Dauphin County 50plus Senior News March 2012

By Megan Joyce

Peggy Kurtz Keller has been a busy bee these last nine months.

It’s an apt metaphor for the 2011 PA STATE SENIOR IDOL, who always seems

to be cheerfully zipping about, buzzing with energy and fueled by her

effervescent and refreshingly positive personality.

Her unassuming, people-person charm has made her a fast favorite among

local retirement groups and senior-citizen organizations in recent months,

who have frequently sought out Keller to entertain them with her clear

soprano and obvious enthusiasm for performance.

And the key turn of phrase there is sought out—it’s a change from the pre-

Idol days when Keller says it was she who had to place the phone calls, trying

to interest various groups in having her come out to sing. She is beyond

grateful for the transformation.

“It’s like I got my diploma,” said Keller. “Now, somebody calls me because

I’m the PA STATE SENIOR IDOL and they know I have some kind of credibility.”

Her singing-engagement calendar has been happily full since last June,

when Keller earned top honors in the annual talent competition, produced

by On-Line Publishers, Inc. It had been Keller’s fourth time as a SENIOR IDOL

semifinalist, and she impressed both judges and audience with her renditions

of “Summertime” and “Cabaret.”

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Museums say a lot about their

locale, the unique qualities of

a collection, or the founders’

mission. In my travels, I visit many

museums. They run the gamut from the

fun to the funky. Here is sampling of

museums, both on and off the beaten

path, that recently captured my

attention.

Musee Lalique(www.musee-lalique.com)

There is a new museum devoted to

jeweler and glassmaker Rene Lalique in

the village of Wingen sur Moder, where

his glass factory was built in 1919. The

museum is a

sight to

behold,

located north

of

Strasbourg,

near the

German

border.

Musee

Lalique

opened in

June 2011

after

receiving

numerous

gifts. For

instance, the

Lalique

Company

donated

crystal pieces from its archives and

Lalique’s chairman of the board donated

perfume bottles from his own private

collection.

Rene Lalique was born in 1860 and

opened his own shop in 1885. Jewelry

was his first love and first commercial

success. Exquisite jewelry pieces

including enamel, gold and diamond

pendants, and aquamarine and citrine

brooches became Lalique’s trademark.

In the Art Nouveau style of the late

19th century, Lalique pieces were

characterized by a concentration of

sinuous lines and organic forms based on

nature.

After success in the jewelry realm,

Lalique moved to the making of art glass.

His objects—perfume bottles, vases,

chandeliers—were all the rage at the

Paris International Exhibition of 1925.

At Rene Lalique’s death in 1945, his

son Marc took over the Wingen factory

and changed it from producing glass to

making crystal. Marc designed the crystal

chandelier that now hangs in the Musee

Lalique’s main foyer and he also designed

the medals for the 1992 Winter

Olympics in Albertville. At the Musee

Lalique, the tradition of making great

objects lives on.

Norton Simon Museum(www.nortonsimon.org)

Like many intimate yet fine American

museums, the story of the Norton Simon

is a story of an

industrialist

with a love for

art.

In business,

Norton Simon

(1907-1993)

enjoyed

unprecedented

success by

establishing

corporations

such as Max

Factor,

McCall’s

publishing,

Avis rental car,

and Hunts

Foods, among

others.

He shared

his private art collection, one of the best

in the United States, with residents of

Southern California as well as the world

of art enthusiasts. Located on 8 acres in

Pasadena, Calif., in a California Modern-

style building renovated by architect

Frank Gehry, the Norton Simon is a

place of wonder with 10 major galleries

broken down by art historical period.

When I visited the museum, there

were enough museum security guards on

duty to fill a major museum, like The

Met or the Louvre. For such a small

museum, I was taken by the sheer

amount of masterpieces. The Norton

Simon is known for its impressive

masterpieces of Impressionism,

particularly paintings, works on paper,

and sculpture after sculpture by Edgar

Degas.

Museum Mania

Art and Antiques by Dr. Lori

Dr. Lori

Rodin’s Burghers of Calais

from the collection of the Norton Simon.

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Yet, the Italian Renaissance was well

represented by works by Botticelli, the

Baroque was highlighted with paintings

by Rembrandt and Rubens, and the 18th

century shined with pieces by Elizabeth

Vigee le Brun (the personal artist to

Marie Antoinette) and Chardin (he is my

vote for one of the top five best artists

ever!).

For 19th-century art, Degas’ work was,

by far, represented with the greatest

number of pieces, yet there were

outstanding works of art by Courbet,

Rodin (including his famous, life-size

figural sculpture group called The

Burghers of Calais), Gauguin, Renoir, and

Cezanne on display too.

If you find yourself in Southern

California, take a short drive to

Pasadena—pass the Rose Bowl—and

visit this great museum in a small

package.

Memphis Music Museums(www.sunstudio.com andwww.staxmuseum.com)

In Memphis, Tenn., there are many

museums that chronicle the city’s

numerous contributions to American

culture.

The Sun Studio museum tour gives

visitors the opportunity to experience the

birthplace of rock ’n’ roll. Just a short

walk from Beale Street, visitors can stand

in the spot where Elvis sang; learn about

the careers of B.B. King, Ike Turner, and

Johnny Cash; and listen to vintage

recordings.

The Stax Museum of American Soul

Music has a great collection and an

equally great promotional tagline …

“Nothing against the Louvre, but you

can’t dance to DaVinci.” If that doesn’t

make you consider a visit, I don’t know

what will!

The Stax Museum displays 2,000

artifacts and exhibits that feature the Stax

sound and focus on the illustrious careers

of music legends like Aretha Franklin, Al

Green, Isaac Hayes, Otis Redding, Rufus

and Carla Thomas, and others.

When it comes to museums, there are

a lot of choices. Visit a local or faraway

museum soon and open your world to

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Censuses can be used to find

more than simply the

address of an ancestor in a

certain year. Here’s some general

information about the decennial

U.S. census, with specific details

about the 1920 census.

The first federal census was in

1790, under Secretary of State

Thomas Jefferson. There have been

22 since then, taken at 10-year

intervals. The last was in 2010.

Censuses from 1790 through 1930

are available online and in hard

copy at many sources.

Excluded is the 1890 census,

most of which was destroyed by fire.

For privacy reasons, availability was

limited after 1930; however, the

1940 census is expected to be

released this April.

The questions asked varied

between censuses, from simple

identification and place of residence

in the first to much more detailed

information in later versions. An

image from the 1920 U.S. census

can be seen on Wikipedia. That

census collected the following

information:

• Address

• Name

• Relationship to head of family

• Sex

• Race

• Age at last birthday

• Marital status

• If foreign born, year of

immigration to the U.S., if

naturalized, and year of such

• School attendance

• Literacy

• Birthplace of person and parents

• If foreign-born, the mother tongue

• Ability to speak English

• Occupation, industry, and class of

worker

• Was home owned or rented: if

owned, was it mortgaged

Before considering individual

listings, note the township, county,

and state where the census was

taken. You can contact churches,

courthouses, or public offices in

those localities for other records:

naturalization, birth, death or

marriage records, etc.

Address: Be sure to distinguish

between house number (address)

and the sequence number indicating

the order in which the census was

taken. Street names and house

numbers allow location of the actual

property where your ancestor lived

and can lead to churches,

cemeteries, local funeral homes,

schools, etc., to search for other

records.

Name: Remember that to search

online or digitized census records by

name, you may have to use

innovative or imaginative spellings

of the name. Usually the head of

household’s given name and

surname are listed, with only given

names for the rest of the family.

Relationship to head of family:Study the family members’ names

and relationships to the head. A

woman with a different surname

than the head may be listed as

“mother-in-law,” thus giving you the

“maiden” surname of the wife of the

head of household. When a

surname listed for a “daughter” is

different from that of the head, it’s

the married surname of the

daughter.

Sex: Errors here are not uncommon.

Young children with “foreign-

sounding” names may have been

attributed the wrong gender. So

your grandfather Andrea may have

been incorrectly listed as a girl or

your aunt Carmen as a boy! Use

information from the census as a

guide, not as gospel.

Ages given are the person’s age at

last birthday. Children’s ages are

often given as years and fractions: 47/12 means the child was 4 years and

7 months old at the time. The date

when the census was taken is at the

top of the page, and by subtraction,

the approximate year of birth can be

calculated.

Don’t be surprised if ages on the

census are one or two years different

than what was recorded elsewhere.

Other records may be wrong, or the

ages may have been incorrectly

entered on the census. Marital

status, including that of children,

helps confirm previously found

information. Year of immigration

and country of birth helps in

locating passenger manifests, which

may list town of birth.

A person’s occupation is noted on

the 1920 census, as well as on many

passenger manifests. Matching a

person’s name, year of birth,

occupation, and year of immigration

from the census with the

information on a manifest can

corroborate that the records are for

the same person.

Make note of the other names on

the census: neighbors of your

ancestor. They may be his relatives

or friends, and research on their

backgrounds may unveil otherwise

unknown information about your

ancestor or ways to find it.

The censuses prior to 1920 and

those subsequent provided

essentially the same information,

with some variation. The 1900

census, rather than giving a person’s

age, lists the month and year of

birth, while the 1910 and 1930

censuses list “Number of Years

Married” or “Age at First Marriage,”

from which you may determine

whether the couple was married in

the U.S. or before they came here,

aiding in the search for a marriage

record.

The censuses, especially those of

the late 1800s and early 1900s,

carry much meaningful data about

our ancestors and are a valuable

source of information for the

genealogical researcher.

Angelo Coniglio encourages readers to

contact him by writing to 438 Maynard

Drive, Amherst, NY 14226; by email at

[email protected]; or by visiting

www.conigliofamily.com/ConiglioGene

alogyTips.htm.

The 1920 U.S. Census

The Search for Our Ancestry

Angelo Coniglio

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Question: I received a notice fromSocial Security recently. It said myname and Social Security number donot match Social Security’s records.What should I do?

Answer: It’s critical that your name

and Social Security number, as shown on

your Social Security card, match your

employer’s payroll records and your W-2

form. If they don’t, you can take these

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Answer: No. We do not reassign

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assigned more than 460 million Social

Security numbers, and each year we

assign about 5.5 million new numbers.

The current system has enough new

numbers for several more generations.

Question: How does Social Securitydecide if I am disabled?

Answer: If you are an adult, you must

be unable to work for a year or more

because of a medical condition or

combination of medical impairments.

Overall, we use a five-step evaluation

process to decide whether you are

disabled. The process considers any

current work activity you are doing. It

also considers your medical condition

and how it affects your ability to work.

To be found disabled:

• You must be unable to do work you

did before you became disabled and we

must decide you cannot adjust to other

work because of your medical condition.

• Your disability must last, or be

expected to last, for at least one year or

to result in death.

Social Security pays only for total

disability. We do not pay benefits for

partial or short-term disability. For more

information, read our publication

Disability Benefits at www.social

security.gov/pubs/10029.html.

Question: If I go back to work, willI automatically lose my Social Securitydisability benefits?

Answer: Social Security has several

work incentive programs to help people

who want to work. You may be able to

receive benefits and continue your

healthcare coverage during a trial work

period. For information about Social

Security’s work incentives and how they

can help you return to work, you should:

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• See the Red Book on work incentives

at www.socialsecurity.gov/redbook

• Call our toll-free number at (800)

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• Contact your local Social Security

office (www.socialsecurity.gov/locator)

Question: Is it true that if you havelow income you can get help payingyour Medicare premiums?

Answer: Yes. If your income and

resources are limited, your state may be

able to help with your Medicare Part B

premium, deductibles, and coinsurance

amounts. State rules vary on the income

and resources that apply. Contact your

state or local medical assistance, social

services, or welfare office, or call the

Medicare hotline, (800) MEDICARE,

and ask about the Medicare Savings

Programs.

If you have limited income and

resources, you also may be able to get

help paying for prescription drug

coverage under Medicare Part D. Call

Social Security at (800) 772-1213 (TTY

users should call (800) 325-0778) or

visit any Social Security office.

Also, see our publication, Medicare

(Publication 10043) at www.social

security.gov/pubs/10043.html. For even

more information, visit our website at

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Doris Brookens is the Social Security office

manager in Harrisburg.

Q&A’s for March

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of the submarine USS Pargo during

World War II, designed the ship’s battle

flag.

In the white center area of the flag on

blue background is an artist’s drawing of

a sub with a shark mouth chewing up a

Japanese flag. In the upper field appear

two classes of Japanese ships sunk by

Pargo: merchant ships (cargo, troop

carriers, and tankers) and war vessels.

The flag at the bottom of this set

represented mines floating loose on the

ocean, destroyed using small-caliber

guns. In the lower field are the same type

of ships, damaged but not confirmed

sinkings. The additional flag at the

bottom of this set shows a small island

bombarded by the ship after determining

the residents were Japanese marines.

The horseshoes were unique to Pargo,

added just after

commissioning

when the skipper

had yard workers

weld one on each

side of the bridge

structure for luck.

The dice

represented the

eight successful

patrols made by the

sub during the war.

The original

battle flag of the

Pargo hangs in the

Submarine Museum

in Groton, Conn.

Designed by

Huntington, it was

constructed by crew

member Howard

Iffland, TM1c,

using a small

portable sewing

machine.

During training,

Huntington said,

each man had to be

able to take over

another’s assignment

should the need

arise. He had to be

able to fire a

torpedo, start or

stop an engine,

know the location

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Only then could he

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had to return to base for refueling,

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and was switched to emergency lighting

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decking broken loose in the affected area.

“Our own planes and those of the

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we did not give the proper recognition

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His Sub’s Battle Flag Recorded Ships Sunk

Beyond the Battlefield

Alvin S. Goodman

Battle flag of the USS Pargo.

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later in the

war when

we began to

see friendly

aircraft

operating

from

captured

bases,”

Huntington

said.

After his

discharge

from the

Navy on Dec. 16, 1945, Huntington

learned the mason’s trade. After

marrying (Mary) Carol Glignor on June

9, 1951, in Riverhead, N.Y., he took a

more permanent job working for a

surveyor in Chemung County, N.Y.,

then moved to Pottstown to sell life and

health insurance.

Huntington returned to Long Island

to work in the building trades. In

1958, he went to work for Met Life. In

1968 he joined Monarch Life and

became the general agent in

Harrisburg. Most of his life was in

sales, spending 10 years with ABP out

of Atlanta, Ga., selling paper products.

When he was let go by ABP at age

60, Huntington became an employee

of the State Public Utility

Commission, his last job being hearing

scheduler in motor carrier cases,

retiring in 1994.

“Our ship has held reunions across

the country since the 1960s. Last year,

it was held at Groton, Conn., where it

all began, with

only a half

dozen men

being able to

attend.”

The

Huntingtons

have a

daughter,

Laura Davis;

two sons,

Dwight W. IV

and Mark

Stephen; nine

grandchildren;

and five great-grandchildren.

He is a member of the U.S.

Submarine Veterans Inc., Tri-State Base

and Keystone Base, American Legion

Post No. 730, and St. Margaret Mary

RC Church.

Huntington has another unique

claim to fame. On his paternal

grandfather’s side, his family goes back

to the time when this nation was

formed. He is a direct descendant of

not one but two signers of the

Declaration of Independence—Samuel

Huntington (1732-96), attorney,

judge, and later governor of

Connecticut, and William Williams

(1731-1811), also of Connecticut,

merchant, politician, and minister and

another state delegate to the

Continental Congress.

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The crew of the Pargo (photo taken at Pearl Harbor

after the seventh patrol). Huntington is fifth from

right, squatting with the officers.

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Speaking UpAbout UI

NurseNews

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

To be sure, urinary incontinence

(loss of bladder control) is not an

easy subject to broach, even with

your doctor or nurse with whom you are

encouraged to be completely honest!

But “UI” affects the lives of some 30

million people in the U.S. (85 percent of

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negative ways:

• It causes those affected to withdraw

from social interactions, curtail traveling,

and forego overnights with friends and

family.

• It costs consumers billions of dollars

each year, mostly for pads and adult

diapers.

• It is the

underlying factor in

a great percentage

of falls and

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fractures incurred

by folks as they

rush to the

bathroom.

• It is often the

“last straw” in the decision to move a

relative into a care facility.

However, despite all these

consequences, studies show that only 20

to 30 percent of patients who are having

this problem mention it to their

healthcare provider. That means some 21

to 24 million people are suffering in

silence. (Is the thinking here that UI is a

“normal” part of aging? It’s not!)

But as of late, primary-care doctors

and nurses are being encouraged to

initiate the conversation, to not wait for

the patient to bring it up, and despite

whatever else the patient is being seen

for, to not forget to ask about UI.

You can expect to be asked if you have

had any “leaking episodes” in the

previous few months. If the answer is

yes, then:

• Were they minor leaks (dribbles) or did

you wet your pants?

• How many times a day do you feel the

urge to go to the bathroom?

• How many times a night do you get up

to go?

• Have you ever leaked when coughing,

sneezing, laughing, or lifting something

heavy?

• Have you ever been unable to get to

the bathroom in time?

• Do you often have the feeling you have

to go but when you try, nothing

happens?

Ultimately, you will probably be

referred to a specialist (a urologist) for

further tests and treatment.

Keep in mind that urinary

incontinence is not a disease; it’s a

symptom, and it could be:

• Temporary, caused

by drinking alcohol

and/or caffeine, both

of which are bladder

stimulants and

diuretics; by taking in

an excessive amount

of liquids; by

ingesting bladder

irritants, such as

spicy foods or

artificial sweeteners;

or by taking certain medications

• The result of a treatable medical

condition, such as a urinary tract

infection or chronic constipation

• Reflective of an underlying physical

problem or change that came about from

pregnancy and childbirth, from being

overweight or obese, from smoking and

its associated chronic coughing, from

kidney disease or diabetes, or from the

aging of the bladder muscles themselves

There is a broad spectrum of

treatment available for UI, once the

proper diagnostic tests are completed.

Options range from behavioral and

lifestyle changes to physical therapy

techniques, from medications to

insertable mechanical devices, from

injections to surgery.

The important message about UI is to

get started getting help. So, take a deep

breath and say something. Believe me,

your doctor or nurse has heard worse.

Gloria May is a registered nurse with a

master’s degree in health education and a

Certified Health Education Specialist

designation.


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Exercise Is the Antidote for Aging, Disease, and DeclineBy Dawn Williams

The changes come gradually, sneaking

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years. Muscle strain and injury occur

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work or home repair require days of

recovery.

Our waistlines grow thicker, flesh

becomes doughy, posture slackens, and

energy flags. We chalk up these

symptoms to the process of aging,

assuming they are inevitable and

attempting to endure them with as much

grace and good humor as possible.

It doesn’t have to be that way.

Statistics gathered during the last 50

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research

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improves the

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resting heart

rate, heart

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blood, all of which make the heart

stronger and more efficient, while

making its job easier to accomplish. The

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opposite.

• Metabolism

slows with age,

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increases it while

reducing body fat,

regulating blood

sugar and insulin

levels, and

lowering

dangerous LDL

cholesterol as it

increases

beneficial HDL

cholesterol.

• The skeletal and

muscular systems

benefit from

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over time, which

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the likelihood of fractures.

• Even our neurological functions are

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activity slows the loss of nerve

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with aging, improves quality of sleep,

reduces risk of depression, and reduces

memory lapses and other cognitive

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• Heart health drastically improves with

exercise, even for those who have already

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who are regularly active are 45 percent

less likely to experience cardiac-related

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Reaping the BenefitsResearch at Harvard School of Public

Health studied 13,000 subjects and

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hours a week were 76 percent more likely

to age free of chronic illnesses, including

heart disease and cancer, than those who

worked out only 20 minutes a week.

Physical activity in this study was also

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impairment.

Even if you have been inactive for a

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The National Institutes of Health

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Conquering Your Fear of

TechnologyNo matter if you are young or old, the

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Book Review

Sweet Freedoms: 50 Life Lessons from Life in the ’50sBy Ken Gaudi

“There was a time before

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kids walked to school—rain or shine—

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days of stickball, gas for 28 cents a gallon,

penny candies, and when

children were called home

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flatulence is uncontrollable

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compassion can be birthed

from heartbreak.

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Ken Gaudi worked for 28 years as the

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With her win came the grand prize of

a limousine trip for two to New York

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of their present lives.

“That show was really sentimental to

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Ephrata Playhouse. “When they closed

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the last show they did there was Follies,

and I was in it.”

Though understandably dazzled by

the big stage, it was a slightly smaller

stage closer to home that served as the

location for her most memorable

experience since becoming PA STATE

SENIOR IDOL. Keller was honored to

perform the national anthem at the 9/11

memorial event held at Clipper

Magazine Stadium in Lancaster.

Her performance started off an entire

day of activities, including a firemen’s

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over the state who ceremoniously walked

the number of steps that would have

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Keller also performed the national

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her.

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songs. I became more comfortable

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Keller also uses these platforms to

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STATE SENIOR IDOL competition, citing

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experience and the unique opportunity

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She shares with them her conviction

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dance, or comedic routine that means

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about appealing to others’ tastes.

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do this [competition] and take the time,

be true to yourself, do what you want to

do, and don’t worry about the judges,”

she said. “If you are true to yourself,

you’re gonna wow ’em.”

Although her year as the reigning PA

STATE SENIOR IDOL is winding down,

Keller looks toward her musical future

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ambitions, hoping to land a regular,

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genuine thankfulness.

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Like people, words retire. A

growing number of nouns, verbs,

and adjectives, used by today’s

seniors, are considered archaic or quaint

by younger generations.

If you struggled studying the language

of Shakespeare, you have a lot of

company. Shakespeare’s vocabulary was

enormous for his era, partly because he

made up words. A dictionary of words he

used would have some 21,000 main

entries, almost three times the count of

famous modern authors.

Our country’s first dictionary of

American English was produced by Noah

Webster in 1806. His most popular

edition was released 22 years later when

he was 70 years old. It had approximately

70,000 main entries.

The current edition of the Oxford

English Dictionary, published by the

Oxford University Press, consists of 20

volumes and almost 22,000 pages. It

contains 300,000 main entries, reaching

back to the mid-eighth century. (The

count depends on how “word” is defined.

In this essay, “word” means the basic

word, called the “main entry,” e.g., run,

but not running. The average adult

American today has a vocabulary of

about 15,000 English words.)

Your vocabulary, like your first name,

can suggest the generation to which you

belong. Referring to grammar school, for

example, instead of elementary school,

could be an age-revealing disclosure.

Dated words have not escaped usage

at our nation’s “newspaper of record,”

The New York Times. In its July 29,

2011, edition it titled an article

“Governor Said to Have Irked Transit

Leader Who is Leaving.” Irked? Not

vexed, troubled, or annoyed? The word

irked soon began to appear in article

headings of the Washington Post after it

appeared in The New York Times article.

Some words indicate both your age

and the part of the country in which you

were raised. Words such as yonder, fixin’,

and fetch imply a Southern upbringing.

“I’ll carry (drive) you home” and “You

favor (look like) your mother” are

phrases heard in that region. In New

England, one might say that a high-

priced item is “dear.”

World War II veterans would

recognize the acronym SNAFU (situation

normal, all fouled up) and the terms

gizmo (an unnamed device) and Gob

(sailor). Yiddish words, such as schlep (to

carry), schmo (a fool), or chutzpah

(audacity), have found some usage

among those who wish to appear “cool.”

In disagreeing with another, do you

say, “You will rue the day”? Did your

adversary carp? Were you and your friend

gabbing, bantering, or engaging in

scuttlebutt? Did you find the complaints

piddling? Were you unable to sleep until

the wee hours of the morning?

Have you ever had to scram because a

ruckus was created by riffraff? When

your plans have gone amiss, did that raise

your ire? Did you bawl-out the person

responsible? Were you irked?

If you had no difficulty understanding

the oldfangled words while reading this

essay, you are a senior with scads of

smarts. If, however, this essay appears to

you as rigmarole, you are forgiven for

snickering at the oaf who wrote it.

Walt Sonneville, a retired market-research

analyst, is the author of MY 22 CENTS’WORTH: The Higher-Valued Opinion of aSenior Citizen, a book of personal-opinion

essays, free of partisan and sectarian

viewpoints. He recently completed the

manuscript for another book of essays, AMUSING MOMENT, scheduled for release

in January 2012. Contact him at

[email protected]

Our Words Retire Too

My 22 Cents’ Worth

Walt Sonneville


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Dear Savvy Senior,

Is there an age limit on being an organ

donor? At age 73, I’m interested in being a

donor when I die, but I am wondering if

they would still want my organs. What can

you tell me, and what do I need to do to

sign up?

– Willing But Old

Dear Willing,

There’s no defined cutoff age for being

an organ donor. In fact, there are many

people well up into their 80s that donate.

The decision to use your organs is

based on health, not age, so don’t

disqualify yourself prematurely. Let the

doctors decide at your time of death

whether your organs and tissues are

suitable for transplantation.

Donating Facts

In the United States alone, more than

112,000 people are on the waiting list

for organ transplants. But because the

demand is so much greater than the

supply, those on the list routinely wait

three to seven years for an organ, and

more than 6,500 of them die each year.

Organs that can be donated include

the kidneys (which are in the greatest

demand with more than 90,000 on the

waiting list), liver, lungs, heart, pancreas,

and intestines.

Tissue is also needed to replace bone,

tendons, and ligaments. Corneas are

needed to restore sight. Skin grafts help

burn patients heal and often mean the

difference between life and death. And

heart valves repair cardiac defects and

damage.

How to Donate

If you would like to become a donor,

there are several steps you should take to

ensure your wishes are carried out,

including:

Registering: Add your name to your

state or regional organ and tissue donor

registry. You can do this online at either

Donate Life America

(www.donatelife.net) or the U.S.

Department of Health & Human

Services’ organ-donation website

(www.organdonor.gov). Both sites

provide links to all state registries.

If you don’t have Internet access, you

can call your local organ procurement

organization and ask them to mail you a

donor card, which you can fill out and

return. To get the phone number of your

local organization, call Donate Life

America at (800) 355-7427.

Identify yourself: Designate your

decision to become an organ donor on

your driver’s license, which you can do

when you go in to renew it.

If, however, you don’t drive anymore

or if your renewal isn’t due for a while,

consider getting a state ID card—this

also lets you indicate you want to be a

donor. You can get an ID card for a few

dollars at your nearby driver’s license

office.

Tell your family: Even if you are a

registered donor, in many states family

members have the ultimate say whether

your organs may be donated after you

die. So clarify your wishes to your family.

It’s also a good idea to tell your

doctors and add it to your advance

directives. These are legal documents that

include a living will and medical power

of attorney that spell out your wishes

regarding your end-of-life medical

treatment when you can no longer make

decisions for yourself.

If you don’t have an advance directive,

go to caringinfo.org or call (800) 658-

8898, where you can get free state-

specific forms with instructions to help

you make one.

For more information on organ and

tissue donation and transplantation, visit

the U.S. Department of Health and

Human Services Donate the Gift of Life

website (www.organdonor.gov). Also see

the United Network for Organ Sharing

(www.unos.org) and Transplant Living

(www.transplantliving.org), which offers

information on being a living donor.

Jim Miller is a regular contributor to the

NBC Today show and author of The SavvySenior Book. www.savvysenior.org.

Organ Donation: You’re Never Too Old

Savvy Senior

Jim Miller

Free Tax Assistance OfferedThrough April 15 of each year, the

AARP Tax-Aide program offers free one-

on-one counseling as well as assistance

on the telephone and Internet to help

individuals prepare basic tax forms,

including the 1040, 1040A, 1040EZ,

and other standard documents.

The following are locations in your

area. Please call for an appointment or

visit www.aarp.org/money/taxaide for

more information.

Epiphany Lutheran Church1100 Colonial Road, Harrisburg

Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays,

9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.

(717) 657-8959

Mohler Senior Center25 Hope Drive, Hershey

Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays,

9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

(717) 533-2002

Susquehanna Township MunicipalBuilding1900 Linglestown Road, Harrisburg

Thursdays, 1 to 5 p.m.

(717) 909-9228

Swatara Township Building599 Eisenhower Blvd., Harrisburg

Tuesdays and Thursdays, 9 a.m. to noon

(717) 599-5077


Locations in Dauphin, Lancaster & York counties

4601 Devonshire Rd., Suite 100, Harrisburg, PA

1-800-676-7846

Hey ...nice legs!

The Middletown HomeA Continuing Care Retirement Community

• Skilled Nursing

• Personal Care and Apartments

• Respite and Vacation Stays

• Physical, Occupational, and

Speech Therapy

• Pet Visitation

• Computer and Wii Availability

(717) 944-3351 • www.middletownhome.org999 West Harrisburg Pike, Middletown, PA 17057

Courtyard Gardens Nursing & Rehabilitation Center

Crescent View Personal Care

West View Terrace Apartments

March is Women’s History

Month. We’re sure to see

reminders of the contributions

of such outstanding women as Marie

Curie, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Amelia

Earhart.

You may not know her name, but

chances are Dorothy Fields had a bigger

impact on your life than more famous

members of her sex. For Dorothy Fields

was a songwriter, perhaps the greatest

female lyricist ever. She put us in the

mood for love.

Yes, “I’m in the Mood for Love” was

just one of her many hits. But it wasn’t

her first big hit—that distinction goes to

“I Can’t Give You Anything but Love”

way back in 1928.

As with so many of her other

enduring (and endearing) lyrics, snatches

of the song evoke as many memories as

the opening lines: “Diamond bracelets

Woolworth doesn’t sell, baby.” Or how

about her clever internal rhyme, “This

rover crossed over,” from “On the Sunny

Side of the Street”?

For what it’s worth, “The Way You

Look Tonight” gets my vote for the finest

popular song ever written. “With each

word your tenderness grows/tearing my

fear apart. And that laugh that wrinkles

your nose/touches my foolish heart.” She

wrote that with Jerome Kern, the

composer who changed American

musical theater forever with Show Boat.

“I had to leave the room because I

started to cry,” Fields would often recall

about the first time Kern played the

bridge of “The Way You Look Tonight”

for her. “It was so beautiful.”

That song garnered Kern and the 30-

year-old Fields Best Song Oscars. Photos

from the awards dinner show her sitting

next to George Gershwin, who used to

give her golf lessons. She never

collaborated with Gershwin or her one-

time teenage crush, Richard Rodgers,

with whom she used to walk hand-in-

hand across Central Park.

Though they didn’t write songs

together, she did work with Rodgers.

According to Fields’ biographer, Deborah

Grace Winer, Fields said “the only time

in my life an idea came absolutely from

God” was when she flashed on her dear

friend Ethel Merman playing Annie

Oakley.

Fields pulled Oscar Hammerstein

aside after a songwriters’ luncheon and

asked, “What do you think of Ethel

Merman as Annie Oakley?” Say no more.

Hammerstein loved the idea and asked

Fields to go back to the office with him

so that they could run it by Richard

Rodgers.

With Oklahoma! behind them,

Rodgers and Hammerstein had started

producing as well as writing shows.

According to Winer, Rodgers heard

Fields’ one-line pitch and immediately

responded, “You write it, we’ll do it.”

Annie, Get Your Gun was launched.

Fields and her brother, Herb, were to

write the book, Fields the lyrics, and

Jerome Kern the music. Unfortunately,

Kern no sooner returned from

Hollywood to tackle the project than he

was struck by a fatal stroke.

The Sunny Side ofDorothy Fields

Silver Threads

W.E. Reinka

please see FIELDS page 19

This Month in History:March

Events• March 4, 1830 – Former President John

Quincy Adams returned to Congress as a

representative from Massachusetts. He was the

first ex-president ever to return to the House

and served eight consecutive terms.

• March 19, 2003 – The United States launched

an attack against Iraq to topple dictator

Saddam Hussein from power. The attack

commenced with aerial strikes against military

sites, followed the next day by an invasion of

southern Iraq by U.S. and British ground

troops. The troops made rapid progress

northward and conquered the country’s capital,

Baghdad, just 21 days later, ending the rule of

Hussein.

• March 23, 1775 – Patrick Henry ignited the

American Revolution with a speech before the

Virginia convention in Richmond, stating, “I

know not what course others may take; but as

for me, give me liberty, or give me death!”

Birthdays• March 1 – American band leader Glenn Miller

(1904-1944) was born in Carilinda, Iowa. His

music gained enormous popularity during the

1940s through recordings such as “Moonlight

Serenade” and “String of Pearls.” On Dec. 15,

1944, his plane disappeared over the English

Channel while en route to Paris where he was

scheduled to perform.

• March 6 – Renaissance genius Michelangelo

(1475-1564) was born in Caprese, Italy. He

was a painter, sculptor, architect, poet, and

visionary best known for his fresco on the

ceiling of the Sistine Chapel and his sculptures

David and The Pieta.

• March 31 – Boxing champion Jack Johnson

(1878-1946) was born in Galveston, Texas. He

was the first African-American to win the

heavyweight boxing title.


Dauphin County

Calendar of EventsBistline Senior Center – (717) 564-5633

Edgemont Senior Center – (717) 236-2221

Friendship Senior Center – (717) 657-1547

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

Highspire Area Senior Center – (717) 939-4580

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

Hummelstown Senior Center – (717) 566-6855

Jewish Community Center – (717) 236-9555

March 8 – “The Improbable History of the Sarajevo

Hagaddah” by Susan Leviton

March 13 – “Ghetto Terezin and the Experience of

Music” by Amy Wlodarski

March 27 – “London: Britannia Rules!” Lecture

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.com

Royalton Senior Center – (717) 944-4831

Rutherford House – (717) 564-5682,www.rutherfordhouse.org

Steelton Senior Center – (717) 939-0693

Just a snippet of what you may be missing …

please call or visit their website for more information.

Dauphin County Library Programs

Dauphin County Department of Parks and Recreation

March 4, noon to 4 p.m. – Maple Sugar Festival, Fort Hunter Park

March 10, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. – Volunteer Work Day, Wildwood Park

March 17, 8 to 10 a.m. – “Wandering Wildwood with Phil Lloyd,” Wildwood Park

AARP Driver Safety Programs

Programs and Support Groups

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

March 17 and 24, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. – Mohler Senior Center, 25 Hope Drive, Hershey, (717) 533-2002

March 23, 8 a.m. to noon – Lower Paxton Senior Center, 5000 Commons Drive, Harrisburg, (717) 657-1547

March 29, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. – Mohler Senior Center, 25 Hope Drive, Hershey, (717) 533-2002

East Shore Area Library, 4501 Ethel St., Harrisburg, (717) 652-9380

Elizabethville Area Library, 80 N. Market St., Elizabethville, (717) 362-9825

March 27, 6:30 to 8 p.m. – Friends of the Elizabethville Library Meeting

March 29, 1 to 2 p.m. and 6 to 7 p.m. – Friends of the Elizabethville Library Book Collection

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) 234-3934

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

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

William H. & Marion C. Alexander Family Library, 200 W. Second St., Hummelstown, (717) 566-0949

March 6, 6:30 p.m. – Novel Thoughts Book Club

March 13, 6:30 p.m. – Friends to the Alexander Family Library Meeting

March 20, 1 p.m. – Novel Thoughts, Too!

Free and open to the public.

Senior Center Activities

Tuesdays and Thursdays, 10 a.m.Free Art Classes

Thrive

100 N. Cameron St., Harrisburg

(717) 238-1887 or [email protected]

March 14, 1 p.m.Eat to Live: Nutrition Strategies for Active SeniorsTraditions of Hershey

100 N. Larkspur Drive, Hershey

(717) 838-2330

March 15, 1:30 p.m.Hershey Area AARP Monthly Meeting

Spring Creek Church of the Brethren

335 E. Areba Ave., Hershey

(717) 832-3282

March 17, 10 a.m.Teamster 776 Retirees Club Anniversary Meeting

Union Hall

2552 Jefferson St., Harrisburg

(717) 233-8766

March 17, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.Sew Much for Charity Event

Trinity United Methodist Church

210 Main St., Hummelstown

(717) 561-9964

March 21, 6 p.m.Managing Rheumatoid Arthritis Seminar

Traditions of Hershey

100 N. Larkspur Drive, Hershey

(717) 838-2330

March 27, 6 to 7:30 p.m.Parental Loss Support Group

AseraCare Hospice

75 S. Houcks Road, Suite 101, Harrisburg

(717) 541-4466

If you have an event you would like toinclude, please email information to

[email protected] for consideration.

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readers know about

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attorney (POA). A will and advanced

directive for healthcare are important

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well-being might require court action

to get a guardianship. A trust can

preserve assets during your life and

give your beneficiaries protection

after your death.

Having legal documents is only

part of how you can prepare,

especially if you desire to make sure

that your spouse receives proper care

if you should be the first to pass

away. A common situation is when a

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have a plan in place to ensure that

their spouse with dementia will

always get proper care. If you have

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“If I die first, our children can look

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you should reconsider.

Some adult children have both the

opportunity and the inclination to

help their aging parents, and other

children do not. The helpful children

nearly always tell their parents: “I

don’t care about your money. All I

want is for you to get the best care.”

Uninvolved children are often the

ones who are most concerned about

“their inheritance.” Is it fair to burden

the helpful child and reward the

other, especially when you have a

choice?

Life care planning is a proven way

to respond to the challenges of

advancing age, dementia, and chronic

illness. The goal of a life care plan is

to get the best care possible for your

loved one, in the least restrictive

living environment, while preserving

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public benefits, care assessment and

coordination, and nursing-home

advocacy into a single package, a life

care plan provides peace of mind for

you and your children.

The cost of a life care plan is offset

by proper use of trust planning, which

enables a wartime veteran or

surviving spouse to “take a victory

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skilled nursing care is needed, proper

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FIELDS from page 17

After long deliberations with

Rodgers and Hammerstein, Fields

gracefully gave up her role as lyricist

when Irving Berlin agreed to take over

for Kern because Berlin always wrote

his own

words.

Fields and

her brother

still wrote

the book.

But

Annie, Get

Your Gun

didn’t stop

Fields’

show. She

continued

to write for

Hollywood

and

Broadway

shows such

as A Tree

Grows in

Brooklyn

and Sweet Charity. With Seesaw, she

achieved a rarity few aging

songwriters match—having a first-run

hit on Broadway when she passed

away in 1974 at the age of 68.

Winer points out that as “the only

major-league woman songwriter of

the golden age of American popular

song and musical theater, Dorothy

Fields had been standing virtually

alone among men for almost 50

years.”

If we’re known by the company we

keep, consider that when the

Songwriters

Hall of

Fame

inducted

Dorothy

Fields in

1971, she

went in

with such

giants of

Tin Pan

Alley as

Duke

Ellington,

Johnny

Mercer, Ira

Gershwin,

and Hoagy

Carmichael.

Besides

those

mentioned, here are a few more of

Dorothy Fields’ memory-making

standards: “A Fine Romance,” “Lovely

to Look At,” “Pick Yourself Up,” “I

Won’t Dance,” “Don’t Blame Me,”

“Exactly Like You,” “You Couldn’t Be

Cuter,” “Remind Me,” “Hey Big

Spender,” and “If My Friends Could

See Me Now.”

Dorothy Fields working with Arthur Schwartz on

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn in 1951.

March is Women’s History Month

St. Patrick’s Notable KinAs the nation celebrates this St.

Patrick’s Day on March 17 with frothy

pints of Guinness, many will raise

glasses to recognize the

hallowed patron saint

of Ireland (who is

actually British!).

While those

glasses are

raised, consider

cheering a few

other Irishmen who

made contributions to the world.

Did you know an Irishman, John

Philip Holland, invented the

submarine? Color photography was

invented by Ireland’s John Joly.

And guided missiles, the modern

tractor, and even a cure for

leprosy were all

invented by

Irishmen.

So as you

search for that

elusive four-leaf

clover, remember

that Ireland has given us

much more than just good beer!

(SPM Wire)

Don’t Forget toSpring Forward!

Sunday, March 11, 2012


Can you belt it out like nobody’s business?

Do you belong on Dancing with the Stars ?

Are you wild and crazy like Steve Martin?

Pennsylvanians over 50 are invited to audition for the seventh annual

PA STATE SENIOR IDOL competition!

Auditions held at regional locations

Win a limousine trip to New York City

with dinner and a Broadway show!

For more information or an application:

717.285.1350 www.SeniorIdolPA.com

Tues., April 24Body Zone

3103 Paper Mill Road

Wyomissing, PA 19610

Wed., May 2Broadway Classics

Theatre at theHarrisburg Mall3501 Paxton Street

Harrisburg, PA 17111

Wed., April 25York Little

Theatre27 South Belmont St.

York, PA 17403

Thurs., May 3The Heritage

Hotel Lancaster500 Centerville Road

Lancaster, PA 17601NEW

LOCATION!

Reserve your seats now for this annual sell-out!

Dutch Apple Dinner Theatre

510 Centerville Road, Lancaster, PA • (717) 898-1900

June 4, 2012 • 5:30 p.m. – Dinner; 7 p.m. – ShowDinner & Performance: $43 Adults; $32 Children 18 & Under

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