50plus Senior News Dauphin County October 2013

Jim Wagner’s hunting excursions have taken him around the globe,including New Zealand and Argentina.

Senior Idol Moves

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Getting Your

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By Chelsea Peifer

The thrill of the hunt started for Jim Wagner when he was only 5 yearsold, and the thrill is just as strong and persistent today at age 73.

A Central Pennsylvania native, Wagner followed his father around in thefields and through the woods while he hunted for small game. They shotpheasants on a regular basis—a bird that is much more difficult to spot inthe region today than it was during his childhood.

Wagner started hunting on his own as soon as he turned 12 years old andit was legal for him to do so. He has been hunting every year since then,skipping out on his favorite hobby only for the four years after high schoolthat he spent serving in the United States Navy, where he had the dangerousjob of operating the boilers in a destroyer ship.

Once back stateside, that boiler knowledge translated into a more than40-year career in the field. Now retired and working part-time, Wagner’shunting adventures have taken him not only all throughout the state ofPennsylvania, but into several other states and countries including Canada,Argentina, New Zealand, and the African plains.

More than 50 mounts of animals he has killed are on display in his home.His wife, Janet, “puts up with it,” said Wagner with a chuckle. At first the mounts were scattered throughout different rooms of their

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Ihave appraised many antique andvintage objects in the form ofanimals—from cow creamers to

Kermit the Frog dolls. While objects are collectible for many

reasons, when it comes to animals in artand antiques, it is interesting to notewhat an animal form symbolizes andwhy a particular animal was highlightedin a certain period of art history.

We love the animals that share ourlives, and in art and antiques, thesebeloved creatures reference importantlife lessons. When found in a work ofart (painting, sculpture, print) or anantique object (figurine, decorativecarving, fetish), the appearance ofanimals has special meaning.

Bee – Industry and community. Famouswealthy families of the Renaissance andBaroque periods oftentimescommissioned artists to include bees in

paintings of their family coat of arms tosuggest their public interest in servingthe community.

Bear – Gentle strength and nurturing. InNative American totem poles, bears areoftentimes carved to suggest the strengthof nature and the nurturingcharacteristics of forest animals.

Bull – Wealth. Associated with thefinancial world today, images of bullswere painted on cave walls in Lascaux,France, and Santander, Spain, datingback to prehistoric times.

Cat – Pride. The ancient Egyptians viasculptures associated cats with pride inbeauty and personal accomplishment.The French Impressionist artist, EdouardManet, painted cats in his masterpiecesto suggest the abilities of a woman toattract male suitors.

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Art and Antiques by Dr. Lori

Dr. Lori

Lithograph print with girl and her cat

19th-century paintingwith rabbits

Dragonfly lamp byLouis Comfort Tiffany

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Cock – Passion. Ceramic figurines ofcocks are common decorations in thekitchens of female chefs in France as theyare female power symbols.

Deer – Sensitivity. Walt Disney’sanimated feature film, Bambi, capturedthe longstanding art historical symbol ofthe deer.

Dog – Fidelity. A dog is shown at thefeet of a couple on their wedding day inthe world-known Arnolfini WeddingPortrait (National Gallery, London) from1434 by Jan van Eyck.

Dragonfly – Carefree. Louis ComfortTiffany highlighted the dragonfly andother insects in many of his decorativecreations, including jewelry and lamps.

Eagle – Protection from evil. American

flag collectors look for intricate anddecorative flags featuring the eagle fromthe late 1700s and 1800s.

Fish – Long life. In their numerousforms, fish symbolize longevity in worksof art dating from the early Christian erato the present.

Horse – Stamina and power. The famoussculpture of a horse turned machine byFuturist artist Raymond DuchampVillon highlighted society’s change froman agricultural society to an industrialone in the early 1900s.

Lion – Power and majesty, guardian.Lions have guarded the gates andentrances of some of the most famoussites in the world. Lions are featured onthe Ishtar Gate, the eighth gate (north)to the inner city of Babylon. The gate

was ordered by King Nebuchadnezzar IIin 575 BC.

Rabbit – Rebirth. Female artists oftenchoose rabbits as subject matter forpaintings, prints, and works on paper tosuggest the rejuvenation of the earth inspring.

Tiger – Strength, ferocity, power.Japanese artists of the 1700s oftenfeatured tigers in their gouaches,watercolors, woodblock prints, andpaintings.

Turtle – Perseverance. French sculptorscast forms of turtles in bronze and othermetals in the art movement calledanimalier. Animalier, or animalsculptures, were popular with artists suchas Barye and Bonheur in the mid-1860sto the 1880s.

Personally, I have collected art andantiques that feature fish for decades. Itstarted when I was a youngster on theswim team and the association meantsomething important to me. Over theyears, fish have served as pets, and fishobjects have been the basis for some ofmy collections.

This glossary of animal symbolismmay help you collect with a vision inmind and learn about the history of yourfavorite animals.

Ph.D. antiques appraiser, author, award-winning TV personality, and TV talk showhost, Dr. Lori presents antiques appraisalevents nationwide. Dr. Lori is the expertappraiser on Discovery channel’s hit TVshow Auction Kings. Visit www.DrLoriV.com,www.Facebook.com/DoctorLori, or call (888)431-1010.

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David Press, 89, ofMechanicsburg,had many

interesting experiences inthe U.S. Army duringWorld War II. And in hiscivilian job afterward,distributing recorded musicin five Mid-Atlantic States,he came in contact withseveral famous celebrities.

Born on Christmas Day1923 in Harrisburg, Pressgraduated from WilliamPenn High School in June1941. That summer he wentto work for D&HDistributors of Harrisburg, alarge distributor ofphonograph records in theMid-Atlantic States.

He was drafted into theArmy in February 1943. Hereceived basic training at Ft.Fisher, N.C., in the 557th AABattalion and was made a corporaltwo weeks after he arrived for basictraining, helping to train the men inhis company.

After Press’s company finishedbasic, they left to go overseas.

“As a cadre man (trainer), I wassent to train another outfit at CampStewart, Ga. After finishing theirtraining, I asked to be shipped outwith them, but because I was cadre,my captain would not let me go.”

Press later learned that this sameoutfit had 98 percent casualties inNormandy. After D-Day, the Armyneeded infantry to replace the losses,so he was sent to Camp Stewart forinfantry training. Then it was ontothe Queen Mary, bound for Europe,where Press was chosen for guardduty and had the run of the ship.

When the Queen Mary landed inGlasgow, Scotland, the men were puton a train to Dover, and then on aboat across the English Channel toLe Havre, France. They were takenby truck to their respective divisions.His was the 84th Infantry Division,335th Infantry Regiment, CompanyB.

“When I arrived, the first sergeantasked me what my training was. I

didn’t want to be in a rifle platoon,so I said I had training in big guns.”He was put in a platoon with mortarand machine-gun operations.

“My platoon sergeant, SammyCohen, made me a mortar man. Icarried the ammo and fed the mortarbut was not allowed to arm or fire ituntil I got more experience.”

The first night Press was incombat, the GIs were being bombedby two lone bombers.

“I was never so scared in my life,and although the bombs neverdropped near enough to injure us, Ibegan praying like I never prayedbefore.”

Close Calls“I think I must have had one or

more guardian angels because I hadsome close calls, and I survived,thankfully.”

Because of the many casualties inthe machine gun section, Press wasmoved there. He didn’t fire the gunbut carried the ammo and fed thegun.

“After we crossed the Roer River,we took the hill from the Germansoutside the town of Baal. We tookover their foxholes and dug in fortheir expected counterattack. The

Germans penetrated ourposition, and both sidessuffered casualties. We keptfiring and prevented themfrom retaking our position,but one soldier was able to loba grenade into our foxholebefore he was killed.”

Press was able to jump outof the foxhole, but he wasknocked unconscious andwoke up in a hospitalbuilding. They said he had aconcussion and wasdisoriented but was returnedto his outfit in three days.

“Unfortunately, I found outthat the private first class withme didn’t make it because themachine gun he was firing wasin his way to get out.

“Another time, we weretaking a small village, goinghouse to house, when a

German soldier stepped around thecorner and fired a burp gun, anautomatic weapon that sounds like aburp, at Ray DiBagro and me.

“He must have beeninexperienced in combat becausewhen firing an automatic weaponsuch as a burp gun, it has a tendencyto elevate if you do not control it, sothe bullets flew over our heads.”

Both DiBagro and Press firedtheir carbines from the hip at thesame time, and the German soldierfell.

Another time after he was movedto machine gunner, he was trying tocross an open field when a sniperkept firing at the men, who weretrying to pinpoint his position.

“We thought we had him, and asI was running across the field withthe gun in front of my waist, asniper bullet hit the gun. It stunglike hell, but I was able to get acrossto safety.”

They did eventually get thesniper.

Other Close Calls“When going through a small

German village, I got the urge to

He Felt a Guardian AngelWatched Over Him during WWII

Beyond the Battlefield

Alvin S. Goodman

Group photos of Press and his buddies in Germany.

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Senior Idol Moves to Fall,Talent Follows

By Megan Joyce

Some sat in the waiting area silently,sporting serious game faces. Othersalleviated performance jitters by chattingand laughing with fellow contestants. Nomatter their prep tactic, though, all thenearly 100 people who auditioned for2013 PA STATE SENIOR IDOL cameprepared and ready to impress.

Produced by OLPEVENTS, the eighthannual PA STATE SENIOR

IDOL competitionshowcases the vocal,instrumental, comedic,or dance abilities of thestate’s over-50population.

Traditionally held inthe spring, thecompetition was movedto the fall for 2013, amove that did notaffect the spectrum or thequantity of contestantturnout. Individuals from asfar west as WestmorelandCounty traveled to thecompetition’s CentralPennsylvania audition sites.

From this vast talent pool,15semifinalistshave beenselected,having beenjudged on themerits ofability,originality,appearance,and stagepresentation.

These 15performers will vie for the title of 2013PA STATE SENIOR IDOL at the sold-outfinals night competition on Monday,Oct. 14, at The Dutch Apple DinnerTheater, Lancaster. Emcee of the eveningwill be Diane Dayton of DaytonCommunications.

Although the majority of contestantsflexed their vocal abilities, SENIOR IDOL

judges still saw a fair share of othertalents represented. Steve Gallion ofLancaster performed a stand-up comedyroutine. Ernest Batz, Ephrata, played theaccordion that he has played for the last70 of his 75 years.

Christian Kendig, Millersville, reciteda poem—one of his own that had been

published in a poetry anthology. JeanetteMiller of Shippensburg performed arapid-fingered tune on the flute. TomLaNasa of York and Eugene ConstantineHrynkiewicz of Harrisburg bothpresented dramatic monologues: LaNasawith "Ragged Old Flag" by Johnny Cashand Hrynkiewicz with The Tell-TaleHeart by Edgar Allan Poe.

And several contestantscomplementedtheir vocals withtheir ownaccompaniment,such as PaulZavinsky ofHummelstownand TomWilliams ofWestBrandywine,both on guitar,and RossMounds ofHarrisburg onkeyboard.

Deb Olsen ofManheim andRay Ricke Jr. ofYork both paidtribute toMichael Jacksonwith a medley ofhis mostmemorable

hits—Olsen on the drums and Rickewith his moonwalking feet.

When the chosen semifinalistsreturn to the stage, they will beperforming for both a packedaudience as well as local celebrityjudges: R.J. Harris of WHP580,Buddy King of The MagnificentMen, Valerie Pritchett of abc27, andJanelle Stelson of WGAL-8 will

select three finalists after the first roundof performances.

The finalists will then perform asecond selection, after which the judgesand the audience will vote together toselect the 2013 Pennsylvania StateSENIOR IDOL. The winner will receive alimousine trip for two to New York Cityto enjoy dinner and a Broadway show.

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“Where have you been?” aneighbor named Stacysaid.

“Where have you been?” my neighbor,Robert, asked.

I was riding my three-wheeler bikedown our road. The bike is madespecifically for people like me who aredisabled.

“Well,” I said to thedozen or soneighborhood folkswho asked me thesame question. “I tooktime off to bedepressed.”

I was on my bikethat day because of abreakthrough. I canstill visualize myself ona recent afternoon,when I debated aboutopening our front doorand reentering theoutside world. Thebreakthrough occurredbecause of thisthought: “If I keepwaiting until I want todo something, I’ll bewaiting forever.”

Oddly, this new way of thinking beganbecause of a 22-year-old movie I watchedcalled City Slickers. Mitch, played by BillyCrystal, is dreadfully depressed as hetakes us through his comical mid-lifefunk.

During his journey of recovery, he wastaught “the secret of life.” But here’s thething: Finding that secret could neverhave happened until Mitch stoppedwaiting for happiness to come to himand instead took the first step himself.

First steps, I have learned, are nowherenear as huge as they sound. They’reactually quite simple. They have to be.

My husband, Bob, heard me cryingwhen the movie ended.

“I thought it was a comedy,” he said.“It was hysterical.”“Then why are you crying?”“Because it made me realize I’ve

wasted six months of my life by settlinginto depression and waiting, waiting,waiting to come out of it.”

That was the instant I took that firststep. I grabbed my cane and said, “I’m

going to ride my trike.” He tried to stop me. “You’ve been on your feet all day. You

can hardly walk after that. And youhaven’t been on your trike for ages!”

“Bob, if I don’t do this now, I amnever going to do it.” I knew that. I knewthat from the depths of me. I had to do

something to helpmyself.

And it had to benow.

I’d have never donethis had I thought,“I’m going to grab mycane, find the keys,check the weather, findthe bike lock,” and onand on, ending withsomethingoverwhelminglysabotaging like, “andride every day for therest of my entire life.”

I biked down ourroad, loving everyminute. It’s a new me,a new life, and allbecause of one simpledecision.

And so, the secret oflife that Mitch learned?

To paraphrase from the movie: “Justone thing,” Curly, the wise cowboy, said.“You stick to that and the rest is foolishdetail.”

“What is that one thing?” “That’s what you have to find out for

yourself.” For Mitch, it was not about taking an

adventurous trip out West; it was merelyagreeing to read the brochure.

For Mitch’s wife, it was just sayingthese words to him: “I want you to havethat adventure and find … your smile.”

It was when Mitch realized by simplygiving his wife one single kiss: “Today ismy very best day!”

And for me, it was grabbing my oldwooden walking stick.

Saralee Perel is an award-winning, nationallysyndicated columnist. Her new book isCracked Nuts & Sentimental Journeys: StoriesFrom a Life Out of Balance. To find out more,visit www.saraleeperel.com or [email protected].

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Alliance Home Help(800) 444-4598 (toll-free); 717-283-1444www.alliancehomehelp.com

Year Est.: 2010

Counties Served: Lancaster

RNs: No

LPNs: No

CNAs: Yes

Home Aides: Yes

Medicare Certified?: No

Other Certifications and Services:Providing non-medical companion,

respite, and personal care services

throughout Lancaster County.

Caregivers matched specifically to

you and your needs. Compassion,

24/7 on-call availability, trained,

competent, and reliable. Medicaid

Waiver approved.

Central Penn Nursing Care, Inc.(717) 569-0451www.cpnc.com

Year Est.: 1984

Counties Served: Cumberland,

Dauphin, Lancaster, Lebanon, York

RNs: Yes

LPNs: Yes

CNAs: Yes

Home Aides: Yes


Other Certifications and Services:Providing all levels of care (PCAs,

CNAs, LPNs, RNs), in the home,

hospital, or retirement communities

with specifically trained caregivers for

Alzheimer's and dementia clients.

Home care provided up to 24 hours a

day to assist with personal care and

housekeeping. A FREE nursing

assessment is offered.

Homeland Hospice(717) 221-7890www.homelandcenter.org

Year Est.: 2009


Dauphin, Lebanon, Perry, York

RNs: Yes

LPNs: No

CNAs: Yes

Home Aides: Yes

Medicare Certified?: Yes

Other Certifications and Services:Exemplary care provided by a highly

trained staff who address all patient

and caregiver needs.

Garden Spot Village(717) 355-6000www.gardenspotvillage.org

Year Est.: 2006

Counties Served: Lancaster

RNs: No

LPNs: No

CNAs: No

Home Aides: Yes


Other Certifications and Services:Personal care and companionship

services in your home with all the

professionalism, friendliness,

and excellence you expect of

Garden Spot Village. Contact

[email protected].

Hospice & Community CareFounded as Hospice of Lancaster County(717) 295-3900www.hospicecommunity.org

Year Est.: 1980

Counties Served: Adams, Berks, Chester,

Dauphin, Lancaster, Lebanon, York

RNs: Yes

LPNs: Yes

CNAs: Yes

Home Aides: Yes


Other Certifications and Services:Hospice & Community Care provides

compassionate care and support for

patients and their families facing serious

illness, end of life, and loss. Care is

provided at home, in nursing homes,

hospitals, and our Inpatient Center. Joint

Commission accredited. You are welcome

to call with questions.

Good Samaritan Home Health(717) 274-2591www.gshleb.org

Year Est.: 1911

Counties Served: Berks, Dauphin,

Lancaster, Lebanon, Schuylkill

RNs: Yes

LPNs: Yes

CNAs: Yes

Home Aides: Yes


Other Certifications and Services:Good Samaritan Home Health is a

Pennsylvania-licensed home health

agency that is Medicare certified and

Joint Commission accredited. We work

with your physician to provide

nursing, physical therapy,

occupational therapy, speech therapy,

wound care, and specialized care as

needed.

Good Samaritan Hospice(717) 274-2591www.gshleb.org

Year Est.: 1979

Counties Served: Berks, Dauphin,

Lancaster, Lebanon, Schuylkill

RNs: Yes

LPNs: Yes

CNAs: Yes

Home Aides: Yes


Other Certifications and Services:Good Samaritan Hospice provides

services to patients and their families

facing a life-limiting illness. We are

Pennsylvania licensed, JCAHO

accredited, and Medicare certified. We

provide services 24 hours per day

with a team approach for medical,

emotional, spiritual, and social needs.

Home Care Services & Hospice ProvidersListings with a screened background have additional information about their services in a display advertisement in this edition.

ComForcare Home Care(610) 363-1485; (717) 421-0607www.comforcare.com

Year Est.: 2009

Counties Served: Chester, Dauphin,

Lancaster, York

RNs: No

LPNs: No

CNAs: Yes

Home Aides: Yes


Other Certifications and Services:2013 Best of Home Care. Employer of

Choice Award from Home Care Pulse.

ComForcare provides companionship

and/or personal care services up to 24

hours/day, 365 days/year with our

meticulously selected, highly

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When you can’t be there, ComForcare!


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Safe Haven Skilled Services(717) 238-1111; (717) 582-4110; (717) 582-9977www.safehavenqualitycare.comYear Est.: 2005


Dauphin, Perry

RNs: Yes

LPNs: Yes

CNAs: Yes

Home Aides: Yes


Other Certifications and Services:Owners Leslie and Sandra Hardy are

members of the Society of Certified

Senior Advisors. We have contracts

with the VA and the Area Agency on

Aging. Private insurance and self-

payment are also accepted. Friendly

faces, helping hands, warm hearts.

Skilled nursing also available.

Senior Helpers(717) 738-0588www.seniorhelpers.com/lancastercounty

Year Est.: 2002

Counties Served: Berks, Lancaster,

Lebanon

RNs: Yes

LPNs: Yes

CNAs: Yes

Home Aides: Yes


Other Certifications and Services:A PA-licensed, non-medical home care

company providing companion,

personal, Alzheimer’s, & dementia

care from two to 24 hours a day. Call

for a FREE homecare assessment and

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Visiting Angels(717) 393-3450; (717) 737-8899(717) 751-2488; (717) 630-0067(717) 652-8899; (800) 365-4189www.visitingangels.comYear Est.: 2001


Dauphin, Lancaster, York

RNs: No

LPNs: No

CNAs: Yes

Home Aides: Yes


Other Certifications and Services:Visiting Angels provides seniors andadults with the needed assistance tocontinue living at home. Flexible hoursup to 24 hours per day.Companionship, personal hygiene,meal prep and more. Our caregivers arethoroughly screened, bonded andinsured. Call today for a complimentaryand informational meeting.

UCP of South Central PA(800) 333-3873 (Toll Free)www.ucpsouthcentral.org

Year Est.: 1962

Counties Served: Adams, Franklin,

Lancaster, York

RNs: No

LPNs: No

CNAs: No

Home Aides: Yes


Other Certifications and Services: UCP

provides non-medical adult in-home

care services to adults under DPW and

aging waiver programs. PA licensed

and working hand in hand with your

service coordinator, UCP provides

personal care attendants who

implement your individualized

service plan.

Synergy HomeCare(717) 243-5473www.synergyhomecare.com

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home, but now just one entire room isdevoted to displaying the mounts. Atthis point, when he has a noteworthycatch, he just puts the nice rack on aplaque rather than adding more mountsto the collection.

Wagner devotes four weeks of eachyear to rifle hunting.

“I just prefer rifle,” he said. “I nevergot into archery. I’ve done a lot ofhunting, but there are a lot of guys whowould make me look pretty small.”

Internationally, he has captured zebra,wildebeest, gemsbuck, impala, bushbuck,blezbuck, nyala, southern greater kudu,fallow deer, red hartebeest, Spanish goats,axis deer, black buck antelope, and more.

Wagner has hunted for moose andblack bear in Newfoundland, caribou inQuebec and other parts of the Arctic,black bear in Manitoba and NewBrunswick, and for black bear andmountain goats in British Columbia.

Within the United States he hasgotten mountain lions in Idaho; whitetaildeer in Pennsylvania, Maryland,Missouri, and South Carolina; and mule

deer, elk, and antelope in Colorado.Elk hunting is challenging because the

elk can be so elusive, he said.“The elk is the ultimate animal you

can get,” Wagner said.Hunting for mountain goats is a great

adventure because it usually involvestraversing the rocky crags that theanimals do in order to capture them.Wagner has memories of crawling on hishands and knees all day through themountains of British Columbia to get tothe mountain goats.

“Some of that’s scary when it’s straightpeaks on both sides of you,” he said.“You crawl all day, and it’s dark whenyou leave and dark when you come back.Or sometimes you just camp right outon the mountain.”

Sometimes the hardest part abouthunting is coping with the extremes intemperature. Wagner has been huntingwhen the thermometer read as low as 17degrees below zero and says that’s just“terrible.”

“It gets cold and miserable sometimes,and you feel like you’re freezing to

death,” Wagner said. “And you askyourself if this is supposed to be fun.”

Usually it’s between zero and 15degrees, which isn’t quite so bad, he said.Hunters put in long hours, but whenyou capture the animal you’ve beenpursuing, Wagner says that everythingyou’ve put yourself through is more thanworth it.

“The more you hunt, the better youget, just like everything else,” saidWagner. “Once you get something, youjust keep going for something else.”

South Carolina is his favorite spot tohunt in the country, and he has beentraveling there once a year for the past10 years to hunt deer and wild boar. Hehunts at a 10,000-acre plantation thereand said some of the deer are bigger thanthose in Pennsylvania, reaching 180pounds.

“In Pennsylvania, deer hunting isn’twhat it used to be, but a lot oforganizations are fighting to make itbetter,” he said.

Still on his wish list of places to huntis Texas, where he hopes to get some

whitetail deer.“I think I’ll go until I can’t go

anymore,” Wagner said with a smile onhis face.

On international hunts he gets to trythe meat after it’s been killed and cookedfor the hunters, but none of that can betransported home. But his freezer athome is always stocked with meat—usually whitetail deer, elk, and mule deer.Wagner says that moose is the best meathe has tasted on all of his hunts and isclose to beef in flavor.

Wagner is a life member of the NorthAmerican Hunting Club and a memberof the National Rifle Association, SafariClub International, and a board memberof the Unified Sportsmen ofPennsylvania.

Out of Wagner’s four children andtwo stepchildren, none have become hishunting buddies.

“It’s something that is born in you,”he said. “Some people love it and somepeople hate it. Some people try it for ayear and don’t like it, but I guess it wasjust born in me.”

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ANGEL from page 4

move my bowels, so I entered a bombed-out house and did my business. In theprocess, I heard an incoming mortarround, and I somehow knew that it wasgoing to hit the house. I quickly pulledup my pants before finishing and doveout of the house. The shell landed on theroof and exploded through the house.

“I was so scared that I traded all my Krations for cheese and that’s all I ate for a

week except for the chocolates in myrations.”

Just after Press’s unit crossed theRhine River, it was attached to Gen.George Patton’s army. His tanks weremoving fast, and the Germans were onthe run. Press was walking along whensomething told him to turn his bodyfast.

“I think I saw the bullet coming

toward me. It tore through the uppersleeve of my left arm. Talk aboutguardian angels!”

By now the German Air Force wasalmost completely destroyed, but oneday Press’s platoon was clearing out asmall town when he saw a “beautifulblack plane” coming toward him.

“I was up against the wall of a houseand couldn’t move. The bullets hit the

side of the house on either side of me.Had the plane or I been a few feet ineither direction, I surely would have hadit.”

He later learned that he was strafed bywhat was one of the first jet airplanes, aFocke-Wulf.

“Thank God for guardian angels!”

To be continued next month …


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Afellow 50plus Senior News writerrecently expounded on his lack ofinterest in the origins of his

European ancestry.He engagingly wrote, “None of my

ancestors ever looked back with anythinglike nostalgia. As far as they wereconcerned, it was ‘good riddance’ to theOld Country and the quaint customs ofimpressment, bonded servitude, andnothing to eat.”

He wrote that “now,several generationsremoved from the terrorof it, I still have no desireto seek my roots,” and hefinds “secret satisfactionin being the descendantof refugees who werenobodies.”

I share some of thosefeelings, but I must

address a widespreadmisconception that genealogyis of little use unless it resultsin the knowledge that one’sancestors were rich, or noble,or famous, or all three. Iffinding famous ancestors isyour sole reason for doinggenealogical research, you arelikely to be disappointed.

The great preponderance

of souls who have inhabited this earthhave been neither “members of the U.S.Senate, nor generals on horseback, normillionaire entrepreneurs,” so don’t besurprised if you find none in your familytree.

Ancestral “celebrity searches” can havean undesired effect. As a noviceresearcher, you may go online and findfamily trees posted by others that purport

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Familiar names of those who neverattended high school include authorsWalt Whitman, Charles Dickens, andMark Twain.

High-school dropouts include authorsH.G. Wells, Jack London, DashiellHammett, George Bernard Shaw, andLeon Uris; entertainers Julie Andrews,Lucille Ball, Gene Autry, GeorgeGershwin, and Walt Disney; inventorsBen Franklin, Thomas Edison, andOrville Wright; media leaders HoraceGreeley and David Sarnoff; food

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Prominentcomputer-technologydevelopers roseto fame despitedropping outof college.Among themare Bill Gates,Steve Jobs,MarkZuckerberg,Michael Dell,and Laurence Ellison. Another categoryheavily represented by college dropouts iswriters of fiction. F. Scott Fitzgerald,John Steinbeck, and William Faulknerare standouts in this field.

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A college degree was not a careerpathway for most adult Americans. As of2008, only 29.4 percent of Americans,25 years of age and older, were collegegraduates. That percentage does notappear to be rising.

Approximately 72 percent of studentsin the past decade finished high schooland, of these, 52 percent earned abachelor’s degree within six years. Hence,these numbers indicate that 37 percentof 21st-century high-school graduatesearned a college degree.

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Traveltizers Travel Appetizers: Stories that Whet the Appetite for Travel

By Andrea Gross

It’s 9:30 in the morning, but the airis still cool. Nevertheless, I’mslathered in sunscreen and dripping

with insect repellant. In other words, I’m ready to meet

some alligators on a trip that will takemy husband and me from Georgia’sOkefenokee Swamp, the largestblackwater swamp in North America, toFlorida’s Everglades National Park, aUNESCO International BiosphereReserve as well as a World Heritage Site.

Okefenokee SwampAlong with a dozen other passengers,

we climb into a 24-foot flat-bottomedboat and set out through water that’sthe color of strong tea—a result oftannic acid caused by decayingvegetation.

At 10:08, we spot our first alligator.At 10:12, there’s another one, and thenanother. At 10:32, one leaps out of thewater, arcing in front of us.

“Sometimes they leap 6 feet into theair,” says our guide, Chip Campbell,owner of Okefenokee Adventures. It’s afact I find most disconcerting.

By this time, the gators are appearingevery two, three minutes. There’s oneover there, curled in the grass, gazing atus with steely eyes. And that log overthere … It moved! I stop counting whenI realize I may be tracking fallen trees aswell as prehistoric reptiles.

In short order we become mini-experts on alligators. We learn how to tellan alligator from a crocodile (it’s all inthe teeth—a croc’s lower teeth overlaphis upper); to judge the reptile’s length(estimate the distance between the eyebumps and snout bump; that distance ininches pretty much equals the gator’slength in feet); and to escape one that’schasing you.

“Climb a tree, run in zigzags, or …”Chip laughs heartily, “outrun yourfriend!”

It’s obviously a good day for alligators,but even on gatorless days, there’d be

Alligators, Birds, and Plants, Oh My!

The American alligator sometimes growsto more than 14 feet in length.

The guide pushes the boat through theshallow swamp waters.

Georgia’s Okefenokee Swampis home to turtles as well as

alligators and snakes.

Visitors glide through theOkefenokee in a 24-foot

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plenty to see. The swamp is home to alarge variety of other reptiles, as well asamphibians, fish, mammals, butterflies,and more than 230 species of birds,including egrets, herons, ibis, sandhillcranes, and red-shouldered hawks.

Chip puts the boat in reverse so wecan better see a softshell turtle, whichinstantly submerges to avoid us. Noproblem. Chip heads toward a floodedforest, where, he says, we’re likely to see asnake.

“Most, but not all, poisonous snakeshave cat-shaped eyes,” he tells us.

Since I have no intention of gettingclose enough to a snake to see the shapeof its eyes, I dismiss this piece ofinformation as superfluous.

I’m more interested in learning aboutthe medicinal properties of variousplants—spotting those that will repelinsects, relieve depression, grow hair, andclean hands.

“But there’s no remedy for folks whoget their hands eaten while pluckingplants,” says Chip, and I decide to stickwith the pharmacy for my medications.

By 11 a.m., as another gator glidesby, we’ve seen so many that we’vebecome blasé. We turn our heads butdon’t rush for our cameras. Ourmemory cards are full, but even withoutmore photos, we know we’ve had a tripwe’ll never forget.

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Everglades National ParkIt’s a seven-hour, 385-mile drive from

Okefenokee to the Everglades, and Ididn’t want to go.

When I read that the best way to seethe alligators is to walk along a 0.8-mile

boardwalk, I turned up my nose. Afterall, I rode in a low-lying boat through aswamp in Georgia, so why would I wantto peer down at gators from a raisedwalkway? So tame. So tacky.

I was wrong. Everglades National Parkis nature at its most convenient andabundant. A one-hour walk along theAnhinga Trail lets us get up close and

personal with more alligators and birdsthan we’d seen from farther away andduring much longer expeditions.

We get about 10 feet down the pathwhen a giant black bird with a yellow billhops on the rail in front of us. He’swaving a small fish in his mouth. Westand mesmerized for several minuteswhile the cormorant shakes the fish intosubmission, positions him in line withhis throat, and swallows him whole.

A few feet farther, a large ospreyspreads his wings, his white upperfeathers looking like a fringed capeagainst the black background.

We turn left along a nice plankpathway. With the water undisturbed bya moving boat, dozens of alligators sunin peace, some half-submerged, othershappily snoozing in the roots of swamptrees, others completely visible.

The boardwalk makes a stable restingplace for tripods, and there seem to bemore photographers than gators or birds.Yet the mood is serene. Despite themanmade conveniences, we feel at onewith nature.

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

A cormorant spreads his wings beforediving into the water for his dinner.

A boardwalk along the Anhinga Trail inEverglades National Park makes wildlife

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Clyde McMillan-Gamber

Sept. 22 marked the autumnequinox, and the middle of fall,biologically speaking, at the local

latitude. March 20, 2014, will be thespring equinox, or mid-spring. Thosedates are six months apart and thepreludes to two unique months in theMiddle Atlantic States: October andApril.

Novemberthrough Marchhas the lookand feel ofwinter, withdenudeddeciduous treesand cold. TheArctic comesto call inwinter. AndMay throughSeptember hasthe look andfeel ofsummer, withgreen leaves and warmth. In summer, theheat and humidity of the South comesnorth.

But autumn and spring belong to thetemperate zone, particularly October andApril. The weather and beautiful sceneryof those months are unique andappreciated.

In October, afternoons arecomfortably warm, but nights arerefreshingly chilly. And the variety andvolume of warm leaf colors—red, yellow,orange, and brown—during that monthare unmatched at any other time of year.Only October has masses of brightly

colored, dead leaves falling from theirtwigs and carpeting the ground.

Autumn foliage on crisp, sunny daysis inspiring. Many people go out of theirway to enjoy the splendor of coloredleaves, including bus trips to areas ofmagnificent leaf color.

The weather and scenery of April arealso unparalleled. Days are warm, but

evenings canstill be cold.The color ofthe landscapequicklychanges fromwinter grayand brown tothe light-greenof newlydevelopingplant growth,which is darkerthroughsummer.

In October,plants become dormant and wildlifemigrates, stores food, or retains fat inpreparation of winter. April is the time ofplant growth and wildlife migration,courtship, and reproduction.

Many people are lured outdoors bypleasant weather in October and April.They enjoy hiking, hunting, fishing,gardening, watching the dynamics ofwild plants and animals, andexperiencing nature in other ways.

Get out in nature this month, and anytime of year, to enjoy its many splendors.Nature is always beautiful andintriguing.

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the 2008 economic downturn—to 22percent if they had graduated in 2009or 2010” (as reported by theInternational Herald Tribune Sept. 2,2011).

Gaining a college degree is a worthyaspiration for students who believe theircareer prospects merit the risk ofdefaulting on their student loan. Suchdefaults are below the levels seen in theeconomic recession of the early 1990sbut, at 8.8 percent in mid-2011, theyhave reached their highest rate since1997, nearly double the lowest rate of4.6 percent in 2005, according to theDepartment of Education.

There are trade schools and two-yearcolleges that may offer better pathwaystoward gainful employment than four-year institutions.

College graduates, unable to findacceptable employment, too frequently“park their employment search” byattending graduate school. Thispostponement strategy can expand thedebt burden of one’s higher educationwithout enhancing future job prospects.

Many discover upon graduation theyare educated in fields lackingmarketability. They areunderemployed—working at jobs that

do not require a four-year collegeeducation—more often thanunemployed. Data from the Bureau ofLabor Statistics indicate at least one-third of college graduates in 2008 wereunderemployed.

“Fats” Domino, the singer andsongwriter, summed up the situationsuccinctly, saying, “A lot of fellowsnowadays have a B.A., M.D., or Ph.D.Unfortunately, they don’t have aJ.O.B.”

Our country needs college graduatespursuing those disciplines responsive tomarket demand. High schools fail toproduce enough graduates keen aboutthe fields of science, engineering, ormath—all essential to our nationaleconomic security.

Too often the goal is self-aggrandizement in financial careers, anillusion exposed as fantasy once themarket bubbles burst.

Walt Sonneville, a retired market-researchanalyst, is the author of My 22 Cents’ Worth:The Higher-Valued Opinion of a SeniorCitizen and A Musing Moment: MeditativeEssays on Life and Learning, books ofpersonal-opinion essays, free of partisan andsectarian viewpoints. Contact him [email protected].

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Blakey, Yost, Bupp & Rausch, LLPDavid A. Mills, Esquire

17 East Market Street, York, PA 17401717-845-3674 fax 717-854-7839

[email protected]

2 7 1980 1980 No Yes No YesEstate planning, wills, trusts, powers of

attorney, estate administration,guardianships.

The Elder Law Firm of Robert Clofine120 Pine Grove Commons, York, PA 17403

717-747-5995 fax [email protected]

www.estateattorney.com

2 2 1985 1985 Yes Yes Yes Yes

Robert Clofine is the current presidentof the Pennsylvania Association of ElderLaw Attorneys. Medicaid; nursing homeasset protection; estate planning; estate

settlement.

Gettle & Veltri13 East Market Street, York, PA 17401



Wills; powers of attorney; living wills;estate settlement; probate; estateplanning; nursing home planning;

Medicaid; asset protection planning;trusts. We make house calls!

Keystone Elder Law555 Gettysburg Pike — Suite C-100,

Mechanicsburg, PA 17055717-697-3223 fax 717-691-8070

[email protected]


Alzheimer’s & special needs planning;VA & Medicaid benefits; wills; powers of

attorney; trusts; long-term careinsurance; estate administration; care

coordination; nurse on staff.

The Levin Law Firm150 North Radnor Chester Road, Suite F-200,

Radnor, PA 19087610-977-2443

[email protected]

1 1 2007 2007 No Yes Yes Yes

Philip Levin, Esq. concentrates hispractice on wills, trusts, elder law, asset

protection planning, probate and estateadministration.

Scott Alan MitchellRhoads & Sinon LLP

Lancaster & Harrisburg717-397-4431 (L) and 717-231-6602 (H)

[email protected] • www.rhoadssinon.com


Estate planning and administration;long-term care planning; medical

assistance; special needs planning andtrusts; guardianships.

MPL Law Firm, LLP137 East Philadelphia Street, York, PA 17401

717-845-1524 fax [email protected], [email protected]

www.mpl-law.com

2 7 1987 1998 No Yes No Yes

Estate planning & administration; wills,trusts & powers; Medicaid planning;

succession planning; tax consultation &preparation.

Saidis, Sullivan & Rogers26 West High Street, Carlisle, PA 17013 • 717-243-6222

635 North 12th Street, Lemoyne, PA 17043 • [email protected]

www.ssr-attorneys.com


Wills; trusts; living trusts; powers ofattorney; long-term care planning;

estate planning and administration;Medicaid planning.

Scheib Law Offices4813 Jonestown Road, Suite 102, Harrisburg, PA 17109


www.scheiblaw.com

1 1 1992 2000 Yes Yes No Yes

Asset protection; estate planning; probate& estate administration; trusts; Medicaid

planning; long-term care planning;guardianships; conserving assets,

securities & annuities; wills; living wills;financial & healthcare powers of attorney.

SkarlatosZonarich LLC17 South Second Street, 6th Floor, Harrisburg, PA 17101



The firm provides a full range of legal services forseniors and special-needs clients (including

estate, trust and medical assistance planning,guardianship and estate administration). In-housecare manager, a CRNP, provides care planning and

oversight, as well as client advocacy.

This is not an all-inclusive list. These advertisers are eager to provide additional information about their services.* Indicates that at least one attorney in the firm is a member. Information contained herein was provided by the firm.

Elder Law Attorneys

Dear Savvy Senior,My husband and I (both in our 70s)

would like to get our personal andfinancial information better organized soour kids will know what’s going on whenwe die. Any tips on how to get started? – Unorganized Edna

Dear Edna,Collecting and organizing your

important papers and information is asmart idea and a great gift to your lovedones. Here’s what you should know.

The first step in getting your affairs inorder is to gather up all your importantpersonal, financial, and legal informationso you can arrange it in a format thatwill benefit your caregivers, survivors,and even yourself.

Then you’ll need to sit down andcreate various lists of importantinformation and instructions of how youwant certain things handled. Here aresome key areas to help you get started.

Personal Information• Contact list: A good starting point is tomake a master list of names and phonenumbers of family members, closefriends, clergy, doctor(s), and professionaladvisers such as your lawyer, taxaccountant, broker, and insurance agent.

• Personal documents: This can includesuch items as your birth certificate, SocialSecurity number, marriage license,military discharge papers, etc.

• Secured places: List all the places youkeep under lock and key (or protected bypassword), such as safe-deposit boxes,safe combination, security alarms, etc.

• Service providers: Provide contactinformation of the companies or peoplewho provide you regular services, such asutility companies, lawn service, etc.

• Pets: If you have a pet, give instructionsfor the care of the animal. • Organ donation: Indicate your wishesfor organ, tissue, or body donation,including documentation (seewww.donatelife.net).

• Funeral instructions: Write out yourfinal wishes. If you’ve made

prearrangementswith a funeralhome, providetheir contactinformation andwhether you’veprepaid or not,and include acopy of theagreement.

LegalDocuments

• Will and trust: In your files, have theoriginal copy of your will (not aphotocopy) and other estate-planningdocuments you’ve made, includingtrusts.

• Financial power of attorney: This is thelegal document that names someone youtrust to handle money matters if you’reincapacitated. Talk to an elder lawattorney (National Academy of ElderLaw Attorneys, www.naela.org) to learnmore.

• Advance directives: These are the legaldocuments (living will and medicalpower of attorney) that spell out yourwishes regarding your end-of-life medicaltreatment when you can no longer makedecisions for yourself. For state-specificadvance directive forms, visit CaringConnections (www.caringinfo.org).

Financial Records• Income and debt: Make a list of allyour income sources such as pensions,Social Security, IRAs, 401(k)s, interest,investments, etc. And do the same forany debt you may have—mortgage,credit cards, medical bills, car payment.

• Financial accounts: List all your bankand brokerage accounts (checking,savings, stocks, bonds, mutual funds,IRAs, etc.), including their location andcontact information. And keep currentstatements from each institution in yourfiles.

• Pensions and benefits: List anyretirement plans, pensions, or benefitsfrom your current or former employer,including the contact information of thebenefits administrator.

• Governmentbenefits:Informationabout SocialSecurity,Medicare, orothergovernmentbenefits you’rereceiving.

• Insurance:List the

insurance policies you own (life, health,long-term care, home, and car),including the policy numbers andagents’ names and phone numbers.

• Credit cards: List all your credit andcharge cards, including the cardnumbers and contact information.

• Taxes: Keep copies of your income tax

returns over the last five years and thecontact information of your taxpreparer.

• Property: List the real estate, vehicles,and other personal properties you own,rent, or lease and include importantdocuments such as deeds, titles, andloan or lease agreements.

Savvy Tips: It’s best to keep all yourorganized information and files togetherin one convenient location — ideally ina fireproof filing cabinet or safe in yourhome.

Also be sure to review and updateyour information every year, and don’tforget to tell your loved ones where theycan find it.

Jim Miller is a regular contributor to theNBC Today show and author of The SavvySenior Book. www.savvysenior.org


Richard G. Scheib, Esq.Attorney at Law

4813 Jonestown Road, Suite 102 • Harrisburg, PA 17109

(717) 525-9291www.scheiblaw.com • [email protected]

Scheib Law Offices

Asset Protection • Estate Planning

Probate and Estate Administration • Trusts

Medicaid Planning • Long-Term Care Planning

Guardianships • Conserving Assets

Wills • Living Wills

Financial and Health Care Power of Attorneys

Getting Your Affairs Organized

Savvy Senior

Jim Miller


Dauphin County

Calendar of EventsDauphin County Library Programs

Dauphin County Department of Parks and Recreation

Oct. 12, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. – Volunteer Workday, Wildwood ParkOct. 23, 8 to 10 a.m. – Autumn Bird Walk, Wildwood Park

Programs and Support Groups

East Shore Area Library, 4501 Ethel St., Harrisburg, (717) 652-9380Oct. 17, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Oct 18 and 19, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. – Book Sale CollectionOct. 24, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Oct. 25, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Oct. 26, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. – Book Sale

Elizabethville Area Library, 80 N. Market St., Elizabethville, (717) 362-9825Oct. 3, 6:30 p.m. – Friends of the Elizabethville Library Meeting

Harrisburg Downtown Library, 101 Walnut St., Harrisburg, (717) 234-4976

Johnson Memorial Library, 799 E. Center St., Millersburg, (717) 692-2658

Kline Branch, 530 S. 29th St., Harrisburg, (717) 234-3934Oct. 24, 6:30 p.m. – Friends of the Kline Library MeetingOct. 31, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Nov. 1, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Nov. 2, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. – Book Sale

Madeline L. Olewine Memorial Library, 2410 N. Third St., Harrisburg, (717) 232-7286

McCormick Riverfront Library, 101 Walnut St., Harrisburg, (717) 234-4976

Northern Dauphin Library, 683 Main St., Lykens, (717) 453-9315

William H. & Marion C. Alexander Family Library, 200 W. Second St., Hummelstown, (717) 566-0949Oct. 2, 3, 4, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Oct. 5, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. – Annual Book SaleOct. 8, 6:30 p.m. – Novel Thoughts Book ClubOct. 22, 1 p.m. – Novel Thoughts, Too! Book Club

Free and open to the public.

Senior Center Activities

Oct. 8, 6 to 7 p.m.Alzheimer’s Caregivers Support GroupGraysonview Personal Care Community150 Kempton Ave., Harrisburg(717) 561-8010

Oct. 16, 1:30 p.m.Parkinson’s Support Group on East ShoreJewish Home of Harrisburg4004 Linglestown Road, Harrisburg(717) 441-8627

Oct. 17, 12:30 p.m.Hershey Area AARP Chapter #3466 MeetingSpring Creek Church of the Brethren335 E. Areba Ave., Hershey(717) 832-3282

Oct. 29, 6 p.m.Susquehanna Rovers Volksmarch Walking Club Gander Mountain5005 Jonestown Road, Harrisburg(717) 991-5232

Give Us the Scoop!Please send us your press releases so we can let our readers know about free events

occurring in Dauphin County! Email preferred to: [email protected]

(717) 770-0140Let help you get the word out!

What’s Happening?

Bistline Senior Center – (717) 564-5633

B’Nai B’rith Senior Center – (717) 232-6757

East Hanover Township Senior Center – (717) 469-7514

Edgemont Senior Center – (717) 236-2221

Friendship Senior Center – (717) 657-1547

Heinz-Menaker Senior Center – (717) 238-7860

Hoy/Latsha Senior Center – (717) 939-9833

Jewish Community Center – (717) 236-9555

Lick Towers Senior Center – (717) 233-0388

Lykens Senior Center – (717) 453-7985

Millersburg Senior Center – (717) 692-2657

Mohler Senior Center – (717) 533-2002,www.hersheyseniorcenter.comOct. 3, 2 to 3 p.m. – College of Knowledge: Emergency

PreparednessOct. 10, 2 to 3 p.m. – College of Knowledge: Balance in

ActionOct. 17, 2 to 3 p.m. – College of Knowledge: Eating

Well as We Age

Rutherford House – (717) 564-5682,www.rutherfordhouse.orgMondays, 9 a.m. – AerobicsWednesdays, 9 a.m. – Computer AssistanceFridays, 11 a.m. – Zumba

Steelton Senior Center – (717) 939-0693

Please call or visit the centers’ websites for additional activities.

AARP Driver Safety Programs

For a Safe Driving Class near you, call toll-free(888) 227-7669 or visit www.aarp.org/findacourse.

Oct. 21 and 22, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.Mohler Senior Center25 Hope Drive, Hershey(717) 533-2002

Oct. 24, 12:30 to 4:30 p.m.Jewish Community Center3001 N. Front St., Harrisburg(717) 236-9555, ext. 3115

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Medicare Beneficiaries Unaffected byNew Health Insurance Marketplace

Federal health officials are trying toassuage public confusion over the effectthe Affordable Care Act will have onMedicare.

Medicare isn’t part of the new HealthInsurance Marketplace, so Medicarebeneficiaries need not be concerned. Ifyou have Medicare, you are consideredcovered.

The Marketplace won’t affect yourMedicare choices, and your benefitswon’t be changing because of it.

Here are the top five things to knowabout the Affordable Care Act (ACA) ifyou have Medicare:

1. Your Medicare coverage is protected.Medicare isn’t part of the HealthInsurance Marketplace established by theACA, so you don’t have to replace your

Medicare coverage with Marketplacecoverage.

No matter how you get Medicare,whether through Original Medicare or aMedicare Advantage Plan, you’ll stillhave the samebenefits and securityyou have now. Youdon’t need to doanything with theMarketplace duringOpen Enrollment,which is still Oct. 15through Dec. 7.

2. You get more preventive services forless. Medicare now covers certainpreventive services, like mammograms orcolonoscopies, without charging you forthe Part B coinsurance or deductible. You

also can get a free yearly “wellness” visit.

3. You can save money on brand-namedrugs. If you’re in the doughnut hole,you’ll also get a 50 percent discount

when buying PartD-covered brand-name prescriptiondrugs. The discountis appliedautomatically at thecounter of yourpharmacy—youdon’t have to doanything to get it.

The doughnut hole will be closedcompletely by 2020.

4. Your doctor gets more support. Withnew initiatives to support care

coordination, your doctor may getadditional resources to make sure thatyour treatments are consistent.

5. The ACA ensures the protection ofMedicare for years to come. The life ofthe Medicare trust fund will be extendedto at least 2029—a 12-year extensiondue to reductions in waste, fraud, abuse,and Medicare costs, which will provideyou with future savings on yourpremiums and coinsurance.

To learn more about your Medicare coverage and choices, visit www.medicare.gov.

Sources: www.healthcare.gov andwww.medicare.gov

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not only to show your ancestors, but alsothat one or more of your ancestral linesdescends from a prince, a famous author,or other luminary.

You must do your homework andcorroborate each connection to theprincely supposed ancestor byconfirming the sources of theinformation. If you don’t, the presumedconnection to glory is worthless.

I was the ninth and last child ofSicilian immigrants who came toAmerica 100 years ago. My father was alaborer, my mother a housewife (whatelse would she be, with nine kids?).

I didn’t know it as a child, but myhistorical and genealogic studies haveshown me that they lived in animpoverished land where the rulingclasses excluded the common folk fromeducation. To survive, they had to work

at backbreaking labor in the fields or thesulfur mines. Their rights were virtuallynonexistent.

Women married as young as 13, tobear children every two years until theirmid-40s, or later. If a woman’s husbanddied young, she immediately had toremarry, to gain a father for her children;then she commenced having a childevery other year with her secondhusband.

So, what had I to gain fromresearching the escapees from such awretched life? I gained the knowledgethat my ancestors, and my wife’s as well,trace back to mid-1700s Sicily. That myConiglio ancestors back to my great-great-great-great-grandfather were bornin tiny Serradifalco (The Mountain ofthe Hawk), dead center in the island ofSicily.

I found that Gaetano Coniglio wasnot only the name of my eldest brother,but also of four of my direct ancestors. Ilearned that my father had more thanthe one brother that I had known of, andthat “Pa,” like I, was a seventh son.

I learned that my father, and hisfather before him, worked in the fetidsulfur mines from before dawn until afterdusk. And that as the near-caste systemrequired, my father married the daughterof a sulfur miner.

My investigations revealed that on mymother’s side, one ancestor was anabandoned child, left in the town’sfoundling wheel, who beat theoverwhelming odds for such childrenand survived to marry and to generatemore than 600 descendants (that I knowof ).

I learned that none of the 120 direct

ancestors I have identified, before myown parents, could read or write.

So, even though my ancestors were“nobodies,” I’m glad to have found outabout them and their lives. I feel that notonly their genes, but their experiences aswell, have shaped me and my livingrelatives into what we are today.

I’m proud of their perseverance andthe fact that my family, which descendedfrom such simple folk, continues toemulate their examples of strength andresolve.

Write to Angelo at [email protected] orvisit his website, www.bit.ly/AFCGen. He isthe author of the book The Lady of the Wheel(La Ruotaia), based on his genealogicalresearch of Sicilian foundlings. Seewww.bit.ly/ruotaia or www.amzn.to/racalmutofor more information.

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The Pros and Cons of DTC Meds

NurseNews

Gloria May, M.S., R.N., CHES

The direct-to-consumer (DTC)pharmaceutical advertising formatthat leapfrogs over health

professionals and delivers its pitch rightto consumers began back in the early’80s with a small ad for a pneumoniavaccine placed in Reader’s Digest.

Today, you can hardly get through 15minutes of television or talk radio withouta DTC pitch for an antidepressant, amedication to lower your “bad”cholesterol, or a remedy for erectiledysfunction. (And isn’t it fun, explainingthat one to your grandchildren?)

In print, about half of all magazine adpages are devoted to health/medicalproducts, and your email junk box isprobably full of promos for dietproducts, incontinence remedies, andpain relievers.

Given this bombardment, have youever actually taken the next step andasked your physician about or for a DTC

product? If so, how did it go? Did youfeel it enhanced your professionalrelationship or was it met with edgydismissal?

In one study of 500 randomly selectedphysicians, 95 percent of them reportedthat their patients do indeed ask aboutDTC products.

And were these interactions seen bythe doctors as beneficial? “Yes” for 41percent in that the conversations wereperceived to facilitate more opencommunication and to provide anopportunity to educate the patient.

However, for the 59 percent who said,“No, they weren’t beneficial,” it was, inpart, because doctors felt that, in the firstplace, the ads encouraged the overuse ofmedications as an easy fix for problemsthat could be alleviated by other means,particularly lifestyle changes.

They also felt that manipulative andmisleading marketing tactics created

confusion in their patients’ minds.Doctors reported that patients are sooften befuddled and misinformed aboutthe drug, its appropriateness for them andits risks and benefits for them, that thedoctors needed to spend considerabletime away from their busy practices inorder to address these misunderstandings;they felt this was not the most effectiveuse of their time.

On the other hand, if those 59percent don’t take the time to educatetheir patients who come to them wavinga DTC drug ad and asking if it’s theright drug for them, you know what thatpatient might then do? Stop talking andbuy the prescription drugs he is so intenton having online without a prescription!

Millions of Americans do this (yes,millions), and if you think it’scomplicated, it’s not. Illegal, yes;complicated, no. There are not onlywebsites that will sell you the drugs, but

there are also websites that will walk youthrough how to do it.

I know there are many patients who,with their own doctor’s consent andprescription, order drugs from foreignpharmacies, those that meet thestandards of care established by theNational Association of Boards ofPharmacy. There is no denying thefinancial savings involved.

But buying prescription drugs withoutyour own doctor’s prescription?Remember Groucho Marx’s line aboutnot wanting to join any club that wouldhave him as a member? Same thing: Youdon’t want to deal with any pharmacywilling to sell you a prescription drugwithout your own doctor’s prescription.

Gloria May is a registered nurse with amaster’s degree in adult health education anda Certified Health Education Specialistdesignation.


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Fragrant Paperwhites

The Green Mountain Gardener

Dr. Leonard Perry

Apopular and easy-to-flower bulbfor late fall and the holidays is thepaperwhite narcissus. Sweet-

smelling paperwhites can be coaxed intobloom with very little effort.

Prepotted paperwhites can bepurchased at many garden stores. All youdo is add water! These potted bulbs alsomake a nice gift or a fun activity forchildren.

The correct term is actually “forcing,”as you are forcing the spring-floweringbulbs to fast-forward their naturalgrowth cycles and bloom in winterinstead.

Many bulbs can be forced—grapehyacinths, tulips, daffodils, and crocuses,for example—but paperwhites areprobably the easiest as they don’t requirea long cold-storage period to root.

Paperwhites produce small, star-shaped flowers that will last for severalweeks. Some varieties have pure whiteflowers; others have white perianths(outer petals) with pale-yellow “cups” inthe center.

Paperwhites, which come from the

Mediterranean, are tender bulbs and notsuitable for outdoor growing in theNortheast. However, most garden centersand seed catalogs sell bulbsfor indoor forcing.

If purchasinglocally, choosehealthy bulbs withno soft spots orsigns ofdiscoloration. Storein a cool, dry placeuntil time to plant.

Paperwhites willbloom about four to sixweeks after planting, so planaccordingly if you want flowers for theholidays or other special occasions. Forcontinuous bloom throughout thewinter, plant bulbs every two weeks fromlate fall through February.

Use shallow containers, about 3 to 4inches deep, without drainage holes. Youcan find these specially designedcontainers for forcing at many gardencenters.

Add about 2 inches of washed pebbles

or large glass beads similar to marbles(available at craft stores and some gardenstores) in the bottom of the container. If

using the colorful glass beads,use a clear container so they

can be seen. Or, similarto other forcing bulbs,you can plant in potswith soil.

Gently place thebulbs, pointed side

up, on the gravel orbeads. They should be

close but not touching.(Five bulbs will fit nicely in a

6-inch pot.) Then add enoughpebbles around the bulbs to hold themin place. If using soil, make sure the bulbtops are at or above the surface.

The tricky part is watering the bulbs ifnot in soil. You want to add just enoughwater so it reaches the base of the bulbs.You don’t want the bulbs to sit in wateras this will cause rot.

Maintain this level of waterthroughout the growing period. You’llprobably need to replenish the water

every two or three days. Don’t fertilize—the bulb already contains the nutrients itneeds.

Place the container in a cool, darkplace (about 50 degrees F) for a fewweeks until green shoots appear (butdon’t forget about them).

Then move to full, bright light—generally, a window with southernexposure. Too little light, and the plantswill grow leggy as they stretch to reachthe light. Initially, room temperatureshould be 60 to 65 degrees.

To prolong bloom, after the plantsbegin to flower, remove them from directsunlight and place in a cooler, less sunnypart of your home. Paperwhites requireUSDA zones 8 to 11 outdoors; they can’tbe planted successfully outside in theNorth, nor can they be saved to forceagain next year.

Nevertheless, they provide easy,inexpensive, cheery, and long-lastingflowers.

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

Why Do We Enjoy Being Scared?

Halloween may be one of the scariestholidays of the year, but people seem totake delight in being scared in everyseason.

What’s the appeal of ghost stories,horror movies, frightening novels, andthings that go bump in the night?Experts have a few theories:

We like the adrenaline. Fear hasthe same adrenaline-producingeffect as excitement. It feelsgood. Scary movies,stories, and booksare methods ofreleasing adrenaline in a controlledenvironment.

Shared fear helps us bond.The “creeps” create social

bonding. Activities like tellingghost stories around a campfire or

watching a scary movie togetherallow us to form ties with strangers

as well as family and friends.

Horror helps us deal with real-lifeterrors. We can deal with the very realhorrors of modern times bytransforming them into fictional moviesand stories in which the monsters andbad guys are always caught andpunished.


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Today’s Seniors Hear Better than Their Grandparents Did

The prevalence of hearingimpairment in adults 65–74 years old islower now than it was 40 years ago,according to a study funded by theNational Institute on Deafness andOther Communication Disorders andpublished in the May 2012 issue of Earand Hearing.

The findings are consistent with theresearchers’ earlier discovery thatyounger adults are hearing much betterthan their grandparents did at their age.

The new study analyzed audiometricdata (hearing tests) collected in1999–2006 and compared them tosimilar data for adults 65–74 years ofage collected 40 years earlier in1959–1962. Hearing impairment inadults in this age group dropped from

48 percent in1959–1962 to 36percent in1999–2006.

Hence, theresearchersconcluded the rate ofhearing impairmentfor adults who arecurrently 65–74years of age is 25percent better than itwas for adults of thesame age 40 yearsago.

“It’s difficult toexplain why thisdecrease in hearing impairmentoccurred, since the two age groups we

looked at were born inthe decades circa 1890and 1930,” said HowardHoffman, NIDCDepidemiologist and leadauthor of the paper.

“They became adultsbefore the generalavailability of antibioticsto treat childhood earinfections or thewidespread introductionof vaccines, which havesince greatly reduced theincidence of commonchildhood diseases, suchas measles and mumps,

that may result in permanent hearingloss.”

The researchers suggest instead thatthe improvement in hearing may oweless to advances in medical treatmentsand more to incremental advances madein public health (for example, sanitationand safer and healthier foods),education, and transportation in the firsthalf of the 20th century.

More specific reasons for theimprovement may include safer workingconditions, fewer noisy jobs and moreuse of hearing protection, less smoking,better control of infectious diseases, and,more recently, improved control ofdiabetes and other cardiovascular riskfactors.

Source: National Institute on Deafness andOther Communication Disorders

Arthur Preston and Esther May (McNeal) Hall of Harrisburg celebrated their 62nd anniversary Aug. 26. They were married in Linglestown in 1951.Mr. Hall is retired; Mrs. Hall is a homemaker.

They are the parents of a daughter, Patty, and a son, Mike. They have four grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

Couple Celebrates 62 Years

50plus Senior News Dauphin County October 2013

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