York County 50plus LIFE January 2016

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Complimentary | York County Edition | January 2016 • Vol. 17 No. 1

Where Poland and Pennsylvania Meet

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Inside:

Rosemary: The Hidden Kennedy Daughter page 7

Betty Lynn: Keeping Mayberry Alive page 8

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Why Jan. 1? Ask Julius Caesar You can’t exactly blame Julius Caesar for any failed New Year’s resolutions, but the idea of beginning the year on Jan. 1 originated in his time.

The Roman emperor designated that day as the New Year in 153 B.C. to mark the naming of Rome’s two ruling consuls.

The so-called Julian calendar remained in standard use throughout the Middle Ages, although many European countries chose to start their calendar year on different days to commemorate various Christian holidays, such as Christmas or Easter.

By the 16th century, many people and nations agreed that the Julian calendar ought to be reformed. Pope Gregory XIII chose a calendar devised by Italian astronomer and philosopher Aloysius Lilius in 1582.

By that time, most western European countries had already adopted Jan. 1 as the start of the year, but the Gregorian calendar itself was accepted at different times by different nations.

Russia didn’t abandon the Julian calendar for the Gregorian until after the October Revolution in 1917. www.50plusLifePA.com

Heat Assistance Available through LIHEAP Eligible Pennsylvania residents are encouraged to apply for the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP), which helps low-income people pay their heating bills through homeenergy assistance grants and crisis grants.

Cash grants are awarded based on household income, family size, type of heating fuel, and region. Both

renters and homeowners are eligible.

Crisis grants are provided in the event of a heating emergency, including broken heating equipment or leaking lines that must be fixed or replaced, lack of fuel, termination of utility service, or danger of being without fuel or of having utility service terminated.

Eligibility for the 2015-16 LIHEAP season is set at 150 percent

of the federal poverty income guidelines.

For more information or to apply online, visit COMPASS (www. compass.state.pa.us).

Paper applications are available from your county Office of Aging, or applications can be downloaded and printed from the Department of Human Services’ website (www.dhs. pa.gov). Click on “For Adults.”

Household sizes and maximum income limits for LIHEAP’s 2015-16 season: 1 person – $17,655 2 people – $23,895 3 people – $30,135 4 people – $36,375 5 people – $42,615 6 people – $48,855

7 people – $55,095 8 people – $61,335 9 people – $67,575 10 people – $73,815 (For each additional person, add $6,240.)

Stay Healthy When You Travel Can your hotel room make you sick? Whether you’re on vacation or traveling for work, you don’t want your accommodations to create health issues.

Try these tips to stay healthy wherever you crash: Get a smoke-free room. Avoid exposure to leftover smoke and nicotine by requesting a smoke-free

floor when you make your reservations, or at least a nonsmoking room.

Resist the minibar. Decline a minibar key when you check in.

You’ll be free of temptation to indulge in unhealthy (and expensive) drinks and snacks.

Ditch the bed cover. Bed covers can be hiding places for bugs and

other pests. Store it in a dresser or a corner of your room before going to bed.

Bring your own disinfectant.

Wipe down the phone, TV remote, and other devices with an antibacterial spray or wipe before using them to get rid of any harmful bacteria and germs from previous guests.

Use fresh cups. Don’t drink from reusable glasses and cups. Stick with your own water bottle or plastic, disposable cups wrapped in plastic.

Pack your own snacks. You won’t want to raid the minibar or visit the vending machines if you bring your own snacks with you. Dried fruit, trail mix, and other nutritious options will help you avoid overindulgence in your room and when you eat out.

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

Active Adult Communities Roth’s Farm Village Roth’s Church Road, Spring Grove (717) 633-7300

Entertainment Dutch Apple Dinner Theatre 510 Centerville Road, Lancaster (717) 898-1900

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

Nursing/Rehab Pleasant Acres Nursing and Rehabilitation 118 Pleasant Acres Road, York (717) 840-7412

Animal Hospitals Community Animal Hospital Donald A. Sloat, D.V.M. 400 S. Pine St., York (717) 845-5669

Funeral Services/Monuments The Tompkins Agency (717) 968-8908

Home Care Services Senior Helpers (717) 920-0707

Pharmacies CVS/pharmacy www.cvs.com

Health & Medical Services Alzheimer’s Association (717) 651-5020

Visiting Angels Living Assistance Services Hanover: (717) 630-0067 Lancaster: (717) 393-3450 York: (717) 751-2488

Services York County Area Agency on Aging (800) 632-9073

Automobile Sales/Service Gordon’s Body Shop, Inc. 10 Mill St., Stewartstown (717) 993-2263 Coins & Currency Steinmetz Coins & Currency 2861 E. Prospect Road, York (717) 757-6980 Dental Services Advanced Dentures and Dental 1720 S. Queen St., York (717) 843-6800 Energy Assistance Low-Income Energy Assistance (717) 787-8750 www.50plusLifePA.com

Alzheimer’s Information Clearinghouse (800) 367-5115 American Diabetes Association (800) 342-2383 CONTACT Helpline (717) 652-4400 The National Kidney Foundation (800) 697-7007 or (717) 757-0604 Social Security Information (800) 772-1213 Healthcare Information PA HealthCare Cost Containment (717) 232-6787

Housing Assistance Housing Authority of York (717) 845-2601 Property Tax/Rent Rebate (888) 728-2937 Insurance – Long-Term Care Apprise Insurance Counseling (717) 771-9610 or (800) 632-9073 Medical Equipment & Supplies Medical Supply (800) 777-6647

Transportation Rabbittransit (717) 846-7433 Travel AAA Southern Pennsylvania (717) 600-8700 Veterans Services Lebanon VA Medical Center 1700 S. Lincoln Ave., Lebanon (717) 228-6000 or (800) 409-8771 Not an all-inclusive list of advertisers in your area.

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January 2016

Every year I make several New Year’s resolutions, and every year I fall way short of accomplishing them.

Maybe I set my goals a little too high.

For example, these are some of my failed resolutions from last year: I will read Moby Dick and Ulysses. I will clean out the garage.

I will become a more honorable person. Who can do these things?

And so this year, I decided my goals would still be lofty, but I wouldn’t set the bar quite as high. And maybe, just maybe, I can accomplish them with the right amount of determination.

Here are my resolutions for 2016:

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4. I will go to my 50th high school reunion and stretch the truth about my accomplishments.

I realize it’s deceitful and I should be happy with my true accomplishments, but I think I can overcome these feelings. I will rent a limo and tell my former classmates that I’m a billionaire and I invented suitcases with little wheels on them.

3. I will go to the bathroom at least four times every night. I’m pretty sure I can accomplish this goal because I have had plenty of practice.

this New Year’s resolution. Some people are so dumb that I have to repeat myself in order to make sure that they understood me the first time.

8. I will eat something bad for me at least twice a week. I may have to go to different restaurants to find the creamiest piece of cheesecake or the fattiest pastrami sandwich, but I will be diligent in my search and in making this resolution a reality.

9. I will not go to the opera or the ballet with my wife. I may have to make up numerous excuses, but I think with the right determination and creative thinking, I can do it.

1. Even though I am already overweight, I will somehow manage to gain 5 pounds this year. I was going to say 10 pounds, but I don’t want to shoot too high.

2. I will brag about my 2-yearold granddaughter incessantly.

I will find any excuse I can to talk about her. And I will do it even if my transitions aren’t that graceful. For example, if someone says, “It’s a nice day out,” I will reply, “Speaking of nice days, did I mention that my granddaughter is brilliant?”

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5. I will watch at least three hours of television a day. It will be hard to find enough good programs to watch, but I will search them out and be relentless in my goal.

6. I will only say that I am seven years younger than I actually am.

Saying I am any younger than that would be dishonest.

7. I will occasionally repeat myself. I know this will be met by some eye rolls and annoyance, but I will not be deterred in achieving

10. I will take credit for things I haven’t actually done. This can be anything from fixing a leaky faucet to cleaning out my closet.

I figure if I say it enough times, people will actually believe me (it works for politicians).

11. I will pretend to have read Moby Dick and Ulysses. This resolution will be difficult to achieve, but I will get the CliffsNotes and study them for days so I can convince people that I have actually read these books.

Yes, this may take more time than actually reading the novels, but I think it’s worth it.

12. My column will not be longer than 600 words because that—

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Tax Assistance Schedule Announced AARP volunteers will be available to assist in completing tax and property tax/rent rebate applications at sites throughout York County beginning in February.

Preference is given to those age 60 and over. Select the site nearest your home and call to schedule an appointment. Appointments are required.

Call (717) 771-9042 on or after Jan. 11 to schedule an appointment for the following locations: Aldersgate United Methodist Church 397 Tyler Run Road, York Township Feb. 13 and March 12 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Messiah United Methodist Church 1300 N. Beaver St., York Tuesdays, 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Union Fire Company 201 York St., Manchester February 5, 19; March 4, 25; April 8, 15 8:30 to 11:30 a.m.

York Alliance Church 501 Rathton Road, York (fellowship hall in back of church) Wednesdays, 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Make an appointment at the following sites by calling the numbers listed below.

Delta Senior Center 5 Pendyrus St., Peach Bottom Township (717) 456-5753 One-day site: March 14, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Dover Area Community Library 3700-3 Davidsburg Road, Dover Township (717) 292-6814 Thursdays, 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Call: Wednesdays, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 5 to 8 p.m.; Thursdays, 1 to 5 p.m.

Eastern Area Senior Center 243 Hellam St., Wrightsville (717) 252-1641 Wednesdays and Thursdays, 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. www.50plusLifePA.com

Grace United Methodist Church 473 Plank Road, New Freedom (Shrewsbury) Mondays, 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Call the Stewartstown Senior Center at (717) 993-3488 Monday to Friday, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., to schedule an appointment.

Hanover Church of the Brethren 601 Wilson Ave., Hanover Mondays, 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Call the Hanover Area Council of Churches at (717) 633-6353 Monday to Friday, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. only.

Red Lion Senior Center 20C Gotham Place, York Township (717) 244-7229 Thursdays, 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Windy Hill on the Campus 1472 Roth’s Church Road, Suite 103, Spring Grove (717) 225-0733 Tuesdays, 8:30 a.m. to noon

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The following sites schedule for members and those with limited mobility. The appointments will be scheduled by the respective directors.

Red Land Senior Center 736 Wyndamere Road, Lewisberry (717) 938-4649 Three-day site: Feb. 12, March 11, April 1 9 a.m. to noon White Rose Senior Center 27 S. Broad St., York (717) 843-9704 One-day site: Feb. 26 8:30 to 11:30 a.m.

Inclement Weather: Sites at senior centers/Dover Library will follow the center’s closing announcements.

Other sites will go by the school district’s weather policy in which they are located. If closed, the site will be closed; if a delay, the site will adhere as safely as possible to the regular appointments.

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Social Security’s Viagra Benefit for Kids Jim Miller

Dear Savvy Senior, I’ve been told that my children, who are 13 and 16 years old, may be eligible for Social Security when I file for my retirement benefits. What can you tell me about this? – Older Dad

Dear Older, It’s true. If you’re retired and are still raising young children, there’s a littleknown Social Security benefit dubbed the “Viagra benefit” that can put some extra money in your family coffers.

Here’s how it works. When you file for Social Security retirement benefits, each of your minor children can get money on your work record equaling half of what you would receive at full retirement age, which is currently 66.

Even if you were to take a smaller benefit by claiming earlier, your kids will still get half of your full-retirement

age amount.

To qualify, your kids—whether they’re biological, adopted, or stepchildren— must be unmarried and under age 18.

Kids that are over 18 but still in high school can collect too until they graduate or turn 19, whichever comes first. (Other rules apply to kids who are disabled.)

But that’s not all.

Because you have one child who is only 13, your wife (if you’re married) can collect Social Security benefits on your work record too.

And it doesn’t matter if she’s just 40 years old. The minimum age requirements to collect retirement

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benefits (62) or survivor benefits (60) do not apply when it comes to collecting benefits as the caregiver of a young child.

The spouse’s benefit, which is also worth up to half of your benefit, will stop when your child turns 16.

But be aware that there are limits to the amount of money that can be paid to a family. The Social Security “family maximum payment” is determined by a complex formula (see ssa.gov/oact/ cola/familymax.html) and can range from 150 to 180 percent of your full retirement benefit amount.

If the total exceeds that, each

person’s benefit, except yours, is cut proportionately until it equals the maximum.

Here’s an example of how that’s figured. Let’s say, for example, that your full retirement age benefit is $2,000. After doing the Social Security math computations, that would make your family maximum benefit $3,500.

Subtract your $2,000 benefit from the $3,500 family maximum benefit, which leaves $1,500. That’s the monthly amount that can be split between your two children: $750 each.

If your wife wants in on it too, the individual checks are smaller, at $500 apiece, but the family amount is the same.

File and Suspend One other benefit-boosting strategy you should know about that’s relevant here is “file and suspend.”

If you’re still working and would like to wait, say, to age 67 or even 70 to start claiming your own benefits, you can file and suspend starting at full retirement age, 66.

This option gives you the ability to start monthly payments for your minor children and wife but suspend your own benefit so you can collect a larger amount later.

Your benefit will increase by 8 percent per year for every year you delay collecting your retirement benefit up until age 70. That means your retirement benefit at age 70 will be 132 percent of what it would have been if you had collected at age 66.

You should also know that minor children can collect Social Security benefits based on the earnings of a parent who is disabled or deceased.

To learn more, see the SSA publication (No. 05-10085) Benefits for Children at www.ssa.gov/pubs/EN-0510085.pdf.

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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The Bookworm Sez

Rosemary: The Hidden Kennedy Daughter Terri Schlichenmeyer

The king has spoken.

And in pretty much every fairytale, that’s all it takes for a happy (or notso-happy) ending: he decrees, and it is so.

And in the new book Rosemary: The Hidden Kennedy Daughter by Kate Clifford Larson, you’ll see how that affected the oldest girl in what many say was America’s royal family.

When Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy went into labor on the Sept. 13, 1918, she figured her third baby’s birth would be as uneventful as that of her first two children.

Alas, the doctor was delayed in caring for Boston’s Spanish flu victims so the nurse, unauthorized to deliver the child, held the baby in place in the birth canal for two excruciating hours.

By the time little Rosemary Kennedy was a year old, it was obvious that something was amiss.

Compared to her older brothers, “Rosie” was delayed in all milestones, which her mother blamed on “gender and temperament.”

Still, hoping her daughter would catch up, Rose vowed to spend more time with Rosemary.

No matter how much parental attention she had, however, Rosemary would never be a rough-and-tumble Kennedy. As younger siblings were born and quickly overtook her both physically and mentally, it became apparent that she was going to need more than the family could offer.

Doctors diagnosed her as “mentally

retarded”; she forward, she puts into context each until relatively might also recently, tucked phase of Rosemary’s life, plunging us have suffered away in smallinto the way things were early in the from epilepsy. town Wisconsin, last century.

Then, believe it or not, in Larson’s Inwardly, she but the rest? struggled; I had no idea. hands, this tragic tale culminates in an oddly happy ending. outwardly, she That story, I couldn’t get enough of this was charming however, isn’t all astounding book and, especially and fun-loving. that lies inside if you like a splash of historical Many thought Rosemary: The biography in your scandal, you’ll love she was just Hidden Kennedy Author photo courtesy of David Carmack it, too. “shy.”

Daughter.

Rosemary: Rosemary: The Hidden Kennedy Desperate Author Kate The Hidden Kennedy Daughter Daughter is a book I can’t speak for a cure that Clifford Larson

By Kate Clifford Larson enough about. would never c. 2015, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt also lays out come, Joseph plenty of history, $27 / $35 Canada The Bookworm is Terri Schlichenmeyer. and Rose both of the Terri has been reading since she was 3 302 pages Kennedy sent family as a years old and she never goes anywhere Rosemary to a succession of schools whole and of the world. without a book. She lives on a hill in until, in 1938, a good fit was found She reaches back to the earliest Wisconsin with two dogs and 14,000 books. in Great Britain but World War II Kennedy years and, as she pulls us intervened.

Nineteen-year-old Rosemary was pulled from that school for her safety, and her stateside return sent her into a Join the 2016 One Book, One Community campaign by reading tailspin.

Gaining Ground by Forrest Pritchard By 1941, Joseph Kennedy was searching for new methods of 80 libraries in Berks, Dauphin, treatment for his daughter and had Lancaster, Lebanon, Perry, and York considered lobotomy (a radical brain counties and their community partners surgery). present the regional reading campaign.

Family members recommended against it, but he’d been “assured” it Read the book during would work and so, sometime in early January and attend free November 1941, without telling his library programs and discussions wife or children, he authorized the Visit www.oboc.org in February! surgery … or your library to learn more Stunned. Absolutely stunned. That was me, as I read this sit-still book.

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Betty Lynn: Keeping Mayberry Alive Nick Thomas

It’s just after noon on the third Friday of the month, and 89-year-old Betty Lynn is preparing to take her seat behind a small brown table in the main room of the Andy Griffith Museum in Mount Airy, N.C. Visitors are already beginning to flood into the 2,500-square-foot building to meet the actress best known to ’60s TV fans as Barney Fife’s girlfriend, Thelma Lou, from The Andy Griffith Show, set in the fictional town of Mayberry. “Over 500 people come through,� says Lynn of a typical afternoon at the museum, where she greets fans once a month.

They come from all over the world to meet a former cast member of the popular show and to see the large collection of Andy Griffith memorabilia, assembled by Griffith’s

Betty Lynn at the Andy Griffth Museum in 2013. Photo credit: Hobart Jones, Surry Arts Council.

lifelong friend Emmett Forrest (see www.andygriffithmuseum.com).

In 2007, after being twice robbed in her Los Angeles home, Lynn left Hollywood for the quiet, secure life in Mount Airy, which was also Andy Griffith’s hometown. “I’d been coming here for the

1960s. It won six Emmys, including five for Don Knotts. “Andy was fun and a bit of a tease off-camera, while Don was sweet but very quiet and nothing like his Barney Fife character. But that just illustrates what a good actor he was.�

Lynn also appeared in some 20 films and more than 40 other TV shows, including many Westerns. “I enjoyed Westerns, but filming Don Knotts and Betty Lynn in a screen in the hot Californian summers shot from The Andy Griffith Show. wearing long dresses and petticoats was rough,� she said. “During one Mayberry Days festival for ages, so show—I think it was ‘Texas John it seemed like the perfect place to Slaughter’ for Disneyland—we sat settle,� she said. “Everyone has been down to lunch and these huge bugs so kind since I moved here. It didn’t swarmed all around us. We were told take long for me to feel like a local to just ignore them and eat around rather than a visitor.� them.�

The Andy Griffith Show ran for Throughout her career, Lynn eight seasons, throughout most of the worked with some Hollywood greats.

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“My first film, Sitting Pretty, and then later Cheaper by the Dozen, were with Clifton Webb, a sweet man with a good sense of humor,” she recalled.

“I also did two films with Bette Davis, who got everyone to call me Boo, after one of my characters, so it wouldn’t be confusing when they called ‘Betty’ on the set!’

She also worked, at one time or another, with almost all the cast of Gilligan’s Island.

“Alan Hale Jr. was on an episode of The Andy Griffith Show and played a mountain man looking for a wife,” explained Lynn. “Recently, I saw the episode again, where he picked me way up in the air twice. I laughed because I looked like a rag doll.”

As she does on each of her visits to the museum, Lynn braces for a long afternoon as enthusiastic fans are already forming the meet-and-greet line.

“It’s a little tiring by the end of the day, but it’s the least I can do since people may stand for hours to take a picture and get an autograph and a hug,” she says. “There’s a lot of love coming my way.”

Nick Thomas teaches at Auburn University at Montgomery, Ala., and has written features, columns, and interviews for more than 600 magazines and newspapers. Follow @TinseltownTalks

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Salute to a Veteran

He Flew 173 Missions in the Berlin Airlift Robert D. Wilcox

John Schuppert grew up on a farm in New Freedom, Pa. As a youngster, he often saw barnstorming pilots flying overhead.

And in 1931, when he was only 12, he had a chance to get a ride with one of them. That sealed his ambition to one day become a daring pilot himself.

That day was pretty far in the future, however, and in the meantime, he finished high school, and then went on to earn a BA in social sciences at Loyola College in Baltimore.

In 1941, he was drafted into the Army Engineers, where he helped build runways and revetments at air bases used by our World War II fliers.

Then a chance came along to try for the Aviation Cadet program. So he quickly grabbed it.

He aced the test and went through

German children watch a C-54 land at Templehof Airport during the Berlin Airlift.

Maj. John E. Schuppert with the Air Medal he got for flying his first 100 missions of the Berlin Airlift.

the flight program, emerging with his pilot’s wings and the gold bars of a

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His first assignment was to a base in Great Falls, Mont., where he flew A-20 and B-25 bombers to Alaska.

There, Soviet pilots picked them up and flew them to the Soviet Union, which, at that time, was our ally in the

war in Europe.

His next assignment was to be in a situation that shocked the world.

When the war in Europe ended in May 1945, the U.S., Great Britain, France, and the Soviet Union each was given a part of Germany as an occupation zone. The German capital, Berlin, was well within the Soviet zone, and it, too, was divided between the four powers.

Matters between the Soviets and the three Western powers rapidly deteriorated, however. And on June 24, 1948, the Soviets blockaded rail, road, and water access to western Berlin.

Fortunately, air corridors had been agreed upon for reaching Berlin, and they now became the only way the West had for supplying the some 2 million Germans residing in western Berlin.

Each corridor was 20 miles wide,

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and it was quickly decided that they were to be used to bring to Berliners the essentials they needed to stay alive.

There were 102 C-47 transports and only two C-54s in Europe, so they were all flown to Wiesbaden and Rhein-Main to use the corridor to Templehof Airport and to Celle and Fassberg to use the corridor to Gatow Airport.

The C-47 could haul 3 tons of cargo, while the C-54 could carry 10 tons. On June 26, 1948, the first day of what became the Berlin Airlift, C-47s made 32 fights with 80 tons of mainly powdered milk, flour, and medicine.

But it became clear that C-54s were urgently needed, and in two weeks they began arriving from the U.S. to replace the C-47s.

Schuppert arrived in Celle in November 1948 and soon started flying C-54 missions to Gatow Airport in Berlin.

When asked what that was like, Schuppert says, “Well, the weather in winter was pretty bad, with fog, clouds, rain, and ice. In clear weather, we had often been flying at threeminute intervals, 24 hours a day, but we had to extend that some with the bad winter weather.”

How about the Soviets? Did they try to jam the flights?

“Not really,” he says. “Their fighter pilots and anti-aircraft gunners occasionally opened fire near the corridors, but they didn’t come into the corridors after us.”

So that wasn’t a problem?

“Well, yes and no. On one mission, a bullet had passed cleanly through one of our props, but we didn’t even realize it until we found the hole later, when we were on the ground.”

The airlift worked so well that the

Soviets lifted the blockade on May 12, 1949, but just to be sure that the land access would endure, we kept the lift going until Sept. 30.

By then, 2.3 million tons of cargo had been flown to Berlin, about 75 percent of which came in American planes. We flew 189,000 flights, totaling nearly 600,000 flying hours and exceeding 92 million miles.

The biggest single day was Easter Sunday, April 17, 1949, with 13,000 tons of cargo, including the equivalent of 600 railroad cars of coal.

Schuppert flew his last Berlin Airlift mission in May 1949 and flew back to Westover Field in Massachusetts, where he was separated from the Air Force.

He was recalled for Korea in 1951, completing survival school in Nevada and then going to San Antonio, where he was checked out in B-29s.

Then it was to Forbes Air Force Base, Kansas, where he flew the all-jet B-47 bomber. That led to his being an instructor pilot in the B-47 for two years before retiring from the Air Force for the last time in 1955.

Back in Central Pennsylvania, he joined Hamilton Technology as a contract administrator. He then worked for Fulton Bank, heading their credit card division.

As a person who needed to keep himself busy, he worked at a surprising number of other jobs before coming to a comfortable retirement home, where he and his wife, Cynthia, reside today.

He can look back at an unusually diverse Air Force career, while his important days of flying the Berlin Airlift stand out as some of the most rewarding.

Colonel Wilcox flew a B-17 bomber in Europe in World War II.

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Calendar of Events

York County

Community Programs/Support Groups Free and open to the public

Senior Center Activities

Jan. 4, 9:30 a.m.

Green Thumb Garden Club Meeting Emmanuel Lutheran Church 2650 Freysville Road, Red Lion (717) 235-2823

Jan. 12, 19, 26, 10 to 11:30 a.m.

Acrylic Painting Art Classes Senior Commons at Powder Mill 1775 Powder Mill Road, York (717) 741-0961

Jan. 5, 7 p.m.

Surviving Spouse Socials of York County Faith United Church of Christ 509 Pacific Ave., York (717) 266-2784

Jan. 18, 2 p.m.

American Girl Tea Party for Granddaughters and Grandmothers Senior Commons at Powder Mill 1775 Powder Mill Road, York (717) 741-0961

South Central Senior Community Center – (717) 235-6060, http://southcentralyorkcountysrctr.webs.com Tuesdays, 10 to 11 a.m. – Stretch Yoga We dnesdays, 9 to 9:45 a.m. – Intermediate Line Dancing; 10 to 11 a.m. – Beginner Line Dancing Wednesdays, 12:45 p.m. – HoopFit

Parks and Recreation Jan. 3, 1 to 2 p.m. – Wildlife in the Woods Walk, Nixon County Park Jan. 10, 1 to 4 p.m. – Beekeeping Program, Nixon County Park Jan. 30, 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. – Cabin Fever Hike, Rocky Ridge Park

Library Programs Arthur Hufnagel Public Library of Glen Rock, 32 Main St., Glen Rock, (717) 235-1127 Collinsville Community Library, 2632 Delta Road, Brogue, (717) 927-9014 Tuesdays, 6 to 8 p.m. – Purls of Brogue Knitting Club Dillsburg Area Public Library, 17 S. Baltimore St., Dillsburg, (717) 432-5613 Dover Area Community Library, 3700-3 Davidsburg Road, Dover, (717) 292-6814

Around Town Senior Commons Announces New Directors Senior Commons at Powder Mill Independent Living, Personal Care and Memory Care is pleased to announce the addition of two new team members: Lisa Penn as director of resident care services and Danielle R. Reed, LSW, NHA, as executive director.

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Men’s Senior Softball Exists in South-Central Pa. Two men’s senior softball leagues are seeking interested players from Cumberland, Dauphin, and York counties.

The evening league, a competitive league, is for players 55 and older. Games are played Monday and Wednesday evenings.

This league includes 10 teams and uses a slowpitch softball with an arc of 6 to 12 feet. Wood softball bats are used and there are 11 defensive players on the field, four outfielders, and seven infielders. Games are seven innings.

Currently, four municipalities— Susquehanna Township, Mechanicsburg Borough, Derry Township, and Fairview Township— provide fields for play.

The morning league, which is for players over age 62, comprises six teams.

Every player who attends the game is placed in the batting order and must play a minimum of three innings on the field. Games are nine innings.

Games in the morning league are played on a field provided by Susquehanna Township.

For more information about joining a league, contact Jerry Munley, (717) 877-3356. www.50plusLifePA.com

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1. THE FARMER BOUGHT A HOG AND A LAMB 2. I DON’T KNOW IF ORDERLIES WORK HERE 3. I’LL MAKE A DO LIST ONE DAY 4. I’D LIKE TO SEE JACK PAAR ON TV TONIGHT 5. WHEN I SHOP IN PARAMUS I ALWAYS BUY SOMETHING 6. A VOTING MEMBER RAISED AN ISSUE 7. SHE STILL HAS HER HIGH SCHOOL PICTURE 8. HE NEVER GAVE VIETNAM A THOUGHT 9. MOONSHINING IS ILLEGAL IN THIS STATE 10. THIS CHORUS SELLS MANY CHRISTMAS ALBUMS Popular Dances of the ’50s and ’60s Find the names of these dances that were popular in the ’50s and ’60s.

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31. Obvious solution 36. Ways of life 38. Mine feature 39. Scintilla 40. Venezuela copper center 41. Pomeranian 43. Hearts, for example 44. Novelist Morrison, for one 45. Fleur-de-___ 46. Passage 47. Stamped, as an actor 51. Always (poet.)

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23. Birthplace of St. Francis 25. Definite article (Sp.) 26. Football’s Starr 27. Texas town 28. Squabbles 29. Fortune telling card 30. Gem 32. Loud 33. Abode 34. Helpful 35. Spud, to some 37. Coiffure 41. Splatter 42. Actor Brad

46. Beverage 48. Spookily 49. Lulls 50. Verse form 54. Sports stat 55. Bare 56. Egg-shaped 57. Decades 58. Sinister 60. Soon 61. Take care of 62. Lyric poems 65. Ratite bird 66. Rowlock 67. Egos

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Cover Story

Lifelong Teacher Brings American Culture to Poland

By Pete Wisniewski

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When most people go on vacation they have the intention of leaving their work at home, not bringing more work home with them. But that’s what happened to Bill Minsker when he traveled to Poland: He came back with a lifelong passion.

It began in July 1987 when Minsker embarked upon a two-week musical singing tour of Poland with colleagues from his community chorus.

“During that tour, I met [Polish] students from the economic university who encouraged me to return to teach,” Minsker said.

Motivated by their supportive words, in 1989 Minsker returned to Wroclaw, Poland, for a year as a volunteer instructor, teaching a free course in Conversational English at Wroclaw (pronounced “VROTZwav”) University of Economics.

And in 1992, he founded Pennsylvania Partnerships Abroad, Ltd. (PPA). He also decided to leave his 25-year political science teaching position at a local high school and continue his Polish activities as a fulltime effort.

“PPA, Ltd., currently concentrates on educational, humanitarian, business development, and touristic activities primarily between Poland and Pennsylvania,” Minsker said.

“PPA aims to help responsible Poles develop themselves into dynamic, modern-world individuals, and to help Pennsylvanians first

understand and small but think then become tall’ philosophy,” involved in what Minsker said. is developing in There are the amazing and now nearly 100 dynamic country educational of Poland.” institutions One of the receiving central focuses shipments of Bill Minsker, volunteer instructor, of PPA is its teaching Conversational English at educational educational the Wroclaw University of Economics material partnerships. The shipments from in Poland. student exchange Pennsylvania. program between Almost 300 Pennsylvania Polish students and Poland serve as fouroperates every month interns academic year for with Central a one-semester Pennsylvania exchange. businesses and Minsker organizations, himself makes and 19 Polish the trip to and seven Four Polish students currently Poland twice Shippensburg attending Minsker’s one-semester a year. For a University student exchange program with Shippensburg University. From left, students few weeks in Maciek Wilczynski, Bart Zielinski, Kuba participate in November, Strozyk, Rafal Winslaw, and Minsker. a one-semester Minsker interviews study exchange hundreds of students interested program. in participating in the exchange Plus, almost 50 American teachers programs. are employed as native speakers in Then, from February through Polish high schools and universities, June, he teaches a semester of English and hundreds of Polish students have at the university. worked and traveled in the USA PPA’s international educational for the past 12 years in the national efforts continue to expand as its Work & Travel Program. programs grow and diversify.

PPA has also helped develop “PPA has never been static. My community-service initiatives in major programs continue to grow Poland, such as Lions and Kiwanis at a slow but steady pace—the ‘start clubs.

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Minsker’s nonprofit has worked to provide medicine to the Red Cross; to develop citizen-involvement activities with the police; to send materials to the fire service; and to arrange for political and business activities between Polish and Pennsylvanian interests.

Minsker’s connection to Poland is one he feels not only through the students he’s taught, but also through the gravity of the country’s history.

“Being in Poland in the year [1989] when it disassociated itself from the Soviet Union, seeing this quest for freedom and individual opportunity grow in immensity there and then spread across Europe, and working with the most dynamic students easily developed this interest in me,” he said.

Minsker has completed 47 years of teaching out of a goal of 51. The payoff for him, however, extends beyond any personal career goals.

“It’s seeing the further development of my university students into intensive, dynamic, creative, and morally ethical Polish citizens and businesspersons,” he said.

“All of my students know the ‘Bill Minsker students are the best’ expression and expectation.

My students are part of the ‘First Generation of a New Poland’—and I stress this unique, once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to them.”

For more information on Pennsylvania Partnerships Abroad, Ltd., visit www.ppa-ltd.org.

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Popular Dances of the ’50s and ’60s 1. Lindy 2. Bunny Hop 3. Twist 4. Madison 5. Hand Jive

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3 Foods to Avoid if You Snore

Do you know someone who snores all night? Don’t let snoring ruin your relationship or cause sleep deprivation.

Snoring may be controllable.

What about your sweet grandchild?

How many earaches has he or she been medicated for?

I sadly wonder how many children have undergone tonsillectomies due to repeated infections.

Maybe those kids could have kept their tonsils and just went off foods that are known to trigger the problem, as well as earaches, respiratory infections, and asthma.

Studies point to food allergies or sensitivities as one underlying cause of snoring and a common complication of earaches for children.

Researchers have tested the theory of food allergies causing something called “adenotonsillar hypertrophy” or ATH. That is the medical term for enlarged adenoids, and adenoids are patches of lymph tissue near the tonsils in the upper airway.

Adenoids and tonsils are part of the immune system and protect against germs that we swallow or breathe in.

From birth to age 6, these tissues grow as the immune system develops.

They slowly shrink unless there are problems. Instead of shrinking, adenoids swell up in response to food allergies, the top three offenders being milk, eggs, and cod.

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food allergens, or they lack a positive culture.

ATH may be behind the snoring and obstructive sleep apnea. Recent research found allergic inflammation within the glands and tonsils are provoking the swollen tissue. The allergic inflammation was IgG or Type III, which is a delayed response to foods.

Basically, the “delayed” immune complexes show up after about three hours but could take up to two weeks to develop the full allergic response!

Can you test for IgG, IgE, or IgA immunoglobulins?

Yes, you can. It’s pretty easy, and I will share these special tests in the longer version of this article—just sign up for my free newsletter at www.suzycohen.com.

This is a big deal. The current method of testing can give you false negatives, a false sense of comfort, and worse, a negative result when you are truly positive.

Food intolerances must be identified properly and eliminated to fully relieve the allergic inflammation and swollen tissue. If you deal with chronic snoring, sleep apnea, swollen tonsils, or enlarged adenoids, you need to tease out the underlying cause.

Immune-boosting supplements can be helpful; however, nothing you take negates the damage done by food sensitivities. The offending foods have to be removed. The intestinal permeability has to be repaired.

The adenoids and tonsils will eventually shrink and your breathing will improve, both day and night.

This information is not intended to diagnose, prevent, or treat your disease.

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