York County Edition
March 2015
Vol. 16 No. 3
Highland Harmonies Bagpipe Player, Teacher Took Up Instrument at 56 By Chelsea Peifer For a lot of people who play the bagpipes, the instrument is in their blood. Ken Campbell can trace his lineage back to his ancestors who lived in Scotland in 1612, but as far as he knows he is the only piper who ever existed in the clan. “You don’t have to be Scottish to play the pipes. It was a sound that I always appreciated, but I never got involved with it until later in life,” said Campbell, who took his first lesson when he was 56. One weekend his wife suggested they check out the Celtic Fling at the Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire. He was captivated by the bagpipe band competition and told his wife on the way home that he was going to learn to play. “And that was that,” said Campbell, who is now 69. He took his first lesson through Ceòl Nèamh Pipe Band. The group consists of approximately 20 pipers and 10 drummers, and their name translates to “music from heaven” from Scots Gaelic. He took weekly group lessons, where he started on a practice chanter. Playing the practice chanter for one full year prepares the musician to then transfer to playing the full pipes. He took a few private lessons as well. please see HARMONIES page 12
Bagpiper Ken Campbell took up the “brash” instrument at age 56. He now teaches and performs locally and played for a Scottish duke while touring Scotland.
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Screening Colonoscopies Now Covered by Medicare page 5
Dawn Wells Shares Mary Ann’s Lessons for Life page 10
Interviewing at 60+ By Lois Guarino Hazel
April 15, 2015 9 a.m. – 2 p.m. York Expo Center, Memorial Hall East 334 Carlisle Ave., York
This event is FREE to attend. Veterans (of all ages) and the military community and their families are invited to join us! Presentation of Colors, special appearances, speakers, and employment seminars.
At the Expo Veterans Benefits & Services Community Services Products and Services Available Support/Assistance Programs Education/Training Services
At the Job Fair Employers Job Counseling Workshops/Seminars Resume Writing Assistance
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Am I savvy, confident, sharp? Does my pared-down resume accurately reflect my relevant experience? Nearly wrinklefree, still trim, and with a high energy level, I dress appropriately and have learned that less is more when donning jewelry. Arriving a few minutes early, I announce myself to the young woman at the cash register, who escorts me to a small back room where I am invited to sit at a cozy, round table. Quickly, I am joined by a man and a woman who are at least 20 years my junior. They have notepads and questions, are engagingly friendly, and seem non-threatening. I soon learn that the woman is the manager of this health food store and the young man is the vice president of the four-store, family-owned organization. We all lean forward into the conversation, which flows easily. I am well prepared, and we’re off to a good start as the interview questions begin. Am I flexible? I share a few examples of this tenet of my personality and don’t let fly what I really think. Aren’t most wives/mothers/grand-
mothers flexible? I wear all these hats and have dealt with more than my share of last-minute plan changes, runs to the emergency room, 11th-hour requests for babysitters, or pleas for “just an hour or two” of my time. Yes, I am flexible. Is there a type of supervisor you feel more comfortable working with? A civil one would be lovely—not one who throws telephones. (Alas, I worked for a crazed woman who did this once, and it was before the advent of cell phones!) To add a bit of levity, I share this tidbit with the interviewers. They promise not to heave more than one phone per week. We are warming to each other. Can I lift 50 pounds? Indeed I can. My younger grandson weighs more than that, and I’ve wrestled large dogs into the tub at the SPCA where I volunteer. Ah, a bonus point for community service. This is beginning to look promising. What do I like about the organization? I’ve shopped there, and I can truthfully say, “A lot.” The employees are a tightly knit, small group of people who smile easily and frequently. That’s what first sold me on working for them. Apparently, they have no bad hair or other bad juju days—or they don’t show it until after working hours.
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The Veterans’ Expo & Job Fair welcomes volunteers! If you can help with registration or stuffing attendee bags for all or just part of the day, we’d love to have you. Contact Kimberly Shaffer at (717) 285-8123 or kshaffer@onlinepub.com for more information.
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Do I have anything to add? After mentioning that my personal philosophy aligns neatly with their mission statement, I assure them that I would blend seamlessly into their workforce. Hey, this is getting easier by the minute. They have no further questions or comments, nor do I. The interview ends with smiles and hearty handshakes. What’s it like to interview at 60+? Not as difficult as I imagined. I guess I still have it, whatever “it” is. Yet I feel compassion for those well-worn but capable workers of my age who must market themselves out of necessity, not from a desire to try something new.
There is a large folder on my computer table bulging with employment-rejection emails. Fortunately, I ignored them and kept on plugging, remembering that I had years of life experience, talents, and applicable skills. To those brave souls trying to break through the age barrier, I would offer a quote that hung above my desk when I toiled in the corporate world: “Courage does not always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, ‘I will try again tomorrow.’” – Mary Anne Radmacher P.S. They just called. I got the job.
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He Saw His Boyhood Nemesis Die Just Feet from Him in Combat Robert D. Wilcox ill Dillon was raised in a tough, Irish section of South Brooklyn, N.Y., where there were plenty of fights as part of growing up. One particular tormentor was a boy named Joe O’Conner. He and Dillon fought regularly, and neither would have believed that they would one day meet halfway around the world and become best friends—let alone that one would lose his life in the blink of an eye while the other was nearby and saw it happen. Dillon was too young for World War II, but he read about all the battles. When he was 14 years old, he lied about his age and joined the State Guard, later federalized to the National Guard. He left the Guard in 1950, just before his outfit shipped out to Germany. He was drafted in 1951 and was soon on his way to Pusan, Korea. He says the 8th Army band was waiting for them and played, “If I Knew You Were Coming, I’d Have Baked a Cake.” After being assigned to an 81 mm mortar company, he was told to “report to Corporal O’Conner’s bunker.” He says, “It never even dawned on me that I might know the guy.” But Dillon says it was the same Joe O’Conner he used to fight with as a kid. “We were dumbfounded to find ourselves face-to-face in a small bunker on the side of a hill 10,000 miles from the good old USA,” he says. “After that, we ate and slept in the same bunker and fought a war together, spending many weeks and having narrow escapes together. “On the last day of Joe’s life, we were hit by a very heavy artillery barrage. It was one of those bad days. Joe was forward observer for our mortars. We took turns doing that job. Pfc. Rutledge had just come down from the outpost— Little Nori, as it was called. “Our fire direction control (FDC), where our mortars were located, couldn’t get through to the
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outpost Joe was on. It was 500 yards in front of the MLR (front lines), and the enemy had cut the phone lines with their artillery fire. “I was told to take two men and trace and repair the lines from the FDC up to the outpost where Joe was. On our way up there, we were under constant artillery and mortar fire from the enemy.
Corporal William M. Dillon at discharge in 1953.
“We found and repaired eight breaks in the wire. At this time we had no way of knowing if we had fixed all of the breaks, so we continued on our way up to the outpost still under heavy enemy fire. When we finally got to the outpost where Joe was, they were taking a tremendous pounding from enemy artillery fire, as well as from a 76 mm gun mounted on top of a Russian-built tank. “The shelling was so intense that the bunker they were in started caving in on them. The South Korean with them got hit, the radio man was next man out, and Joe was the last. Just then another round came in, exploding and killing Joe instantly. “It took me a long time to get over Joe’s death. Perhaps I never did. I saw a lot of death and wounded, but Joe’s always stayed with me the most. “One day something really big came in. It had a fuse delay. It dug itself deep into the ground before it blew. When it exploded, it seemed
like it took half of Korea hundreds of feet into the air. Rocks and boulders of all sizes flew sky high. I remember when they came down all around me, with the sound of the large boulders pounding hard into the ground just inches from where I was crouching. “This was nothing like the Korea that was portrayed on the M*A*S*H television show. I never saw anyone with a still or guys running around in dresses. Instead, I remember the hideous, graphic details of war— such as the condition of the bodies of our men when we found them. The enemy had tortured and mutilated their bodies gruesomely before they killed them.” Dillon says that the foot soldiers in Korea had to contend with not only the combat, but also the poor personal hygiene. He says he went three months without a shower and with no change of clothing, including underwear. When they were finally trucked back to the rear for a shower, he says, “Being back in the real world was wonderful. Hot water, electricity, switches that turned lights on and off. Flush toilets. Then back to hell on the lines. It was like putting a steak in front of a large dog and then taking it away. “For the longest time after I returned to the States, I took four showers a day. I just couldn’t get used to the idea that my body was clean. Thankfully, I am back down to only one shower a day now.” When Dillon’s war ended, he went by ship to Seattle and then by train to New Brunswick, N.J., where he was discharged as a corporal in September 1953. For many years, he had nightmares, which, fortunately, eventually stopped. Now Dillon says, “A combat veteran and his family are married to his experiences for life. There is never a day that goes by that most of us don’t think about them.” Colonel Wilcox flew a B-17 bomber in Europe in World War II.
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Screening Colonoscopies Now Covered by Medicare By Linda Burkley March is National Colon Cancer Awareness Month and an excellent opportunity to become more aware of how to prevent and treat the disease by scheduling a colonoscopy. Colorectal cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in the U.S., even though 70 percent of all cancer cases could be prevented with early detection. The lifetime risk of developing colon cancer is one in 20; however, a variety of risk factors can increase those odds. Each year, more than 140,000 men and women are diagnosed with colorectal cancer, but more than 1 million colorectal cancer survivors are living full lives thanks to early detection and improvements in prevention and treatment. But for many others, the lack of a preventive screening allowed the cancer to advance, making more invasive treatments necessary. Researchers have made great strides in determining ways to detect the early signs of cancer and have developed definitive guidelines to aid in its prevention.
Colon cancer, in particular, is a cancer A colonoscopy screening is a 30found predominantly in men and minute, simple, and pain-free procedure women over the age of 50. With 90 that allows a doctor to check for polyps, percent of abnormal March is cases of growths in colon the colon cancer that can diagnosed become after the age cancerous. of 50, Treatment screening is will begin vital for immediately men and for any women in patient with a that age cancer group. diagnosis. In Patients with addition to no findings age, anyone have peace of experiencing mind. symptoms For most of colon women in the cancer or with a family history of the United States, scheduling a mammogram disease should be screened. Thanks to is an important part of their preventive changes in insurance coverage with the health routine. But many other passage of the Affordable Care Act, screenings and preventive measures go screening colonoscopies are now fully unchecked because of a lack of covered by Medicare and by many information or understanding about their insurance plans for people who are 50 or importance. older. Unfortunately, many women never
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consider the need for a colonoscopy screening as a way to prevent colorectal cancer. According to Dr. Karen Kormis, a board-certified gastroenterologist, women often attribute early warning signs of colon cancer to gynaecological problems and don’t seek appropriate treatment. “Colorectal cancer is one cancer that is treatable and preventable for men and women,” Kormis said. “With early prevention, the prognosis is excellent for any patient who is diagnosed with cancer.” The old adage “an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure” is the best guideline to follow when considering a colonoscopy screening. National Colon Cancer Awareness Month is the perfect time to schedule an appointment with a gastroenterologist for yourself or for someone you love. Take a moment during National Colon Cancer Awareness Month to learn more about colon cancer symptoms, the preventive colonoscopy screening procedure, and how you can get screened. Look for more information on the American Cancer Society’s website, www.cancer.org.
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Social Security to Expand Field-Office Hours Nationwide s a result of Congress’s approval of the fiscal year 2015 budget, Social Security will expand its hours nationwide and offices will be open to the public for an additional hour on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays effective March 16. A field office that is usually open from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. will remain open until 4 p.m. Offices will continue to close to the public at noon every Wednesday so employees have time to
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complete current work and reduce support to process critical work. With backlogs. the commitment of resources in fiscal In recent years, Social Security year 2015, the agency is able to restore reduced some service public office hours to the hours due to public. Most Social Security Most congressional business does not require Social budget cuts, Security growing a visit to a local field office. business backlogs, and does not staffing losses. require a visit to a local field office. The agency began recovery in fiscal year 2014 by replacing some field-office Many services, including applying for staffing losses and providing overtime retirement, disability, and Medicare
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benefits, creating a “my Social Security” account, replacing a Medicare card, or reporting a change of address or telephone number are conveniently available any time at www.socialsecurity.gov. Social Security also offers assistance via a toll-free number, (800) 772-1213 (voice) and (800) 325-0778 (TTY). Representatives are available from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., Monday through Friday. John Johnston is a Social Security public affairs specialist.
Read the Fine Print in Your Retirement Plan Few of us know all the mechanics of our 401(k) or other retirement plans. That can cause unpleasant surprises when people retire or switch jobs. Here are some important things to learn: Trading limits. Many plans allow you
to move money, but with strings attached. Don’t move long-term retirement savings around for short periods of time. If you do want to switch from time to time, keep in mind that your plan may allow only a set number of trades each week, month, quarter, or year.
Account valuations. Find out how often the value of your retirement account is calculated. You can get the most out of your money by timing your retirement or departure. Most organizations value everything the day you leave, but some value your account weekly, monthly, or quarterly.
Withdrawal options. Some plans don’t allow retirees to keep their money in place. Instead, they’re paid the lump sum to be reinvested elsewhere. Other plans allow retirees to take a stream of payments as an income source while the rest of the money stays in the plan.
Calendar of Events
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Pre-registration is required for these programs. To register or find out more about these activities or any additional scheduled activities, call (717) 428-1961.
Windy Hill On the Campus – (717) 225-0733, www.windyhillonthecampus.org March 6, 5 to 9 p.m. – Swing into Spring Dance
March 1, noon to 4 p.m. – Maple Sugaring Weekend, Nixon Park March 21, 10 a.m. to noon – Eastern Penn Mushroomers Club Meeting, Nixon Park March 28, 9 to 11 a.m. – History and Mystery of Raab Park, Raab Park
Please contact your local center for scheduled activities.
York County Library Programs
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Collinsville Community Library, 2632 Delta Road, Brogue, (717) 927-9014 Tuesdays, 6 to 8 p.m. – Purls of Brogue Knitting Club
Programs and Support Groups March 3, 7 p.m. Surviving Spouse Socials of York County Faith United Church of Christ 509 Pacific Ave., York (717) 266-2784
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‘Mockingbird’ Author, Now 89, to Release Forgotten Sequel Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, recently announced it has acquired North American rights to a newly discovered novel by Harper Lee, author of To Kill a Mockingbird. The novel, which Lee titled Go Set a Watchman, will be published on July 14, 2015. “In the mid-1950s, I completed a novel called Go Set a Watchman,” Lee said. “It features the character known as Scout as an adult woman, and I thought it a pretty decent effort. My editor, who was taken by the flashbacks to Scout’s childhood, persuaded me to write a novel from the point of view of the young Scout. I was a first-time writer, so I did as I was told. “I hadn’t realized it had survived, so I was surprised and delighted when my dear friend and lawyer Tonja Carter discovered it. After much thought and
hesitation I shared it own feelings about the the novel was considered to have been with a handful of place where she was lost until fall 2014, when Carter people I trust and born and spent her discovered it in a secure location where it was pleased to hear childhood. had been affixed to an original typescript that they considered After To Kill a of To Kill a Mockingbird. it worthy of Mockingbird was Lee was born in 1926 in Monroeville, publication. I am published by J.B. Ala. She attended Huntingdon College humbled and amazed Lippincott in 1960, Lee and studied law at the University of that this will now be set aside Go Set a Alabama. She has been awarded President George W. Bush awards the Watchman and never published after all numerous literary awards, including the Presidential Medal of Freedom to these years.” returned to it. The Pulitzer Prize and the Presidential Medal Harper Lee during a ceremony in 2007. original manuscript of Go Set a of Freedom. Watchman is set during the mid-1950s and features many of the characters from To Kill a Mockingbird some 20 years later. Reduce Risk and Grow Your Retirement Accounts Scout (Jean Louise Finch) has returned to Maycomb from New York to Our Low-Risk, Low-Volatility, and High-Probability of Success visit her father, Atticus. She is forced to Strategies May Be Your Retirement Solution. grapple with issues both personal and Active investment portfolio management by private wealth political as she tries to understand her managers can reduce volatility, risk, and draw down. father’s attitude toward society and her We can build a plan that is right for you by selecting active managed strategies that meet your needs and risk tolerance. Accounts from $50,000 to $1 million+. As a fiduciary your best interest is our best interest.
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Art and Antiques by Dr. Lori
Making the Old Stuff New Again Lori Verderame here are many DIY projects and repurposing options when it comes to antiques, but right off the bat, I want to warn you to know the value of your keepsakes, heirlooms, and treasures before your start repurposing. Some pieces are too valuable to repurpose. Once you know the true value of your antique and you are comfortable with your plan to repurpose it, consider these tips to make something old feel and look new again.
repurpose this group of similar objects. Try taking the group of mix-matched glass, porcelain, or metal doorknobs and installing them in your guest bathroom to create useful, vintage towel hooks. Arrange the group of doorknobs on a wall near the tub or shower as handy hooks.
Tip 1: Repurpose something that is a multiple for greater impact. If you have many dissimilar items, you can always make them seem like a group by uniting them with a uniform paint color. You can also unite related objects by putting them together in a repurposing project. For instance, if you have a bunch of old doorknobs or door handles,
Tip 3: Rethink the scraps. Tip 2: Go all the way! Do you have a cedar chest Don’t be afraid to really filled with old textile pieces change an antique. like parts of crocheted For example, if you love afghans? Needlepoint pictures your grandmother’s that will never see the light of highchair but you would day? Quilted squares that really like to put it to good were never made into a full use in your home instead of quilt? just having it sit in a corner Doorknob towel holders If you know that you will
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as a display piece, remove the arms and tray and repurpose the highchair as a child’s chair. It will look cute in a corner of a kitchen, a child’s playroom, a grandparent’s den, or a dining room. Be sure you know what you are doing when repairing and refinishing wooden pieces and search online for helpful hints.
never complete these projects, don’t despair. Frame them up and enjoy a great graphic picture of your crochet, quilt square, or needlepoint picture. Remember to use acid-free materials whenever you frame textiles or any antique piece. Install the framed textiles on an interior wall away from direct sunlight to protect the item from fading and sun damage. Repurposing is a fun way to integrate antique pieces into a contemporary home and to enjoy the process of sprucing up something old. Celebrity Ph.D. antiques appraiser, author, and award-winning TV personality, Dr. Lori hosts antiques appraisal events worldwide. Dr. Lori is the star appraiser on Discovery channel’s TV show Auction Kings. Visit www.DrLoriV.com, www.Facebook.com/ DoctorLori, Lori Verderame at Google+, or call (888) 431-1010.
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Getting a Sense Mike Clark morning snow shower ends almost as quickly as it begins, as snow showers are inclined to do. The slowly rising temperature transforms the following precipitation into a cool, intermittent rain; and the static gray sky offers a solid backdrop for the sheets of dark, wispy clouds that form and bustle beneath. A stiff breeze shoots about, sweeping dank debris from a brown, denuded landscape desperate for life. Gusts carry the earthy scents of thawing turf, which becomes a spongy mat beneath my feet. An occasional whiff of wormy mud and wet bark gives me a sense that change is coming. It’s a welcome message that spring is on the way. Seasons do not suddenly end and go away, as you well know. The transition can be an unpredictable mess. We will still have some bitter cold and snow and ice.
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Occasionally, we will be tantalized by unseasonable temperatures and solid sunshine. I have heard it called a false spring. Have patience, my friends, and the real thing will soon enough envelop our shivering flesh. But let’s not be hasty; there is still much to relish in the last days of winter. I will miss long, cold nights before a blazing fire. The contrasting colors of the red barn and blue silo on the farm down the road look
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best after a snowfall; I slow down to gaze each time I pass that way. And the joyful but fading memories of the not-sodistant holidays can still generate smiles, thanks to our grandchildren. You have your own reasons to celebrate the final charms of the season. Don’t let them pass without appreciation. Last November we planted crocus and tulip bulbs. We can only look forward to
the product of a limited effort, however. By that I mean we only planted the crocuses. The tulips never made it into the ground because of the limited motion of my new knee and the unpleasant turn in the weather. While we waited for a better day, our enthusiasm waned. I regret that we deprived ourselves of such potential beauty. Be assured, though, that there will be tulips next year. Yes, we look forward to spring; it will arrive as it always does—in fits and starts. But don’t miss all the beauty of winter’s end. Don’t wait for a better day. Mike Clark writes a regular column for The Globe Leader newspaper in New Wilmington, Pa. He has a Bachelor of Science degree in organizational behavior/applied psychology from Albright College. Mike lives outside Columbia, Pa., and can be contacted at mikemac429@aol.com.
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Dawn Wells Shares Mary Ann’s Lessons for Life Nick Thomas hat should have been “a threehour tour” turned into a 50year journey for Dawn Wells, who played castaway Mary Ann in the zany sitcom Gilligan’s Island, which debuted on CBS in September 1964. “I’m still talking and writing about the show and it continues to gain new fans,” said Wells, from her home in Los Angeles. “If you’re a 10-year-old kid watching the show today, there’s not much to date it—a desert island is a desert island!” To celebrate the show’s 50th anniversary, Wells draws on her life’s experiences in a recently released book, What Would Mary Ann Do? A Guide to Life, co-written with Steve Stinson. “I wrote the book partly in response to fans over the years,” said Wells. “It’s amazing that so many people still appreciate Mary Ann’s sense of values.” While there are a few Gilligan’s Island
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stories in the confused on book, the focus values these is on down-todays.” earth advice Although the from Mary book’s advice is Ann’s—and frequently Wells’s— directed toward perspective. girls and “It was a younger women, fun, silly show Wells says one that made you chapter, “Hey! laugh and Who’s That Old didn’t preach to Gal in the the audience,” Mirror?” is she said. “But aimed at a more there was an mature crowd. Dawn Wells (far right) with Gilligan’s Island cast awful lot in the “Sometimes I character of Mary Ann that kids could look at myself in the mirror and think, learn from today: She was fair, she ‘Really, I’m that age?’” said Wells, who pitched in to help, she had standards, she turned 76 in October. wasn’t worried about a $500 purse, and “I don’t know where the years went, she would be your best friend you could but I’m not obsessed with it,” she trust. I think the world is a little admitted. “As you get older, I think it’s
important to keep a positive attitude about life. I know I have a million things I still want to accomplish! You just have to surround yourself with things that interest you. Even though there may be activities you can no longer enjoy, there are probably many that you can.” Back on the island, there were plenty of weekly adventures to interest the seven castaways during the three seasons the show aired. Wells says she got along with all her fellow actors—even Tina Louise (Ginger), despite the rumors over the years that the two feuded—and was particularly close to Natalie Schafer, who played the wealthy socialite Mrs. Lovey Howell. “The character you saw her play was pretty much who she was in real life,” recalled Wells. “She really was a grande dame, very independent, with a great sense of humor.” Wells says Schafer handled her aging
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well and professor responded said I was so accordingly. good that I “She had should major large ankles, in it.” so she After almost transferring always wore to the pants rather University of than dresses. Washington In fact, she in Seattle as wore pants a theater before they major, Wells A 2014 publicity photo of Wells (left), were ‘in’ for was asked to and the cover of her latest book women. Her enter the hands also Miss showed signs of aging, so she usually America contest and in 1959 to run for wore gloves on the show. And her clothes Miss Nevada—her home state. were always colorful because that made “I thought it would be fun to get up in her face look bright and cheery. So she front of an audience and do a dramatic was very conscious of her age, but I scene for the contest, but never thought I thought she handled it very smartly.” would win because I was so tiny and Beyond Gilligan’s Island, Wells has short,” she explained. “But I won! After appeared in more than 150 TV shows graduating, I told myself I would give and films and starred in more than 60 acting a chance for one year, and if it was theatrical productions, which continue to not successful, I would go back to attract her. But acting, she says, was never medicine.” her plan. She never returned to med school! “I wanted to be a pediatric surgeon!” Thomas’ features and columns have appeared she said. “I went to Stephen’s College in in more than 400 magazines and newspapers, Missouri but had problems with my and he is the author of Raised by the Stars, knees since I was a little girl. So aside published by McFarland. He can be reached from archery and canoeing, I couldn’t do at his blog: http://getnickt.blogspot.com much PE. I took a theater course, and my
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“It was a challenge at my age that I was able to meet, and to be accepted in the field was also rewarding,” he said. Campbell plays the Great Highland Pipes, which is the type of bagpipe most people are familiar with. He also owns and plays two different types of small pipes. Lessons are highly recommended for anyone interested in learning to play, because the finer points are quite difficult to teach yourself. Campbell competed with Ceòl Nèamh for eight years, playing in band competitions, shows, and parades. “I never got any prizes, but I had fun,” he said. “There’s a certain amount of emotional satisfaction out of being able to produce something that is musical and pleasing—if only for myself.” At one point, he had 75 tunes memorized. “When I was in competition I practiced for an hour minimum of continuous play, for 365 days a year. And I enjoyed it,” Campbell said. Practice, practice, practice. That is the only way to become better at playing the bagpipes, said Campbell. “Your muscles that operate your
fingers have to memorize where to go, and the only way to do that is to practice,” he explained. Losing weight is another outcome of practicing the bagpipes because of the high air pressure the musician needs to apply to play. Naturally, even more calories are burned when playing and marching with the heavy instrument. Only nine notes can be played on the bagpipes, and there are no octaves, sharps, or flats. “It is what it is,” said Campbell. “You can’t adjust the volume. It is a brash, right-out-there instrument.” When Campbell teaches lessons on how to play the bagpipes, he is quick to remind his students that it is an instrument that demands attention. “It takes a person with some stamina and some guts to play it.” When Campbell began giving lessons to a shy student, he told him that the bagpipe is an in-your-face instrument. A bagpipe player needs to hold their head high and be prepared for the impact that their music will have on the audience, he said. As the lessons continued, Campbell watched the student break out of his shell
and grow in confidence. “You see the change not only in their playing, but in their personality,” he explained. The bagpipes are not taught in schools, and some music teachers do not even consider it a true musical instrument. Very few young children are interested in playing these days, he said. Campbell has played the bagpipes in a local Memorial Day service for the past 10 years. He plays at weddings and funerals and occasionally at his church. He formed a small band at his church: Hogmanny, after a Gaelic term that translates to New Year’s Eve, or “new beginning.” Hogmanny consists of a pianist, flutist, guitarist, fiddler, and, of course, the bagpiper. They played at their church’s Christmas service last year and perform sporadically throughout the year at various events. Campbell and his wife of 48 years, Marilyn, have three children, five grandchildren, and an Australian Shepherd named Madison Star—or just Maddie. “Maddie loves pipe music; she sings when I play,” said Campbell.
The whole family traveled to Scotland together in April 2014, where they spent a week touring the country in a 16passenger van. “We ranged in age from 2 to 68, and there were no fights, and no bickering. It was unbelievable,” Campbell said. “That was by far the best vacation I’ve ever taken. I think we would all say it’s our favorite place.” Sheep graze along the roads and sometimes meander onto the one-lane roads where the speed limit is about 60 mph, he said. “It’s just beautiful. I’m a little bit prejudiced, but if you get a chance, you should go.” He has visited Scotland three times and had the chance to play the pipes at Inveraray Castle for the duke of Argyll, the chief of Clan Campbell. His goal was to play outside in the garden, but due to pouring rain he had the honor of playing inside the castle. One of the duke’s young sons befriended Campbell and even insisted he play in a room of the castle blocked off from tourists. “That was one of the highlights of my life,” he said.
The Facts Behind St. Patrick and His Day For many people, St. Patrick represents an excuse to wear green on March 17, maybe go to a parade, and drink some Irish whiskey. But who was St. Patrick in real life? The most common belief is that he drove the snakes out of Ireland. Ireland probably never had snakes, though, and the myth may refer to Patrick’s efforts to stamp out the serpent imagery used by the Druids. He also may have used the threeleafed shamrock to illustrate the concept of the Holy Trinity to the people he was
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faith strengthened. One day, according to a letter he wrote about his early life, he heard a voice promising he would soon return home. Shortly afterward, he escaped his captors and went back to his family. He later wrote that an angel appeared
to him in a dream, telling him to return to Ireland as a missionary. Patrick went back to the land where he had been a slave to convert the Irish and to minister to those Christians living there. Why do we celebrate him on March 17? That’s believed to be the date of his death. Although never formally canonized, Patrick came to be considered a saint. March 17 was celebrated as a religious holiday until 1903, when it became a public holiday in Ireland by an act of the British Parliament.
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Property Tax/Rent Rebate Forms Now Available Forms for Pennsylvania’s Property Tax/Rent Rebate program for the 2014 tax year are now available online and at state government district offices. Eligible participants can receive a rebate of up to $650 based on their rent or property taxes paid in 2014. The program benefits eligible Pennsylvanians who are 65 years or older, widows and widowers 50 years or older, and those 18 years or older with disabilities. Eligibility income limits for homeowners are set at the following levels, excluding 50 percent of Social Security, Supplemental Security Income, and Railroad Retirement Tier 1 benefits: • $0 to $8,000, maximum $650 rebate (homeowners and renters)
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solely because of Social Security costof-living adjustments, homeowners and renters may be eligible for rebates even if their eligibility income is greater than these limits. Any homeowner who collected Social Security, received a property tax rebate in 2013 for claim year 2012, and had annual income last year—discounting half of Social Security—up to $36,129 is encouraged to apply for a rebate for claim year 2014.
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March Flowers Clyde McMillan-Gamber hough March in southeastern stamens offers color contrast to the Pennsylvania is cold much of the lovely petals. time, it also has periods of Scilla and glories-in-the-snow are warmth, which is characteristic of spring. related to each other and sprout from The sun is “higher” in the sky and hotter planted bulbs. Scilla has a few grass-like because the sun’s rays are more direct, leaves and sky-blue flowers that look like which encourages the growth of several tiny bells facing down. Large patches of hardy plants that bloom in March. those beautiful blossoms on lawns look Vegetation that began blooming in like ponds reflecting a clear sky. February still blossom in March, Glories have pale, bluish-purple including planted, ground-hugging blooms that face upward. Like scilla snowdrops with their flowers, their pretty white, bell-like flowers blossoms look like and winter aconites that patches of wildflowers have yellow blooms. on lawns. Now, too, pussy willow Veronicas bushes are still loaded introduced themselves with gray, furry male to American lawns, catkins that are popular including here in the with many people. local area. Masses of But in March, other pale-blue, quarter-inch kinds of perennial Veronica flowers create plants begin to flower, pretty, varied-sized including planted patches of cheery blue crocuses, scilla and on lawns on sunny glories-in-the-snow, and days in March into wild, annual Veronicas April. Interestingly, the and purple dead nettles, flower stems of this Scilla sprout from planted bulbs. all of which are species are so short originally from Eurasia. that the blossoms All this vegetation complete their life spreads from its original introductions cycle without being cut off by on short-grass lawns and cultivated fields lawnmowers. in southeastern Pennsylvania, as Masses of purple dead-nettle blooms elsewhere, and all of it creates beauties spread profusely across certain fields in on those human-made habitats when we March and April, making those need it to cheer our souls after winter’s cultivated areas look pink. Each nettle terrors and dormancies. plant is up to 5 inches tall, but most of Crocuses are the best-known of these them eventually get plowed under. Many plants. Sprouting from planted bulbs, of them must go to seed, however, each plant has several grass-like leaves because next year that species is and one or two large, showy blossoms flourishing in the same fields. that face upward. Each striking bloom Look for these beautiful flowers in has deep-purple, pale-purple, yellow, or March. They add cheer to our lives after white petals. The orange pollen on its the hardships of winter.
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