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Health Myths and Fascinating Facts Suzy Cohen
such as vigorously exercising, jumping into hot water, or a brain injury.
About eyes. Contrary to popular belief, some people can keep their eyes open when they sneeze! Also, green is the rarest eye color to have. About that trick knee. Some of you have a trick knee (or shoulder) that can predict weather. Basically, you can tell when bad weather or a storm is coming with one of your bum joints. As the barometric or atmospheric pressure drops (before a storm), tissues in joints expand a little bit, and your knee or shoulder may feel it and alert you by experiencing pain. About spinach. Some nutritionists still recommend spinach for people who have iron-deficiency anemia due to the iron content. Even Popeye made it famous for building up muscles. But the fact is that the iron content isn’t as high as you were told. It was mistakenly reported as 35 grams instead of 3.5 grams per serving, due to a printing error where the decimal point got moved. The chemist made a mistake in 1870, and it’s still being perpetuated. About No. 2. Pushing out waste in the wee hours of the morning doesn’t happen because we have sophisticated neurons in our gut that follow our 24hour circadian rhythm. The bladder, however, is only so big, and you might not be able to hold urine for six hours while you’re sleeping. About burping. Also termed eructation, this is just your body expelling gas through your mouth. Most people burp between eight and 20 times a day. It’s not objectionable to burp out loud after eating a meal in certain parts of China, India, and a small island in the Middle East. About amnesia. People can lose their immediate memories. It’s clinically termed “transient global amnesia,” and it can occur after strenuous activity,
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About hair. The color gray is a neutral tone between black and white, and it really just appears due to the absence of color in the hair shaft. While it’s not a hard-and-fast rule, blondes have more hair on their heads than redheads; however, each hair shaft is thinner in diameter. Redheads, on the other hand, tend to have thicker hair shafts and less hair. Hair grows faster when you sleep. About your tongue. Like that unique fingerprint, you also have your own tongue print. The average tongue has thousands of taste buds. About your ticker. A human heart will beat about 2.5 billion times in an average lifetime. By the way, a football weighs just slightly more than your heart. About kissing. It lowers cortisol, which is a stress hormone known to inflame the body. So kissing is a natural anti-inflammatory. And, while I wouldn’t call it romantic, it’s still interesting … the longest kiss on record goes to a Thai couple, who locked lips for 58 hours and 35 minutes! Eeew. This information is not intended to diagnose, prevent, or treat your disease. For more information about the author, visit SuzyCohen.com
Get Help Understanding Medicare A Medicare Facts for New or PreRetirees seminar for will be held 6-9 p.m. Monday, July 30, in meeting room 1 of the Penn State Extension Offices. This free event will be presented by the York County Area Agency on Aging’s APPRISE program. APPRISE is the state health insurance counseling program for all Medicare beneficiaries in Pennsylvania. Topics to be covered include: • Review of Medicare benefits • Original Medicare and Medicare Advantage Plan options
• Medicare prescription drug coverage and the “Drug Plan Finder” • Medicare savings programs • Medicare preventive services • Supplemental insurance Medigap plans The Penn State Extension Offices are located in the York County Annex, 112 Pleasant Acres Road, Springettsbury Township. Seating is limited and preregistration is required. Call (717) 771-9008 or (800) 632-9073 or email aging@yorkcountypa.gov for more information and to register. www.50plusLifePA.com
Local Volunteers Honored at State Capitol Secretary of Banking and Pennsylvania to provide their peers Securities Robin L. Wiessmann with information to protect and grow recently recognized two local men their money in retirement. for their work with the Campaign for “With World Elder Abuse Wise and Safe Investing. Awareness Day [in June], Gov. Wolf AARP and I are proud volunteers to support the Bruce Myers, of work of AARP Seven Valleys, Pennsylvania and Richard and its army of Sterner, of volunteers, and Mechanicsburg, we are grateful were among the for the support 12 senior citizens of the Investor honored in the Protection Trust,” From left, Secretary of Banking and State Capitol said Wiessmann. Securities Robin L. Wiessmann; building. “Through volunteer Bruce Myers, of Seven The campaign programs like Valleys; and AARP Pennsylvania is a statewide State Director Bill Johnston-Walsh. the Campaign community for Wise and outreach program Safe Investing, offered by the we are creating Pennsylvania a network of AARP Consumer support for our Issues Task senior citizens and Force and the taking active steps Department of to protect senior Banking and citizens from elder Securities. financial abuse.” It is funded The event From left, Secretary of Banking by the Investor and Securities Robin L. Wiessmann; marked a 10Protection Trust, year partnership volunteer Richard Sterner, of which provides with AARP Mechanicsburg; and AARP Pennsylvania State Director retirees and Pennsylvania Bill Johnston-Walsh. senior citizens and the IPT in information on protecting senior how to recognize, avoid, and report citizens from fraud and scams and financial fraud and abuse. included the announcement of a AARP volunteers work with $120,000 grant from the IPT to community groups throughout continue funding for the campaign.
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By Lori Van Ingen Like many retirees, when Margaret Sidlick left the workforce in fall 2015, she decided she wanted to volunteer. A friend recommended she look for a small, local organization, as they would be grateful for whatever assistance she could give to fulfill their needs. The following spring, Sidlick saw an advertisement asking for volunteer help at Historic Sugartown, a historic 19th-century village in the Malvern area. Sidlick had already taken a couple of bookbinding workshops there, so she went to the prospective-volunteer open house. She took a tour of village and eagerly signed up as a volunteer educator for grade-school tours. According to its website, Sugartown “offers a window into American life in an early 19th-century rural crossroads village.” First known as Shugart’s Town, after tavern keeper Eli Shugart, it became a “vital stop” for the local farming communities as people hauled their goods to markets in Philadelphia and other areas in the region. The Historic Sugartown campus covers 9 acres with several restored buildings. An 1805 fieldstone Quaker farmhouse was up for demolition, Sidlick
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Front row, from left, Historic Sugartown’s circa1805 saddle shop and home; the general store; the 1889 addition; and the 1860 Sharpless & Abigail Worrall House. Behind, the circa-1883 barn ruin and the carriage museum.
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The circa-1805 William Garrett House, a fieldstone Quaker farmhouse.
Inside Historic Sugartown’s general store, constructed around 1805 and first used as a store in 1822.
Brass fillets, used to apply gold decoration to the cover or spine of a book, in Sugartown’s book bindery.
said, so it was purchased by Historic Sugartown and restored. It is now referred to as the William Garrett House, for its first owner. Other buildings at Historic Sugartown include a Pennsylvania bank barn, a circa1880s general store, a book bindery, and a schoolroom exhibit. Historic Sugartown also repurposed a local fire company’s auxiliary station on its grounds to become the carriage museum, a partnership with the county’s historical society. Seventeen of the historical society’s carriages, sleighs, and other vehicles are now on display in the building. Sugartown’s volunteer educators are given a page on each of the buildings to memorize, and then they improvise their tours with what they have learned, Sidlick said. Unlike some historic villages, however, the educator does not dress up in period clothing. As part of her tours, Sidlick demonstrates some of the hearth fireplace’s cooking tools, and the children participate in various activities, such as butter churning, while learning “what it was like living in the 19th century,” Sidlick said. “They like butter making. We talk about milking cows, separating milk and cream, the difference between making whipped cream and butter … They are also fascinated by watching the clock jack, www.50plusLifePA.com
a clock mechanism that turns a rotisserie in and grateful that she decided to bring her many the walk-in hearth in the Garrett House.” talents to Historic Sugartown.” Sidlick also volunteers at other special Sidlick has visited other historic villages, such occasions at Historic Sugartown. In as in Charleston, South Carolina, to see and addition to helping with setup for events compare their environmental monitoring systems. such as Shugart Sunday BBQ & Blues and “It’s fun to get out and do new things and get Sugartown at Sundown Lantern Tours, different perspectives,” Sidlick said. Sidlick has carved pumpkins and assisted Besides her work at Historic Sugartown, with Christmas decorating and crafts during Sidlick now has added volunteer hours for other A Sugartown Christmas and Cabin Fever local organizations to her schedule. Saturday. Sidlick recently volunteered for the first time Although she enjoys serving as a tour at the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society’s guide and assisting at the special events, Philadelphia Flower Show as a recorder for the Sidlick found she could put her more than show’s contests. 31 years in the technology field to work And to help small organizations near her by aiding the village in monitoring its second home in southern Delaware, Sidlick environmental system, which helps keep volunteers for Freeman Stage, an open-air the historic buildings operating at peak performing arts venue near Fenwick Island, Sidlick checks the readings on one of the historic site’s efficiency. Delaware. 12 monitoring devices, which track temperature and The temperature and relative humidity of She also offers her time for a few event days humidity. each building must be kept at specific levels at Winterthur Museum, Garden and Library in for the safety of the historic collections, Winterthur, Delaware, the former home of Henry Sidlick said. There are monitoring devices in 12 areas of the village, including Francis du Pont, a renowned antiques collector and horticulturist. the schoolroom, book bindery, and carriage museum. “I get to meet new people, learn new things, and hopefully make a The monitoring system is manual and is not capable of wireless monitoring, contribution while doing this. Also, when I travel now, I can compare and so Sidlick comes into the village to check the monitors. She reads the contrast [our] style and history with other areas.” monitoring devices and then transfers the data to a computer program, which For more information on Historic Sugartown, visit historicsugartown.org or makes any adjustments necessary to the environmental system. call (610) 640-2667. “You look for spikes or drops in temperature,” Sidlick said. “You also look up On the cover: Volunteer Margaret Sidlick inside Historic Sugartown’s book the weather for that day — whether it was cold or hot.” bindery, the site for the village’s bookbinding workshops. This is essential for seasonally sensitive items. For instance, if a heater breaks down during the winter, the monitoring system can determine approximately when it happened and get it fixed prior to the destruction of items that need to be kept at a certain temperature. Sidlick started monitoring early on in her volunteer work at Sugartown. Originally, the village collected so much data so often that the devices would s e l e c t m o d e l s o n ly stop working; Sidlick corrected the problem. Now, Sidlick goes on site consistently once or twice a month to be sure the batteries have not died and the monitoring system is up and running. Starting at 82 Dolomite Drive Consistent data is key to keeping the collection safe from harm, she said. $ 189,900 York, PA “Margaret has been a great help to us here at Historic Sugartown since she started,” Faith McCarrick, director of programs and outreach at Historic Sugartown, said. “Whether she is teaching students, manning an activity station at an event, helping clean our circa-1835 barn, or working on our environmental monitoring system, Margaret is an essential part of our team. We are thrilled
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Fifties Flashback
The Rockin’ National Anthem Randal C. Hill
H-bomb explosion. The second track scheduled was an upbeat 12-bar blues dance tune called “Rock Around the Clock.” Haley wasn’t the first to record it; “Clock” had originally been done by a rock aggregate called Sonny Dae and the Knights. Dae’s disc failed to catch fire, but Haley liked the song and had utilized it on the road for two years as a hot dance number. “Thirteen Women” took longer than expected, and the studio clock showed only 30 minutes of the three-hour session available for the “B” side. Haley’s two quickly recorded attempts proved less than perfect. But when time ran out, Gabler, in a deft display of recording-studio wizardry, grafted Bill Haley and His Comets in 1956. the two tracks onto one now-usable master From left, Rudy Pompilli, Billy Williamson, tape. Al Rex, Bill Haley, Johnny Grande, Decca promoted “Thirteen Woman,” but Ralph Jones, and Franny Beecher. deejays soon preferred the backside of the single (which was absurdly labeled a fox trot, a smooth ballroom dance). Haley’s disc squeaked onto the Billboard Top 30 for one week in 1954, and then faded into oblivion. Temporarily. FREE PARKING Young Peter Ford, the only child of Glenn Ford and Eleanor Powell, was ! playing some of his favorite records — at full volume — when director Richard Brooks dropped by the Ford/Powell home in Beverly Hills one evening in early 1955. 9 a.m. – 2 p.m. Brooks had come to chat with Glenn Ford about a movie they were working Spooky Nook Sports on called Blackboard Jungle, a gritty tale of inner-city juvenile delinquents 2913 Spooky Nook Road based on Evan Hunter’s hit novel of the same name. Manheim Brooks had been looking for a teen-oriented tune to use over the film’s credits. As rock ’n’ roll was just gathering momentum, the pickings for just the right song were slim back then. But when Brooks heard “Rock Around the Clock” blasting from Peter’s 9 a.m. – 2 p.m. room, he knew he had found the perfect musical insertion for Blackboard York Expo Center Jungle. Brooks borrowed the lad’s 78 RPM platter, promising to return it later Memorial Hall East (but he apparently never did). 334 Carlisle Avenue, York On his website (www.peterford.com), the now-retired actor/singer/ businessman states, “I played a small but pivotal role in launching a musical revolution. Thanks to a unique set of circumstances, the musical passion of a fifth-grader helped ‘Rock Around the Clock’ become, as Dick Clark called it, 9 a.m. – 2 p.m. ‘The National Anthem of Rock ’n’ Roll.’” Carlisle Expo Center
Bill Haley and His Comets recorded the first rock ’n’ roll hit: “Crazy, Man, Crazy,” a now-forgotten piece of swing-based fluff that employed teen-oriented catchphrases of the day (“solid,” “crazy,” “gone”). Issued on Essex Records, the ditty reached No. 12 on Billboard’s 1953 singles chart. The success of “Crazy, Man, Crazy” caught the interest of industry giant Decca Records, who quickly wooed Haley away from tiny Essex and onto their powerhouse label. On April 12, 1954, Haley and his band nervously entered Manhattan’s cavernous Pythian Temple studios to tape two songs for Decca that would become the Comets’ debut offering. Top-notch veteran Decca producer Milt Gabler focused his energy on the “A” side, a novelty called “Thirteen Women (and Only One Man in Town),” a droll tale of 13 women and one (lucky) man who somehow survive an
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Although Randal C. Hill’s heart lives in the past, the rest of him resides in Bandon, Ore. He can be reached at wryterhill@msn.com.
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The Beauty in Nature
Enchanted Summer Evenings Clyde McMillan-Gamber
Sunny summer evenings in southeastern Pennsylvania are enchanting and become more so as summer progresses. Starting late in May, I often sit on our deck or lawn during summer evenings and enjoy seeing the green grass, trees, and shrubbery drenched in golden sunlight. I like to watch the daily activities of one or two cottontail rabbits and the several kinds of birds summering in our neighborhood. I enjoy experiencing the passing of puffy, white-and-gray
cumulus clouds overhead as if in review before the blue sky. With imagination, I see innumerable, ever-changing shapes in those clouds. And I deeply inhale the sweet fragrance of honeysuckle flowers on a neighbor’s fence. Each evening, several chimney swifts careen swiftly across the sky in hot pursuit of flying insects to eat, catching those insects in their wide mouths. Those swifts provide exciting entertainment to anyone who watches for them.
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Adult firefly (or lightning bug).
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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
Health & Medical Services Alzheimer’s Association (717) 651-5020
Automobile Sales/Service Gordon’s Body Shop, Inc. 10 Mill St., Stewartstown (717) 993-2263
American Diabetes Association (800) 342-2383
Coins & Currency Steinmetz Coins & Currency 2861 E. Prospect Road, York (717) 757-6980 Energy Assistance Low-Income Energy Assistance (717) 787-8750 Entertainment Dutch Apple Dinner Theatre 510 Centerville Road, Lancaster (717) 898-1900 Funeral & Cremation Services Cremation Society of Pennsylvania Serving York County (800) 720-8221 www.50plusLifePA.com
Alzheimer’s Information Clearinghouse (800) 367-5115
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
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Bill to Support Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Passes House In mid-June the U.S. House of Representatives passed the bipartisan Supporting Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Act (S. 1091), which would create a onestop-shop of resources to support grandparents raising grandchildren. The House-passed bill includes minor changes that must be cleared by a quick, procedural vote by the Senate before being signed into law by the president. In Pennsylvania, more than 100,000 children are being raised by grandparents or other relatives, and experts say this number is rising as the opioid epidemic devastates communities. Sen. Bob Casey (D-PA) co-authored the bill last year, with Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME), after an Aging
Committee hearing during which witnesses testified about why grandparents need easy access to information about resources available to assist them. “Grandparents are increasingly stepping in to raise their grandchildren due to the opioid crisis. These grandparents are faced with challenges such as delaying retirement, navigating school systems, bridging the generational gap, working through the court system to secure custody, and finding mental health resources,” Casey said. The Supporting Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Act has received support from 40 older adult and child advocacy groups, including AARP, American Academy of Pediatrics, and Generations United.
Registration Open for Free Fall-Risk Classes The York County Area Agency on Aging will host free classes from the award-winning “A Matter of Balance” fall-risk series from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays, July 9 to Aug. 1, at East York YMCA, 4075 E. Market St., East York. “A Matter of Balance” is meant 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. This program emphasizes practical strategies to manage falls. Participants will learn to:
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• View falls as controllable • Set goals for increasing activity • Make changes to reduce fall risks at home • Exercise to increase strength and balance Preregistration is required as class size is limited. For more information or to register, call East York YMCA at (717) 650-1270.
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Roundtable Focuses on Combating Senior Hunger was developed to address hunger Pennsylvania Department of Aging in Pennsylvania and respond to Secretary Teresa Osborne recently participated in the Central Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf’s executive order establishing the Governor’s Food Food Bank’s Senior Hunger Roundtable Security Partnership. in Harrisburg. The partnership includes the Stakeholders, legislators, healthcare departments of Aging, Agriculture, professionals, and seniors discussed the resources available to combat hunger in Community and Economic Development, Education, Health, older adults and ways to increase access and Human Services. to healthful, nutritious foods. The blueprint was developed The National Foundation to End in collaboration with the Central Senior Hunger reports seniors who Pennsylvania Food Bank and other are food insecure have diets that are public, charitable, and private leaders less nutritious, endure worse health outcomes, and experience a higher risk in food security. “Hunger harms everyone that it for depression. touches, but it is particularly hard Research has shown that when on older Pennsylvanians, who often seniors participate in programs that Stakeholders, legislators, healthcare professionals, and seniors face their struggles quietly and out address food insecurity, they become recently met to discuss ways to combat hunger in older adults. more independent because of improved of view,” said Joe Arthur, executive director of the Central Pennsylvania nutrition status and overall health. In September 2016, “Setting the Table: Blueprint for a Hunger-Free PA” Food Bank. “We just want our older neighbors to know that we care about them and we are here to help, and so are our friends in the Governor’s Partnership.” For more information on the Central Pennsylvania Food Bank, visit www. SUMMER from page 7 centralpafoodbank.org or call (717) 564-1700. Soon after sunset each evening from mid-June to the middle of July, hundreds of male fireflies emerge from the grass roots where they spent the day and walk up grass stems and take flight like tiny helicopters, all the while flashing their cold abdominal lights. Each firefly flies and hovers upright, blinking its signal to female fireflies still in the grass. They, in turn, glow, beckoning the males to them for mating. The fascinating beauty and our enjoyment of those many male fireflies constantly flashing their beacons is beyond measure. They, alone, make summer evenings enchanting. At first overlapping the activities of swifts and fireflies, a half dozen little brown bats leave their daytime roosts as dusk deepens and flutter swiftly across the sky after flying insects. Those bats, too, are entertaining to watch swooping and diving after their prey and are beautifully silhouetted against the orange or pink — but darkening — sky. Each dusk, from late July through August, in our neighborhood, as elsewhere, a variety of small, green tree crickets fill the trees and www.50plusLifePA.com
shrubbery with their loud trilling or chirping, according to the kind. The common snowy tree crickets, for example, produce measured chirps that are more rapid in higher temperatures. All that fiddling, which brings the genders of each species together for mating, is caused by the insects either rubbing their wings together or both wings and legs together, depending on the kind. The friction of that scraping causes the music we enjoy hearing on our lawns each evening in midsummer. Their lovely colors softened by humidity, rosy or orange sunsets slowly fade while bats, fireflies, and tree crickets dominate our neighborhood. Trees are silhouetted black against the still-glowing sunset in the western, northwestern, and northern parts of the sky. Venus appears bright in the sky but slowly sinks to the western horizon as Earth turns on its axis. Bats zip through the fading sunsets and stars become visible. Sunny summer evenings in southeastern Pennsylvania are truly enchanting. They are peaceful and soothing to human souls.
Who Has the Best Bites in Central PA? 50plus LIFE readers have spoken!
Here are the York County dining favorites for 2018! Breakfast: Stonybrook Family Restaurant
Fast Food: Arby’s
Lunch: Central Family Restaurant
Seafood: Red Lobster
Dinner: Olive Garden Italian Restaurant
Steak: Texas Roadhouse
Ethnic Cuisine: Shangrila Chinese Restaurant
Outdoor Dining: John Wright Restaurant
Celebrating: Roosevelt Tavern
Romantic Setting: The Accomac
Bakery: Maple Donuts
Smorgasbord/Buffet: Old Country Buffet
Coffeehouse: Starbucks
Caterer: Altland House of York
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During a recent hearing, “Preventing and Treating Opioid Misuse among Older Americans,” U.S. Sen. Bob Casey (D-PA) highlighted the often-overlooked experiences of older adults with opioid-use disorders and ways to support their recovery. Casey, ranking member of the U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging, also discussed his recent bipartisan legislation, the Medicare Beneficiary Opioid Addiction Treatment Act (S. 2704), which would enhance Medicare coverage for methadone, a proven opioid treatment for individuals in recovery. Opioid use disorders are on the rise among older adults. In Americans ages 50 and older, opioid misuse doubled from 2002 to 2014, as reported by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General, 14.4 million people with Medicare received an opioid prescription in 2016. And, more than 1,400 older adults lost their lives to opioids in 2016 — despite the availability of a lifesaving
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Dear Savvy Senior, What can you tell me about the new Medicare cards? I’ve heard there are a lot of scams associated with these new cards, and I want to make sure I protect myself. – Leery Senior Dear Leery, The government has begun sending out brand new Medicare cards to 59 million Medicare beneficiaries. Here’s what you should know about your new card, along with some tips to help you guard against potential scams. New Medicare Cards In April, Medicare began removing Social Security numbers from their new Medicare cards and mailing them out to everyone who gets Medicare benefits. This change helps protect your identity and reduces medical and financial fraud. The new cards will have a randomly generated 11-character Medicare number. This will happen automatically. You don’t need to do anything or pay anyone to get your new card. Medicare will mail your card, at no cost, to the address you have on file with the Social Security Administration. If you need to update your official mailing address, visit your online Social Security account at www.SSA.gov/myaccount or call (800) 772-1213. When you get your new card, your Medicare coverage and benefits will stay the same. The cards will be mailed in waves, to various parts of the country over a 12month period ending April 2019. Medicare beneficiaries in Alaska, California, Delaware, the District of Columbia, Hawaii, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia were the first to receive the mailings, between April and June. The last wave of states will be Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Ohio, and Tennessee, along with Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. When you get your new Medicare card, don’t throw your old one in the trash. Instead, put it through a shredder or cut it up with a pair of scissors and make sure the part showing your Social Security number is destroyed. If you have a separate Medicare Advantage card, keep it because you’ll still need it for treatment. Watch Out for Scams As the new Medicare cards are being mailed, be on the lookout for Medicare scams. Here are some tips: • Don’t pay for your new card. It’s yours for free. If anyone calls and says you need to pay for it, that’s a scam. • Don’t give personal information to get your card. If someone calls claiming to be from Medicare, asking for your Social Security number or bank information, that’s a scam. Hang up. Medicare will never ask you to give personal information to get your new number and card. • Guard your card. When you get your new card, safeguard it like you would www.50plusLifePA.com
any other health insurance or credit card. While removing the Social Security number cuts down on many types of identity theft, you’ll still want to protect your new card because identity thieves could use it to get medical services. For more information about changes to your Medicare card, call (800) MEDICARE or visit go.medicare.gov/newcard. And if you suspect fraud, report it to the FTC (www. ftccomplaintassistant.gov); AARP’s fraud helpline, (877) 908-3360; or Pennsylvania’s Senior Medicare Patrol program at (800) 356-3606 or www.carie.org/programs/senior-medicare-patrol. 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.
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Pair Pecans with Seasonal Produce American Pecans are the original supernut: a naturally sweet superfood that’s nutritious, versatile, and local, as it’s the only major tree nut native to America. Pecans are also among the highest in “good” monounsaturated fats and contain plant protein, fiber, flavonoids, and essential minerals, including copper, manganese, and zinc. For a quick, messfree brunch, try Sheet Pan Eggs with Pecan Breakfast “Sausage.” Substitute flavored ground pecans for your sausage, and add fresh greens for a quick, good-for-you option with
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To find additional seasonal recipes, nutrition information and cooking tips, and to learn more about America’s native nut, visit www. americanpecan.com. Mini Pecan Lemon Berry Tarts Mini Pecan Crusts: • 2 cups pecan pieces or halves • 1/4 cup butter, melted • 2 tablespoons sugar • 24 Mini Pecan Crusts • 1/2 cup lemon curd • 1/2 cup blueberries or raspberries •p owdered sugar, for dusting (optional) Heat oven to 350 F. Line mini muffin tin with paper liners. In food processor, blend pecans, butter, and sugar until mixture forms coarse dough. Scoop about 2 teaspoons pecan mixture into each muffin tin. Use back of wooden spoon or fingers to press mixture evenly along bottom and up sides of each muffin cup. Bake 12 minutes, or until crusts are golden brown. Allow crusts to cool completely before removing from pan. Spoon 1 teaspoon lemon curd into each Mini Pecan Crust. Top each with one raspberry or three small blueberries. Dust with powdered sugar, if desired.
Pecan Breakfast Sausage: • 1 teaspoon extra-virgin olive oil • 1/2 medium onion, diced (about 1/2 cup) • 1 tablespoon coconut aminos • 1 teaspoon sage • 1 teaspoon thyme • 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg • 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder • 1/4 teaspoon black pepper • 1/8 teaspoon cayenne pepper • 1 cup raw pecan halves Sheet Pan Eggs: • 12 eggs, beaten • 3/4 cup fat-free or low-fat milk • 1 1/4 teaspoons salt • 1/2 teaspoon pepper • 1 cup fresh spinach, chopped • nonstick cooking spray Heat oven to 325 F. To make Pecan Breakfast “Sausage”: In pan over medium heat, add olive oil, onion, coconut aminos, sage, thyme, nutmeg, garlic powder, black pepper, and cayenne pepper. Cook about 4 minutes until onion is translucent. In food processor, pulse onion mixture and pecans until consistency of ground beef is reached, about 8-10 pulses. To make Sheet Pan Eggs: In large bowl, whisk eggs, milk, salt, and pepper until combined. Add pecan “sausage” and spinach to eggs and stir. Lightly spray nonstick 12-by-17-inch sheet pan with cooking spray. Pour egg mixture onto prepared pan. Bake 18-20 minutes, or until eggs are fully cooked. Family Features
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Add Gardening Space, Beauty, and Ease with Elevated Gardens By Melinda Myers
or shade as needed each day or out of the way when you entertain. Set the garden in place first. Once it’s filled with soil, it will be very heavy and difficult to move. Those gardening on a balcony should confirm the space will hold the weight of the elevated garden you select when filled with soil and mature plants. Make sure you have easy access to water. Since this is basically a container, you will need to check the soil moisture daily and water thoroughly as needed. Fill the elevated garden
Elevate your gardens to waist-high level for convenience and easy access. Elevated gardens are easy on your back and knees and are perfect for the patio, balcony, deck, or any area where a bit of planting space is desired. Place them near your kitchen door, grill, or table for easy cooking and serving access. You’ll be able to plant, weed, and harvest with minimal bending or Demeter Mobile Planter Carts even from a chair. Purchase one on wheels or add casters to the legs of your elevated garden for added mobility. Then wheel it into the sun
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How to Achieve Hormone Balance at Any Age By Dawn Cutillo Balancing your hormones is important at any age. As chemical messengers that tell our cells what to do, hormones are critical to women’s physical, mental, and emotional health. From PMS to postpartum depression to menopause, hormone imbalances can disrupt your mood, sleep, energy, weight, and even disease processes at any stage of life — but especially in later years. After menopause, many women often fall into the trap of thinking they no longer need to worry about hormonal issues. They may think the hot flashes, night sweats, and that extra stomach roll are finally distant memories, but they fail to realize that hormonal imbalances can continue to plague them in later years in relation to thinning hair, weight gain, thinning bones, insomnia, low libido, insulin resistance/diabetes, high blood pressure, continued hot flashes, and more. These hormone imbalances typically result from high amounts of stress and sugar — both of which lead to elevated levels of a stress hormone called cortisol, which, in turn, lowers a woman’s progesterone hormone count. Because progesterone is produced when a woman ovulates, progesterone levels fall even farther during menopause. When a woman has less progesterone than estrogen, estrogen tends to overact and cause weight gain, fluid retention, insomnia, irritability, and issues with certain diseases, such as ER+ breast cancer. This flux of hormones is only exacerbated as estrogen and progesterone both decline at a faster rate post-menopause, enhancing symptoms like vaginal dryness, fatigue, digestive issues, and more. With all this in mind, your hormones are a key to your long-term health — but how you manage them is also an important factor.
Free Workshops Can Lead to Healthier Living The York County Area Agency on Aging is offering free diabetes selfmanagement workshops 9–11:30 a.m. Thursdays, July 19 to Aug. 23, at York Commons, 2406 Cape Horn Road, Red Lion. York County residents 60 and older living with Type 2 diabetes, and caregivers age 60 and older caring for someone with Type 2 diabetes, can participate in the workshops. The interactive program spans six workshops taught by certified instructors through the agency. Developed by the Self-Management Resource Center, formerly Stanford University Patient Education Program, this health-promotion
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program provides tools for managing diabetes, dealing with difficult emotions, and breaking the symptom cycle that comes with the disease. The program introduces participants to self-management tools, such as healthy eating, monitoring blood sugar, and action planning, among others. A companion book, Living a Healthy Life with Chronic Conditions, Fourth Edition, and an audio relaxation tape will be provided for all participants. There is no charge for the workshops. Preregistration is required by calling Megan Craley at (717) 7719610.
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Finding ways to naturally increase your hormones allows you to reap the health benefits without creating new symptoms attached to clinical methods. Through healthy behavioral and dietary changes and safe supplementation, you can naturally increase your progesterone levels — enabling your body to produce estrogen and balance hormones across the board on its own. Here are a few habits you can start today to achieve balance in your own life and body: 1. Decrease your stress daily for 20 minutes. We tend to live habitually in a stressful “fight or flight” mode, stimulating our sympathetic nervous system, raising cortisol levels, and decreasing liver and digestive function. Practicing a relaxed state of mind each day for 20 minutes helps encourage a stress-free lifestyle. From deep breathing to yoga to “sound-wave” therapy, these exercises gently and naturally relax brainwave patterns to leave you feeling refreshed. 2. Change your diet. Simple sugars cause rapid spikes and crashes in blood sugar and insulin, leaving you feeling tired, irritable, and hungry. By limiting white-flour foods (candy, pretzels, crackers, bread, etc.), sodas, caffeine, and alcohol to special occasions or just once a day, you can more easily and naturally manage your energy and mood. If you consume these foods, pair them with a meal that includes protein and fat to stabilize blood sugar and insulin. 3. Use natural supplements. By using a transdermal progesterone cream from a healthcare professional, you can also naturally supplement progesterone to then increase depleted estrogen. Because progesterone converts to cortisol when under stress, most — if not all — women need a progesterone supplement. But why exactly is progesterone so important? • A s a fat-burning agent and diuretic, progesterone supports weight management while decreasing cravings, hunger, and blood pressure. • Stabilizing blood sugar, progesterone increases insulin resistance, diabetes prevention, and other disease management. • Increasing osteoblasts in bone, progesterone supports bone growth and bone density. • Balancing testosterone — a hormone frequently attributed to thinning hair in women — progesterone improves hair growth across ages. • Triggering natural increases in estrogen, progesterone improves libido and vaginal dryness. Regardless of whether you are pre- or post-menopause, hormones are extensively interlinked with your health. From your hair to heart, hormones play a significant role in daily and long-term wellness — making their management a top priority. By making simple adjustments in your diet, stress levels, and supplements, you can look, feel, and be your best at any age … because a balanced life is key to a thriving life. Dawn Cutillo, author of The Hormone Shift, has been in the health field for over 30 years and is the founder of BeBalanced Hormone Weight Loss Centers in York. She is degreed and certified in health and nutrition. www.bebalancedcenters.com
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Armistice Agreement Ended Korean War 65 Years Ago This Month
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UN delegate Lt. Gen. William K. Harrison Jr. (seated, left) and Korean People’s Army and Chinese People’s Volunteers delegate Gen. Nam Il (seated, right) signing the Korean War armistice agreement at Panmunjom, Korea, July 27, 1953.
The Korean War, which began on June 25, 1950, when the North Koreans invaded South Korea, officially ended on July 27, 1953. At 10 a.m., in Panmunjom, scarcely acknowledging each other, U.S. Army Lt. Gen. William K. Harrison Jr., senior delegate, United Nations Command Delegation, and North Korean Gen. Nam Il, senior delegate, Delegation of the Korean People’s Army and the Chinese People’s Volunteers, signed 18 official copies of the tri-language Korean Armistice Agreement. It was the end of the longest negotiated armistice in history: 158 meetings spread over two years and 17 days. That evening at 10 p.m. the truce went into effect. The Korean Armistice Agreement is somewhat exceptional in that it is purely a military document — no nation is a signatory to the agreement. Specifically, the Armistice Agreement: 1. Suspended open hostilities 2. Withdrew all military forces and equipment from a 4,000-meter-wide zone, establishing the Demilitarized Zone as a buffer between the forces 3. Prevented both sides from entering the air, ground, or sea areas under control of the other 4. Arranged release and repatriation of prisoners of war and displaced persons 5. Established the Military Armistice Commission and other agencies to discuss any violations and www.50plusLifePA.com
to ensure adherence to the truce terms The armistice, while it stopped hostilities, was not a permanent peace treaty between nations. President Eisenhower, who was keenly aware of the 1.8 million American men and women who had served in Korea and the 36,576 Americans who had died there, played a key role in bringing about a ceasefire. In announcing the agreement to the American people in a television address shortly after the signing, he said, in part, Soldiers, sailors, and airmen of 16 different countries have stood as partners beside us throughout these long and bitter months. In this struggle we have seen the United Nations meet the challenge of aggression — not with pathetic words of protest, but with deeds of decisive purpose. And so at long last the carnage of war is to cease and the negotiation of the conference table is to begin …. [We hope that] all nations may come to see the wisdom of composing differences in this fashion before, rather than after, there is resort to brutal and futile battle. Now as we strive to bring about that wisdom, there is, in this moment of sober satisfaction, one thought that must discipline our emotions and steady our resolution. It is this: We have won an armistice on a single battleground — not peace in the world. We may not now relax our guard nor cease our quest. Source: www.ourdocuments.gov
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Calendar of Events
York County
Community Programs/Support Groups Free and open to the public
Senior Center Activities
July 2, 9:30 a.m. Green Thumb Garden Club Meeting Emmanuel Lutheran Church 2650 Freysville Road, Red Lion (717) 235-2823
Crispus Attucks Active Living Center (717) 848-3610, www.crispusattucks.org
July 17, 7-8 p.m. Alzheimer’s Support Group Providence Place 3377 Fox Run Road, Dover (717) 767-4500
July 3, 7 p.m. Surviving Spouse Socials of York County Faith United Church of Christ 509 Pacific Ave., York (717) 266-2784
Dillsburg Senior Activity Center – (717) 432-2216 If you have an event you would like to include, please email information to mjoyce@onlinepub.com for consideration.
Parks and Recreation July 11, 7-8 p.m. – Porch Talk: The Homefront during World War II, New Freedom Train Station July 15, 1:30-4:30 p.m. – Bluegrass Day, Wallace Cross Mill July 25, 7-8 p.m. – Porch Talk: Birth and Life of the Northern Central Railroad, New Freedom Train Station
Library Programs Arthur Hufnagel Public Library of Glen Rock, 32 Main St., Glen Rock, (717) 235-1127 Collinsville Community Library, 2632 Delta Road, Brogue, (717) 927-9014 July 1, 1-3 p.m. – Mixed Nuts Book Discussion July 12, 1:30-2:30 p.m. – LEAP into Science (Family Program) Dillsburg Area Public Library, 17 S. Baltimore St., Dillsburg, (717) 432-5613 July 5, 10:30-11 a.m. – Meet K-9 Officers (Family Program) July 10, 10:30-11 a.m. – Zumba with Miss Tara (Family Program) Dover Area Community Library, 3700-3 Davidsburg Road, Dover, (717) 292-6814 July 10, 10 a.m. to noon – Author Visit: Diane Benner July 13, 10:30-11 a.m. – The Incredible, Edible Landfill (Family Program)
Kreutz Creek Valley Library Center, 66 Walnut Springs Road, Hellam, (717) 252-4080 July 3 and 17, 6-8 p.m. – Knitters and Crocheters July 16, 10:30-1 1:30 a.m. – Costume Character Pet the Cat Story Time (Family Program) Martin Library, 159 E. Market St., York, (717) 846-5300 July 14, 10 a.m. to noon – ABCs of Windows 10 July 25, 6:30-8 p.m. – Family Bingo (Family Program) Mason-Dixon Public Library, 250 Bailey Drive, Stewartstown, (717) 993-2404 July 4 and 18, 10:30 a. m. to noon – Wednesday WIPS Needlework Group July 18, 2-3 p.m. – Costume Character Pet the Cat Story Time (Family Program) Paul Smith Library of Southern York County, 80 Constitution Ave., Shrewsbury, (717) 235-4313 Jul y 3, 6:30-7:30 p.m.; July 20, 10:30 a.m. to noon – Writers Group July 11, 1:30-2:15 p.m. – Al Grout: Juggler, Comedian, Musician (Family Program)
Glatfelter Memorial Library, 101 Glenview Road, Spring Grove, (717) 225-3220 Mondays, 6-8 p.m. – Knitting Group July 31, 10-11 a.m. – Hands-On Critter Connections Animal Program (Family Program)
Red Land Community Library, 48 Robin Hood Drive, Etters, (717) 938-5599 July 12, 2-3 p.m. – Rocks Rock with Geologist Jeri Jones (Family Program) July 23, 10:30-11:30 a.m. – Silly Joe Rocks Concert (Family Program)
Guthrie Memorial Library, 2 Library Place, Hanover, (717) 632-5183 July 20, 10:15-11 a.m. – Mark DeRose Concert (Family Program) July 24, 2-3 p.m. – Adult Summer Reading Craft: Hanging Notepad
Salem Square Library, 596 W. Princess St., York, (717) 650-2262 Tuesdays, 10 a.m. to noon – Baby and Toddler Story Time (Family Program) Thursdays, 10 a.m. to noon – Preschool Story Time (Family Program)
Kaltreider-Benfer Library, 147 S. Charles St., Red Lion, (717) 244-2032 July 5, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. – Tech Guru Tech Help July 23, 6-7 p.m. – Silly Joe Rocks Fairmont Park (Family Program)
Village Library, 35-C N. Main St., Jacobus, (717) 428-1034 Thursdays, 5 p.m. – Village Knitters July 23, 2-3 p.m. – Silly Joe Rocks Concert (Family Program)
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Delta Area Senior Center, Inc. – (717) 456-5753
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 http://southcentralyorkcountysrctr.webs.com Mondays, 10:15 a.m. – Sweatin’ to the Oldies Tuesdays, 9:15 a.m. – HoopFit Wednesdays, 9:15 a.m. – Ceramics 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 www.windyhillonthecampus.org July 17, 12:30 p.m. – Monthly Book Club Yorktown Senior Center – (717) 854-0693 www.yorktownseniorcenter.org Submit senior center events to mjoyce@onlinepub.com.
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29. Reindeer country 33. Diagnostic test 34. Utilize 35. Twofold 37. Mine entrance 41. Pottery oven 42. Scarlett O’Hara, e.g. 43. ___ Verde National Park 44. Utopia 45. Starch from cuckoopint root 46. Tournament rounds 47. Misses the mark 49. Washington Monument, e.g.
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Fun Factoids for a Festive Fourth Do you know your U.S. history? Here are some Fourth of July facts to ponder and share: • Three presidents died on July 4: Thomas Jefferson and John Adams in 1826 and James Monroe in 1831. Calvin Coolidge was the only president born on July 4, in 1872. • The Massachusetts General Court was the first state legislature to recognize July 4 as a state celebration, in 1781. • The first recorded use of the name “Independence Day” occurred in 1791.
• The U.S. Congress established Independence Day as an unpaid holiday for federal employees in 1870. They changed it to a federal paid holiday in 1931. • The Declaration of Independence was approved in a closed session of the Second Continental Congress on July 2, 1776, but most of the delegates didn’t sign it until Aug. 2. Although John Adams expected Americans would celebrate July 2, the date on the publicized copies of the document was July 4, which became the day Americans have commonly observed.
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with a well-drained planting mix that holds moisture while providing needed drainage. Incorporate a low-nitrogen, slowrelease fertilizer like Milorganite at planting. It contains 85 percent organic matter, feeding the plants and soil. Slow-release fertilizers provide plants with needed nutrients for several months, eliminating the need for weekly fertilization. Grow a variety of your favorite herbs and vegetables, such as basil, parsley, compact tomatoes, and peppers. Support vining plants or try compact ones, such as Mascotte compact bush bean. Add color and dress up your planter with flowers like edible nasturtiums and trailing herbs, such as thyme and oregano, which will cascade over the edge of the planter. Maximize your growing space by planting quick-maturing vegetables — radishes, beets, lettuce — between tomatoes, peppers, cabbage, and other vegetables that take longer to reach their mature size. You’ll be harvesting the short-season vegetables just as the bigger plants need the space. Further increase your garden’s productivity with succession plantings. Fill vacant spaces that are left once a row or block of vegetables
is harvested. Add more planting mix if needed. Select seeds and transplants that will have time to reach maturity for harvesting before the growing season ends. Broccoli, cabbage, compact Patio Pride peas, lettuce, spinach, and other greens taste best when harvested in cooler fall temperatures. Replace weather-worn flowers with cool-weather beauties, such as pansies, nemesias, dianthus, alyssum, and snapdragons. Fertilize the whole planter so new plantings and existing plants have the nutrients they need to finish out the season. Protect your fall flowers, herbs, and vegetables from hard frosts with floating row covers. These fabrics allow air, light, and water through while trapping the heat around the plant. Once you discover the fun, flavor, and ease of waist-high gardening, you’ll likely make room for more elevated planters for your future gardening endeavors. Melinda Myers has written more than 20 gardening books, including Small Space Gardening. She hosts The Great Courses’ How to Grow Anything: Food Gardening For Everyone DVD set and the nationally syndicated Melinda’s Garden Moment TV and radio segments. www.melindamyers. com
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The Language of Kindness Terri Schlichenmeyer
despite their suffering. Watson met death in psychiatric rooms, pediatric wards, bedsides, and incubators. She watched it at the bedside of her own father … Time and time again, there are surprises inside The Language of Kindness. The first arrives in a refreshingly blunt account of how author Christie Watson came to be a nurse, the Photo credit: Lottie Davies difficulties of learning, and the Christie Watson general health of the industry today. Now retired, she writes The Language of Kindness unabashedly about how healthcare By Christie Watson systems fail patients, comparisons c. 2018, Tim Duggan Books in care between countries, addiction 336 pages problems among her colleagues, and an ongoing shortage of compassionate healthcare workers. Another surprise arrives in the anecdotes Watson shares. The stories will absolutely be of the familiar sort to those who work in the industry, but oftengruesome details may turn the stomachs of lay readers. Details are in here. Beware. The biggest, perhaps most appealing, surprise is that this memoir sometimes veers off into subjects that seem intensely personal, which may have nothing and everything to do with nursing. Watson’s stories are observant and honest. They’re laced with Britticisms, action, compassion, and thought. With their attention to detail, they could bring you to your knees. And if that sounds just a little better than perfect, then The Language of Kindness is the book to try. The Bookworm is Terri Schlichenmeyer. Terri has been reading since she was 3 years old, and she never goes anywhere without a book. She lives on a hill in Wisconsin with two dogs and 14,000 books.
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There was a time in your life when you tried everything. Full-time, part-time, gig worker, entrepreneurship — you changed jobs like most people change clothes. It’s exhausting and disheartening, and author Christie Watson had the same experience: café worker, milk deliverer, video shop clerk … she tried them all, but in the new book The Language of Kindness, she tells how she settled upon her best job of all. Christie Watson was just 16 — a newly single, homeless, unemployed high school dropout looking for a job that provided accommodations — when she landed work at a UK community center. She was hoping for a paycheck, but in helping severely disabled adults with their daily lives, she found friends. When nurses encouraged her curiosity for their profession, she found a calling. First, though, Watson had a lot of learning to do. She fainted at the sight of blood on her first day, but she figured she’d get used to that. Later, she trailed a comfortingly self-assured hospital mentor, afraid that she’d never reach that level of competence. Assisting at her first birth, teary and awed, she was also a little frightened at the sounds, sights, and smells. She learned that she loved caring for the disabled and for psychiatric patients, a legacy she got from her mom; preemie babies and profoundly sick children taught her enough to make her want to adopt a baby of her own. Eldercare schooled her about the importance of dignity and the need to not be patronizing to older patients. Working on the cancer ward taught her the importance of every second of life. She learned the facts of death from her patients, too: from babies who struggled against fetal alcohol syndrome, premature birth, and disease. Elderly and disabled patients taught her about death before they made her laugh,
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