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

Lancaster County Edition

November 2014

Vol. 20 No. 11

Central PA Thanks its Vets Veterans’ Expo & Job Fair to Connect Local Vets with Community Resources, Jobs By Megan Joyce It has become a well-deserved and common practice nowadays to thank the members of our military, both past and present, for their service. Whether it’s a simple, impromptu thank-you between passersby on the street or more formal, public recognition, Americans have embraced the resounding call to let our men and women in uniform know we appreciate their efforts, sacrifices, and bravery. In this spirit, OLP EvEnts, the events division of On-Line Publishers, Inc., will present its first Veterans’ Expo & Job Fair from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday, Nov. 14, at the Eden Resort, Lancaster. Area veterans, active military, and their families are urged to attend the free, one-day event. Donna Anderson, president and CEO of On-Line Publishers, which produces 50plus senior news and the 50plus EXPOs, said the idea to organize a Veterans’ Expo & Job Fair developed after a special veterans’ area and patriotic programming were well received during one of last year’s 50plus EXPOs. “Veterans’ benefits change pretty regularly, but many veterans are unaware of the benefits they’ve earned,” Anderson said. United in theme and purpose, the Veterans’ Expo & Job Fair will be a two-for-one experience. Anderson said the response from community has please see VETS page 25

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Giving to Others Becomes a Trend with Holiday Gifts page 10

Julie Adams Revisits the Black Lagoon page 18

Social Security News

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

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

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

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

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Resource Directory This Resource Directory recognizes advertisers who have made an extended commitment to your health and well-being. Cemeteries Woodward Hill Cemetery 501 S. Queen St., Lancaster (717) 872-1750 Coins & Currency Steinmetz Coins & Currency, Inc. 350 Centerville Road, Lancaster (717) 299-1211 Dental Services Advanced Denture Center 39 E. Main St., Ephrata (717) 721-3004 Dental Health Associates 951 Rohrerstown Road, Lancaster (717) 394-9231 Lancaster Denture Center 951 Rohrerstown Road, Lancaster (717) 394-3773 Smoketown Family Dentistry 2433 C Old Philadelphia Pike, Smoketown (717) 291-6035 Emergency Numbers

Gastroenterology Regional Gastroenterology Associates of Lancaster (RGAL) 2104 Harrisburg Pike, Lancaster 694 Good Drive, Suite 23, Lancaster 4140 Oregon Pike, Ephrata (717) 544-3400

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Dutch Apple Dinner Theatre 510 Centerville Road, Lancaster (717) 898-1900 Financial Services Internal Revenue Service (717) 291-1994 Funeral Directors Richard H. Heisey Funeral Home 216 S. Broad St., Lititz (717) 626-2464

Home Care Services Senior Helpers 1060 S. State St., Suite E, Ephrata (717) 738-0588 Visiting Angels Living Assistance Services Serving Lancaster and surrounding counties (717) 393-3450

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Housing Eastwood Village Homes, LLC 102 Summers Drive, Lancaster (717) 397-3138

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Marietta Senior Apartments 601 E. Market St., Marietta (717) 735-9590

Wells Contemplative Solutions 255 Butler Ave., Suite 301-B, Lancaster (717) 208-3633 Travel Passport Information (877) 487-2778

Insurance Medicare (800) 633-4227

Veterans Services Lebanon VA Medical Center 1700 S. Lincoln Ave., Lebanon (717) 228-6000 or (800) 409-8771

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Physicians — OB/GYN May•Grant Obstetrics & Gynecology Women & Babies Hospital with other locations in Brownstown, Columbia, Elizabethtown, Willow Street, and Intercourse (717) 397-8177

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Global Survey Shows People Widely Misinformed about Alzheimer’s

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Art and Antiques by Dr. Lori

Top 10 Thanksgiving Collectibles Lori Verderame n the autumn of 1621, the Plymouth colonists and the Wampanoag Indians celebrated the autumn or harvest feast together. The harvest feast was a longstanding event in Native American culture and it occurred long before the Pilgrims reached Plymouth, Mass. Today, we call that celebration Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving is one of the times when families reunite to take part in age-old family traditions. While most families enjoy a feast of turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, and the trimmings, we also enjoy the objects that remind us of coming home at holiday time. Kitchen collectibles are those items that stir memories, like canister sets, mixing bowls, holiday china, handpainted tea sets, seasonal tablecloths and matching napkins, ceramic floral centerpieces, special crystal goblets, well-

worn casserole dishes, etc. The antique and vintage kitchen objects that make holidays special can have collectible and monetary value, too. Here are the top 10 Thanksgiving holiday collectibles that you can find in your mother’s or grandmother’s kitchen and beyond:

of a dressed turkey at the center. They date from the mid- to late 19th century to the present day and remain highly collectible.

2. Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade memorabilia. Whatever I am doing on Thanksgiving morning and wherever I am spending Thanksgiving in any Photo courtesy staff of www.DrLoriV.com given year, I do not Tucky, Steiff turkey toy miss this fabulous stuffed animal American event. 1. Turkey platters of The long-running parade is an Staffordshire or Limoges china. These American tradition with celebrity guests, platters are typically of blue/white decorated floats, marching bands, highceramic or full color featuring an image

flying character balloons, and Santa Claus. The employee-organized parade debuted on Nov. 27, 1924, and its long and diverse history offers collectors various types of parade memorabilia. 3. Steiff turkey toy. The German stuffed toy firm Steiff is best known for its antique mohair teddy bears dating back to the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The toy maker also produced many other types of stuffed animals from the mid-1900s. The 1950s-era Steiff turkey toy named Tucky is a sought-after Thanksgiving collectible toy. 4. Pilgrim Barbie doll. As you know, Barbie comes in many forms, but at holiday time, Mattel made sure Barbie was the hostess with the mostess. Collectible Barbie dolls exist in the Thanksgiving hostess style and the ever-

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popular Pilgrim Barbie, too. 5. Authentic antique Native American baskets. These Thanksgiving collectibles are very pricey for those made in the Eastern, Southwestern, and Pacific Northwestern United States, including Alaska. Ranging in value well into the several thousands of dollars for one good example, antique Native American basketry by the Haida tribe and others is quite collectible and valuable. 6. Thanksgiving-related salt and pepper shakers. Look for turkey, Native Americans, and pilgrim salt-and-pepper shakers by various makers such as Napco, Spode, Goebel, etc. Holiday tables worldwide are enlivened by the addition of small-scale collectible salt-and-pepper shakers in the form of various Thanksgiving-related figures. 7. Presidential Turkey pardon memorabilia. Paper announcements, TV news footage, and newspaper reports from the White House regarding the annual pardoning of a Thanksgiving turkey remain a holiday collectible favorite. 8. Toleware holiday trays. Metal trays with images of turkeys, teepees, and all the trimmings are popular offerings at antique shops and flea markets in the autumn. They range in value from $25 to $75 depending on size, image, and condition.

9. Table Talk pumpkin pie tins. While Table Talk pie tins have a strong collectibles interest in the New England states, the rest of the global collecting market gets into the act at Thanksgiving time. These tin pie plates dating back into the 1900s are not going to bust your wallet, and they make fun holiday collectibles for the Thanksgiving buffet table. 10. Norman Rockwell’s Freedom from Want (Thanksgiving Day) color poster, circa 1941-45. This famous image features a family sitting down to Thanksgiving dinner. Rockwell’s poster was based on President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s Four Freedoms speech and has become synonymous with the American Thanksgiving feast since World War II. The reproduction poster in good condition from the World War II era is worth $125 to $200. This Thanksgiving, as you collect new memories and give thanks for family and friends, remember that your favorite antiques will remind you of crisp autumn days with loved ones. Have a happy Thanksgiving!

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Old Age: No Barrier to Creativity We sometimes think creativity is for young people. Children are endlessly imaginative, but the elderly are set in their ways. After all, you can’t teach an old dog new tricks, right? Consider this list of creative accomplishments by people who may have seemed, at first glance, to be past their prime:

performed at Carnegie Hall at age 90. Grandma Moses. Artist Anna Mary Robertson, better known as “Grandma Moses,” had her first solo exhibition of paintings in 1940, when she was 80 years old. George Bernard Shaw. The Irish-born playwright (among other occupations) remained active until his death in 1950 at age 94, when he published his final play. He was working on another unfinished play when he died.

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Nursing & Rehabilitation Centers Bethany Village – The Oaks

Claremont Nursing and Rehabilitation Center

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

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

Number of Beds: 69 Rehabilitation Unit: Yes Alzheimer’s Unit: Yes Skilled Licensed Nursing: Yes Therapy: Speech, Occupational, Physical Long-Term Care: Yes Respite Care: Yes 24-Hour Medical Care: Yes Recreational Activities: Yes Scheduled Entertainment: Yes

Number of Beds: 290 Rehabilitation Unit: No Alzheimer’s Unit: Yes Skilled Licensed Nursing: Yes Therapy: Speech, Occupational, Physical Long-Term Care: Yes Respite Care: Yes 24-Hour Medical Care: Yes Recreational Activities: Yes

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

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604 Oak Street • Akron, PA 17501 (717) 859-1191 • www.maplefarm.org

Number of Beds: 92 Rehabilitation Unit: No Alzheimer’s Unit: Yes Skilled Licensed Nursing: Yes Therapy: Speech, Occupational, Physical Long-Term Care: Yes Respite Care: Yes 24-Hour Medical Care: Yes Recreational Activities: Yes Scheduled Entertainment: Yes

Number of Beds: 46 Rehabilitation Unit: Yes Alzheimer’s Unit: No Skilled Licensed Nursing: Yes Therapy: Speech, Occupational, Physical Long-Term Care: Yes Respite Care: Yes 24-Hour Medical Care: Yes Recreational Activities: Yes Scheduled Entertainment: Yes

Comments: A beautiful, full-service continuing care retirement community with a 147-year history of exemplary care.

Scheduled Entertainment: Yes Private Rooms Available: No Semi-Private Rooms Available: Yes Pet Visitation Allowed: Yes Beauty/Barber Shop: Yes Medicare: Yes Medicaid: Yes Comments: Claremont provides quality skilled nursing and rehabilitation services for short- and long-term stays.

Private Rooms Available: Yes Pet Visitation Allowed: Yes Beauty/Barber Shop: Yes Medicare: Yes Medicaid: Yes Accreditations/Affiliations: LeadingAge, LeadingAge PA, Mennonite Health Services Comments: Maple Farm puts the person first so your choices matter. Enjoy the comforts of home with country kitchen, private bedroom, full bath, and great views.

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1520 Harrisburg Pike • Lancaster, PA 17601 (717) 393-1301 • www.mennonitehome.org

999 West Harrisburg Pike • Middletown, PA 17057 (717) 944-3351 • www.middletownhome.org

Number of Beds: 188 Rehabilitation Unit: Yes Alzheimer’s Unit: Yes Skilled Licensed Nursing: Yes Therapy: Speech, Occupational, Physical Long-Term Care: Yes Respite Care: Yes 24-Hour Medical Care: Yes Recreational Activities: Yes Scheduled Entertainment: Yes

Number of Beds: 102 Rehabilitation Unit: No Alzheimer’s Unit: No Skilled Licensed Nursing: Yes Therapy: Speech, Occupational, Respiratory, Physical Long-Term Care: Yes Respite Care: Yes 24-Hour Medical Care: Yes Recreational Activities: Yes

Private Rooms Available: Yes Semi-Private Rooms Available: Yes Pet Visitation Allowed: Yes Beauty/Barber Shop: Yes Medicare: Yes Medicaid: Yes Accreditations/Affiliations: Equal Housing, LeadingAge PA Comments: Person-centered care with reputation for compassion and excellence. Established in 1903. Respite care available w/minimum stay.

Scheduled Entertainment: Yes Private Rooms Available: Yes Semi-Private Rooms Available: Yes Pet Visitation Allowed: Yes Beauty/Barber Shop: Yes Medicare: Yes Medicaid: Yes Comments: Our campus offers skilled nursing and rehabilitation services, personal care, and independent living residences.

Mt. Hope Nazarene Retirement Community

Pleasant Acres Nursing & Rehabilitation Center

3026 Mt. Hope Home Road • Manheim, PA 17545 (717) 665-6365 • www.mthopenazarene.org

118 Pleasant Acres Road • York, PA 17402 (717) 840-7100 • www.yorkcountypa.gov

Number of Beds: 50 Rehabilitation Unit: Yes Alzheimer’s Unit: No Skilled Licensed Nursing: Yes Therapy: Speech, Occupational, Respiratory, Physical Long-Term Care: Yes Respite Care: Yes 24-Hour Medical Care: Yes Recreational Activities: Yes

Number of Beds: 375 Rehabilitation Unit: No Alzheimer’s Unit: Yes Skilled Licensed Nursing: Yes Therapy: Speech, Physical, Occupational Respiratory Long-Term Care: Yes Respite Care: Yes 24-Hour Medical Care: Yes Recreational Activities: Yes

Scheduled Entertainment: Yes Private Rooms Available: Yes Semi-Private Rooms Available: Yes Pet Visitation Allowed: Yes Beauty/Barber Shop: No Medicare: Yes Medicaid: Yes Accreditations/Affiliations: Leading Age, Lancaster Links, LCF, MC Chamber Comments: A church mission dedicated to great care in a loving, Christian environment for low-income seniors.

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Nursing & Rehabilitation Centers Spring Creek Rehabilitation & Health Care Center

Tel Hai Retirement Community

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

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Number of Beds: 404 Rehabilitation Unit: Yes Alzheimer’s Unit: Yes Skilled Licensed Nursing: Yes Therapy: Speech, Occupational, Respiratory, Physical Long-Term Care: Yes Respite Care: Yes 24-Hour Medical Care: Yes Recreational Activities: Yes

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Scheduled Entertainment: Yes Private Rooms Available: Yes Semi-Private Rooms Available: Yes Pet Visitation Allowed: Yes Beauty/Barber Shop: Yes Medicare: Yes Medicaid: Yes Comments: A charming campus offering short-term rehab, specialized respiratory services to include vents and trachs, Alzheimer’s unit, and long-term skilled care.

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Sweet Sixteen By J. L. Westerhoff We went back to bed early last Friday night. At 64, we retired, meaning that we had worked long enough and hard enough since John Kennedy was president, and we really do not want to work anymore. The hours of the day and the days of the week confuse us—weekdays run together like two rivers in Pittsburgh. We’re good at popping our pills at scheduled meals: breakfast at 7:30, unless we eat out; lunch at 11:30, unless we eat out; and supper at 6:30 unless … well you get the drift. Our exercise? We do not use our television remote; we walk—sometimes run—to the bathroom; and occasionally we nose around our neighborhood. It’s true: Youth is wasted on the young. In bed my wife read the Capote classic In Cold Blood—not a good sweet-dreams www.50plusSeniorNewsPA.com

story. I drifted off to sleep, waking at 3:30 a.m. to get some “exercise.” I again fell asleep and had this strange dream: I was driving my car behind an old man (older than me, of course). As he swerved, slowed, and then moved faster, he looked back at me, shook his fist, and very angrily yelled obscenities. Then the old guy stopped. I stopped, a cop showed up, I got upset, and then the cop disappeared and the old man drove off, and I woke up. In analyzing the dream, I truly believe I have a fear of getting older. So I lay on my right side, then on my

left, then my back, until 6 a.m., and it suddenly hit me: Our oldest grandchild is having her 16th birthday party in 12 hours. I thought about the 16 years we’ve known this beautiful girl who will soon drive a car, graduate from high school, get a full-time job, meet a young man, get married when she turns 35, and give us great-grandchildren. By that time, we’ll be over 80 and too feeble to babysit or change stinky diapers. And by then, we’ll be much too poor to buy cute, computerized baby toys. I miss my youth. Grandchildren are different from your own children. The art of being a

grandparent is simple: If you think your offspring need advice on raising their children—turn the sound down on the TV, pretend to listen, nod in agreement, and keep your mouth shut. We attended our granddaughter’s birthday party; the guests included many of her friends, which reminded me of days of innocence and young love, Pepsi and chips, Dion and Brian Hyland, the Twist and the Watusi, and the girls on the right, the boys on the left. Today’s kids never use phrases such as “hang up the phone,” “move the antenna,” “that’ll be cash,” or “I’ll call you when I get home.” I am amazed of how time has passed us by, but what amazes me more is that even though each generation has claimed its music, slang, loves, and hates, we all share one common thing: We are all thankful for the love passed on by the generation before us. www.jwesterhoff.net

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

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

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

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

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somebody else cares and is willing to give them a hand.”

explaining how not everyone has the same comforts in life, Prickett said.

‘Hands-on’ Gifts For people who want to do more than donate money, there are several organizations that ask people to be more hands-on. Kat Prickett of Mount Joy has been a volunteer with Operation Christmas Child, a charity run by Samaritan’s Purse, since she was 11 years old. Her mom became a project leader at the family’s church, and together they’d fill shoeboxes with toothbrushes, school supplies, and coloring pages to send to children in need. Today, Operation Christmas Child has 19 drop-off locations in Central Pennsylvania where people can take their filled shoeboxes to be shipped to boys and girls around the world. Last year, 31,571 boxes were collected in this area alone, Prickett said. “Usually, the children who receive a box are getting the first gift they’ve ever received in their whole life,” she said. “For a child to know someone across the world is thinking of them, cares about them, and loves them, that’s amazing.” A lot of families make filling the boxes an annual tradition, getting their kids to buy items for children their own age and

Remembering the Troops If you’re looking to put your charity dollars to work in a more local organization, Keystone Military Families

sanity was to take care of other people’s kids, so we started care packages for his unit and later for the rest of the National Guard that was deployed at that time,” Lord said. Men and women who are sent on missions away from their support staff

is busy sending more than 6,000 stockings to soldiers around the world. Kyle Lord of Shoemakersville got involved shortly after Sept. 11, 2001, when her son, Sgt. First Class Brent Lord, a member of the Army National Guard, was sent overseas. “I found the only way to keep my

often go without hot meals and wear the same clothes for up to 10 days, she said. They send a lot of granola bars, socks, foot powder, and blister pads to ease the discomfort. Keystone Military Families also hosts a pantry where military families can stock up on nonperishable shelf items or frozen

meats. A year ago, they served about 12 families a month, Lord said. Today, they serve 30 to 50 families a week. “There’s a lot more of our troops coming home with medical problems, and it can take a long time for them to get the financial support they need,” Lord said. “The obvious injuries are the ones that get taken care of first.” For many people, they’re not just helping strangers by donating carepackage items, Lord said. They feel they’re helping their brothers or sisters, fathers or mothers, or even their neighbors. “Anything we can send them from home is a reminder that people care about them and haven’t forgotten what they’ve done for our country,” Lord said. “Really, we can’t do enough to thank them.” For more information on these organizations, visit them at: • Gifts that Give Hope, www.giftsthatgivehope.org/lancaster

• Heifer International, www.heifer.org • Operation Christmas Child, www.samaritanspurse.org/operationchristmas-child

• Keystone Military Families, www.keystonesoldiers.net

Support the Troops is Holiday Season! Keystone Military Families, a PA-based nonprofit, encourages you to brighten the holidays for our troops overseas by sending or sponsoring a care package! Below are just some of the items the troops have requested: • Ground coffee (not instant), coffee creamer, and sugar packets • Power Bars, cereal bars, trail mix, granola bars, and healthy snacks • Slim Jims and beef or turkey jerky • Sunflower seeds and nuts in single-serving packets • Individual snacks like crackers, cookies, cheese/cracker kits • Small sewing kits and manicure kits • Sunscreen and Chapstick with sunscreen, Carmex, Blistex • Body wash – men’s and ladies’ (small travel sizes, not hotel bottles) • Deodorant – travel size • Foot powder and foot cream for athlete’s foot • Hand sanitizer – small-size bottles to carry with them • Men’s and ladies’ calf-high socks or boot socks in black and white • Hand and foot warmers for cold nights

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Monetary donations to help ship the packages are always needed, too! For a full list and further information, visit www.keystonesoldiers.net, call (610) 698-2122, or email keystonemilitary@yahoo.com. www.50plusSeniorNewsPA.com

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Calendar of Events

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Nov. 5, 7 to 8:15 p.m. Alzheimer’s Caregivers Support Group Willow Lakes Outpatient Center 212 Willow Valley Lakes Drive Willow Street (717) 464-9365 Nov. 10, 10 to 11 a.m. Alzheimer’s Caregivers Support Group Garden Spot Village Concord Room 433 S. Kinzer Ave., New Holland (717) 355-6076 jmorton@gardenspotvillage.org

Nov. 20, noon Brain Tumor Support Group Lancaster General Health Campus Wellness Center 2100 Harrisburg Pike, Lancaster (717) 626-2894 Nov. 24, 2 to 3 p.m. Parkinson’s Support Group Garden Spot Village Concord Room 433 S. Kinzer Ave., New Holland (717) 355-6259 jshaffer@gardenspotvillage.org

Community Programs Nov. 1, 7 p.m. Silent Comedy: The Navigator Garden Spot Village Chapel 433 S. Kinzer Ave., New Holland (717) 355-6000 Nov. 3, 6 p.m. Red Rose Singles Meeting Hoss’s Steak & Sea House 100 W. Airport Road, Lititz (717) 406-6098 Nov. 5, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Lancaster County 50plus EXPO Spooky Nook Sports 2913 Spooky Nook Road, Manheim (717) 285-1350 www.50plusexpopa.com

Nov. 26, 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

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Free and open to the public Nov. 8, 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. “Celtic Spirituality for Our Time” Retreat The Spiritual Center at St. Thomas Episcopal Church 301 St. Thomas Road, Lancaster (717) 569-3241 Nov. 9, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Pennsylvania Music Expo Continental Inn 2285 Lincoln Highway East Lancaster (717) 898-1246 www.recordcollectors.org

Nov. 9, 4 p.m. Organist Theodore S. Davis Grace Lutheran Church 517 N. Queen St., Lancaster (717) 397-2748 Nov. 14, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Veterans’ Expo & Job Fair Eden Resort 222 Eden Road, Lancaster (717) 285-1350 www.veteransexpo.com Nov. 21, 6 to 9 p.m. Music Fridays Downtown Lancaster (717) 341-0028

Library Programs Lititz Public Library, 651 Kissel Hill Road, Lititz, (717) 626-2255 Nov. 5, 1 to 5 p.m.; Nov. 19, 2 to 7 p.m. – Medicare Open Enrollment Information Session Nov. 5, 6:30 p.m. – Journey through the Solar System: Earth Nov. 6, 7 p.m. – Those Amazing Perennials

Lancaster County Department of Parks and Recreation Pre-registration is required for these free 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. Nov. 14 or 15, 7 to 9 p.m. – Astronomy Series and Star Watch

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Cocalico Senior Association – (717) 336-7489 Nov. 5, 9:15 a.m. – Crafts with Lana Nov. 12, 8:30 a.m. – Hot Breakfast with Rick Nov. 14, 10 a.m. – Music with Lost & Found Columbia Senior Center – (717) 684-48500100 Nov. 3, 10:15 a.m. – Marty’s One-Man Band Nov. 14, 10:15 a.m. – Movie: Will Rogers Nov. 18, 10:15 a.m. – Discussion: Immunization Awareness for Adults Elizabethtown Area Senior Center – (717) 367-7984 Nov. 5 and 12, 9:30 a.m. – Zumba Gold Exercises Nov. 15, 7 a.m. – Bazaar and Pancake Breakfast Nov. 19, 10:30 a.m. – Marty’s One-Man Band Lancaster House North Happy Hearts Club Senior Center – (717) 299-1278 Tuesdays, 1 p.m. – Varied Activities Thursdays, noon – Pinochle Lancaster Neighborhood Senior Center – (717) 299-3943 Nov. 3, 10:30 a.m. – Now Hear This … Nov. 7, 9:30 a.m. – CAP Nutrition Program with Food Demos Nov. 26 – Thanksgiving Program with Lakota Sioux Indians Lancaster Rec. Senior Center – (717) 392-2115, ext. 147 Mondays, 10:30 a.m. – Bible Study Tuesdays, 9:15 a.m. – Healthy Steps in Motion Exercise Class Nov. 20, 10:15 a.m. – Music by Marty’s One-Man Band Lititz Senior Center – (717) 626-2800 Nov. 5, 9:30 a.m. – Trivia with Bob Nov. 13, 10:15 a.m. – Music by Sandy Heisey Nov. 20, 10:15 a.m. – Music by Marty’s One-Man Band Luis Munoz Marin Senior Center – (717) 295-7989 Nov. 4, 10 a.m. – Program: “The Therapy of Laughter” Nov. 19, 10 a.m. – Trip to Albright Life Nov. 24, 10 a.m. – Thanksgiving Celebration Millersville Senior Center – (717) 871-9600 Mondays and Fridays, 10 a.m. – Healthy Steps in Motion Exercise Class Wednesdays, 9 a.m. – Tai Chi Nov. 21, 9:30 a.m. – Trivia with Bob Reigh Next Gen Senior Center – (717) 786-4770 Mondays and Fridays, 9:30 a.m. – Exercise with Vickie Wednesdays, 9:30 a.m. – Bible Study Nov. 18, 10:30 a.m. – Bingo with Agape Care Rodney Park Happy Hearts Club Senior Center – (717) 393-7786 Tuesdays, noon – Pinochle Wednesdays, 1 p.m. – Varied Activities Thursdays, noon – Bingo www.50plusSeniorNewsPA.com

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

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

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

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

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met one woman who has come for 10 summers and, during many of those summers, has stayed for two or more sessions. Although Christ Church is just a few blocks from the center of Oxford, our days on campus were so full that we weren’t able to thoroughly enjoy the town. So, after “graduation” we allow ourselves three days to see the age-old buildings and cobblestone alleys of the city itself. To get an overview, we climb the 100-plus steps to the top of the Church of St. Mary the Virgin, where we look out over a sea of spires. Steepled churches and turreted buildings are surrounded by hills of green, and narrow alleys are bisected by modern thoroughfares. Descending from the stratosphere, we stop at the Bodleian Library, which, with more than 11 million volumes, is the second largest in Britain; gaze at the Sheldonian Theatre, designed by famed 17th-century architect Sir Christopher Wren; and meander through the Botanic Garden, the oldest such garden in England. In the shallow river bordering the gardens, we get our first look at punting, a popular Oxford activity that involves propelling a flat-bottomed boat by pushing a pole against the riverbed.

Punting is a popular Oxford activity that involves using a pole to propel a flatbottom boat along a shallow river.

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

It looks easy, so we rent a boat, intending to try our skill, but it takes us less than 10 minutes mired in mud to realize that we have no skill. We finally hire a “chauffeur,” who punts while we contemplate the view.

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Luke Gander, owner of Alice’s Sweet Shop, shows an illustration of his shop in Lewis Carroll’s novel, Through the Looking Glass.

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

We get our literary fix by having pubgrub at the White Horse, figuring that if it’s good enough for Inspector Morse, it’s good enough for us; downing ale at The Eagle and Child, the favorite stomping grounds of J.R.R. Tolkien and

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

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The Beauty in Nature

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

together over the water for a minute or two, and then settled on the sand again, creating exciting spectacles of themselves. Not so many years ago, gulls wintered along seacoasts, estuaries, and rivers in the Mid-Atlantic States. Then, only the ring-bills were regularly seen inland, mostly on migration. But in recent years, because of human-made changes that benefit gulls, including the building of big impoundments and edibles in landfills, parking lots, and fields, many more gulls of several kinds have

adapted to wintering inland, including in the Middle Atlantic States. The gull species mentioned above winter on several built lakes in this area, as long as they have some open water and fields are not deeply covered by snow. Some of those impoundments include Struble Lake in Chester County, Memorial Lake in Lebanon County, Ontelaunee Lake in Berks County, and Octoraro Lake in Lancaster County, in southeastern Pennsylvania. During each winter sunrise, the thousands of inland gulls, particularly ring-bills, pour silently

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

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Older But Not Wiser

Making a List Sy Rosen was slowly driving through the grocery-store parking lot, looking for a spot, when I passed this young teenage couple walking arm in arm toward the entrance. He was wearing these baggy pants that were falling down and the top of his behind was exposed, giving the world a big “hello.” As I drove by, I yelled out, “Pull up your pants.” It was very spontaneous, and I don’t know why I did it. The guy gave me a very angry look. I did the only thing I could do: I quickly left the parking lot and went to a different supermarket. I don’t know what’s happening— I’m turning into a curmudgeon. Actually, I think only curmudgeons use the word curmudgeon. I’m pretty sure that the reason I’ve been so cranky lately is that I don’t like getting older. I know people say, “Think of the alternative.” I just wish the alternative was that I could get in a time machine and go back 30 years—OK, 40. OK, 50 years (why quibble over a decade or two?). I started thinking that maybe I was overreacting. Maybe it’s not too bad getting older. There has to be some advantages. So I decided to make a list of all the pros and cons. I have to admit, I’m the kind of person who loves making lists. I once made a list of things I like about making lists.

The Cons of Getting Older 1. Telemarketers trying to sell me a walk-in bathtub because it’s safer. I don’t want to be safe. I want to be daring and adventurous and take a shower. 2. I hate that sometimes I get lonely and I look forward to calls from telemarketers.

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3. Younger people sometimes treat me differently because I am older. They speak louder or they’ll roll their eyes when I am giving an opinion. I can hear you. I can see you. I don’t want to, but I can. 4. I hate that I’m getting a turkey neck. I hate the term turkey neck, and I’m pretty sure that if turkeys could talk, they would say they hate it too. 5. I hate that my version of aerobics is walking to the bathroom four times a night. 6. I hate that my hair has gone completely gray. And I hate that there’s this bald spot on the back of my head. I also hate that hair is now growing out of my ears. What’s my hair doing down there? Get back up on my head where you belong! 7. I hate having to keep buying more and more powerful reading glasses at the 99-cent store. I also hate that the 99cent store is starting to seem expensive to me. 8. I hate that I’m shrinking. I guess I have to give up my dream of being a professional basketball player. 9. I hate looking at the obituary column every morning, hoping that I won’t see any of my friends there. 10. I hate that when I forget things, I start to worry that it may be a symptom of dementia. Maybe I’m just simply forgetting things. That’s possible, isn’t it?

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Tinseltown Talks

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

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

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

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

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

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“It was quite a charming show but came out the same time as more edgy sitcoms like All in the Family,” said Adams, who still remembers it fondly. “My idea of heaven was going to work with Jimmy Stewart every day for six months!” Unlike the little-remembered TV show, The Creature from the Black Lagoon continues to gain fans from new generations. “Some projects just take on a life of their own,” says Adams. “The Creature still walks among us.” Thomas’ features and columns have appeared in more than 400 magazines and newspapers, and he is the author of Raised by the Stars, published by McFarland. He can be reached at his blog: http://getnickt. blogspot.com

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Salute to a Veteran

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

erry Buchko says he was fascinated by airplanes as long as he can remember. As a child growing up in Donora, Pa., he would spend hours assembling kits of aircraft that he would add to his personal air force. So it wasn’t surprising that, when he was able to, he enlisted in the Air Force in February 1953. After basic training at Sampson Air Force Base in New York, he shipped by train to Keesler AFB in Biloxi, Miss. “I was a little surprised that when it was 45 F as we stepped on the train, it was 90 F when we stepped off the next day in Biloxi,” he says. “For guys with nothing but our heavy wool uniforms, that was hot.” He was assigned to the Basic Electronics School in Biloxi that taught virtually all the Air Force men who would be working in all phases of electronics. Buchko did well there, so well that at the end of this five-month assignment, he was chosen to attend the three-month flight simulation school that taught how to operate and care for the simulators that gave pilots various kinds of flight experience without leaving the ground. Then it was off to O’Hare AFB in Chicago, to the 62nd Fighter Squadron as a flight simulator specialist. There Buchko had six more months of handson experience with the huge flight simulator under the watchful eye of the manufacturer’s representatives, who provided the training. Every F-86D pilot was required to spend two hours every month “flying”

the simulator through pounds of equipment to various weather make this all happen. To conditions, flying get everything in motion hazards, and aerial attacks took 3,000 watts of set up by the push of a electricity per hour. The button in the simulator’s flight simulation control room by a flight specialists were simulator specialist like responsible for keeping all Buchko. the tubes, wires, and Realism was the key. connections in working There were two order. loudspeakers beneath the Specialists like Buchko cockpit that emitted the had to be able to play the A/2C Gerald (Gerry) Buchko whine of a jet engine. role of operators of at Keesler AFB in 1953. For night flying, there towers, instrumentwere flashes of landing systems (ILS), lightening and rumbles ground-controlled of thunder, as needed. approach systems When the pilot (GCA), and other entered the simulator, systems the F-86D he had the same pilots would be using. instrumentation as in There was so much to the airplane itself. He know and so many started the engine, pilots to train that the Buchko at the controls of the called for taxiing simulator was in service flight simulator at O’Hare AFB in 24 hours a day. information, taxied for 1954. take-off, and took off Still, there were for a mission as hours when pilots were directed by the flight simulator specialist. not being trained. In those hours, And he “flew” it as he would have specialists like Buchko were encouraged flown the F-86D. But, in the simulator, to use the simulator themselves and to he was able to practice recovering from set up for themselves flight conditions emergencies like fires, flame-outs, and like those they would use in actual pilot loss of controls that could have been fatal training. in the airplane itself. If he failed to Buchko took full advantage of that, correct problems, a loud bell announced putting himself through the same paces that he had crashed. he’d put the pilots through. And that’s Input from the control room was how he racked up the hundreds of hours carried through 60 miles of wire and he had flying the F-86D, a jet airplane 1,262 electronic tubes, a total of 28,000 that could fly at more than the speed of

sound in level flight. When his hitch was up in February 1957, Buchko left the Air Force as an airman first class and worked for a couple of years for a factory that made the electronic products sold by Sears. He then entered the Indiana Institute of Technology in Fort Wayne, using the G.I. Bill to earn a B.S. as an electrical engineer. That got him a job with RCA in Lancaster, Pa., where he worked for the next 15 years as a power tube engineer. In that job, the power tubes he developed were used in many of the rockets used in the moon shots from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. He then moved to Quality and Reliability Assurance for another 20 years before retiring from Burle Industries, Inc., the company that had purchased the RCA plant. In retirement, he now spends one day a week volunteering with Meals on Wheels. He also spends time in his hobby, woodworking. And, wouldn’t you know, he still spends lots of time in a Microsoft Flight Simulator, a computer game that permits him to fly many different kinds of aircraft to airports across the world. He still can’t quite get over the fact that the work of the Air Force simulator that he used to operate filled an entire room, while the Microsoft simulator he now uses can do most of the same tasks, although it fits on a single disk that he plays through his desktop computer. Colonel Wilcox flew a B-17 bomber in Europe in World War II.

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The Search for Our Ancestry

DNA and Family Trees Angelo Coniglio ontrary to what many believe (and to the disappointment of the ill-informed), DNA tests, in and of themselves, cannot take a sample of one’s genetic material and magically produce a list of ancestors by name and date, going back generation upon generation. The key to developing that kind of personal ancestry is to have hundreds (or thousands — the more the merrier) of donors have their DNA tested and then compared. The actual “family tree” enhancement comes not from the DNA tests, but from knowledge that may have been compiled by conventional means (what I call “paper genealogy”) by one or several donors with matching DNA. I’ll use some examples from 23andMe to augment my discussion. Other DNAtesting venues are similar. When you register on 23andMe, you (voluntarily) provide important information about yourself: your current residence; ancestral villages; and common family and ancestral surnames. After your DNA is analyzed, 23andMe adds items to your list: ancestry, the geographical place where most of your “ancestral composition” occurred about 500 years ago (mine is Southern Europe); and codes for the

“maternal haplogroup” and “paternal haplogroup” representing some of your ancestors’ whereabouts 5,000 to 25,000 years ago (my haplogroups are, respectively, H3 and I2b1). In addition to characterizing a donor by ancestral composition of 500 years ago, and identifying his/her haplogroups from the distant past, 23andMe provides a list of DNA relatives identified as ‘‘23andMe members who share a relationship with you.” This is a list (coded by the participant for privacy) that shows your purported relatives who are in the 23andMe database, from the closest to the most distant. The closest one shown in my case is a “second to fourth cousin,” and the most distant (number 551 on the list) is identified only as a “distant cousin.”

Next to each name in the list is the voluntary information that person entered—and here’s the rub: Some people give (as I do) their own full, uncoded names, as well as a number of ancestral origins and dozens of family surnames; others give no name, no ancestral towns, no surnames. Why anyone joins a DNA service and then shares no information is beyond me, because it is that very information that one uses to see whether there are any obvious reasons for assuming a relationship. Each person in the list, whether they have given much, or only minimal, information, can be contacted through 23andMe. I can simply send a message, asking the person to start a conversation with me, all protected and private, through 23andMe; or I can request that the person share their genome (genetic

blueprint) with me. The person can then elect to share their health and genealogical information or only their genealogical information, or they can decline to share anything (again, why join the service and then decline to share?). Those who agree to share information can then be selected for comparison, which shows a bar graph of the 23 chromosome pairs, highlighting those segments of certain chromosomes that are an exact match to mine. A measure of DNA length is the “centiMorgan” (cM). Most venues consider matching segments of 7 cM or longer as significant: that is, showing a genetic relationship between two people. If two close relatives had their DNA compared, there would be a large number of long segments that matched, in most of the chromosomes. The more distant the relationship, the fewer and shorter the matching segments would be. Next time: hits and misses. Coniglio is the author of a novella inspired by his Sicilian research entitled The Lady of the Wheel, available in paperback at amzn.to/racalmuto or in an e-book at bit.ly/LadyOfTheWheelKindle. For more information, check out his webpage at bit.ly/AFCGen or email him at genealogytips@aol.com.

‘Massing of the Colors’ on Display at Masonic Village A memorial to each soldier who has died in combat since 9/11—the “Massing of the Colors,” featuring approximately 7,000 American flags— will be on display Monday, Nov. 5, to Wednesday, Nov. 12, in the Masonic Village at Elizabethtown’s Veterans Grove. The public is invited to walk through and view the flag display at their leisure. It will be lit for nighttime viewing. Special events include: Wednesday, Nov. 5, 1:30 p.m. – Opening service to dedicate the flag display at the Veterans Grove

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Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2 p.m. (with musical prelude at 1:30 p.m.) – Veterans Day program in the Freemasons Cultural Center’s Brossman Ballroom Wednesday, Nov. 12, 1:30 p.m. – Closing ceremonies for the flag display at the Veterans Grove Masonic Village at Elizabethtown

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dedicated an eternal flame monument in its Veterans Grove on Saturday, Sept. 20, to honor the sacrifices our American servicemen and -women. The dedication included thousands of visitors; Masonic Village residents, staff, and volunteers; officers of the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania; state and local representatives; and Gov. Tom Corbett.

The eternal flame will be lit 24 hours a day, 365 days a year as a constant tribute and symbol of gratitude. A plaque on the front of the monument reads: “All gave some … Some gave all.” Pavers surrounding the monument are inscribed with remembrance messages from donors. The National Sojourners – Harrisburg Chapter No. 76 created the “Massing of the Colors” memorial in 2004 and has displayed the flags at Masonic Village since 2011. For directions to Masonic Village at Elizabethtown, please visit www.masonicvillages.org/elizabethtown. www.50plusSeniorNewsPA.com

Loving Care Abundant at Local Village Bill Holmes came to Juniper Village in Mount Joy from Southern California in October 2013. It was Bill’s first exposure to assisted living. One morning last fall, Bill passed out in his room and fell to the floor. He got up and was headed to the medic room when he met Veronica, the head nurse, in the hall. While talking to Veronica, Bill passed out again and fell on the floor. Veronica called for an ambulance and then sat holding Bill’s hands and softly telling him that everything would be OK. When the ambulance arrived they determined that Bill’s blood pressure

was very low and took him to the hospital. When Bill returned from the hospital, he went in to thank Veronica and jokingly told her that he had done a pretty extreme thing just to be able to hold her hands! Veronica told Bill that he could hold her hands any time. Thus began a tradition where Bill would give Veronica a handhold and a hug at the beginning and end of each day. When Veronica was on vacation, Tia, her assistant, assumed the responsibility and has continued giving Bill a handhold and hugs twice a day. The receptionist helps to

provide coverage for the weekends. Wonderful friendships have developed between these helpful ladies and Bill. Veronica has even stated that she is adopting Bill as her grandfather and great-grandfather to her daughter. Bill’s son, Robert, shares his father’s story to help make other seniors aware that life in an assisted living facility can be enjoyable and an opportunity for making new friendships and experiencing new activities. As time passes and the senior population increases, the world will need many more like Veronica and Tia that will so freely give loving care and friendship to those in need.

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Members of the Mountain View Vision & Design Team are, from left, Joanne Morton, social worker at Garden Spot Village; Mickey Adams, resident; Denise Hoak, director of personal care services, Garden Spot Village; Gladys Ziegenfus, resident; Diane Pechart, activities director, Mountain View; and Hollace Tafeen, resident.

For some people, retirement may mean relaxing in a rocking chair. For a group of women who live in the Mountain View personal care community at Garden Spot Village, it means using one’s creativity to help women halfway around the world earn an income to feed their families. Ten Thousand Villages, a global fairtrade retailer headquartered in Akron, Pa., is now stocking a greeting card designed by the Mountain View Vision & Design Team and handcrafted by women in rural Bangladesh through the Biborton Handmade Paper Project of Prokritee. The card, called Majestic Fir, features

a sparkling evergreen tree topped by a gold star against a cream-colored background, all framed in red. The tree is made with a paper-craft technique known as teabag folding. The Mountain View Vision & Design Team designed the card and created a prototype. They also provided instructions for the artisans in Bangladesh to follow in making the card. The Majestic Fir card will be available at all Ten Thousand Villages retail stores across the country, on its ecommerce site, and at Alliance stores— third-party retailers that carry Ten Thousand Villages merchandise.

Bill Holmes, right, and Veronica, head nurse at Juniper Village, have a daily tradition of a hug and a handhold.

Bakeoff Winner Announced Fantasia—an elaborate cake shaped like a grand piano, topped with a miniature Mickey Mouse dressed as the Sorcerer’s Apprentice—won Best Decorated Cake and Best of Show in the fifth annual bake-off at Garden Spot Village. Jeremy Bradica, who works in dining services at Garden Spot Village, created the winning entry, which featured strawberry coconut cake with butter-cream frosting. Garden Spot Village held the event in the Mountain View personal care community on its New Holland campus, as part of its celebration of National Assisted Living Week. This year’s theme was “The Magic of Music” and the cakes in this year’s event reflected that theme.

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When you walk up to Igis’ room, it may take a second to spot him. That’s because this silly boy likes to climb to a perch just above the door! Step into his room and Igis immediately hops down from his perch to say hello with a nudge and a rub. This 1-year-old kitty is highly adventurous, curious, and loves to play! In fact, Igis can make a toy out of just about anything. When he’s not playing or practicing for a career as a professional mountain climber, Igis loves to receive attention from older children and adults. This frisky boy loves people so much that he would be happiest as an only pet where he can have your attention all to himself. If you’ve been looking for a faithful companion full of personality who enjoys being with you throughout the day, Igis can’t wait to become your new best friend! Igis ID No. 22164820 For more information, please contact the Humane League of Lancaster County at (717) 393-6551.

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50plus Senior News is available at Jane’s Café in Darrenkamp’s

Employers Job Counseling Workshops/Seminars Resume Writing Assistance Education/Training Services

Special Collection: Stockings for Soldiers A program through

(See website for details.) Hosted by:

Visitor Bag Sponsor: Susquehanna Bank

Marketing Sponsor: Pennsylvania Veterans of Foreign Wars

Locally RN Owned & Nationally Known VisitingAngels.com

Bathing and Dressing Assistance Medication Reminders • Errands Shopping • Light Housekeeping Meal Preparation Friendly Companionship Flexible Hourly Care Respite Care for Families Specializing in dementia care for adults and their families