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October 2014

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Adventures from on High Retired Teacher Has Scaled Some of World’s Tallest Peaks By Lori Van Ingen Avid might be a tame word to describe James “Jim” Beckerich’s love of climbing. Beckerich, who was a high school mathematics teacher for 36 years, as well as a men’s soccer and baseball and co-ed floor hockey coach, enjoyed having his summers free. It gave him the opportunity to follow his passion. Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, Mount Everest base camp, Machu Picchu in Peru, Ixta and Orizaba in Mexico, and Cotopaxi in Ecuador—the 67-yearold has conquered them all. And just last year, Beckerich climbed to 19,600 feet at Aconcagua Peak, the highest peak in South America and only second in the world to Mount Everest, before running out of gas, just shy of reaching the summit. But, he said, “there are amazing peaks right here in the United States.” Besides these adventures, for two months every summer, Beckerich takes his Nissan, with his climbing gear and clothes, and drives to the Colorado peaks—where he has climbed 40 of the 14,000-foot peaks—or other peaks around the United States. He also has scaled Mount Whitney and Mount Shasta in California, Mount Rainier in Washington, Mount Hood in Oregon, and Mount Washington in New Hampshire. please see ADVENTURES page 16 Jim Beckerich climbed 19,600 feet of Aconcagua Peak in Argentina in 2013.

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Two years ago, when Bob brought happy kitten. Now he slips, slides, falls, and bounces right back up, purring the Eddie’s body home from an emergency clinic, he gently placed him, still warm, whole time. in my arms. I cradled him while I rocked But last week, Bob and I found Jordy him and sang to him for one crying in pain, unable to last time. get up. Too early in the morning to see our regular I am only hurting myself by reliving that day again and vet, we took him to an again. Only recently have I emergency clinic. Although allowed myself to relive the the doctor was great, she was unable to help him. good times, the funny times, When I was a practicing like Eddie’s famous glare, his eyes half shut in an intense psychotherapist, I learned Jordy that traumas, particularly stare, looking for anything deaths, bring up older deaths with nearly that had been added to the room or moved an inch so that he could pounce the same intensity as if they had just happened. Helplessly watching Jordy cry, on it and smash it to smithereens. I can choose what to think. And now I relived the last day of the life of my cat, I have a choice with Jordy. I can imagine Eddie. the worst-case scenario or not. Therefore, instead of imagining the Jordy’s day turned out gloriously. Our worst-case scenario in the future and regular vet quickly diagnosed the living through it twice, I’m reliving the problem as an injury to the hip where worst-case scenario of the past.

the leg had been amputated. That very afternoon, with no pain and no crying, Jordy happily joined his family as if nothing had ever happened. Jordy sleeps between Bob’s knees. Bob doesn’t move all night because heaven forbid he moves the cat. That night, Jordy slept soundly while Bob blissfully groaned in discomfort. Jordy wasn’t dreaming about whatever bad thing might come his way. Twitching lightly, he was probably dreaming about the chipmunk he loves to watch from the window. I’ll always learn my most important lessons from my cat. Saralee Perel is an award-winning, nationally syndicated columnist. Her new book is Cracked Nuts & Sentimental Journeys: Stories From a Life Out of Balance. To find out more, visit www.saraleeperel.com or email sperel@saraleeperel.com.

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Resource Directory This Resource Directory recognizes advertisers who have made an extended commitment to your health and well-being. Emergency Numbers Poison Control Center (800) 222-1222 Food Resources Food Stamps (800) 692-7462 Lebanon County Christian Ministries (717) 272-4400 Lebanon County Area Agency on Aging Meals on Wheels (717) 273-9262 Salvation Army (717) 273-2655 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

Lebanon HOPES (717) 274-7528, ext. 3201

Maple Street Senior Community Center (717) 273-1048

Pennsylvania Office for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (800) 233-3008 V/TTY

Independent Living Communities Country Acres Manufactured Home Park, LP 1600 Kercher Ave., Myerstown (717) 866-5496

Myerstown Senior Community Center (717) 866-6786

Hospitals Good Samaritan Hospital 252 S. Fourth St., Lebanon (717) 270-7500

Insurance Medicare Hotline (800) 638-6833

Melnick, Moffitt, and Mesaros 927 Russell Drive, Lebanon (717) 274-9775

Medical Society of Lebanon County (717) 270-7500 Hotlines Energy Assistance (800) 692-7462 Environmental Protection Agency Emergency Hotline (800) 541-2050 IRS Income Tax Assistance (800) 829-1040 Medicaid (800) 692-7462 Medicare (800) 382-1274

American Lung Association (717) 541-5864

PA Crime Stoppers (800) 472-8477

Arthritis Foundation (717) 274-0754

PennDOT (800) 932-4600

Bureau of Blindness and Visual Services (717) 787-7500

Recycling (800) 346-4242

CONTACT Helpline (717) 652-4400

Social Security Information (800) 772-1213

Kidney Foundation (717) 652-8123

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (800) 827-1000

The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (717) 652-6520 Lupus Foundation (888) 215-8787 Hearing Services Hearing & Ear Care Center 200 Schneider Drive, Suite 1, Lebanon (717) 274-3851 www.50plusSeniorNewsPA.com

Housing Assistance Housing Assistance & Resources Program (HARP) (717) 273-9328 Lebanon County Housing & Redevelopment Authorities (717) 274-1401

Northern Lebanon County Senior Community Center (717) 865-0944 Palmyra Senior Community Center (717) 838-8237 Senior Center of Lebanon Valley (717) 274-3451

Legal Services Pennsylvania Bar Association (717) 238-6715 Office of Aging Lebanon County Area Agency on Aging (717) 273-9262 Pharmacies CVS/pharmacy www.cvs.com

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

Retirement Communities StoneRidge Retirement Living 440 E. Lincoln Ave., Myerstown (717) 866-3204 Senior Centers Annville Senior Community Center (717) 867-1796

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an Cooper grew up in East Liverpool, Ohio, the son of a Navy officer dad. Unlike most sixth-graders, Cooper knew exactly that he wanted to do with his life. That early, he had his eyes set on attending the U.S. Naval Academy and becoming a naval officer. And instead of just dreaming about it, he knuckled down and prepared for it, seriously studying and gaining the broadest knowledge he could get. When he graduated from high school in 1952, he was first turned down for an appointment because he was unable to pass the eye test. So he attended Washington & Jefferson College for a year before he was able to gain a waiver for his eyes and become a plebe at the naval academy. Graduating in 1957, he spent 18 months as an ensign aboard an amphibious ship before he was able to volunteer for submarine service. After six months in submarine school, he spent three years as a junior officer at sea on a diesel submarine, after which he was selected to spend a year at Harvard, studying international relations. “Then,” Cooper says, “I was sent orders to be interviewed by Admiral Hyman Rickover, who personally met and selected every officer going into the Navy nuclear power program.” How did that go? “Not real well,” Cooper says. “The admiral had a very confrontational style, challenging everyone to realize how rough the job would be and questioning frankly whether they’d be able to handle it. He asked me sternly why I wasn’t doing better. “What I learned later was that this was his style. He apparently never met anyone that he didn’t feel could do better. And he let them know it in no uncertain terms,” he says. “I’ll be honest: I hoped that as I furthered my career, he wouldn’t be around. “Only later did I realize how much he meant to developing a safe nuclear Navy. He was tenacious, patriotic, absolutely dedicated, and supremely gifted in all the other ways he had to be in order the fashion the nuclear

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CDR Daniel L. Cooper at Pearl Harbor in 1975, as he took command of the nuclear-fueled attack submarine USS Puffer.

Navy we have today. Frankly, I can’t think of one other person who could have pulled that off.” In 1966, Cooper became executive officer on the USS Simon Bolivar, a nuclear-powered ballistic submarine that was longer than a football field. It carried 16 Poseidon nuclear missiles and had two separate crews of 14 officers and 126 enlisted men. Rotating the crews’ time aboard allowed a much greater time at sea in the sub’s mission of providing nuclear deterrence. Cooper served for two years aboard the Simon Bolivar before he was assigned as an aide to the vice chief of naval operations. That was followed by two years as commanding officer of the USS Puffer (SSN-652), a nuclear attack submarine operating out of Pearl Harbor. Then came three years as commander of a submarine squadron, home based in New London, Conn. In 1980, he was selected to flag rank (admiral), serving as comptroller, sea systems command. And after two years there, he served for three years as budget officer for the Navy. He continued to get more responsibilities, becoming director of navy program planning and budgeting and being promoted to vice admiral (three stars). In 1986 he became commander, submarine forces, Atlantic fleet. Then it was back to Washington again to serve for three years as assistant chief

of naval operations for undersea warfare, his last post before retiring from the Navy in 1991. As an aside, he recalls that when the film The Hunt for Red October was to be filmed, the script came to his office to make sure it revealed nothing classified. He says, “I took the script home to read and told them the next day that it revealed nothing classified and that, except for one off-color story that didn’t reflect well on the Navy, I saw it as a fine, G-rated film that I’d be comfortable in having my wife or grandmother see.” Did they delete that story before releasing the film? With a smile, he says, “They did.” You might think that after shedding all the responsibilities he shouldered during his Navy days, retirement would become time for a life of relaxation … and perhaps some serious golf. But, when he was offered the job of undersecretary for veterans benefits, Department of Veterans Affairs, he felt he had to say yes. During his six years in that position, he testified before congressional committees several times a year. That had been a common experience for him during all his years in Washington, when he testified before Congress frequently as a submariner and navy budget officer. He also remembers vividly the time when a young senator named Barack Obama asked him for a personal briefing on the many aspects of the VA with which the senator needed to be familiar. After retiring a second time in 2008, Cooper did a detailed analysis of retirement communities and found one in Central Pennsylvania where he and his wife, Betty, came in 2012 to live in retirement. As can be expected, his “retirement” is so full of activities that most people would consider it going full throttle. And he reflects that it’s frosting on the cake that so many other Navy men have discovered the same retirement community. Colonel Wilcox flew a B-17 bomber in Europe in World War II.

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Let’s Talk about Medicare By John Johnston

ctober is “Talk about Prescriptions Month” and marks the beginning of this year’s Medicare Open Enrollment Period. It’s the perfect time to talk about Medicare prescriptions and the Extra Help available from Social Security. Newly eligible Medicare beneficiaries and current beneficiaries who are considering changes to their Medicare Part D (prescription drug coverage) plan should act now. The Medicare Open Enrollment Period runs from Oct. 15 to Dec. 7. The Medicare Part D prescription drug plan is available to all Medicare beneficiaries to help with the costs of medications. Joining a Medicare prescription drug plan is voluntary, and participants pay an additional monthly premium for the prescription drug coverage. While all Medicare beneficiaries can participate in the Medicare Part D

prescription drug plan, some people with limited income and resources may be eligible for Extra Help to pay for monthly premiums, annual deductibles, and prescription co-payments. The Extra Help is estimated to be worth about $4,000 per year. Many Medicare beneficiaries qualify for these big savings and don’t even know it. To figure out whether you are eligible for the Extra Help, Social Security needs to know your income and the value of any savings, investments, and real estate (other than the home you live in). To qualify, you must be receiving Medicare and have: • Income limited to $17,235 for an individual or $23,265 for a married couple living together. Even if your

annual income is higher, you still may be able to get some help with monthly premiums, annual deductibles, and prescription co-payments. Some examples where your income may be higher include if you or your spouse support other family members who live with you, have earnings from work, or live in Alaska or Hawaii. • Resources limited to $13,440 for an individual or $26,860 for a married couple living together. Resources include such things as bank accounts, stocks, and bonds. We do not count your house or car as resources. You can complete an easy-to-use online application or get more information by visiting www.socialsecurity.gov/medicare. To apply for the Extra Help by phone or have an application mailed to you, call

Social Security at (800) 772-1213 (TTY (800) 325-0778) and ask for the Application for Extra Help with Medicare Prescription Drug Plan Costs (SSA-1020). And if you would like more information about the Medicare Part D prescription drug program, visit www.medicare.gov or call (800) MEDICARE or (800) 633-4227 (TTY (877) 486-2048). While we’re on the subject of open seasons, the open enrollment period for qualified health plans under the Affordable Care Act is Nov. 15 to Feb. 15. Learn more about it at www.healthcare.gov. This Medicare Open Enrollment season, while you search for the Medicare prescription drug plan that best meets your needs—see if you qualify for the Extra Help through Social Security. That’s a winning prescription worth talking about. John Johnston is a Social Security public affairs specialist.

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Year Est.: 1908 Counties Served: Berks, Chester, Cumberland, Dauphin, Lancaster, Lebanon, Perry, Schuylkill, York RNs: Yes LPNs: Yes CNAs: Yes Home Aides: Yes Medicare Certified?: Yes

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Year Est.: 2006 Counties Served: Lancaster RNs: No LPNs: No CNAs: No Home Aides: Yes Medicare Certified?: No

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Year Est.: 1997 Counties Served: Berks, Chester, Cumberland, Dauphin, Lancaster, Lebanon, York RNs: Yes LPNs: No CNAs: Yes Home Aides: No

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Year Est.: 1984 Counties Served: Cumberland, Dauphin, Lancaster, Lebanon, York RNs: Yes LPNs: Yes CNAs: Yes Home Aides: Yes Medicare Certified?: No

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(717) 299-6941 www.ConnectionsAtHome.org Year Est.: 2014 Counties Served: Lancaster RNs: Yes LPNs: No CNAs: Yes Home Aides: Yes Medicare Certified?: No

Year Est.: 1979 Counties Served: Berks, Dauphin, Lancaster, Lebanon, Schuylkill RNs: Yes LPNs: Yes CNAs: Yes Home Aides: Yes Medicare Certified?: Yes

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Year Est.: 2009 Counties Served: Cumberland, Dauphin, Lancaster, Schuylkill, Lebanon, Perry, York, Adams, Franklin, Juniata RNs: Yes LPNs: No CNAs: Yes Home Aides: Yes

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Home Care Services & Hospice Providers Intrepid USA

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Counties Served: Adams, Cumberland, Dauphin, Franklin, Lancaster, Lebanon, Perry, Schuylkill RNs: Yes LPNs: Yes CNAs: No Home Aides: Yes Medicare Certified?: Yes

Year Est.: 2002 Counties Served: Berks, Lancaster, Lebanon RNs: Yes LPNs: Yes CNAs: Yes Home Aides: Yes Medicare Certified?: No

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Year Est.: 2004 Counties Served: Adams, Cumberland, Dauphin, Lancaster, Lebanon, York RNs: No LPNs: No CNAs: Yes Home Aides: Yes Medicare Certified?: No

Year Est.: 1962 Counties Served: Adams, Franklin, Lancaster, York RNs: No LPNs: No CNAs: No Home Aides: Yes Medicare Certified?: No

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Year Est.: 2007 Counties Served: Adams, Cumberland, Dauphin, Perry, York RNs: No LPNs: No CNAs: Yes Home Aides: Yes Medicare Certified?: No

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Year Est.: 2001 RNs: No LPNs: No CNAs: Yes Home Aides: Yes Medicare Certified?: No

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friends can visit to share stories, fond memories, and photographs and to comfort one another and grieve. The memorial can remain online for life (or a specific period of time), allowing people to visit and contribute any time in the privacy of their own space. Online memorials started popping up on the Internet in the late 1990s but were created primarily for people who were well known. But now, these sites are for anyone who wants to pay tribute to their departed family member or friend and ensure they will be remembered. Content typically posted on an online memorial includes a biography, pictures, stories from family and friends, and timelines of key events in their life, along with favorite music and even videos. Another common feature is the acceptance of thoughts or candles offered by visitors to the site who want to send their condolences and support to the grieving party. An online memorial can also direct visitors to the departed person’s favorite charity or cause to make a donation as an alternative to sending funeral flowers. How to Make One To make an online memorial, you can either create an independent website or use an established memorial site, which is what most people choose to do. Memorial websites are very easy to create and personalize and can be done in less than 30 minutes.

There are literally dozens of these types of sites on the Internet today. To locate them, do an online search for “online memorial websites.” In the meantime, here are a few good sites to check into. The biggest and most established site in the industry is Legacy.com, which also publishes about 75 percent of the obituaries in North America each year through its newspaper affiliations. Creating an online memorial through this site (see www.memorialwebsites.legacy.com) will run you $49 for the first year, plus an annual $19 sponsorship fee to keep it visible. Some other popular sites to check out are ForeverMissed.com, which offers a free, barebones option, along with a premium plan that runs $35 per year or $75 for life, and iLasting.com, which runs $49 per year or $99 for permanent display. If you’re on a tight budget, consider LifeStory.com, which is completely free to use but requires you to log in through Facebook to get to it. iMorial.com is free if you allow ads to be posted on your uncle’s page, or it costs $50 without ads. Or, if your uncle used Facebook, you can also turn his profile into a memorial for free when you show proof of death. Once his page is memorialized, his sensitive information will be removed and his birthday notifications will stop, but (depending on his privacy settings) it still enables family and friends to post memories and condolences. In addition, you can also request a Look Back video, which is a short video created by Facebook highlighting your uncle’s pictures and most liked status messages. Jim Miller is a regular contributor to the NBC Today show and author of The Savvy Senior Book. www.savvysenior.org

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Minimally invasive robotic-assisted surgery. Fewer complications and a faster recovery. The latest advance in minimally invasive laparoscopic surgery has come to The Good Samaritan Hospital. The da Vinci速 Surgical System uses the most advanced, robotic technologies to assist your surgeon who controls its movements during your operation. With a magnified 3D HD vision system and special instruments that bend and rotate far greater than the human wrist, da Vinci enables your surgeon to operate with enhanced vision, precision, dexterity and control. Using da Vinci technology for minimally invasive gynecologic and general surgery procedures can reduce blood loss, shorten hospital stays, lessen the need for pain medication, minimize scarring and speed recovery compared to traditional open and laparoscopic surgeries. To locate a credentialed Robotics surgeon, click on Find A Physician at comfortingcare.org.

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Traveltizers

Travel Appetizers: Stories that Whet the Appetite for Travel

Up Close with the Upper Class the most well known, of the super-elites.

By Andrea Gross

here’s no doubt about it. If I lived The Vanderbilt Mansion in the days before Our first stop: the air conditioning and had Vanderbilt Mansion, owned oodles of cash to spare, I by Frederick Vanderbilt, too would escape the grandson of railroad baron sweltering summers of Cornelius “Commodore” The Vanderbilt Mansion was A statue of FDR and ER sits outside New York’s moneyed class liked New York City by building Vanderbilt. extravagantly and elegantly the Wallace Visitor Center at the to build summer estates along a mega-mansion in the As we tour the mansion, furnished, as befitted the wealthiest Franklin D. Roosevelt National the Hudson River. the guide tells us that at Hudson River Valley. family in America. Historic Site. Grandpa’s death in 1877, he I would have it designed was worth $105 million, by one of the top architects in the country, decorated which, if converted into figurative sense, been to the manor born. we’d picnic and party until the weather with the finest art and antiques, and today’s dollars, would make him almost Many of their opulent estates are now four times as rich as Bill Gates. surrounded by formal gardens equal to or cooled and it was time to move back to open to the public and are located within the city. better than those in Europe. When I hear this, I’m surprised that th th and early 20 the Hudson River Valley National During the late 19 the house, although filled with carved As the weather heated up and the centuries, this seasonal migration was de Heritage Area, a 150-mile swath of land winter social season wound down, my ceilings, marble columns, heavy drapes, rigueur for financially successful and that runs from Troy (just north of family and I would leave our Manhattan and delicate tapestries, has only 54 socially prominent New Yorkers. The Albany) to New York City. home, take a steamship—or possibly a rooms. men, who were mostly self-made My husband and I anchor ourselves in railroad—to the east bank of the “This is the smallest of the entrepreneurs or the scions of self-made the Mid-Hudson region of Dutchess Hudson, and move into our 50-, or 60-, Vanderbilts’ 40-plus homes,” explains the entrepreneurs, wanted to live as though County, which contains the summer or 70-room manor house. guide. “His relatives called it ‘Uncle they had, in both the literal and homes of the most interesting, or at least Once we were comfortably ensconced, Freddie’s cottage on the Hudson.’”

Support the Troops This 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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Springwood, which was purchased by FDR’s father in 1866 and updated many times thereafter, was modest compared to the estates of its neighbors.

Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt are buried in a garden on the Hyde Park property.

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The Vanderbilt Mansion gives a whole new meaning to the word cottage. Springwood, Top Cottage, and Val-Kill The nearby homes of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt are more modest when taken individually, but the property, which comprises The Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site at Hyde Park, contains three separate homes. Springwood, where FDR spent many of his pre-presidential years, is a mere 20,000 square feet, and the antiques and art are mixed with family mementos. Of course, the stuffed birds collected by the child of the family might be less interesting had that child not grown up to be president of the United States! After FDR’s father died, the home and surrounding land passed to Sara, Franklin’s mother. From that time on, she not only controlled the family money, but to a large extent she also controlled her only son. For example, before allowing him to build a small retreat on a heavily wooded part of the property, she made him promise that he would never spend the night in that house. She worried that if he needed medical attention, an ambulance might find it difficult to navigate the forest roads in the dark. Roosevelt, who at that time was probably the most important man in the world, protested but eventually agreed to his mother’s demands, and Top Cottage, which is a cottage in the traditional rather than the Vanderbiltian sense of the word, was built in 1938. www.50plusSeniorNewsPA.com

Locust Grove Estate was owned by Samuel Morse from 1847 to 1872. He was an outstanding painter but is best remembered as the inventor of the Morse code.

Our 32nd president, says our guide, may have had his way with world leaders, but not with his own mother! The only part of the estate that wasn’t under Sara’s direct control was Val-Kill, the Dutch Colonial home of Eleanor Roosevelt. She wanted cozy and comfortable, and that is exactly what she got. The knotty pine walls are covered with photos of family and friends, the overstuffed chairs are mismatched, and the dishes on the table look exactly like those used by many middle-class housewives in the mid-20th century— including my own mother-in-law. Wilderstein and Locust Grove We tour two other estates: Wilderstein, the home of Margaret “Daisy” Suckley, who was a distant cousin and “close friend” of Franklin Roosevelt—“How close,” says the guide, “is not known”— and Locust Grove, the home of Samuel Morse, a man who is best remembered as the inventor of the telegraph and the code that bears his name. We’ll have to visit the other mansions on our next visit. As we’ve learned, the Hudson Valley is the place to be in the summer. The mega-rich of yesteryear have told us so.

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Creativity Matters

3 Living Holocaust Survivors and Their Creative Success Judith Zausner

orld And although War so many brilliant II and talented ended almost 70 individuals were years ago, but killed in camps, the impact of the fortunately there Holocaust still are individuals lives with more who, despite than 200,000 incredible survivors obstacles, are alive worldwide. and have Although it is experienced difficult to successful creative The Family, oil on canvas painting by accurately lives. Samuel Bak, 1974, private collection. capture exact Samuel Bak, 81: Painter and Writer data on the number of survivors, it is estimated that their average age is 79. An exceptional artist, whom some

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Volunteer Spotlight RSVP Chooses Volunteer of the Month RSVP of the Capital inside the main Region has named entrance to Building 17, guiding veterans to Robert “Bob” Boyer as its Lebanon County the services they need. Boyer always has a Volunteer of the Month for October. smile and is willing to Boyer has been a help out wherever he is needed. In fact, Boyer volunteer with RSVP also spends time in the for 1.5 years and has hospice unit comforting served at the Lebanon Veterans Administration veterans facing the ends Robert “Bob” Boyer Medical Center, where of their lives. For more he has donated more than 3,379 hours of service to veterans information on volunteer opportunities, email during the last 10 years. A veteran of the U.S. Air Force, lebanonrsvp@rsvpcapreg.org or call Boyer retired from the electronics RSVP’s Lebanon County office at industry after a career that spanned (717) 454-8956 or the statewide more than 36 years. He spends most Senior Corps of Pennsylvania hotline of his time at the ambassador desk toll-free at (800) 870-2616. Do you know a 50+ volunteer who gives selflessly to others? Tell us what makes him or her so special and we will consider them for 50plus Senior News’ Volunteer Spotlight! Submissions should be 200 words or fewer and photos are encouraged. Email preferred to mjoyce@onlinepub.com or mail nominations to 50plus Senior News, Volunteer Spotlight, 3912 Abel Drive, Columbia, PA 17512.

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• 2001 – publication of his book Painted in Words: A Memoir (printed in four languages) • 2002 – received the Herkomer Cultural Prize in Landsberg, Germany Judith (Peto) Leiber, 93: Handbag Designer Born in Hungary, Leiber was preparing for university matriculation in London when she returned home to be with her family despite the new restrictions for Jews. “Hitler put me in the handbag business,” Leiber says. Because Jews were

Costume Institute of the Museum of not allowed to study, she had to learn a trade. Fine Arts in Houston She met and married Gerson (Gus) Leiber, an American GI, in Budapest, • 1994 – Lifetime Achievement Award from the Council of Fashion Designers and they settled in New York City. She of America worked for various handbag companies when, in the 1960s and with • 2010 – encouragement Visionary from her Woman Award husband, she began her own from Moore Fortunately there are College of Art company. individuals who, despite & Design Judith incredible obstacles, are Leiber’s Yoram Gross, worldwide alive and have experienced success is an 87: Animation successful creative lives. Artist of extraordinary Stories for story of hard Children work, smarts, Born in and enormous technical and visual talent. Her handbags Poland, he loved music above all and says, “All I wanted to do was play are on permanent display at the Chopin.” Smithsonian in Washington, D.C.; the But he and his family were on Oskar Metropolitan Museum of Art in New Schindler’s famous list. They decided to York City; the Victoria and Albert take their own risk escaping by moving Museum in London; and her own and hiding places 72 times. museum, The Leiber Museum, in He later moved to Israel, where he Springs, N.Y. worked and learned about documentaries • 1973 – Coty American Fashion Critics and films, and then moved to Australia where, with his wife, he honed his Award animation skills and created experimental films. • 1980 – Silver Slipper Award from the

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acknowledge to be the greatest living painter of the Holocaust, has developed his art from a young age. He was born in Lithuania/Poland where, at the age of 9, he had his first exhibition inside the confines of the Vilna Ghetto. Surviving the war with only his mother, they eventually settled in Israel, where he studied art at the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design in Jerusalem. A collection of his works is on permanent display at Pucker Gallery in Boston, and many exhibitions of his art have been in prominent museums and galleries worldwide.

Well known for his series Blinky Bill and Dot and the Kangaroo, he tells stories to the hearts of children that are rooted in the Holocaust experience and laced with lessons of survival, kindness, and triumph. • 80+ international awards for various films • 1995 – Received the Order of Australia • 2011 – Autobiography, My Animated Life The University of Southern California’s SHOAH Foundation and the University’s Institute for Creative Technologies are working on an extraordinary project to create holographic interviews available at museums worldwide. Designed to be an interactive exhibit, it will inform, educate, and create a permanent remembrance for many years. After the remaining Holocaust survivors have passed on, their legacies will remain visible and audible in perpetuity, and the lessons should never be forgotten. Judith Zausner can be reached at judith@caringcrafts.com.

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Specific areas of elder law in which the firm concentrates:

Blakey, Yost, Bupp & Rausch, LLP David A. Mills, Esquire

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1984

Yes

Estate planning, wills, trusts, powers of attorney, estate administration, guardianships.

2004

Yes

Estate planning, wills, trusts, powers of attorney, estate administration, guardianships.

Yes

Wills; powers of attorney; living wills; estate settlement; probate; estate planning; nursing home planning; Medicaid; asset protection planning; trusts. We make house calls!

Yes

Long-term care planning; applications and appeals; guardianships; powers of attorney; estate planning and administration.

Daley Zucker Meilton & Miner, LLC 635 North 12th Street, Suite 101 Lemoyne, PA 17043 717-724-9821 fax 717-724-9826 ppatton@dzmmlaw.com • www.dzmmlaw.com

Gettle & Veltri 13 East Market Street, York, PA 17401 717-854-4899 fax 717-848-1603 ghg@gettleveltri.com www.gettleveltri.com

1997

Yes

Halbruner, Hatch & Guise, LLP 2109 Market Street, Camp Hill, PA 17011 717-731-9600 fax 717-731-9627 c.hatch@hhgllp.com • www.hhgllp.com

1992

Yes

Keystone Elder Law 555 Gettysburg Pike, Suite C-100, Mechanicsburg 43 Brookwood Ave, Suite 1, Carlisle 717-697-3223 toll-free 844-697-3223 karen@keystoneelderlaw.com www.keystoneelderlaw.com

2010

Yes

Alzheimer’s and special-needs planning; VA and Medicaid benefits; wills; powers of attorney; trusts; long-term care insurance; estate administration; care coordination; nurse on staff.

1983

1984

Yes

Wills, trusts, estates, guardianship, long-term medical care planning, public benefits for seniors.

1997

2009

Yes

Asset protection, Medicaid planning, all trusts for special needs, and charitable giving.

McAndrews Law Offices, P.C. 30 Cassatt Ave., Berwyn, PA 19312 610-648-9300 fax 610-648-0433 amcandrews@mcandrewslaw.com www.mcandrewslaw.com

Mooney & Associates HARRISBURG: 105 North Front Street; YORK: 40 East Philadelphia Street; CARLISLE: 2 South Hanover Street; SHIPPENSBURG: 34 West King Street; HALIFAX: 3703 Peters Mtn. Rd.; STEWARTSTOWN: 17 North Main Street; HANOVER: 230 York Street; Additional offices in Chambersburg, Gettysburg, Mercersburg, Duncannon, and New Oxford toll-free 877-632-4656 fax 717-632-3612 info@mooney4law.com www.PAElderIssues.com; www.Mooney4Law.com

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

1986

Yes

Estate planning, wills, trusts, powers of attorney, estate administration, guardianships.

Yes

Wills; trusts; living trusts; powers of attorney; long-term care planning; estate planning and administration; VA benefits; Medicaid and Medicare planning.

Yes

Estate planning and administration; long-term care planning; medical assistance; special needs planning and trusts; guardianships.

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Full range of legal services for seniors and special-needs clients; retirement, estate, trust, and Medicaid planning; guardianship; estate administration; health insurance advocacy; in-house care manager.

Saidis, Sullivan & Rogers 26 West High Street, Carlisle, PA 17013 717-243-6222 fax 717-243-6486 attorney@ssr-attorneys.com www.ssr-attorneys.com

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2006

Yes

Scott Alan Mitchell Rhoads & Sinon LLP Lancaster & Harrisburg 717-397-4431 (L) and 717-231-6602 (H) smitchell@rhoads-sinon.com • www.rhoadssinon.com

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1995

Yes

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

1966

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Learning a Language Benefits Cognition If you’re concerned about suffering from Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia as you grow older, you might want to try learning a foreign language.

Scientists at the University of Edinburgh studied data on 835 native English speakers living in or near Edinburgh, Scotland. They found that

those who had learned a second language, even as adults, had better cognitive skills than those who were monolingual. The research was published in the

journal Annals of Neurology and suggests that acquiring a second language even late in life can be a practical mentalhealth benefit as people age.

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and evening meal preparers, afterschool tutors, Second Harvest helpers, and Senior Share Box deliverers. For more information on volunteer opportunities, email lebanonrsvp@rsvpcapreg.org or call RSVP’s Lebanon County office at (717)

454-8956 or the statewide Senior Corps of Pennsylvania hotline toll-free at (800) 870-2616. RSVP, a Senior Corps program of the Corporation for National & Community Service, recruits and places volunteers as: tutors, Meals on Wheels deliverers,

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ADVENTURES

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He said 50 “Tragedies percent of his happen,” he said, climbs are referring to a repeated, while 50 recent avalanche percent are new at Mount expeditions. Everest base “I’ve had camp. “I camped amazing there two years adventures,” ago.” Beckerich said. He also had a “It’s an amazing fall about six feeling when you years ago in the Beckerich taking a break above base camp, get over the top. Colorado peaks Plaza de Argentina. You’ve worked all when he was by day to attain the pinnacle. If I could himself. bottle it, I’d sell it.” “There was a mini-rock slide. I had to But Beckerich only stays at the self-medicate and walk to get help. I had summits for 15 minutes to half an hour to be medevaced to a Denver hospital. I because of how fast the weather can was lucky; I just had a severe laceration change at those heights. to my lower leg,” Beckerich said. “You don’t want to give it disrespect. Now, after meeting other climbers Lightning, hail, wind can strike at any with his same passion, Beckerich goes time.” with them. This summer he spent several Although retired from teaching math, weeks climbing in the Denver area. Beckerich is still teaching to the “curious “Once you get started on adventures, and committed” at a night school and a people give you other places to go,” he community college in his class said. Now on his wish list is “Adventures of a Lifetime.” circumnavigating around Mont Blanc in He also has given presentations at the Alps. retirement communities, homeless Beckerich said in order to take shelters, sporting-goods stores, and local adventures such as the ones he has gone high schools. on, you have to be in shape. He goes to Beckerich’s topics range from choosing the gym once a day for a one-hour an outfitter and training tips, to workout and takes 1.5-hour to two-hour organizing gear lists and getting the right treks through nearby parks. pre-trip medical tests. He also has trekked through the “My mission is to motivate, inspire, Adirondacks on the Appalachian Trail “to and educate people of all ages and make sure I’m fit. The body has its interests in their quest to make a limitations … make sure your diet is difference on the planet, pursue their good, as well as your sleep habits and dreams, and make each day count,” lifestyle. Beckerich said. “If you take care of “I’ve been a lucky person. I’ve had my yourself and are not afraid to take a health, the opportunity, and the financial chance, there are a lot of adventures to ability.” do.” For further information about Although he started out climbing Beckerich’s adventures, contact him at alone, Beckerich doesn’t recommend it. james_beckerich@yahoo.com.

Winter is Coming …

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concrete or low spots in the soil where water can accumulate against the foundation. • Examine the caulking in the siding and around the window and door trims. Heat • Turn on the heating system and ensure that the heat is being delivered to all outlets. • Check the filter and change it if necessary. Keep extra filters around so you can change it during the winter season. www.50plusSeniorNewsPA.com

Nostalgia Road

Sportsalgia Dick Dedrick

n my day (I’ve gotta come up with a better expression), there were no designated hitters or runners. There were no closers. I remember seeing Bob Feller pitch a double hitter on the 4th of July. No, I didn’t. But I heard he did. There was no instant replay back then, like we’re going to have to put up with from now on. What’s next? Laser beams at home plate, so there’ll be no more yelling at the ump?

I guess they’re trying to do away with human imperfections. Pitchers are throwing close to 100 miles an hour these days, and we’ve got radar to prove it. They do have a shorter shelf life, but we don’t get as attached to players as we used to. So it’s not that hard to see them go.

I know—you’re wondering what my problem is. But I’m not really talking to you. I’m talking to my grandkids and pretending they’re listening. I played ball with a $4 bat and an $8 glove. Your folks are paying $200 for a bat and traveling 200 miles for a playoff game.

Photographers and trophy stores are getting rich off your Little League teams. Am I getting through? So much for my baseball rant. Yes, their grandma and I were out there every weekend this summer (and fall) to cheer ’em on. “Good eye, Ashley!” “Good cut, Sophie!” “Good gawd, Wesley!” Visit NostalgiaRoad.com

Calendar of Events

Lebanon County

Programs and Support Groups

Free and open to the public

Senior Center Activities

Oct. 22, 6 to 7 p.m. Personal Care Family Support Group Linden Village 100 Tuck Court, Lebanon (717) 274-7400

Annville Senior Community Center – (717) 867-1796 200 S. White Oak St., Annville Oct. 6, 11:30 a.m. – Mat Hatter Tea Party Oct. 8, 11:45 a.m. – Understanding Memory Series Oct. 21, 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. – Boscov’s Friends Helping Friends Day

Lebanon County Department of Parks and Recreation

Maple Street Community Center – (717) 273-1048 710 Maple St., Lebanon

All events held at the Park at Governor Dick unless noted. Oct. 4, 4 p.m. – Volunteer Picnic Oct. 5, 1 to 4 p.m. – Music on the Porch: Bluegrass and Country Music Jam Oct. 11, 3 p.m. – Senior Walkabout

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Myerstown Senior Community Center – (717) 866-6786 Myerstown Baptist Church, 59 Ramona Road, Myerstown Oct. 8, noon – Fall Celebration Party Oct. 16, 10:45 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. – Bus Trip: The Pines Dinner Theatre Oct. 28, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. – Bus Trip: Allenberry Dinner Theatre Northern Lebanon Senior Community Center – (717) 865-0944 335 N. Lancaster St., Jonestown – www.jonestownpa.org/senior.html Oct. 7, 9:30 a.m. – Women’s Craft Workshop Oct. 20, 12:15 p.m. – Tastykake Bingo Oct. 31, 12:30 p.m. – Pinochle Club Palmyra Senior Community Center – (717) 838-8237 101 S. Railroad St., Palmyra Oct. 7, 11 a.m. – Fall Fest at Days Inn Oct. 22, 10 a.m. – DVD Movie: October Sky Oct. 27, 10:30 a.m. – Fall Color Fashion Show and Activities Privately Owned Centers Senior Center of Lebanon Valley, Inc. – (717) 274-3451 710 Maple St., Lebanon Washington Arms – (717) 274-4104 303 Chestnut St., Lebanon Please contact your local center for scheduled activities.

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My 22 Cents’ Worth

Scandals of Past Generations Walt Sonneville

candal is no stranger to any period of American history, or to any sector of our society. It’s a misconception that contemporary times have brought a severe decline in the morality of our public figures. The founders of our republic, otherwise deeply revered, themselves had episodes of falling from grace. We tend to not know or to forget the sins of the prominent in an earlier America. Are leaders today more debased than those of the 18th and 19th centuries? Maybe the reporting of the follies of our contemporaries is more lurid and detailed than the scandals of bygone eras. Political figures of our developing country were not always role models. Aaron Burr, vice president in President Jefferson’s first term in office, asked the British minster to the United States for $500,000 to have Burr’s help in separating Louisiana from the nation. Two years later, in 1806 when he was then out of office, Burr told the Spanish minister to the United States that his plan went beyond having western territories secede. He conspired to capture our nation’s capital as well. Burr was acquitted of the charge of treason because his plan was not accompanied by direct action. Jefferson, admired for many qualities, reportedly fathered several children by one of his slaves, Sally Hemings, years after his wife died. This scandal first broke as public news while Jefferson was in his first term of the presidency. He simply ignored the charge. Today’s press would not allow that news to lapse.

Alexander Hamilton, our first Some suspected the illicit romance drove secretary of the treasury, had a three-year Mrs. Harding to poison the president, a affair with a married woman that gossip unsupported by evidence. eventually became Recent years have public. He never held seen scandalous public office after the behavior among our disclosure. military leaders but President Grover never a betrayal of Cleveland, president allegiance to the during two separated country. That can’t be terms toward the end said of all military of the 19th century, commanders decades acknowledged his ago. paternity of an James Wilkinson illegitimate son 10 was twice the years before he became commanding general president. He was of the United States Benedict Arnold. unmarried at the time. Army, from 1796Copy of engraving by H. B. Hall 1798 and from 1800Other paramours of the mother were 1812. Teddy Roosevelt married. Cleveland did said of him, “In all our the magnanimous history there is no thing and assumed more despicable child support to spare character.” After his the others. Rather death, it was than destroying him discovered Wilkinson politically, his noble was a paid agent of gesture attracted Spain. considerable praise. Another President Harding revolutionary army (1921-23) had two commander, General affairs before entering Charles Lee, second in the White House. The command under latter romance was Washington, disobeyed Thomas Jefferson. with a married woman Copy of engraving by C. Mayer battle orders issued by that lasted from 1905 Washington, for whom until 1920. He kept the matter quiet he held personal contempt as unfit to during his presidential campaign by lead the revolution. paying the woman for her silence, only Lee previously had been held prisoner to die of a heart attack while in office. by the British. It was found, after his

death, that during that imprisonment he had worked to assist British General Howe. Benjamin Church was the first surgeon general of the United States Army during the American Revolutionary War. He was also an informer to British General Thomas Gage. Church was convicted of treasonous behavior. No one matched the treachery of Benedict Arnold, a Revolutionary War hero who became disillusioned with the cause and bitter at those superiors who claimed personal credit for Arnold’s accomplishments. Appointed to command the fort at West Point, Arnold offered to surrender to the British. His treason discovered, he escaped capture by Washington’s forces and became a general in the British army, leading attacks in Virginia and Connecticut. Scandals serve a purpose. They demonstrate to the ethically frail that the moral and ethical transgressions of even the wealthy and powerful can go awry, regardless of their skill in concealment. Follies of the prominent provide public morality lessons. The rest of us sin in private. Walt Sonneville, a retired market-research analyst, is the author of My 22 Cents’ Worth: The Higher-Valued Opinion of a Senior Citizen and A Musing Moment: Meditative Essays on Life and Learning, books of personal-opinion essays, free of partisan and sectarian viewpoints. Contact him at waltsonneville@verizon.net.

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