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The Pioneers Terri Schlichenmeyer

Your vacation destination is somewhere you’ve never been before.

You want to be surprised and delighted, to see things, experience activities, and try foods that are all new to you. You’re thinking of a good pampering, perhaps, with spas and shopping.

Or maybe, as in The Pioneers by David McCullough, you’ll be roughing it, sans campers, roads, medicine, RVs, or decent boots.

The Rev. Manasseh Cutler saw an opportunity.

As a former army chaplain, he knew that the British had ceded land to the U.S. after the Revolutionary War and Vibra Health Plan Seminar Dates and Locations:

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that it was available, though the territory was untamed and, aside from a few forts, unsettled by white folks.

And so, following a meeting with likeminded, land-seeking New Englanders — many of them war veterans — Cutler saddled his horse and headed to New York to convince members of the U.S. Congress to pass an ordinance making settlement and statehood easier for newly populated territories.

Technically speaking, the government didn’t even own the land yet — local Indians did — but that mattered little to Gen. Rufus Putnam. Putnam had been at the meeting and, unafraid of hardship, was eager to get to this wild land.

The Pioneers

By David McCullough On Dec. 31, 1787, he departed c. 2019, Simon & Schuster, 332 pages for Ohio, leading a group of New Englanders with eyes on new farms and new beginnings.

Putnam, says McCullough, likely knew the kind of “difficulties and danger� his party faced on the trip, which took more than three months to complete.

They were told that the Indians in the area were “friends and brothers,� but “Rufus Putnam thought it best to wait and see.�

His caution was warranted, as it turned out. Over time, the Delaware, Wyandot, Shawnee, and Miami tribes were not happy having white settlers in the area, and they showed it with deadly attacks, stolen scalps, and by wantonly slaughtering local wildlife on which the settlers depended for sustenance.

At the end of 1790, Putnam wrote to President Washington that he feared “the worst.�

On Jan. 2, 1791, “calamityâ€? happened ‌ These stories — heart-pounding and soul-freezing as they are — aren’t the whole of what you’ll read inside The Pioneers. Inside, you’ll find so much more.

Readers who think “middle America� when they think of settlers are in for a treat in this book.

Author David McCullough not only takes the story back further, but he goes deeper through mini-biographies on various historical figures and by detailing the everyday lives of average settlers, both men and women.

While this is perhaps familiar information, it adds a definite relevance.

Another of the more interesting things about this book is that you may, at times, forget that it’s a historical account! McCullough tells this story with a novelist’s flair inserted into facts, which makes the excitement keener, the atmosphere richer, and the personalities of its people rounder.

Fans of McCullough’s work, therefore, will thoroughly enjoy this latest dip into a corner of history, but novel lovers may want to take a stab at it, too.

The Pioneers is well done and absorbing, but it also makes Ohio, circa 1790, a great destination.

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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Workshops to Teach Diabetes Self-Management The York County Area Agency on Aging is offering free diabetes self-management workshops called “Living Well with Diabetes” from 9–11:30 a.m. Tuesdays, Sept. 10–Oct. 15, at South Central Senior Center, 150 E. Main St., New Freedom.

York County residents 60 and older living with diabetes or prediabetes, and caregivers age 60 and older caring for someone with diabetes, can participate.

The interactive program spans six workshops, once a week for 2.5 hours, and will be taught by certified instructors through the agency.

Developed by the Self-Management Resource Center, this health-promotion 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 like healthy eating, monitoring blood sugar, and action planning, among others.

A companion book, Living a Healthy Life with Chronic Conditions, 4th Edition, and an audio relaxation CD will be provided for all participants.

There is no charge for the workshops.

Preregistration is required by calling the senior center at (717) 235-6060.

Final Dates Added for Voucher Distribution Additional opportunities have been added for distribution of the remaining fruit and vegetable vouchers for eligible York County senior citizens who did not already receive them.

The York County Area Agency on Aging, in conjunction with the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture, offers the Senior Farmers Market Nutrition Program to eligible York County seniors.

This program provides $20 in vouchers to eligible seniors to buy fresh fruit and vegetables from

participating local farm markets.

Vouchers will be distributed as long as voucher supply lasts at: Sept. 10, 9:30-11:30 a.m.

White Rose Senior Center, 27 S. Broad St., York Sept. 25, 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

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These vouchers can be redeemed until Nov. 30 on fruits and vegetables grown in Pennsylvania.

Individuals are eligible to receive the vouchers only once per calendar year.

For more information on eligibility requirements or to obtain a proxy form, visit the Forms & Documents page of the AAA’s website at www. ycaaa.org, call (717) 771-9610, or stop by the office at 100 W. Market St., York.

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

Energy Assistance Low-Income Energy Assistance (717) 787-8750

The National Kidney Foundation (800) 697-7007 or (717) 757-0604

Housing Assistance Housing Authority of York (717) 845-2601

Social Security Information (800) 772-1213

Property Tax/Rent Rebate (888) 728-2937

Entertainment Dutch Apple Dinner Theatre 510 Centerville Road, Lancaster (717) 898-1900 financial services Morgan Stanley Wealth Management (302) 573-4027 funeral preplanning Mount Rose Cemetery (717) 845-6618 Susquehanna Memorial Gardens (717) 244-7674

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Alzheimer’s Information Clearinghouse (800) 367-5115

CONTACT Helpline (717) 652-4400

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

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

Orthopedics OSS Health 1855 Powder Mill Road, York (717) 848-4800

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American Legion Rider Has Drive to Serve

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Since the Legion is a veterans service group, they also participate in many motorcycle events and charity rides like the one along Route 24.

The hum and roar of motorcycles sounded That ride benefited MilitaryShare, a veterans throughout Stewartstown as riders gathered recently program of the Central Pennsylvania Food Bank; at the American Legion Post 455.

The Higher Standard Project, a recovery home for Under a blue sky with high, patchy clouds that veterans undergoing treatment for substance abuse made the rain date moot, the 64 riders left the or trauma; and Legion parking Mission 22, lot and headed which employs north on Route treatment 24 through programs, Stewartstown. memorials, The riders and national quickly arrived awareness to at the end of combat veteran the small town suicide. and reached “It is a their real Above and at right: O’Farrell big problem, destination: the worked with an artist to design especially for open roads of the graphics and gold leaf on veterans coming his 9/11 memorial motorcycle.

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On the dash are the names back from the From there, of all 343 New York City Fire Middle East,” the group, Department firefighters who O’Farrell said. organized perished that day, two of The ride through the whom were O’Farrell’s cousins. rose over Legion Post, $2,500 for the rode the organizations. rolling roads of The Legion southern and Riders also eastern York honor fallen County for the veterans with next two hours. procession rides As they and flag lines traveled, they on the service stretched the member’s line of vehicles return, and have far enough Above: ALR Riders pause at the done so since that, combined gravesite of fallen World War I the Legion’s with the curved Cpl. Alvin T. Rehmeyer after placing American flags on veterans’ inception in roads of the graves for Memorial Day. 1919. Among county, rarely the most recent were the front th was honoring the 100 anniversary of the return of riders visible to those in the rear.

York County native and World War I Cpl. Alvin T. Bobby O’Farrell is one of the leaders of this Rehmeyer. unlikely group of riders: American Legion Riders “When someone in the military dies, we come Post 455. and do a flag line. (Rehmeyer) passed away a “We are a military service organization,” he said. day after his 23rd birthday. He was a corporal in “In fact, I am the post commander … You have to Montfaucon, France. He was buried in a makeshift belong to the Legion, in the capacity of the Sons of grave, and a year later, they brought him back … in the American Legion or the Ladies Auxiliary. What 1919,” O’Farrell said. this will get you is a membership in the American “That was the first thing that the American Legion Riders.”

Legion did was honor him (on his return). We did it The lure of the ride is not the sole reason for the group’s gatherings. Their rides offer comradeship and (again) 100 years later.”

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helping veterans, other local charities benefit a chief officer in Aberdeen Proving Ground in from the riders’ activities.

Maryland, and he said, ‘Come on down.’ At the In May, ALR Post 455 participated with time, there was no availability there, so the first the Eastern Harley-Davidson Association in place I actually received a position was Bayonne the MDA Ride for Life, held at Seven Springs Marine Terminal in New Jersey.

Mountain Resort in Somerset County. The “I did not want to go back to the New York/ fundraiser generated more than $1.7 million for New Jersey area,” O’Farrell said. “I wanted to the Muscular Dystrophy Association. slow life down a little bit, so I actually moved Like many Legion Riders, service and riding from the interior of Alaska to the town of come naturally for O’Farrell. A U.S. Army Woodbine, Pennsylvania, York County, in veteran, he has been riding since he joined the 1984.”

Legion and purchased his first motorcycle while “Slow down” may be a relative term, as in Panama.

O’Farrell eventually became part of the Federal “I joined in 1977, Post No. 1, Balboa Canal Fire Service at Aberdeen Proving Ground and Bobby and Nora O’Farrell on a trip to Zone in Panama. It is also where I married my advanced to become a chief officer.

Skyline Drive in Shenandoah National Park, Virginia. soulmate, Nora, 43 years ago. When I was in He is a certified fire protection specialist, Panama, I bought my first Harley-Davidson at nationally certified fire and arson investigator, the Post Exchange. It was shipped down there from someplace called York, and has been an adjunct instructor for the University of Maryland, Maryland Pennsylvania.”

Fire Rescue Institute, for 28 years. He holds almost every fire-protection Originally from New York City, O’Farrell is amused by the coincidence of certification available for the fire service. getting his first bike from Harley in York.

Even in retirement, O’Farrell remains active with the Stewartstown “I never heard of (York), never been there, and I end up being a resident of American Legion Post, organizing the charity rides and other events. this county.”

“I’ve always been a service-oriented person. Even now being retired, I am Years would pass before O’Farrell and his family would settle in going to a lot of organizations, and for whatever reason, I’m coming to the top Stewartstown, but the motorcycle rides for charity began early during his of them. career.

“I like to help people; I like to help veterans. America is No. 1 thanks to our “(My) first real charity ride was back in the ’80s,” recalled O’Farrell. veterans,” O’Farrell said. “There are a lot of veterans who are still in need. I am While riding with the Legion and/or Nora has been the usual scenario, very lucky. I did very well in life. Not everybody has, and I know that.” a solo trip in 1982 from his Army days stands out as his most memorable.

On Front Cover: Following a transfer, he rode from New England to Alaska.

Post Commander Bobby O’Farrell on his Harley-Davidson 9/11 memorial “While I was at Fort Devens, Massachusetts, I had PCS (permanent change motorcycle in front of American Legion Riders Post 455 in Stewartstown. of station) orders to Fort Greely, Alaska. I rode my motorcycle from Fort Devens to Fort Greely. It actually took three and a half weeks because I stopped at places with people that I knew.

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Fall-Prevention Classes Begin This Month The York County Area Agency on Aging will host free classes for York County residents age 60 and older to learn how to manage the risk of falling and increase activity levels.

These classes are part of an awardwinning series called “A Matter of Balance.”

A Matter of Balance targets older adults 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.

Participants will learn to: view falls as controllable; set goals for increasing activity; make changes to reduce fall risks at home; and exercise to increase strength and balance.

A variety of dates, times, and locations are available during the upcoming autumn months.

Preregistration is required. To register,

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25 Oak St., York Township No class Oct. 14.

Mondays and Wednesdays Nov. 4–Dec. 2, 1–3 pm.

York Jewish Community Center 2000 Hollywood Drive York Township No class Nov. 11.

To register, JCC members should call (717) 843-0918.

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A free seminar for those nearing retirement, recently retired, or confused about choosing a Medicare plan will be held Thursday, Sept. 26, from 6-9 p.m. in Meeting Room 1 of the Penn State Extension Offices, York County Annex, 112 Pleasant Acres Road, Springettsbury Township.

This free seminar will be presented by the York County Area Agency on Aging APPRISE program, the state

health insurance counseling program for all Medicare beneficiaries in Pennsylvania.

Topics to be covered include: •R eview of Medicare benefits •O riginal Medicare and Medicare Advantage plan coverage options •M edicare prescription drug coverage and tools to navigate the “Drug Plan Finder” •M edicare savings programs

• Medicare preventive services • Supplemental Insurance/Medigap plans • MyMedicare.gov and other technological tools Preregistration is required as seating is limited. Call (717) 771-9008 or (800) 632-9073 or email aging@ yorkcountypa.gov for registration and further information.

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The York County Area Agency on Aging is seeking York County residents interested in volunteering for its judicial center tour guide program.

While becoming a judicial center tour guide, volunteers will learn more about the court system and observe an actual trial.

Tour guides provide free, prescheduled tours of 45 people or

fewer to community and school groups with a suggested age of middle school or older.

Volunteer time commitment is flexible. YCAAA provides any necessary and required training.

Contact Hope Eberly, volunteer coordinator, for more information at (717) 771-9610, (800) 632-9073, or hceberly@yorkcountypa.gov.

Red Cross Needs Volunteer Receptionist RSVP – York County is seeking volunteers 55 and over for a frontdesk receptionist position with the American Red Cross in York.

Duties include answering and transferring incoming phone calls, greeting and directing visitors, and other administrative tasks.

Available hours are Monday– Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.;

any shift is welcome but must be consistent.

Volunteer benefits include: transportation reimbursement, free supplemental liability insurance, recognition and appreciation events, and assistance with clearances.

For more information, contact Scott Hunsinger at (717) 893-8474 or yorkrsvp@rsvpcapreg.org. www.50plusLifePA.com

Fifties Flashback

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Hoop-De-Do! Randal C. Hill

During the 1950s, Richard P. Knerr and Arthur K. “Spud” Melin manufactured slingshots, boomerangs, and paddleballs in their Wham-O toy factory in the Los Angeles suburb of San Gabriel.

The partners had recently struck gold with the plastic Pluto Platter disc, later known as the Frisbee. Like anyone in the toy business, though, they were constantly on the lookout for the Next Big Thing.

At a 1957 New York toy fair, the two were discussing boomerangs with a visitor from Australia, when he happened to mention that, for exercise in his native land, gym-class students often spun bamboo hoops around their waists by twirling their hips.

Hmm. Could there be a market here for such an item?

Knerr and Melin built a few hoops from scrap wood and then tested them with local kids to see if interest existed for such a novelty.

“We took it out into the neighborhood, the best testing ground there is for toys,” Knerr explained to writer Paul Sann. “The kids just wouldn’t put the hoop down!”

Once on the market early in 1958, Wham-O’s Hula Hoop (so named because users’ hip movements resembled the Hawaiian hula dance) became a sales sensation. For a while, the demand was so great that producing 20,000 hoops a day still meant that Wham-O was running behind in orders.

Costing about 50 cents each to produce ($3.50 today), the brightly colored, lightweight polyethylene hoops rolled off toy shelves to the tune of $1.98 each ($14.50 today).

Even some adults became Hula Hoopers, including Hollywood celebrities Jane Russell, Debbie Reynolds, and Red Skelton.

A reported 100 million hoops were sold. At the fad’s peak, 40 or so competitors with such names as Spina-Hoop, Hoop Zing, and Hooper Dooper were muscling in for some of www.50plusLifePA.com

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Records were occasionally set when it came to Hula Hoop endurance. For example, a 10-year-old Boston boy named Bobby Travers managed 18,200 turns within a four-hour period, doing so while operating under the hindrance of having a broken arm at the time.

Unfortunately, some grown-ups saw the plastic circle as a royal pain.

One New Jersey school board banned Hula Hoops from the playground after kids returned to class after recess “too wound up.”

Hooping became an overnight British craze, but the British Medical Journal soon reported an increase in neck, back, and upper abdominal pains with prolonged use. Russians scoffed at the toy as a mindless craze and declared it further proof of “the emptiness of American culture.”

Like most instantly popular fads, Hoopmania exploded onto the scene overnight and died off just as quickly.

In November 1958, the Wall Street Journal proclaimed, “Hoops Have Had It.” Ten years later, though, in a reaction to growing nostalgia for the “carefree” days of the 1950s, Wham-O reformulated their nearly forgotten toy with noisy ball bearings that rolled around inside the hoop as it twirled.

Alas, the “Shoop Shoop Hula Hoop” faded fast and proved the Wall Street Journal to be right after all.

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Jim Miller

How to Help an Aging Loved One with a Hoarding Problem

Dear Savvy Senior, My 70-year-old mother has become somewhat of a hoarder. Since my father died a few years ago, her house is so disorganized and messy with stuff that it’s becoming a hazard. What should I do to help her?

– Troubled Son Dear Troubled, Clutter addiction is a problem that affects up to 5% of Americans, many of whom are seniors.

The problems can range anywhere from moderate messiness to hoarding so severe it may be related to a mental health disorder like obsessivecompulsive disorder.

Here’s what you should know, along with some tips and resources that can help your mom.

Why People Hoard The reasons most people hoard is because they have an extreme sentimental attachment to their possessions, or they believe they might need their items at a later date.

Hoarding can also be a sign that an older person is depressed or showing early symptoms of dementia.

Common problems for seniors who live in excessive clutter are tripping, falling, and breaking a bone; overlooking bills and missing medications that are hidden in the clutter; and suffering from the

environmental effects of mold, mildew, and dust, and even living among insects and rodents.

What to Do To get a handle on your mom’s problem, the Institute for Challenging Disorganization offers a free “Clutter Hoarding Scale” that you can download off their website (www. challengingdisorganization.org). They can also be reached at (800) 674-7818.

If you find that your mom has a moderate cluttering problem, there are a number of things you can do to help.

Start by having a talk with her, respectfully expressing your concern for her health and safety, and offering your assistance to help her declutter.

If she takes you up on it, most professional organizers recommend decluttering in small steps. Take one room at a time or even a portion of a room at a time. This will help prevent your mom from getting overwhelmed.

Before you start, designate three piles or boxes for your mom’s stuff: one pile is for items she wants to keep

and put away, another is the donate pile, and the last is the throwaway pile.

You and your mom will need to determine which pile her things belong in as you work. If your mom struggles with sentimental items that she doesn’t use, like her husband’s old tools or her mother’s china, for example, suggest she keep only one item for memory’s sake and donate the rest to family members who will use them.

You will also need to help her set up a system for organizing the kept items and new possessions.

Find Help If you need some help with the decluttering and organizing, consider hiring a professional organizer who can come to your mom’s home to help you prioritize, organize, and remove the clutter.

The nonprofit group National Association of Productivity and Organizing Professionals has a directory on their website (www.napo.

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net) to help you locate a professional in your area. Their phone number is (856) 380-6828.

If your mom has a bigger, more serious hoarding problem — if her daily functioning is impaired or if she is having financial difficulties, health problems, or other issues because of her hoarding — you’ll need to seek professional help.

Antidepressants and/or talk therapy can help address control issues, anxiety, depression, and other feelings that may underline hoarding tendencies and make it easier for her to confront her disorder.

To learn more and find professional help, contact the International OCD Foundation at (617) 973-5801; they provide a hoarding center on their website (www.hoarding.iocdf.org) that offers information, resources, treatments, self-help groups, and more.

Also see Hoarding Cleanup (www. hoardingcleanup.com, (800) 4627337), a site that has a national database of qualified resources, including cleaning companies and therapists that can help.

Send your senior questions to: Savvy Senior, P.O. Box 5443, Norman, OK 73070, or visit SavvySenior.org. Jim Miller is a contributor to the NBC Today show and author of The Savvy Senior book.

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The Beauty in Nature

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Several kinds of mammals adapted to Pennsylvania farmland, giving each species more area to live and reproduce in, which increases their numbers.

Farmland is a tough, human-made habitat to inhabit, however, because it is constantly being cultivated to harvest crops.

But streams, roadside shoulders, woodland edges, and hedgerows break up croplands, giving adaptable mammals places to live and raise young, relatively undisturbed by farming activities.

Raccoons, muskrats, and mink live along the overgrown borders of waterways and ponds in farmland.

Raccoons use sensitive fingers to feel crayfish under submerged stones.

Those masked creatures also ingest frogs, mice, birds’ eggs, berries, and other edibles in thickets along waterways. And female raccoons give birth to about four young in tree hollows and holes in the ground each spring.

Muskrats resemble large field mice, with laterally flat swimming tails. These rodents dig holes in streambanks at the usual water level and slant them up to a living chamber at the grassroots level, where they also raise young.

Or they chew off grass and cattails around ponds, stack them in the water, and live in that pile of vegetation.

Muskrats also eat cattail roots and grass the year around.

Mink, which belong to the weasel family, live along water, where they prey on mice, frogs, crayfish, muskrats, and other land and aquatic critters. Some female mink move into the burrows of the muskrats they ate. There, each mink raises four or five babies.

I’ve seen two broods of mink in my lifetime. One was down a woodchuck burrow, where their busy mother took white-footed mice every 15 minutes for their meals. And I saw a mother mink ferry five babies, one at a time, across the Conestoga River, presumably to safer quarters.

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woodchucks live and reproduce in visible burrows they dig in the shoulders of rural roads. The mice and rats eat weed and grass seeds, as well as grain from neighboring fields.

Chucks consume green plants along the roadside.

White-tailed deer, gray squirrels, and little brown bats live along woodland edges and get some food from neighboring fields. I always have to stop and watch deer eating alfalfa, clover, soybean, and corn leaves.

Squirrels enter cornfields to ingest corn kernels, and bats sweep over fields after flying insects.

However, hedgerows between fields are the best refuges for farmland mammals, including some of the abovediscussed ones and opossums, striped skunks, cottontail rabbits, red foxes, and coyotes.

Some mammals inhabit abandoned chuck holes, and all of them get food from the hedgerow and surrounding fields. It’s thrilling to see foxes or coyotes trotting effortlessly across fields in their search for food and/or mates.

Watch for mammals when riding through local farmland. They add more beauty and interest to human-made habitats through the year.

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Walk to End Alzheimer’s Alzheimer’s disease is the sixth-leading cause of death in the United States and the fifth-leading cause of death for individuals age 65 and older. This devastating and debilitating disease is the ultimate thief — of memories, independence, control, time, and, ultimately, life.

And the disease is often dealt with in silence. Those facing the disease feel a stigma surrounding their diagnosis and often don’t seek the support they need.

At the Alzheimer’s Association, we hear from individuals daily that they “feel alone.” Family and friends stop visiting because of “abnormal” behavior — a symptom of the disease — and caregivers become more and more isolated.

We want patients and their families to know that there is hope, and there is help, through the Alzheimer’s Association of Greater Pennsylvania.

September 28, 2019 Overlook Park, Lancaster

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There are more than 5 million Americans currently diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease or a related dementia and more than 15 million caregivers. In Pennsylvania alone, there are more than 400,000 individuals diagnosed.

We are here to provide education and support to the millions who face dementia every day, while advancing critical research toward methods of treatment and prevention, ultimately to end Alzheimer’s disease.

We have offices locally and support groups throughout the region for those facing this disease to meet with others in similar situations.

We also host the Walk to End Alzheimer’s. This is the association’s largest annual awareness and fundraising event, which occurs during the fall. The Walk to End Alzheimer’s is a day of hope, an opportunity — a day we all come together to see that we’re not alone in our fight.

Some walk to honor and remember those they have lost. Some walk to share stories of living with Alzheimer’s or related dementias. Some walk so that future generations won’t have to face the debilitating and devastating effects of the disease. Some walk because they want to help make a difference and bring this disease to the forefront.

The money raised allows our chapter to contribute to research to find a cure.

These funds also help support programs and services that advance accurate and timely diagnosis of people with Alzheimer’s and other dementias.

In addition, money raised ensures significant increases to affordable, highquality care and support for people with the disease and their caretakers.

Help us break the silence and start the conversation. Join us, along with thousands of others in your community, at the Walk to End Alzheimer’s.

Register today at www.alz.org/walk or call our Helpline, available 24 hours, seven days a week, at (800) 272-3900.

Local walks include: Saturday, Sept. 28 Overlook Park, Lancaster Registration at 9 a.m.

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Plus, the York County Area Agency on Aging has again teamed up with local businesses and organizations to host Falls Free York. This special area will be dedicated to fall-prevention education, tools, and local resources.

For your enjoyment, entertainment and demonstrations have been scheduled with something for everybody: guidance on estate and elder law planning, information on nutrition and the brain, causes of and treatments for hearing loss, ways to “amp up” your breakfast, and more.

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Dr. Ochalski and the WellSpan Spine Care team of experts treat acute and chronic conditions related to: • Neck (cervical) • Mid-back (thoracic) • Low-back (lumbar) ... including disc conditions, nerve pain tumors, and muscle, tendon ligament, and joint pain.

According to Dr. Ochalski, “WellSpan Spine Care is unique in that we have a sophisticated triage system of nurse navigators who connect patients with the right provider at the right time for quicker access to care, thus preventing unnecessary visits.”

Your spine deserves the individual attention from highly skilled medical experts to help bring you optimal relief, when you need it most. And you deserve to receive that care without having to travel far from home. That’s the WellSpan Way. Call (717) 812-5400 or (717) 812-6009 to schedule a consultation with one of our spine care experts. Learn more at WellSpan.org/SpineCare

Additional Free Health Screenings

Meet Our Expert Dr. Pawel Ochalski is a neurosurgeon who specializes in spine care and is board certified by the American Board of Neurological Surgery.

Dr. Ochalski obtained his medical degree at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey – Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. He completed a neurological surgery residency at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center before undergoing a fellowship in adult neurosurgical oncology and image-guided neurosurgery at the same location.

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WellSpan Health will offer the following free health screenings in the Health & Wellness Area: CPRS Physical Therapy Booth #168 Balance screening Fox Rehabilitation Booth #101 Fall risk/balance screening GenRx Testing Solutions, LLC Booth #107 Hereditary cancer screening for Medicare beneficiaries Kmart — Booth #172 Flu shots www.50plusExpoPA.com

Miracle-Ear — Booth #112 Hearing screening Senior LIFE York — Booth #159 Blood pressure screening Sweet Home Healthcare Booth #151 Blood pressure screening YTI Career Institute Booths #199—200 Blood pressure screening Respiration rate screening

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Falls Free York Area Aetna Medicare................................................................... 182 Allwell from PA Health & Wellness.....................137 American Senior Benefits Association........................ 131 Appleby Systems Inc......................................................... 162 Basement Waterproofing Specialists.......................... 123 Bath Fitter.............................................................................. 117 Beautiful Reflection by Maggie..................................... 106 Bellomo & Associates, LLC..................................136 Berkshire Hathaway Homesale Realty........................ 167 Better Hearing Aid Center............................................... 161 Capital BlueCross.................................................129 Care 4U Home Care Agency........................................... 118 CBD American Shaman.................................................... 143 CBS21...................................................................................... 148 Central Pennsylvania Cremation Society................... 171 ClearCaptions, LLC............................................................. 154 CPRS Physical Therapy...................................................... 168 Department of Environmental Protection — Radon Division................................................................. 149 Dignity Memorial................................................................ 111 Edward Jones — Luke Austin & Michael Lindsey.... 150 Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of York.... 147 Enterprise Car Sales.................................... 201, 202 Etzweiler Family Funeral Service................................... 127 Fox Rehabilitation.............................................................. 101 Geisinger Gold..................................................................... 175 GenRx Testing Solutions, LLC......................................... 107 www.50plusExpoPA.com

Highmark.............................................................108 Holy Family Radio................................................144 Homeland at Home..............................................130 Homespire Windows & Doors........................................ 103 Hospice & Community Care................................184 J.A. Myers Homes.................................................125 Kitchen Saver....................................................................... 191 Kmart...................................................................................... 172 LeafFilter Gutter Protection............................................ 138 Maryland Vascular Specialists........................................ 126 MediPlan Connect.............................................................. 139 Mid-Atlantic Waterproofing............................................ 165 Miracle-Ear...........................................................112 Misericordia Nursing & Rehabilitation Center....120 Office of Attorney General.............................................. 166 Office of State Fire Commissioner................................ 163 Ophthalmology Associates of York, LLP..................... 173 OSS Health...........................................................160 Patriot Home Care.............................................................. 194 Pennsylvania Lottery / MARC USA............................... 124 Perfectly Posh...................................................................... 196 rabbittransit.......................................................................... 169 Regal Dance Clubs............................................................. 100 Renewal by Andersen....................................................... 135 RetireSafe.............................................................119 Securian Capital of the Chesapeake............................ 121 Senior Commons at Powder Mill.................................. 102

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Falls Free York County Returns to 50plus EXPO

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A Toast to the 10th … An Encore for More!

SCOTTISH RITE THEATRE, HBG. Doors open 12:30 p.m. | Music 2 p.m.

Featuring: BEN GALLAHER, Buffalo Mountain Bluegrass Band, A Unique Guitar Gallery and Beer, Cider & Wine Café

The Falls Free Coalition of York County community partners will again staff a designated area entitled “Falls Free York County” at the York County 50plus EXPO on Sept. 25 at the York Expo Center.

This unique area will emphasize the importance of preventing falls in older adults.

Healthcare providers — nurses, physical therapists, occupational therapists, pharmacists, exercise specialists, educators, and other professionals — will provide the following free screenings and services: • Walker/cane checks • Demonstrations of assistive devices • Fall-risk assessments • Gait/balance testing

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• Exercise demonstrations • Matter of Balance information (fallprevention classes) • Information from Diabetes Coalition

• Depression resources • Brown Bag Medicine Review (bring your medications or a list) • Resources and tips for caregivers • A sk the Physical Therapist • York Walks information The mission of the Falls Free Coalition of York County is to partner with the community to increase fall-prevention awareness for York County adults.

Membership includes the following organizations: Amramp, City of York – Bureau of Health, Cognitive Health Solutions, Drayer Physical Therapy, Encompass Home Health, Martin Foot and Ankle, OSS Health, rabbittransit/3P Ride, Self-Determination Housing Project, SpiriTrust Lutheran, Transitions Healthcare Gettysburg, UPMC, WellSpan Health, York County Area Agency on Aging, and the York County Coroner’s Office.

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Don’t Miss the Great Lineup of Presentations and Entertainment at the EXPO! 9:30 a.m. – Nutrition and the Brain Presented by Barbara Goll, B.S., Community Educator and Nutritionist, Homeland at Home/Homeland Hospice Come learn about nutrition and its effects on the brain, including: the best food sources for a healthy brain; how to reduce your risk for dementia and other chronic conditions with nutrition; and the root of the problem: SAD (standard American diet).

10:15 a.m. – Start Your Day the Fiber Way: Quick and Satisfying Ways to Amp Up Your Breakfast Routine Presented by Kate Numer, RDN, LDN, and Meg Orr, RD, LDN, UPMC Pinnacle Registered dietitians Kate Numer and Meg Orr are here to present the health benefits of fiber and ways to increase fiber intake at breakfast. Start your day feeling full, satisfied, and energized! Come join us and learn some ways to bulk up your breakfast.

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11 a.m. – Hearing Loss: Causes, Symptoms, and Warning Signs Presented by Paula Wildasin, Board-Certified Hearing Instrument Specialist, Miracle-Ear Almost 20% of adults in the U.S. have a hearing loss, which affects nearly all of us in one way or another. Join Paula Wildasin, nationally board certified in hearing instruments sciences, for a presentation on different types of hearing loss, causes, symptoms, early warnings, and what can be done to help someone hear better.

11:45 a.m. – Medicare 101 Presented by Tara Pew, Capital BlueCross Do you find Medicare confusing? Unsure of how the program works? Attend this free seminar and learn the basics: what the differences are between Medicare Advantage and Medicare Supplemental plans, when you should initiate the process of applying for Medicare Part B, how to avoid late enrollment penalties, and more.

12:30 p.m. – Issues Facing Washington and Older Americans Presented by Mark Gibbons, President/CEO, RetireSafe Join us for a spirited, interactive discussion exploring different perspectives on the problems and possible solutions facing Washington and older Americans. The discussion will include the impact of the many changes to healthcare, including drug importation, a yearly cap on Part D out-of-pocket costs, Medicare for All, vaccines, and more.

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Many Great Prizes to be Given Away During the 50plus EXPO

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10 a.m. – State-of-the-Art Spine Care Presented by Dr. Pawel Ochalski, WellSpan Neurosurgery, and Dee Carbaugh, Spine Care Program Director Do you have back or neck problems? WellSpan Health’s comprehensive spine care program uses the latest technology and expertise to get you on the road to recovery as soon as possible — guiding you all the way.

11 a.m. – Diabetic Foot Care and Management Presented by Dr. Brian M. Elias, WellSpan Orthopedics WellSpan Health’s podiatrist will provide information on the evaluation and management of the diabetic foot. Learn tips on self-management and care regarding your diabetic feet, including things to watch for and when to seek professional advice.

Room 2 10 a.m. – What Everyone Over the Age of 50 Should Know about Estate Planning and Elder Law Presented by Jeffrey R. Bellomo, Certified Elder Law Attorney, Bellomo & Associates What does estate planning have to do with long-term living? What is the importance and need of legal documents including wills, trusts, durable powers of attorney, and advanced directives? How can I protect my family, and what I have worked so hard for, if my spouse or my health fails?

Get answers to these questions and others at this informative seminar.

Noon – What’s New in Robotic-Assisted Knee Replacement Surgery?

Presented by Dr. Corey Caruthers, OSS Health Come hear Dr. Corey Caruthers of OSS Health speak about the latest advancements in robotic-assisted knee replacement surgery. Technology is changing the way joint replacement surgeries are being performed. Dr. Caruthers can answer your questions about the process, the recovery time, and more.

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Your chance of taking home a great prize from the 50plus EXPO is HUGE! These are just a sampling of the many door prizes provided by our exhibitors.

The EXPO thanks the following companies for their generous contributions: Aetna Medicare CVS gift card ($20 value) Allwell from PA Health & Wellness Blanket ($30 value) Bellomo & Associates, LLC Base will package: will, POA, and living will for individual ($650 value) Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of York Mums basket ($15 value) GenRx Testing Solutions, LLC Bed and bath spa kit ($25 value)

Misericordia Nursing & Rehabilitation Center Giant gift card ($25 value) Patriot Home Care Gift basket of promotional goodies and $50 gift card ($50 value) Perfectly Posh Honey Honey healing body crème ($19 value) Senior LIFE York Fall theme basket ($50 value) Sonnewald Natural Foods Gift certificate ($25 value)

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Recognizing the Warning Signs for Suicide Can Help Prevent It

By Barry Sparks

• Do not leave the person alone. If possible, ask for help from friends or other family members.

Many people would say Randy Saunders never had a chance.

• A sk the person to give you any weapons he He was born in a poverty-stricken area of or she might have. Take away sharp objects Trenton, New Jersey. He describes his parents and or anything else the person could use to hurt relatives as “alcoholics and criminals.” His father themselves. spent time in and out of prison while his mother hung out in bars.

• Try to keep the person as calm as possible.

Saunders, his three brothers, and a sister had to fend for themselves.

• Call 911 or take the person to an emergency “I had to steal food from the grocery store so department. we could eat,” he says. “To complicate matters, my siblings and I were verbally, sexually, and Saunders was diagnosed with a mental physically abused.” illness after his third suicide attempt. He In his early teens, Saunders’ mother moved stopped drinking, started to see a psychiatrist, to Hamburg, Pennsylvania, with her boyfriend, and got involved with the American leaving him and his brother with relatives in Foundation for Suicide Prevention.

Trenton. They ended up taking to the streets, Things were going along well until he got drinking and taking drugs. into trouble with the law in 2013.

At age 16, Saunders quit school to join the “My life changed on Dec. 12, 2013,” he military to escape his environment. Shortly September is Suicide Prevention says.

“That’s when I graduated from the afterward, he got married and was assigned Awareness Month Dauphin County Veterans’ Treatment Court, overseas. At age 19, he was admitted to a naval and I started to take responsibility for my hospital for alcohol detoxification. actions.”

When he was discharged in 1974, he discovered The Veterans’ Treatment Court is a his wife had been unfaithful to him. His first specialized criminal court for veterans with suicide attempt followed. substance dependency and/or mental illness who have been charged with “I felt betrayed,” he says. “My life was crap. It was filled with too much criminal offenses. The court substitutes a treatment program for traditional alcohol and drugs.”

According to the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, suicide most court processing.

After graduating from veterans’ treatment court, Saunders became a peer often occurs when stressors and health issues converge to create an experience support specialist, helping other veterans. As an AFSP board member, he of hopelessness and despair. participates in a number of community activities and educational events.

Depression is the most common condition associated with suicide, and it’s “Advocating for suicide prevention and increasing awareness of mental illness often undiagnosed or untreated. Conditions such as depression, anxiety, and are two things that help keep me alive,” he says. substance problems, especially when unaddressed, increase the risk for suicide.

One of the lessons Saunders has learned over the years is that it’s important In 2017, more than 47,000 Americans died by suicide. White males to ask for help, whether you’re experiencing suicidal thoughts or struggling accounted for nearly 70% of the suicide deaths. with a mental illness.

For years, Saunders led what he termed an “OK” life. But he never As a kid, he says he was afraid to ask for help. When he was in the military, conquered his battle with alcoholism. he didn’t want anyone to think he had a problem.

He invested in a number of real estate properties, but because of his “A lot of people won’t ask for help,” he says. “That’s why we need to look drinking, he says he ignored the properties and had to file for bankruptcy in for signs. Suicide is preventable. If someone had asked me as a kid how I was 2002. His second suicide attempt followed. feeling, I might have talked about my problems. But, I didn’t have anyone who In 2009, he attempted suicide again. cared.

According to the Cleveland Clinic, the best way to prevent suicide is to “Asking for help is hard, but it’s important,” he continues. “You have to be know the risk factors, be alert to the signs of depression and other mental willing to accept you have a problem, and you can’t fix it.” disorders, recognize the warning signs for suicide, and intervene before the It’s been a long, rocky road for Saunders, but he’s optimistic about the person can complete the process of self-destruction. future.

If someone you know is exhibiting warning signs for suicide, don’t be afraid “I’m on a new journey — one of hope and happiness — and I have a strong to ask if he or she is depressed or thinking about suicide. desire to stay alive,” he says.

In some cases, the person just needs to know that someone cares. If asked, For more information, visit the AFSP at https://afsp.org or call (888) 333they may talk about their feelings. Encouraging them to seek professional help AFSP. is important.

If you are in crisis, call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at (800) If someone you know is talking about committing suicide, take the 273-TALK (8255) or contact the Crisis Text Line by texting TALK to 741741. following steps: www.50plusLifePA.com

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Financial Focus

Steven Brettler

Achieving Financial Well-Being after the Loss of a Spouse

Losing a spouse is a traumatic event. It drains your emotions and makes it hard to focus on simple daily tasks, let alone financial matters.

Unfortunately, financial obligations don’t stop for grief; there are bills to be paid and decisions to be made.

Taking an active role in understanding the key financial issues you could face before they happen can help you implement a plan that will bring more confidence and clarity to your life.

Consider committing to a oneyear “decision-free zone” where you avoid making any major, irrevocable decisions that involve large investments, gifts to family members or charities, and your home.

Instead, focus on paying the bills and running your household as you usually do. If you receive a large sum of money from an insurance policy, deposit it in the bank. This will give you the time you need to adjust to your new life and make more objective financial decisions.

Your Journey to Financial Well-Being The loss of a spouse can be financially derailing. This is especially true if the family’s financial obligations are managed by just one partner.

Suddenly, you could be met with an unfamiliar set of worries: Do I have enough income to maintain my lifestyle? Will I be able to stay in my house or will I need to sell it?

What do I do about my spouse’s retirement account? Can I collect on my spouse’s Social Security benefits?

These questions can be overwhelming and confusing. Rather than tackling them all at once, these important steps can help you begin your journey to financial well-being: Before: Gather information about all your financial documents.

Talk to your spouse about where the passwords and account numbers are; whom to contact at various banks; and where the will and other important documents are kept.

These may include bank and brokerage statements, retirement statements, credit card statements, loan information, property titles, business agreements, tax returns, and life insurance policies.

After: Prioritize your financial obligations.

If you have any joint accounts, begin retitling them, but consider keeping a joint checking account open for at least one year in the event you receive checks made payable to your spouse.

As bills come in, pay the most important obligations first. These typically include mortgage and car payments, taxes, utilities, and insurance premiums.

If you’re not sure how much cash you have available, consider making minimum payments on credit cards until you have a budget in place.

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Create a Plan and Stick to It Determine your spending needs by tracking your household income and expenses for a few months. This will help you understand how much you will need to achieve your definition of financial security.

In the event of losing a spouse, regaining your financial balance isn’t easy, but you don’t have to do it alone.

It may be a good idea to surround yourself with a support team you can trust. An experienced team of advisers, including an accountant, estate attorney, and financial advisers, can help you make informed decisions and provide critical support when you need it most.

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

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York County

Calendar of Events

Community Programs/Support Groups Free and open to the public

Senior Center Activities

Sundays, 6:15 p.m.

Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous Luther Memorial Lutheran Church 1907 Hollywood Drive, York (781) 932-6300 www.foodaddicts.org

Sept. 14, 9 a.m.

Environmental Update: Where We Are and Where We Are Going Second Saturday Speakers Forum Breakfast First Presbyterian Church of York – Christine Thomas Hall 225 E. Market St., York (717) 843-8041 office@fpcyork.org

Crispus Attucks Active Living Center (717) 848-3610, www.crispusattucks.org

Sept. 17, 7-8 p.m.

Alzheimer’s Support Group Providence Place 3377 Fox Run Road, Dover (717) 767-4500

Eastern Area Senior Center, Inc. – (717) 252-1641

Sept. 5, 7 p.m.

Surviving Spouse Socials of York County Faith United Church of Christ 509 Pacific Ave., York (717) 266-2784 Sept. 6, 10:30 a.m.

Partners in Thyme Herb Club of Southern York County Glenview Alliance Church 10037 Susquehanna Trail, Glen Rock (717) 428-2210

Sept. 25, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

York County 50plus EXPO York Expo Center – Memorial Hall East 334 Carlisle Ave., York (717) 285-1350 www.50plusexpopa.com

Delta Area Senior Center, Inc. – (717) 456-5753 Dillsburg Senior Activity Center – (717) 432-2216

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

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Heritage Senior Center, Inc. – (717) 292-7471 www.heritagesrcenter.org

Sept. 21, 10:30-11:30 a.m. – Stream Study in the Old Mill Stream, Wallace-Cross Mill Sept. 21, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. – Miller’s Heritage Day Open House, Wallace-Cross Mill

Northeastern Senior Community Center (717) 266-1400, www.mtwolf.org/SeniorCenter

Library Programs Arthur Hufnagel Public Library of Glen Rock, 32 Main St., Glen Rock, (717) 235-1127

Kreutz Creek Valley Library Center, 66 Walnut Springs Road, Hellam, (717) 252-4080

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

Martin Library, 159 E. Market St., York, (717) 846-5300 Sept. 4, 5:30-6:30 p.m. – How Money Works Sept. 6, 13, 20, 27, 10:30-11:30 a.m. – Get that Job! Sept. 26, 3-4 p.m. – Living Library: Lola Hahn

Dillsburg Area Public Library, 17 S. Baltimore St., Dillsburg, (717) 432-5613 Sept. 18, 6:30-7:30 p.m. – Five Years of the Hanover Eagles Dover Area Community Library, 3700-3 Davidsburg Road, Dover, (717) 292-6814 Sept. 4, 11, 18, 25, 6-7 p.m. – Knitting Group

Mason-Dixon Public Library, 250 Bailey Drive, Stewartstown, (717) 993-2404 Sept. 5, 6-7:30 p.m. – Coin Club Sept. 5, 7-8 p.m. – Book Discussion Sept. 6, 5:30-9 p.m. – Designer Bag Bingo

Glatfelter Memorial Library, 101 Glenview Road, Spring Grove, (717) 225-3220 Sept. 6, 16, 23, 30, 6-7 p.m. – Knitting Group Sept. 26, 6:30-8 p.m. – Book Discussion: The Stars are Fire

Paul Smith Library of Southern York County, 80 Constitution Ave., Shrewsbury, (717) 235-4313 Sept. 2 1, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.; Sept. 22, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

– Used Book Drive Sept. 28, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. – Big Book Sale

Guthrie Memorial Library, 2 Library Place, Hanover, (717) 632-5183 Sept. 9, 6-8 p.m. – Prelude to the Holocaust Sept. 24, 6-8 p.m. – Trivia Night Sept. 24, 7-8 p.m. – Community Conversation

Red Land Community Library, 48 Robin Hood Drive, Etters, (717) 938-5599 Sept. 7, 13, 14, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. – Book Sale Sept. 10, 1-8 p.m. – Book Sale Sept. 21, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. – Fall Flea Market

Kaltreider-Benfer Library, 147 S. Charles St., Red Lion, (717) 244-2032 Sept. 9, 4-7 p.m.; Sept. 28, 9 a.m. to noo n – Book Nook Open Sept. 25, 7-8 p.m. – Community Conversation Sept. 26, 6:30-7:30 p.m. – Green Thumb Garden Club Lecture Series

Village Library, 35-C N. Main St., Jacobus, (717) 428-1034 Sept. 5, 12, 19, 26, 5-8 p.m. – Village Knitters Sept. 19, 7:30-8:30 p.m. – Rowdy Readers

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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 Tuesdays, 9 a.m. – Balance and Core Exercise Wednesdays, 9:15 a.m. – Ceramics Thursdays, 9:15 a.m. – Bunco 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 Sept. 17, 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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By Andrea Gross

Sept. 12, 2019 9 a.m. – 2 p.m.

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Veterans (of all ages), the military community, and their families are invited to join us!

The Expo brings federal, state, and local agencies together with area businesses to provide information and resources to veterans and their families.

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Hello and Bonjour in New Brunswick

Two rows of young men are standing before me, poised at crisp attention and perspiring heavily.

The perspiration is understandable because despite the 90-degree heat, the men are formally outfitted in white helmets and heavy red coats with high black collars. About 100 people are staring at us.

I’ve been selected The Changing of the Guards is a ceremonial from among the throwback to the 1800s when British Loyalists onlookers to “inspect the ruled Fredericton. guards,” a ceremonial throwback to the 1800s when the British were settling North America.

At that time, Fredericton, now the capital of the Canadian province of New Brunswick (www. tourismnewbrunswick. ca), was a refuge for U.S. Loyalists who remained true to the crown while many of their brethren championed an independent United Kings Landing was constructed using old States. buildings that belonged to original settlers.

The head cadet and I walk down the aisles, checking the troops. surrounding counties have more Their boots — polished. Their pants craftspeople per capita than any other — pressed. Their jackets — neatly place in Canada. belted.

During the summer, free concerts “Satisfactory,” I say. are performed on the old military He nods and leads his men through parade ground, and people can enjoy a high-stepping series of formations.

50 miles of well-maintained walking Then they strut off the green to the trails that follow the banks of the St. delight of the many tourists.

John River.

Fredericton is awash with free and But for us the biggest attraction is low-cost tourist-pleasing activities. In Kings Landing, a recreated Loyalist addition to the changing of the guards, village. There are no power lines and the Historic Garrison District is filled no motor vehicles. Instead we find with museums and old government wagons with wooden wheels, women buildings and surrounded by trendy with hooped skirts, and men with hoes restaurants and craft shops. and fiddles.

In fact, Fredericton and the two As we wander through the 70www.50plusLifePA.com

plus buildings that once belonged to settlers from the surrounding area, we speak with articulate and knowledgeable costumed interpreters: a woman who is quilting, a lad who is tending his horse, a man who is working at the sawmill.

They tell us stories about the former owners of the various homes Village Historique Acadien shows how the Acadians and workplaces. lived from the mid-1700s through the mid-1900s.

Two hundred miles to the north, life was very different. The French were also lured by the agriculturally rich area, and by the mid-1600s they had established communities in the region they called Acadia.

In 1755, after years of increasingly hostile skirmishes between the two European powers, the British ordered the Acadians to pledge allegiance to the crown.

The Acadians refused, and the British ordered In the Acadian parts of the province, the French them deported. word arrêt precedes the English word stop.

Thousands lost their lives as they were herded onto small boats and forced out to sea. Others fled to the American colonies or other parts of Canada, hiding until it was safe to return to the rural areas of New Brunswick. There they eked out a living in British-controlled territory.

Today New Brunswick is the only Canadian province that is officially bilingual. People who live in the central and western parts of the province trace their heritage to England, while those in the north and east are fiercely French in their customs and language.

As we proceed up the coast toward the Village Historique Acadien, which is the French counterpart to Kings Landing, the Acadian flag seems to be everywhere. It’s painted on the fronts of buildings, flies on poles in the yards of private homes, and hangs from ropes strung in front of gas stations.

By the time we reach Caraquet, even the stop signs have changed to reflect the predominant population. Whereas in Fredericton the English word stop is above the French arrêt, in this part of New Brunswick, the arrêt precedes the stop.

To visit the Village Historique Acadien is to time travel through Acadian life from after the Deportation (Le Grand Dérangement) in the mid-1700s up to the mid-1900s.

As we did in Kings Landing, we make our way through the village — stopping at homes, sipping beer at the tavern, watching fish processing at the hatchery — while interpreters help us understand daily life in French Canada.

It’s easy to see that life in Acadia was difficult.

“Acadians started the day with the sun and ended with the sun,” says one woman, as she adjusts her apron and adds some vegetables to the stew that’s cooking over the fire. “They had to work hard, but c’est la vie.” www.50plusLifePA.com

As is true on most of our trips, the more we learn, the more we want to know.

But now we have to say farewell to New Brunswick — in two languages, of course.

Au revoir and goodbye.

Photos ©Irv Green unless otherwise noted; story by Andrea Gross (andreagross. com). www.traveltizers.com Spinning is one of the crafts depicted at Village Historique Acadien.

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The blueberry-size pill contains a tiny needle filled with compressed, freeze-dried insulin. The needle itself is made of a biodegradable substance and is attached to a compressed spring held in place by a disk of sugar.

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Remember What Labor Day is All About As you fire up your grill one last time for the summer, remember that Labor Day is about more than barbecuing.

This yearly celebration of the American worker is a tribute to labor’s contribution to the economic and social well-being of the United States.

Labor Day originated in an age of 12-hour workdays, seven-day-a-week schedules, child labor, and terrible working conditions. Its origins aren’t clear.

Some say that Labor Day originated in 1882 with Peter J. McGuire, a co-founder of the American Federation of Labor.

Others claim that a machinist named Matthew Maguire

proposed the celebration while serving as secretary of the Central Labor Union in New York.

However, there’s little dispute that the first Labor Day parade was held on Sept. 5, 1882, when 10,000 workers in New York City marched from City Hall to Union Square.

The Central Labor Union selected the first Monday of September as its annual holiday in 1884.

The first state to recognize Labor Day officially was Oregon, in 1887. By 1894, 23 more states had followed suit, and in that same year Congress passed an act making the first Monday in September a legal holiday throughout the country.

New Law Will Help People Stay on Track with Medications Recognizing the challenges some patients face in staying on track with their medications, the Pennsylvania General Assembly has adopted a new state law to make it a little easier.

Act 46 of 2019 will allow consumers to synchronize the refilling of their prescriptions, meaning they can pick up all of their medications on one day rather than having to make multiple trips to the pharmacy.

This will be especially helpful for senior citizens, busy families, and others who have limited transportation options.

In addition to patient convenience, this legislation seeks to reduce poor healthcare outcomes that result from decreased medication adherence. For this reason, Medicaid Part D already allows for medication synchronization.

A study by Harvard Medical School found that when medications were not synchronized, patients had adherence rates that were 8.4% lower than patients for which medications were synchronized.

To facilitate medication synchronization, the law will enable consumers to synchronize their prescription refills and bar insurance companies from denying coverage for a partial fill of a script.

The legislation will also ensure the pharmacy receives a full dispensing fee from the transaction; a pharmacy’s overhead cost of dispensing a partial script is the same as dispensing the full quantity.

Thirty-five other states have enacted or introduced similar legislation; the law takes effect in Pennsylvania next summer.

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Tinseltown Talks

Newhart Turns 90 Nick Thomas

Known for his gentle satire, basset-hound eyes, and witty routines, former Chicago accountant-turned-comedian Bob Newhart turns 90 this month (Sept. 5). This year is also the 60th anniversary of Newhart’s show business career — he signed with Warner Bros. Records in 1959.

Newhart said he suspected that he lacked the temperament to remain in the accounting profession back in the mid-1950s when his attitude toward taxation arithmetic could be summed up in three words: “That’s close enough!”

So he and a friend began writing humorous routines based on telephone conversations; they sold the routines to radio stations.

“I eventually dropped the partner but kept the telephone in the act,” he said.

Those one-sided phone conversations have remained throughout his radio, recording, television, and stand-up career. They are as much his trademark as the straight-faced delivery and slightly forced stammer. Why keep the stammer all through his career?

“I got my home in Beverly Hills because of that stammer, so I’m not about to drop it now!” he explained.

Newhart stormed onto the comedy scene in the 1960s when The ButtonDown Mind of Bob Newhart became the first comedy record to win a Grammy for Album of the Year, with its now-classic routines such as “Abe Lincoln vs.

Madison Avenue.”

He wrote the routine in Chicago when Bill Daily (1927-2018) asked the unknown local comedian to come up with a piece about press agents.

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Remembered for his sidekick role in the ’60s sitcom I Dream of Jeannie, Daily went on to co-star with Newhart and actress Suzanne Pleshette a decade later for five seasons of The Bob Newhart Show, making famous his trademark greeting, “Hi Bob!” Comedian Elayne Boosler first met Newhart after a Photo courtesy bobnewhartofficial.com show in Las Vegas in the late CBS publicity still of ’90s. At a time when in-yourThe Bob Newhart Show cast. face, crude comedy is now everywhere, it’s tempting to suggest Newhart’s gentler style of humor is obsolete.

But Boosler doesn’t think so.

“That would be like saying Mozart is outdated,” she said. “Classics survive.

When something has a solid foundation and is so unique and perfect, I don’t think it can ever be outdated. And when you’re the best at something, it just doesn’t go out of style.”

Bob Newhart makes no apologies for his clean humor, although he said he can Photo courtesy bobnewhartofficial.com still appreciate more bawdy CBS publicity still of the cast of Newhart. comedians such as the late Richard Pryor.

“I even know most of the words he used!” he said. “It’s just my choice to work the way I do.”

The list of professional comedians who count themselves as Newhart fans is a long one and includes Carol Burnett, Don Rickles (1926-2017), and Dom DeLuise (1933-2009).

Don Rickles was a longtime friend, and Newhart delighted in recounting his first encounter with Rickles in the late 1960s in Las Vegas. The two comedians and their wives met in a cafeteria, and Rickles, the perfect gentleman, invited Bob and wife Ginnie to his show.

“Don steps out on stage and the first thing out of his mouth is, ‘The stammering idiot from Chicago is in the audience today, along with his hooker wife from New Jersey,’” Newhart told me.

But the two families became fast friends and would eventually travel the world together on vacations.

“People would ask me how I could go on vacation with Rickles,” Newhart said. “Well, it’s like elevator music in the background: You just don’t hear it.

But we always had fun together — everyone should have a friend like that.”

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watched the final 1990 episode of Newhart, Bob’s second TV series, set in a Vermont inn.

“Bob woke up from a dream on the set of the original Bob Newhart Show with his wife Suzanne Pleshette in bed next to him,” recalled DeLuise. “The entire second series had been a dream!

That was just brilliant.”

“The whole idea for the ending was Ginnie’s,” noted Newhart, who passed it on to the writers to create the show’s finale. The episode remains a moment cherished in television history — the type of comic twist that the buttondown mind of Bob Newhart has always relished.

When trying to sum up the comedy genius of Newhart, the words of the late comedian Ed Wynn come to mind: “A comic says funny things; a comedian says things funny.”

Clearly, Bob Newhart is a master of both. Happy birthday, Bob!

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