Complimentary | York County Edition
June 2019 • Vol. 20 No. 6
Life at the Speed of Sound page 4
Your Hidden Retirement Risk: Long-Term Care page 9
10 Signs You Are Managing Grief in Healthy Ways page 14
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Art & Antiques by Dr. Lori
Babe Ruth at Auction Lori Verderame
charities, especially those aiding children. Some maintain As a longtime New York Yankees fan, stemming from that Babe Ruth remains the most popular athlete in my father’s link to the game as a left-handed pitcher and American history. my upbringing in Connecticut — watching the likes of Some of the premier artifacts to be sold during this Munson, Nettles, Dent, Guidry (Louisiana Lightning!), public auction that will take place in the midst of the Randolph, Bonilla, Griffey, Jeter, Rivera (the Sandman!), 2019 baseball season include: Posada, Pettitte, and so many other baseball greats on TV and at the old Yankee Stadium — I am most excited for • Ruth’s barnstorming travel case from the 1920s this summer in the Bronx. • Ruth’s game-played cleats Why? This year, in mid-June, something historic is • A n autographed 60th home run photograph going to happen (again) at Yankee Stadium. This event • The 1923 New York Yankees World Championship will excite both baseball fans and memorabilia collectors Spalding trophy alike. • The 1923 New York Yankees World Champions The personal collection of George Herman “Babe” autographed team ledger sheet Ruth will be auctioned off at the stadium, located at 1 E. Babe Ruth signed baseball. • A n inscribed Lou Gehrig photograph 161st St. in the Bronx, New York, on Saturday, June 15. While the New York Yankees will be playing the Chicago White Sox at the • The 1934 Batsman trophy from a tour of Japan renamed Guaranteed Rate Field (formerly Comiskey Park and U.S. Cellular • Other special baseball objects and items of Americana Field), a major baseball lovers and collectors event will take place in the Bronx, organized by Hunt Auctions. Dr. Lori Verderame is an author and award-winning TV personality who appears on History channel’s The Curse of Oak Island. With a Ph.D. from Penn State University These historic baseball artifacts, mementos of a life in baseball, and other and experience appraising 20,000 antiques every year, Dr. Lori presents antique special pieces of Americana derive from the personal collection of Babe Ruth. th appraisal events nationwide. Visit DrLoriV.com or call (888) 431-1010. The history of Ruth has been the history of baseball in the early 20 century. His story has also contributed to the American story in times of trouble. Ruth’s commitment to community and his work helping children in the 1920s and 1930s has become a model for other athletes. George Herman “Babe” Ruth was signed to the Baltimore Orioles in 1914 for minor league play and then started his major league career with the Boston Red Sox. He was later an iconic slugger as a team member of the New York Yankees. With 30 Years of Ruth’s contract was sold to the New York Yankees in 1920, and he was a Real Estate Experience pitcher and homerun hitter until he retired from baseball in 1935. Ruth’s stats remain impressive even by today’s standards: 714 home runs, • 2016 Realtor of the Year .342 batting average, 2,213 RBIs. He was a seven-time world champion and a 12-time American League home run leader, too. Of course, he was elected to • 2014 President of the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1936. Realtor’s Association of Babe Ruth was a major part of American culture during the Roaring 1920s York and Adams County and Depression-era 1930s. He endorsed consumer products, was trusted and • Licensed in PA and MD widely popular, and devoted time as well as his celebrity status to various
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By Jason J. Tabor “We’re only here on this planet for so long; you have to do things while you’re here,” James Kleinklaus laughs when asked how he’s managed to fit so many experiences into one lifetime. A racecar driver, published author, professional musician, and president of his own advertising agency, Kleinklaus arrived in Carlisle with his wife, Sherry, 15 years ago at the tail end of a career in newspaper advertising that took him around the country. As a child growing up in Long Island, New York, Kleinklaus excelled in school, particularly in writing and music, and took up the guitar at a young age. “My father was a violinist and there was always music playing around the house. I practiced daily, as much as 12 hours a day during the summers, and The wreckage of Kleinklaus’s racecar after began teaching lessons at age 13,” he says. the crash that took him and his vehicle into a By the time he was enrolled at Dowling College concrete wall. in Long Island on a National Merit Scholarship, Kleinklaus was dividing his time playing music onstage at legendary New York City clubs like CBGB’s and Max’s Kansas City at night and studying literature and creative writing during the day. “I idolized John Updike,” he says. “When I wasn’t playing music, I was writing short stories and working on novels. It was a real balancing act.” After graduating in 1971, Kleinklaus Kleinklaus in his racecar, the Purple Dragon. continued playing music and writing, eventually getting the opportunity to open for an up-and-coming Billy Joel and having his own music copyrighted and released by Elektra Records. “Between doing studio work and playing onstage, I was literally singing for my supper each night,” he says. “I wasn’t thinking in terms of having a ‘career path’ at that point — there was no Plan B to fall back on.” After 10 years of music, he decided to move to upstate New York to live with his brother and figure out what he wanted to do with his life outside of the music industry. “I was still teaching guitar but decided to get out of the music business,” he remembers. “There was too much ‘biz’ and not enough music, and I just didn’t believe in it anymore.” Away from the music business in New York City, Kleinklaus fell into a job that would propel him into a career in advertising. He began selling advertising for small businesses in local newspapers. “I had no formal training in marketing or advertising,” he laughs. “I just always looked for Kleinklaus during a recent performance opportunities, was a good talker, and never gave up!” of Jim Kleinklaus Duo.
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23rd Annual
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Spooky Nook Sports 2913 Spooky Nook Road Manheim
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17th Annual
Sept. 25, 2019 9 a.m. – 2 p.m.
York Expo Center Memorial Hall East 334 Carlisle Ave., York
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Oct. 16, 2019
20th Annual
After meeting the publisher of the Scotsman Press in Syracuse, Kleinklaus landed a job selling ad space to local businesses and started a magazine for the publisher where he did market research, sold ads, and wrote stories, often using pseudonyms. He soon began receiving job offers from newspapers in larger markets around the country and began moving around from Syracuse to Hartford and Detroit as a high-level advertising executive. He worked for the U.S.’s largest newspaper publisher, Gannett, and was a regional manager for Valpak and Auto Trader, before moving to Carlisle to work at the Carlisle Sentinel. He met his wife Sherry at an industry mixer in 1990 — she was an account executive at a competing newspaper. “We were both from the same world and met each other just as our previous marriages were ending. It wasn’t a surprise to anyone when we got married less than two years later,” he laughs. Together, he and Sherry had several children from their previous marriages. “It was kind of a Brady Bunch situation,” he says. In 1984, at the prompting of one his clients who was involved in competitive auto racing, Kleinklaus purchased his first racecar. “I bought it for $500,” he laughs. “It had no engine, wheels, or suspension, but I put some work into it and have been doing amateur racing ever since.” A longtime fan of Formula One racing and vintage racecars, Kleinklaus likens racing to playing music. “Both music and racing are a performance — you spend a lot of time getting ready, making sure everything is perfect, practicing, knowing your equipment inside and out, and dealing with pressure. I often have trouble sleeping the night before a race.” Kleinklaus acknowledges the dangers involved in racing but feels compelled to challenge himself, despite being “definitely over age 25,” he jokes. “I should be dead three times by now,” Kleinklaus says. “During my first race, after taking the first turn at 90 mph, out of the corner my eye I saw a red car coming out of the sky right at me, the driver holding his detached steering wheel in his hands. He crashed into me and put me into a concrete wall. “You know these kinds of things can happen, and just get back on that horse!” Over the years, he has won races in West Virginia, New York, and the MidAtlantic States Road Race championship in 2013, among others. Two years ago, Kleinklaus began playing music once again in Jim Kleinklaus Duo. “Originally, my idea was to start a jazz band, maybe play some lounges once in a while,” he says. “And now we play recurring shows at the Army War College in Carlisle, the Harrisburg Hilton, and other clubs every month,” performing a variety of classic rock and R&B covers. “My bassist, Mike Kaufman, convinced me to sing again, and, as much as I put into the guitar, I realize my voice is what has opened doors for us,” he adds. “Next up, we’re heading to the studio to record some of the originals I’ve written over the years.” Although he and Sherry both officially retired at the same time a number of years ago, Kleinklaus maintains a busy schedule with business, travel, and visiting family. When he’s not doing laps around the racetrack or playing onstage, Kleinklaus runs his own advertising firm catering to clients in the medical field, riding his mountain bike, and canvassing for political candidates. “I’ve always enjoyed getting out there and talking to people; that’s what my entire career was built on,” he says. “I think the things that really matter in life are prizing the relationships you create with friends and family,” he says. “It’s always later than you think, so if you can blast some frets off a guitar or scare yourself in a racecar along the way, all the better. Do what you love.” Kleinklaus’s memoir, Fran’s Tools: Finding Common Ground in the Fast Lane, is available on Amazon and Jim Kleinklaus Duo is on YouTube and Facebook.
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Savvy Senior
Jim Miller
2020 Census Offers Temporary Jobs Suited for Retirees The U.S census helps determines each state’s representation in Congress and how funds are spent for schools, hospitals, and roads. It also provides information to guide many decisions made by government agencies, private businesses, and institutions. Jobs within the census vary, from working in the field canvassing, updating maps, and conducting followup interviews with citizens in your community to working in the office as a clerk performing administrative tasks or as office operations supervisor, who oversees the field staff. Some jobs will begin this summer, but the majority of positions will begin in late
Dear Savvy Senior, The U.S. Census Bureau is in the process of recruiting thousands of workers for temporary jobs to help collect valuable data for the 2020 Census, and retirees are ideal candidates. Can you write a column to get the word out? Thanks for your help! – Census Recruiter Dear Recruiter, I’m happy to oblige, and I agree. This once-a-decade job opportunity is a great fit for retirees who have some free time on their hands and who wouldn’t mind earning some extra income while helping the community. Attention, Retirees! The United States Census Bureau is currently in the process of recruiting over 500,000 temporary workers to help carry out the upcoming 2020 census national head count of every person living in the U.S.
Tom & Randi LaNasa “MEMORY MUSIC”
April 2020 and last a month or two. These temporary, part-time positions are located in every county throughout the United States and Puerto Rico. Some positions require evening and/or weekend shifts because you must be available to interview members of the public when they’re at home. And all positions require several days of online and classroom training. The pay ranges between $13.50 and $30 per hour depending on position and location. To find the pay rates in your area, see www.2020census.gov/en/jobs/ locations.html. Job Qualifications To be able to work for the 2020 census, you must: • Be at least 18 years old • Have a valid Social Security number • Be a U.S. citizen
Attention: RETIREMENT HOMES, CLUBS AND ORGANIZATIONS. Looking for entertainment?
Now booking our Christmas, variety, and specialty shows for 2019. We have many variety shows featuring the music from the 1930s to the 60s. Songs by legendary artists like Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra, Doris Day, Kay Starr, Dean Martin, Patsy Cline, and the Mills Brothers.
• Complete an application and answer assessment questions • Be registered with the Selective Service System or have a qualifying exemption if you are a male born after Dec. 31, 1959 • Pass a census-performed criminal background check and a review of criminal records, including fingerprinting • Commit to completing training
Specialty shows include …
• Be available to work flexible hours, which can include days, evenings, and/or weekends
Please contact Memory Music to book your next event!
In addition, most census jobs require employees to have a valid driver’s license and access to a vehicle, unless public transportation is readily available. Job holders must also have access to a computer with internet and an email account to complete training.
Songs from the WWII Years • The Post WWII Years: 1945 – 1955 AMERICA: From Sea to Shining Sea Salute to the Rat Pack (or if you prefer, just Sinatra) Elvis & Patsy • Classic Country
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How to Apply The first step is to complete the online job application at www.2020census. www.50plusLifePA.com
gov/en/jobs. The process takes about 30 minutes and will include some assessment questions about your education, work, and other experience. If you’re a veteran who would like to claim veterans’ preference, which provides preference over nonveteran applicants, you’ll need supporting documentation. For more information on the 2020 census, or if you have questions or problems with the application process, call (855) 562-2020.
After you apply, an interviewer will reach out to potential hires to conduct a phone interview, but not all applicants will be interviewed. Job offers are made verbally, but candidates will also receive a letter by email. Send your senior questions to: Savvy Senior, P.O. Box 5443, Norman, OK 73070, or visit www.savvysenior.org. Jim Miller is a contributor to the NBC Today show and author of The Savvy Senior book.
Booming Voice
Home Team Bill Levine
Supposedly one’s introduction to a Red Sox game at Fenway is always the splendor of the grass. The fan walks up the ramp from the park’s dingy bowels into the glorious green of an outfield so immaculate it appears to have been mown by God. This was not my initial memory of Fenway as a 7-year-old on Saturday afternoon, Aug. 16, 1958, when my dad took me to my first game. I was just awed and overwhelmed by the size of the parking lot, as Dad, Grandpa, and I stood next to our sedan. I’m sure I held onto Dad’s hand as he
skillfully guided me out of this maze of cars toward the brick façade of Fenway. I remember that we didn’t sit near the field, so I wasn’t able to appreciate the intimacy of a pitch thwacking into a catcher’s mitt. But we were close enough for me to easily spy the “9” on Ted Williams’ jersey when Dad announced that Ted was batting in the first inning. Ted was the main attraction for me that day. I had learned of his hitting prowess from Dad. On the visiting Yankees, I’m sure Dad pointed out their please see HOME TEAM page 12
At Your Fingertips Helpful numbers, hotlines, and local businesses and organizations eager to serve you—all just a phone call away. Animal Hospitals Community Animal Hospital Donald A. Sloat, D.V.M. 400 S. Pine St., York (717) 845-5669 Automobile Sales/Service Gordon’s Body Shop, Inc. 10 Mill St., Stewartstown (717) 993-2263 Energy Assistance Low-Income Energy Assistance (717) 787-8750 Entertainment Dutch Apple Dinner Theatre 510 Centerville Road, Lancaster (717) 898-1900 financial services Morgan Stanley Wealth Management (302) 573-4027 Health & Medical Services Alzheimer’s Association (717) 651-5020 www.50plusLifePA.com
Alzheimer’s Information Clearinghouse (800) 367-5115 American Diabetes Association (800) 342-2383 CONTACT Helpline (717) 652-4400 The National Kidney Foundation (800) 697-7007 or (717) 757-0604 Social Security Information (800) 772-1213 Healthcare Information Pennsylvania 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 Homeland at Home Serving all of York County (717) 221-7892
Visiting Angels Living Assistance Services Hanover: (717) 630-0067 Lancaster: (717) 393-3450 York: (717) 751-2488 Hospice Services Homeland at Home Serving all of York County (717) 221-7890 Housing Assistance Housing Authority of York (717) 845-2601 Property Tax/Rent Rebate (888) 728-2937
PERSONAL CARE HOMES Family Care Personal Care Home (717) 373-5205 Pharmacies CVS/pharmacy www.cvs.com real estate Berkshire Hathaway Paula Musselman (717) 793-9678 (Office) (717) 309-6921 (Cell) Services York County Area Agency on Aging (717) 771-9610
Insurance Medicare (800) 633-4227
Veterans Services Lebanon VA Medical Center 1700 S. Lincoln Ave., Lebanon (717) 228-6000 or (800) 409-8771
Vibra Health Plan (844) 660-2961 (TTY: 711) Insurance – Long-Term Care Apprise Insurance Counseling (717) 771-9610 or (800) 632-9073
Volunteer opportunities RSVP of the Capital Region (443) 619-3842
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Assisted Living Residences/Personal Care Homes The listings with a shaded background have additional information about their center in a display advertisement in this edition.
Bethany Village — MapleWood
325 Wesley Drive • Mechanicsburg, PA 17055 717-766-0279 • www.BethanyVillage.org Total AL and/or PC Beds: 100 Assisted Living Residence: Yes Personal Care Home: No Private: 100 Private Pay: Yes SSI Accepted: No Short-term Lease: Yes Entrance Fee/Security Deposit: Yes Outdoor Areas/Fitness Center: Yes Medication Management: Yes On-call Medical Service: Yes Health Fee-for-Service Available: Yes
Alzheimer’s Care: Yes Respite Care: Yes Social Programs: Yes Housekeeping/Laundry Service: Yes Transportation (Scheduled): Yes Personal Car Permitted: Yes Pets Permitted: Yes Comments: One-bedroom suites; secured memory support neighborhood; skilled nursing – The Oaks.
Cross Keys Village The Brethren Home Community
1901 North Fifth Street • Harrisburg, PA 17102 717-221-7727 • www.homelandcenter.org Total AL and/or PC Beds: 56 Assisted Living Residence: No Personal Care Home: Yes Private: Yes Private Pay: Yes SSI Accepted: No Short-term Lease: No Entrance Fee/Security Deposit: No Part/Totally Refundable: No Outdoor Areas: Yes Medication Management: Yes On-call Medical Service: Yes Health Fee-for-Service Available: Yes
Respite Care: Yes Social Programs: Yes Housekeeping/Laundry Service: Yes Transportation (Scheduled): Yes Personal Car Permitted: Yes Pets Permitted: Yes Comments: Providing exemplary care in a beautiful environment for more than 150 years. Our continuum of care includes therapy services, skilled rehab, 24-hour medical staffing, plus Hospice, HomeHealth, and HomeCare outreach programs. All-private rooms include a full bath and kitchenette.
Homestead Village
2990 Carlisle Pike • New Oxford, PA 17350 717-624-5436 • www.crosskeysvillage.org Total AL and/or PC Beds: 123 Assisted Living Residence: No Personal Care Home: Yes Private: Yes Semi-private: No Private Pay: Yes SSI Accepted: No Short-term Lease: No Entrance Fee/Security Deposit: No Part/Totally Refundable: No Outdoor Areas/Fitness Center: Yes Medication Management: Yes On-call Medical Service: Yes
Homeland Center
Health Fee-for-Service Available: Yes Alzheimer’s Care: Yes Respite Care: No Social Programs: Yes Housekeeping/Laundry Service: Yes Transportation (Scheduled): Yes Personal Car Permitted: Yes Pets Permitted: No Comments: A regional leader in all aspects of memory care and a program designed for optimal engagement and socialization.
1800 Village Circle • Lancaster, PA 17603 717-397-4831 • www.homesteadvillage.org Total AL and/or PC Beds: 100 Assisted Living Residence: No Personal Care Home: Yes Private: Yes Semi-private: No Private Pay: Yes SSI Accepted: No Short-term Lease: No Entrance Fee/Security Deposit: Yes Part/Totally Refundable: Yes Outdoor Areas/Fitness Center: Yes Medication Management: Yes On-call Medical Service: Yes
Harrison House of Chester County
Homewood at Plum Creek
Total AL and/or PC Beds: 80 Assisted Living Residence: No Personal Care Home: Yes Private: Yes Semi-private: No Private Pay: Yes SSI Accepted: No Short-term Lease: Yes Entrance Fee/Security Deposit: Yes Part/Totally Refundable: No Outdoor Areas/Fitness Center: Yes Medication Management: Yes On-call Medical Service: Yes
Total AL and/or PC Beds: 92 Assisted Living Residence: No Personal Care Home: Yes Private: Yes Semi-private: No Private Pay: Yes SSI Accepted: No Short-term Lease: Yes Entrance Fee/Security Deposit: No Part/Totally Refundable: No Outdoor Areas/Fitness Center: Yes Medication Management: Yes On-call Medical Service: Yes
300 Strode Avenue • Coatesville, PA 19320 610-384-6310 • www.harrisonseniorliving.com Health Fee-for-Service Available: Yes Alzheimer’s Care: No Respite Care: Yes Social Programs: Yes Housekeeping/Laundry Service: Yes Transportation (Scheduled): Yes Personal Car Permitted: Yes Pets Permitted: Yes Comments: Located in western Chester County, Harrison House provides an array of amenities with nursing care.
425 Westminster Avenue • Hanover, PA 17331 717-637-4166 • www.homewoodplumcreek.org
The Hickman Friends Senior Community
Landis Homes
Total AL and/or PC Beds: 114 Assisted Living Residence: No Personal Care Home: Yes Private: Yes Semi-private: Yes Private Pay: Yes SSI Accepted: No Short-term Lease: Yes Entrance Fee/Security Deposit: Yes Part/Totally Refundable: No Outdoor Areas/Fitness Center: Yes Medication Management: Yes On-call Medical Service: Yes
Total AL and/or PC Beds: 97 Assisted Living Residence: No Personal Care Home: Yes Private: Yes Semi-private: No Private Pay: Yes SSI Accepted: No Short-term Lease: Yes Entrance Fee/Security Deposit: No Part/Totally Refundable: No Outdoor Areas/Fitness Center: Yes Medication Management: Yes On-call Medical Service: Yes
400 North Walnut Street • West Chester, PA 19380 484-760-6300 • www.TheHickman.org Health Fee-for-Service Available: No Alzheimer’s Care: Yes Respite Care: Yes Social Programs: Yes Housekeeping/Laundry Service: Yes Transportation (Scheduled): Yes Personal Car Permitted: Yes Pets Permitted: Yes Comments: Nonprofit personal care community in downtown West Chester. Includes secure dementia care neighborhood. Call to schedule a personal tour.
Health Fee-for-Service Available: Yes Alzheimer’s Care: Yes Respite Care: Yes Social Programs: Yes Housekeeping/Laundry Service: Yes Transportation (Scheduled): Yes Personal Car Permitted: Yes Pets Permitted: Yes Comments: One-bedroom deluxe and studio apartments available! New Harvest House Memory Support now available.
Health Fee-for-Service Available: Yes Alzheimer’s Care: Yes Respite Care: Yes Social Programs: Yes Housekeeping/Laundry Service: Yes Transportation (Scheduled): Yes Personal Car Permitted: Yes Pets Permitted: No Comments: Excellent care in a lovely environment. Call to schedule a visit.
1001 East Oregon Road • Lititz, PA 17543 717-569-3271 • www.LandisHomes.org Health Fee-for-Service Available: No Alzheimer’s Care: Yes Respite Care: Yes Social Programs: Yes Housekeeping/Laundry Service: Yes Transportation (Scheduled): Yes Personal Car Permitted: Yes Pets Permitted: Yes Comments: Attached to wellness center and pool without going outside.
This is not an all-inclusive list of agencies and providers. These advertisers are eager to provide additional information about their services.
Assisted Living Residences/Personal Care Homes The listings with a shaded background have additional information about their center in a display advertisement in this edition.
Mennonite Home Communities
1520 Harrisburg Pike • Lancaster, PA 17601 717-393-1301 • www.mennonitehome.org Total AL and/or PC Beds: 150 Assisted Living Residence: No Personal Care Home: Yes Private: Yes Semi-private: Yes Private Pay: Yes SSI Accepted: Yes Short-term Lease: No Entrance Fee/Security Deposit: No Part/Totally Refundable: No Outdoor Areas/Fitness Center: Yes Medication Management: Yes On-call Medical Service: Yes
Health Fee-for-Service Available: No Alzheimer’s Care: Yes Respite Care: Yes Social Programs: Yes Housekeeping/Laundry Service: Yes Transportation (Scheduled): Yes Personal Car Permitted: Yes Pets Permitted: No Comments: Supportive, encouraging environment. Various room types and suites available. Secure memory care offered.
Normandie Ridge
1700 Normandie Drive • York, PA 17408 717-764-6262 • https://normandieridge.org Total AL and/or PC Beds: 27 Assisted Living Residence: No Personal Care Home: Yes Private: Yes Semi-private: Yes Private Pay: Yes SSI Accepted: No Short-term Lease: No Entrance Fee/Security Deposit: No Part/Totally Refundable: No Outdoor Areas/Fitness Center: Yes Medication Management: Yes On-call Medical Service: Yes
Health Fee-for-Service Available: Yes Alzheimer’s Care: Yes Respite Care: Yes Social Programs: Yes Housekeeping/Laundry Service: Yes Transportation (Scheduled): Yes Personal Car Permitted: Yes Pets Permitted: No Comments: Our dementia care residence features the Kaleidoscope therapeutic engagement program designed for our residents.
Pleasant View Retirement Community
544 North Penryn Road • Manheim, PA 17545 717-665-2445 • www.pleasantviewrc.org Total AL and/or PC Beds: 96 Assisted Living Residence: No Personal Care Home: Yes Private: Yes Semi-private: Yes Private Pay: Yes SSI Accepted: Yes* Short-term Lease: No Entrance Fee/Security Deposit: Yes Part/Totally Refundable: No Outdoor Areas/Fitness Center: Yes Medication Management: Yes On-call Medical Service: Yes
Health Fee-for-Service Available: Yes Alzheimer’s Care: Yes Respite Care: Yes Social Programs: Yes Housekeeping/Laundry Service: Yes Transportation (Scheduled): Yes Personal Car Permitted: Yes Pets Permitted: No Comments: *Three-year private pay spending. Maintain independence in an enriching and supportive environment.
If you would like to be featured on this important page, please contact your marketing consultant or call (717) 285-1350.
This is not an all-inclusive list of agencies and providers. These advertisers are eager to provide additional information about their services.
Financial Focus
Steven Brettler
Your Hidden Retirement Risk: Long-Term Care
You have spent years carefully working and planning so that you have enough income for a comfortable retirement. You may think your retirement savings are protected — but have you ever considered what might happen if you or your spouse required long-term care? The cost of long-term care services — whether they are provided in the home, at a community facility, or in a nursing home — may not be covered under major medical plans or Medicare and can be a threat to your retirement savings. Planning for long-term care can help you manage this risk and help give you more choices and more control over the care you receive. Benefits of Talking about Long-Term Care Nobody wants to think about losing their www.50plusLifePA.com
independence and having to rely on others for care. But talking about, and planning for, long-term care is important because there is a good chance you will need long-term care services as some point in your life. In fact, about 70% of people over age 65 will require some care at some point in their lives, and the likelihood of needing care increases as you age.1 And, while long-term care is often associated with the effects of aging, it may be needed at any time, due to an accident or illness. Some conditions that might require long-term care include stroke, cancer, and Alzheimer’s disease or dementia. Talking about long-term care is also important because the cost of long-term care services often please see CARE page 17
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Go to the Doctor! Changing the Cultural Mindset that Drives Men Away from the Doctor’s Office By Louis Bezich
Through my research on men’s health, I’ve had the opportunity to interview a number of physicians, Compared to women, American one of whom is Dr. Jeffrey Brenner, men perform miserably on most winner of the MacArthur Genius measures of health behaviors, but Award in 2013 for his work perhaps the most serious affliction creating a comprehensive effort to men exhibit is their healthcare confront the healthcare needs of an attention gap. underserved urban population. The numbers tell the story. Men When I asked Brenner about visit their doctor for preventive care his experiences in treating men half as often as women. Surveys over 50, he said that he treated show that the rate of men who had many of them, and, as he put it, not seen a physician during the “I saw them committing suicide prior year is three times greater than slowly.” He explained how he women, and 33% did not have a saw men have stroke after stroke primary physician, compared to because of factors that were entirely women at 19%. preventable. Finally, 24% of men said they He also witnessed their wives would wait as long as possible before Men’s Health Week: June 10–16 becoming caretakers and confirmed seeing a doctor, despite warning that “guys don’t talk,” referring to signs, with 17% of them indicating their unwillingness to share what’s they may wait at least a week! on their minds. Brenner places a good number of men he treated in the “dismissive” category of attachment style, meaning they sought a high level of independence, sometimes avoided attachment altogether, and denied needing close relationships. This included their physician. It’s this avoidance of healthcare and dismissiveness of its importance that has plagued men of all socioeconomic categories for years. A survey by the Orlando Health hospital system suggested that a man’s reluctancy stems from a number of reasons: busyness, fear, shame, and discomfort. Where’s the hope? It starts with Brenner’s suggestion that 80% of health is attributable to psychology and social factors. His counsel reinforces my research of healthy-behaving men over 50 and my findings that social factors are a strong source of motivation for healthy behavior; this social pathway represents a new way to confront the alarming APPRISE is a free health insurance state of men’s health. counseling program for Medicare In ratings in excess of 70%, the men I studied confirmed that their life’s beneficiaries that is designed to provide priorities — that which they value most objective, easy-to-understand information in life — played a major role in starting about Medicare, Medicare Supplemental and maintaining their healthy lifestyle. Insurance, and Medicaid. They think about their priorities at least www.gordonsinc.com once a week. Providing trusted service for over 40 years! The results were consistent with Complete and Skilled Automotive Maintenance and Repair perhaps the most comprehensive study of men’s health in history, the Harvard COLLISION SERVICES The Pennsylvania Link to Aging and Study of Adult Development, an 24/7 Emergency Towing/Recovery Disability Resources is a free service that Roadside Assistance ongoing longitudinal study for over provides objective information and 75 years that has tracked the lives of Specializing in Brake, Tire, assistance to access community-based and Mechanical Services 724 men (and now their children) and services and supports for older adults and PA State Inspections and Emissions Testing examined the factors that influence their for persons of all ages with disabilities. SCHEDULE AN APPOINTMENT TODAY! health.
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It Was 50 Years Ago Today
‘Oh Happy Day’ Randal Hill
“I had been singing at Soul Gospel Performance. my Pentecostal church in More gospel-influenced singles Richmond, California, and at soon found their way onto the local R&B clubs — secretly, radio airwaves, including Simon because the church would and Garfunkel’s “Bridge Over have frowned on that,” admits Troubled Water” and Melanie’s Dorothy Morrison, the “Lay Down (Candles in the booming lead voice behind the Rain).” majestic gospel hit single “Oh And while ex-Beatle George Happy Day.” Harrison was often vilified There was another issue that for stealing the melody to the Morrison faced on the day of Chiffons’ “He’s So Fine” for the recording. “My Sweet Lord,” he eventually “The lyrics were simple and admitted that “Oh Happy Day” they rhymed, but they were had actually been his main a lot to remember. I wrote influence. The Edwin Hawkins Singers performing at the 1970 Edison Awards. two sections on my palms Randal C. Hill is a rock ’n’ roll with a pen. The third section I “Oh Happy Day” historian who lives at the Oregon memorized. The Edwin Hawkins Singers coast. He may be reached at “During the recording, I put June 1969 wryterhill@msn.com. up my hands, with my palms facing me. Everyone thought I was feeling the spirit. I was — but I was also reading the lyrics. “I adlibbed on ‘When Jesus washed, oh, when he washed my sins away,’ and I threw in a James Brown ‘good God!’ toward the end.” ··· Edwin Hawkins was the driving force behind the now-classic song. Growing up in the Bay Area, he played the piano at Berkeley’s Ephesian Church of God in Christ. It was at his church in May 1967 that Hawkins formed the Northern California State Youth Choir, which comprised people aged 17–25 who had been recruited from other nearby Pentecostal churches. In 1968, Hawkins brought in Dorothy Morrison, then contracted with a local label — Century Records — to create an album of songs by the choir to use as a church fundraiser. “One of the eight songs I wrote and arranged for the album was ‘Oh Happy Day,’ based on ‘O Happy Day, That Fixed My Choice,’” Hawkins says. Composed as a Protestant hymn in 1755, the lyrics were based on Acts 8:35. The LP was recorded at Hawkins’s church on a two-track tape machine. Hawkins, who titled the album Let Us Go into the House of the Lord, had Devotion. Compassion. Dignity. When your loved one Century Records press up 500 copies. needs help, join hands with Homeland at Home. Then, something unexpected — and delightful — happened. The album track of “Oh Happy Day” found its way into heavy rotation on San Francisco’s We are privileged to be part of your caregiving team. hip KSAN-FM radio station. Soon Hawkins’s phone was ringing nonstop with offers from several major record labels, including Buddah Records, with whom they eventually signed. Not all went smoothly, though. “The church thought what we were doing was sacrilegious and insisted we remove the choir’s name from the record,” says Hawkins, “so Buddah renamed Homeland Hospice the choir the Edwin Hawkins Singers.” A Toast to the 10th 717-857-7400 | HomelandatHome.org … An Encore for More! In early 1969, “Oh Happy Day” was released on Pavilion Records, a Buddah Save the date! Nov. 10 Hospice volunteers are always welcome. label established as a gospel music outlet. By May, the tune had rocketed to No. 4 on Billboard’s Hot 100. Community Outreach of Homeland Center | Harrisburg, PA The following year, the Edwin Hawkins Singers won a Grammy for Best
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HOME TEAM from page 7 Besides this twist, the 9-2 Red Sox victory was nothing special. Dad and I great centerfielder, Mickey Mantle. Mickey homered that day, but Ted was surely exchanged equally knowledgeable opinions about the Sox’s performance, hitless. I don’t remember much else about my first in-person Red Sox game with though maybe my memory for names exceeded his. Unlike in 1958, he didn’t have to point out who was coming up Dad, except that it was also a rare to bat. Saturday afternoon outing with him, as By the time Dad threw his 90th he mostly conducted his dental practice in the morning and then came home birthday party in his senior living and hopped into his car with Grandpa clubhouse, his entertainment was for an afternoon at the horse track. watching TV sporting events, featuring The bookend dates for Dad’s and my probably 100 or so televised Red Sox joint attendance at Fenway are Aug. 16, games. Most of our phone conversations 1958, to July 1, 1997. were Red Sox driven: Unlike the 1958 game, I purchased the tickets to the 1997 game; I was “Bill, are you watching the game?” concerned with Dad, at 78, having a I would get a little defensive and comfortable experience while crammed say, “I just finished eating. I’ll put it on into the left field grandstand seats on a soon.” humid July night. “You should have seen that young guy Dad was actually in good shape for bare-hand a bunt and throw that A-Rod his age, but his age did make the overall out.” Father’s Day is Sunday, June 16 visit to Fenway “a schlep,” and I believe “What young guy?” that 1997 game was his last visit to the “You know, the third baseman. The valley of the Green Monster. Jewish guy.” Our last game together was, appropriately for Dad, against the National “Youkellis.” League’s Florida Marlins in the inaugural year of interleague play. Thus, Dad, “Yeah, Youkellis. What’s the matter — you should be watching.” whose childhood years featured outings to see the National League’s Boston Braves, appropriately ended his live baseball viewing with a National League Usually the conversation ended after the above typical exchange. We didn’t rival. have much to talk about besides the ballgame, and I didn’t want to meander
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through conversations with him, as I didn’t quite feel that obligation. This ungenerosity caused me pangs of familial guilt. I did love him, but our worldviews and personalities clashed just enough for me not to be a most dutiful son. Dad died in early November 2013, just a few days after the Red Sox won their eighth World Series. He was born in 1918, the year the Sox won their fourth World Series in five years, so his life was bookended by Sox success. I miss him, but I still have Dad’s and my ticket stubs from game two of the 1967 World Series vs. the Cardinals. The tickets, for seats right behind the Red Sox dugout, are still
the best tickets I’ve ever had. Indeed, those tickets evoke a triple crown of wonderful memories: a World Series game, a one-hitter by Sox pitcher Jim Lonburg, and, most importantly, Dad’s choice to take me to this epic event, instead of my mom or one of his sports-loving cronies. On that day, Oct. 5, 1967, Fenway’s ancient, cramped seats had Dad and me shoulder to shoulder, close both physically and emotionally.
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Members of American Legion Post No. 455, Stewartstown, placed American flags at the graves of all veterans interred at Stewartstown Cemetery on Saturday, May 11. Members of the Legion, Sons of the American Legion, Ladies Auxiliary, and AL Riders, all from Post 455, participated in the placement of flags. Post Commander Bobby O’Farrell led the endeavor, along with volunteers and family members from the post. The placement of flags is part of the annual effort to remember those www.50plusLifePA.com
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Grief Relief
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While making the journey through grief, it is often hard to know if we are managing grief in healthy ways. The good news is that the vast majority of those who experience a loss to death adjust and adapt in healthy ways. Here are 10 signs you are managing your grief skillfully. 1. You realize that the “goal” is not to “get over the loss.” The goal is to become reconciled to it and live on to the best of your ability. 2. You are using your own unique ways to deal with grief. You are not following someone else’s script for how you should feel, talk, and behave. 3. You can talk about the one who has died, especially with good, trusted friends. The word therapy originates in the Greek language and literally means “healing by talking.” Speaking about the experience of loss and your feelings is therapeutic and healing.
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4. You are stabilizing emotionally, mentally, and physically. The powerful emotions that were present initially are easing up. It is less and less of a “rollercoaster ride.” 5. You are eating and sleeping in ways that are normal for you. When his wife died suddenly of an aneurysm, Mark experienced sleep and appetite disorder. “I just couldn’t sleep well and couldn’t care less about eating. However, as I worked on my grief, I found myself releasing the tension. That allowed me to sleep better and actually enjoy a meal.” 6. You are enjoying the company of friends. After Karen’s husband died, she recalls a text she received seven months after the death: “‘Karen, some of us are meeting up for coffee. Why don’t you join us?’ “I did, and it was the first time I felt I really wanted to be with a group. It was a nice breakthrough and awareness for me.” 7. You are comfortable when people don’t know what to say. When people speak or act in clumsy ways toward you, it’s no longer an awkward moment for you because you understand that they just don’t understand, and it’s OK. 8. You are using a resilience you may have been unaware of. Most people are naturally resilient. We are equipped to not only endure loss, but also to continue moving forward with our lives. When actor and martial artist Chuck Norris learned his beloved brother was killed in Vietnam, Norris tapped into the power of resilience to cope. In his book, The Secret Power Within, he writes: “Consolation comes in many forms, all of them meaningful and helpful to a degree, and families, even small ones, can generate enormous amounts of power support to deal with such a terrible loss. “The first piercing grief eventually becomes a kind of ever-present sorrow that doesn’t seem to want to go away ever, but then it does; or, rather, it grows into something else, something you know you can live with, although at the same time you know you’ll never forget.” 9. You are reaching out and helping others. This indicates you are not completely self-absorbed and have extra energy to be helpful to others. Coming to the aid of another person has the added benefit of making you feel better as well. 10. You find reasons to feel optimistic and are looking forward to your future. After her husband was killed in a work-related accident, Audrey Andersson says there were difficult and discouraging moments, but she chose to be optimistic. “I felt as if I were, indeed, in a black hole from which no escape is possible. But I can face the future with confidence and hope,” she told herself. Victor M. Parachin, M.Div., is a grief counselor, bereavement educator, and author of several books, including Healing Grief.
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The Beauty in Nature
Wastewater Wildlife Clyde McMillan-Gamber
For an hour one afternoon toward the end of April of this year, I stopped at one of my favorite wildlife places close to home in New Holland. This spot is dominated by treated wastewater from New Holland businesses that flows constantly into a brook in a cow pasture. Killdeer What fascinates me about this watery habitat is the number of wildlife species in it and along its margins, all of which have been, and are, exposed to the wastewater. Mixed schools of banded killifish and black-nosed dace swim into the current of the brook and wastewater, as each fish watches for invertebrates to eat. Dace are a kind of minnow that needs clean water to thrive, which, apparently, this brook has.
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Looking closely at the aquatic vegetation on the shallow edges of the brook with binoculars, I saw three green frogs, sitting half submerged and camouflaged among that water-adapted plant life. Frogs have thin skins and die in outdoor swimming pools with chlorine Muskrat in them. But there those frogs sat, watching for invertebrates in a mix of rainwater and treated wastewater. I’ve seen other creatures in that wastewater brook, attempting to prey on the minnows and frogs in it. I’ve seen several northern water snakes in it over the years and a young snapping turtle, but not all at once. And, occasionally, I’ve please see WILDLIFE page 20
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Tech Talk
Computer Shopping: Where to Begin? Mark Rinaudo
Question: I’m ready to purchase a new computer but don’t know what specifications are most important. What should I look for in my next computer? I start with the processor — the brains — of the machine. It controls how fast instructions in the code of the operating system and the application run. Intel processors are standard, with i3 being the base model. The next step up is the middle-of the-road i5, and the top level is the i7. Intel has, however, introduced a new line of processors: the i9 line. This is their latest offering in speed, so if you go with this model, you’ll be paying for the latest and the greatest. AMD also offers processors. When it comes to processors, your budget will dictate how fast you can go. The next thing to look at is the amount of system memory in the machine.
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Most machines start at 8 GB and go up from there. If you’re considering a machine that has less than what you’re looking for, you can usually upgrade the amount of memory in the machine through memory vendors such as Crucial.com. I usually recommend 8 GB as a good starting point for memory in a new machine. With more memory, you can have more applications open and running at the same time. Memory is something a computer can use and never have enough of. When you run out of it, that’s when things slow way down. The machine has no more memory to store things, so it falls back to the only other place it has to store data:
the disk storage in the machine. The storage system in a computer has to provide storage for the operating system, applications/programs, and the data the user creates and stores on the machine. This includes pictures, music, documents, and email. For years, hard drives were the go-to storage in most consumer-based computers. Capacity in drives grew from a few megabytes (MB) to multiple terabytes (TB). With time, technology has improved, and the hard drive’s days are now numbered with the introduction of the solid-state drive. A solid-state drive stores its data on chips, which provide access speeds that are many times faster than the speed of a regular hard drive. This speed difference comes at a price, though. Solid-state drives haven’t reached the storage capacity level of today’s hard drives, but they are slowly getting there. If you’re storing lots of pictures on your machine, then I would suggest purchasing a computer with a high-capacity hard drive in it. If you’re using your machine more for applications and internet browsing, then I would suggest a machine with at least a 500 GB solid-state drive in it. As a final note, I’ve seen lots of people moving toward all-in-ones, where the computer is built-in with the monitor. Apple’s line of iMacs is a good example of all-in-ones. My only qualm with these is that if something goes wrong with the monitor or the computer part of the machine, then you have to throw away the whole thing. I’ve also seen lots of issues with all-in-ones not being able to effectively cool themselves, slowly cooking themselves to death. The tried-and-true computer is a tower with lots of room inside for air to move through the machine to keep it nice and cool. There is a vast array of computer models to choose from today. The computer is truly a commodity now. With a little knowledge on what you’re looking for, you can make a wise decision on a machine to last you the next seven years. Mark Rinaudo has worked in IT in Shreveport, La., for more than 20 years. He is the owner and operator of Preferred Data Solutions. Email mark@preferreddatasolutions. com to submit a question for this column.
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CARE from page 9 exceeds what the average person can pay from income and other resources, particularly in retirement. Consider this: The projected national average cost for five years of long-term care 30 years from now is over $1.9 million.2 Keep in mind that your retirement may be significantly longer than that of your parents and grandparents. If you’re a married couple and each of you is age 60, there is an 89% probability that one of you will live until age 85.3 As you get older, your healthcare expenses are likely to increase. In fact, according to the Employer Benefit Research Institute, a 65-year-old couple would need $265,000 in savings to have a 90% chance of meeting healthcare costs in retirement.4 And that doesn’t even include the potential costs of long-term care. Paying for Long-Term Care A common misconception is that Medicare or Medicaid will pay for all expenses. The reality is Medicare does not pay for assisted living facilities, continuing care retirement communities, or adult day services. Medicare does provide limited coverage for nursing home care or home healthcare under certain conditions. For the most part, the costs of long-term care will be your responsibility. One alternative to paying these expenses out of your own pocket is longterm care insurance. By paying an annual premium, perhaps from your investment earnings, you can transfer the risk to an insurance company and help protect your assets from long-term care costs. Long-term care insurance can also help you maintain your independence and give you the freedom to choose the type of care you want. Here is a checklist of questions to think about if you are considering longterm care insurance:
• How financially sound is the company offering the policy? • What are the monthly/annual costs versus cash flow and investments? If you’re not sure whether long-term care insurance is right for you, a financial adviser can help you understand and explore your options for offsetting the risks that long-term care might present to your retirement. Steven Brettler is a financial adviser and branch manager with Morgan Stanley in Greenville, Del. He may be reached at (302) 573-4027 or advisor.morganstanley.com/ steven.brettler. Footnotes 1 U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, National Clearinghouse for Long-Term Care Information, July 2018. 2 John Hancock Insurance Long-Term Care Calculator. Based on five years of private room nursing home care during the years 2048 to 2052, and assuming a hypothetical 4.1% annual inflation rate. 3 Society of Actuaries (www.soa.org) Simple Life Expectancy Calculator (2017). Averages takes into account age and sex, using the 2012 Individual Annuitant Mortality table, with 1% mortality improvement. 4 EBRI Notes, Employee Benefit Research Institute, January 2017. Disclosures Article by Morgan Stanley and provided courtesy of Morgan Stanley Financial Advisor. Steven Brettler is a Financial Advisor in Greenville, DE at Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC (“Morgan Stanley”). He can be reached by email at steven.brettler@ms.com or by telephone at 302-573-4027. His website is https://advisor.morganstanley.com/steven.brettler This article has been prepared for informational purposes only. The information and data in the article has been obtained from sources outside of Morgan Stanley. Morgan Stanley makes no representations or guarantees as to the accuracy or completeness of the information or data from sources outside of Morgan Stanley. It does not provide individually tailored investment advice and has been prepared without regard to the individual financial circumstances and objectives of persons who receive it. The strategies and/or investments discussed in this article may not be suitable for all investors. Morgan Stanley recommends that investors independently evaluate particular investments and strategies, and encourages investors to seek the advice of a Financial Advisor. The appropriateness of a particular investment or strategy will depend on an investor’s individual circumstances and objectives. Insurance products are offered in conjunction with Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC’s licensed insurance agency affiliates. Steven Brettler may only transact business, follow-up with individualized responses, or render personalized investment advice for compensation, in states where he is registered or excluded or exempted from registration, https://advisor.morganstanley.com/steven. brettler © 2018 Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC. Member SIPC. CRC 2283635 10/2018
• How much protection (daily benefit) does the policy provide? • Does the policy contain inflation protection? • How many years of institutionalization are included? • I s custodial care (assistance with basic daily activities, either in your home or a nursing home) covered? • Is home care covered? • Does the policy have restrictive provisions on preexisting conditions? • Is the right to renew the policy guaranteed for life?
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Calendar of Events
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June 3, 9:30 a.m. Green Thumb Garden Club Meeting Emmanuel Lutheran Church 2650 Freysville Road, Red Lion (717) 235-2823
June 7, 10:30 a.m. Partners in Thyme Herb Club of Southern York County Glenview Alliance Church 10037 Susquehanna Trail, Glen Rock (717) 428-2210
Crispus Attucks Active Living Center (717) 848-3610, www.crispusattucks.org
June 4, 7 p.m. Surviving Spouse Socials of York County Faith United Church of Christ 509 Pacific Ave., York (717) 266-2784
June 18, 7-8 p.m. Alzheimer’s Support Group Providence Place 3377 Fox Run Road, Dover (717) 767-4500
parks and recreation June 11, 6:30-9 p.m. – Sunset Scramble Bike Ride, Glatfelter Station June 15, 8:30 p.m. – Moonlight Bike Ride, Brillhart Station June 23 2-4 p.m. – Wetland Drop-in, Nixon County Park
Library Programs Collinsville Community Library, 2632 Delta Road, Brogue, (717) 927-9014 Tuesdays, 6 to 8 p.m. – Purls of Brogue Knitting Club Dillsburg Area Public Library, 17 S. Baltimore St., Dillsburg, (717) 432-5613 June 8, 11 a.m. to noon – World War II Memories with Joseph Cress June 10, 6:30-7:30 p.m. – Tips for Improved Google Searching June 11, 4-5 p.m. – Geisinger Holy Spirit Health Talk: Partial Knee Surgery Dover Area Community Library, 3700-3 Davidsburg Road, Dover, (717) 292-6814 Wednesdays, 6-7 p.m. – Knitting Group June 19, 6-8 p.m. – Family Game Night Guthrie Memorial Library, 2 Library Place, Hanover, (717) 632-5183 June 6, 10 a.m. to noon – Nutrition Links with Penn State Extension June 13, 6:30-8 p.m. – Dorothea Benton Frank, Author Kaltreider-Benfer Library, 147 S. Charles St., Red Lion, (717) 244-2032 Thursdays, 6-8 p.m. – Knit Wits June 10 and 29 – Book Nook Open Martin Library, 159 E. Market St., York, (717) 846-5300 June 12, 5-6 p.m. – York Reads Mason-Dixon Public Library, 250 Bailey Drive, Stewartstown, (717) 993-2404 June 6, 6-7:30 p.m. – Coin Club June 17, 1:30-2:30 p.m. – Writing Support Group Paul Smith Library of Southern York County, 80 Constitution Ave., Shrewsbury, (717) 235-4313 June 7, 2-3 p.m. – Just Say No to Clip Art Red Land Community Library, 48 Robin Hood Drive, Etters, (717) 938-5599 June 18, 7-8 p.m. – Adult Book Discussion June 20, noon to 1 p.m. – Lunch & Learn June 28, 7-10 p.m. – Trivia Night Village Library, 35-C N. Main St., Jacobus, (717) 428-1034 Tuesdays, noon to 2 p.m. – Village Knitters June 20, 7:30-8:30 p.m. – Rowdy Readers
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Delta Area Senior Center, Inc. – (717) 456-5753 Dillsburg Senior Activity Center – (717) 432-2216 Eastern Area Senior Center, Inc. – (717) 252-1641 Golden Connections Community Center (717) 244-7229, www.gcccenter.com Weekdays, 9 a.m. – Games Tuesdays and Wednesdays, 10 a.m. – Pinochle Fridays, 9:15 a.m. – Computers 101 Golden Visions Senior Community Center (717) 633-5072, www.goldenvisionspa.com Heritage Senior Center, Inc. – (717) 292-7471 www.heritagesrcenter.org Northeastern Senior Community Center (717) 266-1400, www.mtwolf.org/SeniorCenter Red Land Senior Center – (717) 938-4649 www.redlandseniorcenter.org September House – (717) 848-4417 South Central Senior Community Center (717) 235-6060 https://southcentralyorkcountysrctr.webs.com Weekdays, 9:15 a.m. – Isometric Exercises Mondays, 9:30 a.m. – Acrylic Art Class Fridays, 9 a.m. – Friends Together Craft Class Stewartstown Senior Center – (717) 993-3488 www.stewsenior.org Susquehanna Senior Center – (717) 244-0340 www.susquehannaseniorcenter.org Mondays, 9:30-10:30 a.m. – Chorus Practice Tuesdays, 6-10 p.m. – Bluegrass/Country Music Jam Session White Rose Senior Center – (717) 843-9704 www.whiteroseseniorcenter.org Windy Hill On the Campus – (717) 225-0733 https://windyhillonthecampus.org Tuesdays, 1-2 p.m. – Ballroom Dancing Classes Wednesdays, 9:30 a.m. – Exercise Class for Parkinson’s Patients and Caregivers June 18, 12:30 p.m. – Book Club Yorktown Senior Center – (717) 854-0693 www.yorktownseniorcenter.org Submit senior center events to mjoyce@onlinepub.com.
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Across 1. Falafel bread 5. Trade punches 9. Woodworking tool 12. Birch relative 13. Blackjack 14. Swedish shag rug 15. Detective 18. Simple sack 19. ___ and outs 20. Jacket material 21. Roasting rod 23. Wrath 24. Prompted 25. Bellini opera
27. Raised-eyebrow remarks 28. Kind of team 31. “Zip your lip!” 33. Big brute 34. Corrida cry 35. Lunch meat 36. Error 39. He was tiny 40. Sphere 41. Wapiti 42. Leotards 44. Singer Shannon 45. Farm pen
46. Camp craft 47. Kind of child 49. “___, humbug!” 50. Energy source 53. Sleeper’s woe 55. Alpine sight 56. Dutch city 57. Spare tire, maybe 62. Resident (suffix) 63. Word of honor 64. Family members 65. Sot’s problem 66. Essential 67. Moonfish
22. Little squirt 23. Godlessness 24. Big cat 26. Tom and Jerry ingredient 27. Decide 29. Deplaned 30. Nuggets 31. Not barefoot 32. Aesop’s also-ran 33. Petition 37. Canny 38. Grenade part 43. Indian state
45. Winter Olympics event 46. Kind of package 48. Aussie outlaw Kelly 49. Coastline curve 51. Harem rooms 52. Club ___ (resort) 53. In the center of 54. Sweeney Todd playwright 55. Diet no-nos 58. ___ de cologne 59. ___ Paulo, Brazil 60. Part of a litter 61. Genetic stuff
Down 1. Lightheaded people? 2. Uganda’s Amin 3. Mark of perfection 4. Curve 5. British biscuit 6. Flower holders 7. Tough wood 8. Kind of monkey 9. Ready for battle 10. Twosome 11. Western writer Grey 12. Cockeyed 15. Mac rivals 16. Turkish dough 17. Seek damages
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Need Help Mowing? Call for a Rent-A-Kid York County seniors interested in help with mowing during the summer months are encouraged to arrange for a Rent-A-Kid. The Rent-A-Kid program, sponsored by the York County Area Agency on Aging, is an intergenerational program that connects York County older adults and teenagers. For over 30 years, kids have been helping and learning from older adults through the Rent-A-Kid program. It gives individual teenagers the chance
to help York County adults age 60 years or older with indoor and outdoor household chores. The older adult needs to be agreeable to a reimbursement of a minimum of $5 per hour or a negotiated rate based on the job. Interested York County residents can get assistance by calling Hope Eberly at (717) 771-9103 or (800) 632-9073. Information is also available at www. ycaaa.org.
WILDLIFE from page 15 seen a great blue heron or a great egret stalking minnows and frogs. A few muskrats live permanently in that brook. They dig burrows in the stream banks at the usual water level and slant them up above the water line. These rodents eat grass, arrowhead roots, and other vegetation along the brook. And, without doubt, muskrats and other critters drink the brook water. Other bird species regularly frequent this brook. Mallard ducks eat aquatic vegetation there. Song sparrows, common grackles, red-winged blackbirds, killdeer plovers, spotted sandpipers, and Wilson’s snipe, another kind of sandpiper, patrol the narrow, muddy shores of the brook to catch and ingest invertebrates during spring and summer.
Song sparrows live permanently along that brook and nest in tall grass there. And little groups of American goldfinches consume algae from the shores of this brook in summer. The yellow-and-black male goldfinches resemble flowers on the edges of the water. Small, thin bluet damselflies, which are blue, feed on flying insects and spawn in this brook in summer. The nymphs of these pretty insects feed on invertebrates on the brook’s muddy bottom. Water from local business is obviously treated before being released into my favorite brook. The proof is the variety and numbers of wildlife living in it for years.
DOCTOR from page 10 According to its director, Dr. Robert Waldinger, “The clearest message that we get from this study is that good relationships keep us happier and healthier” and that “social connections are really good for us.” So, there you have it. Want to convince a man to see a doctor? Start with a strong focus on his social and emotional relationships. Help him connect the dots between his personal aspirations and his behavior. Men who make this connection see their health as a means to an end. The endgame is a fulfilling and purposeful life. With a man’s motivational platform in place, you can now use tactics like those prescribed by the Men’s Health Network for getting a man to the doctor and breaking the healthcare-attention gap: • Find health providers who have weekend and evening appointments or have offices close to his work. • Schedule simultaneous appointments for both of you and make fun plans to do something together afterward.
• Recruit male friends or relatives with good health habits to help reinforce your message. • Point out the connection between good health and good physical and mental performance in sports, work stamina, etc. • Gently remind him that the example he sets when forming lifelong health habits influences his children and their life habits. • Decide on an exercise routine that involves and is enjoyable to both of you. • Encourage him to celebrate Men’s Health Week (June 10–16) by seeing a doctor about annoying health problems or getting a thorough checkup. Louis Bezich, author of Crack the Code: 10 Proven Secrets that Motivate Healthy Behavior and Inspire Fulfillment in Men Over 50, is the senior vice president of strategic alliances with Cooper University Heath Care. With more than 40 years of experience, Bezich is also an adjunct professor at Rutgers University.
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• Find out whether he is more comfortable seeing a male or female healthcare
provider, and make sure he’s seeing the one he prefers. On a related note, try to avoid physicians who tend to scold.
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On Life and Love after 50
Tom Blake
A ‘Qualities Wanted’ List: Are Senior Singles Being Too Picky?
Single seniors often ask if they should make a written list of the qualities they want in a mate. John wrote, “At age 79, I’m still single, after losing the love of my life to cancer 3 ½ years ago. I’ve been on dating sites, had some dates — some just for coffee, some for lunches, dinners, movies, and trips. But I’m still searching. “I wonder if we seniors have — conscious or unconscious — checklists that prevent us from finding ‘the love of our life’ as we age? Are we too picky?” In 2003, I published Finding Love after 50: How to Begin, Where to Go, What to Do, which included a chapter called, “Qualities You Want in a Mate.” In that chapter, I recommended that singles make a written list and included 10 qualities that a woman might seek in a potential mate. That was 17 years ago. The qualities were that a partner:
• Smoking • Drug or alcohol addiction • Closedminded, opposite political beliefs • R igidly different religious beliefs • Children/family issues and problems to the extent they dominate his or her life, leaving little time or energy for me When making the two lists, keep them brief and simple. By doing so, you avoid being too picky, but you’re still careful — while leaving a little “wiggle room” in case Mr. or Ms. Right isn’t quite right enough for you. For dating information, previous articles, or to sign up for Tom’s complimentary, weekly e-newsletter, go to www.findingloveafter50.com.
1. Makes me a top priority 2. Is confident, makes our relationship feel natural 3. Has a positive attitude 4. Is carefree and relaxed 5. Treats me with respect 6. Gives me space and time to myself 7. Is as attracted to me as I am to them 8. Has a sense of humor 9. Maintains adequate finances; I don’t need to support them 10. Is spontaneous, willing to do things spur-of-the-moment I then summarized the chapter: “Make a list. Review it often. Knowing the qualities you seek in a mate leads to better decision making. This isn’t an exact science, so don’t get too carried away with perfection.” I admit, after 40 years of making poor relationship decisions, having a written list helped me finally get it right when I met my life partner Greta 21 years ago. Having a person as a mate who is kind, caring, and gentle, and yet has a mind of her own, was top on my list, and Greta filled the bill perfectly. Now, 17 years after publishing the book, do I still recommend that John and single seniors, age 50-plus, make a list of the qualities they seek in a mate? Yes, but don’t be so rigid and inflexible that you eliminate someone who would make a nice friend, even though you wouldn’t want to marry them or even be in a committed relationship with them. At our age, not all relationships are going to be the love-of-my-life type. More important now is the need for all seniors to have social interaction. If they get too rigid in their selection process, they might find themselves alone, which could be worse than being with someone who isn’t perfect. Because we’ve aged and are more set in our ways now, I recommend a second list: The qualities we won’t tolerate in a mate. A few that come to mind: www.50plusLifePA.com
Stories of ordinary men and women called to perform extraordinary military service. From 1999–2016, writer and World War II veteran Col. Robert D. Wilcox preserved the firsthand wartime experiences of more than 200 veterans through Salute to a Veteran, his monthly column featured in 50plus LIFE. Now, for the first time, 50 of those stories— selected by Wilcox himself—are available to own in this soft-cover book.
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Soldier Stories
Robert Naeye
Vet Finds Healing in Missionary Work, PTSD Support
Former Air Force E-4 Edwin “Eddie” Beckford nearly died in an airplane accident before even reaching Vietnam. And once there, he was targeted by an enemy sniper. But Beckford lived to tell his tale, which includes 16 years as a Christian missionary in A Bible that survived the firebombing Israel. of the Beckfords’ church in Israel. Now living in central Pennsylvania, Beckford was born on Manhattan’s East Side in 1947. His father had served in the Army in World War II but never talked much about his experiences. Beckford grew up in Manhattan, but after his parents divorced and his mother remarried, the family moved to Roosevelt, New York, on Long Island. His stepfather had a good job with the New York Times and bought a house on 10 acres of land. All during his childhood Beckford regularly attended church, giving him a solid religious upbringing. He went to a Catholic church as a young kid, but later attended a Protestant church. “This was good for me; I never got in trouble,” he recalls. One of his fondest memories from youth is playing a lot of chess. “I was better than average,” he modestly asserts. Beckford graduated from high school in 1964 at age 17. His mother was a practitioner of tough love, forcing him out of the house to make sure he would earn a good life on his own. He went to an Air Force recruiting station in Manhattan and passed all the mental and physical exams. The Air Force recruiter told Beckford he would serve four years but would probably not be sent to Vietnam. The recruiter also said Beckford would be trained as a jet-engine mechanic. These were both lies — a common occurrence during the Vietnam War era. After basic training at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas, Beckford was stationed at Laughlin Air Force Base in Del Rio, Texas. But instead of learning to fix jet engines, he ended up being assigned to a department called roads and grounds. Growing up in and near New York City, Beckford used public transportation and never learned to drive. Now, he was driving garbage trucks, dump trucks, asphalt rollers, and other vehicles. But even driving garbage trucks had its drama. He had to drive the vehicle to the very edge of a cliff before dumping the waste into a landfill. In 1966, Bedford received orders to go to Vietnam. During a preliminary exercise in Fayetteville, North Carolina, he experienced Jim Crow racism for the first time. Beckford, along with a team of his fellow comrades, entered a diner to get a meal and were told that “the coloreds” were not allowed inside.
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Eddie Beckford, right, with his wife, Lura, and dog Matzah.
“I’m ready to go to Vietnam, and I might die to keep your place open,” he said before he, and everyone in his unit, walked out. But when serving with his Air Force unit, the 819th Civil Engineers, Beckford never encountered discrimination like that. “We didn’t
have racism. That was awesome,” he recalls. Beckford also points out that white officers treated him and other black servicemen in an appropriate manner. During his flight to Vietnam across the Pacific Ocean on a C-130 Hercules, Beckford was horrified to look out the window and see flames. An engine had caught on fire. Beckford recalls making the typical foxhole prayer: “God, please get me out of here in one piece.” Fortunately, the plane made a successful emergency landing on Wake Island, although the runway seemed awfully short to Beckford. Arriving in Vietnam in 1966, Beckford was introduced to a strange new reality. While driving down a highway toward Phù Cát Air Base, he saw women along the side of the road pulling their pants down, defecating, urinating, and laughing at the Americans. Beckford spent a full year at Phù Cát, his entire tour in Vietnam. There, he and his colleagues set speed and efficiency records for pouring concrete for runways, among other record-setting achievements. The base was well protected, so Beckford never experienced brutal combat. But he had one near-fatal incident that haunts him to the present day. He was sent outside the base one day to fill up a dump truck with sand and clay from a nearby landfill. Suddenly, bullets were whizzing by. An enemy sniper had singled him out and kept shooting and missing. Beckford never saw who was shooting at him. Sensing extreme danger, Beckford drove back to base with only half a load. But an officer ordered him to return to the landfill alone and return with a full load. To Beckford’s great relief, the sniper had vanished. On another occasion, he was in a remote area when his convoy left without him. Fortunately, some nearby South Korean soldiers helped him get back to base. “God, I owe you,” thought Beckford. After his deployment in ’Nam, Beckford returned to an Air Force Base in northeast Arkansas. His favorite job was driving a large vacuum-cleaning truck slowly across runaways to keep them clear of debris. Beckford left the service in 1968. He initially returned to New York but later moved to New Jersey and then Virginia, working various jobs. He got married and had a son, but the marriage didn’t last long. www.50plusLifePA.com
Beckford met a woman named Lura around 2000; he had served with Lura’s late husband in Vietnam. She had previously done missionary work in Israel and planned to return, so she invited Beckford to join her. They got married in Cyprus in 2001. The Beckfords served as Christian missionaries in Israel from 2001– 2017, working for Jewish Outreach International. The Beckfords handed out Bibles and worked with Jews and gentiles who believed in Jesus. Beckford also got to revive one of his childhood interests when he helped form a chess club/storefront church. In 2009 Beckford took a DNA test and found that he has Igbo ancestry. This ethnic group lives mainly in southern Nigeria. Some Igbo members practice Judaism and identify as Jews from the tribe of Gad. The Beckfords had good relations with secular Jews and Muslims. But there was tension with the overall majority of Orthodox Jews. One day, they firebombed the Beckfords’ storefront church and chess club. They later made a second attack by pouring gasoline around the doors, with people inside.
When their work was completed, the Beckfords returned to the States in August 2017 and settled in central Pennsylvania, near Lura’s family. The Beckfords are still working with Jewish Outreach International. But for Eddie Beckford, his close brushes with death live on to this day. He has recurring dreams of being left behind. Like many Vietnam veterans, Beckford suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder. For years, Beckford was in denial, concerned about the stigma of mental illness. But now, he meets with other Vietnam veterans about once a week to help cope with PTSD. If you would like to meet Beckford and hear him tell his story in person, he is scheduled to speak at the Central Pennsylvania Vietnam Round Table meeting near Harrisburg on Nov. 14. Visit http:// centralpavietnamroundtable.com or call (717) 545-2336 for details. Robert Naeye is a freelance journalist living in Derry Township. He is the former editor-in-chief of Sky & Telescope magazine.
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Ms. Pennsylvania Senior America Pageant August 11, 2019
3 p.m.
Red Lion Hotel, Harrisburg
Are you a woman who has reached the “Age of Elegance” — 60 years and older? Pa. Senior America is looking for you. At the pageant, you will compete for the title by completing four categories: 1. 5-minute interview with judges 2. State your philosophy of life
Ms. Pennsylvania Senio r America 2018 Lynn Montemuro
3. Stage gown walk 4. Presenting a talent performance
Senior America, Inc., is a non-profit corporation designed not only to enrich the lives of seniors, but also to tap their energy to enrich the lives of others. Find out more at the Senior America website: www.senioramerica.org
Ms. Pennsylvania Senior America 1994 Merle Adele Millhimes mmillhimes@verizon.net (717) 533-3471 www.senioramerica.org Ms. Senior America Pennsylvania Administrator Denise Russo-Caiazzo Ms. Pennsylvania Senior America 2015 (610) 417-7905 pasenioramerica@gmail.com Honoring the “Age of Elegance”
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