Dauphin County 50plus Senior News October 2014

Beckerich displays his banner of sponsors at high camp (19,600 feet)of Aconcagua Peak, Argentina.

By Lori Van Ingen

Avid might be a tame word to describe James “Jim” Beckerich’s love ofclimbing.

Beckerich, who was a high school mathematics teacher for 36 years, aswell as a men’s soccer and baseball and co-ed floor hockey coach, enjoyedhaving his summers free.

It gave him the opportunity to follow his passion.Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, Mount Everest base camp, Machu Picchu

in Peru, Ixta and Orizaba in Mexico, and Cotopaxi in Ecuador—the 67-year-old has conquered them all.

And just last year, Beckerich climbed to 19,600 feet at Aconcagua Peak,the highest peak in South America and only second in the world to MountEverest, before running out of gas, just shy of reaching the summit.

But, he said, “there are amazing peaks right here in the United States.”Besides these adventures, for two months every summer, Beckerich takes

his Nissan, with his climbing gear and clothes, and drives to the Coloradopeaks—where he has climbed 40 of the 14,000-foot peaks—or other peaksaround the United States.

He also has scaled Mount Whitney and Mount Shasta in California,Mount Rainier in Washington, Mount Hood in Oregon, and MountWashington in New Hampshire.

Retired Teacher Has ScaledSome of World’s Tallest Peaks

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The Beauty in Nature

Clyde McMillan-Gamber

Blue jays, gray squirrels, and easternchipmunks are interesting towatch gathering and storing nuts

and seeds during September and Octoberin the woods and suburbs of southeasternPennsylvania, as in much of NorthAmerica. These creatures obviously havememories that enable them to findstashed food.

Each species stores food for winter ina way different from the others. Groupsof blue jays flash into pin oak trees withpatches of red or brown autumn foliageamong the green to pick acorns, one at atime, and fly away with them to stashthem in tree cavities and behind loosebark or poke them into loose soil.

Each jay offers a beautiful contrast ofblue feathers among the colored oakleaves, particularly on sunny days.

During winter, jays visit the placeswhere they stashed acorns. They pull out

the acorns, one at a time, crack the shellswith their sturdy beaks, and eat the meatinside.

Gray squirrels are most obvious inSeptember and October, when theyrummage noisily through trees and deadleaves on the ground for acorns, walnuts,and hickory nuts.

Squirrels rustling through dryleaves make one think of deer or bears inthe woods. They stash nuts in treecavities and bury them one at a time inthe ground. During winter, they visittheir caches to eat stored nuts.

Only rodents have jaws strong enoughand teeth sharp enough to chew throughthe hard husks and shells of walnuts and

hickory nuts. Those foods belong almostexclusively to rodents.

Eastern chipmunks, which are a kindof ground squirrel, scamper noisily overdead leaf carpets in the woods and thelawns of older suburbs in search of nutsand seeds for the winter. They stuff thatfood into their cheeks and whisk it totheir underground burrows.

There they push that food out of theircheeks with their front paws into astorage chamber and zip out to findmore. They do that much of each day,every day in fall.

Chipmunks sleep in their snug densthrough winter, waking up occasionallyto eat stored food and then sleepingagain. Thus they spend the winter inrelative comfort and safety.

Watch for these birds and mammalsgathering nuts this autumn. They areentertaining.

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Central PA Poison Center(800) 521-6110

Dauphin County Area Agency on Aging(717) 780-6130

Gipe Floor & Wall Covering5435 Jonestown Road, Harrisburg(717) 545-6103

Zimmerman Auer Funeral Home, Inc.4100 Jonestown Road, Harrisburg(717) 545-4001

Alzheimer’s Association(717) 651-5020

American Diabetes Association(800) 342-2383

Arthritis Foundation – Central PA Chapter(717) 763-0900

CONTACT Helpline(717) 652-4400

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

PACE(800) 225-7223

Social Security Information(800) 772-1213

Tri-County Association for the Blind(717) 238-2531

PA Healthcare Cost Containment Council(717) 232-6787

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

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Homeland Hospice2300 Vartan Way, Suite 115, Harrisburg(717) 221-7890

B’Nai B’rith Apartments130 S. Third St., Harrisburg(717) 232-7516

Dauphin County Housing Authority(717) 939-9301

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Apprise Insurance Counseling(800) 783-7067

New York Life Insurance Co.William Gumbinger(717) 230-0648

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American Lung Association(800) LUNG-USA

Bureau of Consumer Protection(800) 441-2555

Meals on Wheels(800) 621-6325

National Council on Aging(800) 424-9046

Social Security Office(800) 772-1213

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Flu Shots Available in Dauphin CountyThe Visiting Nurse Association of

Central Pennsylvania (VNACP) willagain provide the 2014 standard yearlyflu shot and pneumonia shot clinics.

If you are 65+ and your primaryinsurance plan is Medical Assistance, youmust go to your primary physician.Medicare HMO subscribers, except thosewith Geisinger Gold and UnisonAdvantage, must receive shots throughtheir HMO.

All other Dauphin County residentsage 60 and older are eligible.

You will be completing a consentform on site. Flu shot and pneumoniashot forms will be available at the clinics.Bring all your medical insurance cards,including your Medicare card. Also,please bring a return address label foryour 2014 mailing.

Anyone with an egg allergy may notreceive a flu shot but can receive apneumonia shot.

Each clinic will have designated timeslots for shots organized by last name.Please call (717) 233-1035 withquestions.

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Monday, Oct. 6Colonial Park UCC5000 Devonshire Road, HarrisburgA–D: 9 to 9:30 a.m.E–H: 9:30 to 10 a.m.I–L: 10 to 10:30 a.m.M–P: 10:30 to 11 a.m.Q–S: 11 to 11:30 a.m.T–Z: 11:30 to noon

Wednesday, Oct. 8Heinz-Menaker Senior Center1824 N. Fourth St., HarrisburgA–M: 9 to 9:30 a.m.N– Z: 9:30 to 10 a.m.

Friday, Oct. 10East Hanover Township MunicipalBuilding8848 Jonestown Road, GrantvilleA–D: 9 to 9:30 a.m.E–H: 9:30 to 10 a.m.I–L: 10 to 10:30 a.m.M–P: 10:30 to 11 a.m.Q–S: 11 to 11:30 a.m.T–Z: 11:30 a.m. to noon

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Dan Cooper grew up in EastLiverpool, Ohio, the son of aNavy officer dad. Unlike

most sixth-graders, Cooper knewexactly that he wanted to do with hislife.

That early, he had his eyes set onattending the U.S. Naval Academyand becoming a naval officer. Andinstead of just dreaming about it, heknuckled down and prepared for it,seriously studying and gaining thebroadest knowledge he could get.

When he graduated from highschool in 1952, he was first turneddown for an appointment because hewas unable to pass the eye test. So heattended Washington & JeffersonCollege for a year before he was ableto gain a waiver for his eyes andbecome a plebe at the naval academy.

Graduating in 1957, he spent 18months as an ensign aboard anamphibious ship before he was able tovolunteer for submarine service. Aftersix months in submarine school, hespent three years as a junior officer atsea on a diesel submarine, after whichhe was selected to spend a year atHarvard, studying internationalrelations.

“Then,” Cooper says, “I was sentorders to be interviewed by AdmiralHyman Rickover, who personally metand selected every officer going intothe Navy nuclear power program.”

How did that go? “Not real well,” Cooper says. “The

admiral had a very confrontationalstyle, challenging everyone to realizehow rough the job would be andquestioning frankly whether they’d beable to handle it. He asked me sternlywhy I wasn’t doing better.

“What I learned later was that thiswas his style. He apparently never metanyone that he didn’t feel could dobetter. And he let them know it in nouncertain terms,” he says. “I’ll behonest: I hoped that as I furthered mycareer, he wouldn’t be around.

“Only later did I realize how muchhe meant to developing a safe nuclearNavy. He was tenacious, patriotic,absolutely dedicated, and supremelygifted in all the other ways he had tobe in order the fashion the nuclear

Navy we have today. Frankly, I can’tthink of one other person who couldhave pulled that off.”

In 1966, Cooper became executiveofficer on the USS Simon Bolivar, anuclear-powered ballistic submarinethat was longer than a football field.It carried 16 Poseidon nuclear missilesand had two separate crews of 14officers and 126 enlisted men.Rotating the crews’ time aboardallowed a much greater time at sea inthe sub’s mission of providing nucleardeterrence.

Cooper served for two years aboardthe Simon Bolivar before he wasassigned as an aide to the vice chief ofnaval operations. That was followedby two years as commanding officerof the USS Puffer (SSN-652), anuclear attack submarine operatingout of Pearl Harbor. Then came threeyears as commander of a submarinesquadron, home based in NewLondon, Conn.

In 1980, he was selected to flagrank (admiral), serving as comptroller,sea systems command. And after twoyears there, he served for three yearsas budget officer for the Navy. Hecontinued to get more responsibilities,becoming director of navy programplanning and budgeting and beingpromoted to vice admiral (three stars).

In 1986 he became commander,submarine forces, Atlantic fleet. Thenit was back to Washington again toserve for three years as assistant chief

of naval operations for underseawarfare, his last post before retiringfrom the Navy in 1991.

As an aside, he recalls that whenthe film The Hunt for Red October wasto be filmed, the script came to hisoffice to make sure it revealed nothingclassified.

He says, “I took the script home toread and told them the next day thatit revealed nothing classified and that,except for one off-color story thatdidn’t reflect well on the Navy, I sawit as a fine, G-rated film that I’d becomfortable in having my wife orgrandmother see.”

Did they delete that story beforereleasing the film? With a smile, hesays, “They did.”

You might think that aftershedding all the responsibilities heshouldered during his Navy days,retirement would become time for alife of relaxation … and perhaps someserious golf. But, when he was offeredthe job of undersecretary for veteransbenefits, Department of VeteransAffairs, he felt he had to say yes.

During his six years in thatposition, he testified beforecongressional committees severaltimes a year. That had been acommon experience for him duringall his years in Washington, when hetestified before Congress frequently asa submariner and navy budget officer.

He also remembers vividly the timewhen a young senator named BarackObama asked him for a personalbriefing on the many aspects of theVA with which the senator needed tobe familiar.

After retiring a second time in2008, Cooper did a detailed analysisof retirement communities and foundone in Central Pennsylvania where heand his wife, Betty, came in 2012 tolive in retirement.

As can be expected, his“retirement” is so full of activities thatmost people would consider it goingfull throttle. And he reflects that it’sfrosting on the cake that so manyother Navy men have discovered thesame retirement community.

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

What Do You Say to Admiral RickoverWhen He Barks at You,

‘Why aren’t you doing better?’Robert D. Wilcox

Salute to a Veteran

CDR Daniel L. Cooper atPearl Harbor in 1975, as he tookcommand of the nuclear-fueled

attack submarine USS Puffer.

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World War II ended almost 70years ago, but the impact ofthe Holocaust still lives with

more than 200,000 survivors worldwide.Although it is difficult to accuratelycapture exact data on the number ofsurvivors, it is estimated that theiraverage age is 79.

And although so many brilliant andtalented individuals were killed in camps,fortunately there are individuals who,despite incredible obstacles, are alive andhave experienced successful creative lives.

Samuel Bak, 81: Painter and Writer An exceptional artist, whom some

acknowledge to be the greatest livingpainter of the Holocaust, has developedhis art from a young age.

He was born in Lithuania/Polandwhere, at the age of 9, he had his firstexhibition inside the confines of theVilna Ghetto. Surviving the war withonly his mother, they eventually settledin Israel, where he studied art at theBezalel Academy of Arts and Design inJerusalem.

A collection of his works is onpermanent display at Pucker Gallery inBoston, and many exhibitions of his arthave been in prominent museums andgalleries worldwide.

• 2001 – publication of his book Paintedin Words: A Memoir (printed in fourlanguages)

• 2002 – received the Herkomer CulturalPrize in Landsberg, Germany

Judith (Peto) Leiber, 93:Handbag Designer

Born in Hungary, Leiber waspreparing for university matriculation inLondon when she returned home to bewith her family despite the newrestrictions for Jews.

“Hitler put me in the handbagbusiness,” Leiber says. Because Jews were

not allowed tostudy, she had tolearn a trade.

She met andmarried Gerson(Gus) Leiber, anAmerican GI, inBudapest, and theysettled in New YorkCity. She workedfor various handbagcompanies when, inthe 1960s and withencouragementfrom her husband, she began her owncompany.

Judith Leiber’s worldwide success is anextraordinary story of hard work, smarts,and enormous technical and visual talent.Her handbags are on permanent displayat the Smithsonian in Washington, D.C.;the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NewYork City; the Victoria and AlbertMuseum in London; and her ownmuseum, The Leiber Museum, inSprings, N.Y.

• 1973 – Coty American Fashion CriticsAward

• 1980 – Silver Slipper Award from theCostume Institute of the Museum ofFine Arts in Houston

• 1994 – Lifetime Achievement Awardfrom the Council of Fashion Designersof America

• 2010 – Visionary Woman Award fromMoore College of Art & Design

Yoram Gross, 87: Animation Artist ofStories for Children

Born in Poland, he loved music aboveall and says, “All I wanted to do wasplay Chopin.”

But he and his family were on OskarSchindler’s famous list. They decided totake their own risk escaping by moving

and hiding places72 times.

He later movedto Israel, where heworked and learnedaboutdocumentaries andfilms, and thenmoved to Australiawhere, with hiswife, he honed hisanimation skills andcreated experimentalfilms.

Well known for his series Blinky Billand Dot and the Kangaroo, he tells storiesto the hearts of children that are rootedin the Holocaust experience and lacedwith lessons of survival, kindness, andtriumph.

• 80+ international awards for variousfilms

• 1995 – Received the Order of Australia

• 2011 – Autobiography, My AnimatedLife

The University of SouthernCalifornia’s SHOAH Foundation andthe University’s Institute for CreativeTechnologies are working on anextraordinary project to createholographic interviews available atmuseums worldwide.

Designed to be an interactive exhibit,it will inform, educate, and create apermanent remembrance for manyyears. After the remaining Holocaustsurvivors have passed on, their legacieswill remain visible and audible inperpetuity, and the lessons should neverbe forgotten.

Judith Zausner can be reached [email protected].


Creativity Matters

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The Family, oil on canvas painting bySamuel Bak, 1974, private collection.

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Year Est.: 1997Counties Served: Berks, Chester,Cumberland, Dauphin, Lancaster,Lebanon, YorkRNs: YesLPNs: NoCNAs: YesHome Aides: No

Medicare Certified?: YesOther Certifications and Services: CaringHospice looks at hospice care as anapproach to end of life, not a place.We offer a very local, holisticapproach with low patient-to-staffratios. Contact us to learn more aboutthe Caring Hospice experience,because life is for living. JointCommission accredited.

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Year Est.: 1984Counties Served: Cumberland,Dauphin, Lancaster, Lebanon, YorkRNs: YesLPNs: YesCNAs: YesHome Aides: YesMedicare Certified?: No

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

Year Est.: 2009Counties Served: Cumberland,Dauphin, Lancaster, Schuylkill,Lebanon, Perry, York, Adams,Franklin, JuniataRNs: YesLPNs: NoCNAs: YesHome Aides: Yes

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Year Est.: 2006Counties Served: LancasterRNs: NoLPNs: NoCNAs: NoHome Aides: YesMedicare Certified?: No

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Year Est.: 1911Counties Served: Berks, Dauphin,Lancaster, Lebanon, SchuylkillRNs: YesLPNs: YesCNAs: YesHome Aides: YesMedicare Certified?: Yes

Other Certifications and Services:Good Samaritan Home Health is aPennsylvania-licensed home healthagency that is Medicare certified andJoint Commission accredited. We workwith your physician to providenursing, physical therapy,occupational therapy, speech therapy,wound care, and specialized care asneeded.

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

Year Est.: 1979Counties Served: Berks, Dauphin,Lancaster, Lebanon, SchuylkillRNs: YesLPNs: YesCNAs: YesHome Aides: YesMedicare Certified?: Yes

Other Certifications and Services:Good Samaritan Hospice providesservices to patients and their familiesfacing a life-limiting illness. We arePennsylvania licensed, JCAHOaccredited, and Medicare certified. Weprovide services 24 hours per daywith a team approach for medical,emotional, spiritual, and social needs.

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Year Est.: 1908Counties Served: Berks, Chester,Cumberland, Dauphin, Lancaster,Lebanon, Perry, Schuylkill, YorkRNs: YesLPNs: YesCNAs: YesHome Aides: YesMedicare Certified?: Yes

Other Certifications and Services:Home care specialists in physical,occupational, and speech therapy;nursing; cardiac care; and telehealth.Disease management, innovativetechnologies, and education help youmonitor your condition to preventhospitalization. Licensed non-profitagency; Medicare certified; JointCommission accredited.

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Counties Served: Adams, Cumberland,Dauphin, Franklin, Lancaster,Lebanon, Perry, SchuylkillRNs: YesLPNs: YesCNAs: NoHome Aides: YesMedicare Certified?: Yes

Other Certifications and Services:Skilled home health specializing inphysical therapy, occupationaltherapy, skilled nursing, and speechtherapy. PA licensed and Medicarecertified. Many insurances accepted.Call to learn more about our clinicalspecialty programs.

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

Year Est.: 2002Counties Served: Berks, Lancaster,LebanonRNs: YesLPNs: YesCNAs: YesHome Aides: YesMedicare Certified?: No

Other Certifications and Services:A PA-licensed, non-medical home carecompany providing companion,personal, Alzheimer’s, and dementiacare from two to 24 hours a day. Callfor a FREE homecare assessment andto learn more about benefits availablefor veterans and their spouses.

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

Year Est.: 1962Counties Served: Adams, Franklin,Lancaster, YorkRNs: NoLPNs: NoCNAs: NoHome Aides: YesMedicare Certified?: No

Other Certifications and Services: UCPprovides non-medical adult in-homecare services to adults, including DPWand aging waiver programs. PAlicensed and working hand in handwith your service coordinator, UCPprovides personal care attendantswho implement your individualizedservice plan.

Senior Helpers(717) 920-0707www.seniorhelpers.com/harrisburg

Year Est.: 2007Counties Served: Adams, Cumberland,Dauphin, Perry, YorkRNs: NoLPNs: NoCNAs: YesHome Aides: YesMedicare Certified?: No

Other Certifications and Services:Offering nonmedical home care toprovide positive solutions for aging inplace. Companionship, personal care,and our specialized dementia care. Nominimum number of hours. MedicaidWaiver approved. Convenient, freeassessment.

Keystone In-Home Care, Inc.(717) 898-2825; (866) 857-4601 (toll-free)www.keystoneinhomecare.com

Year Est.: 2004Counties Served: Adams, Cumberland,Dauphin, Lancaster, Lebanon, YorkRNs: NoLPNs: NoCNAs: YesHome Aides: YesMedicare Certified?: No

Other Certifications and Services:Two- to 24-hour non-medical assistanceprovided by qualified, caring, competent,compassionate, and compatiblecaregivers. Personalized service withAssistance for Daily Living (ADL, IADL):companionship, meal prep, bathing,cleaning, and personal care needs. Respitecare, day surgery assistance. Assistancewith veterans’ homecare benefits.

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East Shore: (717) 652-8899; Gettysburg: (717) 337-0620

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The Squint-Eyed Senior

Theodore Rickard

Aman far better than I atarithmetic informs me that thenational debt is now more than

$17 trillion. My source for this bit ofominous-sounding financial informationis Oscar, the proprietor of Oscar’s Tap,our neighborhood haven for the jitteryand thirsty.

Oscar, along with mastery of thefoaming technique that makes the glassappear full when it really isn’t, subscribesto the Wall Street Journal, so heobviously understands finance.Apparently there was something new inthe world ofbig numbers;Oscar wasloaded withnumericalinformationthe otherevening.

He waited aminute, lettingthe 17 trillionfigure sort ofsoak in, beforeadding that there are now more than140 million Americans working for aliving, with most of them paying taxesand providing about three-fourths of thegovernment’s income.

“Not to worry,” Oscar added ratherhastily, perhaps fearful that I wouldthrow up both arms, abandon myself tototal despair, and go home withoutpaying.

Then Oscar draped himself over thebar to make sure I could hear.

“I’m rounding off the numbers,” heexplained, recognizing a bit late themathematical naiveté of his audience,“but you get the idea.”

I didn’t, of course, but I couldn’timagine Oscar had it in him to make upall these numbers, so I guessed thatsomehow in response I was supposed todivide 17 trillion by 140 million andthen do something about the three-fourths that was involved in this thing.

The trouble was that I couldn’tremember how many zeros are in atrillion — just one trillion, let alone 17of them. And I was trying my best torecall details of the 140 millionnumber — taxpayers, I think they were.All I could think of was “six-figure

income,” which I’d been told ratherpointedly my brother-in-law wasmaking, but I suspected that numberhad nothing to do with this.

But did the figures include all thezeros in 140 million or not? I mentallypictured 140 million. There weredistinctly nine numbers in a row.Confusion was already reigning, and Ihadn’t yet had a sip from the draft beerOscar had put in front of me, spilling alittle to make an island out of thepaperboard coaster as he always did, andcalling into play his sodden bar rag.

He slopped itaround a bit as Itried to picturein my mind theextended longdivision of the140 million andthe 17 trillion.In a flash, Icould rememberSister MaryAgatha of theSeven Sorrows

putting the long division problem on theblackboard. She always ended up withthe veil of her black habit streaked withwhite chalk dust.

But her numbers never had a lot ofzeros. Maybe one or two, after we fifth-graders had begun to get the hang of thething, but nothing like what a trillioncalled for. Bluntly, I think Sister MaryAgatha would have been just as thrownby all these zeros as I was.

The 140 and the 17 were no problem,but I knew the answer couldn’t possiblybe dividing 17 into 140 and coming upwith whatever that was. It would besmall change to Oscar, and he’d hardlyhave brought the matter up if that’s all itwas.

And dividing the 17 into the 140would come up with a decimal of somesort, which Sister Mary Agatha alsotaught, but I was out with mumps thatweek.

“There’s really nothing to worryabout,” Oscar broke into my thoughts inthe nick of time. “It comes out to about80 G’s per head. But that’s over the next30 years or so, and we can just roll itover — most of it, anyway.”

Oscar paused to reassure me.

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Here was another financial challenge.Should I leave behind the dollar or the

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There was no instant replay backthen, like we’re going to have to put upwith from now on. What’s next? Laserbeams at home plate, so there’ll be nomore yelling at the ump?

I guess they’re trying todo away with humanimperfections. Pitchers arethrowing close to 100miles an hour these days,and we’ve got radar toprove it.

They do have a shortershelf life, but we don’t getas attached to players as weused to. So it’s not thathard to see them go.

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Scandal is no stranger to any periodof American history, or to anysector of our society. It’s a

misconception that contemporary timeshave brought a severe decline in themorality of our public figures. Thefounders of our republic, otherwisedeeply revered, themselves had episodesof falling from grace.

We tend to not know or to forget thesins of the prominent in an earlierAmerica. Are leaders today more debasedthan those of the 18th and 19th centuries?Maybe the reporting of the follies of ourcontemporaries is more lurid anddetailed than the scandals of bygone eras.

Political figures of our developingcountry were not always role models.Aaron Burr, vice president in PresidentJefferson’s first term in office, asked theBritish minster to the United States for$500,000 to have Burr’s help in

separating Louisiana from the nation. Two years later, in 1806 when he was

then out of office, Burrtold the Spanishminister to the UnitedStates that his plan wentbeyond having westernterritories secede. Heconspired to capture ournation’s capital as well.Burr was acquitted ofthe charge of treasonbecause his plan was notaccompanied by directaction.

Jefferson, admired formany qualities,reportedly fatheredseveral children by oneof his slaves, Sally Hemings, years afterhis wife died. This scandal first broke aspublic news while Jefferson was in his

first term of the presidency. He simplyignored the charge. Today’s press would

not allow that news tolapse.

Alexander Hamilton,our first secretary of thetreasury, had a three-yearaffair with a marriedwoman that eventuallybecame public. He neverheld public office afterthe disclosure.

President GroverCleveland, presidentduring two separatedterms toward the end ofthe 19th century,acknowledged hispaternity of an

illegitimate son 10 years before hebecame president. He was unmarried atthe time. Other paramours of the motherwere married. Cleveland did themagnanimous thing and assumed childsupport to spare the others. Rather thandestroying him politically, his noblegesture attracted considerable praise.

President Harding (1921-23) had twoaffairs before entering the White House.The latter romance was with a marriedwoman that lasted from 1905 until1920. He kept the matter quiet duringhis presidential campaign by paying thewoman for her silence, only to die of aheart attack while in office. Somesuspected the illicit romance drove Mrs.Harding to poison the president, a gossipunsupported by evidence.

Recent years have seen scandalousbehavior among our military leaders butnever a betrayal of allegiance to thecountry. That can’t be said of all militarycommanders decades ago.

James Wilkinson was twice thecommanding general of the United StatesArmy, from 1796-1798 and from 1800-1812. Teddy Roosevelt said of him, “Inall our history there is no moredespicable character.” After his death, it

was discovered Wilkinson was a paidagent of Spain.

Another revolutionary armycommander, General Charles Lee, secondin command under Washington,disobeyed battle orders issued byWashington, for whom he held personalcontempt as unfit to lead the revolution.

Lee previously had been held prisonerby the British. It was found, after hisdeath, that during that imprisonment hehad worked to assist British GeneralHowe.

Benjamin Church was the firstsurgeon general of the United StatesArmy during the AmericanRevolutionary War. He was also aninformer to British General ThomasGage. Church was convicted oftreasonous behavior.

No one matched the treachery ofBenedict Arnold, a Revolutionary Warhero who became disillusioned with thecause and bitter at those superiors whoclaimed personal credit for Arnold’saccomplishments.

Appointed to command the fort atWest Point, Arnold offered to surrenderto the British. His treason discovered, heescaped capture by Washington’s forcesand became a general in the British army,leading attacks in Virginia andConnecticut.

Scandals serve a purpose. Theydemonstrate to the ethically frail that themoral and ethical transgressions of eventhe wealthy and powerful can go awry,regardless of their skill in concealment.Follies of the prominent provide publicmorality lessons. The rest of us sin inprivate.

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• Old library card catalog cabinetrepurposed into a wine rack

• Old armoire gutted and turned intoa liquor cabinet

• Old clarinets and trumpets madeinto garden fountains

• Old but clean fishing creel recycledinto a pocketbook

• Old wicker hamper reclaimed intoan oversized garden planter

• Vintage suitcases reused as coffeetable with glass top

• Old casement window as gardentable top

• Old feed bag material re-sewn asthrow pillows

• Old Ball jars as miniature plantterrariums for kitchen shelf

• Victorian (but clean) chamber potas magazine rack

And my favorite repurposing idea …of course, it has to do with jewelry. Takethose old 1950s wristwatches (just thewatch, not the entire band) and link themtogether with a single metal loop. Linkeach loop to another wristwatch until you

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Memory. Researchers at JohnsHopkins University have determined

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Liver disease. A study conducted inSingapore found that coffeeconsumption was linked to a 66 percentlower mortality risk in people sufferingfrom liver cirrhosis and related diseaseslike nonviral hepatitis.

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“If you imagine the worst-casescenario and it happens, you livedit twice,” says Michael J. Fox.

Do I need to spend my daysimagining something awful happening tomy husband, Bob, or to me? A caraccident? A heart attack? A house fire? If,God forbid, any of these things were tohappen, must I go through the agony ofthem before they even occur, if in factthey ever do?

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A few months ago, I wrote that whenJordy was a kitten, his back leg wasdestroyed. Given no medical care,someone had left him to suffer. Bob andI don’t know the person who did this tohim, nor how it happened. Thank Godwe found him and adopted him.

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When I was a practicingpsychotherapist, I learnedthat traumas, particularlydeaths, bring up older deaths with nearlythe same intensity as if they had justhappened. Helplessly watching Jordy cry,I relived the last day of the life of my cat,Eddie.

Therefore, instead of imagining theworst-case scenario in the future andliving through it twice, I’m reliving theworst-case scenario of the past.

Two years ago, when Bob broughtEddie’s body home from an emergencyclinic, he gently placed him, still warm,in my arms. I cradled him while I rocked

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I am only hurting myselfby reliving that day again andagain. Only recently have Iallowed myself to relive thegood times, the funny times,like Eddie’s famous glare, hiseyes half shut in an intensestare, looking for anything

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I can choose what to think. And nowI have a choice with Jordy. I can imaginethe worst-case scenario or not.

Jordy’s day turned out gloriously. Ourregular vet quickly diagnosed theproblem as an injury to the hip where

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Jordy sleeps between Bob’s knees. Bobdoesn’t move all night because heavenforbid he moves the cat. That night,Jordy slept soundly while Bob blissfullygroaned in discomfort.

Jordy wasn’t dreaming about whateverbad thing might come his way. Twitchinglightly, he was probably dreaming aboutthe chipmunk he loves to watch from thewindow.

I’ll always learn my most importantlessons from my cat.

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Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt areburied in a garden on the Hyde Park

property.

Springwood, which was purchased byFDR’s father in 1866 and updated many

times thereafter, was modest compared tothe estates of its neighbors.

Eleanor Roosevelt’s home, Val-Kill, isthe only National Historic Site

dedicated to a first lady.

Locust Grove Estate was owned bySamuel Morse from 1847 to 1872.

He was an outstanding painter but isbest remembered as the inventor of

the Morse code.

The Vanderbilt Mansion gives a wholenew meaning to the word cottage.

Springwood, Top Cottage, and Val-KillThe nearby homes of Franklin and

Eleanor Roosevelt are more modest whentaken individually, but the property,which comprises The Franklin D.Roosevelt National Historic Site at HydePark, contains three separate homes.

Springwood, where FDR spent manyof his pre-presidential years, is a mere20,000 square feet, and the antiques andart are mixed with family mementos. Ofcourse, the stuffed birds collected by thechild of the family might be lessinteresting had that child not grown upto be president of the United States!

After FDR’s father died, the home andsurrounding land passed to Sara,Franklin’s mother. From that time on, shenot only controlled the family money,but to a large extent she also controlledher only son.

For example, before allowing him tobuild a small retreat on a heavily woodedpart of the property, she made himpromise that he would never spend thenight in that house. She worried that ifhe needed medical attention, anambulance might find it difficult tonavigate the forest roads in the dark.

Roosevelt, who at that time wasprobably the most important man in theworld, protested but eventually agreed tohis mother’s demands, and Top Cottage,which is a cottage in the traditional ratherthan the Vanderbiltian sense of the word,was built in 1938.

Our 32nd president, says our guide,may have had his way with world leaders,but not with his own mother!

The only part of the estate that wasn’tunder Sara’s direct control was Val-Kill,the Dutch Colonial home of EleanorRoosevelt. She wanted cozy andcomfortable, and that is exactly what shegot.

The knotty pine walls are covered withphotos of family and friends, theoverstuffed chairs are mismatched, andthe dishes on the table look exactly likethose used by many middle-classhousewives in the mid-20th century—including my own mother-in-law.

Wilderstein and Locust GroveWe tour two other estates: Wilderstein,

the home of Margaret “Daisy” Suckley,who was a distant cousin and “closefriend” of Franklin Roosevelt—“Howclose,” says the guide, “is not known”—and Locust Grove, the home of SamuelMorse, a man who is best remembered asthe inventor of the telegraph and the codethat bears his name.

We’ll have to visit the other mansionson our next visit. As we’ve learned, theHudson Valley is the place to be in thesummer. The mega-rich of yesteryearhave told us so.

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