Lancaster County Edition
May 2012
Vol. 18 No. 5
Diving Into a 50-Ton Passion Former Banker Now Dedicated to Whale Conservation, Videography By Alysa Poindexter Dan Knaub may seem like an ordinary guy from Central Pennsylvania, but underneath that cap and behind that cheery disposition is a man with an extraordinary job as a marine biologist, videographer, and activist birthed from a fascination with some of the largest creatures on Earth: 50-ton whales. From full-time banker to full-time founder and president of the Whale Video Company—amongst many other notable titles—Knaub’s zeal for whales has allowed him to take a dive into a thriving career centered on these gigantic yet mysterious ocean dwellers. He has created more than 50 programs on humpback whales used by some of the nation’s largest whale nonprofit organizations, including the Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society (WDCS), the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW), and the Cetacean Society International (CSI). It was Knaub’s first deployment trip to Vietnam in 1959—only days after officially gracing adulthood—that he had his first whale encounter. “I was 18 years and 2 days,” said Knaub. “I figured it was a great time to see some things and do some things before I went to college.” He had no idea that some of those “things” would include witnessing a pod of sperm whales between San Francisco and Hawaii on a journey that please see PASSION page 16 Dan Knaub has spent many hours on the open water over the course of hundreds of whale-watching trips.
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The Lancaster County Conservation District is looking to expand its volunteer base for its Water Quality Volunteer Coalition (WQVC). The WQVC is made up of dedicated retired seniors throughout Lancaster County. The goal of the WQVC is to promote and educate residents of the county on water quality issues in local streams and creeks. Volunteers in the organization are given training in monitoring their local stream for chemical, physical, and biological parameters. The
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The throng of runners at the Garden Spot Village Marathon takes off from the starting line.
George Hershey, 55, of Blue Bell, Pa., recently won the Garden Spot Village Marathon’s Men’s Grand Masters Division for runners 50 years old and better, with a time of 3:24:49. Susan Rouse, 54, of Conroe, Texas, was the Women’s Grand Masters winner, finishing in 3:41:59. John Wallace, 20, of Denver, Pa., finished in overall first place with a time of 2:40:41. “We are thrilled to see so many runners and walkers of all ages participate in the marathon, the half marathon, and the marathon relay,” said race director Scott Miller, himself a marathoner, who is also marketing director of the retirement community. The oldest finisher in the full marathon was Eugene DeFronzo, 76, of Cheshire, Conn. The Garden Spot Village Marathon is believed to be the first marathon hosted by a retirement community. Beginning and ending on the community’s campus, the USA Track & Field-certified course runs along rural roads through Lancaster County. If you have local news To encourage a broad range of participation, the event recognizes you’d like considered, individual achievement in five-year age categories to ages 80-plus, and please email mjoyce@onlinepub.com the course remains open until the last participant has finished. The event is a qualifier for the Boston Marathon.
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Local Olympian Becomes Honorary Chairperson weightlifting. Once his college career began, Bigler bulked up on many With the 2012 London Olympics distinctive titles, becoming four-time quickly approaching, it only seems right NCAA weightlifting champion, Allthat local Olympian Sam Bigler would American in his weight class, and fivebecome honorary chairperson of this time PA State AAU Champion, among year’s Lancaster Senior Games. others. Annually, the Lancaster Senior Games After a successful athletic college honors a new chairperson, and Bigler’s career, he received his B.A. in elementary background in sports education in 1973. But and his support of the Bigler’s athletic local community give passions continued to him plenty of burn. credibility. “When I graduated “I look at it as an from Millersville honor,” said a University, I still humbled Bigler, of wanted to keep Millersville. competing,” said Nominated by a Bigler. former athletic With help from the director from his alma university, Bigler was mater, Millersville able to obtain a Sam Bigler University, Bigler is scholarship for not a stranger to the graduate school and athletic spotlight. The Columbia native serve as a strength coach for various has dozens of awards and titles under his athletic teams at the school as well. He competitive weightlifting belt—many completed his M.S. in elementary acquired abroad—yet he remains modest. education with a reading specialist Competing in the 1976 Montreal certification in 1976 and continued Olympics Games in Canada, Bigler coaching until 1980. attempted to break the national record Currently, Bigler works at the for weightlifting, placing eighth in the Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology world. as a reading specialist, preparing students “It’s better to have tried than not at with technical vocabulary for their tech all,” said Bigler. careers, and is co-owner of CBS Our first local Olympian—Barney Properties. He has been inducted into Ewell of Harrisburg—competed in the many halls of fame and participates in summer 1948 London Olympic Games. the Millersville Zoning Hearing Board Bigler is the first resident of Lancaster to and serves on the Millersville Republican achieve Olympian status. Committee. His weightlifting career began within The Lancaster Senior Games will be the walls of Columbia Junior/Senior held June 11-15 at Franklin & Marshall’s High School, where he worked his way Alumni Sports & Fitness Center, Leisure up from the bottom. Lanes of Lancaster, Willow Valley “I competed at a very low level in high Cultural Center, Overlook Golf Course, school,” he explained. and Evergreen Golf Course. For more Bigler would go on to enroll at information, call (717) 392-2115, ext. Millersville, never stopping his pursuit of 128, or visit www.lancseniorgames.org. By Alysa D. Poindexter
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My 22 Cents’ Worth
Should Seniors Get Discounts? Walt Sonneville
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hy should seniors get discounts? The practice of senior discounts is widespread. They are offered, for example, at fast-food establishments, museums, movie theaters, Amtrak, Southwest and United airlines, Disneyland, some colleges and universities, and, thanks to the “Golden Age Passport,” seniors receive free entry into national parks. From mid-life through the “Golden Age,” median income declines as we get older. The U.S. Census Bureau reported that in 2007 the median income of households headed by a person 45 to 54 years old was $65,476. Median income for householders 55 to 64 years old declined to $57,386. For those 65 years and older, it fell to $28,305. But don’t seniors have offsetting “compensation” through paid-up
mortgages and minimal clothing and transportation expenses? They do, but they also have higher healthcare expenses. The average annual expenditure for healthcare in the period 2005-2007, according to the Census Bureau, rose from $2,792 for individuals 45 to 54 years of age to $4,967 for those 65 to 74 years of age (prescription and nonprescription drugs are included). Poverty knows no age distinction, so why not allow discounts to others? It happens that discounts are offered to easily recognizable groups—for example, the military, children accompanying their
parents for lodging and meals (“kids eat free”), and the aged. Senior discounts can create an awkward moment when patrons are offered a discount at the cash register but hesitate to admit they are in their senior years. They would hope to be carded when purchasing alcoholic beverages— an unlikely event—or asked if the adult daughter “is your sister?” Deference is extended to seniors in considerations other than discounts offered by retailers. Some electric utilities will suspend turning off power to seniors with past-due accounts during extremely hot or cold periods. The IRS and AARP
have programs to assist low-income seniors in tax preparation. Meals on Wheels provides food to seniors with limited mobility. Interestingly, that organization, in its 2008 study, found that “seniors age 80 and over were less likely to be food insecure compared to 60- to 64-yearolds.” One program that does not discriminate by age is Medicare. It provides benefits to needy children, disabled individuals, and low-income seniors. Walt Sonneville, a retired market-research analyst, is the author of My 22 Cents’ Worth: The Higher-Valued Opinion of a Senior Citizen, a book of personal-opinion essays, free of partisan and sectarian viewpoints. A Musing Moment: Meditative Essays on Life and Learning was released in January 2012. Contact him at waltsonneville@earthlink.net.
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Book Review
Three Under a Tree By John Kildea
t couldn’t have been a more beautiful spring day … There we were, the three of us, sittin’ side by side on a grassy knoll, our backs up against a big old oak tree, mouth ajar and eyes wide open. Having met only hours before, we were strangers, it was true, but nonetheless, quite relaxed, chatting as if we’d known each other for years.” From the creative mind of John Kildea, Three Under a Tree takes readers into the minds of the last soldier killed in the Civil War and the last American soldiers killed in World War I and Vietnam as they attempt to uncover what
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has brought them together. The entire book is a perfect blend of historical fact and inventive fiction. Each chapter brings the reader closer to unveiling the secrets that truly link the men together through seemingly authentic conversation. It is thoroughly engrossing as Kildea provides readers with a closer look into the lives
directly from the author by sending a check or money order for $25 to John Kildea, 3715 Village Road, Dover, PA 17315. About the Author John Kildea worked almost 45 years as an operating room nurse and spent 23 of those years in the United States Army Nurse Corps. The retired Dover, Pa., resident is the author of many articles in nursing and medical journals. In 2006, he published his first book, No Names, No Faces, No Pain: A Voice from Vietnam, a memoir of his time as an operatingroom nurse in Vietnam.
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The Search for Our Ancestry
Changes to FamilySearch Angelo Coniglio he Church of Latter-Day Saints’ free site FamilySearch (now at https://www.familysearch.org) is a valuable resource for genealogical researchers. It is undergoing design changes that are almost complete. The old site, in many ways more user friendly, is now at http://www.family search.org/eng/default.asp. As explained on the old site, most of the records and indexes on that site have been added to the new one, and other features of the old website have been or will be moved in coming weeks. Unless I state differently here, I refer to the new site. It permits, but doesn’t require, free registration with a username, password, and email address. However, registration is required for a very important feature on the new site. LDS work goes on continuously to digitally index records and make them available online, but still, many are available only on microfilms (reels of miniaturized photocopies of records) or microfiche (small, flat sheets of miniaturized images). A widely used service of the LDS church is the rental of these microfilms/fiche containing varied historical records: land dealings; civil birth, marriage, and death records; and church baptisms, etc., from widespread sources. At the new site, you’ll see a page with the main heading “Discover Your Family History.” Select the link “Catalog” just below the title. Click the drop-down tab for “Search” and select one of the options: Place-names, Titles, etc.
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1881-1935—gives a page describing available records and the film number they are on (in this case, film 1723649). Often the records are available online at the FamilySearch site, and a link will direct you to them. If not, go to or contact your closest Family History Center (FHC) to determine if the film is there. If the film you want is not on hand, it can be ordered for viewing at an FHC. A change in procedures at most FHCs now requires microfilms/fiche to be ordered online. They’re no longer to be ordered and paid for in person at the FHCs. You need a working email account and must be willing to pay for film rentals by credit card or by using the online PayPal system. Online ordering requires registration. Go to FamilySearch and, in the upper right-hand corner, click on “Sign In.” If you’re not yet registered, this will take you to a page that has a button entitled “Create New Account.” Click there and select “FamilySearch Account” for the general public or “LDS FamilySearch Account” for LDS church members. Fill in the information blocks and then click “Register.” You’ll be directed to open your email to complete the registration. Once registered, to order a film, go to
https://www.familysearch.org/films. You’ll see a page headed “Online Film Ordering” where you can sign in. You must assure that the film is delivered to your “default” FHC, the center where you wish to research the film. On the right is a little “house” icon (for “Home”). Click there, and follow directions to select a default FHC. Select the FHC and return to the filmordering page. Enter the desired film number and click the “Search” button. If the film is already available at your FHC, you will be so informed. If not, you can order it for a short term (60 days) for $7.50 or as extended loan (indefinite) for $18.75. Then proceed as in a typical online purchase. You will be given an order number and will receive emails telling you the progress of your order and when it has arrived at your FHC. Once there, it will be filed numerically by film number. Make a note of that so that you can locate the film in the FHC’s files. If the film is short term, it will have a due date associated with it. The patron who ordered the film, as well as others who may use it, must recognize that if the film is not renewed online before that date, it may be returned without further notification. Angelo Coniglio encourages readers to contact him by writing to 438 Maynard Drive, Amherst, NY 14226; by email at Genealogytips@aol.com; or by visiting www.conigliofamily.com/ConiglioGenealogy Tips.htm. His new historical fiction novel, The Lady of the Wheel, is available through Amazon.com.
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I’ll give an example, searching for records from Columbia, Pa. Select “Place-names” and type “Columbia” in the form. As you start to type, a list of possible matches will appear. Here I find trouble with the new site, because the town of Columbia, Pa., won’t appear as a choice unless you type “Lancaster, Columbia.” On the old site, as soon as you searched for “Columbia,” it would give a list of all Columbias with records, from which you could choose “Pennsylvania, Lancaster, Columbia.” It may sound trivial, but when searching for records from a foreign town, you may not know the name or correct spelling of that town’s region, county, or province. FamilySearch would do well to upgrade the site with a more inclusive search engine. Be advised: When searching by place-name, enter the state, county, or province, if known, and then the name of the town. Anyway, once you click on “Search” for “Pennsylvania, Lancaster, Columbia,” a list of microfilms/fiche will appear. Clicking on “Church Records,” for example, gives a list of such records. Selecting one—say, Saint John Evangelical Lutheran Church, Columbia, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania; parish registers,
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Easy Vegetable Frittata By Pat Sinclair As summer approaches, I’m always looking for nutritious recipes that require little effort. An Italian frittata is a complete meal the way I prepare it. Fresh asparagus celebrates spring and abundant zucchini heralds the end of the season. Try topping it with sliced tomatoes before adding the cheese. There are endless variations, and it’s a great way to use up small amounts of leftover vegetables. Eggs provide healthy protein, and you can replace two eggs with egg substitute or egg whites if you are limiting cholesterol. Not all frittatas contain potatoes, but adding them makes the meal more substantial. Just add some fresh fruit and dinner’s ready! Makes 2 servings 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil 1/4 cup chopped onion 1/4 cup diced red pepper 1 1/2 cups refrigerated hash browns or frozen shredded hash browns, thawed 8 spears asparagus, cut into 2- to 3-inch pieces 1 cup fresh baby spinach leaves 1 clove garlic, minced 4 eggs 1/4 cup milk 1/4 teaspoon salt 1/8 teaspoon pepper Hot pepper sauce, if desired 1/2 cup shredded Mexican blend cheese or cheddar cheese Heat the butter and olive oil in a 9-inch nonstick skillet over medium heat. Add the onion and red pepper and cook two to three minutes or until softened. Add the potatoes and cook about five minutes or until the potatoes begin to brown. Add asparagus and continue cooking about three minutes until bright green. Add the spinach and garlic and cover. Cook one minute until the spinach is wilted. Beat the eggs, milk, salt, pepper, and a few drops hot pepper sauce in a medium bowl until smooth. Pour over potatoes. Cook five to eight minutes, lifting edges and allowing uncooked egg to flow underneath. Heat the broiler. Sprinkle frittata with cheese and broil two to four minutes or until center is set. Cut into four wedges to serve. Tip: For variations, include experiment with fresh vegetables. When I use zucchini, I chop it and cook it with the onion. For leftover vegetables, add them with the spinach.
Cook’s Note: I use a lot of hard-cooked eggs to make egg salad sandwiches or as a convenient healthy snack high in protein. Remove eggs from the refrigerator about 30 minutes before cooking to avoid cracking. Place in a medium saucepan and add enough cold water to cover by 1 inch. Bring to a boil. When water is boiling, remove the pan from the heat and cover. Let stand 15 to 17 minutes. (I use 17 minutes, but most sources say 15 minutes.) Drain the water and crack the shells. Peel while still warm and refrigerate until needed, but no more than three days. Copyright by Pat Sinclair. Pat Sinclair announces the publication of her second cookbook, Scandinavian Classic Baking (Pelican Publishing), in February 2011. This book has a color photo of every recipe. Her first cookbook, Baking Basics and Beyond (Surrey Books), won the 2007 Cordon d’Or from the Culinary Arts Academy. Contact her at http://PatCooksandBakes.blogspot.com
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everal species of true frogs in the musk. They inhabit eastern Canada and Ranidae family live in northeastern the northeastern United States. They are North America. These related frogs light green with brown markings. They are wood frogs, mink frogs, carpenter spawn among emergent and floating frogs, northern leopard frogs, southern vegetation in ponds, where males call leopard frogs, pickerel frogs, green frogs, “kuk, kuk, kuk,” like hammers hitting and bullfrogs. wood. These frogs eat invertebrates and are Carpenter frogs live in acidic, camouflaged to avoid being eaten. But sphagnum moss bogs on the Delmarva snakes, turtles, mink, raccoons, herons, Peninsula and down the Atlantic Coast. fish, and other critters ingest some frogs Their nuptial vocalizations are series of and tadpoles. two-syllable hammering True frogs spawn in notes. water in spring, starting In April, the males of with wood frogs in the closely related March and ending with leopard frogs and bullfrogs in June. Males pickerel frogs utter of each kind vocalize to growling snores from draw females to them the shallow edges of the for spawning. Each ponds they spawn in. female lays hundreds of Leopards choose grassy eggs in a mass on the habitats while pickerels water’s surface, while live in woodsy ones. her mate fertilizes them Leopards are greenish Southern leopard frog externally. with dusky circles, Tadpoles hatch in a couple of weeks, while pickerels are brownish with darker depending on water temperature, and eat rectangles. algae and decaying vegetation. Polliwogs Green frogs are the most widespread change to small frogs in one summer, and abundant of true frogs, inhabiting except green frogs and bullfrogs, which most waterways and impoundments. metamorphose in two summers. They are dull green, with males having Wood frogs live farther north than yellow throats during the breeding other kinds of North American true season. Males utter notes that sound like frogs, ranging deep into Canada. This loose strings on a banjo. handsome species is tan with a dark mask The brownish-green bullfrogs are the around each eye, camouflage for life on largest of true frogs and live in most forest floors. impoundments. Males utter deep, Wood frogs spawn in temporary quavering bellows that resemble the woodland pools within a few days, before lowing of cattle. cold weather returns. Males float on the During spring and summer, listen for water and croak, sounding like quacking true frogs. Their calling is an interesting ducks being strangled. After spawning, part of nature. adult woodies crawl under protective Clyde McMillan-Gamber is a Lancaster leaves on forest floors. County Parks naturalist. Skins of mink frogs smell like mink
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Take Time to Remember A few solemn thoughts to ponder and share this Memorial Day: “Although no sculptured marble should rise to their memory, nor engraved stone bear record of their deeds, yet will their remembrance be as lasting as the land they honored.” – Daniel Webster “Perform, then, this one act of remembrance before this day passes: Remember there is an army of defense and advance that never dies and never surrenders, but is increasingly recruited from the eternal sources of the American spirit and from the generations of American youth.” – W.J. Cameron “I have never been able to think of the day as one of mourning; I have never quite been able to feel that half-masted flags were appropriate on Decoration Day. I have rather felt that the flag should be at
the peak, because those whose dying we commemorate rejoiced in seeing it where their valor placed it. We honor them in a joyous, thankful, triumphant commemoration of what they did.” – Benjamin Harrison “These heroes are dead. They died for liberty—they died for us. They are at rest. They sleep in the land they made free, under the flag they rendered stainless, under the solemn pines, the sad hemlocks, the tearful willows, and the embracing vines. They sleep beneath the shadows of the clouds, careless alike of sunshine or of storm, each in the windowless place of rest. Earth may run red with other wars—they are at peace. In the midst of battle, in the roar of conflict, they found the serenity of death. I have one sentiment for soldiers living and dead: cheers for the living; tears for the dead.” – Robert G. Ingersoll
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Transportation Research Institute reports that from 1983 to 2008, the percentage of 16-year-olds who got driver’s licenses fell from 46.2 to 31.1 percent, and among 17-year-olds the percentage declined from 68.9 to 50 percent. For 18-year-olds, the rate fell from 80.4 to 65.4 percent.
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Asparagus Tips – Grab a Spear, My Dear Wendell Fowler s the brown-gray mood of winter melts, giving way to warmer temperatures, crocus, and pudgy, chirping robins, nature’s ultimate finger, asparagus, begins poking its purple tips through the warm soil. I’ll never forget Mom cautioning my brothers and me as we ran through the family garden using asparagus spears as swords in our swashbuckling fantasy. “Don’t run while you have asparagus in your hands. You’ll poke someone’s eye out! This low-calorie, luxurious member of the lily family was historically reserved for royalty and rulers and is derived from the Greek word asparago, meaning to “sprout” or “shoot up.” History tells us that Roman emperors were so fond of asparagus that they kept a special fleet of ships solely to fetch it. Ancient Romans hoarded it, since they
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would be the beginning of his military career as well as the spark for an infatuation that would evolve to greatly influence his life. “They just fascinated me,” Knaub said of the whales. He always believed he would be in the banking industry, having pursued it very early on. After he attended the US Naval Academy, Knaub acquired a BS in accounting from Elizabethtown College and his MBA in banking from Shippensburg University. He was able to work in Harrisburg with two large banking institutions. However, Knaub’s interests began to float back into the world of whales after discovering whale watching— a practice of observing whales in their natural environment—in Provincetown, Mass., during a 1985 trip with a group of friends. It was not until the very last day of their three-day journey that they were able to witness their first whale. “It was foggy,” Knaub recalled, “and then someone [on the boat] with the microphone announced, ‘There’s a whale!’” What he witnessed that day was the tail— also known as the fluke—of the whale, which would become a notable symbol in his company’s logo. “After eight hours on the boat we thought it was the most amazing thing.” The following year, he brought his wife along to whale watch and they both witnessed two humpback whales that came directly up to their boat, slapping their flukes in the water—an action called lobtailing. “They really excited me and fueled my passion to be a marine biologist,” Knaub said.
Having brought along his personal camera, many other whale watchers would ask Knaub for copies of his videotapes. “That was the light-bulb moment for me,” said Knaub. It would also be the beginning of his Whale Video Company. During six months in 1988, he took 175 whalewatching trips, recording everything he saw. According to Knaub, a lot of planning goes into a whale-watching trip and capturing video, including anticipation of bad weather, being prepared for seasickness, preparing backup equipment, and knowing how to spot a whale. In Knaub’s videos, there is a distinct enthusiasm not only from the whale watchers, but from the whales as well. The videos show whales blowing ring bubbles and breeching, which is when whales launch themselves out of the water in an incredible display. “Humpback whales are 50 tons of fun,” he laughed. Knaub’s videos—digitized and annotated by him— have become known as the world’s largest video documentation archive of dolphin and whale behaviors. They serve as some of the first notations of certain whale behaviors. “We have about 500 [whales] identified on video,” Knaub said. “[The] whales have names and personalities and an interest in us.” His vast collection of videos caught the attention of Google, making Knaub one of the official contributors to Google Earth and Google Ocean. Knaub also has videos posted to YouTube that have accumulated thousands of views.
Knaub said that it simply takes one trip to excite individuals about whales. “You would think someone who went on tens of thousands of trips would be immune, but it’s as if it is their first time—there is something magical about a whale,” he said. That magic seems to have Knaub completely captivated as he has made several connections with the whales he has videotaped, knowing about 100 on sight. “It was their amazing stories that got me away from banking,” Knaub said. Quite a few of these whales have become celebrities amongst whale watchers and fanatics. The most notable are Salt and Colt. Salt, a humpback whale, was the first whale to be treated as an individual and given a name. She is the most sighted whale in the whale world, being spotted every year. Marine biologists estimate that she is 43 to 44 years old (most humpback whales live to be about 75). Salt is also a mother of 12 calves and eight known grand-calves. Scientists are able to keep track of whales by their markings and scars. Many are even named after such markings. Colt is a 30-year-old humpback whale who is well known for his singing talents; he has been dubbed “the Frank Sinatra of the whale world.” “Colt has a little black mark that looks like a handgun,” laughed Knaub. When it comes to selecting names, “you have to use your imagination.” Both Colt and Salt are whales that are available for adoption through a CSI program that Knaub helped to
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They Led Three Lives W.E. Reinka n early 1950s television, Richard played in orchestras to put himself Carlson starred in I Led Three Lives. through Penn State, where he studied Each episode started with a dramatic architectural engineering, not music. voiceover: “This is the fantastically true His engineering knowledge stood him story of the Herbert A. Philbrick, who, in good stead as he helped work out the for nine frightening years, did lead three kinks in another inventor’s basic blender lives—average citizen, member of the design. Voila! The Waring Blender was Communist Party, and counterspy for born. the FBI.” Hedy Lamarr shocked European I always thought if we could count movie-goers by skinny dipping in the “average citizen” as one of our lives, we 1933 Austrian-Czech film Ecstasy. In all could claim at least two—for instance, Hollywood she is remembered as much average citizen and for turning down housewife or average what became Ingrid citizen and pipe Bergman roles in fitter. Gaslight and It may be a Casablanca as for stretch to call starring in such celebrities average pictures as Samson citizens, but if we and Delilah and do, several from past The Strange Woman. and present have led But the woman three lives, just like Louis B. Mayer PHOTO: DAVE BONTA Herbert A. once called “the Fred Waring exhibit at Penn State. Philbrick. most beautiful girl Take Dorothy in the world” was Rodgers, wife of composer Richard not just another pretty face. Back in Rodgers, who always fought being 1942, Lamarr shared a patent for a summarized as “wife and mother.” She “secret communication system” that was wrote books on home decorating and designed as a guidance device for U.S. invented a toilet cleaning “jonny mop,” torpedoes. The invention, based on which she sold to Johnson & Johnson. “frequency hopping,” was so far ahead of Jamie Leigh Curtis, daughter of Janet its time that the military couldn’t use it Leigh and Tony Curtis, and a movie star until the 1960s. In today’s digital age, it in her own right, holds the patent on a helps keep cell phone calls secure. disposable diaper that comes with a Even ardent baseball fans may have moistened baby wipe attached. trouble recalling journeyman catcher New Yorker writer Ian Frazier often Moe Berg. A defensive specialist, Berg writes about fishing, but his patent is for got in just 662 big-league games during a different kind of pole—one that 15 seasons in the 1920s and ’30s. removes debris stuck in trees. Berg’s I.Q. might have been higher Ever yearn to write, but say you than his batting average. He graduated haven’t the time? Draw inspiration from from Princeton with honors, and then Edward Streeter. Streeter retired from his earned a law degree from Columbia 37-year banking career in 1956, a couple while playing big-league ball. Players of years after his novel, Mr. Hobbs’ used to joke, “Moe Berg can speak seven Vacation, hit the bookstores. Later it was languages, but he can’t hit in any of transformed into a hit movie starring them.” Jimmy Stewart and Maureen O’Hara. One of those languages was Japanese, But Streeter already knew about which might explain how a ball player Hollywood. You see, back in the ’40s, he who hit only three homeruns in his first made time to write Father of the Bride 10 seasons got selected, along with bona despite his daily commute to New York’s fide stars like Babe Ruth and Lou Fifth Avenue Bank. Gehrig, for a 1934 traveling all-star team Anyone with more LPs than CDs that visited Japan. Berg charmed his remembers the choral harmony of Fred hosts into letting him take home movies Waring and His Pennsylvanians. Waring from the top of Tokyo’s tallest building,
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movies some say were used to plan Jimmy Doolittle’s Tokyo bombing raid. Once America entered World War II, Berg’s fluent German led to missions for the Office of Strategic Services, predecessor to today’s CIA. One of his
greatest spy triumphs was discovering that Nazi Germany’s nuclear research lagged behind the American atomic efforts. In any language, Moe Berg would have made Herbert A. Philbrick proud.
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He Spent 93 Days as an Evadee Behind Enemy Lines Robert D. Wilcox n Dec. 7, 1941, Japanese carrier planes, without warning, dropped the bombs on Pearl Harbor that were to involve the United States in the largest war the world had ever seen. Two days later, Donald B. Wren went to the recruiting station in Chicago to enlist. He says he’ll never forget that day. The freezing-cold wind blew strongly down the several-block-long line of men waiting to enlist. Then, for Wren, it was off to Santa Ana, Calif., on a troop train for basic training. For many of them, who had never been farther than Chicago, that was a life-changing experience. And after five days and nights, they arrived at Santa Ana. After much training, Wren was chosen on May 19, 1942, to become an aviation cadet. That was followed by months of flying training, after which he won his
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was removed from the crew, our flight engineer ‘went to pieces’ and was grounded, and a flak burst below the belly of the plane put enough metal in our waist gunner’s butt to land him in the hospital. “Then, on my 29th mission, on May 31, 1943, we were shot down and had to bail out over France. My radio operator and I had had ‘double E’ training (escape and evasion), so we made it to the trees, where I spent the next 13 days hiding out in the countryside under fir trees whose branches swept the ground, in hedgerows, and in haystacks. “Food consisted of the carrots, green beans, peas, and radishes that could be ‘liberated’ at night from local gardens, but my weight went down to 137 pounds. “I awakened one morning with a French milkmaid standing over me. She turned out to have family in the French
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underground, so she ran off to get her the underground when some German father. And from then on, the officers came in and shook hands all underground took care of me.” around. “I just shook hands and Wren buried his uniform clothes and grinned,” he says, “and my rescuers got was given appropriate civilian clothes, a me out of the place quickly.” French beret, a work card, and even After 93 days behind enemy lines, the wooden-soled shoes. The only thing he Allied troops went by, and Wren was safe kept was his dog tags. He and other at last. He met up with his radio evadees were operator, and transferred they got an from one old German farmhouse motorcycle to another. operating Once, after again. They spending 30 drove from days in one one room, alone American with camp to nothing to another, occupy his gathering up time or food supplies mind, he that they Don and Mariann Wren in Lancaster in 2009. climbed out could take of a window to the and was on his own. people who had cared for them. While walking down a dirt path, he They finally reached an American heard a motorcycle with two Germans airfield, and a flight took them back to aboard approaching. There was no time England. Since they had been behind the to hide, so he kept walking. The lines, they were promptly flown to the motorcycle stopped in front of him, and U.S. for intelligence debriefing. the Germans looked him up and down. Later, he was a flight instructor and “I felt sure that they could read a sign saw combat in Korea and Vietnam. on my chest saying, ‘I am an American,’” “But that,” he says, “is another story.” he says. “They asked the way to a nearby Wren retired from the Air Force as a town. I couldn’t understand more than colonel in 1976, and later he and his the name of the town and had no idea wife, Mariann, came to Lancaster to where it lay, but I kept my mouth shut enjoy life in a retirement community, and pointed straight ahead. When they never far from thinking of the hazards he left, I scampered back to the room I had faced as a B-26 pilot in Europe in our left. Somehow, the room no longer nation’s greatest war. seemed boring or confining.” Colonel Wilcox flew a B-17 bomber in There were other close scrapes. Once Europe in WWII. he was eating in a small restaurant with
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Sometimes it Is, in Fact, Lupus Contrary to what one cranky television doctor (House, M.D.) would like you to believe, lupus is a very real disease that hundreds of thousands of people deal with every day. Lupus is an autoimmune disease in which the patient’s immune system attacks healthy parts of his or her own body, resulting in inflammation, swelling, and pain, among other symptoms. What can make lupus dangerous is when it attacks vital organs such as the heart, lungs, or liver. It is more likely to affect women than men, as well as people of non-European descent. However, if caught early, those affected by lupus have a good chance of living normal and healthy lives. Symptoms of lupus include the
following, and if it seems like many apply to yourself, you may want to visit your doctor: Fatigue. Most people who have lupus suffer fatigue whenever the disease is about to flare up. This is a near-universal symptom, regardless of how strong or
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Drawing of the typical “butterfly rash” found in lupus.
mild the case is. Joint and muscle pain. Arthritis is another common side effect of lupus. Almost threefourths of all patients report joint and muscle pain to be the first sign that they have lupus. Look for arthritis in the wrists, small joints of the
hands, elbows, knees, and ankles. Skin irritation. Many lupus patients wind up with skin rashes, especially on the face. Sores, flaky red spots, and scaly rashes are also possible and can be located on the face, neck, back, hands, and arms. Chest pain. The disease can cause inflammation of the heart and the lungs, which can result in very strong chest pains that can put people at an increased risk of a heart attack or a stroke. Celebrities who have had lupus include singers Michael Jackson, Lady Gaga, and Toni Braxton, as well as My Favorite Martian actor Ray Walston.
Know Your Antioxidants Some studies indicate that the herbs and spices we use in cooking might be doing more than just giving our taste buds a boost. One single gram (half a teaspoon) of
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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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WAREHOUSE – FT Educational supply company is seeking seasonal workers for their warehouse operations. No experience necessary. Training provided in a high-energy, casual work environment. All shifts available in shipping, receiving, and pick-pack. SN04030N.01 CUSTOMER SERVICE COORDINATOR – PT Retail store needs an individual to handle the operational duties of their service desk. Provide prompt, courteous, and knowledgeable service to customers, including resolving service issues, training associates, and maintaining proper procedures. SN04026B.02
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ASSISTANT MANAGER – FT Thrift store looking for a creative person with retail sales/supervisory experience to assist in handling of their daily operations. Must be able to multitask and work a flexible schedule. Any merchandising/ display experience is a plus. SN04024N.03
— Volunteer Opportunities — I frequently receive requests from our consumers who need help with regular monthly cleaning. Many of our consumers live in apartments or only use part of the house they live in due to mobility issues. Many also have health issues that limit them physically, so they can’t do the cleaning themselves. And since most agency consumers are on a limited income, they aren’t able to pay someone to do this task for them. Cleaning volunteers are asked to visit an assigned consumer once a month and spend about two hours doing light housecleaning such as vacuuming, dusting, cleaning the bathroom, and washing up linoleum floors. Cleaning volunteers are not asked to move furniture, turn mattresses, or do any other “spring housecleaning” types of chores. If you’re interested in learning more about volunteer opportunities at our agency, please call me, Bev Via, at (717) 299-7979 or email me at aging@co.lancaster.pa.us.You can provide the assistance necessary for an older person to remain in his/her own home. www.50plusSeniorNewsPA.com
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Calendar of Events Lancaster County Department of Parks and Recreation
Senior Center Activities
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 2, 10 a.m. – Music with Lost & Found May 9, 9:30 a.m. – Card Party May 15, 9 a.m. – Tai Chi
May 6, 1 to 2:30 p.m. – Nature Journaling in Time for Spring May 12, 10 to 11 a.m. and 1 to 2 p.m. – Explore a Bluebird Trail May 20, 1 to 3 p.m. – Meandering in Money Rocks, Money Rock County Park
Columbia Senior Center – (717) 684-4850 May 2, 10:15 a.m. – “Planning Your Future” Program May 7, 10:15 a.m. – Music by The Gospel Brothers May 30, 9:30 a.m. – Tai Chi and Chi Gung
Library Programs Ephrata Public Library, 550 S. Reading Road, Ephrata, (717) 738-9291 May 15, 6:30 p.m. – Practical Tips for Caring for Loved Ones with Dementia
Elizabethtown Senior Center – (717) 367-7984 May 1, 11 a.m. – Program by PPL May 11, 11 a.m. – “Eat This, Not That” Nutrition Program May 14, 10:30 a.m. – “All About Me” Program
Lititz Public Library, 651 Kissel Hill Road, Lititz, (717) 626-2255 May 10, 7 p.m. – Lancaster Civil War Roundtable: The Lincoln Assassination Trial May 21, 6:30 p.m. – Cooking and Eating Smart for Your Health May 29, 7 p.m. – Village Art Association: Japanese Brush Painting
Lancaster House North – (717) 299-1278 Thursdays, noon to 3 p.m. – Happy Hearts Club Pinochle
Manheim Community Library, 15 E. High St., Manheim, (717) 665-6700 Manheim Township Public Library, 595 Granite Run Drive, Lancaster, (717) 560-6441
Lancaster Neighborhood Senior Center – (717) 299-3943 May 18, 9:30 a.m. – CAP Nutrition Program with Food Demos May 21, 9:30 a.m. – Consumer Corner May 23, 10 a.m. – Tai Chi
Milanof-Schock Library, 1184 Anderson Ferry Road, Mount Joy, (717) 653-1510 Moores Memorial Library, 9 W. Slokum Ave., Christiana, (610) 593-6683 Pequea Valley Public Library, 31 Center St., Intercourse, (717) 768-3160 Quarryville Library, 357 Buck Road, P.O. Box 678, Quarryville, (717) 786-1336
Lancaster Rec. Center – (717) 392-2115, ext. 147 Fridays, 12:30 to 3 p.m. – Happy Hearts Club Bridge
Strasburg-Heisler Library, 143 Precision Ave., Strasburg, (717) 687-8969
Programs and Support Groups May 1, 7 p.m. Red Rose Singles Meeting Farm & Home Center 1383 Arcadia Road, Lancaster (717) 917-1222 May 5, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Penn Township/Pleasant View Community Day Pleasant View Retirement Community Shuttles from Manheim Brethren in Christ Church 54 N. Penryn Road, Manheim (717) 664-6305 www.penn.co.lancaster.pa.us May 5, 7 p.m. Silent Movie Night: Buster Keaton’s Seven Chances Garden Spot Village Chapel 433 S. Kinzer Ave., New Holland (717) 355-6000 May 6, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Pennsylvania Music Expo Continental Inn 2285 Lincoln Highway East, Lancaster (717) 898-1246 www.recordcollectors.org May 6, noon to 5 p.m. Second Annual Lancaster Pet Day Fred F. Groff, Inc. Funeral Home 234 W. Orange St., Lancaster (717) 397-8255
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May 6, 1 to 5 p.m. Dancing: Bluegrass, Gospel, Old-Time Country Music Denver Fire Hall 425 Locust St., Denver (717) 330-6789
May 17, noon Brain Tumor Support Group Lancaster General Health Campus Wellness Center 2100 Harrisburg Pike, Lancaster (717) 626-2894
May 7, 6:30 to 8 p.m. Share Workshop for Grandparents PATHways Center for Grief & Loss 4075 Old Harrisburg Pike, Mount Joy (717) 823-2789
May 18, 6 to 9 p.m. Music Fridays 200 and 300 Blocks of North Queen Street 24 W. Walnut St., Lancaster (717) 341-0028
May 8, 15, and 22, 7 to 8:30 p.m. Newly Bereaved Program PATHways Center for Grief & Loss 4075 Old Harrisburg Pike, Mount Joy (717) 391-2413 May 14, 10 to 11 a.m. Alzheimer’s Caregivers Support Group Garden Spot Village – Concord Room 433 S. Kinzer Ave., New Holland (717) 355-6076 jmorton@gardenspotvillage.org May 15, 7 to 8:30 p.m. Coping With the Loss of a Companion or Spouse PATHways Center for Grief & Loss 4075 Old Harrisburg Pike, Mount Joy (717) 391-2413
May 20, 3 p.m. Pianist Maria Thompson Corley Grace Lutheran Church 517 N. Queen St., Lancaster (717) 397-2748 May 23, 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 28, 2 to 3 p.m. Parkinson’s Support Group Garden Spot Village Village Square Board Room 433 S. Kinzer Ave., New Holland (717) 355-6259 jshaffer@gardenspotvillage.org
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Lititz Senior Center – (717) 626-2800 May 10, 10:30 a.m. – Mother’s Day Breakfast Tribute with Music May 24, 10:15 a.m. – Haircuts and Manicures May 31, 10:15 a.m. – Tai Chi for Seniors LRC Senior Center – (717) 399-7671 May 10, 9 a.m. – Tai Chi May 24, 9 a.m. – Memorial Day Picnic May 31, 10 a.m. – Haircuts and Manicures Luis Munoz Marin Senior Center – (717) 295-7989 May 11, 10 a.m. – Mother’s Day Celebration May 17, 9 a.m. – Picnic at Buchmiller Park, Pavilion 32 May 22, 9 a.m. – “Never Too Old to Play” Tai Chi Millersville Senior Center – (717) 871-9600 May 7, 10 a.m. – Penn State Nutrition Program May 16, 10 a.m. – Tai Chi May 21, 10 a.m. – Singing and Dancing with Standing Room Only Next Gen Senior Center – (717) 786-4770 Thursdays, 10:30 a.m. – Zumba Gold Exercise May 9, 10:30 a.m. – Special Music by Andrew & Jessica May 21, 10:30 a.m. – Karaoke Rodney Park Center – (717) 393-7786 Tuesdays, 1 to 3 p.m. – Happy Hearts Club Pinochle and Bingo
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