 3, 7 to 8:30 p.m. Coping with the Loss of a Parent PATHways Center for Grief & Loss 4075 Old Harrisburg Pike, Mount Joy (717) 391-2413 May 8, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Pennsylvania Music Expo Continental Inn 2285 Lincoln Highway East, Lancaster (717) 898-1246 www.recordcollectors.org
May 13, 7 p.m. Singles Over Sixty: Underground Railroad Love Stories Grace United Church of Christ 1947 New Holland Pike, Lancaster (717) 285-7973
May 23, 2 to 3 p.m. Parkinson’s Support Group Garden Spot Village – Concord Room 433 S. Kinzer Ave., New Holland (717) 355-6259 jshaffer@gardenspotvillage.org
May 16, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Seasonal Opening of Historical Site Mascot Roller Mills and Ressler Family Home Newport and Stumptown roads, Ronks (717) 656-7616 www.resslermill.com
May 25, 6 to 8 p.m. Epilepsy Foundation of Eastern Pennsylvania Support Group Lancaster General Hospital Stager Room 5 555 N. Duke St., Lancaster (800) 887-7165, ext. 104
May 17, 7 to 8:30 p.m. Coping With the Loss of a Spouse PATHways Center for Grief & Loss 4075 Old Harrisburg Pike, Mount Joy (717) 391-2413
May 9, 10 to 11 a.m. Alzheimer’s Caregivers Support Group Garden Spot Village – Concord Room 433 S. Kinzer Ave., New Holland (717) 355-6010 jmorton@gardenspotvillage.org
May 19, noon Brain Tumor Support Group Lancaster General Health Campus Wellness Center 2100 Harrisburg Pike, Lancaster (717) 626-2894
May 12, 6:30 to 8 p.m. Coping with the Loss of a Child PATHways Center for Grief & Loss 4075 Old Harrisburg Pike, Mount Joy (717) 391-2413
May 20, 6 to 9 p.m. Music Fridays 200 and 300 Blocks of North Queen Street 24 W. Walnut St., Lancaster (717) 341-0028
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Lititz Senior Center – (717) 626-2800 Thursdays, 9 a.m. – Exercise with Lucy, YMCA May 3, 10 a.m. – Music with Lost & Found May 24, 10 a.m. – Foot Care LRC Senior Center – (717) 399-7671 May 3, 9 a.m. – “Remembering Our Mothers” Program May 6, 9 a.m. – Stroke Awareness Program May 10, 9 a.m. – Older Americans Month Tribute Luis Munoz Marin Senior Center – (717) 295-7989 May 6, 10 a.m. – Mother’s Day Party May 19, 9 a.m. – Picnic at Lancaster County Central Park May 26, 10 a.m. – Guidelines on a Healthier Life with Diabetes Millersville Senior Center – (717) 871-9600 May 11, 10 a.m. – Mother’s Day Tea May 16, 10 a.m. – White Elephant Sale May 23, noon – Senior Luncheon at VFW Next Gen Senior Center – (717) 786-4770 May 5, 11 a.m. – Cinco de Mayo Craft May 6, 10 a.m. – Kentucky Derby Party May 27, 9:30 a.m. – Manicures Rodney Park Center – (717) 393-7786 Tuesdays, 1 to 3 p.m. – Happy Hearts Club Pinochle and Bingo
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The Search for Our Ancestry
Which Records Take Precedence? Angelo Coniglio Q: My grandmother’s tombstone says she was born Dec. 26, 1893, in Germany. She was married in the United States. Her marriage certificate gives her marriage date as Nov. 30, 1912, and her birth date as Dec. 26, 1894. After I sent to her birthplace for a birth certificate, I received a document in German that is headed “EXTRAKT” and gives her birth date as Dec. 28, 1893. Which birth date is right? – S.L. A: Each of the records you describe is a secondary record. That is, they were not made at the actual time and place of your grandmother’s birth. Any of them might be correct, but all of them could be in error. A primary record is an official record made at the time and place of the event, and as such takes precedence over any other records.
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First, the gravestone: Unless stones are preplanned, the dates on grave markers are usually given to the stone carver by a relative or friend of the deceased. That is, the date is hearsay, not supported by an actual document, so it could be, and often is, incorrect. That may not be of much importance to survivors, if they are not interested in tracing the family heritage back in time. But if they are, the most accurate records are needed, since there may have been more than one person with the same or similar names and birth dates, and you want to be sure you’re finding information on your ancestors, not those of someone else! The marriage certificate: The marriage certificate is a primary record of the marriage, and that date can be considered official. But often in those days, when immigrants had few official
records with them, they were simply asked their birth date (and other pertinent information), which was entered on the marriage certificate as a secondary record of the person’s birth. Your grandmother may simply have not remembered her exact birth date. In Germany in the 1890s, “birth certificates” were not issued to a child’s parents; instead, the birth was recorded in an annual ledger with all other births from that year, either in a civil register, a church register, or both. The family had no “certificate” that they could readily or frequently refer to, and exact dates of birth may not have been very important to them. Since Grandmama was evidently born near the end of the year, her family may have remembered her birthday in association with “the winter of 18931894” and forgotten the exact year.
The German document: Extrakt is German for “extract”; that is, a document on which pertinent information is hand-copied from an original. It is not a photocopy of the original, and while it is an official document, it is still a secondary record. The clerk or official who copied it down may have made a mistake in transcribing the information. For example, your grandmother’s official, primary birth record might very well say that she was born on Dec. 26, 1893. However, births were not necessarily recorded on the day they happened. The first date appearing on the original birth record is the date the birth was reported. In this case, the baby could have been born on Dec. 26, but not brought in to be registered until the 28th. The modern clerk who answered
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Contestants from Diverse Backgrounds Share Their Talents at PA STATE SENIOR IDOL Auditions By Beth Anne Heesen Some came from local bands and theaters. Others sang at church, crooned for customers at the grocery store, or performed karaoke for residents in retirement homes. Still others performed only for spouses and grandchildren, danced only in kitchens, and sang only in showers. Whatever their backgrounds, more than 100 people made it to the sixth annual PA STATE SENIOR IDOL auditions, held by On-Line Publishers, Inc., to prove that Pennsylvania’s seniors are bursting with talent. Most sang for the judges, but others played the trumpet or guitar. Everyone had their chance to shine, but only 15 outstanding performers are going on to next month’s finals competition to compete for the title of Pennsylvania’s next SENIOR IDOL. Jose Angel Cruz of Ephrata arrived early for his audition and, fortunately, so did his birthday. Cruz wanted to enter the competition last year but could not because he was still under 50. The firsttimer nailed his audition when he sang “Butterfly Kisses” by Bob Carlisle with energy and passion. Philadelphia resident Dan Kelly was worried when he walked into the audition room because the song on the CD he used was in a different key than he had practiced. Imagine the judges’ surprise when he belted out a deep, confident performance of “Why God, Why” from Miss Saigon. While contestants in the waiting room could not see his dramatic body language and the emotion on his face, every one of them could hear his powerful voice. Judges felt like they found a pot of gold when Patty Price of York took their breaths away singing Judy Garland’s “Over the Rainbow.” Price’s stunning voice and poise earned her a place as a semifinalist for the second year in a row. Constance Kuba Fisher of Mechanicsburg’s animated expressions and gestures also delighted her audience as she sang “Don’t Rain on My Parade” from Funny Girl. The elegant, sequined shirt that she made herself matched her shimmering talent beautifully. Every seasoned contestant knows that to wow the judges, you’ve got to “hit [’em] with your best shot,” but sometimes
the biggest step is just going through with the audition. Steve Reuben of Harrisburg was a little nervous about singing “Some Enchanted Evening” from South Pacific at his audition because he was a little under the weather. Fortunately, he showed up anyway because no one else would have had a clue. His compelling voice was apparently sturdy enough to withstand the attack on his sinuses. Margie Sheaffer of New Providence was another contestant who had butterflies in her stomach. She had been part of a late-’60s rock band and has considerable theater experience, but after 15 years off-stage, Sheaffer was outside her comfort box. Last year she applied for an audition but then backed out of it. She would never have come in for this year’s audition, she said, had 50plus Senior News editor Megan Joyce not contacted her for an interview for April’s cover story. Now that she found herself featured in an article about SENIOR IDOL contestants, she knew there was no turning back, and her husband reminded her that, this time, she had to do it. Before she went in for her audition, she joked with Joyce that she was mad at her for “making” her do this. But after a sizzling performance of “Fever” by Peggy Lee, she gave Joyce a hug and said she was happy that she went through with it. The next day, she got a call congratulating her for making it to the finals. These exceptional semifinalists and others will showcase their talents at the sold-out PA STATE SENIOR IDOL finals competition at the Dutch Apple Dinner Theatre in Lancaster on Monday, June 6. The show’s emcee will be Diane Dayton of Dayton Communications, and local celebrity judges Janelle Stelson of WGAL-8, Buddy King of The Magnificent Men, Valerie Pritchett of abc27, and R.J. Harris of WHP580 AM will select three finalists after the first round of performances. The finalists will then perform a second selection, after which the judges and the audience will vote together to select the 2011 PA STATE SENIOR IDOL. Sponsoring this year’s competition are abc27, Blue Ridge Communications, WCHE1520AM, WHYL960AM, and WHP580 AM. Visit www.SeniorIdolPA.com or call (717) 285-1350 for more information. www.SeniorNewsPA.com
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This Month in History: May Events • May 5, 1865 – Decoration Day was first observed in the United States, with the tradition of decorating soldiers’ graves from the Civil War with flowers. The observance date was later moved to May 30 and included American graves from World War I and World War II. It then became better known as Memorial Day. In 1971, Congress moved Memorial Day to the last Monday in May, thus creating a three-day holiday weekend. • May 14, 1796 – Smallpox vaccine was developed by Dr. Edward Jenner, a physician in rural England. He coined the term vaccination for the new procedure of injecting a milder form of the disease into healthy persons, resulting in immunity. Within 18 months, 12,000 people in England had been vaccinated and the number of smallpox deaths dropped by two-thirds. • May 24, 1844 – Telegraph inventor Samuel Morse sent the first official telegraph message, “What hath God wrought?” from the Capitol building in Washington, D.C., to Baltimore.
Birthdays • May 6 – Psychoanalysis founder Sigmund Freud (1856-1939) was born in Freiberg, Moravia. His theories became the foundation for treating psychiatric disorders by psychoanalysis and offered some of the first workable cures for mental disorders. • May 12 – British nurse and public health activist Florence Nightingale (1820-1910) was born in Florence, Italy. She volunteered to aid British troops in Turkey where she improved hospital sanitary conditions and greatly reduced the death rate for wounded and sick soldiers. She received worldwide acclaim for her unselfish devotion to nursing, contributed to the development of modern nursing procedures, and emphasized the dignity of nursing as a profession for women. • May 29 – American revolutionary leader Patrick Henry (1736-1799) was born in Studley, Va. He is best remembered for his speech in 1775 declaring, “I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty or give me death.” www.SeniorNewsPA.com
Braintwisters 1. What famous poem begins with the following line? “Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary ...” A. “The Raven” by Edgar Allan Poe B. “Paul Revere’s Ride” by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow C. “The Dance of the Dead” by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe D. “The Ghost” by Charles Baudelaire 2. What poet wrote the following lines? “From fairest creatures we desire increase / That thereby beauty’s rose might never die.” A. Percy Bysshe Shelley B. Lord Byron C. William Shakespeare D. Geoffrey Chaucer 3. What poet coined the term “Beat” movement? A. Allen Ginsberg B. Lawrence Ferlinghetti C. Jack Kerouac D. J.D. Salinger 4. Who was the first poet laureate of England? A. Thomas Shadwell B. Ben Jonson C. William Wordsworth D. William Shakespeare 5. What poet wrote the famous poem “Waste Land”? A. Walt Whitman B. Emily Dickinson C. T.S. Eliot D. Christopher Cranch Source: www.usefultrivia.com
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Salute to a Veteran
The Flak Literally Creased the Top of His Skull Robert D. Wilcox uring WWII, Otis Harrison was working in a shipyard in Newport News, Va. And what he saw of ships there convinced him that the Navy was where he ought to be. The Navy was glad to have him; although, after boot camp, they did their best to interest him in submarines. “Not a chance,” he explains. “I wanted to be able to see the sky over my head.” And he wound up picking PT boats. These boats used the planing-type hull form developed for racing boats and could reach speeds as fast as 40 knots. The “PT” stood for “Patrol Torpedo,” and they were designed to use their speed to get close to enemy surface ships and their small size to avoid being spotted and hit by gunfire. Harrison shipped to Melville, R.I., where he spent 16 weeks learning all about PT boats. Then it was to New Orleans to be assigned to a crew. They
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A PT boat identical to his, as photographed by Harrison. Radioman 2nd Class Otis Harrison, right, in London in October 1944, with his cousin, Joseph Barnes, left, who was in the 8th Air Force.
picked up their new “Higgins” boat at Lake Pontchartrain and, with five other PT boats, proceeded to Miami for shakedown of the new vessels. They then sailed to the Brooklyn Navy Yard, where the six crews and their boats were placed
aboard a Navy tanker for the trip to Swansea, Wales. They had arrived in Wales barely in time for the D-Day invasion of Normandy. Two days later, they were part of the vast armada of ships making the invasion. Harrison says, “The number of ships was simply unbelievable. There was a solid canopy of ships. It seemed like you could just walk from ship
to ship, there were so many of them. “We were being fired on constantly. LSTs loaded with troops were being blown up all around us. The Germans had planted ‘hedgehogs’ all along the approach to the beach. They were steel rails that formed a V that LSTs could clear at the height of the 40-foot tide but would snare them as the tide receded. Then they were sitting ducks. Many men tried to jump off and wade in, only to be weighed down by all their gear and sink to their deaths. It was hell on earth,” he says. “Our PT boat did picket duty, and we were constantly picking up wounded and dead soldiers. We would carry them to the first large vessel, leave them, then continue picking up more. All this time, we were being shot at from the German pillboxes, and the shells from our heavy cruisers and battleships were whistling over us.”
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Harrison stops to ask, “Have you ever heard shells from those 14- and 16-inch rifles go overhead? They sound like a boxcar going over. I don’t know how badly it scared the Germans, but it sure sobered me.” In the two weeks following D-Day, Harrison’s boat was given the job of drawing fire from German shore batteries along the length of the Cherbourg Peninsula, so they would reveal their positions to our heavier ships who could then aim at the flares they saw from the German guns. Harrison remembers when they once actually entered the Le Havre harbor at night … and set off the most awesome display of tracers from left and right. He says, “There was a solid wall of tracers coming at us.” He still wonders how they got out of that unscathed. Their next assignment was to patrol the Channel Islands in the English Channel. The islands had been taken by the Germans, and the job of Harrison’s boat was to help keep the Germans on those islands bottled up. It was there that a shell landed just beyond the stern of his boat and actually lifted the boat out of the water. And that’s where parts of the exploded shell created a crease in his scalp. When it was their time to go home, their boat was hauled aboard an LST at Portsmouth, England, and they were off to New York. But is an LST equipped to handle a crossing of the North Atlantic? “I would have said no,” Harrison admits. “They were built to deliver
soldiers to a beach. They had no keel, and they slid around alarming in the 20- to 30-foot swells. But somehow they got us there.” Harrison was scheduled to go to the Pacific, but he had a leave that took him back to his family home in Petersburg, Va. It was on the train when he learned of the surrender of the Japanese. And in a few more weeks, he was discharged. He worked in sales for many years for Union Camp and retired in 1985. In 1954, the company had sent him to Lancaster, and he liked it so much he never left. He was not able to go when a group of veterans returned to France in the 1970s to a dedication ceremony at Omaha Beach. Those veterans were honored by the French government for their service during the invasion and were given special Liberty Medals minted by the French for the occasion. Harrison and 40 or so others got that same medal in February 1985 in the office of U.S. Representative Joe Pitts, who had worked hard to find the veterans and present them with the medal in their honor. Today, Harrison plays golf seven days a week, works with Meals on Wheels, and busies himself with work of his church. But he says he’ll never forget those days of excitement and peril aboard his PT boat in the greatest war the world has ever seen.
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Midway (1942). The U.S. Navy decisively defeated the Imperial Japanese Navy in a battle that weakened the Japanese fleet’s ability to undertake a further major offensive against the United States. D-Day (1944). Allied Forces landed in Normandy, France, in the largest amphibious invasion in history.
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Here Comes ‘D’ Sun Wendell Fowler arth’s 4.5 billion-year-old sun, the axis of our magnificent universe, altruistically fathers all life. Sunbeams provide nutrition for vegetation eaten by omnivores, who are then consumed by other animals, who are ultimately consumed by humans, and so on and so forth. Since the creation of Earth, the infinite cycle of life has obtained power and energy from the sun. Without sol’s warm rays, Earth could not support the gift of life. Cheerful sunlight is considered the best source for vitamin D. When aging kicks in, we spend more time indoors. Outdoors, we slather on sunscreen, blocking wavelengths that manufacture vitamin D. Subsequently, the Archives of Internal Medicine report that 77 percent of Americans are vitamin “D-ficient,” which has links to high blood pressure, depression, weak immune system,
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diabetes, poor lung function, autism, fibromyalgia, schizophrenia, MS, osteoarthritis, and RA. Not a sunlit picture. The major biological function of D is to maintain normal blood levels of calcium and phosphorus. It also supports all organs, plus 2,000 genes, and, in concert with a number of other vitamins, minerals, and hormones, promotes bone mineralization. Without D, bones become thin, brittle, soft, or misshapen. Positively, D diminishes risk of cancers, autoimmune diseases, infectious diseases, cardiovascular disease, and early age-related macular
degeneration, especially vitamin D-3. If you’re an easy mark for flu, colds, sinus and bronchial infections, or pneumonia, vitamin D-3 regulates T-cells, which are absolutely indispensable for a protective immune system. Put this in context with winter colds, sniffles, flu, and depression, and … sigh … it’s all too clear why we’re a sickly bunch. My dear family, including 93year-old Mom, took 2,000 IU D-3 daily this winter and nary one got as much as a sniffle. The RDA for D established 60 years ago is an insignificant 400 IU when it should’ve been 10 times higher, but our leaders failed miserably in researching
basic human nutrition standards. RDA stands for Recommended Dietary Allowances, a “norm” established by the FDA during World War II that was intended to provide educated guidelines for how much of particular nutrients a normal, healthy person required to stay fit and healthy. The Canadian Cancer Society has responsibly upped its advice to 1,000 IUs a day. Others believe northern climates should consume at least 2,000 IUs a day. “The first thing we’d see is a reduction by 80 percent in the incidence of type-1 diabetes,” said Cedric Garland, a professor of family and preventive medicine at the University of California at San Diego. “The next thing we’d see is a reduction by about 75 percent of all invasive cancers combined, as well as similar reductions in colon cancer and please see SUN page 29
Community to Host Free Drive-In Movies This summer, area families can enjoy movie stars under the nighttime stars at Garden Spot Village. In conjunction with the USA Theatre Company, the retirement community will host three drive-in movie screenings on its campus at 433 S. Kinzer Ave., New Holland. Movies will run on a 40-foot-high screen sponsored by Turkey Hill. Moviegoers are welcome to stay in their cars and tune in to the soundtrack via their car radio or bring blankets and lawn chairs and listen to the outdoor sound system. “We have more than 2 acres of lawn seating, but parking will be limited to 80 cars,” said Colleen Musselman, director of life
Hospice Seeking Volunteers AseraCare Hospice is seeking volunteers to join the team of individuals making a difference in patients’ lives in the Lancaster area. Did you ever think about volunteering for an organization to give back to the community? If so, become a volunteer for AseraCare Hospice as an office assistant, student intern, companion, or member of the youth community service outreach. As an office volunteer you will assist with filing, assembling packets, copying, making phone calls, and assisting the staff of professionals. If you love to help people one on one, being a companion—which takes little of your time— involves reading to patients, writing letters with them, or just spending time with them. There is also a need for individuals interested in giving of their time with the pet therapy, art therapy, music therapy, massage therapy, and Reiki therapy program. Individuals and groups accepted. Full-time training is offered. Classes are now forming. To learn more about the programs, contact Patricia Henry, volunteer coordinator, at (717) 285-2039.
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enrichment at Garden Spot Village. Dates for the drive-in movie nights are June 24, July 22, and Aug. 26. Titles will be announced. “We will be showing family-friendly movies,” Musselman said. “As we get close to each movie night, we’ll have a chance to select from more recent titles.” Concession stands will offer popcorn, candy, beverages, and more for purchase. Concessions open at 7 p.m., and the movie begins at dusk. There is no charge for admission. Donations to the Garden Spot Village Benevolent Fund will be accepted at the gate. For more information, call (717) 355-6000.
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answer is, absolutely! It was popular, Esther: “I ate some salmon last week; creative, and made people smile. maybe it was no good. I’m going to my I started wondering what other doctor right now!” people wanted to be remembered for, From then on, I made sure that what they consider everyone knew that the their major question had nothing accomplishment in life. to do with their current If you were I did some research by health. I went to lunch remembered for asking my friends and with my best friend, family. That may have Larry, who happens to one thing, what been a mistake. be a schoolteacher. would you want The first person I Larry said, “I’d like talked to was my Aunt to be remembered for it to be? Esther. She is a feisty reaching, really reaching and dramatic lady, and a few of my students.” as soon as I asked what she wanted to be We then finished our meal and, as remembered for, she replied, “Why? Am usual, Larry looked away and I paid the I going to die soon?!” bill. Just once I’d like Larry to “reach” Me: “No, I’m just doing some for the check. research.” My cousin, Carl, who has a pretty Esther: “Do you know something? good sense of humor, wanted to be Am I sick?” remembered for being the oldest man in Me: “No, you’re very healthy.” the world.
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dward Kean, the head writer for The Howdy Doody Show, died last summer. I remember being glued to the TV watching Howdy, Phineas T. Bluster, Dilly Dally, Chief Thunderthud, Clarabell, and Flub-aDub. And, of course, there was Princess Summerfall Winterspring, whom I had a major crush on and dreamed of marrying. It probably wouldn’t have worked out because it’s kind of hard for a 10-year-old to support a family. The obituary talked about Edward Kean’s many accomplishments, but it particularly emphasized the word he created for Chief Thunderthud, “kowabonga.” That word swept the country and is still used by surfers, only they spell it “cowabunga.” My question is, if you were remembered for one thing, would you want it to be “kowabonga”? And my
Aunt Flora wanted to be remembered for being a great dancer … “In 1958 I won the Coney Island Cha-Cha Contest. I still have the trophy.” She then did the cha-cha for me and was actually quite good. She asked me to do the cha-cha with her, and I’m glad nobody videotaped it. Cousin Arnie, who is a dentist, said, “I’d like to be remembered for making the perfect crown, a crown so perfect that people wouldn’t realize it was a crown and would think it was a real tooth. I guess if they thought it was a real tooth, it wouldn’t be remembered as a perfect crown, so I guess I would like to be remembered as the man who wasn’t remembered for making the perfect crown but he did make it.” My cousin will be remembered as a man who talked too much. I then went to see my Uncle Mort and Aunt Sylvia, who were sitting next
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to each other on their sofa. Uncle Mort answered first and, unfortunately, didn’t give much thought to what he was saying. “I want to be remembered as a great lover, if you know what I mean. In my younger days, before I settled down with my wonderful wife, I knew a lot of women, and I’m pretty sure they’d all agree with my assessment, if you
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know what I mean.” Aunt Sylvia then quickly said, “I want to be remembered for killing my husband Mort, if you know what I mean.” After talking to all these people, I decided I wanted to be remembered for being a great father and husband. I know it’s a little trite, but we all can’t come up with … “kowabonga!!!”
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breast cancer, and probably about a 25 percent reduction in ovarian cancer.” Salmon, tuna, mackerel, and fish liver oils are among the best dietary sources of D. Cows moo that their milk is fortified with D, but it’s synthetic, ergo, rubbish. Minute amounts of D exist in grass-fed beef liver, cheese, and organic, free-range egg yolks. Vitamin D in these foods is primarily in the form of vitamin D-3. During the warm parts of the year, our magnificent Holy Temple produces the “sunshine vitamin” from 10 minutes of daily rays, but ol’ sol dips lower on the fall horizon, not returning until late spring to bathe Earth’s needy northern hemisphere. The northern United States is so dark in winter that D synthesis shuts down completely. If, for some reason, you’re unable to eat foods with D or to get enough sunlight, Dr. Chuck Landon, PhD, ND, DaHOM of Indianapolis, suggests taking 2,000 to 5,000 IU daily. Check with your own doctor and see what he or she recommends. No adverse effects have been seen with supplemental vitamin D-3 intakes up to 10,000 IU daily. Skip the counterfeit, synthesized grocery versions and support your community vitamin store for a true source. For most Caucasians, a half hour in the summer sun in a bathing suit can initiate the release of 50,000 IU vitamin
D into the circulation within 24 hours of exposure; this same amount of exposure yields 20,000–30,000 IU in tanned individuals and 8,000–10,000 IU in dark-skinned people. While the study focused on white Americans, the same geographical trend affects black Americans, whose overall cancer rates are significantly higher. Darker-skinned people require more sunlight to synthesize the vitamin. Americans assume more is better of anything, hence the skin cancer paradox. While it’s true the sun isn’t a wonder drug, it’s elemental in sustaining human health. The benevolent giver has been worshiped by many cultures throughout history because of its vast healing and therapeutic powers. At the turn of the century, people considered the sun good for health and touted it as a cure for major disease. It was a time when “recuperating in the sun” grew popular, with claims that extensive exposure, preferably by the seaside, was a magical cure-all for plague, old age, and TB. So it’s true that there’s nothing new under the sun. Ditch the gooey white stuff and then go out and let the sunshine bathe your beautiful skin—but for only 10 minutes, OK? Wendell Fowler is a retired chef turned motivational speaker and the author of Eat Right, Now! Contact him at chefwendell@yahoo.com.
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your request may have read the record date in the register, assumed it was the birth date, and entered the wrong date on the extract. So, how do you find your grandmother’s correct birth date? You need a primary record. That is, visual inspection of the original official register in Germany or a photocopy of that record. Since you wrote to and received a response from her town of origin, you know that town’s name. While we can’t traipse over the world at will to look at original records, we can search for the town using the Mormon website www.familysearch.org to determine whether microfilms exist of its birth registers for the late 1890s. If they
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do, the films can be ordered at a Mormon Family History Center, and after they arrive, they can be viewed at the center. Search the films for the years in question, and when you find the primary record, you’ll know your grandmother’s correct birth date. Be open-minded. Don’t say, “That can’t be her; that’s not what her gravestone says.” The gravestone may be wrong. The primary record takes precedence. Further, the original record will often contain much more than was transcribed onto the extract—for example, the father’s age, occupation, and address, and possibly the mother’s maiden name and age. Their ages can then be used to determine their approximate birth years,
so that you can search for their birth records, extending your family tree. Now that I’ve explained primary records, to be strictly correct, I must add a point. In many cases, in many countries, duplicate records were required to be sent to jurisdictions higher than the town of birth—for example, a provincial or county seat, or a special tribunal that maintained archives of the records. Prior to the 20th century, the only way to produce duplicate records was to have the clerk draw up handwritten copies to be sent to the other jurisdictions. While the same clerk made all the copies, each copy after the original is technically a secondary record. The clerk may have erred on the copies.
government. Very truly, Annie Oakley
receive this letter from his wife, Lady Bird Johnson:
Persuading Lyndon Johnson to run for president. Lyndon Johnson assumed the presidency under the most difficult of circumstances, the assassination of John F. Kennedy. By August 1964 he had been president for only nine months and had to make a decision about continuing. During those nine months, Johnson made remarkable progress helping the nation through its grief over President Kennedy, declaring a “war on poverty,” outlining a “Great Society” vision for America, and persuading Congress to pass the most comprehensive civil rights legislation in U.S. history. However, as the 1964 presidential election approached, problems were looming. The conflict in Vietnam was escalating rapidly and the bodies of three civil rights workers—missing since June—were found in Mississippi. Sensing major issues ahead and perhaps uncertain if he was up for the leadership challenge, President Johnson was surely inspired to
Beloved – You are as brave a man as Harry Truman—or FDR—or Lincoln. You can go on to find some peace, some achievement amidst all the pain. You have been strong, patient, determined beyond any words of mine to express. I honor you for it. So does most of the country. To step out now would be wrong for your country, and I can see nothing but a lonely wasteland for your future. Your friends would be frozen in embarrassed silence and your enemies jeering. I am not afraid of time or lies or losing money or defeat. In the final analysis I can’t carry any of the burdens you talk of—so I know it’s only your choice. But know you are as brave as any of the 35. I love you always, Bird Johnson went on to run an energetic campaign for president and won by a landslide.
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during the late 19th century. As part of Buffalo Bill Cody’s famous Wild West Show, Oakley blazed away with shotguns, rifles, and handguns at targets all while riding a horse or bicycle or standing still. Chief Sitting Bull, who was also part of the show, was so impressed that he gave her the Sioux name “Little Sure Shot.” In the spring of 1898 the country was on the brink of war with Spain. The U.S. battleship Maine sunk under odd circumstances in Havana harbor, prompting speculation that the Spanish were behind the act. Eager to serve the country, Oakley wrote President William McKinley this brief letter: Dear Sir: I, for one, feel confident that your good judgment will carry America safely through without war. But in case of such an event, I am ready to place a company of 50 lady sharpshooters at your disposal. Every one of them will be an American and, as they will furnish their own arms and ammunition, will be little if any expense to the
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“Eat your vegetables, Mr. President.” Just as the Watergate scandal was breaking in the summer of 1973, President Richard M. Nixon became ill with viral pneumonia and was hospitalized. An 8-year-old named John W. James III identified with the president, having recently experienced the same illness. Dear President Nixon, I heard you were sick with pneumonia. I just got out of the hospital yesterday with pneumonia and I hope you did not catch it from me. Since young Mr. James had already recovered, he offered this advice to the ill president: Now you be a good boy and eat your vegetables like I had to. If you take your medicine and your shots, you’ll be out
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in eight days like I was. While there is no official record of President Nixon’s vegetable consumption, his bout with pneumonia lasted exactly as long as young Mr. James’s had—eight days! First email letter from outerspace. In October 1998 and at the age of 77, famed astronaut John Glenn joined seven members of the shuttle crew of Discovery for a nine-day mission in outerspace. Glenn had already made history in February 1962 when he became the first American to orbit the Earth. Near the end of the mission, Glenn wrote President Clinton this historic email: Dear Mr. President, This is certainly a first for me, writing to a president from space, and it may be a first for you in receiving an email direct from an orbiting spacecraft … I want to personally thank you and Mrs. Clinton for coming to the Cape to see the launch. I hope you enjoyed it just half as much as we did on board … The whole crew was impressed that you would be the first president to personally see a shuttle launch and asked me to include their best regards to you … Glenn concluded his correspondence by saying, We have gone almost a third of the way around the world in the time it has taken me to write this letter … That email is one reflection of the massive changes that have taken place in America since its founding. Social, political, and technological changes have shaped and transformed life in the United States. Across the decades, correspondence between American citizens and U.S. presidents has moved from pen and inkwell to typewriters, telegrams, and email. www.SeniorNewsPA.com
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