York County 50plus Senior News December 2015

York County Edition

December 2015

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Celebrating an Emerald Anniversary 50plus Senior News, On-Line Publishers Commemorate 20 Years

By Megan Joyce Back in 1995, we were abuzz with the burgeoning online world. The Internet as we would come to know it was beginning to take form; the concept that information could be disseminated and shared immediately on a widespread scale was utterly fascinating and revolutionary.

That same year, from her home in Central Pennsylvania, Donna Anderson was working on the premiere issue of her local, monthly newspaper for people over age 50.

She needed to choose a name for the nascent corporate entity behind the paper and wisely chose to capitalize on the forwardthinking, information-sharing imagery that the World Wide

Web had pushed into public consciousness.

And although the newspaper was very much a print publication at the time, it shared a basic mission with Internet use: the spread of information.

Thus, On-Line Publishers was born; and, with it, 50plus Senior News, then called simply Senior News. “Having served as a volunteer at the Office of Aging for a number of years, I became aware that older people in our community needed access to information that was relevant to them at this time of their lives,�

Anderson said.

The first issue of Senior News became available in Back row, from left, Brantley Lefever, Amy Kieffer, Eileen Culp, Ranee Shaub Miller, Angie Jacoby, Kimberly Shaffer, December 1995. Though Megan Joyce, Janys Cuffe, and Stan Anderson. Front row, from left, Renee McWilliams, Loren Gochnauer, Donna Anderson, Christianne Rupp, Elizabeth Duvall, Lauren McNallen, and Mariah Hammacher.

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Happy Holidays!

As On-Line Publishers, Inc., sees the conclusion of its 20th anniversary year, we are grateful to our dedicated staff, loyal readers, and supportive advertisers who have all enabled us to continue to grow in our mission to serve the mind, heart, and spirit of the 50+ community.

We wish to thank each of you for helping to make 50plus Senior News a fun, interesting, and unique source of information and entertainment for our readers in Central Pennsylvania.

At this special time of giving thanks and reminiscing, the staff of On-Line Publishers wishes you, our friends, warmest holiday wishes.

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Such is Life

The Loves of Bob’s Life Saralee Perel

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t was three in the morning when I was startled awake. I don’t know who was screaming louder—my husband, Bob, or my little black cat, Jordy.

Jordy, whose back leg had to be amputated after we adopted him, was caught on a hanger in the closet; he was upside down, hanging from his one back leg and crying in agony.

Bob and I couldn’t untangle him. Jordy was panicking. He was ripping the skin from Bob’s arms. Blood was streaming.

When Jordy was finally released from the hanger, his nails were so imbedded in Bob’s skin that we couldn’t detach

two days. If the swelling him. Bob was writhing in pain as I unhooked Jordy’s didn’t get better, Bob would be hospitalized. nails—one by one—out of Bob’s skin.

Jordy, who is only 2 years Amazingly, Jordy was old, is frail. He tries so hard to do what our other cats OK. But Bob wasn’t. I tried cleaning him up with do—climb where they climb, run as fast as they run—but blood-soaked towels.

At the doctor’s, Bob’s often fails, leaving him hands were swollen three unhappy and alone—and out of the pack. times their size. The doctor put him on high-strength We have his brother, Ike, Jordy antibiotics. He instructed as well. We’ve gotten many Bob to raise his hands above pets from the SPCA. Ike’s his heart for 20 minutes every hour for missing one back foot. He is Jordy’s safe

harbor—his best friend and protector.

They’re inseparable. I can’t imagine what one would do without the other.

In bed, Jordy sleeps in the crook of Bob’s knee or nestled in his arms.

Ike is always nearby. No matter how uncomfortable Bob may be, his rule is: You never move the cat.

Any time we come home, Jordy stumbles to Bob. Yet the other cats get there first, leaving him behind. But Ike stays back—at Jordy’s side. It’s as if he is saying, like Ruth to Naomi, “Where you please see LOVES page 7

Resource Directory This Resource Directory recognizes advertisers who have made an extended commitment to your health and well-being.

Active Adult Communities Roth’s Farm Village Roth’s Church Road, Spring Grove (717) 633-7300 Animal Hospitals Community Animal Hospital Donald A. Sloat, D.V.M. 400 S. Pine St., York (717) 845-5669 Automobile Sales/Service Gordon’s Body Shop, Inc. 10 Mill St., Stewartstown (717) 993-2263 Coins & Currency Steinmetz Coins & Currency 2861 E. Prospect Road, York (717) 757-6980 Dental Services Advanced Dentures and Dental 1720 S. Queen St., York (717) 843-6800 Energy Assistance Low-Income Energy Assistance (717) 787-8750 www.50plusSeniorNewsPA.com

Entertainment Dutch Apple Dinner Theatre 510 Centerville Road, Lancaster (717) 898-1900 Funeral Services/Monuments The Tompkins Agency (717) 968-8908 Gifts Edible Arrangements 2300 E. Market St., York (717) 755-8200 Health & Medical Services Alzheimer’s Association (717) 651-5020 Alzheimer’s Information Clearinghouse (800) 367-5115 American Diabetes Association (800) 342-2383 CONTACT Helpline (717) 652-4400 The National Kidney Foundation (800) 697-7007 or (717) 757-0604 Social Security Information (800) 772-1213

Healthcare Information

Nursing/Rehab

PA HealthCare Cost Containment (717) 232-6787

Pleasant Acres Nursing and Rehabilitation 118 Pleasant Acres Road, York (717) 840-7412

Hearing Services Pennsylvania Office for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (800) 233-3008 V/TTY

Pharmacies CVS/pharmacy www.cvs.com

Home Care Services

Services

Visiting Angels Living Assistance Services Hanover: (717) 630-0067 Lancaster: (717) 393-3450 York: (717) 751-2488 Housing Assistance Housing Authority of York (717) 845-2601

Veterans Services Lebanon VA Medical Center 1700 S. Lincoln Ave., Lebanon (717) 228-6000 or (800) 409-8771 Volunteer Opportunities

Property Tax/Rent Rebate (888) 728-2937

RSVP of the Capital Region, Inc. (717) 847-1539

Insurance – Long-Term Care Apprise Insurance Counseling (717) 771-9610 or (800) 632-9073 Medical Equipment & Supplies Medical Supply (800) 777-6647

York County Area Agency on Aging (800) 632-9073

RSVP Lancaster County (717) 454-8647 RSVP Lebanon County (717) 454-8647 RSVP York County (443) 619-3842 Not an all-inclusive list of advertisers in your area.

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Art & Antiques by Dr. Lori

Collecting Advent Calendars

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Lori Verderame

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rom the Latin term adventus, Advent means “the arrival.” For centuries, Advent has been a time of spiritual reflection for Christians in anticipation of the birth of Jesus Christ.

It is believed that the period of Advent has been observed since about the 4th century AD. In the early days of observing Advent, the timeframe lasted from the feast day of St. Martin, held on Nov. 11, until Christmas Day on Dec. 25.

Similar to the springtime season of Lent, Advent once included a sixweek-long fast for believers; however, that has since been discontinued. By the sixth century, Advent no longer included a fasting ritual like Lent, and the Advent season was reduced from six weeks to only four weeks in length.

Today, the season of Advent remains a time of devotional prayer and anticipation of the Christmas holiday.

Like many holiday collectibles, objects relating to Advent, such as Advent wreaths and Advent candles, mark the days leading up to Christmas.

Advent wreaths, a circle of evergreens symbolizing eternal life, are widely used. The four red candles represent the four Sundays of the Advent period, and a fifth, white candle in the wreath’s center is called the Christ candle. The Christ candle is the last one to be lit, and it is lit only on Christmas Day. Quite possibly the most recognized of the season’s traditions is the use of the popular Advent calendar. For many collectors, the chronological countdown to Christmas Day comes in the form of an antique or vintagepaper, lithographed, felt, paintingon-canvas, or mixed-media Advent calendar.

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The Advent calendar is particularly popular with children, many of whom spend the greater part of the month of December patiently awaiting the arrival of Santa Claus and counting down the days by opening doors of an Advent calendar in order.

According to legend, the first known Advent calendar was handmade in 1851. By the 1880s,

Freestanding Advent calendar house.

the Germanic tradition of the Advent calendar began to spread across Europe to North America.

Typically made of printed images on paper or cardboard, Advent calendars boast 24 small, numbered doors to be opened daily in anticipation of Christmas. Snowcovered houses, holiday scenes, and winter wonderlands were common imagery used as the backdrop for the 24 miniature doors.

Each Advent calendar door is opened to reveal a holiday image, a Bible passage, a piece of candy, or a small gift starting on Dec. 1 and continuing until Christmas Eve; that is, Dec. 24.

The “father” of the modern Advent calendar was a German printer named Gerhard Lang. While working from his Munich, Germany, printing office, Lang produced small, colorful, religious images on paper and cardboard. Each image corresponded to one day in the month of December up to Dec. 24.

Circa 1908, Lang produced the first Advent calendar with cardboard doors that opened to reveal the image inside. Throughout much of the early 20th century, Advent calendars were exchanged as gifts around the Thanksgiving holiday in anticipation of Christmas.

When it comes to the value of Advent calendars, the characteristics you should look for are good condition (no rips, tears, or stains), intricate patterns or images of a winter scene or holiday events in bright colors, and famous printmakers like Lang, Sankt Johannis, etc.

Today, Advent calendars have evolved from lithograph printed images on cardboard to freestanding, dollhouse-style collectible calendars with hinged doors to hide small gifts, money, or candy. Some of these contemporary holiday collectibles are made of pressed board, masonite, and even wood.

For collectors, expect to pay $50 to $500 for some of the traditional paper Advent calendars and several thousands of dollars for handmade or handcrafted Advent calendars.

Happy holidays!

Celebrity Ph.D. antiques appraiser, author, and former museum director, Dr. Lori hosts antiques appraisal events worldwide. Dr. Lori is the star appraiser on Discovery channel. Visit www.

DrLoriV.com/Events, www.Facebook.com/ DoctorLori, or call (888) 431-1010.

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EMERALD from page 2 thoroughly optimistic for the paper’s future, Anderson recalled early challenges.

In addition to the demands of producing a monthly newspaper entirely on her own, she found that mid-’90s potential advertisers—needed to support the production of a newspaper free to its readers—were unaware of the vibrancy of the over-50 population.

“In 1995, many business owners had a perspective that ‘seniors’ were penniless and sitting in rocking chairs at nursing homes,” Anderson recalled. “Nothing could have been further from the truth.”

At the time, Senior News was produced only for Lancaster County.

“I distinctly remember one conversation with a business associate and friend who said to me, ‘You are so passionate about bringing information to people; do you realize that you are depriving people in other communities where you don’t publish the paper?’” Anderson said.

“Wow—that was an eye opener. I hadn’t realized how much of a difference our publication was making in the area.”

Over the next decade, the paper’s coverage would expand to embrace five more Central Pennsylvania counties to form 50plus Senior News’ current six-county coverage umbrella—unique editions for Chester, Cumberland, Dauphin, Lancaster, Lebanon, and York counties.

And with it, On-Line Publishers would expand too.

Christianne Rupp, vice president and managing editor, was initially hired in 1996 to take care of billing and then offered to make sales calls for Senior Living (now 50plus Living), OLP’s annual housing directory.

“I then became more involved in the overall editorial process, eventually moving away from any billing or sales tasks,” Rupp said. “This is where my true passion lies.”

OLP’s line of niche publications eventually grew to include BusinessWoman, a professional women’s magazine, and ((( b magazine ))), a lifestyle baby boomer publication, as well as other annual specialty inserts.

“With the youngest of baby boomers now 50 years old, the world has changed,” said Anderson. “And the world as we know it is being redefined by the next generation.

Our readers and our advertisers have propelled our success, and we are most grateful.”

In 1997, OLP branched out into events; the first 50plus EXPO (then called Celebrate Seniority Expo) brought businesses and the community together for face-to-face interaction.

There are now six 50plus EXPOs, four women’s expos, and three Veterans’ www.50plusSeniorNewsPA.com

Expo & Job Fairs each year. Fall 2015 saw the addition of the first Ladies’ Night Out event.

“While social media has exploded, and we’re fully engaged, we know the original ‘social media,’ talking face-to-face, is very important. Our expos provide the perfect opportunity for businesses and service organizations in our area to speak face-toface with their potential customers.”

Recognizing the increasing impact of online readership in the 21st century, OLP was an early adopter of digital publishing technology. Its publications have successfully made the leap to digital formats so they can be read online and in print.

“Since 1995, much has changed in the publishing industry and in the world.

Technology has had a tremendous impact on how information is shared,” Anderson said. “While we fully embrace this brave new world, we know that many of our readers prefer their monthly printed editions of our publications.”

In addition to its look—which has undergone several stylistic changes over the last two decades—50plus Senior News’s editorial content has evolved and expanded.

Within its pages, readers will find everything from health and wellness, Social Security, and financial issues to perspective/humor columns, veterans’ stories, nostalgia, grandparenting, puzzles, and nature and gardening—and, of course, local events and information.

As the newspaper prepares to begin its third decade, even more changes are in the works.

“These days, 50plus Senior News has two audiences: baby boomers and senior citizens. Our content remains interesting to both age groups,” said Anderson. “We have a big surprise in store for January to further demonstrate the evolution of Senior News.”

Despite changes past and future, OnLine Publishers and 50plus Senior News remain unchanged in their core values and mission: spreading needed information and fostering community connectivity while uplifting the mind, heart, and spirit of the people it serves.

“Reaching a 20-year milestone would not be possible without the wonderful, dedicated employees who make up our team,” Anderson said. “My heartfelt gratitude goes out to each and every one of our group who make OLP a great place to work.

“Thank you to all of the businesses and organizations who have supported us these past two decades. I couldn’t imagine a better career than president and publisher at On-Line Publishers, Inc.”

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Is This Thing On?

How to Detect an Email Scam Abby Stokes

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mouse arrow over the sender’s name. If the sender’s email address doesn’t appear, click on the name.

Well, looky looky there. Highly suspicious, right? The email addresses exposed are not those of people working in security for my email provider. I’m certainly not going to click on the link in the email sent by Uncleluckyg@ aol.com, Jawsiii555@aol.com, or chrisbrown@216parasigs.org.uk, and neither should you.

If you receive an email like these and expose that it’s a fraudulent sender, click on Junk or Spam, not Trash. We want to send these kinds of emails through your email server’s filter so they can try to prevent further contact.

Now … when you receive an email that has a sender’s name that you do recognize (a friend, business associate, or family member), but the email is suspicious (a vague email sugges­​t­ing you

o you open the door to your home to strangers? I didn’t think so. Then why would you open an email from someone you don’t know?

It happens more and more that fake emails arrive in your inbox with a subject meant to scare you into action: “Unsuccessful Attempts to Access Your Email,” “Account Suspension,” or “Yahoo [or AOL or Gmail] Security.”

Scammers play on your fear or curiosity, betting that one or both will compel you to not only open the email, but also click on the link in the body of the email.

Do not click on that link! At least not yet. Instead, let’s check and see who really sent the email.

You’ll notice that the senders on the emails look just as serious as the subjects: “Mail Support,” “Services,” “Support Desk.”

Let’s dig just a little deeper. Move your

York County

Calendar of Events

Community Programs and Support Groups Dec. 4, 10:30 a.m.

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

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Dec. 7, 9:30 a.m.

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

York County Department of Parks and Recreation Dec. 1, 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. – Holiday Decorating, Nixon County Park Dec. 4, 6 to 8 p.m. – Hanging of the Greens, Hanover Junction Train Station Dec. 6, 1 to 3:30 p.m. – Natural Ornament Workshop, Nixon County Park

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 Tuesdays, 6 to 8 p.m. – Purls of Brogue Knitting Club Dillsburg Area Public Library, 17 S. Baltimore St., Dillsburg, (717) 432-5613 Dover Area Community Library, 3700-3 Davidsburg Road, Dover, (717) 292-6814 Glatfelter Memorial Library, 101 Glenview Road, Spring Grove, (717) 225-3220

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click on a link), be sure to check and see if the sender really is who you think it is.

Do this by clicking on the sender’s name to expose the email address.

Pictured is a perfect example. My name appears as the sender and in the subject (which tips me off right away that something is fishy). Nothing in the body of the email is personal or specific to me or the recipient—just a ploy to get you to click.

If you receive an email like that one, do not click on the link! Instead, check and see who really sent you the email. In this case, after clicking on my name, we see that the email actually came from enriquemoran1@elfiscalista.com, whoever that is.

Again, the next move would be to click on Junk or Spam, not Trash. You won’t be banishing your friend, coworker, or family member’s email address to your Junk folder, but instead the rogue sender who make it look as though it came from someone you know.

How did the scammer get their grubby

hands on the names that they use and abuse? Possibly when you or someone you know didn’t practice good netiquette by using the TO box instead of BCC when sending a mass email.

For those of you who send emails to more than one person, may I make a gentle computer suggestion? When you send a mass email, do not input all of your recipient’s email addresses in the TO address box. That choice exposes all recipients to each other’s email addresses— something I prefer not to have happen.

To avoid this, you can use the BCC area to input addresses instead of TO or CC. BCC means blind carbon copy. Any email addresses in BCC cannot be seen by any of the other recipients.

Abby Stokes, author of “Is This Thing On?” A Friendly Guide to Everything Digital for Newbies, Technophobes, and the Kicking & Screaming and its companion website, AskAbbyStokes.com, is the Johnny Appleseed of Technology, singlehandedly helping more than 300,000 people cross the digital divide.

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Thank You, Volunteers!

On-Line Publishers, Inc., and 50plus Senior News would like to extend a heartfelt thank-you to all of the individual and senior group volunteers who donated their time and efforts at our 2015 50plus EXPOs and the Veterans’ Expo & Job Fairs.

Because of your assistance, we were able to bring the contents and the mission of 50plus Senior News to life for the residents of Central Pennsylvania!

Saralee Perel is an award-winning, nationally syndicated columnist. Her new book is Cracked Nuts & Sentimental Journeys: Stories From a Life Out of Balance. To find out more, visit www.saraleeperel.com or email sperel@ saraleeperel.com.

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Bob murmured to them, “I love you.

I will always be here to protect you. No matter what may happen, I will always take care of you.”

While petting Ike and Jordy with one hand and touching Bob’s face with the other, I softly said in the dark quiet of this night, “All is well. For this beautiful, shining moment—all is well.”

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go, I will go, and where you stay, I will stay.”

When we got home from the doctor, the swelling had started to go down. Jordy was hiding behind the couch.

That night, Bob had to wake every hour to raise his arms. Jordy was still hiding.

“If only he could understand that I love him,” Bob said.

Finally, Jordy came in. Purring, he took his place at Bob’s knee.

“Sweetheart,” I whispered to Bob. “He’s here.”

Then Ike came in—to stay with his brother.

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Bethany Village — MapleWood

325 Wesley Drive • Mechanicsburg, PA 17055 717-766-0279 • www.BethanyVillage.org Total AL and/or PC Beds: 100 Assisted Living Residence: Yes Private: 100 Private Pay: Yes SSI Accepted: No Short-term Lease: Yes Entrance Fee/Security Deposit: No Outdoor Areas/Fitness Center: Yes Medication Management: Yes On-call Medical Service: Yes Health Fee-for-Service Available: Yes

Alzheimer’s Care: Yes Respite Care: Yes Social Programs: Yes Housekeeping/Laundry Service: Yes Transportation (Scheduled): Yes Personal Car Permitted: Yes Pets Permitted: Yes Comments: One-bedroom suites; secured memory support neighborhood; skilled nursing – The Oaks.

Colonial Lodge Community

2015 North Reading Road • Denver, PA 17519 717-336-5501 • www.coloniallodgepa.com Total AL and/or PC Beds: 70 Personal Care Home: Yes Private: Yes Semi-private: Yes Private Pay: Yes SSI Accepted: Yes* Short-term Lease: No Entrance Fee/Security Deposit: No Part/Totally Refundable: No Outdoor Areas/Fitness Center: Yes Medication Management: Yes On-call Medical Service: Yes

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Heatherwood Retirement Community

3180 Horseshoe Pike • Honey Brook, PA 19344 610-273-9300 • www.heatherwoodretire.com Total AL and/or PC Beds: 82 Personal Care Home: Yes Private: Yes Semi-private: Yes Private Pay: Yes SSI Accepted: No Short-term Lease: Yes Entrance Fee/Security Deposit: Yes Part/Totally Refundable: Yes Outdoor Areas/Fitness Center: Yes Medication Management: Yes On-call Medical Service: Yes

Health Fee-for-Service Available: Yes Alzheimer’s Care: No Respite Care: Yes Social Programs: Yes Housekeeping/Laundry Service: Yes Transportation (Scheduled): Yes Personal Car Permitted: Yes Pets Permitted: Yes Comments: Private balcony or patio; no wait for availability; no buy-in; simple month/month lease.

Homeland Center

1901 North Fifth Street • Harrisburg, PA 17102 717-221-7727 • www.homelandcenter.org Total AL and/or PC Beds: 50 Personal Care Home: Yes Private: Yes Semi-private: No Private Pay: Yes SSI Accepted: No Short-term Lease: Yes Entrance Fee/Security Deposit: Yes Part/Totally Refundable: Yes Outdoor Areas/Fitness Center: Yes Medication Management: Yes On-call Medical Service: Yes

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Adjusted Flu Vaccine Options Available to Seniors This Year Jim Miller Dear Savvy Senior, What can you tell me about this year’s flu shot? Last year’s vaccine was ineffective at preventing the flu, especially among seniors.

What options are available to me this year?

– Seeking Protection

Dear Seeking, You’re right. Last season’s flu shot was not very effective at preventing the flu.

In fact, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), people who got the shot were just 19 percent less likely to visit the doctor for flu than people who did not get the shot.

In good years, flu shot effectiveness is in the 50 to 60 percent range.

The reason for the shot’s ineffectiveness last year was because the vaccine was mismatched to the circulating flu viruses, which can genetically shift from year to year.

This year, U.S. health officials have tweaked the flu vaccines to include last year’s missing strain, which will hopefully provide better protection. But a flu shot is still your best defense against the flu.

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vaccine options (you only need one of these) available to older adults this year.

Standard (trivalent) flu shot: This traditional flu shot has been around for more than 30 years and protects against three different strains of flu viruses.

This year’s version protects against two A strains (H1N1 and H3N2) and one influenza B virus.

Quadrivalent flu shot: This vaccine, which was introduced two years ago, protects against four types of influenza— the same three strains as the standard flu shot, plus an additional, new B-strain virus.

High-dose flu shot: Designed specifically for seniors, age 65 and older, this trivalent vaccine, called the Fluzone High-Dose, has four times the amount of antigen as a regular flu shot does, which creates a stronger immune response for better protection.

However, note that the high-dose option may also be more likely to cause side effects, including headache, muscle aches, and fever.

FluBlok vaccine: Created for adults 18 and older who have egg allergies, this is a trivalent flu vaccine that does not use chicken eggs in its manufacturing process.

Intradermal flu shot: For those who don’t like needles, the intradermal flu shot uses a tiny 1/16-inch-long microneedle to inject the vaccine just under the skin, rather than deeper in the muscle like standard flu shots. This trivalent vaccine, however, is recommended only to adults, ages 18 to 64.

To locate a vaccination site that offers these flu shots, visit www.vaccines.gov and type in your ZIP code.

You’ll also be happy to know that if you’re a Medicare beneficiary, Part B will cover 100 percent of the costs of any flu shot, as long as your doctor, health clinic, or pharmacy agrees not to charge you more than Medicare pays.

Private health insurers are also required to cover standard flu shots; however, you’ll need to check with your provider to see if they cover the other vaccination options.

Pneumonia Vaccines Two other important vaccinations the CDC recommends to seniors, especially this time of year, are the pneumococcal vaccines for pneumonia. Around 1 million Americans are hospitalized with pneumonia each year, and about 50,000 people die from it.

The CDC is now recommending that all seniors, 65 or older, get two vaccinations: Prevnar 13 and Pneumovax 23. Both vaccines, which are administered just once at different times, work in different ways to provide maximum protection.

If you haven’t yet received any pneumococcal vaccine, you should get the Prevnar 13 first, followed by Pneumovax 23 six to 12 months later.

But if you’ve already been vaccinated with Pneumovax 23, wait at least one year before getting the Prevnar 13.

Medicare Part B covers both shots, if they are taken at least 11 months apart.

Jim Miller is a regular contributor to the NBC Today show and author of The Savvy Senior Book. www.savvysenior.org

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8 Fun Facts about Hanukkah

By Viva Sarah Press/ISRAEL21c

The dreidel (a special spinning top for Hanukkah) features four Hebrew letters.

In Israel, the letters are Nun, Gimel, Hay, and Peh. Abroad, they’re Nun, Gimel, Hay, Shin.

The letters stand for the Hebrew phrase, “A great miracle happened there (for those outside of Israel)/here (for those in Israel).�

1. 44 candles. There are at least 44 candles in each box of Hanukkah candles, enough for one person to light the hanukkiyah (see item six on this list) according to tradition every night. Some boxes include extra candles as they tend to break easily.

Today, candles come in a variety of colors, wax types, and even scents. You can also fulfill the mitzvah of lighting the hanukkiyah with oil.

2. Holiday calories. When you eat holiday treats fried in oil, you can’t really expect for them to be fat-free.

The average 100-gram sufganiyah (doughnut) packs 400-600 calories.

One potato latke has about 150 calories, svinge (a Moroccan cruller) 350-442 calories, and chocolate coins 220 calories each.

Israelis devour some 24 million sufganiyot during the eight-day holiday—adding up to 10.8 billion calories.

3. Hanukkah, Chanukah, Hannuka. Hanukkah also goes by the

The Dreidel, a special spinning top for Hanukkah.

The Hanukkiyah, a nine-branched candelabra used during Hanukkah.

names of the Festival of Lights and Feast of Dedication.

As if multi-names weren’t enough, the holiday also has a variety of transliterated English spellings—thanks to the guttural Hebrew sound of the first letter, which cannot be rendered properly in English.

4. Dreidel, dreidel, dreidel. Get

your spinning finger ready: It’s time to remember when the Greeks were in town and forbade Jews to learn Torah.

Tradition holds that kids used to meet up in secret to learn, but if a Greek soldier happened upon their meeting they would pretend to be gambling with their dreidels.

Israeli author/politician Avram Burg is said to have the largest dreidel collection in the world, counting more than 3,500.

Dreidel, by the way, is a Yiddish word which comes from drei—to turn or spin.

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Though it is one of the most wellknown and celebrated Jewish festivals, Hanukkah is actually a more minor holiday, according to religious tradition, than Passover, Rosh Hashana, or Yom Kippur. The holiday is not even mentioned in the Torah.

Some say Hanukkah gained popularity in the late 1800s among American Jews because of the season in which it falls—usually around Christmastime. Hanukkah always begins on the 25th day of Kislev on the Hebrew calendar. The corresponding Gregorian date varies.

Others point to the fun aspect of the holiday as the reason for its popularity.

Maimonides wrote that the mitzvah of lighting the hanukkiyah is even

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more important than buying wine for Sabbath.

6. Menorah vs. Hanukkiyah. The menorah is a seven-branched candelabra used in synagogues. The hanukkiyah is a nine-branched candelabra used during Hanukkah. Because the hanukkiyah can also be called a Hanukkah menorah, confusion often sets in.

Tradition states that the hanukkiyah should have all candles or wicks at the same level, with only the shamash—the ninth candle or wick, for lighting the other eight—a bit higher or lower.

7. Lighting in the right direction.

GPS navigation could help when organizing the hanukkiyah.

According to accepted rules, you should place the candles right to left to correspond with the direction in which you read the Hebrew language. But you should light the candles from left to right, giving more attention to the new candle first.

8. Hanukkah at the White House.

Today, the U.S. president and first lady host an annual Hanukkah party for hundreds of American Jewish politicians, organization heads, and school and yeshiva deans. But that

wasn’t always the case.

Hanukkah made its first appearance at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. in 1951, when Prime Minister of Israel David Ben-Gurion gave Harry Truman a menorah as a gift. In 1979, Jimmy Carter became the first American president to recognize the holiday publicly by speaking at a candle-lighting event hosted by Chabad Lubavitch.

Ronald Reagan often spoke about the holiday, and George H.W. Bush attended a Hanukkah party for staff in the Executive Office Building in 1991.

Two years later, Bill Clinton hosted a candle-lighting ceremony in the White House with his staff.

The first official White House Hanukkah party was held on Dec. 10, 2001. President George W. Bush borrowed a 100-year-old hanukkiyah from the Jewish Museum in New York for the event. Since then, the White House Hanukkah party has been a coveted get-together.

President Barack Obama not only continued the tradition, but added a new one: the Obamas host Passover Seders in the White House as well. But that’s another holiday story.

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Traveltizers

Travel Appetizers: Stories that Whet the Appetite for Travel

Where Camels Live and Good Will Prevails

By Andrea Gross

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trudge up steps made of mud and tires, duck under a string of multicolored prayer flags, and enter a round structure with a peaked roof.

“You’re in Tibet,” says the guide.

Well, sort of. This Tibet is in central Arkansas rather than central Asia, part of the Global Village at Heifer Ranch, which, in turn, is part of an extraordinary program that depicts areas of the world rarely seen by tourists.

This Tibet is not one of monks and monasteries, gilded statues and golden Buddhas. Rather, it’s the Tibet of oftforgotten communities, the Tibet of the poor.

My husband and I like to travel for many reasons, but our primary goal is to learn and understand how people live today. Thus, for us, Heifer Ranch, which is 45 miles northwest of Little Rock, is a grand travel opportunity, a chance to see the world without a passport.

Heifer International got its start in the 1930s when an Indiana aide worker

The recreated Tibet House shows a part of Tibet that visitors rarely see.

A hands-on museum in the Little Rock headquarters explains Heifer’s program and philosophy.

Heifer headquarters are in a LEED-certified building near the Clinton Library in Little Rock.

Camels were used in a project in Tanzania.

named Dan West realized that starving children needed more than small handouts of rationed food.

“These children don’t need a cup of milk; they need a cow,” he said.

To test his theory, he sent heifers to underprivileged families in Puerto Rico with the understanding that the recipients would give the female offspring to neighbors, who, in turn, would pass on that cow’s offspring to yet other families.

Eventually, the majority of the villagers owned livestock, and the community became self-sufficient.

As the project expanded, West began raising animals on a ranch in the United States and distributing them to needy families abroad, but soon the cost became prohibitive. Today the Arkansas property is used for educational and inspirational purposes.

In this way, “passing on the gift” has come to mean more than passing on the gift of an animal; it also means passing on the gift of awareness. As visitors to the ranch become more aware of conditions in poor communities, they share their knowledge, resources, and skills to help

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Heifer attain its goal, which is to do no less than end hunger and poverty around the world.

It’s a noble plan, one that seems particularly apropos now as the holiday season approaches.

We’re driving to the visitor center, the radio tuned to a station that’s playing Christmas songs, when we suddenly spot a camel resting peacefully in a wooden Thai homes are built on stilts to provide shelter. protection from floods and shelter for animals.

A camel in Arkansas? It seems that miracles abound at Heifer. All that’s missing are two more camels and three wise men.

The ranch only provides formal tours for large groups, but staff and volunteers do their best to accommodate individuals. We’re in luck. A recent retiree who’s spending several months working at Heifer offers to zoom us around in a golf cart.

“Camels were used in our Tanzania project,” he explains. “Between the gift of a camel and Heifer-provided training in sustainable agriculture and animal husbandry, the villagers were able to raise their standard of living considerably. The Tanzanian project is a typical success story.”

Our first stop is the Tibetan House.

While it’s made of canvas, a sign informs us that in the “real” Tibet, it would be

The trio of small homes depicts those in Africa.

Large groups get to see the ranch via a tractor-drawn bus.

The ranch’s gift shop features items made in developing countries, from Nativity scenes and Christmas ornaments to scarves and jewelry. Better yet, folks can gift a goat!

made from yak hair and sheep’s wool.

The design allows it to be collapsed as the family follows the yaks from one grazing ground to another.

We move on to see other parts of this recreated world: a Thai shack perched on stilts, a group of African huts with conical roofs, a ramshackle Appalachian

cabin, a generic urban warehouse cobbled together from scrap metal, and a dilapidated school bus that once served as a home for a family in the Mississippi delta.

Finally we stop at a Guatemalan farm consisting of a small cinderblock house, a raised garden bed, and, thanks to solar

panels, electricity at night. It’s almost luxurious compared to the other homes.

These structures are used in Heifer’s extensive program of experiential workshops, during which organized groups spend anywhere from a few hours to several days getting a glimpse of what it’s like to live in poverty. They milk goats, gather eggs, care for pigs, till the fields, and tend to vegetable gardens.

If they stay in the Guatemalan house, they may make tortillas; if they’re assigned to the African hut, they may make bricks with primitive tools. During the spring lambing program, women may even help deliver lambs.

Participants in all Heifer programs invariably say it’s a life-changing experience, one that opens their eyes as well as their hearts. It enables them to see the world and at the same time pass on the gift—be it the gift of a goat to an impoverished village, a basket made by an artisan in a developing country, or simply the gift of spreading the word.

This is travel—and Christmas—at its best.

Photos © Irv Green unless otherwise noted; story by Andrea Gross (www.andreagross.com).

For more on other exciting destinations, go to our enhanced website at www.traveltizers.com.

For more on Heifer’s programs and gift-giving opportunities, see www.heifer.org.

The Year in Goodbyes As 50plus Senior News celebrates its 20th anniversary this year, we hope you’ll enjoy a monthly peek back at the world in 1995!

This month, some of the notable figures who passed in 1995: Rose Kennedy – Jan. 22 Selena Quintanilla – March 31 Burl Ives – April 14 Howard Cosell – April 23 Ginger Rogers – April 25 Elizabeth Montgomery – May 18 Lana Turner – June 29 Eva Gabor – July 4 Jerry Garcia – Aug. 9 Mickey Mantle – Aug. 13

Above: Elizabeth Montgomery Right: Dean Martin

Howard Koch – Aug. 17 Terry Southern – Oct. 29 Dean Martin – Dec. 25

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Salute to a Veteran

In World War II He Flew His Plane from a Navy Cruiser Robert D. Wilcox

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ank Wolfe says he’s a Pennsylvania Dutchman, since he grew up in Nazareth, Pa. He would have been more than surprised at that time to know that later he was to be fighting in some of the major battles in the Pacific during World War II. He had completed a year at Rutgers University before deciding that the Navy’s V-5 program sounded good to him. If he had the ability to complete it, it offered him a chance to learn to fly and earn a commission.

So he signed up, and the Navy sent him first to Colgate University for a few weeks, where he flew a bit in Piper Cubs, and then to the University of North Carolina, where the main goal seemed to be to get him in better physical shape than he had ever dreamed of being. There were some classes in basics of celestial navigation, etc., but half the day went to

The OS2U Kingfisher that Hank Wolfe flew in combat.

Henry K. Wolfe in Navy flight training in 1944.

toughening him up.

Then it was to Lambert Field in St. Louis, where he learned to fly in

Stearman biplanes. After that, it was to intermediate flight training at Corpus Christi, Texas, after which he got his wings and commission. He also got to choose the Navy or Marines and singleor multi-engine aircraft.

He chose Navy single-engine and soon was on his way to Jacksonville, Fla., to fly the OS2U Kingfisher, which was a single-engine floatplane and the main

shipboard observation aircraft used by our Navy during the war.

Which was news to Wolfe. Like most people, he had to learn that a critically important part of battleships and cruisers was the planes they carried as spotters to tell them where to fire their big guns, to assess the damage done, and to improve the accuracy of their firing.

Wolfe explains, “Battleships and cruisers carried two Kingfisher floatplanes and three pilots to fly them. To launch a plane, the vessel would turn into the wind, and then literally blast it into the air from a catapult.”

Getting the planes back on board called for much skill from the pilot. The vessel couldn’t stop because of the danger from enemy subs, so it made a sweeping turn that created a wake of relatively calm water (Wolfe called it his “runway”).

The pilot flew a circling, 360-degree

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approach and landed on the wake and as close to the ship as possible. He then taxied onto a “sled,” towed from a boom on the fantail of the ship, and a crane plucked the airplane up and deposited it on the deck.

From training in Jacksonville, Wolfe’s travels overseas took him first to Ford Island, Hawaii, for more training. Then a destroyer took him to the USS Mobile, a cruiser operating in the southwestern Pacific. There he boarded the ship that was to be his home during battles on the Palau Islands, Peleliu, the Philippine Islands, Leyte Gulf, northern Luzon, Cape Engaño, Formosa, the Visayas, and Okinawa.

The official Navy records tell of the Air Medals Wolfe earned: “AIR MEDAL – Lt. (j.g.) H.K. Wolfe, A-1, U.S.N.R. – For a series of meritorious acts while participating in aerial flights from 15 April – 17 May 1945.”

And, “GOLD STAR – In lieu of second Air Medal – A-1, U.S.N.R. – For a series of meritorious acts while participating in aerial flights from 14–18 May 1945.”

What was the most danger he faced?

Wolfe says that had to be at Okinawa, when ground fire cut his fuel line, and he had to make a dead-stick landing.

In the process, one of his wing floats was torn off, the wing dipped under the water, and the plane cartwheeled, landing on its back and sinking.

He says that, as he struggled to release his safety belt and roll back his canopy, “Everything slowed down, and only my training saved my life. I wasn’t able to free my one-man raft, but I was finally

able to free myself and bob to the surface with my Mae West (life preserver). After about a half hour in the water, an LCT (landing craft tank) picked me up.”

With a grin, Wolfe explains that the captain then brought him to his cabin and broke out a bottle of choice cognac, saying, “I’ve been saving this for the first time I ever saved somebody from the water.” And they each ceremoniously toasted each other.

Soon the war was over, and the Mobile did some mine sweeping of Japanese harbors … including Nagasaki, where they had a firsthand look at the incredible destruction left by the atomic bomb. The ship then came home and Wolfe went by plane and train to New York, where he was discharged as a lieutenant in December 1945.

Wolfe then attended the Newark College of Engineering and got a job as engineer with New Jersey Bell (later AT&T), where he worked until retiring in December 1980.

After moving to a golf community in Florida for many years, he was told by friends of a retirement community in Central Pennsylvania, where he lives comfortably today.

When asked what he thinks about his Navy career, he smiles softly and says, “There was more than enough excitement to last me a lifetime. But I still think about that day my plane sank, and it was all I could do to finally free myself and make it to the surface.”

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

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My 22 Cents’ Worth

The Most Impressive Movie Actress Walt Sonneville

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ho would you nominate as America’s most impressive movie actress of all time?

Not the best at acting different roles, or winning the most Oscars, or being the most stunning beauty. Simply the most impressive based on a mixture of criteria.

Few people might nominate Shirley Temple, yet a good argument could be made for that selection. Today’s retired men may never have seen a Shirley Temple movie when they were young lads. Their interests were “Hopalong” Cassidy, Gene Autry, and Roy Rogers.

Temple’s husband, Charles Black, admitted he had never seen a Shirley Temple movie until they married.

Temple, who passed away in February 2014, was not an Oscar winner, though she was given an honorary Oscar for her box-office draw. Oscar recipients for Best Actress in the 1930s were other legends: Helen Hayes, Katherine Hepburn,

Claudette Colbert, us were considered candidates for Bette Davis, and dance or acting others. school. (However, These actresses all of us were good could act and charm, although looking. There is no such thing as charm was not a an ugly child.) notable attribute Temple starred of the assertive in her first major Davis. Temple could act and film in 1934, Stand Up and charm plus sing Cheer. In that year and dance. she had major Born in 1928, Temple played roles in eight Shirley Temple in Glad Rags to Riches, 1933. films. A star with small roles in 19 inexhaustible films (including energy had movie shorts) produced from 1931 through 1933. arrived, a veteran film actress at the age At that age, many of her of 6. That Christmas, Temple’s mother brought her to see a store Santa Claus. contemporaries were not able to speak He asked Temple for her autograph. coherently. Too awkward to dance and The workload of eight films released too distracted to memorize lines, few of in a single year is singularly impressive, if one overlooks the certainty that child labor was exploited. She was the top box-office attraction for the years 1935 through 1938 and Hollywood’s highest

Senior Commons Staff, Residents Donate Time to Soup Kitchen Staff members and residents of Senior Commons at Powder Mill went to Our Daily Bread Soup Kitchen on Nov. 4 to serve lunch to the homeless in York County.

“We talked to some amazing people, both volunteers and visitors, and just being able to serve to those that are hungry, or just don’t want to eat alone, was so rewarding,” said Shannon Shoff, marketing director.

Senior Commons donated breakfast to the soup kitchen, in addition to serving lunch to approximately 300 individuals.

Our Daily Bread Soup Kitchen Back row, from left, Denise Lauer, activity was founded as a joint ministry by the director; Shannon Shoff, marketing director; Catholic parishes of York city and is Amanda Dinkel, DPT; Katherine Kelly, resident; and Donna Singley, business office manager. currently located next to St. Mary’s In front, Devan Simmons, exercise physiologist.

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all-time revenue producer at the age of 7.

During the 1940s, Temple typically acted in one film per year. Her peak year in that decade was 1947, when she appeared in three movies. By 1949, her child-actress career came to an end.

Despite this impressive record, Temple was voted the 38th Greatest Movie Star of All Time by Entertainment Weekly.

That rating must have been given by very young critics.

Young boys of the 1930s and 1940s regarded Temple as mildly amusing at best. As we age into our senior years, and see today what she accomplished then, there is astonishment that so much talent and charm was possessed by someone not yet an adolescent.

We never again have seen the likes of her.

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

Shared-Ride Users Encouraged to Use FindMyRidePA PennDOT, rabbittransit, and the Pennsylvania Department of Military and Veterans Affairs encourage veterans, seniors, and people with disabilities in South-Central Pennsylvania to visit FindMyRidePA, an online resource providing information and allowing scheduling for fixed-route and sharedride transportation services.

Now active in Adams, Cambria, Cumberland, Dauphin, Franklin, Lebanon, and York counties, FindMyRidePA is a user-friendly website that provides individuals with fixed-route and shared-ride transportation options, including some ride options that pick them up at home and drop them off for medical appointments or other personal activities.

Riders can access the system through computers, tablets, and smartphones or using kiosks set up at certain locations, such as veterans’ centers.

The program area has 1.4 million residents and more than 120,000 veterans and is served by Capital Area Transit, CamTran/CamTran+,Lebanon Transit, rabbittransit, and Raider Regional Transit and their associated ADA paratransit services and shared-ride systems.

Residents who already are sharedride users can go to www.findmyridepa. com; sign in using their shared ride ID, county of residence, and date of birth; enter the date, time, location, and purpose of their trip; and select the ride option they would like to use.

Users also can see planned trips, email the trip information for their planning and records, or cancel their reservations at the website.

Residents who are not shared-ride users can get more information about the program by signing in as a guest or by calling (844) PA4-RIDE. www.50plusSeniorNewsPA.com

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The Green Mountain Gardener

The History of Holiday Greens Dr. Leonard Perry

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any people usher in the holiday season by decorating their homes with evergreen boughs, sprigs of holly, garlands, and mistletoe. Although now considered a Christmas tradition, writer Lisa Halvorsen explains how this practice is not something recent, dating back many centuries.

The Greeks and Romans were among the first to bring evergreen boughs indoors in winter. They were amazed that the evergreen remained green year-round, even during the bleak winter months, and decided that it must have supernatural powers. To them, it symbolized nature and the promise of spring when the earth would be verdant again.

In the 1800s, greens were used in this country to make memorials to honor

loved ones who had died. Evergreen boughs and other greens were woven into wreaths, crosses, and stars and placed on graves in cemeteries.

During the Victorian era, the custom of bringing evergreen boughs and other greens into the house at Christmastime was revived. Many people made elaborate arrangements for mantelpieces and

tables using boughs, ivy, laurel, yew, and hemlock.

A kiss under the mistletoe, another popular American custom, came from Scandinavia, where according to mythology, Balder, the son of Frigga, the Norse goddess of love, was struck dead by an arrow made of mistletoe.

As Frigga wept, her tears fell onto the mistletoe and turned into small, white berries. She

declared that mistletoe should no longer be used to kill, but to encourage love.

Thus, anyone found standing beneath the mistletoe must be kissed.

Mistletoe also played an important role in the Druid celebrations of the winter solstice. Because it appeared to grow in the air—the plant wound itself around the tree, its roots never touching the soil—the Druid high priests believed that it was a sacred plant.

During the solstice, they would climb the trees, cut down the mistletoe, and toss it to the crowd below. It was considered bad luck if even a single sprig touched the ground. Catching the mistletoe ensured that livestock would be fertile and reproduce.

Holly and ivy often are used together in holiday decorations, a tradition that

The Beauty in Nature

Snowshoes and Ermine Clyde McMillan-Gamber

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nowshoe hares and ermine, or short-tailed weasels, are mammals living in the mixed coniferous/ deciduous forests of the northern regions of North America.

Both creatures are seldom seen by people because of their habitats, being mostly nocturnal, and having brown fur in summer and white fur in the snow.

Their fur colors allow them to be nearly invisible in their environments as a defense against predators.

Snowshoe hares live across Canada, Alaska, and the northern United States.

Their range also extends down the high Appalachian Mountains. They average 4 pounds as adults and have long back legs that allow them to jump up to 10 feet.

They have large feet with furry bottoms to get a grip on snow and not sink in it.

Hares are related to rabbits but are a bit different from those relatives.

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eyes closed. Hares are born furry and with their eyes open. Baby rabbits spend a few weeks in a nest their mother provided, but hares don’t make nurseries and the young are on the move in a few days.

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three litters a year. They need to produce several young to make up for losses to predators. Some predators that catch and eat snowshoes are bobcats, coyotes, fishers, and great horned owls.

Snowshoe hares eat lush vegetation

in warmer months but resort to buds, twigs, and tender, young bark in winter.

Too many white-tailed deer eat most of the vegetation, starving the snowshoes.

Ermine live in northern forests in Eurasia and North America. They are the size of chipmunks but longer and leaner with short legs. Their white winter fur, complete with a black tip to the tail, is dense and silky and used to trim coats and other winter clothing.

Ermine live in burrows of critters they ate, including mice, ground squirrels, and chipmunks. These weasels also eat small birds, frogs, and invertebrates.

Each female stoat raises one litter of about six young each year. These little weasels are preyed on by the same animals that kill snowshoe hares.

Though few of us will see snowshoes or ermine, it’s intriguing to know they exist in the wilder parts of North America, including here in Pennsylvania. www.50plusSeniorNewsPA.com

stems from a Middle Ages belief that holly was male and ivy female, and so the two should be intertwined forever. Holly also was thought to have protective powers, while ivy stood for love.

The tradition of decorating evergreen trees for the holidays began with Martin Luther in the early 1500s.

Legend has it that he was walking through the woods one Christmas Eve and noticed how the sparkly stars shone through the branches of a snowcovered fir. Wanting to share the magic with his children, he chopped down the tree and brought it home. He decorated it with candles to represent the stars.

In the 1600s, families in France decorated fir trees with gold foil, paper roses, apples, and sweet treats at Christmastime. German immigrants brought this same tradition with them

when they settled in America.

However, Christmas trees did not become widespread in America until the 1800s. Although first sold commercially in New York City in 1851, it wasn’t until four years later, when President Franklin Pierce placed the first tree in the White House, that many Americans adopted the tradition.

Electric Christmas tree lights were invented in 1882 by Edward Johnson, Thomas Alva Edison’s assistant.

This year, as you deck your halls with holiday greens, think of the history behind these traditions and of the many before you who incorporated greens into their rituals and celebrations.

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

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York County seniors interested in help raking leaves, shoveling snow, or with other household chores are encouraged to arrange for a Rent-A-Kid. The Rent-A-Kid program, sponsored by the York County Area Agency on Aging, is a program that connects older adults and teenagers.

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It gives individual teenagers the chance to help out York County senior citizens, 60 years or older, with indoor and outdoor household chores. The recommended pay is $5 per hour.

Interested York County residents age 60 or older can get assistance by calling (717) 771-9103 or (800) 632-9073.

Information is also available at www.ycaaa.org.

Volunteer Spotlight YCAAA Honors 4 Volunteers Lynette Myers, Karen Claycombe, Pat Hauer, and Anderson Doug Thompson have been named Volunteers of the Month by the York County Area Agency on Aging for their ongoing service and dedication to the agency and York County’s older adults.

West Manchester A. Doug Thompson Township resident Lynette Myers became a Friendly Visitor due to a love for seniors that was nurtured by her mother, who would take her along on visits with seniors in their community.

“Visiting the Karen Claycombe elderly is very rewarding,” Myers said. “When you volunteer, you bring happiness and joy into someone’s life.”

Karen Claycombe of Penn Township also volunteers as a Friendly Visitor for YCAAA. She enjoys volunteering as it allows her to give back to the community and help those in need.

It enriches her life and opens doors to new life experiences and knowledge.

Claycombe believes that your service

is appreciated wherever you volunteer.

APPRISE and financial counselor volunteer Pat Hauer of York Township uses her skills she attained while working to educate the elderly about health insurance and setting up a monthly spending plan.

“Volunteering benefits both the giver and Lynette Myers receiver,” Hauer said, adding that it gives her pleasure knowing that she is able to help others, especially older adults.

Manchester Township resident Doug Thompson became an Pat Hauer Ombudsman volunteer after calling YCAAA about volunteer opportunities.

He thought about the quality of care his older brother received while in a long-term care facility and feels volunteering as an Ombudsman is a means of giving back to the community.

“Volunteering is not about me but a means of getting the message out about helping others,” Thompson said.

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

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

Brainteasers Film Stars of the ’50s and ’60s WHEN I VENTURE 6. LAVA LONGER KNEW MANY 7. PERMIT CHUMPS NOVA KING? 8. BOG ARTISTS FILL A KEY 9. SAILOR ENJOYED PEACHES TONIGHT 10. MATH OPENS

Colors of the ’50s and ’60s 1. “Yellow Submarine” 7. Rinso White 2. “Red Sails in the Sunset” 8. Gray flannel suit 3. Old Gold cigarettes 9. Creature from the Black Lagoon 4. Professor Plum in Clue 5. Tan shoes with pink shoelaces 10. Buster Brown 6. “Devil with the Blue Dress On”

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