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How to Help a Friend with Depression One in six people will experience serious depression during their lifetime, and knowing what to say and how to act around them can help them cope with the condition better.

From the HuffPost website come these suggestions for helping friends and family deal with their depression:

tasks. Offer to do some household chores that they can’t handle.

Make specific offers. Don’t just say, “Is there anything I can do?” Instead, volunteer with specific suggestions: “Can I do your laundry?” or, “Would you like me to take you grocery shopping?”

Listen. Don’t offer solutions or try to “fix” things. Most people with depression have heard suggestions. They mostly just want someone to listen to them.

May is Mental Health Awareness Month

Help out. Many people with depression find themselves unable to perform everyday, routine

Be patient. Try to remember what they’re going through. If they’re sad, frustrated, or lethargic, don’t insist that they feel better.

Reassure them that you still care about them. please see DEPRESSION page 15

At Your Fingertips Helpful numbers, hotlines, and local businesses and organizations eager to serve you—all just a phone call away.

Social Security Information (800) 772-1213

Office of Aging Lebanon County Area Agency on Aging (717) 273-9262 Pharmacies CVS/pharmacy www.cvs.com real estate Heart & Home Properties (717) 276-9951 Senior Centers Annville Senior Community Center (717) 867-1796

United Way of Lebanon County 2-1-1

Maple Street Senior Community Center (717) 273-1048

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (800) 827-1000 Housing Assistance Housing Assistance & Resources Program (HARP) (717) 273-9328

Myerstown Senior Community Center (717) 866-6786

Emergency Numbers Poison Control Center (800) 222-1222 Food Resources Food Stamps (800) 692-7462

CONTACT Helpline (717) 652-4400

Medicaid (800) 692-7462

Kidney Foundation (717) 652-8123

Medicare (800) 382-1274

The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (717) 652-6520

PennDOT (800) 932-4600

Lebanon County Area Agency on Aging Meals on Wheels (717) 273-9262

Lupus Foundation (888) 215-8787 Hearing Services Pennsylvania Office for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (800) 233-3008 V/TTY Home Care Services Homeland at Home Serving all of Lebanon County (717) 221-7892 Hospice Services Homeland at Home Serving all of Lebanon County (717) 221-7890 Hospitals Medical Society of Lebanon County (717) 270-7500

Pennsylvania Crime Stoppers (800) 472-8477

Lebanon County Christian Ministries (717) 272-4400 Salvation Army (717) 273-2655 financial services Morgan Stanley Wealth Management (302) 573-4027 Health & Medical Services Alzheimer’s Association (717) 651-5020 American Cancer Society (717) 231-4582 American Diabetes Association (717) 657-4310 American Heart Association/ American Stroke Association (717) 207-4265 American Lung Association (717) 541-5864 Arthritis Foundation (717) 274-0754 Bureau of Blindness and Visual Services (717) 787-7500

WellSpan Good Samaritan Hospital 252 S. Fourth St., Lebanon (717) 270-7500 Hotlines Energy Assistance (800) 692-7462 Environmental Protection Agency Emergency Hotline (800) 541-2050 IRS Income Tax Assistance (800) 829-1040

Recycling (800) 346-4242

Lebanon County Housing & Redevelopment Authorities (717) 274-1401 Lebanon HOPES (717) 274-7528, ext. 3201 Insurance Medicare Hotline (800) 638-6833 Legal Services Pennsylvania Bar Association (717) 238-6715

Northern Lebanon County Senior Community Center (717) 865-0944 Palmyra Senior Community Center (717) 838-8237 Senior Center of Lebanon Valley (717) 274-3451 Veterans Services Governor’s Veterans Outreach (717) 234-1681 Lebanon VA Medical Center 1700 S. Lincoln Ave., Lebanon (717) 228-6000 or (800) 409-8771 Volunteer opportunitIes RSVP of the Capital Region (717) 454-8647

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a cardiac arrest but suffered massive brain damage and was in a coma. Eventually she was diagnosed as being in a persistent vegetative state.

Thinking about potential medical issues and The case pitted her husband, who wanted the end-of-life care can be a bit daunting, but it’s feeding tube removed, against her parents, who important. There are legal documents, such as an argued that she was conscious. The legal challenges advance healthcare directive, in which one can involved Florida courts, the state’s legislature, specify one’s preferences. then-Gov. Jeb Bush, the U.S. Congress, President “It’s not just for older people; it’s important for all of us no matter what the age to have an advance George W. Bush, and the U.S. Supreme Court.

In the event of death, the document also directive. In my view, it’s part of estate planning, includes preferences regarding organ donation. just like a financial power of attorney and a will,” If donation is chosen, limitations about specific explains David Mills, Esq., Blakey, Yost, Bupp & organs and tissues and uses for them may be Rausch LLP, York. included. It also addresses palliative or He says that an advance healthcare comfort care. directive includes both a living will It’s not Mills says that some preferences and a healthcare power of attorney, just for older may be affected by religious beliefs. or POA. This comprehensive legal He notes that there is a form for those document provides the medical people; it’s of the Catholic faith that allows the community with a clear path for important person to state his or her wishes in treatment. for all of us many areas but indicates that the When a patient is admitted for no matter healthcare agent is to presume in favor hospital care, asking if he or she has of providing nutrition and hydration, an advance medical directive is as what the including medically assisted nutrition much a part of the admissions process age to have and hydration if they are capable of as providing information about an advance sustaining the person’s life. healthcare insurance. directive.

“The decisions in the living will are A living will specifies treatments all very personal decisions — there’s no that one may want or not want to right or wrong,” Mills says. sustain life when in an end-stage Similar to a financial power of attorney, in medical condition or in a state of permanent which one appoints someone as their “agent” to act unconsciousness. Treatments include dialysis, on their behalf in financial matters, the healthcare mechanical ventilation, surgery, antibiotics, power of attorney appoints someone to act on their chemotherapy, and radiation treatment. behalf with regard to health and personal care “This makes your wishes known in the event decisions. that you’re in the hospital and are in a coma,” It is invoked if the person can no longer stressed Mills. “The importance of having a living will was demonstrated by the Karen Ann Quinlan speak for himself or herself. It’s used not only at end of life, but also in the event that someone case.” is unconscious or in a coma. The form allows Quinlan was a New Jersey woman who, in the someone to appoint both a healthcare agent and an mid-’70s, mixed an anti-anxiety medication with alternate. alcohol while on a crash diet and lapsed into a Mills says that a living will not only specifies coma and then a persistent vegetative state. one’s wishes for treatment, but it also directs After doctors refused her parents’ request to the agent to act either solely in accordance with disconnect her respirator — which her parents the preferences as set forth in the living will or considered an extraordinary means of prolonging to use the preferences as guidance, allowing the her life and contended that it caused her pain — healthcare agent to make the final decision. they filed suit to have the apparatus removed.

He encourages people to review the living will A legal battle ensued and eventually the and their preferences with both the healthcare respirator was removed. The family consented to a agent(s) they have chosen and family members. He feeding tube, and she eventually died in 1985. also said that like a will, it’s a document that can Another clause in the living will focuses on using a feeding tube to supply food and hydration. be changed as one’s preferences change.

Another document some may consider is a Mills says that this clause is often called the Terri POLST (Pennsylvania Orders for Life-Sustaining Schiavo clause — named after the landmark endTreatment) form, which is intended to give of-life care case of the 1990s.

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includes a directive for resuscitation or non-resuscitation if the individual has no pulse and is not breathing.

If the patient has a pulse and/or is breathing, the form indicates if he or she wishes to have comfort measures only; limited interventions, such as cardiac monitor and IV fluids; or full treatment.

There are also sections to indicate the patient’s preferences regarding antibiotics and artificially administered hydration and/or nutrition.

This form is usually completed by individuals with chronic progressive illness and/or frailty or by anyone of an advanced age that feels strongly about designating their goals and preferences for care, said Regina Cabezas, social worker for Landis Homes in Lititz.

“POLST is a voluntary form for individuals throughout the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,” Cabezas said, “and even though it is highly recommended, completion of the form is not required for admission to post-acute care areas or retirement communities, such as Landis Homes.”

At the time it’s completed, any

existing advance healthcare directive should be reviewed. The POLST also includes contact information for the healthcare professional preparing it and the individual’s designated emergency contact or healthcare POA. “I often say that having the POLST takes things ‘up a notch,’ as it moves from the wishes that someone expresses to becoming orders that must be followed,” Cabezas said.

Cabezas stressed that the advancecare planning process “should not be a two-minute task” but instead an honest, thoughtful conversation amongst all involved parties.

“This may make for some difficult and uncomfortable dialogue between the resident and family members, but ultimately it is the individual’s choice and one that ideally their healthcare power of attorney will follow in what can be a very emotionally charged crisis situation,” Cabezas said.

The key element with all of the documents is to ensure that an individual’s wishes for medical treatment measures — in the event they’re in a coma or facing end of life and cannot speak for themselves — are met.

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The Expo brings federal, state, and local agencies together with area businesses to provide information and resources to veterans and their families.

The Job Fair brings veterans and spouses who need jobs together with employers who can benefit from this rich source of talent to aid their organizations.

Veterans Urged to Enroll in DMVA Veterans Registry Last fall, the By connecting Pennsylvania with DMVA, Department of registrants can Military and also opt in to Veterans Affairs receive the weekly established the DMVA Digest, Pennsylvania filled with veteranVeterans Registry related news, job to help ensure that opportunities, and current veterans events. Registrants and service do not need to be members leaving veterans to receive the military receive the DMVA Digest. every benefit they The Veterans earned with their Registry is Memorial Day is service.

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Senior Games Returning to Lebanon County

By Megan Joyce Lebanon County athletes over age 50 are encouraged to sign up for the 34th annual Lebanon County Senior Games, to be held May 13–17 at various area locations.

Begun in 1985, the Senior Games promote healthy lifestyles and physical fitness in the county’s senior population.

The annual event also provides a forum for older adults to compete with peers and be recognized for their athletic achievements, according to the Senior Games’ webpage (www.lebanonymca.

2018 medal winners in women’s bocce ball.

2018 medal winners in men's pickleball doubles. org/2019/04/34th-annual-senior-games).

Participants may register in an Monday, May 13 unlimited number of events, and gold, silver, and bronze medals will be • Table Tennis – 10 a.m. at the YMCA on Seventh Street awarded for all events, with some also awarding medals in subdivided age • 100-Meter Swim – 11 a.m. at the YMCA on Seventh Street groups.

The deadline for registration is May 8 and requires a fee of $15, which • Pickleball – 1 p.m. at the YMCA on Seventh Street includes a t-shirt, awards, and refreshments.

Any cancelations must occur before the registration deadline to receive a full Tuesday, May 14 refund. Registration forms can be obtained at www.lebanonymca.org or by • 1.5-Mile Walk – 8 a.m. at Myerstown Fairlane Park calling (717) 273-2691.

Forms and entry fees should be returned to Lebanon Valley Family YMCA, • Bocce Ball – 9:30 a.m. at Myerstown Fairlane Park c/o Darin Pickles, 201 N. Seventh St., Lebanon, PA 17046.

• Disc Golf – 1 p.m. at Myerstown Fairlane Park The 2019 Lebanon County Senior Games schedule of events is: Wednesday, May 15

Register Now! May 13–17

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Registration Deadline: May 8 Many events ... various locations ... immeasurable enjoyment!

•M iniature Golf – 9 a.m. at Yogey’s Miniature Golf Course •P ickleball, Male Doubles – 1:30 p.m. at the YMCA on Seventh Street Thursday, May 16 •C ornhole – 9 a.m. at the YMCA on Seventh Street •B illiards – 10:30 a.m. at the YMCA on Seventh Street •P ickleball, Female Doubles B (Intermediate) – 11 a.m. at the YMCA on Seventh Street •P ickleball, Female Doubles A (Advanced) – 1 p.m. at the YMCA on Seventh Street Friday, May 17 •B asketball Foul Shooting – 8:30 a.m. at AES Ironwood Park • S oftball Throw – 9:30 a.m. at AES Ironwood Park

Compete in favorites such as pickleball, table tennis, horseshoes, or cornhole, just to name a few.

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•H orseshoes – 10:30 a.m. at AES Ironwood Park Wednesday, May 29 • Senior Health and Fitness Day Picnic and Award Ceremony – 9 a.m. at South Hills Park Sponsors for the 2019 Lebanon Senior Games include Aetna Coventry, Community Health Council of Lebanon County 50+ Festival, Juniper Village, Lebanon County Area Agency on Aging, Lebanon Valley Family YMCA, WellSpan Good Samaritan Hospital, and 50plus LIFE. www.50plusLifePA.com

The Bookworm Sez

The Lost Girls of Paris Terri Schlichenmeyer

The frame was beautiful.

The picture inside it was of a stranger.

Who would give away that lovely piece of workmanship with a loved one’s portrait displayed? Who didn’t cherish it enough to keep it?

And in the new novel, The Lost Girls of Paris by Pam Jenoff, who were the women in the picture?

Grace was running late.

That was unusual, and so was the reason: She’d spent the night in a hotel room with her late husband’s best friend.

Head down, embarrassed at such uncharacteristic behavior, she was surprised to spot a suitcase that had obviously been abandoned beneath The Lost Girls of Paris a bench in Grand Central Station.

By Pam Jenoff She’d opened the suitcase and, in c. 2019, Park Row Books yet another unordinary action, 377 pages took a handful of pictures that were inside.

It was a morning filled with uniqueness: Grace then barely missed witnessing an accident in which a woman was killed — the same woman, as it happened, to whom the suitcase belonged.

Eleanor was very protective of her girls.

She’d hand-picked each one of them, some for their fluent French and others for their dexterity.

When they signed on with the British Special Operations Executive (SOE), it was she who made sure they were physically fit and highly trained for the jobs they’d do to help with the resistance in German-occupied France. She was the one responsible for bringing them home at the end of World War II. In the meantime, Eleanor’s girls would do dangerous work. They’d be as prepared as possible for their tasks. She’d personally see to that.

Marie wasn’t entirely sure why she stayed with the SOE. Eleanor had given her ample opportunity to quit. She knew how much Marie missed her daughter, how much she hated training, and how unconfident Marie was in herself.

And yet, despite Eleanor’s offers and the danger involved, Marie couldn’t bring herself to quit. When her deployment within the SOE placed her in a flat above a tavern that was known to entertain Germans, her determination doubled.

It increased again when her very survival was in question …

If you’re looking for something to carry around with you every day this week, check this out: The Lost Girls of Paris is a novel as thrilling as every espionage story you’ve ever read, as soft as every war romance you’ve ever heard, and as brutal as every war movie you’ve ever seen. Yep, that good.

Set at the end of and just after World War II, this novel captures readers’ imaginations from the outset, with the death of one of its main characters.

The intrigue never lets up from there, as author Pam Jenoff takes a heroic www.50plusLifePA.com

true story from the war and novelizes it without prettifying it; indeed, people die in this book — a lot. Further small details make this story, and they’ll sometimes make you forget it’s fiction.

For Jenoff fans, loving this book is a certainty. Anyone who enjoys spy stories will want to uncover it. Readers of all stripes, really, will find The Lost Girls of Paris to be pictureperfect.

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Author Pam Jenoff.

The Bookworm is Terri Schlichenmeyer. Terri has been reading since she was 3 years old, and she never goes anywhere without a book. She lives on a hill in Wisconsin with two dogs and 14,000 books.

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Nursing & Rehabilitation Centers The listings with a shaded background have additional information about their center in a display advertisement in this edition.

Bethany Village – The Oaks

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

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

Conestoga View

900 East King Street • Lancaster, PA 17602 (717) 299-7850 • www.conestogaviewnursing.com Number of Beds: 436 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 Scheduled Entertainment: Yes Private Rooms Available: Yes Semi-Private Rooms Available: Yes Pet Visitation Allowed: Yes Beauty/Barber Shop: Yes Medicare: Yes Medicaid: Yes

Homestead Village

1800 Village Circle • Lancaster, PA 17603 (717) 397-4831 • www.homesteadvillage.org Number of Beds: 60 Rehabilitation Unit: Yes Alzheimer’s Unit: Yes Skilled Licensed Nursing: Yes Therapy: Speech, Occupational, Physical Long-Term Care: Yes Short-Term Care: Yes Respite Care: No 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: Yes Medicare: Yes Medicaid: Yes Comments: CARF-CCAC accredited, five-star rating. Small-care households make our community very attractive.

Convenient location and quality care.

Pleasant View Communities

544 North Pennryn Road • Manheim, PA 17545 (717) 665-2445 • www.pleasantviewrc.org Number of Beds: 133 Rehabilitation Unit: Yes Alzheimer’s Unit: Yes Skilled Licensed Nursing: Yes Therapy: Speech, Occupational, Physical Long-Term Care: Yes Short-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: No Pet Visitation Allowed: Yes Beauty/Barber Shop: Yes Medicare: Yes Medicaid: Yes Comments: Delivering compassionate care that encompasses physical, emotional, social, and spiritual needs since 1955.

Claremont Nursing & Rehabilitation Center 1000 Claremont Road • Carlisle, PA 17013 (717) 243-2031 • www.ccpa.net/cnrc Number of Beds: 282 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

Private Rooms Available: No Semi-Private Rooms Available: Yes Pet Visitation Allowed: Yes Beauty/Barber Shop: Yes Medicare: Yes Medicaid: Yes Comments: Featuring Transitions at Claremont, a dedicated, 39-bed, shortterm rehab unit. Claremont provides quality skilled nursing and secured dementia care.

Homeland Center

1901 North Fifth Street • Harrisburg, PA 17102-1598 (717) 221-7902 • www.homelandcenter.org Number of Beds: 95 Rehabilitation Unit: Yes Alzheimer’s Unit: Yes Skilled Licensed Nursing: Yes Therapy: Speech, Occupational, Physical Long-Term Care: Yes Short-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: Yes Medicare: Yes Medicaid: Yes Accreditations/Affiliations: AAHSA, LeadingAge PA (PANPHA), NHPCO, PHN, HPNA Comments: A beautiful, full-service continuing care retirement community with a history of more than 150 years of exemplary care.

Mennonite Home Communities

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

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.

Transitions Healthcare – Gettysburg

595 Biglerville Road • Gettysburg, PA 17325 (717) 334-6249 • www.transitionshealthcarellc.com Number of Beds: 135 Rehabilitation Unit: Yes Alzheimer’s Unit: Yes Skilled Licensed Nursing: Yes Therapy: Speech, Occupational, Respiratory, Physical Long-Term Care: Yes Respite Care: Yes 24-Hour Medical Care: Yes Recreational Activities: Yes

Scheduled Entertainment: Yes Private Rooms Available: Yes Semi-Private Rooms Available: Yes Pet Visitation Allowed: Yes Beauty/Barber Shop: Yes Medicare: Yes Medicaid: Yes Accreditations/Affiliations: PHCA, PACA Comments: Fully staffed Transitions Healthcare employees in skilled nursing and sub-acute rehab. Tours are encouraged!

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

Pet of the Month

Miley Introducing beautiful, independent Miley. This 6-year-old spayed female has been at the shelter for well over a year! Gorgeous Miley would thrive best in a quiet home with lots of freedom and room to roam.

A home with adult humans would be ideal for this girl. Staff feels she might do OK with a mature feline sibling as long as they understand her love of independence.

Please consider adding this feline beauty to your heart and home! She truly deserves her second chance.

For adoption process details, please visit www.lebanonhumaneleague.org, call (717) 628-1369, or stop in the Humane Society of Lebanon County, 150 N. Ramona Road, Myerstown.

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United by Passion: Baltimore’s Unique Museums

One minute I’m outside the American Visionary Art Museum, gazing at a 55-foot-tall whirligig. It spins, it whirls, it catches light and splatters it onto a nearby wall covered with fragments of mirror and tile.

Inside the museum there’s a giant “Bra Ball,” created from the The mosaic wall of the AVAM was built with the bras of nearly 2,000 help of at-risk students as a means of helping them breast cancer survivors. learn valuable job skills.

As you can tell, the AVAM is an extremely unusual place, one that celebrates the intuition and ingenuity of self-taught artists.

A few hours later I’m at the Baltimore Museum of Art, reveling in the bright colors and exuberant style of paintings by French artist Henri Matisse.

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Finally, I find myself in front of the Flag House and Star-Spangled Banner Museum, staring at a giant glass replica of the banner that inspired our national anthem. Behind it Art at the AVAM ranges from a most unusual auto is the home of the woman who stitched to a giant ball created from the bras of breast the original flag, now cancer survivors. a National Historic Landmark.

Here, an overview of three truly unique museums, none of which would exist were it not for the passion and dedication of some extraordinary folks.

An Idealist’s Determination: The American Visionary Art Museum It took Rebecca Hoffberger 10 years to open a museum honoring “outsider art,” a term that’s often used by those on the inside to describe works they don’t understand.

This is art that owes nothing to tradition (as does folk art) and little to the surrounding environment (as does most art). Rather it seems to burst forth from the creator’s soul — thoroughly original, often quixotic or quirky. In short, visionary.

Most works — like the haunting figure carved by a tuberculosis patient — are accompanied by a story, bringing voice to the oft-anonymous and usually uncelebrated artist. Some elicit tears, other bring laughs, all provoke thought.

Today the museum, which has been designated America’s “official national education center, repository, and museum for self-taught, intuitive artistry,” is spread over more than an acre that contains three buildings as well as several outdoor exhibition areas.

Yet despite its newfound respectability, it is, says Hoffberger, “a most unmuseumy place” — and this is just the way she likes it. www.avam.org The Sisters’ Fervor: The Baltimore Museum of Art The building that houses the BMA is replete with a portico and classical Greek columns, just the sort of place where you’d expect to find 90,000 pieces of art and artifacts that span continents as well as centuries.

But it’s the Cone collection that has brought worldwide fame to the museum. Claribel and Etta Cone were Golden Girls from the Gilded Age, rich socialites with an eye for art and the money to indulge.

They traveled the world, and their “souvenirs” were works by some of the greatest late 19th- and early 20th-century artists, from Matisse and Picasso to Cézanne, Gauguin, and van Gogh.

Over the years, their collection reached approximately 3,000 objects, and in 1949 it was donated to the BMA, a gift that catapulted the already excellent museum to even higher levels. please see BALTIMORE page 19

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Better Hearing & Speech Month Quieting the Noise: 5 Ways to Reduce the Effects of Ringing in the Ears

By Dr. Leisa Lyles-DeLeon Tinnitus refers to the perception of sound when no external sounds are actually present.

Often described as a constant “ringing in the ears,” tinnitus can present itself as a variation of different types of sounds. This may range from sounds of whistling to swooshing to buzzing.

Tinnitus is not a disease, but rather a symptom of an underlying problem. Treatment begins with identifying its cause.

Common causes of tinnitus include: Auditory trauma – Exposure to loud noises can trigger tinnitus. This is common in situations of occupational noise. Think construction workers, landscapers, or musicians.

Workers in these fields can regularly face noise decimals upwards of 95-plus.

Hearing is put in harm’s way when constant exposure over 85 decimals occurs.

Age-related hearing loss – Age is the strongest predictor of hearing loss among adults aged 2069, with the greatest amount of hearing loss in the 60-69 age group. Tinnitus can result directly from hearing loss.

Earwax buildup – Excessive wax in the ear can cause tinnitus. The earwax that our bodies naturally produce helps clean, protect, and lubricate our ears.

However, when too much wax builds in our ears, our eardrums can become irritated and/or hearing loss may occur, which can lead to tinnitus.

If you’re experiencing noise in your ears that extends for a period of time, you should consider the following: An appointment with your physician – While less common, tinnitus can be an early indicator of a serious medical condition. It is best to receive a full please see NOISE page 14

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Have it Tested!

By Dr. Linda Gonya-Hartman Hearing & Ear Care Center Mount Joy and Lebanon Many people overlook the importance of their hearing. It is not uncommon to have your teeth checked twice a year and your eyes checked every year; however, when it comes to your hearing, has it ever been tested?

If you are under the age of 60, I would say not (unless you have a medical reason to have your hearing tested). Why is this? We all know the importance of good vision: driving, reading, seeing familiar faces, exploring new places, etc.

But do you know the importance of good hearing? Communication, building relationships, and emotional health all depend on your hearing capability. Without hearing, we lose our ability to communicate with others. People with loss of hearing tend to withdraw from social

situations because it is difficult to follow conversations. This can lead to depression and isolation.

Do people not get their hearing tested because they are afraid of needing help or wearing a hearing aid?

The old myth that “only old people wear hearing aids” has never been true. Infants and young children wear hearing aids too.

The styles of hearing aids today are so discreet that most people would never know you have one! So, if you are struggling with hearing well, have your hearing tested. What is keeping you from enjoying life to the fullest?

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Better Hearing & Speech Month Savvy Senior

Jim Miller

Simplified Cellphones for Users with Hearing Problems

Dear Savvy Senior, Can you recommend some basic, simplified cellphones for seniors with hearing loss? My 82-year-old father needs to get a new cellphone for occasional calls or emergencies, but he needs something that’s easy to use and one that he can hear on.

– Looking Around Dear Looking, There are several simplified cellphones on the market today that are specifically designed for seniors — including those with hearing loss.

These are basic cellphones that come with big buttons, easy-to-navigate menus, SOS emergency buttons, and enhanced sound and are hearing aid compatible too.

Here are some top options.

Senior-Friendly Phones If your dad isn’t locked into a cellphone contract, there are three seniorfriendly options to consider, all from no-contract cellphone companies.

One of best is GreatCall’s Jitterbug Flip (www.greatcall.com, (800) 9188543). This custom-designed Samsung flip phone offers a backlit keypad with big buttons, large text on a brightly colored screen, and “yes” and “no” buttons to access the phone’s menu of options versus confusing icons.

It also offers voice dialing, a powerful speakerphone, a built-in camera, and a variety of optional health and safety features:

one preprogrammed number.

Another budget-friendly cellphone you should look into is the Snapfon ezTWO for seniors (www.snapfon.com, (800) 9371532).

This is a bar-style phone that provides big buttons, a color screen, enhanced volume with a speakerphone, and a speaking keypad.

There is also an SOS emergency alert button on the back of the phone that can sound an alert when pushed and held down for five seconds. It then sends a text message to as many as five emergency contacts and calls those contacts in order until the call is answered.

Or, for an additional monthly fee, you can subscribe to their sosPlus monitoring service, which will dispatch help as needed.

Send your senior questions to: Savvy Senior, P.O. Box 5443, Norman, OK 73070, or visit www.savvysenior.org. Jim Miller is a contributor to the NBC Today show and author of The Savvy Senior book.

Your guide to choosing the right living and care options for you or a loved one.

• The 5Star medical alert button would let your dad call 24/7 for help and speak to a certified agent who could identify his location and dispatch help as needed.

• The Urgent Care service provides access to registered nurses and doctors for advice, diagnoses, and prescription refills.

• GreatCall Link is a free app for family members. If your dad calls 5Star from his Jitterbug, app users will receive an alert on their smartphone.

If your dad prefers a smartphone, Jitterbug’s Smart2 has a 5.5-inch screen, front-facing speaker, a simplified menu, a voice-typing option, and a 13megapixel camera with flash.

As with the flip phone, Smart2 includes the 5Star urgent response button and the safety features listed above.

Another excellent option is the Doro PhoneEasy 626 sold through Consumer Cellular (www.consumercellular.com, (888) 345-5509).

This flip phone offers a backlit, separated keypad that can speak the numbers as you push them, which is a nice feature for seniors with vision problems.

It also has a big, easy-to-read color display screen that offers large text with different color themes.

Other handy features include two speed-dial buttons; shortcut buttons to texting and the camera; a powerful, two-way speakerphone; and an ICE (in case of emergency) button on the back of the phone that will automatically dial www.50plusLifePA.com

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Better Hearing & Speech Month Hearing Loss: How to Cope and How to Help Approximately 1 in 3 people between the ages of 65 and 74 has hearing loss, and nearly half of those older than 75 have difficulty hearing.

But, some people may not want to admit they have trouble hearing.

Studies have shown that older adults with hearing loss have a greater risk of developing dementia than older adults with normal hearing.

Cognitive abilities (including memory and concentration) decline faster in older adults with hearing loss than in older adults with normal hearing.

Treating hearing problems may be important for cognitive health.

Signs of Hearing Loss Some people have a hearing problem and don’t realize it. You should see your doctor if you: • Have trouble hearing over the telephone • Find it hard to follow conversations when two or more people are talking • Often ask people to repeat what they are saying • Need to turn up the TV volume so loud that others complain • Have a problem hearing because of background noise • Think that others seem to mumble • Can’t understand when women and children speak to you How to Cope with Hearing Loss If you notice signs of hearing loss, talk to your doctor. If you have trouble hearing, you should: • Let people know you have a hearing problem.

• A sk people to face you and to speak more slowly and clearly. Also, ask them to speak louder without shouting.

• Pay attention to what is being said and to facial expressions or gestures.

• Let the person talking know if you do not understand what he or she said.

• A sk the person speaking to reword a sentence and try again.

• Find a good location to listen. Place yourself between the speaker and sources of noise and look for quieter places to talk.

• The most important thing you can do if you think you have a hearing problem is to seek professional advice. Your family doctor may be able to diagnose and treat your hearing problem. Or, your doctor may refer you to other experts, like an otolaryngologist (ear, nose, and throat doctor) or an audiologist (health professional who can identify and measure hearing loss).

How to Talk with Someone with Hearing Loss Here are some tips you can use when talking with someone who has a hearing problem: • In a group, include people with hearing loss in the conversation.

• Find a quiet place to talk to help reduce background noise, especially in restaurants and at social gatherings.

• Stand in good lighting and use facial expressions or gestures to give clues.

• Face the person and speak clearly. Maintain eye contact.

• Speak a little more loudly than normal, but don’t shout. Try to speak slowly, but naturally.

• Speak at a reasonable speed.

• Do not hide your mouth, eat, or chew gum while speaking.

• Repeat yourself if necessary, using different words.

• Try to make sure only one person talks at a time.

• Be patient. Stay positive and relaxed.

• A sk how you can help.

Source: National Institute on Aging

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Hearing aids – Particularly for those also suffering from hearing loss, hearing aids can reduce the impact of tinnitus.

When your actual hearing is improved, your tinnitus may become less noticeable.

Tinnitus maskers – If you’re not suffering from hearing loss, an audiologist can fit you with a tinnitus masker.

This device looks like a hearing aid but instead produces sounds that “mask” tinnitus. These sounds make the tinnitus more tolerable.

White- or pink-noise devices – White noise, such as the steady whir of a fan, can help mask tinnitus. The same is true for pink noise, which refers to a balanced mix of high and low frequencies (e.g., waves crashing or leaves rustling).

These devices can be particularly helpful at night while sleeping and can be found for as low as $20. There are also apps that can be streamed on your phone or tablet for as little as $2.

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Tinnitus retraining therapy – While this can be a more costly option (it’s typically not covered by insurance), tinnitus retraining therapy has shown positive results for those suffering from tinnitus.

It uses a combination of sound therapy and counseling to try to reduce a patient’s focus on tinnitus. The objective is to disassociate tinnitus with negative occurrences and associate it with positive occurrences.

This can help reduce stress often associated with tinnitus, which can make it worse.

Cases of tinnitus vary greatly. In some cases, it’s hardly noticeable until someone brings it up in conversation. On the other end of the spectrum, it can be so disruptive that it interferes with every part of your day.

Ultimately, if you are feeling bothered in any way by noise in your ears, you should immediately schedule an appointment with your doctor.

Author and licensed audiologist Dr. Leisa Lyles-DeLeon has over a decade of experience in clinical audiology, the hearing aid industry, and education and research.

Lyles-DeLeon is a board member of the District of Columbia and a fellow of the American Academy of Audiology and the American Speech Language-Hearing Association.

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Calendar of Events

Community Programs/Support Groups Free and open to the public

Senior Center Activities

May 7, 7:30 p.m.

Lebanon County Musicians Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony Hebron Banquet Hall 701 E. Walnut St., Lebanon (717) 272-7262

Annville Senior Activity Center (717) 867-1796 200 S. White Oak St., Annville May 2, 11 a.m. – Line Dancing Class May 22, 10 a.m. – Services Offered by Area Agency on Aging May 31, 11 a.m. – Short Walking Tour of Historic Annville

May 22, 6-7 p.m.

Alzheimer’s and Dementia Family Support Group Linden Village 100 Tuck Court, Lebanon (717) 274-7400

If you have an event you would like to include, please email information to mjoyce@onlinepub.com for consideration.

Library Programs Annville Free Library, 216 E. Main St., Annville, (717) 867-1802 May 7, 6:30 p.m. – Adult Coloring Club May 7, 6:30 p.m. – Scrap Art: Spring Bouquets May 9, 6:30 p.m. – Organic Gardening Lebanon Community Library, 125 N. Seventh St., Lebanon, (717) 273-7624 May 13 and 20, 3 p.m. – Android Phones for Seniors, Parts One and Two May 15, 1 p.m. – Spotted Lanternfly: Stopping the Invasion Mondays (except May 27), 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.; Wednesdays, 2-6 p.m. – Tech Help Matthews Public Library, 102 W. Main St., Fredericksburg, (717) 865-5523 May 11 and 18, 1 0 a.m. – Apple iPhones for Seniors, Parts One and Two

Myerstown Community Library, 199 N. College St., Myerstown, (717) 866-2800 May 6, 6:30 p.m. – Intro to Excel, Part Two May 7 and 14, 1 p.m. – Android Phones for Seniors, Parts One and Two May 13, 6 p.m. – Scrap Art: Spring Bouquets Palmyra Public Library, 50 Landings Drive, Suite B, Annville, (717) 838-1347 May 15, 6 p.m. – Apple iPhones for Seniors, Part One May 28, 6 p.m. – Apple iPhones for Seniors, Part Two Richland Community Library, 111 E. Main St., Richland, (717) 866-4939 May 8 and 15, 1:30 p.m. – Windows 10, Parts One and Two May 8 and 15, 6:3 0 p.m. – Apple iPads for Seniors, Parts One and Two

parks and recreation May 1, 10 a.m. – Wellness Wednesday Fitness Hike, Park at Governor Dick May 4, 9 a.m. – Morning Bird Walk, Park at Governor Dick May 4, 1 p.m. – Wildflower Walk, Park at Governor Dick

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Don’t take things personally. Depressed people sometimes resist efforts to help. They may withdraw into themselves and shut others out. Don’t abandon them. Remember that it’s the depression talking, not the person inside.

Offer reassurance. Don’t be a Pollyanna, but remind them that they’re good people and strong enough to get over this. Even if they don’t respond, hearing such reassuring words will help.

Tell them it’s all right. Don’t blame them for their depression, nor let them blame themselves.

Tell them that it’s OK not to feel OK all the time.

Share small gifts. Bring a treat or some flowers, or send a card letting them know you’re thinking of them. A small gesture can mean a lot to someone who’s depressed. www.50plusLifePA.com

Maple Street Senior Community Center (717) 273-1048 710 Maple St., Lebanon May 3, 17, 31, 9 a.m. – Zumba Gold May 21, 10 a.m. – Making and Hanging Patriotic Stars May 22, 4:30 p.m. – The Missing Apron Night Out Myerstown Senior Community Center (717) 866-6786 Myerstown Baptist Church, 59 Ramona Road Myerstown May 1, 10 a.m. – Cedar Crest Planetarium Presentation May 16, 4 p.m. – Dinner and Mini Golf at Kauffman’s Barbecue Ranch May 22, 7:45 a.m. – Breakfast at Dutch-Way Family Restaurant Northern Lebanon Senior Community Center (717) 865-0944 335 N. Lancaster St., Jonestown May 3, noon – Carpool to Greenhouse May 6, 11:30 a.m. – Covered Dish Social May 24, 10:30 a.m. – Plants and Gardening Palmyra Senior Community Center (717) 838-8237 101 S. Railroad St., Palmyra May 15, 11 a.m. – Consumer Education: Nutrition and Alzheimer’s May 22, 10:30 a.m. – Legal Presentation on Nursing Homes May 29, 10:30 a.m. – MindMatters Video Lecture: Brain Fitness after 50 Privately Owned Centers Senior Center of Lebanon Valley, Inc. (717) 274-3451 710 Maple St., Lebanon Washington Arms – (717) 274-1401 303 Chestnut St., Lebanon Submit senior center events to mjoyce@onlinepub.com.

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Fifties Flashback

It’s a Mad World After All Randal C. Hill

In Lewis Carroll’s 1865 classic Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Alice remarks to the Cheshire Cat, “I don’t want to go among mad people.”

The grinning cat responds, “Oh, you can’t help that.

We’re all mad here. I’m mad. You’re mad.”

“How do you know I’m mad?” asks Alice.

“You must be,” explains the cat, “or you wouldn’t have come here.”

suffered the sting of Mad’s gleeful barbs, as did highly respected politicians and established world leaders.

Top-flight Mad caricaturists brought easily recognizable pop-culture celebrities to its pages, and recurring cartoon columns, such as the triangle-headed Spy vs. Spy characters, kept young readers amused — and on their toes — during the oppressive Cold War of the 1950s.

Mad first appeared as a 1952 horror comic book that was ••• a satire on (of all things) other horror comic books.

New York funsters and comic-book veterans William If something affected the national psyche, Mad magazine wanted to poke fun at it.

Gaines and Harvey Kurtzman were Mad ’s publisher and Impressionable adolescents who read Mad were warned editor, respectively, and what their eight-times-a-year periodical brought to the nation’s teenagers eventually constantly about society’s half-truths, double standards, morphed into a bible of juvenile-appearing blasphemy fine print, deceptive advertisements, and sneaky product placements. that took delight in flagrantly casting a wide satirical net Cover of first Mad magazine, 1955.

The world is out to get you, implied the messages, so be and laughing at just about every rock-solid institution in prepared.

America.

In 1954, Kurtzman adopted a forgotten and unnamed advertising image for Along the way, Mad’s clever and invaluable lessons undoubtedly helped avid Mad that had been around since the 1890s. He dubbed him Alfred E. Neuman, readers develop their critical-thinking skills. and Neuman rose to fame as a grinning, jug-eared, gap-toothed simpleton “If you were growing up lonely and isolated in a small town, Mad was a revelation,” said counterculture cartoonist R. Crumb. “Nothing I read anywhere whose motto was “What, me worry?”

As the Mad mascot, he came to symbolize everything vacuous about the else suggested there was any absurdity in the culture.” publication. Neuman’s iconic portrait often replaced the faces of celebrities who Everyone and everything were fair game. Superman. The Ku Klux Klan. were being lampooned in that particular issue.

Wonder Woman. The Hell’s Angels. Howdy Doody. Barbie and Ken. All For a while, Neuman had a lady companion, a cartoon character named Moxie Cowznofski. But Moxie made only a few appearances in the late 1950s, possibly because she looked too much like her “significant other.”

Mad kept the chuckles coming as it created a series of nonsensical words, such as furshlugginer (an adjective expressing contempt), blecch (a term synonymous with disgust), and potrzebie (a word with no meaning or definition whatsoever).

Unique in its controversial social satire, Mad would eventually influence such pop-cultural icons as National Lampoon, The Simpsons, and Saturday Night Live.

When the fun-loving William Gaines died at age 70 in June 1992, the New “Like” us on Facebook to receive a York Daily News headlined his obituary “What, Me Dead?”

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BALTIMORE from page 10 There’s no way we can see everything at the BMA in one visit. We feast on the works of Matisse and then go outside to the sculpture gardens, where more than 30 works by acclaimed artists, such as Auguste Rodin and Alexander Calder, are spread across nearly 3 acres. www.artbma.org The Patriots’ Passion: The Flag House and Star-Spangled Banner Museum When, during the War of 1812, Commander George Armistead asked seamstress Mary Pickersgill to create a flag to fly above Baltimore’s In Fell’s Point, near the home where Fort McHenry, she may have Mary Pickersgill stitched the famous gulped, but she didn’t hesitate. flag, a costumed interpreter relates Instead she enlisted the help the events of the War of 1812. of five women and together, working near round-the-clock, they produced a large garrison flag that could be seen for miles around as well as a smaller flag that could be used in inclement weather.

As the British pummeled the fort during the Battle of Baltimore, a young lawyer named Francis The Flag Museum features a life-size glass Scott Key watched from rendition of the giant flag sewn by Mary aboard a small ship.

Pickersgill and her helpers.

The following morning, “in the dawn’s early light,” he saw the giant flag and knew that Baltimore was safe.

Thus inspired, he wrote the poem that later became the national anthem of the United States, and the giant flag that Mary Pickersgill and her helpers had made became known as the Pickersgill’s home features a replica of the flag that Star-Spangled Banner. became the known as the Star-Spangled Banner.

We visit Pickersgill’s home and the adjacent Flag Museum. The museum is filled with exhibits relating to the War of 1812, but it’s Pickersgill’s home — restored with period furniture — that gives me a tingly feeling. This is where history was made, one stitch at a time. www. flaghouse.org Photos ©Irv Green unless otherwise noted; story by Andrea Gross (andreagross.com).

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