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2,000 Miles of Happy Trails Central PA Woman the Oldest to Hike Appalachian Trail

By Rebecca Hanlon

The grisly 2,185-mile stretch of the Appalachian Trail could not take down Nan Reisinger. The Central Pennsylvania resident is not the first woman to tackle the rocky slopes, but she is the oldest. At 74, she has the strength and determination of someone decades younger. Reisinger isn’t going to spend her retirement years cooped up at home. Instead, she canoes in Florida, skies in Connecticut, and climbs the steepest trails in Maine. And she laughs at the idea that she might be getting too old. The record was held previously by a 71-year-old woman. That was all Reisinger needed to hear. “I decided to give it a try,” she said. “Listen, I can beat that. That was the reason for it. Strictly for the glory.” With her friend Carolyn Banjak, Reisinger would leave her home to complete the trek from Springer Mountain in Georgia to Mount Katahdin in Maine. Their goal was to finish before winter set in. She would make every last step from March to October with a 25-pound pack on her back, completely self-sufficient on what she considers one of the greatest accomplishments of her life. please see HAPPY TRAILS page 16

Avid hiker Nan Reisinger completed a thru-hike of the Appalachian Trail last fall. Here, she pauses along Blue Ridge Parkway in southwestern Virginia.

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The Green Mountain Gardener

New Veggies to Grow in 2015 Dr. Leonard Perry ive more new vegetables, including three herbs, have recently been awarded the prestigious AllAmerica Selections (AAS) award. These include a basil, beet, broccoli, chives, and oregano. Each year, the best of the new seedgrown vegetables are chosen as AAS winners after trials across North America. They must represent either a totally new variety or one improved in some way over an existing one. This year there is a much larger number of winners than usual—19 vegetables, which, with flower winners, brings the total to 25. This is a 75-year record, the last year with so many winners being 1939. Another first is the inclusion of three organically grown herbs. Basil Persian is a new, vigorous variety with later flowers than most others. This is a bonus since basil is grown for leaves,

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not flowers, and when the plant is flowering the leaves may develop a bitter taste. When flowering, though, bees Photos courtesy of AAS usually flock Above: Beet Avalanche to it, so this makes it a Right: good plant Broccoli Artwork for pollinatorfriendly gardens. It also may be known as Thai or sweet basil and grows about 15 to 18 inches high and wide. It makes an attractive ornamental with silvery-green leaves and purplish stems. Figure on about 75 days

from sowing seeds to harvesting leaves. Beet Avalanche is, as you might guess from the name, a beet with white roots. Unlike many beets, this has no earthy taste or bitterness, but instead is mild and sweet. It is an easy vegetable to grow, and quick, taking only 50 days from sowing seeds to harvesting roots. Avalanche has good resistance to a key leaf spot disease (Cercospora) of beets. You often see this late summer under high temperatures, humidity, and leaves staying wet into the night.

Broccoli Artwork is a new hybrid, often called a sweet stem broccoli. It starts out as the usual heading type but, once harvested, tender and tasty side shoots develop late into the season. This hybrid resists “bolting” (flowering prematurely) during hot weather better than other stem types. Now you can grow this gourmet broccoli from seeds at home, a type only available before in gourmet markets, restaurants, and specialty farm stands. Allow enough time and start seeds indoors early, as it takes 85 days from sowing to first harvest. Chives Geisha is a garlic chive, with some of this flavor. Leaves are slightly wider, flatter, and more refined-appearing than regular chives. These, along with the white flowers late in the season, make it an attractive ornamental as well as culinary herb. Butterflies like the flowers, too.

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Use it in stir-fries, in soups, as a garnish, or in salads. Figure on about 75 days from sowing seeds to harvesting leaves although, like other chives, you can harvest leaves earlier. Oregano Cleopatra is a compact,

trailing plant (to about 10 inches wide) with silver-gray leaves. It is unique from Greek and Italian oreganos, having a mildly spicy, slightly peppermint flavor. This makes it good used in Mediterranean dishes, soups, and sauces.

You can dry the leaves for later use, too. If starting these rather than buying plants, sow seeds indoors early as they need 100 days to harvest from sowing. More All-America Selections, both flowers and vegetables, and seed sources

can be found on their website (www.allamericaselections.org). Dr. Leonard P. Perry is an extension professor at the University of Vermont.

Taxes throughout History: Some Surprising Facts “Nothing in this world can be said to be certain, except death and taxes,” wrote Benjamin Franklin in a 1789 letter. But although death is inevitable, taxes have changed and varied widely over time. Consider these ups and downs: • In the year 1913 the tax rates ranged from 1 to 7 percent on incomes above

$3,000. The average annual income that year was $200. • In Colonial America, bachelors were taxed in many communities because the people believed that unmarried men were too easily lured into mischief.

Peter the Great by Paul Delaroche

• In 2000 the IRS collected more than $2 trillion in revenue and processed 226 million tax returns. That was its lowest collection rate since 1954, at 39 cents for every $100 (meaning the IRS had to spend 39 cents to collect $100).

• Peter the Great, czar of Russia, imposed a tax on beards in the 17th century designed to make Russian society look more European. Citizens who paid the tax and retained their beards were required to carry a token with them inscribed with the phrases “the beard tax has been taken” and “the beard is a superfluous burden.”

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York Denture Center 1720 S. Queen St., York (717) 843-6800 Energy Assistance Low-Income Energy Assistance (717) 787-8750 Entertainment Dutch Apple Dinner Theatre 510 Centerville Road, Lancaster (717) 898-1900 Financial Services Asset & Retirement Protectors (717) 792-9274; (800) 503-1028 Gifts Edible Arrangements 2300 E. Market St., York (717) 755-8200 Health & Medical Services Alzheimer’s Association (717) 651-5020

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 Hearing Services Pennsylvania Office for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (800) 233-3008 V/TTY Home Care Services Elder Healthcare Solutions Serving South Central PA (717) 825-8828 Visiting Angels Living Assistance Services Hanover: (717) 630-0067 Lancaster: (717) 393-3450 York: (717) 751-2488

Medical Equipment & Supplies Medical Supply (800) 777-6647 Personal Care Homes Providence Place Senior Living 3377 Fox Run Road, Dover (717) 767-4500 Pharmacies CVS/pharmacy www.cvs.com Services York County Area Agency on Aging (800) 632-9073 Veterans Services Lebanon VA Medical Center 1700 S. Lincoln Ave., Lebanon (717) 228-6000 or (800) 409-8771 Volunteer Opportunities RSVP of Capital Region, Inc. (717) 847-1539

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Dread, Drama, and the Drill Saralee Perel anic kicked in like a lightning bolt. The team in white coats swarmed through the offices as medicinal odor encircled me. Yes. I was at the dentist’s office. “It’s so hot in here.” My face was red from a hot flash. I was given water. I closed my eyes so I wouldn’t see the needle. Then came the spinechilling sound of the drill. Terrified, I asked, “Are we almost done?” “Well, we just started,” Dr. Robert Lynch said. Here’s the thing: It was my husband, Bob’s, appointment. I was in the room while he was having a cavity filled. I was there to comfort Bob, who happened to be asleep. I’ll tell you: If he could give birth, he’d sleep right through it. I also had the notion that I could desensitize myself from my fear of the dentist by watching the procedure. Hah! Bernadette was assisting that day. As always, she treated me like I was her best friend. “Do you like your work?” I asked her. “I do. I love the people.” And I love her. Which leads to what I believe is one core of anxiety: isolation. The antidote? Connection. When I’m at my dentist’s office, I am frail and frightened. I tell the staff that. Therefore, what brings down my panic is that they care

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equally as much about me as they do about my teeth. I’m not just a patient; I’m a human being who is afraid. Once I saw a dentist for a root canal. I told him I was very anxious. He said, “You’re old enough to stop being a baby.” My terror then soared. So I did something that I’m still surprised I did. As he was about to proceed, I removed his equipment from my

mouth, stood up from the chair— and abruptly left. I sent him a letter to which he never responded. Who could relax when being dealt with the way this fellow dealt with me? As I’ve said before, “If someone doesn’t treat me well because I’m afraid, whose problem is that?” Recently, without knowing that I had asked Bernadette the same question, I asked Lisa, a hygienist at Robert’s office, “Do you like your work?” She said, “Oh, yes. I love the people.” Lisa and I don’t socialize, but

when we’re together at the office, it’s as genuine a bond as any other. How I am feeling is priority to her. Just as it is with Robert and Bernadette. In all parts of my life, it is the connection I give and receive that helps settle my angst. Ruminating to myself makes nothing better. Instead it fuels my isolation and anxiety. “We’re done now, right?” I asked Robert. “Just about,” he said. It was hard to hear him over Bob’s snoring. I put my head between my knees so I wouldn’t pass out. Bernadette offered me a cool towel and more water. Then Robert said, “All done.” I didn’t realize he was talking to Bob when he said, “You did great.” “Oh, thanks,” I said. “It was pure hell but I made it through.” As we left the office, I said to my husband, “You’re my inspiration.” He tenderly kissed my forehead and said, “And you’re a doofus.” “Well, I’m perfectly calm now.” We got into our car. I gave him a big hug, told him how relieved I was it was over, put on my seatbelt, and passed out. Saralee Perel is an award-winning, nationally syndicated columnist. Her new book is Cracked Nuts & Sentimental Journeys: Stories From a Life Out of Balance. To find out more, visit www.saraleeperel.com or email sperel@saraleeperel.com.

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When the weather gets warmer and your boss, teacher, or spouse asks why your mind is wandering, you might try blaming your spring fever on physiology. Spring fever’s symptoms usually appear during the onset of the vernal equinox. In the northern hemisphere, people begin to feel more energetic, enthusiastic, and amorous because of chemical changes in the body in part produced by increased exposure to daylight.

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Scientist cite a number of factors that contribute to spring fever: • Increased light sends signals to the brain’s pineal gland, which then reduces its production of melatonin, a hormone that regulates our body clock and controls our mood and energy levels. As the days grow longer, the chemical disappears and leaves people feeling more energized and confident.

• ​Increased light also affects the hypothalamus, the section of the brain that regulates eating, sleeping, and sex drive. • Our other senses—sight, smell, and hearing—also wake up as blossoms and spring breezes assault them. Such stimuli can trigger strong emotions, from euphoria to sadness.

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Word of the Year Sy Rosen he Oxford English Dictionary recently announced its word of the year for 2014—the word that attracted the most attention. And the winner is (drumroll, please) … vape. Huh? It’s the act of inhaling or exhaling the vapors of an electronic cigarette. I have to admit I’ve never heard of vape. However, I do know that inhaling and exhaling is very important—it’s something I try to do every day. The runner-up words were also baffling to me. They were:

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Bae – This is a term of endearment for one’s romantic partner. My wife has called me many things (several unprintable), but bae was never one of them. Budtender – A person who serves customers at a cannabis shop. Hmm, this is someone who distributes marijuana—in the ’60s I called this person Sam (who was my college roommate). Normcore – This is a trend where unfashionable clothing is worn as a deliberate fashion statement. This is great news. I can now call my loud, red plaid shirt and white pants normcore. Contactless – Involving technologies that allow a smart card, mobile phone, etc., to contact wirelessly to an electronic reader. I made a phone call (using my landline) to my daughter so she could explain to me what the heck this means. Slactivism – Apparently it’s an action performed on the Internet in support of a political or social cause, and that action requires little effort. I’ve never heard of this word either, but I do like the “little effort” part. Obviously, these words are not in the realm of my experience, and I’m willing to bet they’re not in most of yours. Does that mean we’re no longer part of the mainstream of society? That’s depressing. www.50plusSeniorNewsPA.com

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I decided it’s not us; it’s society. And maybe we’ve been ignored and passed over, but it’s time to fight back. So I decided to come up with some new words that we seniors could identify with. These will be our words, and with any luck they will be in next year’s edition of the Oxford English Dictionary. And they are (drumroll, please): Bolderolders – These are older people who are stronger and tougher than they look. You usually see a bolderolder on the 6 o’clock news beating up a potential mugger. Plouders – People who feel they have to talk loudly or yell when speaking to seniors because we are all hard of hearing. Plouders usually have low IQs and should be treated gently. Treaming – This is dreaming that is so vivid that you actually believe you have been transported back in time. For example, “When I tream that I am 16, I expect to break out in pimples.” The Splendas – These seniors live on a fixed income and don’t want to ask their kids for money. They skip lunch, shop at the 99-cent store, have basic cable, love discounts, and, on the rare occasion that they do go to a restaurant, they take home several packets of Splenda. Hawkinsians – These are really smart older people like Stephen Hawking, Jane Goodall, Warren Buffet, and Ruth Ginsburg. Pollocktify – Strange things are happening to our bodies as we get older. There’re liver spots, warts, moles, wrinkles, scaliness, and skin tags. Instead of thinking this is horrible, let’s celebrate the different colors and contours of our skin and consider it a work of art like a Jackson Pollock painting. We’ll proudly say, “Our body is Pollocktifying.”

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Home Care Services & Hospice Providers Affilia Home Health

Good Samaritan Hospice

(717) 544-2195 (888) 290-2195 (toll-free) www.AffiliaHomeHealth.org

(717) 274-2591 www.gshleb.org

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

Other Certifications and Services: Home care specialists in physical, occupational, and speech therapy; nursing; cardiac care; and telehealth. Disease management, innovative technologies, and education help you monitor your condition to prevent hospitalization. Licensed non-profit agency; Medicare certified; Joint Commission accredited.

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

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Homeland Hospice

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

Other Certifications and Services: Providing all levels of care (PCAs, CNAs, LPNs, RNs), in the home, hospital, or retirement communities with specifically trained caregivers for Alzheimer's and dementia clients. Home care provided up to 24 hours a day to assist with personal care and housekeeping. A FREE nursing assessment is offered.

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(717) 898-2825; (866) 857-4601 (toll-free) www.keystoneinhomecare.com Other Certifications and Services: Connections at Home VIA Willow Valley delivers unparalleled, personalized care and companionship in the home, hospital, or senior living community, by compassionate, reliable, dedicated caregivers who are backed by the area’s most trusted name in senior living for more than 30 years—Willow Valley Communities.

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

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Year Est.: 1911 Counties Served: Berks, Dauphin, Lancaster, Lebanon, Schuylkill RNs: Yes LPNs: Yes CNAs: Yes Home Aides: Yes Medicare Certified?: Yes

Medicare Certified?: Yes Other Certifications and Services: Exemplary personalized care that enables patients and families to live each day as fully as possible.

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

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

Other Certifications and Services: Good Samaritan Hospice provides services to patients and their families facing a life-limiting illness. We are Pennsylvania licensed, JCAHO accredited, and Medicare certified. We provide services 24 hours per day with a team approach for medical, emotional, spiritual, and social needs.

Other Certifications and Services: Good Samaritan Home Health is a Pennsylvania-licensed home health agency that is Medicare certified and Joint Commission accredited. We work with your physician to provide nursing, physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, wound care, and specialized care as needed.

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

Other Certifications and Services: Two- to 24-hour non-medical assistance provided by qualified, caring, competent, compassionate, and compatible caregivers. Personalized service with Assistance for Daily Living (ADL, IADL): companionship, meal prep, bathing, cleaning, and personal care needs. Respite care, day surgery assistance. Assistance with veterans’ homecare benefits. Medicaid Waiver approved.

Other Certifications and Services: Offering nonmedical home care to provide positive solutions for aging in place. Companionship, personal care, and our specialized dementia care. No minimum number of hours. Medicaid Waiver approved. Convenient, free assessment.

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Home Care Services & Hospice Providers Senior Helpers

Visiting Angels

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Carlisle: (717) 241-5900; Chambersburg: (717) 709-7244 East Shore: (717) 652-8899; Gettysburg: (717) 337-0620 Hanover: (717) 630-0067; Lancaster: (717) 393-3450 West Shore: (717) 737-8899; (717) York: (717) 751-2488 www.visitingangels.com

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

Other Certifications and Services: A PA-licensed, non-medical home care company providing companion, personal, Alzheimer’s, and dementia care from two to 24 hours a day. Call for a FREE homecare assessment and to learn more about benefits available for veterans and their spouses.

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

Other Certifications and Services: Visiting Angels provides seniors and adults with the needed assistance to continue living at home. Flexible hours up to 24 hours per day. Companionship, personal hygiene, meal prep, and more. Our caregivers are thoroughly screened, bonded, and insured. Call today for a complimentary and informational meeting.

UCP of South Central PA (800) 333-3873 (Toll Free) www.ucpsouthcentral.org Year Est.: 1962 Counties Served: Adams, Franklin, Lancaster, York RNs: No LPNs: No CNAs: No Home Aides: Yes Medicare Certified?: No

Other Certifications and Services: UCP provides non-medical adult in-home care services to adults, including DPW and aging waiver programs. PA licensed and working hand in hand with your service coordinator, UCP provides personal care attendants who implement your individualized service plan.

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My 22 Cents’ Worth

Family Feuds Walt Sonneville

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to 45 percent of families today have some siblings have occurred only after experienced feuds among relatives that the siblings became aged. Brothers Curtis persist over an and Prestley Blake coextensive duration. founded Friendly’s Ice This is lamentable, Cream Corporation in Too often we especially when the 1935. They remained are locked in aged despair of ever friends until they were seeing close to 90 years of unresolved reconciliation. age. Then they had an estrangements The problem is acrimonious dispute most apparent over the future of the within families. during holidays company. when an assembled The Andrews Sisters family senses or witnesses the presence of were enormously successful as a vocal conflict and the absence of unwelcomed trio, but their family harmony began to drift the year they lost both of their kin. Well-publicized estrangements among parents.

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amily feuds are as old as mankind, beginning with Cain killing his brother Abel. Disputes that age into decades can fracture family solidarity through succeeding generations. By the time we reach our senior years, it may be too late to control further damage. During the past few centuries there have been celebrated cases of regicide (killing a monarch) and parricide (killing a close relative) to gain control of the royal throne. Fortunately, commoners need not worry about aristocratic plots in which we escape personal involvement. Yet, too often, we are locked in unresolved estrangements within families. Studies have concluded that 30

Bandleaders Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey were estranged brothers for several years, reconciling toward the end of their lives. Feuds between parents and children or their stepchildren can be difficult to repair if the parents are in their advanced years. Billionaire T. Boone Pickens at the age of 85 sued his 58-year-old son, Michael, for defaming him on Michael’s website. Anthony Marshall, the son of Brooke Astor (Mrs. Vincent Astor), was charged with unauthorized use of his wealthy mother’s estate. Mrs. Astor at the time was 104 years of age.

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The Beauty in Nature

Skunk Cabbage and May Apples Clyde McMillan-Gamber kunk cabbage and May apple plants have large, lush leaves in big, lovely patches that can be seen from a small distance on woodland floors toward the end of April through May. Skunk cabbage grows in constantly moist soil on wooded bottomlands while May apples flourish nearby on slightly higher, drier ground, though the species overlap a little here and there. These two forest floor plants together dominate much of their respective habitats in spring. One of the first plants in Lancaster County to emerge from the ground, skunk cabbage flower hoods are visible in damp or wet forest soil by early February. Those fleshy, green-andmaroon hoods produce a bit of heat to melt through snow, and each one of them protects the several tiny blossoms

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on a fleshy ball inside it. Small insects active in warm weather in early spring pollinate those blooms, as they get nectar and pollen from them. Skunk cabbage leaves grow from the moist ground in woods early in April. They are curled at first to poke through the muck but unfold as they develop. Crushed skunk cabbage leaves smell like skunk

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Emerging may apple leaves

spray, hence their name. May apple leaves sprout, small and folded, in April. But as their foliage grows, it unfolds like clusters of small, green umbrellas on the woodland floors. One can imagine an elf standing under each one. Every older May apple plant has two umbrella-like leaves, compared to a younger plant’s one leaf. And only the two-leafed plants each has a single white flower under its

leaves. Each bloom grows from the junction of the leaf stems. After pollination, a green, apple-like fruit grows where the blossom was. Those fruits become golf-ball sized and pale yellow by fall. Interestingly, though both plants are woodland species, they adapt to sunny niches if the trees are removed. I’ve seen skunk cabbage flourishing in moist, grassy meadows with cattails. And I’ve seen May apples in abundance in meadows and along roadsides that once were forests. They are remnants and reminders of those past habitats. When out in spring this year or succeeding ones, look for lush patches of skunk cabbage and May apples in their woodland niches or in open habitats they adapted to. These plants are interesting, and pretty, in natural and human-made habitats.

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Veterans’ Event Debuts in York This Month By Jason Tabor The Veterans’ Expo & Job Fair will premiere in York County on Wednesday, April 15, at the York Expo Center. The Veterans’ Expo, hosted by OLP EvENtS, connects active and retired military members with the benefits and resources available to them through local businesses and organizations. Donna Anderson, president of OLP EvENtS, came up with the idea of a Veterans’ Expo after seeing the connection and interaction of veterans at the company’s 50plus EXPOs, which focus on the interests of people over 50. “I was so taken by the realization of this great benefit of the expos that I asked our team if they thought it would be a good idea to create an event that would honor them,” Anderson said. The keynote speaker will be Brig. Gen. (Ret.) Jerry G. Beck Jr., deputy adjutant general of Veterans Affairs, who will participate in the event’s opening ceremony. This is the second time the event has been held, building on the success of the Veterans’ Expo held last fall in

Lancaster, which drew more than 500 attendees. Exhibitors at the Veterans’ Expo will include community service providers, healthcare professionals, VA benefits counselors, education/training providers, and business startup assistance, as well as businesses covering everything from home improvement, legal services, and finance to retirement living and insurance. At the Job Fair, there will be seminars in resume writing, career management, job search strategies, and interview preparation. More than 200,000 veterans transition out of the military each year, and event organizers hope to assist local vets in translating their military skills into civilian assets that are attractive to employers. Christine Frederick, retired Pennsylvania Army National Guard master sergeant, Operation Iraqi Freedom veteran, and current assistant state veterans service officer for the

Department of Pennsylvania Veterans of Foreign Wars, will speak about updates regarding VA medical care and VA changes in claims processing. “To my knowledge, there are no other events similar to the Veterans’ Expo & Job Fair in our region,” said Anderson. “We’re proud to honor our veterans and their families for the many

sacrifices they make to keep us safe and free.” The Veterans’ Expo & Job Fair will be held from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. April 15 at the York Expo Center, Memorial Hall East, 334 Carlisle Ave., York. Admission is free and veterans of all ages, active military, and their families are encouraged to attend. For more information on the Veterans’ Expo & Job Fair, call (717) 285-1350 or visit www.veteransexpo.com.

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Living Your Best Retirement

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factor in your lost Social Security income too. If you find that your spouse will lose a significant portion of income upon your death, you may want to keep the policy to help make up the difference. Work: Will you need to take another job in retirement to earn income? Since life insurance helps replace lost income to your family when you die, you may want to keep your policy if your spouse or other family members are relying on that income. If, however, you have very little income from your retirement job, then there’s probably no need to continue with the policy. Estate taxes: Life insurance can

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determine if your life insurance policy can help you with this. Life Settlement Option If you find that you don’t need your life insurance policy any longer, you may want to consider selling it in a “life settlement” transaction to a third-party company for more than the cashsurrender value would be, but less than its net death benefit. The best candidates are people over age 65 who own a policy with a face value

of $250,000 or more. Once you sell your policy, however, the life settlement company becomes the new owner, pays the future premiums, and collects the death benefit when you die. How much money you can expect to get with a life settlement will depend on your age, health, and life expectancy; the type of insurance policy; the premium costs; and the value of your policy. Most sellers generally get 12 to 25

percent of the death benefit. If you’re interested in this option, get quotes from several brokers or life settlement providers. Also, find out what fees you’ll be required to pay. To locate credible providers or brokers, the Life Insurance Settlement Association provides a referral service at www.lisa.org. Jim Miller is a regular contributor to the NBC Today show and author of The Savvy Senior Book. www.savvysenior.org

Delayed Retirement: Are There Some Advantages? workplace found that 54 percent worked full time, and 19 percent put in more than 41 hours a week. Among the potential

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economic advantages: • Increased tax revenue, with positive (though small) effects on the nation’s deficit.

• Lower government expenditures, as workers delay taking Social Security past traditional retirement age. • More talent in the workforce, since the aging U.S. population means fewer young people are available for jobs.

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Travel Appetizers: Stories that Whet the Appetite for Travel

A World-Class Event in a World-Class City By Andrea Gross he elevator rises; my stomach drops. Zooming upward at 15 miles an hour, it takes only 58 seconds to reach the observation deck of the CN Tower in Toronto, one of the world’s tallest buildings. Now, from 1,465 feet above street level, I get a wide-angle view of Canada’s most populous city—a labyrinth of buildings interspersed with green parks, traffic-filled freeways, and, not much more than a mile away, the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. This summer Toronto will gain international attention when it hosts the Pan Am Games, the third-largest international multi-sport competition in the world. (It is surpassed only by the Olympic Summer Games and the Asian Games.) Held every four years since 1951, the games bring together amateur athletes from more than 40 countries throughout the Americas who compete in 36 sports.

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The CN Tower is Toronto’s most famous landmark and one of the world’s tallest buildings.

A double-decker bus provides an easy way to tour Toronto’s many neighborhoods.

They are followed 12 days later by the Parapan American Games, during which athletes with physical disabilities compete

in 15 sports. This means that during 16 days in July and another nine in August, Toronto

and its surrounding burgs will host upward of a quarter million tourists as well as thousands of athletes, coaches, and team officials. We figure we’d better learn how to navigate the city now, in preparation for then. Although the powers-that-be are spending megabucks readying the area for the games, and while much of this is earmarked for transportation, we suspect that in many cases walking will still be the easiest way to get around. Thus we choose to stay at the newly renovated and centrally located Radisson Admiral Hotel. The location is especially perfect for sports enthusiasts. Athletes’ Village, the mini-city that’s being built for participants, is less than a half-hour stroll along the waterfront, and we only have to walk across the street to get to Rogers Centre, the large multipurpose stadium that will be the site of the most anticipated event of the games, the opening ceremony, which will be

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Salute to a Veteran

He was at Guantanamo When an Atomic War was a Hairbreadth Away Robert D. Wilcox obert McRobbie grew up in suburban Albany, N.Y., and was deferred from military duty as he studied engineering at Cornell University in the late 1950s. However, he left college during his senior year to take a job with United Engineers, a design and construction firm in Philadelphia. Hoping to become a naval pilot, he then took the Navy test and found that it brought good news and bad news. The good news was that he was virtually off the chart on the many skills the Navy required. The bad news was that his eyesight was not keen enough to qualify him for flight training. So he joined the Navy Reserve and was assigned to a squadron based at the naval air station in Willow Grove, Pa. There he studied for several months to become an avionics technician, learning how to install, inspect, test, adjust, or repair avionics equipment, such as radio and radar systems in aircraft.

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The P2V radar that was the plane detected his squadron surface and flew—and snorkeling The P2V whose avionics whose subs at fairly McRobbie worked on at avionics he long Willow Grove. helped to distances. keep in top When shape—as it McRobbie Robert E. McRobbie after served as our flew in the discharge from the Navy’s airplane as a The USS Essex, the storied ship Navy in 1963. primary landcrewman, he on which McRobbie served. based antiwould submarine patrol aircraft. He got to fly monitor the radar and interpret the often in that plane. signals from the sonobuoys. Crews like his He explains that the P2V carried stayed sharp by routinely flying practice sonobuoys that could be dropped in a missions against our own submarines. circle around a submerged intruder sub His next assignment was to the USS and would be able to pick up the slightest Essex aircraft carrier that was going noise made by the sub. through a major overhaul at the Brooklyn In its elongated tail, the P2V carried a Navy Yard. There he worked in the magnetic anomaly detector that produced avionics shop until the vessel was able to a paper chart of the sub’s trail. And it also proceed to its home port at Quonset carried a belly-mounted surface-search Naval Air Station, R.I., where he helped

to maintain the ship’s wide-ranging store of electronic and radar systems. They cruised the North Atlantic, patrolling between Nova Scotia and Guantanamo. What was it like aboard the carrier? McRobbie just shakes his head as he says, “It was a floating city … except that it moved at 33 knots. It was nearly as long as three football fields, with 2,600 officers and men aboard and 90 to 100 aircraft. It was stable in the sea, and the food was great.” Then he chuckles about a reminiscence of reaching “Gitmo.” “A few of us went ashore to unload the ship’s vehicles. We stayed at the base overnight. But when we woke the next morning, we found that the Essex had left without us. It had a big role to play in the naval ‘quarantine’ on Cuba in October 1962 when it was discovered that the Soviets were shipping missiles to Cuba. “Having no official duties, we went to

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April 12, 2:30 to 4 p.m. – Spring Nature Walk, Nixon Park April 26, 2:30 to 4 p.m. – Wildflower Walk, Nixon Park

York County Library Programs Collinsville Community Library, 2632 Delta Road, Brogue, (717) 927-9014 Tuesdays, 6 to 8 p.m. – Purls of Brogue Knitting Club Dover Area Community Library, 3700-3 Davidsburg Road, Dover, (717) 292-6814 April 2 and 9, 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. – Tax-Aide Program April 10, 10 to 11 a.m. – Friday Morning Knitting Group

Programs and Support Groups April 3, 10:30 a.m. Partners in Thyme Herb Club of Southern York County Meeting Glenview Alliance Church 10037 Susquehanna Trail South, Glen Rock (717) 428-2210

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the base commander and asked if he would give us something to do. He was glad to have us as drivers to haul supplies to the Marines who were there in the nearby mountains to deter any Cuban attempt to attack our base. And we’d bring Marines down every now and then for a hot meal and a shower. We were there a month before we were flown back to Quonset.” By that time, McRobbie’s hitch was about up, and he was discharged from the Navy as a second class petty officer in September 1963. He worked for Rohm and Haas in purchasing while he pursued his degree at Drexel at night and earned a B.S. in mechanical engineering. He then worked

for Honeywell, first as a project manager and then as a manager in research and development. After 23 years, he retired from Honeywell in 2001. Friends told him of a retirement community in Central Pennsylvania, to which he moved in 2007. Since he had been using computers for some 30 years by then, he has been a leading member of the retirement community’s computer club and a regular source of counsel when other residents need help of any kind with their computers. “Which,” he says with a smile, “is surprisingly often.”

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Volunteer Spotlight YCAAA Recognizes Volunteers of the Month Julie Geyer, Dawn Hetrick, Joan Hale, and Carol Lyons have been named Volunteers of the Month by the York County Area Julie Geyer Agency on Aging for their ongoing service and dedication to the agency and York County’s older adults. Oxford Joan Hale Township resident Julie Geyer became a friendly visitor and financial counselor volunteer for YCAAA after providing long-distance care to her father following her mother’s death. She quickly realized that her father and other older adults need someone to advocate on their behalf. Dawn Hetrick of Manchester Township has volunteered all her life and enjoys helping people. She has been a YCAAA volunteer for more than 13 years with special events and currently is in the

Telephone Reassurance program. A friendly visitor for 20 years, Conewago Township resident Joan Hale began Dawn Hetrick volunteering after being a primary caregiver for her mother. “Loneliness is a terrible thing, and since I enjoy talking, being a Carol Lyons friendly visitor is a means to bring joy to an elderly person,” Hale said. Following retirement from the Pennsylvania Department of Aging, Springettsbury Township resident Carol Lyons realized that she could use her experience to help others. As an APPRISE counselor, she assists Medicare beneficiaries, which helps her keep her mind active. She, along with her husband, is a Senior Games volunteer and assists with the distribution of the Senior Farmers Market Nutrition Program vouchers.

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HAPPY TRAILS

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An active person—participating in Kick ’n Gliders, a cross-country skiing group, and the Harrisburg Bicycle Club— Reisinger enjoys a challenge. But this wasn’t her first time on the trail. She completed a section hike in 2011. It took six years for her to pick up pieces of the trail whenever she had the time. “I always wanted to do a thru-hike, but it was always tough,” she said. “I was working and never had time to give up six months of my life to just walk in the woods. When I finished the section hike, I thought I was done with it. Then I found out I might be able to do something pretty neat.” It was Banjak who told Reisinger she should try to break the record. It didn’t take much convincing. The two took a trip to Florida to canoe before making their way to Georgia to start the hike. They would set off together on March 30. Even though it was just the two of them on the journey, they had a slew of fans. Reisinger kept a journal and would mail pieces of it when they would reach a rest stop. Bill Stine, a member of Kick ’n Gliders, would post her stories online. Her entries describe the many people they met along their way, including Tonya and Tina from Germany, whom they

fondly called “I enjoy it. I feel “T&T.” They also like a kid getting met Osprey, a 74ready to build a year-old man who fort any time I wished the need to set up “biddies” good camp and make luck on their my dinner.” journey. Tired and They hiked hungry, the two through rain and planned a break hot sun. They for the end of Reisinger beneath a misty tree in devoured eggs, They would June. George Washington National Forest in Virginia. bacon, and home catch up on bills, fries when they sneak in a dentist had the rare stop appointment, and at a restaurant attend reunions along the way. before heading They dreamed of back out. warm beds and In the rush to hot showers. get home, with Despite her just a few miles age, Reisinger between the embraced the women and the Reisinger atop Mount Katahdin, lifestyle that a comfort that Maine’s highest peak (5,270 feet). hike on the waited, the trip Appalachian Trail nearly ended for requires. She doesn’t know how much Reisinger. longer she’ll be able to sleep under the Climbing over rocky terrain, her foot stars or carry on her back everything she got caught and sent her flying to the needs to survive. ground. With a throbbing knee, she made “Some people like the trail, but they it home. But she wondered if she’d return hate that part of the experience,” she said. to the trail.

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X-rays showed the injury looked worse on the outside. With rest, the swelling subsided. Not wanting to let an injury set her back, Reisinger headed back to the forest. When they finally got back on the trail, the pair would have to make up about 5 miles that were missed in Pennsylvania. So, they decided to save it for last. They each asked their families to meet them in the end and help them cross the finish line. The women would power through the remainder of the hike, making it through the toughest climbing in New Hampshire and Maine. They reached their end point on Oct. 4, but it wouldn’t be until Oct. 19 that they’d hike those last 5 miles into Pine Grove Furnace State Park. About 50 people showed up to join them for the hike and a cookout that followed. It wasn’t just Reisinger and Banjak who celebrated that day—but all the people who had kept tabs on their journey through Reisinger’s blog. “I never thought of giving up, but I can understand why sometimes people do give up,” she said. “I think I’m in good shape, but I know I don’t have the stamina of someone who is 25. So, for me, I think I’ve done my last hike of the Appalachian Trail. I think I can say I beat it.”

Dick Dedrick ovies are better than ever. That was what Hollywood was telling us back in the 1950s. What they meant was that movies were better than television. But we didn’t buy it. Ticket sales have been going down ever since. And ticket prices have been going up. Back then, films were trucked into my hometown in heavy metal containers. It took two people to carry them on a broom handle up to the projection booth. In the cities, the films were new and pristine. In small towns like mine, they were dirty and scratched up. Today movies are digitally downloaded by the theaters. No scratches. No trucks or broom handles required. These days at our house, we do most of our movie watching on Netflix and

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Famous Names of the ’50s and ’60s Find a famous name using consecutive letters. Example: LET’S MAKE IT RUM AND COLA = TRUMAN 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

I LOVE THE JOYFUL BRIGHTNESS OF CHRISTMAS SHE LIKES EATING OLD WATERMELONS I PLUCKED A PEACH OFF A TREE THIS IS NOT THE GAME I REQUESTED I USED TO PLAY CANDYLAND News Events of the ’50s

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Glimpses of History via Letters Victor Parachin Letter to Harriet Beecher Stowe In 1850, a Mrs. Edward Beecher wrote her sister “Hattie,” who had already written and published several books, making this request: “Hattie, if I could use a pen as you can, I would write something to make this whole nation feel what an accursed thing slavery is!” Her sister promptly wrote back, saying that with a new baby, “I can’t do much of anything, but I will do it at last. I will write that thing if I live!” Less than a year later, Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote Uncle Tom’ s Cabin, a book that became a bestseller, galvanized the North against the institution of slavery, and contributed to the outbreak of the American Civil War. In 1862 Beecher Stowe visited the White House, where she was met by an impressed President Abraham Lincoln, who greeted her saying: “So this is the

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William James’ Letter of Appreciation In 1869 William James graduated from Harvard Harriet Beecher Stowe University as a circa 1852 medical doctor. All his life he struggled with depression, a factor that may have created his interest in psychology. He is regarded as America’s first psychologist, famously declaring: “The first lecture on psychology I ever heard being the first I ever gave.” Offered a teaching position at

Harvard University, James accepted and remained there for 35 years. A group of female students from Radcliff College took William James a class with in the 1890s him and, at the end, presented James with the gift of an azalea plant. Clearly, James was overwhelmed by this gift, indicating it was the first time he’d received such appreciation. Addressing the group as “Dear Young Ladies,” he wrote:

I am deeply touched by your remembrance. It is the first time anyone ever treated me so kindly, so you may well believe that the impression on the heart of the lonely sufferer will be even more durable than the impression on your minds of all the teachings of philosophy 2A. I now perceive one immense omission in my Psychology (a reference to his recently published book)—the deepest principle of human nature is the craving to be appreciated, and I left it out altogether from the book, because I never had it gratified till now. I fear you have let loose a demon in me, and that all my actions will now be for the sake of such rewards. However, I will try to be faithful to this one unique and beautiful azalea tree, the pride of my life and delight of my existence. Winter and summer will I tend and water it—even with my tears. Mrs. James shall never go near it or

at about 50 percent of marriages, blended families with stepchildren and stepparents raise issues of the boundaries of filial obligations imposed by Scripture. Family disputes should reach a compromise that is preferred to a sought-after, but unworkable, dominance. Brothers Abraham and Lot followed this path, as reported in the Book of Genesis. They avoided a fight by negotiating a division of land. The benefit of settlement becomes

more apparent to family rivals as they age. When the battles of our youth and mid-years become distant memories, harmony should be within grasp in our closing decades.

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Patti Davis, daughter of Ronald and Nancy Reagan, had highly publicized personal criticisms of her parents, eventually reconciling. In 2011 film star Mickey Rooney, at the age of 90, testified before the U.S. Senate Committee on Aging that a family member had abused him recently. When families fight over the assets of their parents or grandparents, lawyers are likely to reap all the rewards. The legal expenses of some feuds can drain virtually the entire estate.

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Actor Peter Ustinov left a fortune said to be in the “tens of millions of pounds” (The Daily Telegraph, Jan. 24, 2013). Almost all of his estate went for legal fees as his children and their stepmother battled for years in various courts. One of the Ten Commandments instructs us to honor one’s father and mother. It seems odd that we must be commanded to do so. This command should include a clause requiring parents to earn that honor. With the divorce rate

Walt Sonneville, a retired market-research analyst, is the author of My 22 Cents’ Worth: The Higher-Valued Opinion of a Senior Citizen and A Musing Moment: Meditative Essays on Life and Learning, books of personal-opinion essays, free of partisan and sectarian viewpoints. Contact him at waltsonneville@verizon.net.

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touch it. If it dies, I will die too; and if I die, it shall be planted on my grave. Harry Truman’s Letter Defending His Daughter’s Recital In December 1950, U.S. President Harry Truman’s daughter, Margaret, gave a public singing recital. Present was Paul Hume, the Washington Post’s music critic, who reviewed her performance negatively, writing that her voice had “little size and fair quality.â€? He also noted that Margaret sang flat much of the time, adding sarcastically that there were “few moments ‌ when one can relax and feel confident that she

will make her goal, which is the end of the song.� Truman was furious and wrote Hume the following letter: “I have just read your lousy review buried in the back pages. You sound like a frustrated old man who never made a success, an eight-ulcer man on a fourulcer job, and all four ulcers working. “I have never met you, but if I do you’ll need a new nose and plenty of beefsteak and perhaps a supporter below.� When the letter was made public, it caused considerable controversy, but most Americans seemed to approve of a father defending his daughter.

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