Lebanon County 50plus Senior News January 2014

Laurie Kolanko with several of her handmade tote bags and tie pins.

Strength-Training

Tips for Seniors

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The Gone with the

Wind Trail

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By Lori Van Ingen

Laurie Kolanko was just looking for a way to make some Christmas giftswhile caring for her elderly mother.

What she found was a new venture and a new way to help people honortheir departed loved ones.

“I knew someone who made purses out of placemats. I thought thatsounded like fun,” Kolanko said.

She also knew a lot of people used tote bags and wondered if she couldmake them using placemats.

So Kolanko found some online tutorials, purchased some unusual-lookingplacemats and webbing, and she was set to go to work.

“I enjoyed it so much,” Kolanko said, that she went back for more. “I fellin love with the whole process of shopping for them, mixing and matchingcolors and textures.”

Kolanko said she has always liked sewing and making things with herhands.

“I remember making clothes for my trolls out of felt when I was veryyoung. I always had a needle of some sort in my hand when sitting downand relaxing.”

She even made her daughters’ school clothes with matching clothes fortheir Cabbage Patch dolls. She also did counted cross stitch, embroidery,

Fabric Artist Creates Keepsakes fromBelongings of Loved Ones

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Lebanon County Edition January 2014 Vol. 9 No. 1

The Squint-Eyed Senior

Theodore Rickard

This happens every New Year’s. It’sa combination, I’ve decided, ofGood Intentions and Fond

Hopes. As we who have already lived alifetime already know, these two virtuesare extremely fragile. Some of us havebegun to suspect that they might not bevirtues at all.

Good Intentions pave the road to hell,I’ve been given to understand. FondHopes, however, help us get to sleep, andthe fonder of the hopes rapidly morphfrom childish fantasies to adultambitions—especially around 4 a.m.

Even with a good night’s rest, we can’toverlook the reality: We just don’t reformvery well. Especially me. For example, Istill have a paperback edition of a bookcalled Budgeting Your Retirement Years. Ibought a used copy two years ago. Notsurprisingly, it arrived postage due.

I never read it, because the next weekour condo fee was raised $50 a monthand the car began making loudcomplaining noises somewhere under therear seat, and how do you budget forthat?

The budgeting book went to the local

library sale. The librarian said theyalready had 40 copies of it in the sale,and did I know about recycling? (She hadthat sweetly frozen manner of speakingthat librarians learn to turn on for thosepatrons who have a dozen books that arefour weeks overdue—each of them—andwho want to complain—loudly—aboutthe fines.)

Also in the area of New Year’s self-improvement, our daughter with thedegree in fine arts sent us a CD recently.It featured “Great Art of the EntireWorld.” I believe she got it as a premiumfor paying her museum dues. Sheapparently figured she didn’t need it—thecollege degree in fine arts being enoughfor anybody—but that her parents coulduse some cultural tuning up.

She showed us where the CD goes toplay on the computer. There are monthlyfollow-up recordings coming, she told us,so we could look forward to a full year ofcultural enhancement. She didn’t noticethat neither her mother nor I had anydifficulty concealing our enthusiasm.

At first I thought that maybe asampling of the digitized lessons would

catch our interest more strongly as theysteeped us in refinement, so I tried toplay the initial CD once again just to see.I found the little panel in the computer,the horizontal gateway that flew open atour daughter’s touch when shedemonstrated it.

But neither I nor her mother couldfind the magic spot to be touched. Weeven tried saying “open, sesame” severaltimes, getting louder and louder until wefelt insane doing it. It was far morepractical, we decided, to await a visitfrom one of the grandkids to show ushow to operate the thing. With a littleluck, the child would swear to lifelongsecrecy and be unwilling to rat out hisown grandparents!

I haven’t really given up on self-improvement in the new year. On the lastlibrary visit I returned the overdue books,so I felt entitled to browse a bit. In themagazine section, I picked up a copy ofArt Today. I did this rather surreptitiouslysince the magazine cover blazoned afeature titled “Modern Nudes.” I found aquiet reading corner and folded over thefront cover while I investigated what was

new in art circles. Frankly, I felt a bit likea preteen punching in s-e-x for a Googlesearch as I hunched down in the chair inthe library’s “quiet corner.”

But if I was expecting prurience, whatI got was geometry. Modern nudes,according to Art Today (and who wouldknow better?), consist of triangles, circles,squares, and what I think areparallelograms—if I remember my high-school geometry.

Another version of the undrapedlooked like a waterfall with orange water,or maybe it was Snapple, for all I know.There were six pages of similar portraits.Nothing approached what I expected tofind, which, now upon reflection, waspretty close to what the eighth-graderexpects to find via Google.

I’m afraid this whole self-improvementthing is beyond me. And heaven knowswhat we’ll find on the CDs, with 11 ofthem yet to come.

A collection of Ted Rickard’s family-fun essaysis titled Anything Worth Knowing I Learnedfrom the Grandkids. It is now available inpaperback on Amazon.com.

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Book Review

Unpacking Memories: The Story ofa Suitcase, a Country Doctor, & aCommunity is the story of life in

the 1950s in a tiny town in Missouriwhere Deborah Sweaney, her siblings, hermother, and her country-doctor fatherlived.

She was inspired to write UnpackingMemories when she opened an old,forgotten suitcase stored in her basement.It was filled with newspaper clippings,photographs, cards, and notes packedaway in the summer of 1960.

Frank Sweaney was a doctor in therural community of Oregon, Mo. Hiswelcome to town on the day he arrivedwas an office packed with patients. It

remained that way untilDoc Sweaney got sickand died.

He made house callslate into the night andon weekends, took timeto talk with and listen tohis patients, and, as hisdaughter writes, believedthat healthcare was farmore about care thanabout medicine. But heworked too hard, ignored his own health,and died a young man.

Towns like Oregon, Mo., dotted theAmerican landscape in the yearsfollowing World War II. Unpacking

Memories portrays life before theinterstate highway system, stripmalls, and technology changedAmerica.

The book returns the reader toa time and place that is no more,back to the days of black-and-white television, the March ofDimes, and doctors whoadministered care in place ofdrugs.

Sweaney writes of acommunity that nurtured its youththrough scouting, 4-H, and county fairs.It was a world where kids had thefreedom to run and play unsupervised—climbing trees, playing cowboys and

dress-up, and creating their own games. Unpacking Memories is available from

www.deborahsweaney.com and otheronline sources and can be purchased atWhistlestop Bookshop at 129 W. HighSt. in Carlisle.

About the AuthorDeborah Sweaney lives in

Cumberland County. After residing inWashington, D.C. for 30 years, she andher husband left the Washington area forPennsylvania in 2006. She is a frequentlecturer at the Cumberland CountyHistorical Society, a former adjunctinstructor at Messiah College, and aconsultant for National History Day.

Unpacking Memories: The Story of a Suitcase,a Country Doctor, & a Community

By Deborah Sweaney

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Dear Savvy Senior,Can lifting weights help with age-

related health problems? At age 70, Ihave diabetes, arthritis, andosteoporosis and recently read thatstrength training could improve myconditions. What can you tell me? – Looking for Help

Dear Looking,A growing body of research

shows that strength-trainingexercises can have a profoundimpact on a person’s health asthey age—and you’re never tooold to start.

Regular strength training,done at least two nonconsecutivedays a week, helps you buildmuscle strength, increases yourbone density, and improves yourbalance, coordination, andstamina.

It can also help reduce thesigns and symptoms of manychronic conditions like arthritis,diabetes, high blood pressure,back pain, depression, andobesity. And some studies evenshow that it helps improvecognitive function too.

Safety FirstFor the most part, strength-

training exercises—especially if youstart conservatively and progressslowly—are safe for most seniors,even those with serious healthconditions. But, if you have healthconcerns or if you are currentlyinactive, you should talk to yourdoctor about what may beappropriate for you.

A good self-help resource to helpyou find an appropriate, safe exerciseprogram is the “Exercise andScreening for You” tool at EASY(Exercise and Screening for You,www.easyforyou.info).

Getting StartedIf you’ve never done strength-

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develop a safe and effective routineyou can continue on your own.

To find one, ask your healthcareprovider or contact a good healthclub or fitness facility in your area.You can also search for one online atreputable sites like the AmericanCouncil on Exercise

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If personal training isn’t anoption, there are lots of great seniorstrength-training videos you canpurchase to guide you through awide variety of exercises that you cando at home. Collage Video(www.collagevideo.com, (800) 819-7111) sells dozens of age- andfitness-appropriate DVDs.

Also see Go4Life(www.go4life.nia.nih.gov), a resourcecreated by the National Institute onAging that offers a free exerciseDVD and guide that providesillustrated examples of exercises youcan do at home to strengthen yourbody. You can order your free copiesonline or by calling (800) 222-2225.

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EquipmentIf you work out at home,

you’ll probably need to investin some equipment. Whilesome strength training can bedone using your own bodyweight (like push-ups, sit-ups,and leg squats), hand weights,ankle weights, medicine balls,resistance bands, or rubbertubing are all great tools forstrength training. You can find

all these products at sporting-goodsstores or online.

Cans of soup, water bottles, orplastic milk containers filled withwater or sand could also be used(like small hand weights) forresistance.

Another strength-training toolyou should know about is theResistance Chair. This is an all-in-one home fitness system that helpsseniors maintain and improve theirstrength from a safe, seated positionwith minimal risk of injury.

To learn more, seewww.vqactioncare.com or call (800)585-4920.

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In many 19th-centuryand early 20th-centurygeneral stores and earlypharmacy or apothecary

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Milk glass was a Venetian invention,the site of a longstanding history ofglassblowing and glassworks. Milk glasswas commonly used for items atweddings, such as bride’s baskets to holdmoney for the newlyweds, since milkglass resembled porcelain.

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When Walter Jones graduatedfrom high school, he reasonedthat, since it was likely that

he would soon be drafted, he betterenlist in the Army Air Corps. In thatway, he could follow his long-held dreamof becoming a pilot.

So, on Nov. 28, 1942, he enlisted andshipped to Miami for basic training.

After basic, the Air Corps discoveredthat he was color blind, so that was theend of his dream of becoming a pilot.They then put him through a battery oftests and found that he was adept atradio work.

So, he was sent to Scott Field in St.Louis to learn to become a radiooperator. Morse code seemed to come tohim naturally, and he did so well with itthat he was made an instructor, teachingMorse code there for 18 months beforehe was sent to more extensive training to

equip him to be a B-17radio operator.

Jones says there was alot more to that trainingthan he ever imagined.On a B-17, the radiooperator compartmentwas just behind thebomb bay and just infront of the waist sectionof the Flying Fortress.

He had far moreresponsibilities than justmanning the main radiogear for the aircraft,however. He also had a.50 caliber machine gunmounted in the ceiling of hiscompartment. And he primarily assistedthe navigator.

He had a couple of instruments thatduplicated those of the navigator that

gave headinginformation. He couldforward radio fixes,known as positionreports, to the navigator.And as long as thenavigator knew wherethe radio signal wascoming from, basedupon the heading of thesignal from the radiooperator, the navigatorcould get a fix on wherethe aircraft was.

After that training,Jones was assigned to aB-17 crew at Lincoln,

Neb., and they were soon headed forcombat, flying over the northern route,through Goose Bay, Labrador; Reykjavik,Iceland; and Valley, Wales.

In England, he was assigned to the

303rd Bomb Group (called the Hell’sAngels) in Molesworth, England, andflew his first mission on Dec. 6, 1944.

On that and later missions, he foundthat there was a lot to keep the radiooperator busy in combat. He wouldmonitor the group frequencies to findout any changes to the flight plan. If thelead plane decided to switch to asecondary target, or if a plane fell out offormation, he would record the messageover the group channel and pass theinformation on to the pilot.

He logged all radio events and asmuch of what he could see going onaround him as possible. He would notewhich planes went down, when andwhere, along with the number of chutesseen to come from the plane. He checkedwith his crew every 15 minutes onintercom to make sure all were OK. Ifneeded, he would have been one of the

He Flew in 32 B-17 Missions over Germany

and Came Out Without a ScratchRobert D. Wilcox

Salute to a Veteran

Pvt. Walter N. Jones in 1943 atScott Airfield in St. Louis.

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first ones to tendto a woundedcrewmember.

He rememberswell that, on oneof his missions,his ball turretgunner hadn’t yetentered the ballturret, and Jonesfound himflopped over,apparentlyasleep. Jonesexamined him and found that the man’soxygen tube had come loose from themain supply line, and he was getting nooxygen.

He promptly reattached it andbrought him to life. But a few moreminutes at the 28,000 feet that theywere flying, and the man surely wouldhave died.

As all radio operators did, Jones hadflare pistols, so he could signal otheraircraft when formations were forming(when he was in the lead ship) or tosignal that there were wounded on boardwhen the plane was returning to base.He also had a clear view of the bombbay and could check the area for damageor a hung bomb when the aircraft cameoff the target.

It was also his responsibility todispense the chaff that was used toscramble enemy anti-aircraft artilleryradar when over the target area. Hewould unbind the chaff bundles andrelease the chaff out a chute that wasbuilt into the radio room.

On many of his missions, his planewas with 1,000 or more other planes,and his plane often led his group, an

especially dangerousposition. He oftensaw enemy fighterscircling but wasnever attacked,“probably,” he says,“because we flewsuch tightformation.”

He remembershaving lost twoengines more thanonce, and there wasmany a time his

plane was riddled by flak, yet itsomehow always got them home in onepiece.

After his last mission, on April 3,1945, Jones came home to the U.S. onthe luxurious French passenger liner, Ilede France, except that it was now packedwith 10,000 men.

He was discharged from the AirCorps as a tech sergeant in May at FortDix, N.J., and then became a linemanfor Bell Telephone.

Did his getting that job haveanything to do with his World War IIknowledge of electronics?

Laughing, he says, “Not a chance.They told me to forget all that stuff.They wanted me to learn the Bell way.”

Well, he did and, after varying levelsof responsibility, retired from Bell in1983.

He now lives comfortably in aretirement home with Marie, his wife of31 years. But he still has vivid memoriesof those missions high over Germany,with enemy flak bursting everywhere.

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

T/Sgt Walter Jones (far right, front row)with his combat crew in 1945.


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Traveltizers Travel Appetizers: Stories that Whet the Appetite for Travel

By Andrea Gross

Iallow three days to explore theGone with the Wind Trail in andnear Atlanta, but it takes me only

one to become a Windie. A Windieis a die-hard GWTW fan, a personwho is immersed in the history,legends, and legacy surrounding thePulitzer Prize-winning novel andenormously popular film.

Some dream of Rhett; othersdream of Scarlett’s fancy clothes or17-inch waist. As for me, I dream ofpublishing a novel that wins one ofthe world’s most prestigious awardsand is turned into a film that earnsme millions.

On the surface, GWTW is thewildly romantic tale of ScarlettO’Hara, a headstrong Southern belle(played by Vivian Leigh in the movie)and her love-hate relationship with RhettButler, a dashing, successful opportunist(depicted by Clark Gable).

But on a deeper level, GWTW is the

story of the American South during andimmediately after the Civil War, a timewhen an entire society was challengedand ultimately transformed.

The book, written by first-timenovelist Margaret Mitchell, was releasedto the public in 1936 and became an

overnight sensation. David Selznickproduced the movie, which is thehighest-grossing film in box-officehistory, earning an estimated $3.3 billionin today’s dollars.

To capitalize on the public’s interest,the state of Georgia created a GWTW

Trail that leads people to five sitesthat are in some way connected tothe book, the film, or the author.

Our first trail stop is in ClaytonCounty, where Mitchell’s relativeshad a rural home. As a child,Mitchell visited often and listenedintently as her family elders toldstories about their experiencesduring the Civil War.

Many of these tales weretransformed into scenes in her novel,leading her heirs to dub ClaytonCounty the “Official Home of Gonewith the Wind.” (To Mitchell’sdismay, Selznick upgraded thecomfortable farmhouse of Mitchell’smemory into Tara, a much grandermansion that he thought wouldbetter appeal to movie audiences.)

The Road to Tara Museum has apainting of the old farmhouse, inaddition to authentic Civil War itemsand reproductions of many of thecostumes worn in the film, including thegreen “drapery dress” that Leigh wears in

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Gone with the Wind has earnedmore money than any othermovie in box-office history,

adjusted for inflation.

A Tudor Revival mansion had beensubdivided into small apartments

by the time Mitchell and herhusband moved in. One of the most popular

pieces in The Road to TaraMuseum is a replica of the

“drapery dress,” worn byVivian Leigh.


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GWTW has been translated into morethan 40 languages and sold in more than50 countries, from Albania and Burmato North Korea and Serbia. Why arepeople all over the world so intrigued bya story about a war that took place inAmerica so long ago?

We learn the answer the next daywhen we visit the Margaret MitchellHouse, where the author lived when shebegan her novel. It takes only a fewminutes to see the small apartment butmuch longer to peruse the exhibits in thenearby hallway. There, on a largesignboard, is a quote by MargaretMitchell: “If the novel has a theme, it isthat of survival.”

Why, of course. GWTW addresses abasic concern: If their old world is “gonewith the wind,” how do people create anew one that will work in their newcircumstances? This is a question askedby everyone who has ever suffered ahardship, be whatever the cause. Whenseen in this light, it’s easy to understandthe story’s universal and enduring appeal.

Our next stop is Atlanta’s PublicLibrary, where there are more than 1,500

of Mitchell’s personal items, includingher old Remington typewriter and 1937Pulitzer Prize certificate.

We’re even more fascinated by the

items on display at the Marietta GWTWMuseum, Scarlett on the Square, whichholds a treasure-trove of photos andephemera. I examine the film contracts.

Gable got $160,000 plus a bonus thatenabled him to divorce his wife andmarry Carole Lombard, the love of hisreal life.

On the other hand, his co-star VivianLeigh got a mere $30,000. Yes, Gablewas a mega-star, but still, I can’t help butwonder what Mitchell, who was quitethe feminist for her time, thought ofthat.

Finally, we double back to Atlanta tovisit Oakland Cemetery, where Mitchellis buried next to her husband. Hertombstone is small compared to manyand gives no hint of her fame. It’s simplyinscribed with her married name,Margaret Mitchell Marsh. Someone, aWindie no doubt, has decorated thegrave with pink flowers, reputedlyMitchell’s favorite color.

I want to extend my stay in Georgia,to delve more deeply into the GWTWphenomenon and to learn more aboutthe era in which the novel is set. But wehave a plane to catch, so I console myselfby remembering Scarlett’s words,“Tomorrow is another day.” I’ll be back.

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

Stately Oaks is an 1839 home inClayton County. Although it bears some

resemblance to Tara, the plantationhome depicted in the movie, it is

much more elegant than the homethat Mitchell described in her book.

The apartment where Mitchell lived whenshe began her novel has been reproduced

as accurately as possible in theMargaret Mitchell House.

Windies from all over the world visitMargaret Mitchell’s grave, which is inOakland Cemetery.

If ever an actor was recognized by onecareer role, it was Donna Douglaswith her portrayal of Elly May in the

highly popular CBS ’60s comedy TheBeverly Hillbillies.

In the four decades since the seriesended its nine-season run in 1971, thedrop-dead gorgeous blonde, a native ofPride, La., is still strongly identified withthe show wherever she goes.

Rather than distancing herself fromthe connection to Jed, Granny, Jethro,and the Clampett clam, Douglas hasembraced her sitcom heritage and stillmakes public appearances as a real-lifeSouthern belle.

“Elly was a slice out of my life,” saysDouglas, whose official website(www.donnadouglasofficialwebsite.com)was launched in 2012.

“I was raised a tomboy, with one olderbrother and all male cousins. So I grewup swinging from vines and playingsoftball. I was getting ready for Jethro

long before we ever met! I still adore Ellyand we have a lot in common, with thesame interests and values.”

After Hillbillies ended, Douglas wasoffered many roles but accepted just ahandful that she felt wouldn’tcompromise her standards.

“I’ve got no regrets about anything Iturned down. I sold real estate for awhile, made a couple of record albums,and speak at churches, ladies groups, andschools around the country. My days arefull and I’m very happy!”

This year, she also published anostalgic cookbook, Southern Favoriteswith a Taste of Hollywood, a collection ofrecipes gathered over the years, manyfrom friends including Debbie Reynolds,Buddy Ebsen, Phyllis Diller, and ValerieHarper.

“The cookbook came about as a wayto share my favorite recipes,” saidDouglas, who recalls homecooked mealsprepared in the rich, Southern traditionthat many will also remember from theirchildhood.

“Homemade dishes are almostunheard of today,” she lamented.“They’re all premade in a box or from adrive-thru. That’s today’s way. But therewas something about the way your mommade dishes with a special touch—with abit of this and a pinch of that.”

Although her own mother never usedGranny’s “possum fat,” her childhoodmeals weren’t exactly lean.

“Lard and bacon grease, especially inthe South, were cooking essentials!”

Interspersed between the book’srecipes are delightful personal anecdotesfrom her Hollywood days.

“I thought fans would enjoy a fewremembrances from my life, along withsome photos from my scrapbook.”

In an effort to remind readers of thelong-lost art of good manners, there’salso a quaint section called “HollywoodSocial Graces.” Advice includes neverusing your fork as a toothpick, chewinggum in someone else’s home, oranswering a cell phone while a dinnerguest.

“Etiquette was taught in the South,but I’m afraid it’s a thing of the past now.Social graces are lacking all around us,people are rushing all the time, and noone sits and visits any longer.”

Not a big fan of today’s televisionprogramming, Douglas says she likes towatch the classics in reruns, such asTouched by an Angel as well as theoccasional Hillbillies episode, whichbrings back memories.

“Elly may not have kissed manyfellows during the show’s run, but shesure did kiss a heap of animals.Somewhere around 500 were usedduring the series, provided by Hollywoodanimal trainer Frank Inn.”

Today, she shows little sign of slowingdown.

“I seldom really rest,” admits Douglas,who turned 80 in September. “I travel allover the U.S. and Canada and have avery busy schedule. But I have to turndown a lot of requests. I also garden,spend time with family and friends, andstill get quite a bit of fan mail.

“My days are full and then some, soI’m always playing catch-up. Life hasbeen very good to me and full ofblessings for a little backwoods girl fromLouisiana who never had any thoughts ofa career in showbiz.”

Thomas’ features and columns have appearedin more than 300 magazines and newspapers,and he is the author of Raised by the Stars,published by McFarland. He can be reachedat his blog: http://getnickt.blogspot.com

Elly May Offers Up Some Vittles

Tinseltown Talks

Nick Thomas

The cast of The Beverly Hillbillies Donna Douglas today

The cover of Douglas’cookbook, Southern Favorites

with a Taste of Hollywood


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Maple Street Community Center – (717) 273-1048710 Maple St., LebanonJan. 12, 10 a.m. – Snowman Brunch with GamesJan. 15, 11 a.m. – January Birthday Celebration; Carpool to Country Fare

RestaurantJan. 31, 10 a.m. – New Year’s Celebration Game Day

Myerstown Senior Community Center – (717) 866-678651 W. Stoever Ave., MyerstownJan. 10, 1:30 p.m. – Pinochle Card PartyJan. 15, 10:15 a.m. – Card-Making ClassJan. 29, noon – Snowman Luncheon at Country Fare Restaurant

Palmyra Senior Community Center – (717) 838-8237101 S. Railroad St., PalmyraJan. 8, 10:30 a.m. – Birthday SocialJan. 9, 10:15 a.m. – Pinochle GameJan. 10, 11:30 a.m. – New Year Luncheon at Olive Garden

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The Beauty in Nature

Clyde McMillan-Gamber

Maturing blue spruce andAmerican holly trees havepyramidal forms, drooping

limbs like half-collapsed umbrellas, anddensely packed needles, or leaves, theyear around.

Blue spruces are native to the RockyMountains, and wild American holliesare barely established in southeasternPennsylvania. But both species arecommonly planted on local lawns, aselsewhere, because of their beauties,including shapes, evergreen leaves, anddecorative cones on the spruces andstrikingly red berries on the hollies.

And both offer year-round shelter, andseasonal food, to the wildlife that addtheir beauties to those of the trees.

Heaps ofsnow push thelimbs of thosetrees downtighter thannormal. Thesnow andfoliage togetherprotectsquirrels,hawks, owls,and small birdsnestled underthem fromcold, winter winds and the keen vision ofpredators. Through that leaf and snowinsulation, and their own fur or feathers,much body heat of those mammals and

birds isretained,keeping themwarm.

In winter,owls shelter inthe sprucesand holliesduring theday, while red-tailed hawks,Cooper’shawks,mourning

doves, dark-eyed juncos, American crows,blue jays, and other kinds of birds snugglein them at night. Those trees are goodnursery sites in early spring because their

evergreen foliage conceals eggs and young. The hawks also hide in those trees to

ambush squirrels and birds. Squirrels, mice, and wintering

American goldfinches, pine siskins,chickadees, and other bird species eatseeds in the spruce cones. The smallbirds cling to the cones to pull seedsfrom between the scales.

Flocks of American robins, cedarwaxwings, and other kinds of birdsconsume berries on the hollies duringwinter. And robins also do so in Marchwhen migrating north.

Look closer at blue spruces andAmerican hollies on lawns. You willenjoy the beauties of those trees and theanimals that benefit from them.

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The Christmas tree standslifeless in the corner of the room where,just days ago, it was imbued with acertain seasonal magic—a magicespecially obvious at night when itslights glowed warmly, and the bright,shiny ornaments reflected theillumination in a colorful palette of red,green, blue, silver, and gold throughoutthe room.

The electrical plugnow droops over abottom branch.Nobody notices; thelights remain cold.The tree has seen itsbest days, done itsholiday duty, andwill soon be strippedof its finery.

The townshipmulch pile is thenext stop for sometrees. Others will beenclosed in giantbags and placedcurbside on trash-removal day. Thereare tiring days aheadfor those who mustheave the woody remains onto a truck.

In the meantime, some gifts remainunder the tree. Sweater sleeves appear toslither over the shallow sides of theirboxes to touch the floor, chain-store tagsdangle from bathrobes and slippers, andreturnable items are bagged up andready to go back to the mall at the nextconvenient moment.

The best gifts are already in use.That’s not to say that sweaters, slippers,and bathrobes aren’t great gifts. Theyare. It’s just that most people do not feelcompelled to model slippers and robeswhen they’re outside the home. It wouldjust be odd. There’s not much aboutthose items that elicit admiration andapproval, anyway.

As for sweaters, I haven’t looked goodin one since I was young and almostslim (maybe not slim, but a lot lessbulgy).

Stockings will be taken down, andnot necessarily with the care in whichthey were hung; I yank, and tacks fly.

They land in places where only bare feetcan find them. The small stuffers of pensets, bottles of fragrance, candy bars,shaving razors, and all sorts of otherknickknackery have been whisked away.

I shook my stocking out severaltimes. I’m convinced it was only hungto add symmetry to the lineup; I didn’task.

Listen, it’s all good. I have little usefor pen sets; the ink is nearly dried up inthe ones I already own. My bottle of

Old Spice is almostfull. It’s obvious thatI don’t need candybars. I mostly use anelectric razor, when Iremember to chargeit. And I certainlyhave no use forknickknacks and thedust they collect.

It’s a new year.We embrace hopeand the idea of a do-over for mistakes,poor decisions, andbad habits that havehindered ouraspirations andrelationships. Wevow to be better. We

will lose weight, quit smoking, be morepatient with our spouses and children,unselfishly serve mankind, and makeother resolutions, numerous and diverse.

We will invariably fail to followthrough on some of our loftier aims. Ithappens because we are human. Beinghuman is a good general excuse for whywe often fall short of our grand schemes.

But resilience of spirit is anotheraspect of being human. When we fail,we feel challenged. We back up, take arunning start, and head for the goal,again and again. That’s when goodthings happen, and we become betterhuman beings. Keep at it—you’ll see.

Happy New Year.

Mike Clark writes a regular column for TheGlobe Leader newspaper in NewWilmington, Pa. He has a Bachelor of Sciencedegree in organizational behavior/appliedpsychology from Albright College. Mike livesoutside Columbia, Pa., and can be contactedat [email protected].

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By John Johnston

Many people ring in the newyear with champagne. Peoplewho receive Social Security or

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) get

to ring it in with a COLA.This year, more than 60 million

Americans are receiving a 1.5 percentcost of living adjustment (COLA) intheir monthly benefit payment.

The 1.5 percent COLA begins with

increased benefits for more than 57million Social Security beneficiaries inJanuary 2014. Payments to more than 8million SSI recipientsbegan in late December2013.

The estimatedaverage monthly SocialSecurity payment to aretired worker is$1,294 (in 2014), upfrom $1,275 (in 2013).The average monthlySocial Securitydisability payment for an individual is$1,148 (in 2014), up from $1,131 (in2013).

The basic monthly federal paymentfor SSI is $721 (in 2014), up from $710(in 2013).

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Front, from left, Rich Burton, director,and Kirk Gibson, president of theCentral PA WWII Roundtable, presentBev Barbe and the WWII HomefrontGuys and Gals Committee anhonorary plaque for their work insupporting Pearl Harbor veterans.

Committee members are, back rowfrom left, Jim Stauffer; Dan Mastos;Bev Barbe, chair; and Dave Newcomer.

Homefront Committee Honored

The Capital Area World War IIRoundtable recently honored Bev Barbeand her WWII Homefront Guys andGals Committee.

For almost 20 years, the committeehas conducted an annual ceremonyhonoring the survivors of Pearl Harborat the Lebanon VA Medical Center.

Honoring Barbe and her committee,the Capital Area WWII Roundtablepresented Barbe with dinner, a plaque,and a donation of $250.

The 2013 ceremony honoring the

survivors of the Pearl Harbor attack washeld on Dec. 8 at the Lebanon VAMedical Center chapel.

For individuals with an interest inlearning more about the WWIIHomefront Guys and GalsCommittee, please contact Barbe [email protected].

Individuals with an interest in theCapital Area WWII Roundtable shouldcontact Kirk Gibson, president, [email protected] or (717) 514-6778.

If you have local news you’d like considered forAround Town, please email [email protected]

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Older Americans Forsaking

‘Until Death Do Us Part’More older Americans are getting

divorced. The divorce rate forAmericans 50 and older has doubledsince 1990, according to a BowlingGreen University analysis of censusdata.

The U.S. Census Bureau’s AmericanCommunity Survey tracks an upwardtrend as well: In the mid-20th century,

only 2.8 percent of Americans over age50 were divorced, a figure that rose to11.8 percent in 2000.

By 2011, 15.4 percent were divorced,with another 2.1 percent separated. Thismakes 2011 the first time the numberof divorced older Americans exceededthe number of widows and widowers(13.5 percent).


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needle in my hand. I liked to do thateven as a child. It was my time to relax.It was very calming,” she said.

Creating tote bags gave her that samefeeling, so she kept making them to giveto family and friends.

Because everyone loved the tote bagsshe made, her husband and daughterthought she could sell them. Theybrainstormed name ideas and came upwith Totelly Unique.

“No two tote bags I make are alike. Inow make three different sizes: a small,purse-type tote; a medium-size tote thatwould carry a laptop; and a large one tocarry more items,” Kolanko said.

She sold her first tote bags to the storewhere she gets her glasses.

“They said, ‘You should bring some inand people will buy them,’” she said.“The first time I walked away with beingpaid for something I made was reallyexciting.”

The 58-year-old was a full-timephysical therapist for VNA for 30 yearsbefore her mother needed her care. Shenow takes her Totelly Unique bags toarea craft shows and would like toexpand the territory she has attended.

“I enjoymeeting peopleand makingcontacts. It’s areally enjoyablebusiness.”

Besides using“beautiful andunusual”placemats,Kolanko nowadds handmadeflowers andotherembellishmentsto her tote bags.

“I’d sit atnight with mymom and makeflowers” for thetote bags, shesaid. She’d makea “poofy” flowerand put something in it like costumejewelry or a button.

Then on other tote bags she’d just usejewelry, like retro pins, from oldfashioned to contemporary.

Kolanko also has added a side branchto her business, Tie Flowers.

“When I had begun making flowers to

embellish thetotes, my bestfriend’s fatherpassed away, and Iwanted to makesomething for heras a keepsake forher dad,” Kolankosaid. “He was apastor and hadmany ties, and Ithought I couldprobably makesome lovelyflowers out of histies. So I asked herfor some andmade her and hermom some flowerbrooches.

“That broughtsuch joy to myheart that I began

to do the same for family and friends,and it spread from there.”

The tie flowers are 99.9 percent handsewn with only a tiny bead of hot glueon the back that can’t be seen, she said.She also uses the tag that comes on theback of the tie, adding beauty to theflower.

“I try to make the back as beautiful asthe front,” she said.

Kolanko also makes flowers out offabrics other than ties.

“If a mom or grandma had a specialdress or scarf, or even a tableclotharound which the family had dinner, Icould make flowers from these,” she said.

She has made pocket squares out ofshirts for a man to remember his dad,hairclips using ties for little girls, andtote bags using pockets, buttons, andbelt loops from a man’s jeans as pocketson the bag.

It gives Kolanko the most pleasurewhen customers see a flower for the firsttime and tears come to their eyes, orwhen the tie is from a very specialoccasion. She recently worked on a tieflower pin from a tie that a man wore tohis daughter’s wedding, and her momgave it to her for Christmas.

Also, in the future when she is able totravel, Kolanko would like to teachwomen in other countries to make totebags and flowers to help them earnmoney.

“A lady from Nicaragua likes to wearbright and colorful flowers in her hair,and she said she would like me to teachher to make them,” Kolanko said.

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Tie pins, also created from an oxford shirt.

Several memorial tie pins made from neckties.


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