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Lancaster County Edition

October 2012

Vol. 18 No. 10

Finding Laughs Between Sorrows Local Theater Vet and Writer Takes on Troubled First Lady By Katie Weeber For years, downtown Lancaster has been home to a thriving community of artists, musicians, and actors, providing residents with ample opportunity for entertainment and cultural experiences. One member of this community is Candace O’Donnell, who has performed at numerous local theaters and has recently completed a year-long project of researching and writing a monologue for Mary Todd Lincoln that she will be performing at Millersville University’s Ware Center this November. O’Donnell has performed throughout the county at venues such as the Fulton Opera House, Dutch Apple Dinner Theatre, Rainbow Dinner Theatre, Sight and Sound Theatre, Theater of the Seventh Sister, Sharadin Bigler Theatre (Ephrata Performing Arts Center), and the Brossman Theater. She also appeared in a Smilebuilderz dental commercial and in the independent film Another Harvest Moon. She has been on the board of directors for several local theaters, including that for the Fulton Opera House guild. For most of O’Donnell’s life, however, theater was not her main focus. “I probably had more of an interest in writing before I got into the theater,” she said. Growing up in St. Louis, Mo., O’Donnell showed an early aptitude for English and writing. This talent was fostered by encouraging teachers, please see LAUGHS page 32 Candace O’Donnell (in the period guise of Mary Todd Lincoln) will reveal a rarely seen lighter side of the first lady’s eventful life when she presents her monologue Mary Todd Lincoln: Much Madness is Divinest Sense at Millersville University’s Ware Center next month.

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October Nuts Clyde McMillan-Gamber n October, seven kinds of nuts, some of them rustically attractive, are noticed in abundance on the ground of woods, roadsides, and suburban areas in Lancaster County, as elsewhere. Those seven are from black walnut, shagbark hickory, American beech, pin oak, white oak, chestnut oak, and red oak trees. Those nuts are food for several kinds of birds and mammals, as well as people. And some of them are decorative and used as part of indoor décor. Black walnut trees are common in the moist soil of bottomlands. They grow hard-shelled nuts inside tough, green husks that become dark in time. The inside shells are dark and grooved. The shells and husks are so hard that only squirrels, chipmunks, and mice can chew through them with their sharp teeth, powered by strong jaw muscles, to get the meat.

develops in a thin husk that is a bit bristly. Because those husks are thin and pop open to release the small nuts, wild turkeys, ruffed grouse, crows, blue jays, woodpeckers, white-tailed deer, black bears, rodents, and other critters get fat eating those nuts. Pin, white, chestnut, and red oak trees produce abundant, brownish acorns in rustic, scaled caps that are attractive in themselves. The same animals that eat beech nuts also consume acorns. Pin and white oaks live in the bottomlands, but chestnut and red oaks grow on slopes. This reduces competition for living space among their relatives. Look for some of these attractive nuts on the ground this October. But leave them there so wildlife can eat them.

Some people like to collect black walnut nuts. They can be opened with hammers and the meat used in cakes and ice cream toppings. Shagbark hickory trees also grow on bottomlands. They are called shagbark because their bark peels away in long, vertical strips, giving the trees a shaggy

appearance. They have green, four-parted husks and off-white, hard-shelled nuts that, again, only rodents can chew into to get the meat. Beech trees have smooth, gray bark and grow on slopes above floodplains. Beech nuts are a half-inch long, triangular, and dark brown. Each nut

Clyde McMillan-Gamber is a Lancaster County Parks naturalist.

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Dear Worried, Unfortunately, depression is a widespread problem among U.S. seniors, affecting approximately 15 percent of the 65-and-older population. Here’s what you should know, along with some tips and resources for screening and treatments.

• Inability to sleep or sleeping too much • Not eating or eating too much • Thoughts about dying or suicide A good resource for identifying depression is Mental Health America (www.depression-screening.org), a national nonprofit organization that offers a free online depression screening test. This test takes just a few minutes and can help determine the severity of your husband’s problem.

Some medications, for example, can produce side effects that mimic depressive symptoms—pain and sleeping meds are common culprits. It’s also important to distinguish between depression and dementia, which can share some of the same symptoms. If he’s diagnosed with depression, there are a variety of treatment options, including talk therapy, antidepressant medications, or a combination of both. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is a particularly effective type of talk therapy that helps patients recognize and change destructive thinking patterns that lead to negative feelings. For help finding a therapist who’s trained in CBT, ask your doctor for a referral, check your local yellow pages under “counseling” or “psychologists,” or check with the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (www.abct.org) or the Academy of Cognitive Therapy (www.academyofct.org). Another treatment worth mentioning is a relatively new procedure called transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS). This FDA-approved treatment uses a small electromagnet placed on the scalp right behind the left forehead and delivers a tiny electric current to the part of the brain linked to depression. TMS is currently available in about 420 psychiatrist offices around the country (see www.neurostartms.com) and is very effective for older patients.

Recognizing Depression Everyone feels sad or gets the blues now and then, but when these feelings linger more than a few weeks, it may be depression. Depression is a real illness that affects mood, feelings, behavior, and physical health, and contrary to what many people believe, it’s not a normal part of aging or a personal weakness, but it is very treatable. It’s also important to know that depression is not just sadness. In many seniors it can manifest as apathy, irritability, or problems with memory or concentration without the depressed mood. To help you get some insight on the seriousness of your husband’s problem, here’s a rundown of the warning signs to look for:

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• A persistent feeling of sadness • A lost interest in hobbies or activities that were previously enjoyed • Feelings of guilt, worthlessness, or hopelessness • Trouble concentrating, remembering, or making decisions • Feeling anxious, restless, or irritable • Loss of energy or motivation

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There’s also National Depression Screening Day, which is coming up on Oct. 11. Sponsored by Screening for Mental Health, this is a completely free service that provides depression screenings by mental health professionals at hundreds of locations across the country. The test takes fewer than 15 minutes to complete and is available to people of all ages. To find a site near you, visit www.helpyourselfhelpothers.org. Also be aware that Medicare now covers annual depression screenings as part of their free Welcome to Medicare visit for new beneficiaries and free annual wellness visits thereafter. Get Help If your husband is suffering from depressive symptoms, he needs to see his doctor for a medical evaluation to rule out possible medical causes.

Savvy Tip: The National Institute of Mental Health offers a variety of free publications on depression that you can order at www.infocenter.nimh.nih.gov, or call (866) 615-6464. Jim Miller is a regular contributor to the NBC Today show and author of The Savvy Senior Book. www.savvysenior.org.

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“It’s not the money,” the nonchalant victim declaimed. “But the watch had a great sentimental value. My girlfriend gave it to me years ago.” For some reason, insanely frustrating, this was the end of the news item. Both reporter and editor, apparently, were born without any sense of curiosity. I, for one, could think of a fistful of additional questions. What happened to the romance? The one-time girlfriend who bought diamond-studded love tokens was obviously loaded with money. I visualized a nubile young heiress impishly bedazzling her suitor. I set the scene on the moonlit terrace of a country mansion, or maybe it was the penthouse high above flickering city lights. She would sashay into his arms, hiding the gift behind her, tilting her face for his kiss. Then in the rapturous moment … Somehow the mechanics of the thing seem to collapse at this point. In presenting her gift, does she just say “here” and hand him the box? Does she fumble the box open and try to put the watch on him? Does it fit his wrist? Does he protest? How does he know how much it cost? The newspaper people missed the really interesting part of this story. Did he give her anything? If it was something of comparable value, where did he get the money or was he born rich, too? I’m quickly losing any sense of sympathy for this robbery victim. And I feel rather sheepish about that. The finances of the young man were in good shape then, it would appear, and have been ever since. There’s a lot of sentimental value in $15,000. But in the years since the romance, now gone kaput, he’s never had to hock the watch. This fellow is not somebody I’d know. And one final question. Is he still a bachelor? Or does he have a wife who would put up with him holding on to the old girlfriend’s gilded love token? I know this much for sure: Ellie’s grandmother wouldn’t put up with that for a minute. A collection of Ted Rickard’s family-fun essays is titled Anything Worth Knowing I Learned from the Grandkids. It is now available in paperback on Amazon.com.

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t’s the fourth day of my English countryside tour, and I’m finally becoming fluent in English expressions. For example, I now know that the plug in my hotel room must be “earthed,” the reflector in the middle of the road is a “cat’s eye,” and that when the coach pulls off the motorway, I’ll have time to “nip to the loo” or—my personal favorite—“go for a tea and a wee.” I’m also becoming more familiar with English extremes—the grand castles and manor houses of the aristocracy and the small villages of the common folks. Their lifestyles are, as our guide from Insight Vacations would say, as different as “chalk and cheese.” We spend 11 days weaving along twolane roads bordered by fields of barley in the south and pastures of blackface sheep in the north. While modern homes surround some of the midsize cities, the

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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 Oct. 9, 9 a.m. – Flu Shots Oct. 23, 10 a.m. – Outside Shopping Oct. 30, 6 p.m. – Senior Social

Oct. 29, 8 to 9:30 p.m. – Haunted Chickies Under a Full Moon, Chickies Creek Day Use Area Oct. 30, 6:30 to 7:30 p.m.; Oct. 31, 10 to 11 a.m. – Skull and Skeleton Surprises

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Lititz Public Library, 651 Kissel Hill Road, Lititz, (717) 626-2255 Oct. 8, 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. – Scrabble Club Oct. 16, noon – Reel Talk for Everyone: American Beauty Oct. 25, 7 p.m. – Town Hall Meeting: Rep. John Bear

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Oct. 10, 7 to 8:30 p.m. Bereavement Workshop: Supporting the Bereaved Pathways Center for Grief & Loss 4075 Old Harrisburg Pike Mount Joy (717) 391-2413

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Oct. 15, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Six-Week Support Series: Growing Through Grief Pathways Center for Grief & Loss 4075 Old Harrisburg Pike Mount Joy (717) 391-2413

Oct. 24, 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

Oct. 18, noon Brain Tumor Support Group Lancaster General Health Campus Wellness Center 2100 Harrisburg Pike, Lancaster (717) 626-2894

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Oct. 3, 10 to 11:30 a.m. Nostalgia for the Light Showing and Discussion Garden Spot Village Garden Towers classroom 433 S. Kinzer Ave., New Holland (717) 355-6000

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Lancaster House North – (717) 299-1278 Thursdays, noon to 3 p.m. – Happy Hearts Club Pinochle Lancaster Neighborhood Senior Center – (717) 299-3943 Oct. 1, 10:30 a.m. – Program by Hospice with Joan Groh Oct. 11, 10:30 a.m. – “Stay Healthy” with Kim Badman, ManorCare Oct. 17, 10 a.m. – Chorus Practice Lancaster Rec. Center – (717) 392-2115, ext. 147 Fridays, 12:30 to 3 p.m. – Happy Hearts Club Bridge Lititz Senior Center – (717) 626-2800 Oct. 4, 10 a.m. – Haircuts and Manicures Oct. 15, 10:30 a.m. – Blood Pressures Oct. 31, 11 a.m. – Town Meeting LRC Senior Center – (717) 399-7671 Oct. 9, 9:15 a.m. – Healthy Feet Workshop: Learn about Reflexology Oct. 11, 10:15 a.m. – Sing-along with JR Wehman on Guitar Oct. 16, 9:15 a.m. – “Who is Acting on Your Behalf?” with AseraCare Luis Munoz Marin Senior Center – (717) 295-7989 Wednesdays, 9:30 a.m. – Shopping at SACA Market Oct. 9, 10 a.m. – Women’s Health with Bonnie Oct. 23, 10 a.m. – Flu Shots Oct. 31, 10 a.m. – Fall Fest Millersville Senior Center – (717) 871-9600 Mondays and Fridays, 9 a.m. – Exercise with Jim Oct. 19, 10 a.m. – Town Meeting Oct. 26, 10 a.m. – Penn State Nutrition Program Next Gen Senior Center – (717) 786-4770 Oct. 12, 10:30 a.m. – Breast Cancer Awareness Oct. 23, 9:15 a.m. – Tai Chi with Rick Kelly Oct. 26, 10:30 a.m. – Food Bank Bingo Rodney Park Center – (717) 393-7786 Tuesdays, 1 to 3 p.m. – Happy Hearts Club Pinochle and Bingo www.50plusSeniorNewsPA.com

Medicare Counselors Will Provide Free Help Medicare beneficiaries will have the chance to get personalized help from APPRISE Medicare counselors at numerous locations during the open enrollment period this year. APPRISE counselors offer impartial assistance to Medicare beneficiaries so they can receive the most comprehensive healthcare and prescription coverage possible at the best price possible. They also screen beneficiaries to determine eligibility for several benefit programs that can help with the costs of Medicare and prescription coverage. If you are already in a Medicare Advantage Plan or a Part D Prescription Drug Plan, you can make an appointment to meet with an APPRISE counselor during the open enrollment period by contacting Lancaster County Office of Aging at (717) 299-7979, (800) 801-3070, or aging@co.lancaster. pa.us. Note: If you are a new Medicare beneficiary and would like to meet with a counselor for an introduction to Medicare and to enroll in secondary coverage or a prescription drug plan, you will be scheduled during a time other than one of the open enrollment period appointments. After you’ve scheduled your appointment, you will receive a letter confirming your appointment and listing

the documentation you’ll need to bring along. Appointment dates and locations are as follows: Adamstown Area Library 3000 N. Reading Road, Adamstown Thursday, Oct. 25 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. Denver Borough Hall 505 Main St., Denver Tuesdays, Oct. 30, Nov. 6, 13, 27 8 a.m. – 1 p.m.

Manheim Township Library Overlook Community Campus 595 Granite Run Drive, Lancaster Thursdays, Oct. 18 and Dec. 6 10:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. Milanof-Schock Library 1184 Anderson Ferry Road, Mount Joy Tuesdays, Oct. 23 and Dec. 4 10:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. Next Gen Senior Center 184 S. Lime St., Quarryville

Fridays, Nov. 2, 16, 30 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. Paradise Township Building 2 Township Drive, Paradise Tuesdays, Oct. 16 and Nov. 27 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. Quarryville Library 357 Buck Road, Quarryville Wednesday, Oct. 24, and Friday, Nov. 30 10:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.

Elizabethtown Area Senior Center 70 S. Poplar St., Elizabethtown Tuesdays, Nov. 6, 13, 20, 27 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. Ephrata Recreation Center 130 S. Academy Drive, Ephrata Thursday, Nov. 29 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. Lancaster County Office of Aging 150 N. Queen St., Suite 415, Lancaster Mondays, Oct. 29, Nov. 5, 19, 26, and Dec. 3 Tuesdays, Oct. 30, Nov. 6, 13, 20 Wednesdays, Oct. 31, Nov. 7, 14, 28 Thursdays, Nov. 1, 8, 15 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. Fridays, Nov. 2, 9, 16 9 a.m. – 1 p.m.

Rachael Sangree 717-302-3787 TTY Users: 711 rachael.sangree@highmark.com If you need a Medicare plan, or want to change plans, Highmark has a wide range of affordable coverage options for you. Call me today, and I’ll work with you to pick the one that best fits your life. Highmark and certain of its subsidiaries are health plans with Medicare contracts with the federal government to offer Medicare Advantage plans and Medicare prescription drug plans in Central Pennsylvania. M0021_S5593_09_0164 (04/2009)

Medicare OEP Begins This Month The Fall Open Enrollment Period, during which people with Medicare can make unrestricted changes to their coverage options, takes place from Oct. 15 to Dec. 7, 2012. The changes for 2013 are not as extensive as those for 2012, which saw the timeframe for open enrollment moving to earlier in the fall as well as an expansion of preventive-care benefits. Next year, the “doughnut hole” will continue to decrease in figurative size. The Affordable Care Act, also known as health reform, closes the Part D doughnut hole—the gap in drug coverage during which people with Medicare must pay the full cost of their prescriptions out of pocket. Health reform phases out the doughnut hole by decreasing the beneficiary’s share of drug costs during the doughnut hole until it reaches 25 percent in 2020 for both brand-name and generic drugs. The phase-out works differently for brand-name and generic drugs, however. In 2013, the discount for brand-name www.50plusSeniorNewsPA.com

drugs in the coverage gap will increase from 50 to 52.5 percent and from 14 to 21 percent for generics. You should review all of your coverage options even if you are happy with your current coverage, because plans change their costs and benefits every year. The average Medicare prescription drug plan premium will not increase in 2013; it will remain around $30. However, premiums for specific plans and regions vary from year to year. Read your Annual Notice of Change (ANOC), which you should have received by Sept. 30. It will list the changes in your plan, such as the premium and copays, and will compare the benefits in 2013 with those in 2012. It is very important that you read your ANOC and consider all of your options, since many plans make changes every year, and your current plan may not be your best choice for 2013. For more information, contact the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services at (800) MEDICARE or www.cms.gov.

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Fragments of History

When Christopher Columbus Discovered … Popcorn Victor M. Parachin hen Christopher Columbus explored the New World, he and his crew purchased popcorn necklaces from natives in the West Indies. American Indians seem to have perfected the art of popping corn. They differentiated between sweet corn, to be consumed by humans, and field corn, suitable for feeding to animals. Then there was what has come to be called “Indian corn,” which pops. Not all corn is capable of popping. The ideal corn kernel needs a composition of at least 14 percent water content so that under heat, the water expands to steam, causing the nugget to explode into a puffy white mass. Here are some other fascinating food facts.

First breakfast cereals. The first cereal sold as a breakfast food was called

Granose and was introduced in February 1895 by John Harvey Kellogg. Working with his brother, Will Keith Kellogg, the Battle Creek, Mich., brothers boiled wheat, had it machine pressed into a thin film, cut it up, and sold the pieces as flakes in 10-ounce packets. John Harvey developed other cereals, including the first granola, which he made by grinding up cakes of wheat, oatmeal, and cornmeal. He introduced it in 1898, but granola was initially unsuccessful. Kellogg’s chief competitor was Charles William Post, who produced Grape Nuts

in 1897, Post Toasties in 1916, and Post Bran in 1922. The world’s most expensive food is saffron, a yellow-colored spice. At $2,000 per ounce, it is commonly sold in very small amounts, usually about .002 ounce. The high price tag is due to the complicated and time-consuming way of obtaining saffron. It comes from the inside of purple crocuses, which are small bulb plants that flower in the spring. To make just 1 pound of saffron, some 70,000 to 250,000 flower stigmas must be collected by hand.

The country that drinks the most coffee is Finland. During one year, the average person in Finland consumes more than 24 pounds of coffee. That’s the equivalent of 4.5 cups per day or an incredible 1,650 cups a year. For the country as a whole, it means that 8.5 billion cups, or 531.5 million gallons of coffee, are sipped each year. Condensed soup was invented in 1897 by 24-year-old chemist John T. Dorrance while working for the Joseph Campbell Preserve Company, a cannery in Camden, N.J. The double-strength condensed soups had the advantage of being cheaper to distribute and sell because water, the heaviest part of the formula, was added by the consumer. With an appealing low price, the canned soups first appeared on the

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market in 1898. By 1914, Dorrance was president of the company, which changed its name to the Campbellâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Soup Company in 1924. Bubble gum was the creation of Frank Henry Fleer, founder of the Frank H. Fleer Corporation of Philadelphia. In 1906 he developed the first chewing gum and called it Blibber-Blubber. His recipe was improved in 1928 by Walter Diemer, an employee. Diemer called his product Dubble Bubble for its ability to make large bubbles. Before this product, however, chewing gum had been developed in 1848 in Bangor, Maine, by John Curtis. In 1850 he moved to Portland, Maine, where he continue to develop paraffin gums under the brand names Licorice Lulu, Four-inHand, Sugar Cream, Biggest and Best, White Mountain, and spruce gums under the names Yankee Spruce, American Flag, Trunk Spruce, and 200 Lump Spruce. The worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s largest veggie is the yam. While there are some specially grown vegetables that have been recorded at higher weights than the largest yam, true yams can consistently grow up to 9 feet long and weigh more than 150 pounds. These are not usually found in the local grocery store, which carries the smaller varieties usually weighing less than 1 pound.

The worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s smallest veggie is the snow pea, which measures about onequarter of an inch, smaller than the size of the average pinkie fingernail. Snow pea pods are flat and bright green in color. They grow to about 3 inches in length, containing between five and seven peas. Because the pod itself is sweet, pods and peas are usually consumed together. Snow peas are eaten around the world but are extremely popular in Asia and the United States. They are an excellent source of vitamins A and C, potassium, and iron. Frozen food was developed by Clarence Birdseye, a biologist from Brooklyn, N.Y. In 1916 Birdseye began experimenting with ways to retain the flavor and nutrition of cabbage and fish for a long period of time by quickfreezing them in brine. While this worked, it was not to his satisfaction, so he continued experimenting and, in 1924 in Gloucester, Mass., perfected the beltfreezer method. This was a device that subjected various foods to quick-freezing by pressing it between refrigerated plates. Birdseye received a patent for his invention on Aug. 12, 1930. That year, frozen foods with the Birdseye trademark were first marketed in Springfield, Mass.

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Home Care Services & Hospice Providers Listings with a screened background have additional information about their services in a display advertisement in this edition. Agency Name Telephone/Website

Alliance Home Help (800) 444-4598 (toll-free) www.alliancehomehelp.com

Year Est.

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2010

Lancaster

Central Penn Nursing Care, Inc. (717) 569-0451 www.cpnc.com

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Cumberland, Dauphin, Lancaster, Lebanon, York

Garden Spot Village (717) 355-6000 www.gardenspotvillageathome.org

2006

Lancaster

1911

Berks, Dauphin, Lancaster, Lebanon, Schuylkill

Good Samaritan Hospice (717) 274-2591 www.gshleb.org

1979

Berks, Dauphin, Lancaster, Lebanon, Schuylkill

Homeland Hospice (717) 221-7890 www.homelandcenter.org

2009

Cumberland, Dauphin, York

Good Samaritan Home Health (717) 274-2591 www.gshleb.org

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Adams, Berks, Chester, Dauphin, Lancaster, Lebanon, York

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Personal care and companionship services in your home with all the professionalism, friendliness, and excellence you expect of Garden Spot Village. Contact info@gardenspotvillage.org.

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Good Samaritan Hospice provides services to patients and their families facing a life-limiting illness. We are Pennsylvania licensed, JCAHO accredited, and Medicare certified. We provide services 24 hours per day with a team approach for medical, emotional, spiritual, and social needs.

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Non-profit hospice providing physical, emotional, and spiritual end-of-life care in homes, nursing homes, hospitals, and in one of their two inpatient centers located in Lancaster and Mount Joy. Palliative care, volunteer support, and bereavement services. JCAHO accredited. Massage therapy, music therapy, and pet therapy available. Referrals 24 hours a day: (717) 391-2421 (Lancaster area) or (717) 885-0347 (York area).

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Home Care Services & Hospice Providers Listings with a screened background have additional information about their services in a display advertisement in this edition. Agency Name Telephone/Website

Year Est.

Counties Served

RNs

LPNs CNAs

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2004

Adams, Cumberland, Dauphin, Lancaster, Lebanon, York

Yes

Two- to 24-hour non-medical assistance provided by qualified, caring, competent, compassionate, and compatable caregivers. Personalized service with Assistance for Daily Living (ADL, IADL): companionship, meal prep, bathing, cleaning, and personal care needs. Respite care, day surgery assistance. Assistance with Veterans Homecare Benefits. Pampered Care Services©. Clutter Stoppers professional organizational services: PA license #10053601.

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Adams, Berks, Chester, Cumberland, Dauphin, Franklin, Lancaster, Lebanon, York

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Safe Haven Quality Care, LLC (717) 258-1199; (717) 238-1111 (717) 582-4110; (717) 582-9977 www.safehavenqualitycare.com

2005

Cumberland, Dauphin, Perry, York

Yes

Owners Leslie and Sandra Hardy are members of the Society of Certified Senior Advisors. We have contracts with the VA and the Area Agency on Aging. Private insurance and self-payment are also accepted. Friendly faces, helping hands, warm hearts. Skilled nursing also available.

Seniors Helping Seniors (717) 933-2077 www.seniorshelpingseniors.com

2010

Dauphin, Lebanon

We have active, caring, and compassionate seniors who can relate to your parents’ needs. We provide meal prep, light housekeeping, companionship, and so much more.

2001

Cumberland, Dauphin, Lancaster, York

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Berks, Chester, Cumberland, Dauphin, Lancaster, Lebanon, Perry, Schuylkill, York

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Home care specialists in physical, occupational, and speech therapy; nursing; cardiac care; and telehealth. Disease management, innovative technologies, and education help you monitor your condition to prevent hospitalization. Licensed non-profit agency; Medicare certified; Joint Commission accredited.

Keystone In-Home Care, Inc. (717) 898-2825 (866) 857-4601 (toll-free) www.keystoneinhomecare.com

Live-In Care of Pennsylvania (717) 519-6860 (888) 327-7477 (toll-free) www.liveincareofpa.com

Visiting Angels (717) 393-3450; (717) 737-8899 (717) 751-2488; (717) 630-0067 (717) 652-8899; (800) 365-4189 www.visitingangels.com

VNA Community Care Services (717) 544-2195; (888) 290-2195 (toll-free) www.lancastergeneral.org/content/ VNA_Community_Care.htm

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

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e live in a time when there is something when he said, “Less is more.” an overwhelming abundance Clutter and collections are opposites. of home makeover TV shows, Displaying similar items near each other articles, and online blogs about is pleasing to the eye. Arrange collections redecorating, redesigning, and together by size, color, material, or reconsidering the objects with which we texture. This method shows the scope of live. the collection and highlights the After watching a TV designer similarities and differences. transform a perfectly good bedroom into You want visitors to your home to look a jungle paradise by stapling—yes, at a collection and concentrate on it. stapling—green plastic leaves and flowers They make great conversation starters. directly to the drywall, I thought that Clutter is unrelated and messy. Reject the some tips on how museum exhibition clutter impulse. designers install art exhibits may prove helpful. Fragile Yet Family-Friendly As a longtime museum director, I have In most museums, changing seen many exhibitions installed. Museum exhibitions occur about every three exhibition months or designers every season. make all You don’t kinds of want to look objects look at your their best in snowman any collection in environment. July and When it neither do comes to the experts. displaying In objects, museums museum pros and in your Use favorite objects and antiques to decorate your rely on the home, home the way museum pros do. basics. objects on Three display have things are important: the front, the to withstand pedestrian traffic and issues collections, and the guests. like temperature and humidity changes, sun exposure, etc. Make sure your Confront the Front favorite works of art and antiques are far Your home’s front door is like a from areas of high heat, away from air museum gallery’s confrontation wall. conditioning vents or radiators, and out When you enter any room in your home, of heavy traffic areas from pets and there is one wall that is right in front of children. you or one that you focus on the most. This wall is the starting point for any One last tip: If someone holding a design concept, called the confrontation staple gun is coming toward your wall. It’s the first one you confront. This bedroom in hopes of embarking on a wall shouts out for something important, redesign, point them in the direction of big, colorful, bright, important, or sexy. the nearest museum. Maybe they’ll learn The confrontation wall always makes a something. statement. Ph.D. antiques appraiser, author, and awardOften, in a museum, this wall hosts winning TV personality, Dr. Lori presents the most important work of art in the antique appraisal events nationwide. Dr. Lori exhibition. Don’t ignore it in your home. is the expert appraiser on the hit TV show Put the best object right there. Auction Kings on Discovery channel, which

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Welcome .................................................................16 Registration Form ................................................16 Park ‘n’ Ride Information....................................16 Directions to the EXPO ......................................16 What is an ‘EXPO’? ...............................................17 Presenters ...............................................................18 Health Screenings................................................19 Antique Appraisals..............................................20 Exhibitor Display Map........................................21 Seminar ...................................................................22 Entertainment.......................................................23 50plus Dating Game ...........................................23 Door Prizes .............................................................24 Lottery Ticket Giveaway ....................................25 Win a Trip to Atlantic City .................................25

I hope you will join us for the 16th annual Lancaster County 50plus EXPO. Each month, 50plus Senior News brings you information on topics of health, wellness, finance, and much more. This is our opportunity to bring 50plus Senior News to life—your life! Representatives from an array of businesses are looking forward to speaking with you about topics that are important to you! Unbeknownst to many of us, our own communities hold a wealth of information. Our 50plus EXPOs are an effective forum for all those “hidden” community resources to gather in one visible, easy-to-access location! On-Line Publishers, Inc. and the Lancaster County Office of Aging are happy to be able to present this dynamic, one-day event to our visitors free of charge. This year, stop by the Bailey Coach/Travel and Resorts Casino and Hotel booths to enter to win an exciting prize: roundtrip motorcoach transportation for 40 to Resorts Casino and Hotel in Atlantic City! Be sure to check in at the 50plus Senior News/On-Line Publishers booth as we give away 500 lottery tickets! The 50plus EXPO isn’t just informative, however—it’s also entertaining! The songs of three of your PA STATE SENIOR IDOLs, Vickie Kissinger (2012), Peggy Kurtz Keller (2011), and Barry Surran (2008), will ring out during the late morning and early afternoon. See page 23 for more details. This day is made possible through the generous support of our sponsors. Please stop by their booths, have your bingo card signed, and talk with them about how they can assist you.

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What is an ‘EXPO’? The 50plus EXPO is an event that’s a unique hybrid of information and entertainment, all geared toward satisfying the needs of the area’s over-50 crowd. This day is about you and whatever is on your mind. Finances, health, leisure, travel— the knowledge you seek is all available at one of our more than 90 exhibitors. Each exhibitor booth is loaded with information and staffed by friendly people who are eager and willing to answer your questions. The EXPO will also offer a variety of health screenings free to each visitor, so be proactive about your health and take advantage of this convenient opportunity to give your body a little “tune-up”! At the Lancaster County 50plus EXPO,

you can take your “quest for knowledge” a step further by sitting in on a free seminar. And when you’ve had your fill of the EXPO’s informative side, help yourself to some lighter, more entertaining fare! Listen for the songs of PA STATE SENIOR IDOLS Vickie Kissinger (2012), Peggy Kurtz Keller (2011), and Barry Surran (2008) as they perform for your enjoyment. As you make your way around the EXPO floor, don’t forget to get your “bingo card” stamped by the listed exhibitors. Then return the completed card at the registration desk for a chance at winning a door prize. At the 50plus EXPO, you can spend an hour or spend the day. Socialize, become better informed, and, most of all—have fun! ZE ON OR

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50plus EXPO – Brought to You By: issues they face now—all with a mind toward representing the mid-state’s own boomer community. In 2012, On-Line Publishers, Inc. marked its seventh successful year hosting the PA STATE SENIOR IDOL competition, making Vickie Kissinger of Gap the 2012 PA STATE SENIOR IDOL. Auditions for next year’s competition will be held in early fall 2013 with the finals night competition scheduled for Oct. 7, 2013, at the Dutch Apple Dinner Theatre in Lancaster. On-Line Publishers also works to inform and celebrate women in business through our Business Division. BUSINESSWoman includes professional profiles and articles that educate and encourage women in business. Success Stories highlights the achievements of local professional women so that others may be inspired. It is a special insert in the March issue of BUSINESSWoman magazine. POWERLUNCH is an extension of BUSINESSWoman and is held in York in the spring and in Harrisburg and Lancaster during the fall. Executive women are offered the opportunity for networking, lunch, seminars, and information from a select number of exhibitors interested in marketing to women. The women’s expo is a one-day event featuring exhibitors and interactive fun that encompasses many aspects of a woman’s life. It was held most recently in Cumberland County on Nov. 3, 2012, at the Carlisle Expo Center, and will return to Lancaster in May 2013.

For more than 15 years, On-Line Publishers, Inc. has celebrated serving the mind, heart, and spirit of the 50+ community of Central Pennsylvania through our Mature Living Division of publications and events. On-Line Publishers, Inc. produces six 50plus EXPOs annually in Chester, Cumberland, Dauphin, Lancaster (two), and York counties. These events are an opportunity to bring both businesses and the community together for a better understanding of products and services available to enhance life. Entrance to the event, health screenings, and seminars held throughout the day are free to visitors. 50plus Senior News is published monthly, touching on issues and events relevant to the 50+ community. The 50plus Resource Directory is a resource guide of businesses interested in your well-being. It is your “50+ yellow pages” and can be useful in locating products and services to meet your needs. 50plus LIVING is an annual publication and the premier resource for retirement living and healthcare options for mature adults in the Susquehanna and Delaware valleys. On-Line Publishers produces (((b))) magazine, Central Pennsylvania’s premier publication for baby boomers. (((b))) magazine reflects on the past, recalling the provocative and historychanging decades of the 1960s and ’70s; it also examines where baby boomers are today and identifies the

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Do you have a friendly face? The 50plus EXPO committee is looking for volunteers to help at our 16th annual Lancaster County 50plus EXPO on Nov.. 6, 2012, at the Lancaster Host Resort, 2300 Lincoln Highway East, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. If you coulld help greet visitors, stuff EXPO bags, or work at the registration desk, we would be glad to have you for all or just part of the day. Please call On-Line Publishers at (717) 285-1350.

The Lancaster County Office of Aging

The Lancaster County Office of Aging has been in existence since 1974 and strives to provide a variety of services that enable older persons to live independently and with dignity. The agency’s primary source of funding comes The Lancaster County from the Pennsylvania Lottery. Federal and state Office of Aging legislation mandate services rendered by the Office of Aging. Agency programs meet many types of needs and range from basic help to the provision of skilled care. Certain programs are available to persons under the age of 60. All services are intended to keep people at home, where they most likely want to remain. Individuals may be asked to share in the cost of services, depending upon their financial resources. The Office of Aging also accepts contributions, which support ongoing operations and services to older persons and their families. The agency is located at 150 N. Queen St., Suite 415, in Lancaster. Hours of operation are 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Call (717) 299-7979 or (800) 801-3070 (tollfree) for more information.

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

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Presented by: & The Lancaster County Office of Aging

Proudly Sponsored By: Gold

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Lancaster Host Resort Nov. 6, 2012 Appraisal hours: 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. (EXPO hours are 9 a.m. – 2 p.m.)

Experts will be on-site to do a verbal appraisal of your cherished heirlooms—anything from antiques to coins to glassware to jewelry! You may also bring pictures of items for appraisal. (You may bring up to three items per person for appraisal.) For more information, contact info@onlinepub.com or call 717.285.1350

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50plus Senior News/On-Line Publishers . . . . . .253 Abelmart, Inc................................................142, 143

Health Network Laboratories ................................239 HEARING RENEWED............................................230

AARP ....................................................................100

Hickory House Skilled Nursing & Rehab/ Heatherwood Retirement Community ...............110

abc27 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .133

Highmark Blue Shield ...........................................231

Advanced Tech Hearing Aid Center ......................202

Hinkles Pharmacy Inc ...........................................248

AMTRAK...............................................................132

Hospice and Community Care..............................139

Appleby Systems, Inc. ...........................................154

Kitchen Saver........................................................236

Auer Cremation Services of PA..............................157 Bailey Coach/Travel & Resorts Casino and Hotel, Atlantic City...241, 242

Lancaster County Office of Aging . . . . . . . . . . .215 Lebanon VA Medical Center .................................142 Leisure Lanes ........................................................222

Bath Fitter .............................................................206 BetterLiving of Central PA .....................................214 BioRx....................................................................153 Bob Neff Tours......................................................205 CaptionCall...........................................................117 Charles F. Snyder Funeral Home & Crematory ......247 Citadel Credit Union.............................................235 Cordier Auctions & Appraisals . . . . . . . . .111, 112

Manheim Township Ambulance Association..........220

RetireSafe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .249 Rheems Nursing & Rehabilitation Center ..............225 Ricker Sweigart and Associates..............................109 Spring Creek Rehabilitation and HealthCare Center......................................147 Sprint CapTel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .252 Sundance Vacations ..............................................234 Susquehanna Dental Arts, PC ...............................245 Those Remodeling Guys .......................................120 Transition Solutions for Seniors, LLC......................243 Triple J Community . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .227

ManorCare Health Services...................................233

UnitedHealthcare .................................................244

March of Dimes Foundation .................................149

Vacation Village Resorts ........................................141

Mid-Atlantic Waterproofing...................................219

Visiting Angels.......................................................217

Oakwood Homes .................................................228

Walmart................................................................237

Office of Attorney General....................................151

WDAC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .232

Orthopedic Associates of Lancaster.......................238

Weaver Memorials................................................208

Pennsylvania Bureau of Radiation Protection ........144

West Shore Window and Door .............................240

Country Meadows of Lancaster.............................203

Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission ................153

Dutch Apple Dinner Theatre ................................134

WHP580 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .250

PPL ePower Team .................................................118

Ephrata Public Library (Booth sponsored by Blue Ridge Communications).............................211

Wilmac Corporation .............................................103

Red Rose Transit Authority ....................................218

Woodland Heights Retirement Community...........124

Fred F. Groff, Inc. A Life Celebration Home ..........115

Regional Gastroenterology Associates of Lancaster (RGAL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .251

Garden Spot Village ..............................................131 Geisinger Gold......................................................128

Renewal by Andersen ...........................................135

Good ‘N Plenty Restaurant ...................................150

Respitech CPAP Services .......................................105

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Seminar 11 a.m. – RetireSafe What’s Next in Washington? What Does it Mean for You? Presented by: Thair Phillips, President, RetireSafe

1 Ruth Drive Gordonville, PA 17529

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• Big Medicare Premium Increases Ahead for Medicare Part D and Part B? • New Limits on Doctors, Hospitals, and Medicines that are Important to You? • Are Big Tax Increases on the Horizon? And Even More Debt?

RetireSafe President Thair Phillips will discuss the latest news from Washington, DC, including up-to-date reports on H.R. 1086, the CPI for Seniors Act, Social Security, Medicare, taxes, and debt. RetireSafe will cover issues and topics that can save your life or your retirement. Come learn and share your thoughts and concerns—RetireSafe will be listening! RetireSafe is a nonprofit, nonpartisan bronze EXPO sponsor representing 400,000 seniors nationwide and more than 15,000 in Pennsylvania. Learn more at www.retiresafe.org.

WKZF Personalities to Host

Help us fight against Medicare and Social Security benefit cuts, and fight for a Consumer Price Index for Seniors (CPI-S) that will finally give older Americans a fair and accurate Social Security COLA by passing H.R. 1086, the CPI for Seniors Act! Help us save America from even more debt and higher taxes. Go to www.retiresafe.org to learn more about your benefits and how to protect them. Come talk to us at the 50plus EXPOs — We care about your thoughts and concerns! ZE R ONNSO R B O

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WKZF’s Ronnie Ramone and Holly Love will be hosting the first ever 50plus Dating Game at the 2012 Lancaster County 50plus EXPO! To be held on stage at the EXPO, the 50plus Dating Game will feature funloving Pennsylvanians over 50 who are single and would like to make a new friend and enjoy an evening out. Modeled after the popular game show from the 1960s and ’70s, the 50plus Dating Game will include some good, clean fun that could result in a beautiful new friendship … or more! The winning couple will receive an exciting prize package.

Ronnie Ramone

Ronnie, like Turkey Hill products, is imported from Lancaster County. He’s been a Lancaster boy most of his life, a proud graduate of McCaskey High School and Millersville University. He’s been up and down the dial on radio for the past 20 years. He’s a pop culture fanatic and enjoys spending his free time on the beach, hiking state and county parks, and embarking on wine and craft beer tours. He is a fan of Phillies baseball and, by his own admission, professional wrestling since the age of 7.

Holly Love is the promotions and marketing director for 92.7 KZF in Lancaster. Holly has been in radio for 18 years and has made stops all over the country pursuing her career. Today Holly is a mother to Peter, 7, and Mia, 2. The Love family also adopted a brand-new puppy named Scout. Holly jokes that she has the loudest house in all of Lancaster! On the weekends, when she is not working, you will find her at the Penn Manor soccer fields being “that” mom on the sidelines! Holly Love In addition to being a working mother, Holly and her husband, Nick, own the local venue the Chameleon Club. Holly is also a feature writer and writes about personal experiences and general life stories.

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Entertainment 11 a.m. – Vickie Kissinger, 2012 PA STATE SENIOR IDOL Winner

Looking for Some Companionship? (Maybe even a little romance?) If you’re a fun-loving Pennsylvanian over 50 and single who would like to make a new friend and enjoy an evening out, try your hand at:

Vickie Kissinger of Gap holds a B.S. in music education and is a classically trained mezzo-soprano, pianist, and organist. She is also a student of internationally recognized master voice teacher Dr. Thomas Houser. With more than 25 years' teaching experience, Vickie runs a fulltime private voice studio from her home. Sponsored by 50 plus Senior News

Noon – The 50plus Dating Game Hosted by Holly Love and Ronnie Ramone of WKZF

You remember The Dating Game, a popular game show that ran during the ’60s and ’70s that had contestants vying to be chosen for a date. We’re bringing it back and looking for a few participants who would like to have some good, clean fun that could result in a beautiful new friendship … or more! To be held on stage at the

Cumberland County 50plus EXPO Oct. 23 at the Carlisle Expo Center

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Lancaster County 50plus EXPO Nov. 6 at the Lancaster Host Resort

1 p.m. – Barry Surran, 2008 PA STATE SENIOR IDOL Winner, and Peggy Keller, 2011 PA STATE SENIOR IDOL Winner In the mid-'60s, Barry Surran toured with the Lehigh University Glee Club and was part of a barbershop group called the Cliff Clefs. Since winning PA STATE SENIOR IDOL, Barry has been performing for senior groups, nursing homes, assisted living facilities, private functions, and at weddings. He performed a three-hour concert at Delaware Water Gap Country Club and was a guest soloist with the Reading Pops Orchestra. Barry continues to perform at DeLorenzo's Restaurant in Easton, Pa. A nurse, teacher, wife, and mother from Ephrata, Peggy Kurtz Keller sung the national anthem for her high school and is still singing it today at Clipper Magazine Stadium for the Lancaster Barnstormers. Peggy enjoys singing at the VA Hospital in Lebanon, for community and civic organizations, and in local theater. Barry and Peggy will be performing jointly at the EXPO, alternating between individual performances and duets.

Think you’d make a fun contestant?

Hosted by Holly Love and Ronnie Ramone of WKZF

Send the following information and a recent photo to: The Senior Dating Game/On-Line Publishers, Inc. 3912 Abel Drive • Columbia, PA 17512 Or email the information to kshaffer@onlinepub.com. The winning couple from each EXPO will receive an exciting prize package! Winners will be notified two weeks prior to event. Name:______________________________________________________ Age:________________________________________________________ Occupation:_________________________________________________ Address:____________________________________________________ Phone number:_______________________________________________ Email address:_______________________________________________ Preferred location: Cumberland Lancaster What three words best describe your personality?_________________ ____________________________________________________________ What’s one thing you still have left to do on your life list?___________ ____________________________________________________________ Fill in the blank: My favorite place on earth is ____________________. Fill in the blank: I love to collect _______________________________, and have way too many! In about 75 words, please tell us why you should be selected to participate:__________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ For more information, please call (717) 285-1350.

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You can have 50 plus Senior News delivered right to your home! Simply mail this form and $15 for an annual subscription to: 50 plus Senior News • 3912 Abel Drive, Columbia, PA 17512 Or, subscribe online at www.50plusSeniorNewsPA.com! Name: _______________________________________________________ Address: ______________________________________________________ City:__________________________State: _____ Zip: _________________

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Your chance of taking home a great prize from the 50plus EXPO is HUGE! These are just a sampling of the many door prizes provided by our exhibitors.

The EXPO thanks the following companies for their generous contributions: Citadel Credit Union Visa gift card ($20 value) Dutch Apple Dinner Theatre Pair of tickets for dinner and show for The Rat Pack Lounge, playing Dec. 30 to Feb. 9 ($100 value) Good ’N Plenty Restaurant Gift basket ($50 value) Hospice and Community Care Dutch gift basket ($40 value) Oakwood Homes A pair of tickets to Sight & Sound Theatre ($100 value) Susquehanna Dental Arts, PC Electric toothbrush ($100 value) Transition Solutions for Seniors, LLC Five $10 Isaac’s Famous Grilled Sandwiches gift cards ($50 value) Triple J Community Lancaster County Living gift basket ($50 value) Woodland Heights Retirement Community Shady Maple gift card ($25 value)

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EXPO to Include Lottery Ticket Giveaway You and 39 of your closest friends or coworkers, a church group, retirement community, or social organization could be on the road soon for a day of fun and games.

A total of 500 lottery tickets will be given away at the 2012 Lancaster County 50plus EXPO! One hundred twenty-five tickets will be given away at 11 a.m., noon, 1 p.m., and 1:30 p.m. at the 50plus Senior News/On-Line Publishers, Inc. booth, No. 253. Tickets will be given away only during the times specified above. Only one ticket per person, please. Your sponsor bingo card will be initialed; tickets will be available on a first-come basis.

Grand prize includes: Roundtrip motor coach transportation for 40 passengers to the Resorts Casino and Hotel in Atlantic City! plus $5 free slot play per passenger $100 bonus for the group leader Driver’s gratuity Bottled water Snacks!

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• Breakfast with Ben Barber and News with Dennis Edwards • John Tesh with Music and Intelligence for Your Workday • Bruce Collier & The Drive Home

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Please stop by our booth (#241) and sign up for the Grand Door Prize!

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A great place to call home — or the care needed to remain at home. Will they think of you? LAST CHANCE to reserve your space! Closing Date: Oct. 12, 2012 • Active adult and residential living • Independent and retirement living communities • Assisted living residences and personal care homes • Nursing and healthcare services • Home care, companions, and hospice care providers • Ancillary services

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Older But Not Wiser

Bald and Kind of Beautiful Sy Rosen was standing on line at the bank and noticed that all four men in front of me were bald, and the row of round, gleaming heads seemed kind of funny to me. I know it’s creepy, but secretly laughing at other people is one of my small pleasures in life. There was a young guy with a full head of hair standing behind me and I decided to share the joke, whispering, “I feel like I’m in a bowling alley.” The young guy smiled and then said, “I guess that happens when you guys hit a certain age.” We were two compadres, sharing a private laugh, when suddenly the words “you guys” registered. And then I did a double take. Actually, if I were drinking water, it would have been a spit-take worthy of Milton Berle. Was my former compadre saying I was also bald? But I wasn’t bald. Or was I? I hadn’t looked at the back of my head in an awfully long time.

I anxiously continued my business at the bank. I was tempted to turn around and ask the teller if I was bald. However, I really didn’t want to call attention to myself. And who knows, maybe the bank has a special service charge for telling someone if they’re bald—they have charges for everything else. So I went home and used the double-mirror technique to look at the back of my head. And sure enough, there was fairly large bald spot back there. It was like a large, pink grapefruit-juice stain on a gray carpet. I felt like I was punched in the stomach—I suddenly realized that I looked older than I thought I did. It was reminiscent of the first time I was given, unasked for, a senior discount. My first thought was that I was being punished for making fun of those other

bald guys. But that was silly. My hair couldn’t fall out because of a bad joke. If that were the case, I would have been completely bald years ago. My second thought was to change the term bald to balding. That little “ing” made me feel somewhat better. I wasn’t quite bald yet. Of course, balding is an active word and it meant the spot was growing, spreading, taking over my head. My third thought was to fix the problem. I researched hair transplants, hair thickening, laser therapy, herbs, wigs, the Donald Trump combover, and that spray that kind of looks like you’re putting shoe polish on your head. I even thought of turning to religion. I’m a Reform Jew, but if I became Orthodox, I would always wear a yarmulke—hiding my bald spot.

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.

For more job listings, call the Lancaster County Office of Aging

at (717) 299-7979 or visit

www.co.lancaster.pa.us/lanco_aging

Lancaster County Office of Aging 150 N. Queen Street, Suite 415 Lancaster, PA www.50plusSeniorNewsPA.com

OK, I realized I was going a little crazy. I also realized, during my research, that baldness isn’t necessarily a sign of getting older. There were many young people who were bald (and that made me happy). And also, there were some really goodlooking bald men. There was Bruce Willis and there’s uh, Bruce Willis, and did I mention Bruce—OK, I can’t think of anyone else right now, but I’m sure there are lots of them. Anyway, I just decided to accept my situation. I wish I could say I learned some moral lesson about all this—don’t make fun of people because it will come back and bite you. However, the following week I was again at the bank and this time the four guys in front of me all had long, shaggy hair. I turned to the man behind me and whispered, “I feel like I’m at the Westminster Dog Show.” And we both laughed (yes, I know it’s sad).

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CHAUFFEUR – PT Provide limousine/party bus service and pick up/drop off clients at airports or transport to special events. Obtain company vehicle locally, drive to destination and return. Need CDL-B with passenger endorsement. On-call required. You choose assignments. SN090103.01 SERVERS – PT Serve restaurant patrons, present menu, answer questions, make food choice suggestions, place orders in computer and serve courses, present check and take to cashier. Clean/ sanitize and reset tables/counters. Work a flexible schedule including weekends/holidays. SN090102.02

VIEW OUR JOB LIST We list other jobs on the Web at www.co.lancaster.pa.us/lanco_agi ng. To learn more about applying for the 55+ Job Bank and these jobs, call the Employment Unit at (717) 299-7979. SN-GEN.03

LINE OPERATOR – FT Set up/drain production line; conduct change-over and prepare paperwork. Operate packaging lines, achieve objectives for efficiencies, maintain equipment, and participate in the continuous improvement process. Requires one year experience, ability to work overtime. SN090098.04

— Volunteer Opportunities — Fall is here, and perhaps your busy summer schedule is easing and you have a little extra time. That’s all you need to become a volunteer for Lancaster County Office of Aging! The amount of time you need to invest as a volunteer for our agency is minimal, but the impact of that time and energy can be life changing—for the senior you’re assisting, and for you! Here are some current volunteer needs at our agency: • A woman in Lancaster city would like someone to be a friendly visitor • A man in the suburbs of Lancaster needs help with laundry • A woman in Millersville is asking for a volunteer to do grocery shopping twice a month • A man in Mount Joy would like a friendly visitor If you’d like more information about these volunteer opportunities or the others we have, please contact Bev Via, volunteer coordinator, at Lancaster County Office of Aging, (717) 299-7979, or by email, aging@co.lancaster.pa.us.

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Specific areas of elder law in which the firm specializes:

Bellomo & Associates, LLC 10 Wyntre Brooke Drive, York, PA 17403 717-845-5390 fax 717-845-5408 jbellomo@bellomoassociates.com www.bellomoassociates.com

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Estate planning; Medicaid and longterm planning; probate and estate administration; trust administration; Medicaid qualification; guardianships

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1991

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Conserving assets, securities and annuities; advice to the elderly; personal injury

1985

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Medicaid; nursing home asset protection; estate planning; estate settlement

1999

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Member of the elder law section of the PA Bar Association

1992

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Long-term care; Medicaid appeals; income tax; estate planning and administration; trusts; guardianships

2007

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Wills; trusts; estate planning and administration; guardianship; Social Security disability; VA benefits

1956

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Affordable estate planning; wills; trusts; powers of attorney

Elder Law Associates of PA 600-A Eden Road, Lancaster, PA 17601 717-560-1500

The Elder Law Firm of Robert Clofine 120 Pine Grove Commons, York, PA 17403 717-747-5995 fax 717-747-5996 clofine@estateattorney.com www.estateattorney.com

Elinor Albright Rebert, Esquire 515 Carlisle Street, Hanover, PA 17331 717-632-4300 fax 717-632-2748 earebert@earthlink.net

Gates, Halbruner, Hatch & Guise, P.C. 1013 Mumma Road, Suite 100, Lemoyne, PA 17043 717-731-9600 fax 717-731-9627 s.nace@gateslawfirm.com www.gateslawfirm.com

Giordano Law/Michael C. Giordano Attorney & Counselor at Law

221 West Main Street, Mechanicsburg, PA 17055 717-745-4160 fax 717-745-4174 mgiordano@giordanolaw.com www.giordanolaw.com

Going & Plank 140 East King Street, Lancaster, PA 17602 717-392-4131 fax 717-392-1737 amw@goingandplank.com www.goingandplank.com

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1993

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Marielle Hazen is one of the founding members and the first president of the Pennsylvania Association of Elder Law Attorneys (the state chapter of NAELA). She is also a certified elder law attorney as authorized by the PA Supreme Court.

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1985

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Wills; trusts; powers of attorney; estate planning

Hazen Elder Law 2000 Linglestown Road, Suite 202, Harrisburg, PA 17110 717-540-4332 fax 717-540-4313 info@hazenelderlaw.com www.hazenelderlaw.com

Hoffmeyer & Semmelman LLP 30 North George Street, York PA 17401 717-846-8846 fax 717-852-8780 info@hoffsemm.com www.hoffsemm.com

Jan L. Brown and Associates 845 Sir Thomas Court, Suite 12, Harrisburg, PA 17109 717-541-5550 fax 717-541-9223 jlbassoc@verizon.net www.janbrownlaw.com

1993

Yes

Estate planning (wills and trusts); elder law (nursing home planning and asset protection); estate and trust administration (probate); special needs trusts

2010

Yes

Estate planning and administration; wills; trusts; VA benefits; life care planning; Medicaid asset protection

Keystone Elder Law 555 Gettysburg Pike, Suite C-100, Mechanicsburg, PA 17055 717-697-3223 fax 717-691-8070 info@keystoneelderlaw.com www.keystoneelderlaw.com

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Law Office of Shawn M. Pierson 105 East Oregon Road, Lititz, PA 17543 717-560-4966 fax 717-427-1676 questions@piersonelderlaw.com www.piersonelderlaw.com

2001

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Yes

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Yes

Estate planning; trusts; guardianships; powers of attorney

1987

1998

Yes

Estate planning; Medicaid

Yes

Special/discretionary needs trusts for the elderly; credit shelter and marital deduction trusts; disclaimer planning; general estate planning

Menges & McLaughlin 145 East Market Street, York, PA 17401 717-843-8046 fax 717-854-4362 info@yourlawfirmforlife.com www.yourlawfirmforlife.com

MPL Law Firm, LLP 137 East Philadelphia Street, York, PA 17401 717-845-1524 fax 717-854-6999 jmiller@mpl-law.com www.mpl-law.com

Reese, Samley, Wagenseller, Mecum & Longer, P.C. 120 North Shippen Street, Lancaster, PA 17602 717-393-0671 fax 717-393-2969 info@trustmattersmost.com www.trustmattersmost.com

1986

Yes

Robert M. Slutsky Associates

600 West Germantown Pike, Suite 400 Plymouth Meeting, PA 19462 610-940-0650 fax 610-940-0638 robertslutsky@verizon.net www.slutskyelderlaw.com

1995

1994

Yes

Asset management; elderly crises management; estate administration; estate planning; wills and trusts; guardianship; Medicaid planning; long-term care planning; POAs; special needs trusts

2000

2006

Yes

Estate planning; wills

2010

2006

Yes

Wills; trusts; living trusts; powers of attorney; estate planning and administration; Medicaid planning

Yes

Long-term care planning; medical assistance/nursing home care; special needs planning; estate planning and administration; guardianship; powers of attorney; etc.

Rominger & Associates 155 South Hanover Street, Carlisle, PA 17013 717-241-6070 fax 717-241-6878 info@romingerlaw.com www.romingerlaw.com

Saidis, Sullivan & Rogers 26 West High Street, Carlisle, PA 17013 • 717-243-6222 635 North 12th Street, Lemoyne, PA 17043 • 717-612-5800 attorney@ssr-attorneys.com www.ssr-attorneys.com

Scott Alan Mitchell of McNees, Wallace & Nurick, LLC 570 Lausch Lane, Suite 200, Lancaster, PA 17601 717-581-3713 fax 717-260-1633 smitchell@mwn.com • www.mwn.com

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1935

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Yes

1966

Yes

The firm handles the full range of legal needs affecting seniors (including estate planning, medical assistance and asset protection planning, guardianship, and estate administration). In-house care manager, a nurse practitioner, provides care planning and delivery as well as client advocacy.

1944

Yes

Wills; trusts; estate administration; estate planning; powers of attorney; living wills

Yes

Wills; powers of attorney; living wills; trusts; probate; estate planning and settlement; guardianships; medical assistance planning; asset protection

SkarlatosZonarich LLC 17 South Second Street, 6th Floor, Harrisburg, PA 17101 717-233-1000 fax 717-233-6740 ebp@skarlatoszonarich.com www.skarlatoszonarich.com

Smith, Anderson, Baker & Long 25 North Duke Street, 2nd Floor, York, PA 17401 717-845-9641 fax 717-854-1565 sabl.law@juno.com www.sabl-law.com

Young & Young 44 South Main Street, P.O. Box 126, Manheim, PA 17545 717-665-2207 fax 717-665-2422 synicholas@lawyeryoung.com www.lawyeryoung.com

1915

Yes

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The Search for Our Ancestry

I Get Letters Angelo Coniglio Q: My wife’s family was from Italy, via England. We have found United Kingdom records for 1800s London, saying that G. Angeletta and A. Sassani were married in England, but were born in Italy. For information prior to that, we have hit a “brick wall.” How can we extend the search back in time, to Italy? – D.P., California A: The first step is to recognize that the surnames may have evolved while the family was in England. The original surname for the husband, G. Angeletta, may have been Angeletto or Angeletti; while Sassano or Sassana may have been the wife’s original surname, rather than Sassani. When unsure of the validity of surnames from any country, not just Italy, I use the Internet to get a feel for the name. Simply “Googling” a surname can be a quick check. If you search for a

strange name and get no “hits,” there’s a pretty good chance that it’s not a valid name. If you do get hits, the resulting sites may give some indication of the region or town where such surnames originated. A similar approach is to enter the surname in a ship’s passenger manifest search engine, such as those found at Ellis Island online (www.ellisisland.org), Ancestry.com, FamilySearch (www.familysearch.org), or Dr. Stephen Morse’s site (http://stevemorse.org/ ellis2/ellisgold.html). Again, if the surname is badly misspelled, you probably won’t get any hits, which at least tells you to try another spelling. If these sites do return results, they, too, will often give a place of origin for the person. Even though the site may be for immigrants to the U.S., the purpose of

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the searches in this case is not to find a specific individual, but to determine if a surname is reasonable, and where its origins might be. The free Steve Morse site is especially useful here because it displays towns of origin for each name it lists. Many websites, free or paid, have information about surnames in a town, region, or country. For example, for Italy, GENS (www.gens.info/italia/it/ turismo-viaggi-e-tradizioni-italia) will give a map of the distribution of any surname entered. The site is in Italian: cerca un cognome means “search for a surname.” Enter the surname there, and click on the Trova (“find”) button. Other examples include, for Ireland, IrishTimes.com (www.irishtimes.com/ ancestor/surname), and so on. Search “surname distribution” for your area of interest to find more. In the case of the England/Italy example, I would look at the distributions of the various forms of the surnames and try to determine if there was one town or area in which both Angeletta and Sassani occurred, then see whether birth, marriage, or death records were available from that place to further the research. Q: Are Canadian records generally available online? How can I access them? – J.P.D., Hamilton, Ontario A: Canada has taken nationwide censuses since 1871 and every 10 years thereafter. In the U.S., the delay for releasing the federal census is 72 years,

so the 1940 U.S. census is now available. However, in Canada, the limit is 92 years, so the most recent Canadian federal census available is for 1911, with 1921’s being made public in 2013. The released Canadian censuses can be found on the free site FamilySearch (www.familysearch.org) and the subscription site Ancestry.com. Many Canadian birth and marriage records are also available on these and other sites. Limited passenger manifests are available for Canadian ports. However, many immigrants to Canada traveled through U.S. ports, and their records may be found in ships’ passenger manifest search engines, as described in the previous answer. Be sure to check the “Final Destination” column to see whether the traveler was going to Canada. Online sources also have images of bordercrossing records for travel between the United States and Canada, often with information on the traveler’s town and date of birth. Canadian naturalization records must be obtained in hard copy but can be ordered online at the country’s official records repository, Library Archives Canada (www.collectionscanada.gc.ca). Angelo Coniglio encourages readers to contact him by writing to 438 Maynard Drive, Amherst, N.Y. 14226; by email at Genealogytips@aol.com; or by visiting www.conigliofamily.com/ConiglioGenealogy Tips.htm. His new historical fiction novel, The Lady of the Wheel, is available through Amazon.com.

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Representative Payees Can Report Online By Doris Brookens eople who serve as representative payees for individuals who receive Social Security or Supplemental Security Income benefits have more options for their annual reporting of how the funds are used. Representatives, who in the past had to complete a paper representative payee reporting form each year, can report online using the secure website www.socialsecurity.gov/payee. A representative payee is someone who receives Social Security or SSI payments on behalf of a person who is not capable of managing their funds on their own. Representative payees must use the funds for the benefit of the person entitled to benefits. For example, a payee must use the funds to provide the beneficiary with food, clothing, and shelter. If you receive a representative payee accounting form to complete, you can take your form to your computer instead of a Social Security office. If it’s your first time using this service, you’ll need to take a few

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including one who took a poem O’Donnell had written and submitted it to the local paper. Shortly thereafter, O’Donnell’s work was in print. While O’Donnell did participate in theater during high school and college, her focus remained on writing. She majored in English and became a teacher, eventually taking up a position at Elizabethtown College. She had dreams of using her writing skills to become a novelist. After college graduation, O’Donnell

continued to participate in activities she enjoyed and started a family with her husband John, but she was no longer involved in theater productions. Acting, however, runs in O’Donnell’s family genes. Her mother was a Hollywood extra—a glamour girl with blond hair—and, in fact, it was family that brought O’Donnell back to the theater. After 20–25 years away from the stage, O’Donnell found herself shuttling her two sons from Hempfield Township to the Fulton for show

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rehearsals. It was during that time that her love for theater resurfaced. “I sort of got hooked back on it,” she said. At the age of 47, O’Donnell returned to the theater, participating in a production of Into the Woods. From there, she began auditioning and performing at local theaters, taking parts in plays, musicals, and monologues. Her favorite role was Daisy Werthan in Driving Miss Daisy. Forty-seven might not seem to be the ideal age to reenter the theater scene, but O’Donnell embraced it as part of her philosophy of remaining happy and active by participating in things she enjoys. “As you get older, you’re just not as insecure about things. You’re just glad you have the opportunity to do them,” O’Donnell said. O’Donnell’s renewed interest in theater soon began to appear in her writing. While researching the history of the Fulton for one of the theater’s anniversaries, O’Donnell discovered that Sarah Bernhardt, a French actress, and Carry Nation, a member of the temperance movement, had both visited the theater in the 1920s. Drawn to these strong women, O’Donnell wrote monologues for each one, in addition to four other skits. She also wrote a monologue for Abigail Adams, wife of the country’s second president. O’Donnell’s writing background, her return to the theater, and her work on the Fulton monologues all prepared her to write her monologue for Mary Todd Lincoln, something she had been considering for some time. “I’ve always been fascinated by Mary Lincoln. She had such a sad life,” O’Donnell said. In fact, Mary Lincoln’s many tragic life experiences kept O’Donnell from writing about her for quite a while. Lincoln was widely disliked and considered by many to be insane. Three of her four children died, her husband was assassinated, and her remaining son took her to court to have her committed to a mental institution. For O’Donnell, Mary Lincoln’s life did not provide much opportunity for comic relief. In a way, however, Lincoln’s sad life might have helped O’Donnell produce her monologue even more than her writing and theater experience, as O’Donnell was able to connect to her on an emotional level. “Honestly, I think more than anything that prepared me to write the

Mary Lincoln play was being a mother,” she said. As O’Donnell conducted research for her work, she discovered many littleknown facts about Lincoln, such as her constant overspending and her much higher class status than Abraham Lincoln. The more she learned about Mary Lincoln, the more O’Donnell was drawn to her—and she was finally able to grasp the humorous threads of Lincoln’s troubled life and weave them into a monologue full of comic relief. “My research has driven me to be passionate about, indeed almost obsessed with, this enigmatic, tragic, sometimes charming, often irritating, and wildly eccentric woman. I want her to be heard,” O’Donnell said. O’Donnell will be performing Mary Todd Lincoln: Much Madness is Divinest Sense at the Ware Center in November of this year (visit www.millersville.edu/ware-center or call (717) 871-2308 for details). The performance will be the culmination of a year’s worth of research and writing and will be O’Donnell’s first experience producing a theater piece. O’Donnell is thrilled about the upcoming performance, but she’s equally thrilled about the city in which it will take place. “Lancaster is a fantastic theater town,” O’Donnell said. Beyond this, Lancaster is a place that has allowed many different art, music, and performing groups to flourish and interact. “All these groups support each other. It builds an amazing community,” O’Donnell said. O’Donnell is supported in her efforts by the Lancaster Literary Guild (Betsy Hurley, founder and director), which is sponsoring the production; Priscilla Kaufhold, head of the costume department at Millersville University; and Michael Truitt, well-known local pianist and actor. In addition, the O’Donnell’s 8-yearold grandson, Lochlan McLane, will be doing the voice of Tad Lincoln, one of Mary’s sons, for the production. Once the performance is over, O’Donnell will continue doing the things she’s always enjoyed—swimming, singing, reading, dancing, playing with her grandchildren, and, just perhaps, starting a new monologue about another fascinating historical figure. For more information on Mary Todd Lincoln: Much Madness is Divinest Sense, call the Ware Center at (717) 871-2308 or visit www.millersville.edu/ware-center. www.50plusSeniorNewsPA.com

Solutions for all puzzles can be found on page 34 WORD SEARCH

Across 1. Writer _____ Asimov 6. Quality of a football lineman 9. Shakespeare, e.g. 13. Stallion’s cry 14. University of Rhode Island 15. Used in printing 16. Gymnast Comaneci 17. Man’s tasseled hat 18. Unlace 19. FEMA help, e.g. 21. He’s now a Bronco 23. Defensive ___ 24. Deal with it 25. It airs Sunday night football

28. Silage holder 30. Last year’s BCS runner-up 35. Having wings 37. NCAA’s initial ____-team playoff 39. Academy in Annapolis 40. Welt 41. Yesteryears 43. 1977 football flick, ____ Tough 44. Type of acid 46. Manufactured 47. “____ and proper” 48. Pollute 50. The ____ Show (1976-1980) 52. “Owner of a Lonely Heart” band

53. Film shot 55. Dog command 57. Tide’s color 61. Not very far 64. Raja’s wife 65. Major time period 67. Water nymph 69. Beginning of illness 70. ENT’s first concern? 71. Ownership document 72. Jolie’s other half 73. Conference of last 6 college champs 74. Pittsburgh’s _____ Curtain

Down 1. Overnight lodging 2. Make very hot and dry 3. ____-de-camp 4. Quality of a good player 5. Moves with each first down 6. It makes a car shine 7. Wrath 8. Most famous gremlin 9. Capital of West Germany, 1949-1989 10. Unfavorable prefix 11. Seabiscuit control 12. Small amount of residue 15. Go to NPR, e.g. 20. Enlighten

22. Suitable 24. Quality of a good soldier 25. Muslim ruler, respectfully 26. What a scapegoat is given 27. Shorter than California 29. Used for weaving 31. Tackler’s breath? 32. Each and all 33. Chinese silk plant 34. Takes off weight 36. Nevada Wolf Pack’s home 38. Do over 42. Touch is one of these 45. Starting time

49. One from Laos 51. Brother of No. 21 Across is a leader of this team 54. Genuflecting joints 56. Loyalty to the loyal, e.g. 57. Farmer’s output 58. Alternate spelling of No. 64 Across 59. In or of the present month 60. Athletic event 61. Narcotics agent 62. Evander Holyfield’s ear mark 63. Ivy League’s Bulldogs 66. Charlotte of Facts of Life fame 68. Ctrl+Alt+___

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Book Review

My 22 Cents’ Worth and A Musing Moment By Walt Sonneville

eaders of 50plus Senior News may be acquainted with this publication’s bimonthly personalopinion column entitled “My 22 Cents’ Worth.” Walt Sonneville, the author, has two personal-opinion essay books written for the interests of seniors, whom he prefers to think of as “seasoned citizens.” His first book, My 22 Cents’ Worth, released July 2011, was followed by A Musing Moment, published April 2012. Each book contains 33 essays in which the author reconsiders and reconstructs his views on topics such as pet peeves, retirement, grandparenting, doing without a college education, and reincarnation. The essays, ranging from

whimsical to serious, are informative, frequently tinged with subtle humor, and free of partisanship, sectarian values, profanity, and personal memoirs. If the retirement years are truly “golden,” it is partly because seasoned citizens have ample moments to contemplate opinions on topics common to their life journeys. Doing so can be a discovery process in which one experiences a sense of renewal

as prejudices and unexamined assumptions are discarded or revised. The relatively short length of each essay makes them ideal reading for those moments in the day when brevity is appreciated. The essays fit well into a coffee break or that prelude before a night’s sleep.

A third book, planned for release late 2012, will complete the trilogy of the author’s personal-opinion essays. The two books are available on Amazon.com in either a paperback or Kindle edition. About the Author Following a career of conducting and writing market-research studies, Walt Sonneville is happily retired, relaxing by reading and writing personal-opinion essays. He and his wife, Pamela, reside in Gaithersburg, Md. Sonneville earned a bachelor’s degree from Georgetown University and a master’s from the Illinois Institute of Technology.

Overweight Women Face Increased Risk of Breast Cancer Recurrence

patients with Bronx, N.Y., and his colleagues across other significant the U.S. cancer health issues. As a result, researchers cooperative groups were able to compared the health outcomes of disentangle the obese and influence of overweight patients obesity from other factors affecting with others in a October is cancer recurrence large group of Breast Cancer women with stage and survival. Awareness Month I-III breast cancer The researchers found that who had participated in three National Cancer increasing body mass index—a measure of the body’s fat content—significantly Institute-sponsored treatment trials. All of the trials required participants increased women’s risk of cancer to have normal heart, kidney, liver, and recurrence and death, despite optimal bone marrow function, thereby excluding treatment, including chemotherapy and

hormonal therapy. There was a stepwise relationship between increasing body mass index and poor outcomes only in women with hormone receptor-positive breast cancer, the most common type of breast cancer that accounts for approximately twothirds of all breast cancer cases in the United States and worldwide. “We found that obesity at diagnosis of breast cancer is associated with about a 30 percent higher risk of recurrence and a nearly 50 percent higher risk of death despite optimal treatment,” said Sparano. “Treatment strategies aimed at interfering with hormonal changes and inflammation caused by obesity may help reduce the risk of recurrence.”

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Extra pounds—even within the overweight but not obese range—are linked to a higher risk of recurrence of the most common type of breast cancer despite optimal cancer treatment, according to a new study. The study’s results suggest that extra body fat causes hormonal changes and inflammation that may drive some cases of breast cancer to spread and recur despite treatment. Women who are obese when they are diagnosed with breast cancer have an increased risk of dying prematurely compared with women of normal weight. In this new study, Joseph Sparano, MD, of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine’s Montefiore Medical Center in

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ENGLAND

from page 6 Hever Castle was the childhood home of Anne Boleyn.

Chartwell was the home of Sir Winston Churchill from 1924 until his death in 1965.

Highclere Castle is used for the filming of the popular television series Downton Abbey.

The church in Bampton Village is the site of dramatic moments in the television series Downton Abbey.

owned the property for hundreds of years, realized they were land-rich but cash-poor. In order to maintain and pay taxes on their historic homes, they opened them to tourists. This was undoubtedly sad for the aristocrats but wonderfully fortunate for the rest of us. Our tour of the castles and manor houses amounts to a crash course in English history. We stop at Hever Castle, the childhood home of Anne Boleyn, and I finally learn to keep straight the fate of Henry VIII’s six wives. “It’s easy,” says our guide. “Just remember the rhyme: Divorced, beheaded, died; divorced, beheaded, survived.” (Poor Anne was Wife No. 2, beheaded in 1536 after only three years as queen.) Leaping forward four centuries, we visit Chartwell, the adult home of Sir Winston Churchill, who purchased the estate in 1922 and lived there until his death in 1965. In between we visit six other grand estates, glimpsing life as it was hundreds of years ago and, to a lesser extent, as it is today for England’s gentry. Finally, after being immersed in such an aristocratic atmosphere and rereading the passionate prose of Austen and the Brontës, our thoughts turn to Downton Abbey, the hit television show that traces the antics of a fictional upper-crust family and their servants from 1912 through World War I. (The storyline will continue into the early 1920s www.50plusSeniorNewsPA.com

during the third season, which begins in January on PBS.) How closely, we wonder, do sites used for filming the series compare to those we’ve just seen on our tour? To find out, we turn to Robina Brown of The Driver-Guides Association, who drives us to the two main film sites: Highclere Castle (possible, although difficult, to reach by public transportation) and Bampton Village (impossible to visit without a car). Highclere, which is used for both the exterior and many of interior shots of Downton Abbey, is a properly proud edifice, with turreted towers, ornate ceilings, and more than 1,000 acres of mostly manicured lawn. As we walk through the house we recognize several of the rooms—most notably the library, salon, dining room, grand hall, and, especially, one of the bedrooms that was the site of a pivotal plot turn. But for me the real treat is visiting Bampton, a small town that has existed in relative obscurity since the Iron Age but that now is familiar to millions of people across the world. Robin Shuckburgh, chairman of the Bampton Community Archive and owner of the Coach House B&B, points out the buildings that were used to depict the fictional Downton Village. Here, in one of the oldest and bestpreserved villages in England, fact and fiction merge. It’s the perfect end to our countryside tour of, as the Brits would say, the land “across the pond.”

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Bob approached this last week. “Have you thought about cremation versus burial?” I covered my ears with my hands and belted out the song, “I’M GETTING MARRIED IN THE MORNING …” “We should talk about this.” “DING-DONG THE BELLS ARE GONNA CHIME …” “Sweetheart,” he took my hands. “Let’s discuss it.” “Well, if you cremate me, just make sure I’m dead first. And forget organ donation. The doctor will have a nephew who needs a kidney and say I’m a goner while I’m still breathing. Did

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you know the fear of being buried alive is called taphephobia?” He sighed. “It is truly remarkable that your myriad of phobias now extends until after you’re dead.” “I can’t talk now. I have to do something.” “Wait a minute. We’ve never discussed any of this. Have you ever thought about whether or not you’d want to be maintained on machines if that’s the only way of keeping you alive?” “You mean if I can’t make my own decisions and I’m declared mentally incompetent?”

“Trust me. No one who’s ever met you will notice.” “The answer is yes.” “You want to be kept alive while you lie in one position? While you don’t even feed yourself and somebody does everything for you?” He thought a minute. “Oh, I get it. That’s no different from how you are now.” “One thing I know,” I said, “is you shouldn’t spend much money on my funeral. And I’ll want a senior citizen’s discount.” I couldn’t sleep that night. So I did some writing. Around 3 a.m., I came to bed. “I’ve written my eulogy,” I said,

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tenderly touching Bob’s cheek. “You’re right about me not facing reality. So … here goes.” I read out loud: Saralee was a paragon of mental fortitude and stability. She wasn’t really a hypochondriac the way each of her 12 doctors said, and was only claustrophobic in the backseats of cars, where she never actually vomited much. Saralee fulfilled her lifelong dream of piloting the space shuttle where, always

the Samaritan, she spent most of her time calming the panicking astronauts as they periodically freaked out. Voted “Most Beautiful Person” seven years in a row by People magazine, she was a perfect size five her entire adult life. She will be remembered most for her highly intellectual writing, which always included sophisticated, subtle humor. Every Friday evening, she’d have cocktails with Norman Mailer at his home in Provincetown, Mass. There, he’d often ask her to read his unfinished works so that

she could tell him how to make the endings really good. Bob yanked the paper out of my hands and tore it up. And so, last night I finally talked about my wishes. It was hard. But I remembered that two days after my mother’s burial, I found her living will and her funeral requests. I had not given her what she wanted. This still makes me cry. I shared my wishes with Bob partly

for me. But what mattered even more was that I did it for him. And now, I can resume my normal life with everyday worries. You know—what we’re having for dinner, antibiotic immunities, viruses, rabies, and common stuff like that. Saralee Perel is an award-winning, nationally syndicated columnist. Her new book is Cracked Nuts & Sentimental Journeys: Stories From a Life Out of Balance. To find out more, visit www.saraleeperel.com or email sperel@saraleeperel.com.

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Awestruck, Sitting in His Corsair Fighter Plane in WWII, He Said, ‘After you, Mr. Lindbergh’ Robert D. Wilcox hen he talks about it, Jack Holden can’t help smiling. He explains, “I was taking flight training at Parris Island, S.C., and I was No. 1 for takeoff in my Corsair, when I learned that Charles A. Lindbergh was flying the Corsair lined up behind me. “He, of course, was a living legend after having been the first person to fly solo across the Atlantic many years before, and I just couldn’t think of making him wait for me to take off. So I called the tower and deferred to him … and he then taxied around me and took off.” But what was Lindbergh doing, flying a Corsair fighter at a Marine Corps base like Parris Island? “Oh,” Holden says, “although he was a civilian, he flew a lot of military planes in World War II … and flew about 50

actual combat 1942 with a BA, I had two missions in the flying courses: Pacific. At Parris basic, flying in Island, he was Piper Cubs … teaching us engine-leaning and aerobatics, flying in Waco techniques that biplanes. greatly improved “Then I fuel tried to join consumption at cruise speeds and the Navy. At Floyd Bennett let pilots fly Field, they longer-range asked me if I missions.” And how did had ever had hay fever. I you get to Parris Lieutenant John E. (Jack) Holden in his F4U said yes, and Island? Corsair fighter in Okinawa. they wouldn’t “Well,” he says, “I was in take me. So I Navy flight went to Boston and when they asked me the same training at Brown University, in Providence, R.I. So, before graduating in question, I said no, and they took me.”

After flight training at various bases, he was in advanced training at Parris Island as a member of Marine Fighting Squadron 312 (VMF-312) when they received their brand-new F4U-1 Corsair fighters. He says that looked like a lot of airplane to him. They gave him the manual to read and then required him to point to all the controls, blindfolded, as they called them out. After that, he was deemed able to fly that powerful airplane. While there, Holden also created the distinctive navy-and-white checkerboard design for the cowling and tail that led to the squadron being called the “Checkerboards.” After earning his golden wings and commission as a Marine Second Lieutenant at Pensacola, he shipped to San Diego and then to Hawaii for more training. From there, the pilots and their Corsairs were loaded aboard the carrier

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USS Hollandia and were off to Okinawa, which was then the scene of the largest amphibious landing in the Pacific in World War II. When the carrier was 125 miles off Okinawa, the Kadena airfield had been declared secured, and Holden and the men of his squadron were to be the first aircraft to fly to that Okinawa airfield with its severely shell-pocked runway. “First, though,” Holden says with a wry chuckle, “we had to get off the carrier. Although none of us had had catapult training, we soon learned that that was the way we were to leave the ship. “One problem was to know how much trim tab to use. We watched our C.O. take off and climb sharply, nearly stalling out. So we dialed back on the trim. The next man flew low, barely skimming the waves. So we added more trim. We finally got it right and saw no more challenges other than dodging the shell holes on Kadena when we landed on April 9, 1945.” Although the airfield had been secured, there were still thousands of Japanese on the rest of the island who pounded the airfield with heavy artillery fire day and night. And the Kamikazes constantly attacked, with pilots dedicated to giving their life in order to do the most damage possible.

Holden’s daughter, Anne, wearing an appropriate jacket at a recent squadron reunion and standing before an F4U Corsair.

On April 12, VMF-312 had their first contact with the enemy. Holden and three of his buddies scrambled to intercept oncoming zeros. To get above the zeros, they climbed to 23,000 feet and then saw a force of 20 zeros below them. They dived on them, destroying eight zeros and badly damaging six more before the enemy turned and fled for home. On May 14, Holden’s squadron was directed to destroy antiaircraft

installations on Kyushu Island, which was heavily fortified by the Japanese. A 10,000-foot dive on the installations resulted in the death of Holden’s commanding officer, Major Richard Day, whose plane was hit and set on fire. Despite this and other losses, the squadron maintained a kill ratio of 11 to one. With the surrender of the Japanese, Holden returned to San Diego aboard an aircraft carrier. Immediate check-in at a

nearby building was required, and the pilots, eager to see the good old USA again, piled into an elevator that promptly got stuck between floors. It was a Sunday, devoid of maintenance personnel, and they finally escaped only by climbing through the elevator ceiling. Goodbye, South Pacific. Welcome back to the USA! After being discharged in January 1946, Holden worked as assistant advertising director at Armstrong (now Armstrong World Industries) and as vice president at Hubley Manufacturing Company before starting his own toy design company. He now lives in a retirement community in an apartment that is a virtual museum of photos, artwork, and model planes of World War II. He gets his kicks these days by writing a monthly “Wrinkle Valley News” letter that takes a wry look at the affairs of his retirement community and the world, while its masthead says it is “Dedicated to the Dissemination of Misinformation.” Holden has surrounded himself with mementos of those earlier days when, as for so many other veterans, his life was held by such a very slender thread. Colonel Wilcox flew a B-17 bomber in Europe in World War II.

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