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

Lebanon County Edition

November 2014

Vol. 9 No. 11

Central PA Thanks its Vets Veterans’ Expo & Job Fair to Connect Local Vets with Community Resources, Jobs By Megan Joyce It has become a well-deserved and common practice nowadays to thank the members of our military, both past and present, for their service. Whether it’s a simple, impromptu thank-you between passersby on the street or more formal, public recognition, Americans have embraced the resounding call to let our men and women in uniform know we appreciate their efforts, sacrifices, and bravery. In this spirit, OLP Events, the events division of On-Line Publishers, Inc., will present its first Veterans’ Expo & Job Fair from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday, Nov. 14, at the Eden Resort, Lancaster. Area veterans, active military, and their families are urged to attend the free, one-day event. Donna Anderson, president and CEO of On-Line Publishers, which produces 50plus Senior News and the 50plus EXPOs, said the idea to organize a Veterans’ Expo & Job Fair developed after a special veterans’ area and patriotic programming were well received during one of last year’s 50plus EXPOs. “Veterans’ benefits change pretty regularly, but many veterans are unaware of the benefits they’ve earned,” Anderson said. United in theme and purpose, the Veterans’ Expo & Job Fair will be a two-for-one experience. Anderson said the response from community has please see VETS page 19

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How to Tell If You Have Prediabetes page 5

Giving to Others Becomes a Trend with Holiday Gifts page 12

The Way I See It

Leftovers November 14, 2014 9 a.m. – 2 p.m. Eden Resort • 222 Eden Road, Lancaster

This event is FREE for Expo attendees and job seekers! Please, join us! Opening ceremony – 9 a.m. Special appearances, including Lt. Gen. Dennis Benchoﬀ and the Red Rose Veterans Honor Guard At the Expo Veterans Benefits & Services Community Services Thank-a-Vet Participants Recorder of Deeds will register your DD-214.

Medical/Nonmedical Resources Products and Services Available Support/Assistance Programs

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

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Mike Clark found an outdated container of beef gravy in the back of our refrigerator while gathering ingredients for dinner.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

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

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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

Hearing Services Hearing & Ear Care Center 200 Schneider Drive, Suite 1, Lebanon (717) 274-3851 Melnick, Moffitt, and Mesaros 927 Russell Drive, Lebanon (717) 274-9775 Pennsylvania Office for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (800) 233-3008 V/TTY Hospitals Good Samaritan Hospital 252 S. Fourth St., Lebanon (717) 270-7500

Lebanon County Housing & Redevelopment Authorities (717) 274-1401 Lebanon HOPES (717) 274-7528, ext. 3201 Independent Living Communities Country Acres Manufactured Home Park, LP 1600 Kercher Ave., Myerstown (717) 866-5496 Insurance Medicare Hotline (800) 638-6833

Medical Society of Lebanon County (717) 270-7500

Legal Services Pennsylvania Bar Association (717) 238-6715

Hotlines Energy Assistance (800) 692-7462

Office of Aging Lebanon County Area Agency on Aging (717) 273-9262

Environmental Protection Agency Emergency Hotline (800) 541-2050

Pharmacies CVS/pharmacy www.cvs.com

IRS Income Tax Assistance (800) 829-1040

American Lung Association (717) 541-5864

Medicaid (800) 692-7462

Arthritis Foundation (717) 274-0754

Medicare (800) 382-1274

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

PA Crime Stoppers (800) 472-8477

CONTACT Helpline (717) 652-4400

PennDOT (800) 932-4600

Interventional Vein & Muscular Institute (844) 438-4884

Recycling (800) 346-4242

Kidney Foundation (717) 652-8123

Social Security Information (800) 772-1213

The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (717) 652-6520

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

Lupus Foundation (888) 215-8787

Housing Assistance Housing Assistance & Resources Program (HARP) (717) 273-9328

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

Maple Street Senior Community Center (717) 273-1048 Myerstown Senior Community Center (717) 866-6786 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 Capital Region, Inc. (717) 847-1539 RSVP Lancaster County (717) 847-1539 RSVP Lebanon County (717) 454-8956 RSVP York County (443) 619-3842

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Global Survey Shows People Widely Misinformed about Alzheimer’s

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

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

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

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

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

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How to Tell If You Have Prediabetes Jim Miller Dear Savvy Senior, My 62-year-old sister was recently diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes and was surprised when the doctor told her that she’s probably had it or prediabetes for many years. My question is, what determines prediabetes and how can you know if you have it? – Surprised Senior Dear Surprised, Underlying today’s growing epidemic of Type 2 diabetes is a much larger epidemic called prediabetes, which is when the blood-sugar levels are higher than normal but not high enough to be called diabetes. The National Institutes of Health estimates that as many as 79 million Americans today have prediabetes. Left untreated, it almost always turns into Type 2 diabetes within 10 years. And, if you have prediabetes, the long-term damage it can cause— especially to your heart and circulatory system—may already be starting. But the good news is that prediabetes doesn’t mean that you’re destined for fullblown diabetes. Prediabetes can actually be reversed, and diabetes prevented, by making some simple lifestyle changes like losing weight, exercising, eating a healthy diet, and cutting back on carbohydrates. Or, if you need more help, oral medications may also be an option. Get Checked? Because prediabetes typically causes no outward symptoms, most people who

have it don’t realize it. The only way to know for sure is to get a blood test. Everyone age 45 years or older should consider getting tested for prediabetes, especially if you are overweight with a body mass index (BMI) above 25. See www.cdc.gov/bmi to calculate your BMI. If you are younger than 45 but are overweight, or have high blood pressure, a family history of diabetes, or belong to an ethnic group (Latino, Asian, African, or Native American) at high risk for diabetes, you too should get checked. To help you determine your risk of diabetes, the American Diabetes Association has a quick, online quiz you can take for free at www.diabetes.org/areyou-at-risk.

If you’re reluctant to visit your doctor to get tested, an alternative is to test yourself. To do that, you’ll need to purchase an A1C home test kit that measures your average blood glucose over the past two to three months. The ReliOn A1c Test sold at Walmart (or www.walmart.com) for $9 is a popular option. With this test kit, you provide a small blood sample (about a drop) and send it to the lab in a postagepaid return mailer for analysis. The

results are usually sent back within a week. A1C tests measure the percentage of glucose in the bloodstream. A reading of 5.7 to 6.4 percent is considered prediabetes, while 6.5 percent or greater is diabetes. If you find that you are prediabetic or diabetic, you need to see your doctor to develop a plan to get it under control. For more information on prediabetes and diabetes, visit the American Diabetes Association at www.diabetes.org and the National Diabetes Education Program (www.ndep.nih.gov), which also offers dozens of free publications you can order online or by calling (888) 693-6337. 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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Diabetes Tests There are several tests your doctor can give you to determine whether you have prediabetes, like the “fasting blood glucose test” or the “oral glucose tolerance test,” which each require an eight-hour fast before you take it. And the “hemoglobin A1C test” can be taken any time regardless of when you ate.

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Nursing & Rehabilitation Centers Bethany Village – The Oaks

Claremont Nursing and Rehabilitation Center

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

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

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

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

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

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Maple Farm

1901 North Fifth Street • Harrisburg, PA 17102-1598 (717) 221-7902 • www.homelandcenter.org

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

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

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

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

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

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

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The Middletown Home

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

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

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

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

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

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

Mt. Hope Nazarene Retirement Community

Pleasant Acres Nursing & Rehabilitation Center

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Nursing & Rehabilitation Centers Spring Creek Rehabilitation & Health Care Center

Tel Hai Retirement Community

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

1200 Tel Hai Circle • Honey Brook, PA 19344 (610) 273-9333 • www.telhai.org

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

Number of Beds: 139 Rehabilitation Unit: Yes Alzheimer’s Unit: Yes Skilled Licensed Nursing: Yes Therapy: Speech, Occupational, Respiratory Long-Term Care: Yes Respite Care: Yes 24-Hour Medical Care: Yes Recreational Activities: Yes Scheduled Entertainment: 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: A charming campus offering short-term rehab, specialized respiratory services to include vents and trachs, Alzheimer’s unit, and long-term skilled care.

Private Rooms Available: Yes Semi-Private Rooms Available: Yes Pet Visitation Allowed: Yes Beauty/Barber Shop: Yes Medicare: Yes Medicaid: Yes Accreditations/Affiliations: CARF, MHS Alliance, Leading Age Comments: Dedicated short-term rehab neighborhood with Tel Hai’s own therapy department dedicated to intensive therapy with goal of returning home.

Transitions Healthcare – Gettysburg

Twin Pines Health Care Center

595 Biglerville Road • Gettysburg, PA 17325 (717) 334-6249 • www.transitionshealthcarellc.com

315 East London Grove Road • West Grove, PA 19390 (610) 869-2456

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

Number of Beds: 120 Rehabilitation Unit: Yes Alzheimer’s Unit: No Skilled Licensed Nursing: Yes Therapy: Speech, Occupational, Physical Long-Term Care: Yes Respite Care: Yes 24-Hour Medical Care: Yes Recreational Activities: Yes Scheduled Entertainment: Yes

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!

Private Rooms Available: Yes Semi-Private Rooms Available: Yes Pet Visitation Allowed: Yes Beauty/Barber Shop: Yes Medicare: Yes Medicaid: Yes Accreditations/Affiliations: AHCA, PHCA Comments: Beautiful, brand-new facility. Top-quality skilled nursing and rehab. Immediate openings!

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

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Serving Veterans on Veterans Day and Always By John Johnston Every day—but particularly on Veterans Day—Social Security salutes those who have put their lives on the line for our freedom. Members of the United States Armed Forces receive expedited processing of their Social Security disability applications. The expedited process is available for any military service member who alleges he or she became disabled during active duty on or after Oct. 1, 2001, regardless of where the disability occurred—at home or in the line of duty. Expedited processing is also available to veterans who have a compensation rating of 100 percent permanent and total (P&T) disability, regardless of when the disability occurred. Some dependent children and spouses www.50plusSeniorNewsPA.com

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

available to wounded warriors. The one-hour Nov.11 video is an introduction to disability benefits for veterans and activeduty military personnel. If you would like more detailed information about the disability process, you can watch our seven-part video series, “Social Security Disability Claims Process,” at www.socialsecurity.gov/social media/webinars. On the Wounded Warriors webpage, you’ll find links to the Department of Veterans Affairs and Department of Defense websites. Please keep in mind that the requirements for disability benefits available through Social Security

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

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Art and Antiques by Dr. Lori

Top 10 Thanksgiving Collectibles Lori Verderame n the autumn of 1621, the Plymouth colonists and the Wampanoag Indians celebrated the autumn or harvest feast together. The harvest feast was a longstanding event in Native American culture and it occurred long before the Pilgrims reached Plymouth, Mass. Today, we call that celebration Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving is one of the times when families reunite to take part in age-old family traditions. While most families enjoy a feast of turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, and the trimmings, we also enjoy the objects that remind us of coming home at holiday time.

Kitchen collectibles are those items that stir memories, like canister sets, mixing bowls, holiday china, hand-painted tea sets, seasonal tablecloths and matching napkins, ceramic floral centerpieces, special crystal goblets, wellworn casserole dishes, etc. The antique and vintage kitchen objects that make holidays

special can have collectible and monetary value, too. Here are the top 10 Thanksgiving holiday collectibles that you can find in your mother’s or grandmother’s kitchen and beyond:

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Tucky, Steiff turkey toy stuffed animal

1. Turkey platters of Staffordshire or Limoges china. These platters are typically of blue/white ceramic or full color featuring an image of a dressed turkey at the

center. They date from the mid- to late 19th century to the present day and remain highly collectible. 2. Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade memorabilia. Whatever I am doing on Thanksgiving morning and wherever I am spending Thanksgiving in any given year, I do not miss this fabulous American event. The long-running parade is an American tradition with celebrity guests, decorated floats, marching bands, highflying character balloons, and Santa Claus. The employee-organized parade debuted on Nov. 27, 1924, and its long

Calendar of Events

Lebanon County

Programs and Support Groups

Free and open to the public

Senior Center Activities

Nov. 26, 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 Nov. 13, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. – Medicare Enrollment Appointments with APPRISE Nov. 17, 10:30 a.m. – Planning Committee Meeting and Holiday Recipe Exchange Nov. 25, 11:30 a.m. – Lunch Club Meeting at LCCTC’s Hilltop Café

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Myerstown Senior Community Center – (717) 866-6786 Myerstown Baptist Church, 59 Ramona Road, Myerstown Nov. 19, noon – Thanksgiving at Country Fare Restaurant Nov. 29, 10 a.m. – Myerstown Holiday Parade (Decorate Float) Northern Lebanon Senior Community Center – (717) 865-0944 335 N. Lancaster St., Jonestown – www.jonestownpa.org/senior.html Nov. 5, 10 a.m. – Healthy Steps for Older Adults Class Nov. 10, 12:15 p.m. – Presentation by Local Author Wayne Anspach: “One-Room Schoolhouses” Nov. 21, 12:30 p.m. – Pinochle Club Palmyra Senior Community Center – (717) 838-8237 101 S. Railroad St., Palmyra Nov. 7, 11:30 a.m. – Lunch Club at Red Lobster Nov. 19, 10:30 a.m. – Pasta Sticks Social Game Nov. 25, 10:30 a.m. – Hot Apple Cider and Cookie Social

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and diverse history offers collectors various types of parade memorabilia. 3. Steiff turkey toy. The German stuffed toy firm Steiff is best known for its antique mohair teddy bears dating back to the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The toy maker also produced many other types of stuffed animals from the mid-1900s. The 1950s-era Steiff turkey toy named Tucky is a sought-after Thanksgiving collectible toy. 4. Pilgrim Barbie doll. As you know, Barbie comes in many forms, but at holiday time, Mattel made sure Barbie was the hostess with the mostess. Collectible Barbie dolls exist in the Thanksgiving hostess style and the ever-popular Pilgrim Barbie, too. 5. Authentic antique Native American baskets. These Thanksgiving collectibles are very pricey for those made in the Eastern, Southwestern, and Pacific Northwestern United States, including Alaska. Ranging in value well into the several thousands of dollars for one good example, antique Native American basketry by the Haida tribe and others is quite collectible and valuable. 6. Thanksgiving-related salt and pepper shakers. Look for turkey, Native Americans, and pilgrim salt-and-pepper shakers by various makers such as Napco, Spode, Goebel, etc. Holiday tables worldwide are enlivened by the addition of small-scale collectible salt-and-pepper shakers in the form of various Thanksgiving-related figures. 7. Presidential Turkey pardon memorabilia. Paper announcements, TV news footage, and newspaper reports from the White House regarding the annual pardoning of a Thanksgiving turkey

remain a holiday collectible favorite. 8. Toleware holiday trays. Metal trays with images of turkeys, teepees, and all the trimmings are popular offerings at antique shops and flea markets in the autumn. They range in value from $25 to $75 depending on size, image, and condition. 9. Table Talk pumpkin pie tins. While Table Talk pie tins have a strong collectibles interest in the New England states, the rest of the global collecting market gets into the act at Thanksgiving time. These tin pie plates dating back into the 1900s are not going to bust your wallet, and they make fun holiday collectibles for the Thanksgiving buffet table. 10. Norman Rockwell’s Freedom from Want (Thanksgiving Day) color poster, circa 1941-45. This famous image features a family sitting down to Thanksgiving dinner. Rockwell’s poster was based on President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s Four Freedoms speech and has become synonymous with the American Thanksgiving feast since World War II. The reproduction poster in good condition from the World War II era is worth $125 to $200. This Thanksgiving, as you collect new memories and give thanks for family and friends, remember that your favorite antiques will remind you of crisp autumn days with loved ones. Have a happy Thanksgiving! Celebrity Ph.D. antiques appraiser, author, and award-winning TV personality, Dr. Lori hosts antiques appraisal events worldwide. Dr. Lori is the star appraiser on Discovery channel’s hit TV show Auction Kings. Visit www.DrLoriV. com/Events, www.Facebook.com/DoctorLori, or call (888) 431-1010.

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

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

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folk dances, and went pub-crawling in the evening. We lived in dorms carved out of buildings that dated back to the 18th century and ate in the Great Hall where King Charles I held his parliament in the 17th century and that was used as inspiration for Harry Potter’s Hogwarts Hall in the 21st century. Our fellow students, who included folks from more than a dozen countries, ranged in age from under 20 to over 90, although the majority were in their midto late 60s. In short, we were taught by experts, surrounded by history, and immersed in culture, and we were members of an international community. It’s a heady combination and undoubtedly explains why the program, which began in 1990, is so popular. There are six one-week sessions between the first of July and the middle of August. During each session, there are at least 10 courses, each limited to 12 students, who meet with a tutor for three hours every morning. Courses range from the specific (George Eliot’s Middlemarch) to the

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general (Moral Philosophy), the artistic (Beethoven: His Life and Music) to the historic (The Birth of Europe), the religious (Sacred Landscapes and Holy Places) to the scientific (Human Memory and the Brain). The courses are so varied, and so well presented, that more than 50 percent of the attendees are repeaters. Indeed, we met one woman who has come for 10 summers and, during many of those summers, has stayed for two or more sessions. Although Christ Church is just a few blocks from the center of Oxford, our days on campus were so full that we weren’t able to thoroughly enjoy the town. So, after “graduation” we allow ourselves three days to see the age-old buildings and cobblestone alleys of the city itself. To get an overview, we climb the 100-plus steps to the top of the Church of St. Mary the Virgin, where we look out over a sea of spires. Steepled churches and turreted buildings are surrounded by hills of green, and narrow alleys are bisected by modern thoroughfares.

Descending from the stratosphere, we stop at the Bodleian Library, which, with more than 11 million volumes, is the second largest in Britain; gaze at the Sheldonian Theatre, designed by famed 17th-century architect Sir Christopher Wren; and meander through the Botanic Garden, the oldest such garden in England. In the shallow river bordering the gardens, we get our first look at punting, a popular Oxford activity that involves propelling a flat-bottomed boat by pushing a pole against the riverbed. It looks easy, so we rent a boat, intending to try our skill, but it takes us less than 10 minutes mired in mud to realize that we have no skill. We finally hire a “chauffeur,” who punts while we contemplate the view. We get our literary fix by having pubgrub at the White Horse, figuring that if it’s good enough for Inspector Morse, it’s good enough for us; downing ale at The Eagle and Child, the favorite stomping grounds of J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis; and visiting the shop that was frequented by the real-life Alice in Wonderland as well as Lewis Carroll, the man who immortalized her. Finally, on our last day, we treat ourselves to an all-day tour of the Cotswolds. As Martin Cowell, owner of Absolute Touring, drives his eightpassenger van along windy roads and small villages that are inaccessible to larger vehicles, we enter a world where sheep graze in fields bordered by stacked stone fences and homes are built from bricks the color of burnished gold. Martin tells us that the Cotswolds has been deemed an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, and it is indeed. But it’s more than that. It’s a poster come to life. Back in Oxford, we stop at a souvenir shop where I buy a t-shirt emblazoned with the Oxford University insignia. After all, even a faux grad deserves some bragging rights. www.oxfordexperience.info www.visitoxfordandoxfordshire.com

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Carve Your Turkey with Flair To get the best results from your Thanksgiving turkey, and also make it more appealing to the eyes, you should use proper carving and slicing techniques. Follow these basics: • Allow your turkey to stand at room temperature for 10 to 20 minutes after cooking and before slicing. This allows the juices to distribute evenly throughout the turkey. Netting and cooking bags are also easier to remove after this time. The maximum standing time should be 20 minutes.

hands frequently. • Immediately after the 10 to 20 minutes’ holding time, carve the turkey from its carcass into major sections (i.e., breasts, thighs, drumsticks, and wings).

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

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

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

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

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

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somebody else cares and is willing to give them a hand.” ‘Hands-on’ Gifts For people who want to do more than donate money, there are several organizations that ask people to be more hands-on. Kat Prickett of Mount Joy has been a volunteer with Operation Christmas Child, a charity run by Samaritan’s Purse, since she was 11 years old. Her mom became a project leader at the family’s church, and together they’d fill shoeboxes with toothbrushes, school supplies, and coloring pages to send to children in need. Today, Operation Christmas Child has 19 drop-off locations in Central Pennsylvania where people can take their filled shoeboxes to be shipped to boys and girls around the world. Last year, 31,571 boxes were collected in this area alone, Prickett said. “Usually, the children who receive a box are getting the first gift they’ve ever received in their whole life,” she said. “For a child to know someone across the world is thinking of them, cares about them, and loves them, that’s amazing.” A lot of families make filling the boxes an annual tradition, getting their kids to buy items for children their own age and explaining how not everyone has the same comforts in life, Prickett said. Remembering the Troops If you’re looking to put your charity dollars to work in a more local organization, Keystone Military Families is busy sending more than 6,000

stockings to soldiers around the world. Kyle Lord of Shoemakersville got involved shortly after Sept. 11, 2001, when her son, Sgt. First Class Brent Lord, a member of the Army National Guard, was sent overseas. “I found the only way to keep my sanity was to take care of other people’s kids, so we started care packages for his unit and later for the rest of the National Guard that was deployed at that time,” Lord said. Men and women who are sent on missions away from their support staff often go without hot meals and wear the same clothes for up to 10 days, she said. They send a lot of granola bars, socks, foot powder, and blister pads to ease the discomfort. Keystone Military Families also hosts a pantry where military families can stock up on nonperishable shelf items or frozen meats. A year ago, they served about 12 families a month, Lord said. Today, they serve 30 to 50 families a week. “There’s a lot more of our troops coming home with medical problems, and it can take a long time for them to get the financial support they need,” Lord said. “The obvious injuries are the ones that get taken care of first.” For many people, they’re not just

Horn of Plenty: The Myth and the Symbol The cornucopia, or horn of plenty, has long been heralded as a symbol of nature’s abundance. Its history is long and rich. In Greek mythology, it was one of the horns of the goat Amalthaea, who nursed the god Zeus as a baby. The horn was believed to have produced ambrosia and nectar, which were believed then to be the food of the gods. A Roman myth says that the horn of www.50plusSeniorNewsPA.com

the cornucopia came from the river god Achelous, who transformed into a bull to fight with the hero Hercules. When Hercules broke the horn from the river god’s head, water nymphs filled the horn with flowers and fruit and left it as an offering to Copia, the goddess of plenty. These stories have contributed to the image of the cornucopia as a symbol of gratitude for a good harvest, making it an appropriate symbol for Thanksgiving Day.

helping strangers by donating care-package items, Lord said. They feel they’re helping their brothers or sisters, fathers or mothers, or even their neighbors. “Anything we can send them from home is a reminder that people care

about them and haven’t forgotten what they’ve done for our country,” Lord said. “Really, we can’t do enough to thank them.” For more information on these organizations, visit them at: • Gifts that Give Hope, www.giftsthatgivehope.org/lancaster

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Report Highlights Effect of Aging Boomers While rates of smoking and excessive drinking have declined among older Americans, prevalence of chronic disease has risen, and many older Americans are unprepared to afford the costs of longterm care in a nursing home, according to a report from the U.S. Census Bureau commissioned by the National Institutes of Health. The report highlights those trends and others among America’s older population, now over 40 million and expected to more than double by midcentury, growing to 83.7 million people and one-fifth of the U.S. population by 2050. Population trends and other national data about people 65 and older are presented in the report, 65+ in the United States: 2010. It documents aging as quite varied in terms of how long people live, how well

they age, their financial and educational status, their medical and long-term care and housing costs, where they live and with whom, and other factors important for aging and health. Funded by the National Institute on Aging (NIA), part of NIH, the report draws heavily on data from the 2010 Census and other nationally representative surveys. In addition, data from NIA-funded research was included in the report. A key aspect of the report is the effect that the aging of the baby boom generation—those born between 1946 and 1964—will have on the U.S. population and on society in general. Baby boomers began to reach age 65 in 2011; between 2010 and 2020, the older generation is projected to grow more rapidly than in any other decade since 1900.

Volunteer Spotlight RSVP Chooses LCCM Volunteer According to Dan RSVP of the Capital Region has named Landes, LCCM Lebanon County development manager, you Christian Ministries can usually find Gene at the food bank up to 30 volunteer Gene Deiter as its Lebanon County minutes before it opens at Volunteer of the Month 8 a.m., just so that he can for November. take time to go around the Gene is a main part building and pull weeds, of the family at LCCM pick up trash, take care of and provides the area the plants, and adjust the food bank with 55+ landscaping timbers. Gene Deiter hours a month of Gene does a host of service—sometimes up to 70 hours— other tasks for LCCM—everything and he can often out-pace, out-think, from driving vans and picking up and out-last younger volunteers. donations, to delivering noon meals to Gene grew up and lives in Palmyra the less fortunate who are immobile to this day. He is happily married to and in need of food. When told of a Mary Deiter, his wife of 35 years. need, he is quick to help. If coverage Gene retired from 18 years in is required, he can be counted on. Hershey Public Works, and he used Gene is a shining example of the his vacation time during those years good that can be accomplished when to indulge in his first love: being a we give back. stagehand at the Hershey Arena For more information on volunteer Theatre. This was Gene’s calling, so opportunities with RSVP, the nation’s much so that it cost him some of his largest volunteer program for adults aged hearing due to the loud concerts that 55-plus, email lebanonrsvp@rsvpcapreg. he used to work. org, visit www.rsvcapreg.org, or call Gene’s current hobby says a lot RSVP’s Lebanon County office at (717) about who he is: He loves to ride 454-8956 or the statewide Senior Corps bike, but he also picks up aluminum of Pennsylvania hotline toll-free at (800) cans that he finds along the road. 870-2616.

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The report points out some critical health-related issues:

room in a nursing home was $229 per day or $83,585 per year in 2010.

• Rates of smoking and excessive alcohol consumption have declined among those 65 and older, but the percentage of overweight and obese people has increased. • Between 2003-2006, 72 percent of older men and 67 percent of older women were overweight or obese. Obesity is associated in increased rates of diabetes, arthritis, and impaired mobility, and in some cases with higher death rates. • Research based on NIA’s Health and Retirement Study suggests that the prevalence of chronic diseases, such as high blood pressure, heart disease, chronic lung disease, and diabetes, increased among older people between 1998 and 2008. For example, in 2008, 41 percent of the older population had three or more chronic conditions, 51 percent had one or two, and only 8 percent had no chronic conditions. • The cost of long-term care varies by care setting. The average cost of a private

• Less than one-fifth of older people have the personal financial resources to live in a nursing home for more than three years, and almost two-thirds cannot afford even one year. • Medicare provides coverage in a skilled nursing facility to older and disabled patients for short time periods following hospitalization. • Medicaid covers long-term care in certified facilities for qualifying lowincome seniors. In 2006, Medicaid paid for 43 percent of long-term care. “Most of the long-term care provided to older people today comes from unpaid family members and friends,” noted Richard Suzman, director of the Division of Behavioral and Social Research at NIA. “Baby boomers had far fewer children than their parents. Combined with higher divorce rates and disrupted family structures, this will result in fewer family members to provide long-term care in the future. This will become more serious as people live longer with conditions such as cancer, heart disease, and Alzheimer’s.”

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Julie Adams Revisits the Black Lagoon Nick Thomas ow much mileage could a studio expect from a 1950s film starring a biologist with a fascination for a secluded fishpond? Quite a bit, when the scientist is beautiful Julie Adams wrapped in a skintight, white-latex bathing suit and the fish turns out to be an angry piscine amphibious humanoid—a.k.a., Creature from the Black Lagoon. Having premiered 60 years ago this year, the success of the now-cult film continues to astound Adams, who, at age 87, remains a popular guest at fan conventions and film festivals across the country. “It’s amazing the life this movie has,” said Adams from her Los Angeles home. She portrayed scientist Kay Lawrence, who was abducted by the infatuated Gill Man toward the end of the creature feature. “It’s a classic beauty-and-the-beast story, with stunning underwater photography filmed at Wakulla Springs, Fla., because of its clear waters. The lagoon scenes were shot at the Universal Studios back lot where Gilligan’s Island was filmed.” Underwater, Adams was doubled by Ginger Stanley, while Ricou Browning donned the rubber creature suit for swimming scenes. On land, the creature was played by Ben Browning. “Ben began going to fan conventions in the 1990s and convinced me to attend my first one in 2003. It’s wonderful to meet so many people who still enjoy your work.” Fans have also shared some

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

Adams with Jimmy Stewart in 1972.

interesting admissions with Adams. “Some told me they became zoologists or paleontologists because of the film. And I met a little girl who was named after my character!” In 2011, the Arkansas-raised actress self-published her autobiography, The Lucky Southern Star: Reflections from the Black Lagoon, coauthored with her son, Mitch Danton. The book contains some 200 photographs, many unpublished from her personal collection, with a

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chapter devoted to Black Lagoon. Of course, the Creature wasn’t the only biped with whom Adams costarred during her career. She received top billing with less scaly characters such as William Powell, Glenn Ford, Charlton Heston, Elvis Presley, Rock Hudson, and many others (see www.julieadams.biz). “Rock and I were about the same age, so we became close friends and often played bridge.”

Thomas’ features and columns have appeared in more than 400 magazines and newspapers, and he is the author of Raised by the Stars, published by McFarland. He can be reached at his blog: http://getnickt. blogspot.com All photos provided by Julie Adams’ son, Mitch Danton.

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One of her favorite costars was Jimmy Stewart, with whom she appeared in Bend of the River two years before Black Lagoon. Two decades later, she reunited with Stewart in 1971 for The Jimmy Stewart Show. “After I read for the part of Jimmy’s wife, he gave me a little nod as if to say, ‘You’ve got the job’—and I did. Jimmy was wonderfully informal but professional, so it wasn’t hard to pretend to be in love with such a lovely man and talented actor.” However, critics and audiences were not so enamored with the show, which was canceled after the first season. “It was quite a charming show but came out the same time as more edgy sitcoms like All in the Family,” said Adams, who still remembers it fondly. “My idea of heaven was going to work with Jimmy Stewart every day for six months!” Unlike the little-remembered TV show, The Creature from the Black Lagoon continues to gain fans from new generations. “Some projects just take on a life of their own,” says Adams. “The Creature still walks among us.”

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The Search for Our Ancestry

DNA and Family Trees Angelo Coniglio ontrary to what many believe (and to the disappointment of the ill-informed), DNA tests, in and of themselves, cannot take a sample of one’s genetic material and magically produce a list of ancestors by name and date, going back generation upon generation. The key to developing that kind of personal ancestry is to have hundreds (or thousands — the more the merrier) of donors have their DNA tested and then compared. The actual “family tree” enhancement comes not from the DNA tests, but from knowledge that may have been compiled by conventional means (what I call “paper genealogy”) by one or several donors with matching DNA. I’ll use some examples from 23andMe to augment my discussion. Other DNAtesting venues are similar. When you register on 23andMe, you (voluntarily) provide important information about yourself: your current residence; ancestral villages; and common family and ancestral surnames. After your DNA is analyzed, 23andMe adds items to your list: ancestry, the geographical place where most of your “ancestral composition” occurred about 500 years ago (mine is Southern Europe); and codes for the “maternal haplogroup” and “paternal haplogroup” representing some of your ancestors’ whereabouts 5,000 to 25,000 years ago (my haplogroups are, respectively, H3 and I2b1). In addition to characterizing a donor by ancestral composition of 500 years ago, and identifying his/her haplogroups from the distant past, 23andMe provides a list of DNA relatives identified as ‘‘23andMe members who share a relationship with you.” This is a list (coded by the participant for privacy) that shows your purported relatives who are in the 23andMe database, from the closest to the most distant. The closest one shown in my case is a “second to fourth cousin,” and the most distant (number 551 on the list) is identified only as a “distant cousin.” Next to each name in the list is the

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voluntary information that person entered—and here’s the rub: Some people give (as I do) their own full, uncoded names, as well as a number of ancestral origins and dozens of family surnames; others give no name, no ancestral towns, no surnames. Why anyone joins a DNA service and then shares no information is beyond me, because it is that very information that one uses to see whether there are any obvious reasons for assuming a relationship. Each person in the list, whether they have given much, or only minimal, information, can be contacted through 23andMe. I can simply send a message, asking the person to start a conversation with me, all protected and private, through 23andMe; or I can request that the person share their genome (genetic blueprint) with me. The person can then elect to share their health and genealogical information or only their genealogical information, or they can decline to share anything (again, why join the service and then decline to share?). Those who agree to share information can then be selected for comparison, which shows a bar graph of the 23 chromosome pairs, highlighting those segments of certain chromosomes that are an exact match to mine. A measure of DNA length is the “centiMorgan” (cM). Most venues consider matching segments of 7 cM or longer as significant: that is, showing a genetic relationship between two people. If two close relatives had their DNA compared, there would be a large number of long segments that matched, in most of the chromosomes. The more distant the relationship, the fewer and shorter the matching segments would be. Next time: hits and misses. Coniglio is the author of a novella inspired by his Sicilian research entitled The Lady of the Wheel, available in paperback at amzn.to/racalmuto or in an e-book at bit.ly/LadyOfTheWheelKindle. For more information, check out his webpage at bit.ly/AFCGen or email him at genealogytips@aol.com.

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

on Buchko experience did well there, with the so well that at huge the end of flight this fivesimulator month under the assignment, watchful he was chosen eye of the to attend the Buchko at the controls of manuthree-month the flight simulator at O’Hare AFB in 1954. facturer’s flight representsimulation atives, who provided the training. school that A/2C Gerald (Gerry) Buchko Every F-86D pilot was required to taught how at Keesler AFB in 1953. spend two hours every month “flying” to operate the simulator through various weather and care for conditions, flying hazards, and aerial the simulators that gave pilots various attacks set up by the push of a button in kinds of flight experience without the simulator’s control room by a flight leaving the ground. simulator specialist like Buchko. Then it was off to O’Hare AFB in Realism was the key. There were two Chicago, to the 62nd Fighter Squadron as a flight simulator specialist. There loudspeakers beneath the cockpit that Buchko had six more months of handsemitted the whine of a jet engine. For night flying, there were flashes of lightening and rumbles of thunder, as needed. When the pilot entered the simulator, he had the same instrumentation as in Available from the airplane itself. He started the engine, called for taxiing information, taxied for Health Depot Wellness & Pharmacy take-off, and took off for a mission as Booth #189 directed by the flight simulator 10 a.m. until supplies are exhausted specialist. And he “flew” it as he would have flown the F-86D. But, in the simulator, For people with Medicare, flu shots he was able to practice recovering from are covered and are free of charge. emergencies like fires, flame-outs, and Some prescriptions plans cover the loss of controls that could have been flu shot as well; check with your fatal in the airplane itself. If he failed to insurance provider. correct problems, a loud bell announced Without insurance, flu shots that he had crashed. are $20 cash. Input from the control room was carried through 60 miles of wire and 1,262 electronic tubes, a total of 28,000 pounds of equipment to make this all happen. To get everything in motion took 3,000 watts of electricity per hour. LANCASTER COUNTY The flight simulation specialists were November 5, 2014 • 9 a.m. – 2 p.m. responsible for keeping all the tubes, Spooky Nook Sports wires, and connections in working 2913 Spooky Nook Road, Manheim order. (Just off Rt. 283 at the Salunga exit) Specialists like Buchko had to be able to play the role of operators of towers, instrument-landing systems (ILS), ground-controlled approach systems (GCA), and other systems the F-86D pilots would be using. There was so

erry Buchko says he was fascinated by airplanes as long as he can remember. As a child growing up in Donora, Pa., he would spend hours assembling kits of aircraft that he would add to his personal air force. So it wasn’t surprising that, when he was able to, he enlisted in the Air Force in February 1953. After basic training at Sampson Air Force Base in New York, he shipped by train to Keesler AFB in Biloxi, Miss. “I was a little surprised that when it was 45 F as we stepped on the train, it was 90 F when we stepped off the next day in Biloxi,” he says. “For guys with nothing but our heavy wool uniforms, that was hot.” He was assigned to the Basic Electronics School in Biloxi that taught virtually all the Air Force men who would be working in all phases of electronics.

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much to know and so many pilots to train that the simulator was in service 24 hours a day. Still, there were hours when pilots were not being trained. In those hours, specialists like Buchko were encouraged to use the simulator themselves and to set up for themselves flight conditions like those they would use in actual pilot training. Buchko took full advantage of that, putting himself through the same paces he’d put the pilots through. And that’s how he racked up the hundreds of hours he had flying the F-86D, a jet airplane that could fly at more than the speed of sound in level flight. When his hitch was up in February 1957, Buchko left the Air Force as an airman first class and worked for a couple of years for a factory that made the electronic products sold by Sears. He then entered the Indiana Institute of Technology in Fort Wayne, using the G.I. Bill to earn a B.S. as an electrical engineer. That got him a job with RCA in Central Pennsylvania, where he worked for the next 15 years as a power tube engineer. In that job, the power tubes he developed were used in many of the rockets used in the moon shots from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. He then moved to Quality and Reliability Assurance for another 20 years before retiring from Burle Industries, Inc., the company that had purchased the RCA plant. In retirement, he now spends one day a week volunteering with Meals on Wheels. He also spends time in his hobby, woodworking. And, wouldn’t you know, he still spends lots of time in a Microsoft Flight Simulator, a computer game that permits him to fly many different kinds of aircraft to airports across the world. He still can’t quite get over the fact that the work of the Air Force simulator that he used to operate filled an entire room, while the Microsoft simulator he now uses can do most of the same tasks, although it fits on a single disk that he plays through his desktop computer. Colonel Wilcox flew a B-17 bomber in Europe in World War II.

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been overwhelmingly supportive, with more than 60 area exhibitors coming together for the joint event. The Veterans’ Expo will connect active and retired military members and their families with the benefits and resources available to them through local businesses and organizations. Exhibitors represented will include community service providers, healthcare professionals, VFWs, and American Legions, plus businesses covering everything from home improvement, legal services, and finance to retirement living and insurance. “Whether they’ve been out of the service for a long time and new benefits have been added or amended, or they are recently discharged and need assistance, my goal is that more veterans and their families will find the answers they need and the jobs they must have at the Veterans’ Expo & Job Fair,” Anderson said. The Job Fair will provide an opportunity for veterans and employers to meet face to face to discuss available positions and connect with VA benefits counselors, education/training providers, and business-startup assistance representatives, among others. “The more acquainted we became with the challenges facing our veterans, it became abundantly clear that we also needed to incorporate a job fair into the Expo,” Anderson said. “With more than 200,000 men and women leaving the military every year, they need jobs.” Workshops and seminars will be offered on relevant topics, including resume writing, career planning, and interviewing techniques. The Veterans’ Expo & Job Fair will begin with an opening ceremony. The Red Rose Honor Guard, which has been honoring local veterans at funerals and civic services since 1998, will commence the proceedings with a special ceremony honoring all branches of military service. After the pledge of allegiance, Peggy Keller, 2011 Pa StatE SENiOr idOl winner, will perform the national anthem, followed by words from three-

star Lt. Gen. Dennis L. Benchoff as keynote speaker. Tom LaNasa, three-time Pa StatE SENiOr idOl semifinalist, will then perform “Ragged Old Flag,” Johnny Cash’s spoken-word tribute to patriotism. Later, at 10:30 a.m., Audrey Bergstresser, department service officer at VFW, Department of Pennsylvania, will present information on veterans’ benefits. Through a partnership with Keystone Military Families, a Central Pennsylvania-based nonprofit, the aim of the Veterans’ Expo & Job Fair also expands to benefit troops currently stationed at home and abroad, especially this upcoming holiday season. Representatives from KMF will be on hand accepting attendee donations toward its Stockings for Soldiers program, which sends holiday care packages to “fill the stockings” of American troops. A full list of items requested by soldiers is available under the “attendee info” section of the Veterans’ Expo & Job Fair’s website (www.veteransexpo.com). Or, because cash is always needed to help ship those care packages, guests can opt to make a monetary donation to Stockings for Soldiers. They will also be invited to write a note to a soldier on stocking-shaped cards printed and donated by Brenneman Printing and ARC Marketing. With its connections to community resources, services, and jobs, the Veterans’ Expo & Job Fair has been designed to be of practical benefit to the servicemen and –women it is geared to reach. But Anderson said that, if nothing else, she hopes the event accomplishes one basic goal: “for the men and women who join us to know that we are trying to show our appreciation for their service to our country.” For more information on the Veterans’ Expo & Job Fair, call (717) 285-1350 or visit www.veteransexpo.com.

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