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The Big One: Runner-Up Bill Levine

Last year I attended my class of 1969’s 50th high school reunion.

It was a meaningful event for me because for one night, I was together with fellow baby boomers who marched lockstep in time with me from hula hoops to Hulu TV. Our small group of 150 classmates had, in turn, marched together through time with over 3.5 million American boomers born in 1951.

Now, six months later in the age of coronavirus, my age cohort is answering the question, “Is this the big one?” in the affirmative.

COVID-19 has clobbered the protective comfort of our daily lives, internal thoughts, and bank accounts, while promising to launch an unsettling new normal.

I am positing that my 1951ers are no strangers to adapting to an unsettling new normality and facing existential dread.

I have picked the following events as the “pulling loose the societal threads” events we 1951ers have survived. They are in order, from apocalypseno-go to apocalypse-go-and-ponder, as follows: the 1979 gas shortage, 9/11, the Vietnam era, the 1960s nuclear annihilation era, and a polio epidemic, a solid runner-up to the coronavirus.

We 1951ers have already survived our first virus epidemic, which struck in the summer of 1952. Polio closed down pools, thwarted teenage romances in movie balconies, home-quarantined potentially contagious people, closed transportation routes, kept kids on their front lawns, and scared our parents.

In 1952, polio was runner-up to nuclear annihilation as Americans’ mostfeared event. In that year, there were 58,000 total cases, 21,000 cases of paralysis, and 3,200 deaths.

In the summer of 1952, it was a parental nightmare. As 1-year-olds, we were in the crosshairs of polio, as we are now very vulnerable to the ravages of COVID-19. In fact, 95% of polio cases had no symptoms at all, which implies that many of us 1951ers were unknowingly exposed to the polio virus.

Ironically, polio, it turned out, thrived more in antiseptic environments because the virus most likely passed from feces to unwashed hands to the hands or mouths of others.

Unlike COVID-19, polio struck more at the middle class than the poor because the children of the underclass got exposure early on via unsanitary conditions, while the improved hygiene of the middle class left children with no immunity.

In 1952 no one knew what caused polio and how it spread. The public did know about the wake of the greatly feared paralysis that it left. The polio epidemic of 1952 was a horror movie: It was out there and had the dreadful mystique of unknown origins and an unknown contagion process.

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I actually met a polio victim my age in the late 1980s. Joe, like me, was a middle-class Massachusetts native. I asked Joe about his limp, thinking it was a weekend-warrior injury, but he matter-of-factly said that it was from polio.

I thought then that it hadn’t been inevitable that I would survive the epidemic of 1952. I could have been Joe. For the first time, I was aware of the potential physical damage that my cohorts and I had mostly all dodged.

The polio epidemic of 1952 was the one event we 1951ers have lived through that even very remotely rivals the combination of angst, fear, and social disruption of our current coronavirus pandemic. Polio in the early 1950s loomed over suburban neighborhoods like the diabolical clown in Stephen King’s IT. Hence, the emotions below when a vaccine was approved: When Jonas Salk’s polio vaccine was approved on April 12, 1955, “People were hugging in the streets, kids were let out of school,” according to David M. Oshinsky, author of Polio: An American Story.

“Salk was invited to the White House, where Eisenhower broke down in tears thanking him … The nation went into this extraordinary, almost unprecedented celebration short of anything but the end of the World War.” No doubt that, 12-18 months from now when the coronavirus vaccine is announced, we 1951 boomers and all generations will go crazy, knowing the world will soon be able to hug again.

Times Square will be semi-crowded with 6-feet-apart celebrants. Hug emojis will be all over the place.

Bill Levine is a retired IT professional and active freelance writer. Bill aspires to be a humorist because it is easier to be pithy than funny. He may be reached at wlevine0607@comcast.net.

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By John Crawford Warren Goodling gives the players some has spent a lifetime familiarity with each in basketball. Among other’s styles. other accomplishments, “All the guys on the he compiled a 452-205 USA team I played record over 25 years as against in various Hempfield High School’s tournaments over the last head coach. three or four years, so I When he retired in knew everyone on my 2010, he didn’t envision team,” he said. winning a world Goodling’s teammates basketball championship are spread across the in Finland as a retirement country, so team goal. practices only happen “I didn’t even think when they gather for about that,” said FIMBA tournaments.

Goodling, of York. “I “When we went to thought I would be Finland, we practiced a playing some basketball couple days before the and doing a lot of tournament,” Goodling fishing, but I didn’t really said. “For the most part, From left, teammates Mel Mocco, of Chicago; Ed Morris, of Detroit; and Goodling. anticipate that.”

I know everybody’s Goodling has been games, and they know playing more than “some” basketball and has won everybody’s games, so you sort of fit in very nicely.” tournaments before his Finnish experience.

With his willingness and ability to direct play As a member of the Lancaster Warriors and from the floor, Goodling fit well as a point guard competing in the Buffalo Masters tournament 60on the FIMBA team. plus category, his team won in 2016 and defended “My role as the point guard was that I the title in 2017. He was named an all-star in 2016 understood everybody’s strengths, and my job was and the MVP in 2017. to get them to utilize their strengths,” explained Winning the 2019 FIMBA championship in Goodling. “I do make some shots, but my main Espoo, Finland, on Aug. 4, 2019, against the focus is to play defense and to find the open man Russian team held extra significance, as his team to run our offense. I am like the quarterback [in represented the United States in the tournament. football].”

“We had USA on our warm-ups and USA on our Team USA played a fast-paced offense and a jerseys,” Goodling said. “It was really cool because defense designed to slow down the opposition. The we played against other countries. It was a unique tactic worked well as they rolled through pool play. feeling.”

They annihilated Chile, 110-22, and controlled the Goodling’s games with the Warriors led him to Italian team, winning 75-44. be recruited to the 2018 FIMBA national 65-plus Goodling said they seldom walked the ball up team, as future teammates noticed his play while he court. was their opponent.

“The only time we walk the ball is if it is late “We would play in tournaments … I played in the game, and we’re trying to take time off the against guys who were on that FIMBA USA team. clock. We try to beat other teams down the floor.

Someone gave my name to the guys who run the Over in Finland, we were pretty successful in doing team. Once they saw me play, they invited me to that. That was my job, to create the fast tempo. play [for FIMBA].”

“Defensively, we forced a lot of 24-second Playing on a national team in a large country can violations. We did not get one violation while we limit the time members can be together to practice were in Finland.” and mesh their games; however, as Goodling Team USA barely slowed down as they played explained, having played against future teammates through the championship round. They eliminated www.50plusLifePA.com

Uruguay, 90-51, and Brazil, 86-54, before reaching the opponent they anticipated playing in the final game: Russia.

“We thought we were going to meet them because that team had not lost a game in the European leagues for a couple of years … We saw (their talent) early in the week, and you start looking at the scores. It seemed like we were going to meet in the finals.”

The tournament live-streamed all the games, something the coach in Goodling Team USA and Team Brazil after their semifinal game. took advantage of. He watched the Russians’ games to develop a game plan, something he knows they also did.

“Their coach came to every one of our games and sat in the first row from day one,” he observed.

The championship game was close and, in a scenario out of every young schoolyard player’s imagination, the 66year-old Goodling walked to the foul line with less than a minute to play and the game on the line.

With Team USA up by 4, the Russians scored to pull within 2.

“I told everybody in our timeout that, Goodling, far left, with Team USA if they score, I will be running along the after the championship game against Russia. baseline and to try to get the ball in to me,” Goodling recalled. “My teammate threw it to me, and I got fouled with about six seconds to go. If I made both shots, I could ice the game.

“I remember walking to the foul line just thinking, ‘Go up and shoot the foul shot,’” he said. “I made both of them. We’re up 4, and we called a timeout, saying that we can’t lose the game as long as we don’t foul. They missed the shot, and we ended up winning by 4.”

With winning a championship comes the opportunity to defend it, and FIMBA Team USA plans to be back in 2021.

“The World FIMBA championships are every two years,” said Goodling.

“The 2021 tournament is going to be in Orlando, Florida. We are already planning to be involved in that tournament.”

To be ready, he and his teammates have entered tournaments in the U.S. and overseas. They played a tournament in Tampa in January, ending a streak

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of 35 straight wins. Plans to compete in FIMBA’s National Championships in Florida this May were canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic, as was the team’s trip to Spain in late June for the European Championships.

Goodling is hopeful his team can get back on the court later this year.

“We might do a West Coast tournament this fall, and we will gear up for the 2021 World Masters Championships (FIMBA) in Orlando, Florida, in the summer of 2021,” he said.

In between, the team will play in the Tampa Bay Masters Basketball Tournament in Clearwater, Florida, in January 2021 and the National Masters Basketball Championship Tournament in Coral Springs, Florida, in May 2021.

For Goodling, playing basketball is not only about winning games.

“It keeps me focused on my fitness,” he said. “The relationships with all my teams have been outstanding. We develop these friendships with people all over the country from playing basketball.

It’s just expanding your network of friends, and the common thread is basketball.”

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5 Ways to Declutter Before Listing the Family Home 1. Toss the Trash We often become “clutter blind” to things that collect in our homes. If you have mail waiting to be sorted, handled, and discarded; magazines and newspapers you intended to read (but probably won’t); and things that need to be recycled, donated, or thrown away, do that now.

Go through every room in your house with a garbage bag and a donation bag. (Be sure to shred any sensitive documents so this information doesn’t fall into the wrong hands!)

2. Pare Down Furniture If you have rooms overstuffed with furniture, they’ll appear too small and unwelcoming to potential buyers.

Eliminate all unessential furniture and any upholstered items that are threadbare or excessively worn. It’s better to have less and use your best pieces to stage your home.

3. Depersonalize Your home probably contains your favorite collections, cherished photographs, children’s artwork, postcards, and memorabilia.

These items should be placed in specially marked boxes and tucked away for your move or to give to family members. This will help potential buyers imagine how the home will look with their items.

4. Clear the Surfaces Look at every flat surface in your home. Things tend to collect on countertops, tables, and shelves,

making a home look crowded and giving buyers the impression there’s no room for their life to unfold in this space.

If a surface has more than a single decorative item (or a related group of three things), it’s too “busy” to be inviting to a potential buyer.

5. Un-stuff the Closets Before listing your home, every closet should appear spacious and airy.

Crowded closets look too small to use.

In bedrooms, remove everything except for the in-season clothes you often wear and enjoy most. Everything else should be packed up or donated.

Linen closets should be organized with a maximum of two fresh changes of sheets and pillowcases for each bed. Keep only your nicest towels and washcloths. Retire the ratty ones to the rag box.

The hall closet should hold jackets and coats for the current season and have enough room to accept visitors’ coats.

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Farmers Market Nutrition Program Underway in Lebanon County The Lebanon County Area Agency on Aging will again be the distributing agency for the Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program checks in 2020.

The purpose of the FMNP, administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture, is to provide seniors resources in the form of fresh, nutritious, unprepared fruits and vegetables from farmers markets and to expand the awareness and use of farmers markets.

Due to the COVID-19 situation, FMNP checks will not be distributed as in previous years. Applications must be completed by eligible consumers and mailed to the LCAAA office. LCAAA will review the application for accuracy, and FMNP checks will be mailed to eligible participants.

Applications will also be available on the agency’s website at www. lebcounty.org/depts/AAA/Pages/Farmers-Market-Nutrition-Program(FMNP).aspx.

LCAAA will also send applications to senior high-rise facilities in Lebanon County. Eligible participants can turn in completed applications to their building’s office for forwarding to the LCAAA. LCAAA Meals on Wheels consumers will also be given applications by

his/her driver. Completed applications can be given to the driver to be returned to the LCAAA office.

Questions may be directed to Lebanon County Area Agency on Aging at (717) 2739262.

Program guidelines for 2020 are as follows: Eligibility – Eligible persons must be Lebanon County residents and must be 60 years of age or older during 2020. Household income guidelines are: one person, $23,606; two people, $31,894; three people, $40,182; four people, $47,638; five people, $56,758; six people, $65,046; seven people, $73,334.

Benefits – Eligible persons receive four $6 checks for a total benefit of $24 one time during the program year.

Timeframes – The first day to use FMNP checks was June 1. The last day to use FMNP checks is Nov. 30.

Eligible Food – FMNP checks may only be used to purchase produce grown in Pennsylvania. FMNP checks may not be used at grocery stores.

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Why High Blood Pressure is Even More Dangerous in the COVID-19 Era

Dear Savvy Senior, Are people with high blood pressure at increased risk of getting coronavirus?

– Hypertensive Helen Dear Helen, If you have high blood pressure, you definitely need to take extra care to protect yourself during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

Research shows that people with hypertension are more susceptible to getting COVID-19, are more likely to develop severe symptoms if they do get sick, and are more likely to die from the infection, especially if they’re older.

High-Risk Links A weaker immune system is the key reason people with high blood pressure and other health problems are at higher risk for coronavirus.

Long-term health conditions and aging weaken the immune system, so it’s less able to fight off the virus. Nearly two-thirds of Americans over 60 have high blood pressure.

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Another concern that has been circulating, but was put to rest last month, was that the medications commonly prescribed to treat high blood pressure — ACE inhibitors and angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs) — could make patients more vulnerable to contracting COVID-19 and more susceptible to severe illness if they did become infected.

But new research published in The New England Journal of Medicine last month found no risk linked to these medications.

COVID Complications While pneumonia is the most common complication of the virus, COVID19 can also damage the cardiovascular system. That’s why people with high blood pressure, heart disease, and heart failure are at risk.

High blood pressure damages arteries and reduces the flow of blood to your heart. That means your heart has to work harder to pump enough blood. Over time, this extra work can weaken your heart to the point where it can’t pump as much oxygen-rich blood to your body.

Coronavirus can also damage the heart directly, which can be especially risky if your heart is already weakened by the effects of high blood pressure.

The virus may cause inflammation of the heart muscle, which makes it harder for the heart to pump.

If you also have plaque buildup in your arteries, the virus may make those plaques more likely to break apart and cause a heart attack. Studies have shown that people with heart disease who get a respiratory illness like the flu or earlier types of coronavirus are at higher risk for a heart attack.

What to Do? While everyone needs to take precautions to prevent coronavirus, people with high blood pressure and other health conditions need to be extra careful.

The best way to avoid getting sick is to stay home as much as you can.

If you have to go out, wear a mask and keep at least 6 feet away from other people. And every time you come home, wash your hands with warm water and soap for at least 20 seconds.

Also, clean and disinfect all frequently touched surfaces like cellphones, countertops, and doorknobs.

The CDC also recommends that you have enough medicine on hand to treat high blood pressure and other health conditions. And stock up on overthe-counter medicines to treat a fever and other symptoms if you get sick.

While a coronavirus vaccine isn’t available yet, you should stay up to date on your other important vaccines. The pneumococcal vaccines — Prevnar 13 and Pneumovax 23 — will prevent you from developing pneumonia on top of coronavirus.

Also get a flu shot in September or early October. Its symptoms are easy to confuse with coronavirus, which could make it harder for doctors to diagnose you if you do get sick.

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

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How Did an Antiwar Quaker End Up in South Vietnam?

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in Covina, just east of Los Angeles, he took a biology course from a teacher who would change his life.

“He really got me interested in science,” recalls Morse.

Encouraged by his teacher, Morse set up his own marine aquarium and filled it with fish and sea anemones, an idea he says was “pretty radical back then.” The water he brought in from the ocean was too warm, so he jerry-rigged a Rube Goldbergian cooling system to keep the water below room temperature.

After graduating from high school in 1959, Morse headed east to Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, one of America’s leading institutions for medicine and science. He originally intended to go into medicine but decided to major in biology.

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Richard Morse was a rare exception. He firmly opposed the American war effort as immoral and misguided, and he did not serve in the military.

But this now-retired biologist shared in the danger by spending three months in South Vietnam in the summer of 1969, a time when the war was raging.

Although Morse did not participate in combat, he witnessed the horrors of war firsthand, frequently hearing gunfire and seeing wounded soldiers and civilians. He also saw dead bodies.

Morse was born in Seattle on Oct. 31, 1941, shortly before the American entry into World War II. At age 9, his family moved to Southern California. He describes his childhood as unremarkable.

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result of the passage of the Older Americans Act. This act directed states to develop a network of services and supports to help keep older adults healthy and independent.

The Pennsylvania Department of Aging was created to fulfill this mandate. In turn, a network of 52 Area Agencies on Aging (AAA) was established throughout the commonwealth to carry out this mission at the local level.

Funding for aging-related services is a combination of state and federal monies, with the Pennsylvania Lottery providing the major source of funding.

In Lancaster County, the AAA is part of county government. We are dedicated to providing Lancaster County residents, 60 years of age and older, with a wide range of informational resources and services as well as advocacy efforts and elder abuse protection.

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Quaker from page 9 helping a corrupt and Quang Ngai. inept government as it Morse found tasks to tried to stave off pressure keep him occupied and to from a growing internal help his wife’s colleagues. communist insurgency.

He spent hours every day The U.S. was not yet repairing cars, trucks, deeply involved as an active and a Volkswagen bus. participant, so the military He frequently performed had not yet scaled up to preventive maintenance fight a major war. to keep the vehicles from Also during his time breaking down in the hot, at Johns Hopkins, Morse humid weather. He also attended a meeting of supervised a construction the Religious Society of project next to the rehab Friends, better known as center.

Quakers. The Quaker The AFSC center had antiwar, antiviolence Western food, but Morse message resonated deeply says it wasn’t very good. with his own moral He remembers that it convictions. was easier for the center’s Injured Vietnamese civilians being fitted for prosthetic limbs in Quang Ngai.

After finishing his Vietnamese chef to cook studies at Johns Hopkins, local dishes. in 1963 Morse enrolled in graduate school at Case Western Reserve “She knew how to cook it with more care,” recalls Morse.

University in Cleveland, another top institution. It was during his Case years During occasional bouts of dysentery, he would revert back to Campbell’s that the American war effort in Vietnam started gearing up, with the role soup. The facility lacked air conditioning, and the temperature often soared evolving from advisory to direct combat. into the 90s. So rather than wearing American clothes with heavy fabrics, Morse decided to become a Quaker, attracted by the Society of Friends’ Morse usually wore pajamas similar to what the locals were wearing. opposition to the war.

The U.S. military had no presence in Quang Ngai other than a handful of “I never considered military service voluntarily,” he says. advisers, so South Vietnamese soldiers defended the town. But the area was a Like many young men at the time, Morse obtained student deferments to hotbed of Viet Cong activity, so the Morses were in constant danger. avoid military service.

Most of the firefights occurred on Saturday night. Machine-gun chatter “I saw how bad the war was going, so I got involved in demonstrations frequently woke Morse up at night. He and the other civilians would rush when I was still in graduate school,” says Morse. into a bunker, where they would remain until the battle quieted down.

After finishing his biology studies at Case, Morse moved on to the The South Vietnamese Army had a machine gun nest right across the University of Connecticut in Storrs for a postdoctoral fellowship. street.

There, he set up a draft-counseling service to advise young men on “You could see flashes from machine guns, which were big and loud. It was whether to accept military service or how to resist. The latter options close by. And we would hear explosions from grenades. It seemed close but included applying for conscientious objector status, going to prison for a you didn’t spend time being philosophical about it,” he says. couple of years, or leaving the country (usually for Canada).

The day after a battle, he would sometimes see Viet Cong bodies “stacked Morse points out that government propaganda portrayed the war as up like cordwood.” capitalism versus communism. But from the Vietnamese point of view, At night, he often heard the drone of an American cargo plane 10 miles foreigners had split their nation in two, and many were unhappy about that. away rigged with a Gatling gun as it sprayed thousands of bullets at ground And Morse is also quick to point out that all the sides committed targets. atrocities, and he wanted no part of that.

Morse doesn’t recall thinking much about how the war would ultimately So, you might be wondering, how did this pacifist Quaker end up in the come to an end or which side would prevail. But seeing the conflict up close middle of the conflict? reinforced his opposition to the war.

As Morse explains, his first wife, Carole, was a physical therapist. The “I walked through the clinic and could see people with severe injuries. All American Friends Service Committee, the branch of Quakerism that of them were Vietnamese,” he recalls. performs charitable services around the world, had a center in Quang Ngai, a And he adds, “It seemed most of the civilian casualties were from town of several thousand residents in the northern part of South Vietnam.

American-provided heavy weapons.”

AFSC volunteers helped civilians recover from war injuries. Many of these During his time in Vietnam, the AFSC assigned Morse to work with the victims were children who lost limbs to booby traps or American bombing British documentary filmmaker Patricia Penn. He escorted her around the attacks. But one of the AFSC volunteers had been there for a long time and Quang Ngai area and assisted her in recording sound. desperately needed a break. So the AFSC asked Carole if she could fill in for The subsequent movie, Once Upon a War, was broadcast around the three months. world but not in the United States because it was filmed in black and white.

She was reluctant to go by herself, so Morse agreed to join her. The AFSC The 27-minute movie shows the war’s devastating impact on local civilians, interviewed the couple in Philadelphia and then accepted them to go to sometimes in graphic detail.

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The Morses survived their three-month time in Vietnam unscathed and returned to the U.S. Morse has since enjoyed a successful career putting his technical skills to use in a number of jobs.

One of these was for a firm in Georgia that sold equipment for measuring radioactive material. During 1979’s Three Mile Island accident, Morse sold equipment to the owners of the stricken nuclear plant. Later he sold radiation therapy equipment and software to treat cancer patients.

Morse and his current wife, Mary Anne, live in Mechanicsburg. Both are particularly fond of international travel. Until the recent COVID-19 outbreak, they often ventured to cold, remote locations in the Arctic and Antarctica. There, Morse would practice his love of photography, much of which he shoots in black and white.

Despite his opposition to the war, Morse respects the men who fought and risked their lives for what they believed in or for being obedient to the draft. But he says that whether or not you risked your life does not validate your point of view one way or the other.

Still, he insists, “I felt I had a lot more credibility because I risked my life as well. Most people campaigning against the war had not taken that sort of risk. But we had people involved in the antiwar movement who were ex-military.”

To view Once Upon a War, visit www.afsc.org/video/once-upon-war1967. Please note that the film was shot in 1969, not in 1967 as listed on the website. Morse’s photographic work is at https://richardmorsephoto. smugmug.com.

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The Beauty in Nature

Mother Mink Clyde McMillan-Gamber

One sunny spring morning a few mink herself. years ago, I had the thrill of seeing a She killed and brought back food beautiful, supple mink, with a mouse for her offspring about once every nine in its mouth, dash gracefully across minutes. I was impressed with her a park lawn and down a woodchuck skill as a hunter. hole along the Cocalico Creek.

Mink are members of the weasel Seconds later, the mink popped family, and all weasels are skilled, out of that burrow and scurried into relentless hunters. And these fierce nearby woods. I stopped to see what hunters will attack prey animals as big would happen next. Within a few as themselves — and larger. minutes, the mink was back with A few weeks later, I was scanning another mouse in its mouth and a part of the Conestoga River with zipped down that chuck den. binoculars to see what wildlife was I knew then the mink was a mother around. With my naked eye, I saw that was feeding young down that a dark animal swimming across the Photo courtesy of Patrick Reijnders chuck hole.

Conestoga. I thought it was a drake American mink.

For almost an hour, I watched that wood duck but looked at it with burrow with 16-power binoculars, binoculars to be sure. from a bit of a distance so as to not frighten the mink. And in that time, she With the help of those field glasses, I saw the critter was not a wood duck, brought back five more mice and a gray squirrel that was almost as big as the

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Cycles of Life … and Death Randal C. Hill

Get your motor runnin’, head out on the highway “It wasn’t until the end that it took on a genuinely Lookin’ for adventure and whatever comes our way artistic dimension — when it suddenly evolved into an – Steppenwolf indictment of the American redneck and his hatred and --intolerance for anything remotely different from himself,” Easy Rider was the ultimate epochal — and ultimately Southern said. doomed — buddy picture, a movie replete with drugs, The shocking demise of the two bikers comes at the rock ’n’ roll, sex, and violence as elements of the seductive hands of a shotgun-wielding assailant. allure of freedom that the open road can offer.

After Peter Fonda previewed the movie for his father, As Captain America (a well-groomed, leather-clad the legendary Henry (who had worked in mainstream Peter Fonda) and Billy (a slovenly, fringe-jacketed Dennis motion pictures for 35 years) admitted to his son, “I’m Hopper) journey across America, they attempt to abandon worried about it because the film is inaccessible … I just mainstream life for one sans responsibilities. don’t think many people will get it.”

Flush with cash from a Los Angeles cocaine deal (which Not so. Aimed at the high school- and college-age features a cameo appearance by record producer Phil audience, Easy Rider offered an unflinching look at Spector, who hands over the money), the two modern-day the dying days of the 1960s counterculture. Shot on a cowboys roar east on flashy motorcycles, bound for Mardi shoestring budget of $900,000, Easy Rider raked in $60 Gras and, eventually, a cushy retirement in Florida. million at the box office and garnered a Best First Work Source: www.moviegoods.com Easy Rider, whose script began as The Loners, is all about Award at the 1969 Cannes Film Festival. freedom — what it means and what it costs. Filmed in 1968, it took a year to edit 80 hours of often-freewheeling guerrilla footage down to a marketable 95- Although Randal C. Hill’s heart lives in the past, the rest of him resides in minute offering.

Bandon, Ore. He can be reached at wryterhill@msn.com.

Fonda and Hopper, the film’s producer/director team, found Columbia Pictures’ bean counters reluctant to dole out adequate funds for the endeavor.

So tight became the allotted budget that the idea of an original music score was scrapped in lieu of using rock singles on the soundtrack.

Throughout the odyssey, a reflective Captain America seems to appreciate and respect everything and everyone he encounters, whereas Billy stumbles about in a pot-induced fog while rhapsodizing about the hedonistic bacchanal that awaits in New Orleans.

An On the way, they meet an alcoholic ACLU lawyer named George Hansen unmistakable (Jack Nicholson, at the time a virtual unknown). George decides to head east cover girl with with the two but is brutally murdered after all three unintentionally stir up her lush pewter trouble at a small-town Louisiana café. Following a nightmarish LSD trip coat, this during Mardi Gras, Captain America and Billy continue their travels. confident lady Writer Terry Southern worked on the script with Hopper and Fonda and knows what she later told Creative Screenwriting that the original idea had been to portray the wants and has pair sailing off into the sunset out of Key West at the movie’s end. no issue giving a gentle head butt to get her way.

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The Bookworm Sez

When We’re 64 Terri Schlichenmeyer

There was a lot of fire on your last to your life! birthday cake.

Finally, the elephant in the room: The wits in your family made a Know that it’s never too late to start big show of bringing an extinguisher saving. Try to figure out how much tableside (ha ha), but you do have money you’ll need to fully retire, and to admit that the candle power then familiarize yourself with federal laws really was impressive. relating to Social Security.

It reminded you that you’re not Know where you’ll want to live, getting any younger, but with When and factor that in on your financial We’re 64 by Louise Ansari, you can spreadsheet — and on that note, prepare to kindle the next phase of make sure your home is appropriate your life. for you for as long as you want to So when will you die? stay there.

That’s not such an odd question.

While When We’re 64 seems It’s something you’ve no doubt meant for time-blessed 50thought about, and for most of us, somethings who are squinting at the good news is that we’re “likely faraway retirement, it’s possible that When We’re 64: Your Guide to a Great Later Life to live longer than [we] think.” Life if you’re a 60- or 70-something who

By Louise Ansari expectancies have been on the rise can translate while reading, you’ll c. 2019, Green Tree/Bloomsbury, 200 pages for decades, so how can you make still find takeaways here. your decades the best?

Yes, author Louise Ansari wrote this book expressly for residents of Great There are, says Ansari, many “keys to a great later life.”

Britain, which means there are policy differences and unique terms in some First, she says, “Keep working.” If you like your job, downsize your hours chapters, but it’s not a terrible stretch to recalibrate for stateside situations. instead of retiring fully, or find a part-time job in another industry that Those are minor issues, compared to the one that truly may turn readers intrigues you. This helps keep your mind sharp for new things. away, which is that this book is a lot like the other several hundred retirement Volunteer, if you can’t find the right job; working a free gig might open books on shelves already. Don’t misunderstand: It’s a helpful thing, but if some surprising doors. you’ve read two other retirement-advice-type books, you’ve read this one, too.

Stay healthy, don’t smoke, lose weight, eat right, and don’t skip doctor’s You haven’t started planning, though? Then it’s a good start because it’s visits. Also get out and socialize, but remember that relationships with peers, filled with soft challenges, simple ideas, and doable tips. If retirement prep is family, and romantic interests may change as you age. all new to you, When We’re 64 could get you fired up.

Gently urge others to stop using “young lady,” “old fogey,” and other The Bookworm is Terri Schlichenmeyer. Terri has been reading since she was 3 years negative terms, and take “ageist” words and phrases out of your own old, and she never goes anywhere without a book. She lives on a hill in Wisconsin vocabulary. with two dogs and 14,000 books.

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Mink from page 12 but a muskrat. Then I saw its furry tail protrude from the water and knew it was not a muskrat because those rodents have bare tails.

I knew then that the creature in the Conestoga was a mink swimming from one shore to the other. And by looking closer with binoculars, I saw the mink was a mother ferrying a baby about 40 yards across the river.

When she reached the other shore, she dropped her youngster among tall plants and swam back across the river to the first shore again.

While I watched through field glasses, that mother mink carried four more young mink in her mouth across the Conestoga and put them with the first one among the plants. And when all babies were safely across the river, the whole family disappeared in an instant.

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Later, I read that mother mink move their youngsters from one den to another if the first nursery was disturbed by some predatory creature.

Apparently, this mink’s home was disturbed, so she moved her babies to a — hopefully — safer place.

I was impressed with the first mother mink’s ability to capture ample prey animals to feed her young well. And I was equally impressed with the second mink’s stamina and determination in getting her offspring across the Conestoga River to safety.

Between the two mother mink I saw caring for their young, I conclude they, like many species of mammals and birds, work hard to raise progeny.

Clyde McMillan-Gamber is a retired Lancaster County Parks naturalist.

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This program provides $20 in vouchers to eligible seniors to buy fresh fruit and vegetables from participating local farm markets.

York County residents are eligible to participate if they are 60 years of age or older by Dec. 31, 2020, and have a total gross annual household income at or below $23,606 for a single person or $31,894 for a couple.

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Completed applications should be mailed to the YCAAA at 100 W. Market St., York.

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Join us in celebrating our silver anniversary by taking a look back at life over the last 25 years … as well as a blast from one of our covers past!

2001 Top Headlines

• An earthquake reaching 7.9 on the Richter scale devastated Gujarat, India, on Jan. 26, causing more than 20,000 deaths and injuring 167,000 others.

• On Sept. 11, terrorist hijackers rammed two jetliners into the twin towers of New York City’s World Trade Center; a third airplane hit the Pentagon. A fourth hijacked plane crashed into a field in southwestern Pennsylvania. Nearly 3,000 people were killed and 6,000 more were injured in the attacks.

Entertainment

• I n June, Frasier star Kelsey Grammer became the highestpaid actor in television history, signing on for two more seasons of the top-rated series for $1.6 million per episode.

• In July, a court order shut down audio file-sharing service Napster following an injunction on behalf of the Recording Industry Association of America due to Napster’s lack of control over the transfer of copyrighted material across the network.

• R &B singer and actress Aaliyah, 22, died in a plane crash in the Bahamas on Aug. 25; former Beatle George Harrison died of lung cancer on Nov. 29 at age 58; actors Carroll O’Connor and Jack Lemmon both died at age 76.

• Anthrax-laced letters were sent to various media and government officials in the fall, scaring the American public. Several postal workers died after handling the letters.

• On Dec. 9, Afghanistan’s Taliban regime collapsed after two months of bombing by American warplanes and fighting by Northern Alliance ground troops.

Sports

• American racing driver Dale Earnhardt, 49, died in a lastlap crash during the Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway on Feb. 18. Earnhardt’s racecar hit a concrete wall while traveling approximately 160 mph. His death would result in various safety improvements to NASCAR racing.

• The Baltimore Ravens won the Super Bowl; Tiger Woods won his second Masters; Lance Armstrong won his third Tour de France; Lleyton Hewitt and Venus Williams won the U.S. Open; and the Arizona Diamondbacks won the World Series.

• The Accra Sports Stadium disaster occurred May 9 at a soccer game in Ghana. After a controversial call, fans threw seats and bottles onto the field. Police responded by firing tear gas, and the resulting stampede of escaping fans caused the death of 126 people, the most lives ever lost at a sporting event.

• In October, baseball player Barry Bonds set a new record for the highest number of single-season homeruns. The San Francisco Giants left fielder’s total of 73 surpassed previous homerun records held by Sammy Sosa and Mark McGwire — but all three players were later alleged to have been on performance-enhancing drugs.

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• A uthor J.K. Rowling’s immensely popular Harry Potter book series made the transition to the big screen when Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone opened Nov. 16. The film took in an unprecedented $93.5 million on its opening weekend.

Science & Technology

• Apple released its iTunes music program on Jan. 9. The software let Mac computer users import songs from CDs, compress them into digital MP3 format, store them on their computer’s hard drive, burn their own audio CDs, and download songs onto MP3 players.

• On Jan. 15, American-British internet entrepreneur Jimmy Wales and American internet project developer Larry Sanger launched Wikipedia, a free, multilingual online encyclopedia written, edited, and monitored by community members. Wikipedia now comprises more than 53 million reference articles.

• The International Human Genome Sequencing Consortium — comprising hundreds of researchers working at 20 centers in six countries — published its initial analysis of the human genome sequence on Feb. 12. The estimated number of genes was about 30,000; that figure was later revised to about 20,000-25,000.

• Initially launched in 1996, on Feb. 12 NASA’s NEAR (Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous) Shoemaker spacecraft became the first spacecraft to land on an asteroid. The spacecraft took photos of its descent and measured data relating to mineralogy, morphology, composition, magnetic field, and other properties.

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Salute to a Veteran: Her Hospital Train Leaped the Tracks and Turned Over in the Middle of the Night

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March 2008 issue NAMPA Award: First Place, Feature Writing

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From the time she was the smallest tot growing, “It was terrible,” she says. “Everything pitched Marge Himelwright dreamed of being a nurse. over on us, and we didn’t know which way was up.

She says, “I guess, in a way, it was natural, because Fortunately, we had no wounded aboard, and no one was killed. But that was it for the train. I volunteered in my family I had a pediatrician, a cardiologist, to stay and help clean up the mess. The other nurses a general practitioner, a lab technician, an X-ray technician, a physical therapist, and three registered were put on another train, and I got a citation for staying behind and helping.” nurses.”

So, when she graduated from high school in 1940, During her duty as hospital train nurse, she saw wounds of all kinds. She also recalls that somehow a she went right into nursing school, graduating as a German captain had once boarded the train, and when registered nurse in 1943. she discovered him while making her rounds, he was World War II was raging at that time, so she about to put a clip in the gun he held in his hands. enlisted and became a second lieutenant in the Army She swallowed hard, held out her hand, and told Nurse Corps. She remembers that, because she was so him firmly, “You’re going to have to give that gun to tiny, the Army had to have uniforms especially made for her. me.”

After a moment that seemed like an hour, he did.

After training in how to use gas masks, how to She says, “They all had a suicide pill, which they detect gases, and the myriad other things a military 2nd Lt. Freida “Marge” could take if they had to. I don’t know if he had his or nurse needs to know, she found herself on a troop ship Himelwright, right, with friends not, but I wasn’t about to ask for it.” with 4,000 men, on her way to Marseilles, France. at Fort Meade in 1944.

Did the hospital trains get shelled?

On arrival, she was assigned for duty at the 236th “Quite often,” she says. “I remember one time when General Hospital in Épinal, France — except that she an explosion picked me up and threw me against the litters.” never saw the hospital.

While en route by train, all the nurses were asked if they would When her tour in Europe ended, Marge shipped out from Marseilles on way to the Panama Canal, which the nurses and soldiers would pass volunteer to serve aboard hospital trains, tending to wounded soldiers through on their way to the Pacific to join the battle against Japan. who were being brought from the fighting front to hospitals where they She says, “Our ship was just passing Gibraltar when a British fighter could get treatment for more serious wounds. She and five other nurses plane circled us several times. Getting lower each time, its wing volunteered, and they were promptly assigned to hospital trains. suddenly clipped the water, and the plane plunged right below the waves, How close did the trains come to the front? disappearing from sight without a trace of it left.

“That depends,” she explains. “The front kept moving, of course, and “One day, on the way to the Panama Canal,” she continues, “the we went as far as the rails would take us. Many times, they went right captain announced that the Japanese had surrendered. I’ll never forget to a field and evacuation hospital to which the men had been taken. the wonderful words he then said: ‘This ship will dock at Newport Where the rails didn’t extend that far, they’d bring the wounded to us by News, Virginia.’ I believe they might have been able to hear the cheering ambulance, and we’d take them from there.” in Newport News.”

Marge made many trips bringing the wounded from the Battle of the Marge soon mustered out of the Army as a first lieutenant and Bulge to Paris, where they could be properly treated. returned to central Pennsylvania, where she became a nurse at a local On one such trip, they had transferred their wounded in Paris and hospital, serving as an IV therapist, giving chemotherapy. were headed back to the Bulge. On their way, they had to pass through a In 1968 she suffered a ruptured appendix. After recovering from that, mile-long tunnel. But the train was alerted that the Germans had blown she joined the staff at another hospital, where for nine years she was up the tracks at the tunnel’s end, so they had to be diverted to another in charge of the delivery and labor room. She then became director of track. nurses and assistant administrator at a convalescent home for 10 years.

Unlike the first-grade track they had been on, this was a second-grade That was followed by four years as admissions director at a nursing track, and no one knew for sure that it would be safe for them. But a home, where she retired in 1984. previous train had passed over it successfully, so they assumed it would In retirement, Marge loves to cook, to read, and to think back to work for them. those exciting days in World War II. Not the way it worked out. In the middle of the night, when Marge was sound asleep, her heavily laden kitchen car toppled off the rails, with Col. Wilcox was first pilot of a B-17 bomber in Europe in World War II. her car and several others overturning and being pitched on their side with a great crash. www.50plusLifePA.com

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In some cases, many American seniors are more seriously considering tapping into their home’s equity to make ends meet in retirement.

With a reverse mortgage where at least one spouse is 62 or over, you can pay off your current mortgage and have no mortgage payment for the rest of your life, or you can create a monthly income for yourself as long as the home remains your primary residence. A younger spouse cannot be forced to leave the home, even after the older spouse passes away.

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The original Mulan, released 22 summers ago, an honored but elderly warrior, bravely steps in after featured remarkable animation, well-defined characters, disguising herself as a man called Hua Jun in order to and a memorable soundtrack. It became a runaway boxtake the place of her elderly father. office success and raked in $300 million worldwide.

While always focused, spirited, and determined, And now, Mulan is back. Disney’s long-anticipated Hua is constantly called upon to harness her innermost live-action remake, starring Liu Yifei as the bolder-thanstrength and utilize her maximum potential in the bold female warrior Hua Mulan, pays proper homage man’s world where she finds herself for a dozen angstto the original 1998 classic but arrives now sans musical filled years. numbers and two favorite characters: the dragon Mushu The 2020 Mulan — a budget-busting $200 million and Hua’s commanding officer — and love interest — epic — is less stereotypical than many traditional Li Shang.

Chinese folktales and is being hailed by many critics as With Li Shang, Disney has split one character into the best Disney live-action remake since Cinderella. two separate new ones: Commander Tung, Hua’s It is also an offering that enthusiastically celebrates surrogate father and mentor, and Hongui, her fellow female empowerment more than did the original. This soldier and eventual lover.

Mulan is absorbing, richly textured, exciting, gorgeously Tzi Ma, who plays Hua’s father, opines, “This is not vibrant, and emotional, and the engaging story that a remake of the animation, so that would probably be unfolds also includes humor and heart as well as jawdisappointing for some people out there, because the dropping action, as Hua, besides being brave and strong, animation was so well received. is a master of the martial arts.

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Lee, Yoson An, and Gong Li. While it’s not a musical She’s bringing in this woman’s point of view, which it needs to [have], because this time around, there are subtle nods to many of the songs in the original. this movie is about a woman warrior.”

The fierce battle and moderately “steamy” romance scenes no doubt And what a warrior she is! contributed to the film’s PG-13 rating. Mulan releases in July.

In this updated version of Mulan, the emperor of China decrees that one Randal C. Hill enjoys getting sneak peeks of forthcoming movies from his home on male member of each family must serve in the Imperial Chinese Army in the Oregon coast. He can be reached at wryterhill@msn.com. order to ward off the invading Huns. Hua, who is the eldest daughter of

5 Wise Things Retirees Can Do with Their Stimulus Checks

By Chris Orestis The stimulus checks sent to millions of Americans have been a lifeline for many.

The economic calamity caused by the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in massive unemployment, shrinking bank accounts, and tightened family budgets, and the $1,200 check can provide a little breathing room while paying for some essentials.

But for retirees who aren’t counting on the check to pay bills because they draw Social Security and can tap retirement savings, there are numerous options to put that stimulus check to good use.

The stimulus money provides an opportunity to help a family member, add savings, pay down debt, or take care of some things they’ve been putting off.

Retirees should look at their current situation and determine if the money is best used short term or for future considerations.

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emergency fund is having enough money in quickly accessible cash to pay for at least three months’ worth of living expenses. If your fund is short, add your stimulus check.

2. Invest it in stable places. If you don’t absolutely need your stimulus check, it could turn out to be a nice bonus by growing it through investment. People are understandably hesitant about the volatile stock market now. It has bounced back a few times recently, and no one should panic sell or buy.

Another stable investment is in maintaining a life insurance policy instead of allowing it to lapse. Life insurance policies are a stable asset that guarantee the face value and also have secondary market value if the owner decides to sell it off with a life settlement.

3. Invest in your health. Seniors are among the most vulnerable groups please see Stimulus Checks page 21

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A lot of people put off home projects, car repairs, or maintenance because they want to conserve funds and limit retirement withdrawals. Your stimulus check could be money well spent to prevent big expenditures.

Americans are suffering financially, and seniors aren’t necessarily the exception. It’s a welcome bonus for many, so be sure to use it, or save it, wisely. Those who have the wiggle room to spend it can make their lives easier through this difficult time.

Chris Orestis, known as the “Retirement Genius,” is president of LifeCare Xchange and a nationally recognized healthcare expert and senior advocate. He has 25 years’ experience in the insurance and long-term care industries and is the author of Help on the Way and A Survival Guide to Aging.

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Art & Antiques by Dr. Lori

Be Your Own Interior Decorator Lori Verderame

While many of us have discovered a new skill or redeveloped an old one by watching YouTube videos about interior decorating, it is interesting to learn that the tricks of the trade are steeped in our cultural psyche.

In the middle decades of the 20th century, specifically the post-World War II era, the home-decoration industry offered assistance to customers when it came to decorating with objects, art, and furniture in one’s home.

During an appraisal event recently, I was not surprised to find myself reviewing a mid-century modern color print housed in an inexpensive wooden frame complete with a cardboard backboard.

What did surprise me at my appraisal event was that the cardboard backboard of a framed print had an advertisement clearly printed on the back with instructions for how to hang a picture easily and for biggest impact.

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The printed advertisement image struck me because it was so reminiscent of what I had been taught when studying to be a museum curator in the 1990s.

The printed backboard included instructions from Reliance Industries Inc. of Chicago, Illinois, suggesting that when hanging pictures of small size that they be hung in groups of multiple pictures.

With an image of a living room comprising a lamp, sofa, and many framed pictures hung on a wall, the instructions showed an easy-to-follow way to hang frames.

A helpful hint printed in red advised customers that pictures should be hung at eye level. In museums, we call this the “60 inches center” rule. This method is widely used in galleries and museums when installing exhibitions.

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in a position so the center of the painting is hung at 60 inches from the floor.

Since most people are comfortable viewing works of art at eye level, the 5-feet mark is optimum.

For gallery goers and museum fans, viewing art at eye level is pleasing and restrained.

The mid-century modern-frame industry encouraged customers to design their homes in their own style, yet the materials they used to get the word out — like acidic backboards — were helping to slowly deteriorate their artwork.

While these acidic backboards of the 1960s would need to be replaced later in the 20th century, using frames to encourage interior decorating is an inexpensive way to brighten up a room.

For instance, when trying to make a statement in a room with only smallscale (approximately 4x6 inches) framed pieces, consider placing the pictures within a group and group them by color, subject matter, or style.

Consider the light sources in the room: where the windows are located in relation to the wall(s) where you want to hang your paintings or prints.

Keep art out of direct sunlight and away from radiators, windows, and air conditioners.

Be sure to allow enough resting space — that’s blank wall area — around your paintings and prints too. This gives the viewer time to consider one work of art before being introduced to another work of art on a wall.

If you are grouping works of art together, they may be hung closer together to suggest a group or visual relationship.

While some of the vintage interior-decoration rules have grown obsolete, others have stood the test of time.

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Lebanon Expo Center

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Hispanic Older Adults at Greatest Risk of Poverty from COVID-19 Aug. 5, 2020

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Veterans (of all ages), the military community, and their families are invited to this free event!

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highest for non-Hispanic whites during the period 2006–2010, these costs grew the most for Hispanics at 33% compared to just 10% for non-Hispanic whites and 11% for African Americans.

Hispanics over age 60 also are between 1.1 and 1.3 times more likely to have multiple chronic conditions, 1.4 to 2.1 times more likely to have depression, and roughly six times more likely to have cognitive impairment than the other racial/ethnic groups.

“This analysis underscores the importance of looking beyond simple averages to identify those groups who may be particularly hard hit by the COVID-19 pandemic,” Silberman said.

“It is critically important to maintain a strong social safety net and undertake policies that focus on narrowing financial disparities across racial and ethnic lines.”

The full issue brief, Potential Financial Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Minority Older Adults, is available online at www.ncoa.org, along with its companion issue brief, Economic Insecurity for Older Adults in the Presence of the COVID-19 Pandemic.

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The National Council on Aging is warning that while the financial hardships created by the COVID-19 pandemic will impact the economic security of all older adults, it will disproportionately hurt Hispanics over age 60.

That is the conclusion of a recently published issue brief from NCOA and the LeadingAge LTSS Center @UMass Boston that looks at historical data from the 2008 recession and applies those findings to today’s economic and public health crisis.

“All groups over age 60 will experience significant decreases in total net wealth, but without question, the Hispanic population will experience the most dramatic declines,” said Dr. Susan Silberman, NCOA senior director of research and evaluation.

“Hispanic older adults have lower and relatively non-growing household incomes, making them particularly vulnerable and most likely to have the largest proportion of individuals fall below the poverty line.”

Out-of-pocket expenses are also a factor, the data show. While outof-pocket medical expenses were

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Due to COVID-19, appropriate The Dauphin County 50plus safety measures will be in place EXPO — a one-day event focused to ensure the welfare of guests, on the 50-plus community — is exhibitors, and staff. Visitors can returning to Hershey this month. st expect extensive cleaning prior to The 21 annual Dauphin County the event and a limited number of 50plus EXPO will be held from 9 a.m. attendees permitted on the floor at to 2 p.m. on Wednesday, July 15, at one time. the Hershey Lodge, 325 University To further increase safety, face Drive, Hershey. Admission is free. masks will be Brought to required for both you by OLP exhibitors and Events and the attendees, and Dauphin County hand sanitizer Area Agency stations will on Aging, the be available 50plus EXPO will throughout the feature exhibitors event space. providing up-toDAUPHIN COUNTY Despite these date information adjustments, focused on the exhibitors are eager to help health, lifestyle, and needs of the connect visitors with information local 50-plus community. and resources “hidden” in their Like many public events, the 50plus neighborhoods.

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Bring in the Birds with These Winning Plant Varieties

Fill your gardens with beautiful plants that produce an abundance of seeds the birds will love. You’ll enjoy the flowers as well as the birds that visit to dine on the seeds. Best of all, there is no feeder to refill or clean.

Sunflowers are likely the first seedproducing plant that comes to mind. Their dark-brown centers turn to seeds that attract a wide variety of birds and, of course, squirrels to your yard.

Add a unique flare to your sunflower collection with the All-America Selections (AAS) winner Sunflower Ring of Fire. Its chocolate-brown center is surrounded by a ring of red petals tipped in gold. The 4- to 5-feet-tall plants reach their peak late in the season, adding a fresh look to any flowerbed.

AAS winner Purple Majesty Millet is another bird magnet. Tolerant of heat and drought, it grows 3-5 feet tall, and its green

leaves turn purple in the sunlight.

Twelve-inch-long flower spikes top the plant, making it the perfect thriller in container gardens, backdrop in flowerbeds, or addition to garden bouquets. But you’ll want to leave most of the flowers on the plants to produce seeds that bring in the birds.

Another group of AAS winners, the Salvia Summer Jewel™ series, blooms earlier and more prolifically than other similar varieties on the market. You can choose from white, pink, red, and lavender flowers that attract butterflies and hummingbirds. And as their flowers turn to seeds, you will find colorful goldfinches flocking to the plants.

Coneflowers are well known for their bird Photo courtesy of All-America Selections appeal. Our native purple and pale-purple After surviving brutal winter and summer conditions, coneflowers are always a good choice, but a Echinacea Sombrero® Baja Burgundy, a 2020 All-America few relatively new hardy varieties increase the Selections winner, continued to produce flowers color options for gardeners. midsummer to frost during a three-year plant trial.

The 2020 AAS winner Sombrero® Baja Burgundy was trialed for three years, survived brutal winter and summer conditions, and continued to produce deep violet-red flowers midsummer to frost.

Cheyenne Spirit Echinacea produces a mix of purple, pink, red, and orange flowers, while PowWow Wild Berry’s compact plants are topped with deep rose-purple flowers. Start these two from seed in early spring and be rewarded with colorful flowers the first summer.

A popular companion of coneflowers, black-eyed Susans are sure to add 50plus LIFE and Vision Resources a bright spot of color to any garden. And as the flowers fade, they provide of Central Pennsylvania have an abundance of seed for birds to enjoy fall through winter. The 2020 AAS partnered to bring you weekly winner American Gold Rush provides all the beauty, plus a resistance to audio readings of 50plus LIFE’s Septoria leaf spot disease. editorial content!

Longtime favorite flowers, such as cosmos, coreopsis, marigolds, and zinnias, also help bring in the seed-eating birds. Select single-flowered varieties for maximum seed production. Radiance and Cosmic Orange cosmos, Sahara Listen to the livestream Starlight, and the Profusion series of zinnias are a few outstanding performers Thursdays from to consider.

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My Gym Just Reopened — Now What?

In the age of COVID-19, gyms have been forced to close around the country. Now, as many are reopening for the first time since the beginning of the pandemic, gym staff must make sure they’re following recommended guidelines for social distancing and ensuring proper cleaning and sanitization.

If the situation is getting better in your area and your gym has just reopened, you’re probably wondering whether or not you should resume your previous workout schedule.

We’re sharing some advice on how to stay safe, but bear in mind that the situation is always changing. Currently, only gyms in Pennsylvania counties that have reached “green” status are permitted to reopen.

You should avoid going to the gym unless and until the situation is stable enough in your area and the local regulations tell you it’s safe.

Do a Safety Check The most important step is to verify that your gym is following the current guidelines and rules in your area. You’ll also want to see that they’re properly cleaning the equipment and allowing a limited number of people inside.

If all of the above is in accordance with the rules, make sure you’re also careful with your own hygiene.

Good Hygiene Habits for Gym Goers Lower your chances of contracting any bacterial, viral, or fungal infections by doing the following: • Wash your hands properly before and after the workout. Use soap and warm running water, washing for at least 20 seconds and rinsing well afterward.

Then dry with a clean towel or unused paper.

• Don’t touch your face in the gym to avoid exposure to any germs you come in contact with during the workout.

hands well and thoroughly and let them dry completely before doing anything.

• Make sure the equipment you’re using is clean.

Even if the gym is cleaning and sanitizing assiduously, you should still use a spray or a wipe to clean them on your own.

• Shower as soon as possible after your workout. As soon as you reach home, toss your gym clothes in the washer and hop in the shower. Avoid resting on the sofa in your gym clothes or before you are showered and clean.

• Never share personal care items like towels, water bottles, brushes, makeup, or soaps with other people in the gym.

The Bottom Line Follow good hygiene habits and take care of yourself to stay healthy at your gym. Remember that you should avoid the gym if you’re worried the current situation still isn’t safe enough yet.

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Coronavirus-Related Medicare Scam Alert

By John Johnston

Since older Americans are particularly vulnerable to coronavirus (COVID-19), we want to remind Medicare beneficiaries to be vigilant and take precautions to avoid falling victim to healthcare fraud during this pandemic.

We’re warning Medicare beneficiaries that scammers may try to use this pandemic to steal their Medicare number, banking information, or other personal data.

Unfortunately, scammers take advantage of the most vulnerable people during times of uncertainty and change. You must protect yourself by making sure you only give your Medicare number to your doctor, pharmacist, hospital, health insurer, or other trusted healthcare provider.

If someone calls you on the phone, saying they’re from Medicare and asking for your Medicare number or other personal information — just hang up.

Medicare representatives will never:

• Call to sell you anything

Medicare cards no longer have Social Security numbers on them to reduce fraud and protect beneficiaries from identity theft.

Even with this change, you should guard your Medicare card like you would a credit card. Be sure to check your Medicare claim summaries for errors and questionable bills.

If you suspect Medicare fraud, please report it by calling Medicare’s toll-free customer service center at 1-800-MEDICARE, (800) 633-4227.

You can also visit Medicare online at www.medicare.gov/forms-helpresources/help-fight-medicare-fraud.

Please help inform others by sharing this message with family and friends.

• Call beneficiaries to ask for or to “verify” Medicare numbers

John Johnston is a Social Security public affairs specialist.

• Promise you things if you give them a Medicare number • Visit you at your home • Call you to enroll you in a Medicare program over the phone, unless you called us first

Stay Safe for Essential Errands Even as restrictions on going outside ease, you still have to protect yourself during the pandemic for as long as it lasts.

From the Chattanooga Times Free Press comes this good advice for staying safe when going out for essential errands: Grocery shopping. Wear a face mask and gloves. Carry disinfectant wipes to clean off carts, display cases, door handles, credit card readers, and everything else you touch. Stay 6 feet away or more from other people. Shop early in the morning when there are fewer crowds, and keep your trip as short as you can.

Gas stations. You’ll have to fill up your tank eventually. Wear gloves and bring disinfectant wipes for the pump handle and card reader. Don’t go into the store if you can avoid it. Wear your mask at all times.

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The bank. Similar precautions apply — mask, gloves, and wipes for door handles and ATMs. Keep your visit as brief as possible. Use the ATM as much as you can to avoid face-toface contact.

Pharmacies. Call ahead to get your prescriptions refilled so you don’t have to wait around, and call to confirm that they’re ready before you head out. Use the drive-through window if it’s available.

Service calls. If you need an appliance repaired, talk to the company in advance about the steps they’re taking to keep you and their technicians safe. If a technician shows up without a mask and other protective gear, don’t let them in. Tell them you’ll reschedule the appointment.

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How Credit Scores Still Matter in Retirement

By Jim Akin People often dial back credit usage as retirement approaches — mortgages may be paid off, cars accumulate fewer miles and get replaced less frequently, and household spending winds down as the nest empties.

But lots of retirees take out new mortgages on condos or vacation homes. And some retirees, whose days of big-ticket financing are behind them, make the mistake of concluding they can forget about their credit scores.

But your credit scores can affect your finances even if you’re done applying for loans and credit cards. Here are a few ways low credit scores can cost retirees money:

Plus, you can get credit for paying cellphone and utility bills on time by adding these accounts to your Experian credit report with Experian Boost™.

Once they’re in your report, your ontime payments may improve your credit history and increase your credit scores.

Higher interest rates on existing debts. Many credit card issuers routinely monitor your credit scores for purposes known in the industry as “account management.”

This practice gives card issuers a heads-up of changes in your creditworthiness, and many issuers reserve the right to change the terms of your cardholder agreement if your credit score declines significantly.

They may lower your borrowing limit, increase the interest rate they charge, or even close your account.

Lower rates on insurance. Auto and homeowners insurance companies often use information in your credit report to generate a type of specialized insurance score, which helps them decide what rates to charge you.

Reductions in your credit score could mean higher insurance premiums.

Security deposits. If you want to rent construction gear or other equipment for a DIY project, or if you just want to get a Wi-Fi router or DVR from the cable company serving your new retirement community, you’ll likely be subjected to a credit check.

A fair to good credit score might not prevent you from getting the rental, but it might mean you’ll need to put down a higher security deposit than you would if your score were higher.

So how do you maintain a high credit score (or build up a score that could stand to be higher) once you’ve entered retirement?

The most important steps you can take to avoid hurting your credit score are: Pay your bills on time. Do this every month without fail. If your retirement will include a lot of travel, or if you’ll be dividing time between two homes during the year, this may take some extra care.

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Avoid excessive credit balances. Pay your credit card balances in full as often as possible (this also saves you from paying interest charges).

When you must carry a balance from month to month, do your best to keep it below 30% of your borrowing limit.

Experts agree that utilization rates in excess of 30% tend to lower your credit scores.

Resist the urge to close older credit card accounts. Even if you’re not using the cards regularly, unless you’re paying fees for them, hang on to cards you’ve had a long time, particularly if you maintained a record of on-time payments for them.

Longstanding accounts help boost a credit-scoring factor known as age of accounts.

Stay active. It won’t mean any major credit score increase, but active credit card accounts — those you use regularly — tend to elevate credit scores slightly more than disused cards.

Consider using an idle card to make a small payment each month — for your video streaming service, perhaps. If you set up an automatic payment through your checking account to pay the credit card bill, this will keep the card account active without adding to your monthly activity.

Be vigilant. Identity thieves can wreak havoc on your credit by hijacking your credit cards or opening new cards in your name, and senior citizens and children are among the most frequent targets.

Review all your bank and credit statements carefully each month, check your credit reports at least annually, and report any unauthorized activity immediately.

Retirement is the time to relax, savor your free time, and enjoy the fruits of your life’s labors and savings.

Making effort to keep up your credit scores can help ensure you have the flexibility to get the goods and services you want when you want them, make big or small purchases whenever the time is right, and pay for it all in whatever way is most convenient. You’ve earned that privilege.

Jim Akin has experience as both a journalist and a marketing professional. He is currently a writer focused on consumer finance and credit scoring. He is a writer for Experian.

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Older Adults Reminded of Rights Regarding Stimulus Checks

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As Pennsylvanians continue to receive not file their taxes in 2018 or 2019 can federal stimulus payments as part of the submit a non-filers form any time until the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic end of calendar year 2020 and receive their Security (CARES) Act, the Pennsylvania stimulus check. departments of Aging, Human Services, “The insurance department is alarmed and Insurance remind consumers living in by complaints from Pennsylvanians long-term care facilities that these checks questioning a facility’s right to a resident’s belong to them, not the facilities where federal stimulus check,” said Commissioner they live.

Jessica Altman.

“We have received complaints from “We are dedicated to making sure residents of long-term care facilities being all Pennsylvanians are aware that the told that their federal stimulus checks Federal Trade Commission has made count as income that must be surrendered, very clear that stimulus income should Nearly 4 million economic impact payments in part or in whole, to pay for services. not be considered a ‘resource’ in federal will be sent by prepaid debit card instead Residents should know that this is not benefit programs and that nursing homes true,” Margaret Barajas, Pennsylvania and assisted living facilities may not seize of by paper check. state long-term care ombudsman of the stimulus payments from residents simply Pennsylvania Department of Aging, said. because they are on Medicaid.”

“The stimulus checks were issued with the expectation that they would Consumers with concerns should call the Pennsylvania Attorney General’s be used to stimulate the economy, not to settle up past debt. The state Office at (800) 441-2555. ombudsman is committed to advocating for and resolving these issues for But if they need some extra help preparing to make their complaint, the older adults, case by case.”

Department of Aging’s LTC state ombudsman can be reached at (717) 783The Department of Human Services has issued guidance for how economic 8975. impact payments affect the eligibility of those living in long-term care for Aging Secretary Robert Torres noted that consumers should be aware that Pennsylvania’s Medicaid program, Medical Assistance (MA). the U.S. Treasury and the IRS are starting to send nearly 4 million economic This guidance directs that the economic payment is not considered income impact payments (EIPs) by prepaid debit card, instead of by paper check. for the purposes of MA eligibility. The portion of the economic impact These cards arrive in a plain white envelope. EIP card recipients can make payments that is spent within 12 months of receipt is also considered an purchases, get cash from in-network ATMs, and transfer funds to their excluded resource for MA eligibility. personal bank account without incurring any fees. The EIP card can be used There should be no change to a resident’s monthly charges in their contract online, at ATMs, or at any retail location where Visa is accepted. due to this payment. Residents may direct their concerns or complaints to the To learn more about stimulus payment eligibility or check on the status of a Assisted Living Complaint Hotline at (877) 401-8835. payment, visit www.irs.gov/coronavirus.

“We want to assure residents of these facilities that these stimulus payments The LTC ombudsman recently launched a new statewide resource called are theirs — it is not meant to be a rent rebate,” said DHS Secretary Teresa Virtual Family Council, which offers families a chance to connect with a local Miller. “No one should worry that accepting this payment will affect their ombudsman and other experts to ask questions and discuss protocols, rights, ability to keep Medicaid eligibility or their housing. and procedures for their loved ones in long-term care facilities.

Any resident of a facility who is concerned that their payment is in jeopardy The meetings are held weekly and do not address specific issues regarding should reach out to the Pennsylvania state long-term care ombudsman right a resident or a facility. Learn more about the LTC ombudsman and various away, Miller said. programs offered by the Pennsylvania Department of Aging at www.aging.

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