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The Green Mountain Gardener

Garden Trends for 2016 Dr. Leonard Perry

Syncing gardening with technology, engaging hands-on with the local environment and nature, night lighting, garden whimsy, and layered landscapes incorporating various types of plants are some of the garden trends for this year.

Each year, the Garden Media Group (www.gardenmediagroup. com)— a marketing firm for the home and garden industry—identifies key gardening trends for the coming season. For 2016 they’ve pegged eight of these, which you’ll no doubt see reflected in products, plants, and advertisements.

Just as consumers are syncing their electronic devices, they’re looking to sync more with nature. This bodes well for the environment but has a flipside that may be hard for true gardeners to understand.

As the report states, “Our connection with nature is hardwired. So much so, that going on a strenuous hike is considered fun, whereas weeding a garden for the same amount of time is seen as work or a chore.”

It’s interesting that one of the trends— shifting from “doing” to “making”—doesn’t seem to translate into the art of making (including weeding) a garden. Yet this group the report calls “yuccies”— “young urban creatives,” a cross between a yuppie and hipster—likes to grow for purposes and experiences, such as hops for brewing and herbs for dyes.

Another trend shows people using their handheld technology to sync with garden habits and with other garden hobbyists. They’re hoping technology will help them be successful with gardening, “without a lot of work or information.”

Technology is being used increasingly to monitor, even control, what happens in the home and outside in the garden. Purchasing is shifting for many from browsing in stores to get inspired to shopping online.

This technology trend, perhaps surprisingly, is huge with the 46- to

64-year-old baby boomers, who spend more on technology than any other age group. One out of five boomers now uses social media daily, whether for work or even for keeping connected with other gardeners.

Another technology trend the report identifies is the use of technology to engage kids with nature, gardening, health, and fitness. This is seen by many as essential, with Generation Z (those born between 1995 and 2009) being the most sedentary ever.

Creating outdoor adventures, running, storytelling, or geocaching are some examples the report states are necessary to get people outside playing, “off the couch, outside, and digging in the dirt again.”

As most gardeners already know, “horticulture is intrinsically tied to health and wellness”—the trend the

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report terms “welltality.” People are more aware of and placing a higher priority on their health.

The hospitality industry has tapped this trend with indoor forests, living walls, and locally grown food. Berries are popular, particularly the newer, compact varieties for container culture and blueberries with their high levels of healthy antioxidants.

Whimsy and lighting have been around gardening for some time but are a trend highlighted as popular for this year, with a twist. Plain containers are being replaced with ones containing speakers and LED lighting,

for instance.

Night lighting is moving from the plain, simple lights on walks and up trees to LED cord wraps around structures like swings and whimsical shapes or creating bright, bold colors and lighted patterns on walls. These are used to make the outdoors more of a destination, get children outside, bring back memories, or create experiences.

Going along with the book The Living Landscape by authors Rick Darke and Doug Tallamy is the trend of the layered landscape. This involves replacing the “green desert” of lawns and non-native plantings with a layered

effect, similar to what one finds in a forest.

Understory perennials and shrubs up to canopy trees help support pollinators and wildlife, creating a more natural ecosystem. Increasingly, property owners want sustainable landscapes that will function and last for many years and plants “for their function as well as their beauty.”

Many have pets, and increasingly the trend is for these people to be more aware of their plants and to make sure they are not toxic or harmful. One in three dogs a year gets cancer. Many dog owners believe that having a safe,

organic, chemical-free landscape will help avoid this, along with a nutritious diet.

Such “petscaping” also involves designing landscapes pets can use, yet “protecting precious plants from pets.”

Resources in many areas are becoming limited, particularly water, or impacted by land-care practices. More are realizing this under this trend of protecting resources, particularly those in areas such as parts of California, where water usage has been reduced by 25 percent.

Dr. Leonard P. Perry is an extension professor at the University of Vermont.

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By Megan Joyce The feel of the bat pressed into your palms. The gritty dirt scuffing beneath your shoes. The tang of fresh air as it buffets your face.

Jerry Munley knows the sensory, mental, and athletic appeal of baseball and softball is a lifelong draw.

As a co-manager for both Susquehanna Senior Softball’s 55+ and 62+ leagues, Munley, of Linglestown, also knows his generation’s passion for ball and bat is alive and well in Central Pennsylvania.

“I think all of us who played baseball in our younger years enjoyed it because it was fun and made us feel better,” Munley said.

Munley, a retired audit supervisor for the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, began his baseball “life” as a second-base Little League player.

As a young adult, he played third base on his college fraternity’s team and, after returning from college to his hometown of Archbald, Pa., he took up second base and outfield in a 20+ league.

It would be another 30 years before he transitioned to softball after spotting a “softball players needed” notice in his church’s newsletter.

“When we get to be in our 50s, we are getting closer to retiring, and our [children] are now adults and need less of our help,” freeing up time for hobbies, he said.

After about three years as a player, Munley was asked to manage temporarily for a manager who needed time off for health reasons—but the manager never did return, and Munley’s managerial position became permanent.

“I volunteered because I used to be a Little League assistant manager and figured it would be almost the same, but the ‘kids’ older,” Munley said.

As one of 10 managers in the 55+ league and one of six in the

62+ league, Munley’s duties include ensuring the teams have enough players for the upcoming season; holding team meetings; providing game schedules and making sure enough players will be available for each game; paying umpires and coming up with funds to pay for league fees; and notifying players of game cancelations.

Teams in both leagues comprise players from Dauphin, York, and Cumberland counties.

Games in the 55+ league are played Monday and Wednesday evenings. This league includes 10 teams and uses a slow-pitch softball and wooden bats.

There are 11 defensive players on the field: four outfielders and seven infielders. Games are seven innings and are “very competitive,” Munley said.

Currently, four municipalities— Susquehanna Township, Mechanicsburg Borough, Derry Township, and Fairview Township—provide fields for play for the 55+ league.

Six teams compose the morning league, which is for players over age 62. Its structure is altered a bit to accommodate players who prefer a less competitive, nine-inning game: Every player who attends the game is placed in the batting order and must play a minimum of three innings on the field.

Games in the 62+ morning league are played on a field provided by Susquehanna Township.

The appeal of 55-and-over softball for Munley and his teammates extends far beyond simple nostalgia, however.

“I am not a doctor, but it’s easy to observe that those playing ball are in good physical shape, especially for their ages … Baseball season starts for us in April and goes almost to November, so this gets the body moving quite a bit,” Munley said, adding that the leagues even have players over age 75.

But the physical exercise is

just one advantage of league participation. Perhaps even greater are the mental and social rewards.

“The players … also benefit from the companionship and the feeling of being needed and part of a team,” Munley said. “The players in the league encourage their team’s players and also give the opposing team’s players compliments when they do well.”

Friendships are formed that transcend the ball field into everyday life, with players often getting together after games—even with opposing players—for a bite to eat. Players’ wives sometimes socialize after games as well, Munley said.

And then there’s the good, oldfashioned razzing that goes on—an essential element to any sports team.

“Team players also enjoy playing because they get to tease the other guys, and both know it’s just for fun.”

Munley said the companionship and fun of playing in the league has helped some players through life’s tougher times, too. And the drive to play encourages players to keep themselves in shape during the off months so they’re ready to swing the bat come April.

“Also, when an injury occurs, they strive to get back in shape as soon as possible,” Munley added.

As a native Pennsylvanian, Munley’s pro-ball allegiance must fall with the Phillies or Pirates— right?

“I follow the San Francisco Giants. This may seem odd for a Pennsylvania guy,” he said. “It all started when I was in grade school.

We had a baseball board game, and since I was one of the last to join, I was given the Giants as a team.

Since then, I stayed as a Giants fan.”

Both the 55+ and 62+ softball leagues are seeking additional players. For more information about joining a league, contact Jerry Munley at (717) 877-3356 or email gmunleysr@gmail.com. www.50plusLifePA.com

The Beauty in Nature

You’re not just a Locally Nesting business.

Sandpipers and Plovers You’re not just an organization.

You’re a resource.

Clyde McMillan-Gamber

Most kinds of sandpipers and But wherever they hatch, killdeer plovers (shorebirds) in North America babies are vulnerable to vehicles and nest on the Arctic tundra, seacoast predators in their open environments. beaches, or salt marshes.

And those hatching on roofs drop to But a few species, including the ground. killdeer plovers, spotted sandpipers, Spotted sandpipers patrol waterway and American woodcocks, raise and impoundment shorelines for young inland invertebrates. in much of And females of North America, this species lay including here eggs near those in southeastern waters.

Pennsylvania.

Spotties Like almost bob and dance all shorebirds, while walking these inland along the edges species nest of water. Their on the ground constant dipping but in different mimics objects Killdeer habitats, which bouncing eliminates in wavelets, competition blending in to among them be invisible. for space and Woodcocks invertebrate live on deadfood enough for leaf floors of their youngsters bottomland to grow and woods. There mature. they poke their All these long beaks Sandpiper shorebirds into moist are migrants, soil to extract though some killdeer stay north earthworms and other invertebrates. all winter. But other killdeer and Male woodcocks present courtship woodcocks arrive here early in March, displays most every evening through and spotted sandpipers get here in March and April to attract females to mid-April. them for mating.

All shorebirds, being related, lay Each male exits a bottomland four eggs per clutch and only raise one woods just after sunset and lands on brood each year. Chicks hatch fuzzy, a spot of bare ground in a clearing. open-eyed, camouflaged, and able to There he stands upright and “beeps” feed themselves within 24 hours of about a minute. Then he takes off hatching. in spiral, upward flight, his wings Eggs, chicks, and adults of all twittering all the while. species blend into their sparsely When he reaches the zenith of his vegetated habitats, making them hard flight, he verbally utters several series to see by predators and us. of musical notes and swoops down Killdeer originally hatched young to his bare-soil stage. His displays on streamside gravel bars. But they are interrupted by receptive females. adapted to laying eggs on the bare Females lay their clutches on leafy soil of plowed fields and the gravel of forest floors. driveways, parking lots, railroad beds, Watch for inland shorebirds this and flat, gravel roofs. spring. They are interesting. www.50plusLifePA.com

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Jim Miller

Financial Paperwork: What to Keep, What to Toss

Dear Savvy Senior, How long should a person hang on to old receipts, stock records, tax returns, and other financial documents? I have accumulated boxes full of such papers over the years and would like to get rid of some of it now that I’m retired.

– Getting Organized

Dear Getting, This is a great time of the year to get rid of unnecessary or outdated paperwork and to organize your records in preparation for filing your tax return.

Here’s a checklist of what to keep and what to toss out, along with some tips to help you reduce your future paper accumulation.

Toss Out • ATM receipts and bank-deposit

slips as soon as you match them up with your monthly statement • Credit card receipts after you get your statement, unless you might return the item or need proof of purchase for a warranty • Credit card statements that do not have a taxrelated expense on them • Utility bills when the following month’s bill arrives showing that your

prior payment was received— but if you wish to track utility usage over time, you may want to keep them for a year, or if you deduct a home office on your taxes, keep them for seven years

To avoid identity theft, be sure you shred anything you throw away that contains your personal information. It’s best to use a crosscut shredder rather than a strip one, which leaves long paper bands that

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Keep One Year • Paycheck stubs until you get your W-2 in January to check its accuracy • Bank statements (savings and checking account) to confirm your 1099s • Brokerage, 401(k), IRA, and other investment statements until you get your annual summary (keep longer for tax purposes if they show a gain or loss) • Receipts for healthcare bills in case you qualify for a medical deduction

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and receipts or canceled checks that substantiate deductions, for seven years.

The IRS usually has up to three years after you file to audit you but may look back up to six years if it suspects you substantially underreported income or committed fraud.

Keep Indefinitely • Tax returns with proof of filing and payment—you should keep these for at least seven years, but many experts recommend you keep them forever because they provide a record of your financial history • IRS forms that you filed when making nondeductible contributions to a traditional IRA or a Roth conversion • Receipts for capital improvements that you’ve made to your home until seven years after you sell the house • Retirement and brokerage account annual statements as long as you hold those investments • Defined-benefit pension plan documents • Savings bonds until redeemed • Loan documents until the loan is paid off • Vehicle titles and registration

information as long as you own the car, boat, truck, or other vehicle • Insurance policies as long as you have them • Warranties or receipts for big-ticket purchases for as long as you own the item to support warranty and insurance claims

Keep Forever You should never get rid of personal and family records like birth certificates, marriage licenses, divorce papers, Social Security cards, military discharge papers, and estate-planning documents (power of attorney, will, trust, and advanced directive).

Keep these in a fireproof safe or safe-deposit box.

Reduce Your Paper To reduce your paper clutter, consider digitizing your documents by scanning them and converting them into PDF files so you can store them on your computer and back them up onto a USB flash drive or external hard drive like iCloud (www.icloud.com) or Carbonite (www.carbonite.com).

You can also reduce your future paper load by switching to electronic statements and records whenever possible.

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Salute to a Veteran

Robert D. Wilcox

B-25 Bombers Land Better with Their Gear Down

Conrad Hamp had long known that, of course, but he got a frightening reminder of it one time when the landing gear of the B-25 he was flying decided not to come down.

Although he had never expected an accident like that to happen to him, he had wanted to fly ever since 1935, when, as a 9-year-old in Baltimore, he had been taken by his father to a fly-in of Army bombers.

Just by walking around them and marveling at those awesome planes, he decided that being a pilot was his goal, once he became of age.

So, in 1943, as a 17-year-old in high school, he went to Towson, Md., and enlisted in the Pre-Aviation Cadet Enlisted Reserve. And, when he was called to active duty in April 1945, his only question was, “Why did it take so long?”

He was first sent to Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, for basic training and classification. After going through a battery of tests, he got good news— and bad. The good news was that he was classified a pilot.

The bad news was the Air Force had closed down the pilot training program, and he was sent to Keesler Field for aircraft and engine mechanic training. Lacking a chance to fly, he opted to leave the Air Force in November 1945.

A variety of civilian jobs followed until 1950, when he saw a huge sign in front of the library saying that the Air

Force was again seeking hydraulic fluid flowing flight crew candidates. down the bulkhead So, he promptly on the side of the enlisted again and was passageway to the sent to Connally Air bombardier’s station.

Force Base near Waco, He cut a hole through Texas, to go through the aluminum and classification once found that an extramore. long bolt had been And he was again used on a strut to the selected to be a pilot. landing gear (after its There he took basic preceding 100-hour flying training in the inspection). st 1 Lt. Francis Conrad Hamp, single-engine T-6 It had cleanly at Rhein-Main, Germany, severed the tube for the before shipping to in 1952.

Reese Air Force Base in hydraulic fluid when Lubbock, Texas, for advance training the gear was retracted, permitting all in the twin-engine B-25 bomber. the fluid to drain out. He crimped On his first solo flight in the B-25, the tube shut, and they were then able he then had his problem with the to coax enough hydraulic fluid from landing gear. They were about to shoot another accumulator to finally get the practice landings at an auxiliary field gear down and locked. when they found that, whatever they As they landed, they found that could do, they couldn’t get the gear to the base commander, many flight come down. instructors, a fire truck, an ambulance, They then called in the problem to and the chaplain were waiting to see the airbase … and got the curt order how the drama would turn out. Did to “come back and crash.” So they did that seem to be a signal that flying was come back, but then spent a couple of more dangerous than he thought? hours trying everything they knew to “Nah,” he grins. “Never gave it a solve the problem. thought.”

The base sent up a T-28 with two He must not have, because he instructors to look the plane over, but next shipped to Bolling Field in they couldn’t suggest anything either.

Washington, D.C., where, for a year, The right wheel had come part way he served in the Special Missions down, but that only made the problem Squadron, flying VIPs around the U.S. worse. and Canada in C-47s and B-25s.

Then the flight chief noticed Then in 1952 it was to Rhein-Main

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Air Base in Frankfurt, Germany, to fly the C-119 troop carrier and drop U.S., British, and French troops in exercises in various European countries. That was followed by an assignment in Neubiberg, Germany, where, in C-119s, he hauled material to bases all over Europe and North Africa.

In July 1955, he returned to New York aboard a civilian-crewed Navy transport and was separated from the Air Force at Shaw Air Force Base, Sumter, S.C., in 1956.

He worked for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in flight service for many years in Key West and Myrtle Beach before retiring in 1976.

He lived in Hilton Head Plantation, S.C., for a few years before returning to Baltimore in the ’80s. How did he happen to come to Central Pennsylvania?

He says, “I had an uncle who liked to eat. One day, he said to me, ‘Want a good meal?’”

Hamp said sure, and his uncle then drove them north to Central Pennsylvania, where he “treated me to some of the best food I had ever eaten,” Hamp says. “That’s a big part of what brought me here to live.”

So, since 2004, he has lived in a Central Pennsylvania retirement community that offers just what he needs … including an endless supply of that great local food.

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

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Veterans Benefits Community Services Products and Services Available Support/Assistance Programs Education/Training Services From left, Darlene Easton, Mary Morris, Ralph Serrano, Donna Robinson, Anna Mae Dayhoff, Larry Lower, Gail Wentz, Jim Axe, Sharon Dunlap, Ann Axe, and Gerald Dunlap at the dedication ceremony for Westminster Place at Queen Street.

Westminster Place at Queen Street, a 50-unit apartment building for seniors, opened recently following a dedication ceremony.

The new apartment homes are available to low- to moderateincome people, 62 years of age or older, and offer energy-efficient and innovative design.

Westminster Place at Queen Street is operated by Presbyterian Senior Living and is located in York Township at 150 Pauline Drive, York.

The 40 one-bedroom and 10 two-bedroom Westminster Place apartment homes range in size from approximately 600 to 800 square feet. The community includes a communal meeting space, exercise room, library, and game room.

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Travel Appetizers

The Temple on the Hill

By Andrea Gross

It’s an eye-popping, head-scratching sight. There, right in the middle of Middle America, stands one of the most recognizable buildings in Europe: the Greek Parthenon, generally considered one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.

What in the name of Zeus is this historic monument doing in Nashville, Tenn.?

Of course, the Tennessee building is a replica, but it looks much more like the temple where Socrates and Plato debated the merits of democracy than does the one in Athens.

The original Parthenon, built in the fifth century B.C., shows its age.

Some of the columns have crumbled; most of the roof is gone, and the marble sculptures that decorated its exterior are now in the British Museum of London, the center of

The Nashville Parthenon is a near-exact replica of the one that was built in Greece in the fifth century BC.

a longstanding dispute between England and Greece.

What’s more, the giant statue of Athena, which was created by Pheidias, the most famous sculptor of his time, disappeared 1,500 years ago.

In contrast, the building in Nashville is in perfect condition.

My husband and I are awed by the

The statue of Athena, goddess of wisdom and prudent warfare, is 42 feet tall.

50 graceful Doric columns, which, like the original, are ingeniously tapered so that, to the eye, they appear straight while they actually tilt

slightly inward, an architectural trick to make them appear regally tall.

Inside we’re mesmerized by a 42foot-tall statue of Athena, reproduced

by Nashville sculptor Alan LeQuire.

The goddess of wisdom and prudent warfare, whom the Parthenon was built to honor, is attired in a flowing gown and gilded with 8 pounds of 23.75-karat gold. In her right hand she holds an adult-size statue of Nike, the goddess of victory.

In short, Nashville’s Parthenon resembles the original as it was, not as it is.

This, of course, gets us back to our original question: Why Nashville?

Nashville doesn’t even rank in the top 70 largest Greek-American communities.

The answer dates back to the mid1800s, when the city was known

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as a center of temple, sits atop wisdom, art, Nashville’s own and learning. It acropolis. was the first city In 1955 the in the South to capitol, which have a public was then nearly school system, 100 years old, and it had more needed a fix-up. colleges and We drive to the Fragments of pillars lie near the universities than north side of the Tennessee State Capitol, giving other cities of its building, where visitors the feeling they are size. we find some wandering among Greek ruins.

Proud of the original Nashvillians pillars that said that in weren’t used in their reverence the restoration. for knowledge They’re scattered and love of on a small patch philosophical of grass, where debate, they they bear an and the ancient eerie resemblance Greeks were to the ruins of The Hermitage, home of President kindred spirits. ancient Greece.

Andrew Jackson, is an example of In addition Later we classical Greek architecture. to thinking like explore the area the Greeks, the near West End city had a Greek Avenue and flair due to its Belle Meade abundance of Boulevard, Greek Revival where many architecture. homes have the Nashville trademark Greek became known columns and as “The Athens porticos. of the South.”

The most Thus, in famous of the Tulip Grove, on the grounds of 1897 when it Jackson’s estate, also has elements Greek Revival was asked to homes belongs to of Greek style. erect a pavilion Andrew Jackson, for the state’s the seventh Centennial Exposition, it seemed president of the United States. His natural to build a life-sized model of home, The Hermitage, was originally the Parthenon. built in the Federal style, but after The building was only intended to being destroyed by a fire, it was last for the six-month duration of the rebuilt with the classical elements exposition, but the citizens balked that were more in vogue at the time. at tearing it down. Instead they Finally, we go to the Athens replaced the temporary structure Family Restaurant. It’s housed in an with a permanent one, which was architecturally bland building but is completed in 1931. renowned for its authentically spiced Today the Nashville Parthenon Greek food, including gyros and serves as the city’s art museum. In souvlaki. addition, it hosts a series of free Of course, in what is altogether educational programs that range fitting for the culture that practically from panel discussions to formal invented democracy, the chefs lectures. also serve thoroughly American As for Nashville’s Greek hamburgers! atmosphere, its streets are still filled For more information on Tennessee and with fine examples of classical other exciting destinations, visit www.

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“All the leaves are The future classic brown and the sky is was first recorded in gray …”

Los Angeles by Barry Michelle Phillips McGuire—with the well remembers the Mamas and the Papas 4 a.m. incident that providing background changed her life. vocals—as a followHer husband, John, up to his millionwas gently shaking her selling “Eve of awake with the words, Destruction.”

“California Dreamin’” “‘You have to help me But at the last The Mamas and the Papas finish this song, Mich. minute, Dunhill April 1966 Help me, and you’ll Records owner thank me for this Lou Adler erased someday,’” wrote Michelle in her book, McGuire’s vocals and had the Mamas California Dreamin’: The True Story of and the Papas record their voices over the Mamas and the Papas. the instrumental track.

John already had much of the song John Phillips decided he wanted composed by the time he woke her that something more exotic than the morning. standard middle guitar solo. During In his autobiography written a break, he stepped into the hallway with Jim Jerome, Papa John: An at the recording studio and ran into Autobiography by John Phillips, John session jazz musician Bud Shank, a recalled, “One of the first songs we master of the saxophone and flute. worked on was written during the When John asked Shank to winter [of 1963-64], inspired by a bone- contribute an alto flute solo to the chilling walk through the snows of song’s break, Shank nailed it elegantly Central Park. We were daydreaming of on the first take. bright sun, blue skies, and palm trees.

“California Dreamin’” was to be “LA was home for Michelle, and as the first of nine Top 40 singles for the winter dragged on in New York, it was group that had once lived in a tent in impossible not to miss the 12-month the Virgin Islands.

California summer.”

Between 1965 and 1968, the Mamas To escape the bitter cold, the and the Papas would sell 40 million pair had briefly visited St. Patrick’s records. (The group’s back story unfolds Cathedral, an inspiration for the song’s in their million-selling 1967 musical second verse: “Stopped into a church we biography called Creeque Alley.) passed along the way.” Michelle enjoyed To many music fans, nothing would visiting churches; John wanted only to ever resonate quite as strongly as the get warm. song that first brought the Mamas and Michelle later explained the line, the Papas fame.

“Well, I got down on my knees and In her autobiography California I pretend to pray”: “John hated the Dreamin’, Michelle Phillips recalled, verse, as he was turned off to churches “‘California Dreamin’’ was a great song. by unpleasant memories of parochial It was one of those songs, like, ‘Damnit, school. But he couldn’t think of I don’t want to be boxed in to what my anything better, so he left it in.” life has to offer. I’m going to change it Note: In “California Dreamin,’” … The only one who can change it is listeners have often mistakenly thought me … It gave impetus to change.” the group sang “I began to pray” rather Randal C. Hill is a rock ’n’ roll historian than “I pretend to pray,” and many who lives at the Oregon coast. He may be heard the line “The preacher liked the cold” as “The preacher lights the coals.” reached at wryterhill@msn.com.

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My 22 Cents’ Worth

Aging Farm Barns and Our Agrarian Past Walt Sonneville

Yesterday’s wealth, today’s heritage—that is the saga of America’s aging farm barns. Standing or leaning, they are memorials to our agrarian past.

Old barns have inspired preservation organizations and barntouring groups and found repurpose when converted to offices, homes, and, occasionally, a landscape and nursery retail enterprise.

Like covered bridges and streampowered grain mills, they become more valued as they continue to decline in number.

In the book Eric Sloane’s America, Sloane states: “It might be said that the early barn is the best example of American Colonial architecture. Each old barn was born of American soil and fitted to an American landscape for specific American needs.

“From the beginning, the American barn was big, like the hopes and plans for life in the New World.

It was unlike anything built anywhere else. It was entirely American.”

Early farm homes were shanties.

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Raising cash crops was part of the work. Small gardens of potatoes, carrots, beans, and lettuce were another responsibility, generally assigned to some of the children.

Chickens were raised and eggs sold.

Farm families generally included five to seven children, composing the necessary labor force. The oldest girl often assisted the mother with cooking and preserving while the second-oldest girl might be the family baker. The older boys became “farm hands,” cleaning the chicken house and assisting with harvesting and fence repair.

Barns in America began to be erected in 1639, 32 years after the settlement at Jamestown, Va., and

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19 years after the settlement at Plymouth, Mass. Barn architecture evolved through the needs of individual farmers, not from plans provided by architects.

There are two predominant barn styles in American agrarian history: Pennsylvania Dutch barns and New England barns.

Pennsylvania Dutch barns frequently are called “bank barns” to indicate they were built on the bank (or slope) of a hillside. This permitted wagon entry to the upper level of the barn from the higher level of the slope and a second entry to the lower level at the descending slope.

New England barns lacked this feature. The New England barn often was part of a connected series of buildings with the house at one end, the barn at the other, and smaller buildings in between to house tools and wood. This allowed the farm family an interior access to each building without exposing themselves to snow, rain, or cold.

There are other barn types. They include crib barns, the insides of which might contain one or more cribs to separate storage items and livestock, and tobacco barns, an early barn type that required more ventilation to cure the hanging crop.

Barns were not built to impress.

Expressions of architectural creativity were limited to the addition of cupolas; dormers; novel latches and hardware; weathervanes in the form of an arrow or, near the coast, a fish or a whale; decorative hex signs; barn stars; shutters (solid or louvered); and ventilation slits that could be diamond shaped or rectangular.

Most barns were constructed of oak. Some barns were a mix of stone and wood, others of stone only. It wasn’t until 1873 that the barn’s profile was dominated by the introduction of the silo.

Barns had practical features added as well, including lightning rods, entrance holes for owls (to control vermin), and holes for martins.

Some barns eventually included virtual billboards, promoting products and tourist destinations.

Barns frequently displayed the name of the farm or its owner and the year of the barn’s construction.

Barns in Pennsylvania were inventoried after the state’s bicameral legislature adopted separate resolutions in 2005. A resulting survey found that 46 percent of barns in eastern Pennsylvania were built before the Civil War, with sidings typically of stone and wood.

Almost three-quarters of statewide respondents reported their barns were in good or excellent condition.

There are eight barns in Pennsylvania listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Four are in Chester County, one each in Bucks and Centre counties, and two in Dauphin County. Nationally, there are 262 barns on the register, located in 27 states.

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Library Use on the Decline?

Are libraries in danger of disappearing?

A Pew Research Institute report found that most Americans strongly support their local public libraries, with 65 percent saying that the closing of a local library would have a major impact on their community.

They like library services that contribute to education, along with those that help veterans, immigrants, and other special constituencies, and value access to computers and other technologies. www.50plusLifePA.com

Still, library use appears to be trending downward: Fortysix percent of Americans age 16 and older have visited a library or bookmobile at least once during the past year, down from 53 percent in 2012.

Twenty-two percent have used their library’s website in the past year, down from 25 percent in 2012, and 27 percent have gone to the library to use computers and Internet resources, down again from 31 percent in 2012.

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An Odd Path to a New Pal Saralee Perel

When it comes to meeting new friends, I’m the same way I was when I was an insecure, socially inept 16year-old.

A few months ago, I was riding a stationary bike at the YMCA. There was a beautiful woman riding the bike right next to mine.

Lately, I’ve made it a goal to make new friends because I think I live too reclusively. The Y is a perfect place to find friends, but I haven’t met too many. Maybe that’s because my body language is shouting, “Don’t come near me!”

Instead, maybe I should say something really catchy. And so I came up with the perfect thing. I said, “Hi,” to the woman on the bike.

After she nodded to me, I couldn’t think of what to say next. Then I

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came up with what I had asked the ever-soher.

She said, “I’m original, “You Saundra,” to come here which I replied, often?”

When she “Me too.”

“You’re also didn’t reply, Saundra?”

I thought to “Oh, no, myself, “I’m I’m not. I’m, such a loser.” It um, I’m Cape didn’t occur to Cod.” I mentally me she had her Saralee and Saundra earphones on. clunked myself on the head. “I The next mean I’m from Cape Cod. That’s not day, she was on the same bike. I took my name of course,” I babbled. She the bike next to her. I repeated my brilliantly clever line, “You come here smiled politely. often?”

The next time we were biking, she Noticing I was talking, she took off said, “You must know my husband, her earphones and said, “What?”

Ed Lambert.”

“He’s that really popular guy on Being a nervous wreck, I forgot

TV, right?”

“He has a radio talk show.”

I gave myself another head clunk.

One day, I decided to go another step. I said, “Would you like to meet for lunch, you know, as in share a meal?”

Then I got the hiccups. “I didn’t mean (hic) that we’d literally have to share. You could have your own, you know. Of course, you’re welcome to have some of mine (hic) at the (I couldn’t remember the word restaurant) place people pay to eat a lot of stuff.”

Amazingly, she said, “Sure.”

“We don’t have to,” I said. “You can change your mind and call me at the last minute. I have a telephone.” please see PAL page 19

Calendar of Events

Community Programs/Support Groups Free and open to the public

Senior Center Activities

April 1, 10:30 a.m.

Partners in Thyme Herb Club of Southern York County John Rudy Park 400 Mundis Race Road, York (717) 428-2210

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

April 4, 9:30 a.m.

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

April 5, 6 to 9 p.m.

Medicare Facts for New or Pre-Retirees Seminar Saint Joseph School Community Room 5125 Grandview Road Penn Township (717) 771-9008 www.ycaaa.org

April 5, 7 p.m.

Surviving Spouse Socials of York County Faith United Church of Christ 509 Pacific Ave., York (717) 266-2784 April 6, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Veterans’ Expo & Job Fair York Expo Center Memorial Hall East 334 Carlisle Ave., York (717) 285-1350 info@onlinepub.com www.veteransexpo.com

Susquehanna Senior Center – (717) 244-0340, www.susquehannaseniorcenter.org Mondays, 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. – Chorus Practice Tuesdays, 6 to 10 p.m. – Bluegrass/Country Music Jam Session Just a snippet of what you may be missing … please call or visit their website for more information.

Parks and Recreation

Library Programs

April 3, 2:30 to 4 p.m. – Spring Nature Walk, Nixon County Park April 17, 1 to 4 p.m. – Earth Day Service Project: Garlic Mustard Pull, Nixon County Park April 21, 7 to 9 p.m. – Lincoln at Hanover Junction—Is the Photo Real?, Hanover Junction Train Station

Collinsville Community Library, 2632 Delta Road, Brogue, (717) 927-9014 Tuesdays, 6 to 8 p.m. – Purls of Brogue Knitting Club

If you have an event you would like to include, please email information to mjoyce@onlinepub.com for consideration.

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Famous Animals of the ’50s and ’60s Find these movie and television animals who were famous in the ’50s and ’60s: 1. L _____ (dog) 2. T_____ (bird) 3. S_____- Doo (dog) 4. F_____ (dolphin) 5. Y_____ (bear) 6. B_____ (chimpanzee) 7. S_____ (horse) 8. Old Y_____ (dog) 9. S_____ (cat) 10. J_____ (mouse) News Events of the ’60s Fill in the blanks: 1. 1960 – K _ _ _ _ _ y elected president 2. 1961 – Alan B. S _ _ _ _ _ d orbits space 3. 1962 – Cuban m _ _ _ _ _ e crisis 4. 1964 – Earthquake destroys A _ _ _ _ _ _ _ e 5. 1964 – Johnson defeats G _ _ _ _ _ _ _ r 6. 1966 – M _ _ _ _ _ a v. Arizona protects rights of the accused 7. 1967 – Moshe D _ _ _ n leads Israel in Six-Day War 8. 1968 – Nixon and A_ _ _ w are elected 9. 1968 – Martin Luther King slain in M _ _ _ _ _ s 10. 1969 – W _ _ _ _ _ _ _ k – Three days of peace and music Written by Alan Stillson. Please see http://stillsonworks.com

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1. Saying 2. Excuse 3. Ritual 4. Wedding words 5. Arrange 6. Panache 7. Scream 8. Cry 9. Impudence 10. Fiend 11. Docile 12. Gr. letter 15. Snooze 20. Debauchee 22. Pulpit

27. Astern 29. Twosome 30. Brazilian port 31. Beverage 34. Redo a lawn 37. Take the count 38. Possess 39. Pain 40. Saltwater fish 41. Elderly 42. Haggard novel 43. After spark or fire 45. Signature witness 47. Mortar box 48. Decompose 49. Sand feature

50. Costello, for one 51. Shame 52. Circulars 55. Indifferent 58. Work hard 60. Small three-masted vessel 62. Love (It.) 64. Regrettably 66. Titaness 67. More expansive 68. Carryall 69. Lacerated 70. Zest 71. Let it stand!

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26. Club ___ 28. Enemy 29. Scot. river 30. Fishing gear 31. Robe 32. Pitcher 33. Rooney or Gibb 34. Reckless 35. Reverberation 36. Outbuilding 37. Record 40. Write out 41. Consumed 43. Affirmative 44. Oaf

45. Brazil, for one 46. Cameo stone 49. Distend 50. Actress Sophia 51. Aviator 52. Loathe 53. Tractor name 54. Glance over 55. Power tool 56. Leave out 57. Soft drink 59. Grains 61. Fem. suffix 63. Energy unit 65. Congeal

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On Life and Love after 50

Tom Blake

Single Mom Nearing Retirement Wants to Make New Friends

Tom’s Answer: Making new friends now is wise. By doing so, you will already have friends when you retire.

Yes, making friends is more difficult compared to when we were younger.

For women, having women friends is as important, if not more important, than having men friends. By pursuing activities you enjoy, making new friends will easily follow.

You already seem to know what you want to do: You love animals and have two dogs. You have thought about volunteering at an animal shelter. Go for it; you’re a natural.

Two months ago, I rescued a dog named Samson and got to know the volunteers at my local shelter. They all had one thing in common: They loved dogs and cats. In addition, they were wonderful people. You would immediately make friends at an

Puzzle Solutions

I have often stressed to older singles the importance of getting involved in activities and making new friends. This week, Lynda, of Carlisle, Pa., emailed asking for advice on how to do that.

Lynda said, “I was a single mom for 17 years and was very involved in my children’s lives and their activities.

I have had the same type of work for 32 years and have moved a lot due to a military way of life. When I was in my 20s and 30s, making friends happened without even thinking about it.

“Now, in my mid-50s, making friends seems to be tougher than I imagined. I have friends at work but most of them are married and have their own lives outside of work.

“I have a good boss, I like my job a lot, and I get to see my grandkids, who live an hour away, once in a while.

“Since I am approaching retirement, I’m trying to figure out what I can do to make friends and get involved in my community. I love animals and have two dogs of my own. I hope to someday find someone I can experience life with, although I am very content being on my own with my dogs.

“I have thought about volunteering with Meals on Wheels and/or helping out with dog-rescue places. Any input would be appreciated.”

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animal shelter.

Next, you mentioned volunteering for Meals on Wheels. That’s a great cause. I suggest you start doing that once or twice a week.

It is important to try new things, particularly after you stop working.

After my life partner, Greta, retired, she became involved in tai chi, yoga, and water aerobics classes.

Through exercise, she has made many wonderful new friends.

If you need more ideas, check out Meetup (www.Meetup.com), a free site that lists all kinds of clubs and activities across the U.S. that you can join. Pick a couple of activities that interest you and try them.

One other point: You say you would like to meet a man with whom to experience life, but if that does not happen, you are content just spending

time with your dogs.

I think you can do both. Make time without the dogs to let a man into your life. Yes, you treasure your dogs, but don’t be so obsessed with them that you shut out potential mates.

The above paragraph is important for people wanting to meet a mate.

Often, I see women and sometimes men who are so into their pets they post their pet’s photo as their Facebook profile photo instead of their own.

The message that sent is loud and clear: My pets are everything to me. Don’t get me wrong; I love all animals. However, wouldn’t it be nice to have a mate and have your pets?

Lynda, you have many positives in your life: You have worked in the same field for 32 years, which shows stability, dedication, and loyalty— great traits to have. Not many people have worked in a job that long.

In addition, you were a single mom for 17 years, and that required a huge commitment. I have great respect for single moms—that has to be the toughest job in the world.

Pursue making new friends before retirement with the same energy you put forth into working and raising your children. You will accomplish your goal quickly.

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Do You Have Concerns About Falling?

The York County Area Agency on Aging is encouraging older adults concerned about the risk of falling to register for an upcoming series of free classes called “A Matter of Balance.”

“A Matter of Balance” is an awardwinning program designed for people who have concerns about falling, have fallen in the past, have restricted their activities because of falling concerns, or are interested in improving balance, flexibility, and strength.

The classes are offered by the Falls Free Coalition of York County.

“A Matter of Balance” can help manage the risk of falls by teaching participants to view falls as controllable, set goals for increasing activity, make changes to reduce fall risks at home, and exercise to increase strength and balance.

The Area Agency on Aging urges interested older adults to register for one of the following programs:

Aldersgate United Methodist Church 397 Tyler Run Road, York (York Township) Mondays and Thursdays, 10 a.m. to noon April 11, 14, 18, 21, 25, 28; May 2, 5 To register: (717) 854-4276 Dover YMCA 1705 Palomino Road, Dover (Dover Township) Mondays, 9:30 to 11:30 a.m.

April 4, 11, 18, 25; May 2, 9, 16, 23 To register: (717) 851-2569 Springetts Fire Hall 50 Commons Drive, York (Springettsbury Township) Days of week vary, from 1 to 3 p.m.

April 4, 12, 18, 25; May 2, 10, 16, 23 To register: (717) 851-2569 Windy Hill on the Campus 1472 Roth’s Church Road, Suite 103, Spring Grove

PAL from page 16 “I’d love to go.”

“I understand. It’s getting late. I should get home too.”

“I meant I’d love to go to lunch with you.” There had to be something very wrong with this woman.

And so, we met at a restaurant, where we gorged ourselves on huge lobster rolls. We had a ball. The next lunch date, we re-gorged ourselves, splitting three lunches of mussels, fried calamari, and a tuna platter.

I had made a friend.

We began emailing between lunch dates. It didn’t take very long for us to sign our emails, “Love.”

Now, our lunch dates include my husband, Bob, and her husband, Ed, who is probably one of the funniest,

warmest, kindest people I know.

My special friendships would never have happened if I had a wait-untilsomeone-approaches-me attitude.

And so, I’ve learned three things: Friendships have to be nurtured in order for them to develop.

Friendships don’t happen if I wear a t-shirt that says, “Go away,” on it.

When Saundra and I eat together, waitresses should hold up a sign that says, “Haven’t you had enough already? We’re running out of food here.”

Nationally syndicated, award-winning columnist Saralee Perel can be reached at sperel@saraleeperel.com or via her website: www.saraleeperel.com.

The Last Laugh I’m not the heroic type, really. I was beaten up by Quakers.

– Woody Allen

I’ve always wanted to be somebody, but I see now I should have been more specific.

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Tuesdays, 9:30 to 11:30 a.m.

April 5, 12, 19, 26; May 3, 10, 17, 24 To register: (717) 225-0733 YMCA York 90 N. Newberry St., York (York City) Thursdays, 9 to 11 a.m.

March 31; April 7, 14, 21, 28; May 5, 12 To register: (717) 843-7844

Zion View Community Building 140 Copenhafer Road, York (Conewago Township) Tuesdays and Thursdays, 10 a.m. to noon April 5, 7, 12, 14, 19, 21, 26, 28 To register: (717) 852-4902, ext. 248

Volunteer Spotlight YCAAA Recognizes Volunteers of the Month Karl Zimmerman, Carol McDermott, Diana Arnold, and Don Lyons have been named Volunteers of the Month by the York County Area Agency on Aging for their ongoing service and dedication to the agency and York County’s older adults.

Springettsbury Township resident Karl Zimmerman, a retired Karl Zimmerman Carol McDermott licensed practical nurse, said he enjoys volunteering for YCAAA and a variety of other organizations.

“It affords me an opportunity to provide support and encouragement to another individual,” Zimmerman said. “As a telephone reassurance volunteer, I connect others with community resources and help older adults maintain social interaction.”

Diana Arnold Don Lyons Carol McDermott, of Penn Township, is a telephone reassurance volunteer and friendly Springettsbury Township visitor, sharing an hour or two each resident Don Lyons became a week with a homebound elderly volunteer because he wanted to give person. back to the community.

Peer educator volunteer Diana He helps with YCAAA’s special Arnold, of York Township, uses events, such as the Senior Games skills she attained while working as and the Farmers Market Nutrition a registered nurse to educate older Program, assisting in distributing adults in “A Matter of Balance,” fruit and vegetable vouchers to the falls awareness and prevention eligible older adults. He also program. She also educates others provides office support and delivers as a “10-KeysTM to Healthy Aging” YCAAA literature to medical volunteer. offices.

Do you know a 50+ volunteer who gives selflessly to others? Tell us what makes him or her so special and we will consider them for 50plus LIFE’s Volunteer Spotlight!

Submissions should be 200 words or fewer and photos are encouraged. Email preferred to mjoyce@onlinepub.com or mail nominations to 50plus LIFE, Volunteer Spotlight, 3912 Abel Drive, Columbia, PA 17512.

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