Lebanon County 50plus Senior News May 2012

By Alysa Poindexter

Dan Knaub may seem like an ordinary guy from Central Pennsylvania,

but underneath that cap and behind that cheery disposition is a man with an

extraordinary job as a marine biologist, videographer, and activist birthed

from a fascination with some of the largest creatures on Earth: 50-ton

whales.

From full-time banker to full-time founder and president of the Whale

Video Company—amongst many other notable titles—Knaub’s zeal for

whales has allowed him to take a dive into a thriving career centered on these

gigantic yet mysterious ocean dwellers.

He has created more than 50 programs on humpback whales used by

some of the nation’s largest whale nonprofit organizations, including the

Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society (WDCS), the International Fund

for Animal Welfare (IFAW), and the Cetacean Society International (CSI).

It was Knaub’s first deployment trip to Vietnam in 1959—only days after

officially gracing adulthood—that he had his first whale encounter.

“I was 18 years and 2 days,” said Knaub. “I figured it was a great time to

see some things and do some things before I went to college.”

He had no idea that some of those “things” would include witnessing a

pod of sperm whales between San Francisco and Hawaii on a journey that

Diving Into a50-Ton Passion

Dan Knaub has spent many hours on the open water

over the course of hundreds of whale-watching trips.

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Silver Threads:

They Led Three Lives

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Inside:

Former Banker Now Dedicated toWhale Conservation, Videography

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Tri-Valley Contractors

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Poison Control Center

(800) 222-1222

Food & Clothing Bank

(717) 274-2490

Food Stamps

(800) 692-7462

Hope/Christian Ministries

(717) 272-4400

Lebanon County Area Agency on Aging

Meals on Wheels

(717) 273-9262

Salvation Army

(717) 273-2655

Alzheimer’s Association

(717) 651-5020

American Cancer Society

(717) 231-4582

American Diabetes Association

(717) 657-4310

American Heart Association/

American Stroke Association

(717) 207-4265

American Lung Association

(717) 541-5864

Arthritis Foundation

(717) 274-0754

Bureau of Blindness and Visual Services

(717) 787-7500

CONTACT Helpline

(717) 652-4400

Kidney Foundation

(717) 652-8123

The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society

(717) 652-6520

Lupus Foundation

(888) 215-8787

Dr. M. Nazeeri

(717) 270-9446

Hearing & Ear Care Center, LLC

(717) 274-3851

Melnick, Moffitt, and Mesaros

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Central Penn Nursing Care, Inc.

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(717) 569-0451

Good Samaritan Hospital

(717) 270-7500

Medical Society of Lebanon County

(717) 270-7500

The Reading Hospital

(610) 988-4357

Energy Assistance

(800) 692-7462

Environmental Protection Agency

Emergency Hotline

(800) 541-2050

IRS Income Tax Assistance

(800) 829-1040

Medicaid

(800) 692-7462

Medicare

(800) 382-1274

PA Crime Stoppers

(800) 472-8477

PennDOT

(800) 932-4600

Recycling

(800) 346-4242

Social Security Information

(800) 772-1213

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

(800) 827-1000

Hope (Helping Our People in

Emergencies)

(717) 272-4400

Housing Assistance & Resources Program

(HARP)

(717) 273-9328

Lebanon County Housing &

Redevelopment Authorities

(717) 274-1401

Medicare Hotline

(800) 638-6833

MidPenn Legal Services

(717) 274-2834

Pennsylvania Bar Association

(717) 238-6715

GSH Home Med Care, Inc.

(717) 272-2057

Lancaster NeuroScience &

Spine Associates

(717) 569-5331

(800) 628-2080

Spang Crest

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Lebanon County Area Agency on Aging

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CVS/pharmacy

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Annville Senior Community Center

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Maple Street Senior Community Center

(717) 273-1048

Myerstown Senior Community Center

(717) 866-6786

Northern Lebanon County Senior

Community Center

(717) 865-0944

Palmyra Senior Community Center

(717) 838-8237

Senior Center of Lebanon Valley

(717) 274-3451

Southern Lebanon County Senior

Community Center

(717) 274-7541

Governor’s Veterans Outreach

(717) 234-1681

Veterans Services

Senior Centers

Pharmacies

Office of Aging

Nursing Homes/Rehab

Neurosurgery & Physiatry

Medical Equipment & Supplies

Legal Services

Insurance

Housing Assistance

Hotlines

Hospitals

Home Care Services

Hearing Aid Services

Health & Medical Services

Food Resources

Emergency Numbers

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Have you ever spent a

Saturday morning going to

yard sales? The signs are all

around you, but you don’t want to

drive around aimlessly or waste

money buying junk. Whether you

are buying or selling, here are some

tips for making the most of your

time in the yard.

Don’t Forget the Cash

Yard sales are not like a quick trip

to the convenience store. You will

need more than just your keys, cell

phone, and credit card.

You need coins and small bills in

order to take home the best from a

yard sale. Don’t ask a yard sale seller

to break a $50 bill; it could be the

end of your negotiations.

Don’t Sell Everything

Some things aren’t supposed to be

sold on the front lawn. Don’t sell

original art or jewelry at yard sales.

There are not enough people

shopping at a local yard sale to

attract high prices. Yard sales are not

the place to get big bucks for your

heirlooms.

Don’t Get Up Early!

I have made it a lifelong rule that

there is no good reason, other than a

house fire, to get up before 8 a.m.

Don’t get up at the crack of dawn to

try to beat everyone to a yard sale.

You won’t miss a thing.

In fact, you can get the best prices

around lunchtime as most yard sale

hosts are ready to call it quits. By

noon, sellers are exhausted, and they

don’t care what you pay for that

Wedgewood cachet pot as long as

you take it with you. It is a great

time to negotiate or even get stuff

for free.

Don’t Buy Damage

Condition is a key to value. If you

pick up a tattered linen from a yard

sale, thinking that it is some

fabulous antique Amish quilt, you

are probably paying hard-earned

money for the same rag that you

might use to wax the car.

Someone else’s tattered piece isn’t

automatically a wonderful antique.

Don’t fantasize about a yard sale

find. If it is in poor condition, leave

it on the lawn.

Don’t Buy Parts

I always say that buying parts is

for auto mechanics, not yard sale

shoppers. Don’t buy incomplete sets

or games with missing pieces. Buy

complete games in their original

boxes whenever possible. Instruction

booklets increase value by 15

percent.

Don’t Let it Go Until You Know …What it’s Worth!

As an antiques appraiser with a

PhD and decades of market

experience, I know that most hosts

don’t bother to find out what their

objects are worth before they schlep

them from the attic out to the front

lawn.

Do your homework and you can

go home with some great stuff from

your neighbors’ yard sale.

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Take Time to RememberA few solemn thoughts to

ponder and share this Memorial

Day:

“Although no sculptured

marble should rise to their

memory, nor engraved stone bear

record of their deeds, yet will their

remembrance be as lasting as the

land they honored.” – Daniel

Webster

“Perform, then, this one act of

remembrance before this day passes:

Remember there is an army of

defense and advance that never dies

and never surrenders, but is

increasingly recruited from the

eternal sources of the American

spirit and from the generations of

American youth.” – W.J. Cameron

“I have never been able to think

of the day as one of mourning; I

have never quite been able to feel

that half-masted flags were

appropriate on Decoration Day. I

have rather felt that the flag should

be at the peak, because those whose

dying we commemorate rejoiced in

seeing it where their valor placed it.

We honor them in a joyous,

thankful, triumphant commem-

oration of what they did.” –

Benjamin Harrison

“These heroes are dead. They

died for liberty—they died for us.

They are at rest. They sleep in the

land they made free, under the flag

they rendered stainless, under the

solemn pines, the sad hemlocks, the

tearful willows, and the embracing

vines. They sleep beneath the

shadows of the clouds, careless alike

of sunshine or of storm, each in the

windowless place of rest. Earth may

run red with other wars—they are at

peace. In the midst of battle, in the

roar of conflict, they found the

serenity of death. I have one

sentiment for soldiers living and

dead: cheers for the living; tears for

the dead.” – Robert G. Ingersoll


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popcorn in Peru some 6,700 years ago.

Researchers from Vanderbilt

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ancient corncobs, husks, stalks, and

tassels at two mound

sites on Peru’s northern

coast, providing

important insight into

understanding how corn

developed into the crop

we’re familiar with

today.

Corn was first

cultivated as a crop in

Mexico about 9,000

years ago, and it spread

to South America

within a few thousand

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into different varieties

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Ancient Peruvians apparently ate their

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hy should seniors get

discounts?

The practice of senior

discounts is widespread. They are offered,

for example, at fast-food establishments,

museums, movie theaters, Amtrak,

Southwest and United airlines,

Disneyland, some colleges and

universities, and, thanks to the “Golden

Age Passport,” seniors receive free entry

into national parks.

From mid-life through the “Golden

Age,” median income declines as we get

older. The U.S. Census Bureau reported

that in 2007 the median income of

households headed by a person 45 to 54

years old was $65,476.

Median income for householders 55

to 64 years old declined to $57,386. For

those 65 years and older, it fell to

$28,305.

But don’t seniors have offsetting

“compensation” through paid-up

mortgages and minimal clothing and

transportation expenses? They do, but

they also have higher healthcare expenses.

The average annual expenditure for

healthcare in the period 2005-2007,

according

to the

Census

Bureau,

rose from

$2,792 for

individuals

45 to 54

years of age

to $4,967

for those 65 to 74 years of age

(prescription and nonprescription drugs

are included).

Poverty knows no age distinction, so

why not allow discounts to others? It

happens that discounts are offered to

easily recognizable groups—for example,

the military, children accompanying their

parents for lodging and meals (“kids eat

free”), and the aged.

Senior discounts can create an

awkward moment when patrons are

offered a discount at the cash register but

hesitate to

admit they

are in their

senior years.

They would

hope to be

carded when

purchasing

alcoholic

beverages—

an unlikely event—or asked if the adult

daughter “is your sister?”

Deference is extended to seniors in

considerations other than discounts

offered by retailers. Some electric utilities

will suspend turning off power to seniors

with past-due accounts during extremely

hot or cold periods. The IRS and AARP

have programs to assist low-income

seniors in tax preparation.

Meals on Wheels provides food to

seniors with limited mobility.

Interestingly, that organization, in its

2008 study, found that “seniors age 80

and over were less likely to be food

insecure compared to 60- to 64-year-

olds.”

One program that does not

discriminate by age is Medicare. It

provides benefits to needy children,

disabled individuals, and low-income

seniors.

Walt Sonneville, a retired market-research

analyst, is the author of My 22 Cents’ Worth:The Higher-Valued Opinion of a SeniorCitizen, a book of personal-opinion essays,

free of partisan and sectarian viewpoints.

A Musing Moment: Meditative Essays on Lifeand Learning, was released in January 2012.

Contact him at [email protected].

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According to the National Institute on

Deafness and Other Communication

Disorders, only one out of five people

who could benefit from a hearing aid

wear one. Some simply don’t know that

they need one. Others associate hearing

aids with their grandparents and don’t

want to feel old.

But much of the stigma surrounding

hearing aids rings false.

“Hearing aids will make me look old.”Modern hearing aids are sleeker, better-

looking, and more effective than the

clunkers you remember your grandparents

wearing. And nothing makes you seem

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themselves or speak louder.

“Hearing aids will make me hearscreeching noises.” This problem, called

“feedback,” is caused when the

microphones in the hearing aid amplifyone another. Some hearing aids offer

features that prevent feedback.

“My hearing’s not bad enough forhearing aids.” Actually, it’s better to start

wearing hearing aids at the first sign of

hearing loss. If your brain gets used to

not processing sounds, you will have a

harder time adjusting when you do get a

hearing aid.

“Hearing aids won’t work for me.” You

may have heard friends say that they gave

up on hearing aids, but that doesn’t

mean the devices won’t work for you.

Look for hearing aids that offer a wide

range of features that might be right for

different listening situations.

“Hearing aids will make my hearingworse.” A properly fitted and

maintained hearing aid will not damage

your hearing. Visit an audiologist to

make sure you purchase a hearing aid

that will work for you.

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The 27th annual Lebanon County

Senior Games are

set to take place

May 30 to June 5

with a full schedule

of events for county

residents 50 and

older. The games

will be held at

different sites

throughout the

county.

The Lebanon County Senior Games,

organized by the

Lebanon YMCA,

promote physical

fitness and fellowship

through participation

in competitive and

noncompetitive

activities.

Participants are

divided into several age

divisions and will

compete for one of three top-place

awards in each age division for every

event. The games’ five-day span will

include walking, golf, shuffleboard,

bingo, billiards, and more.

Scheduled events for 2012 are as

follows:

Wednesday, May 30

8 a.m. – 1.5-mile walk or half-mile walk,

Lions Lake

9:30 a.m. – Miniature golf, Watering

Hole Golf Course

1:30 p.m. – Bowling, Cedar Lanes

Thursday, May 31

8 a.m. – Golf, Blue Mt. View Golf

Course

Friday, June 1

8:30 a.m. – Pinochle, Senior Center of

Lebanon Valley

9 a.m. – Table tennis, Senior Center of

Lebanon Valley

12:30 p.m. – Swimming, freestyle;

100-meter free/fly/breast,

Lebanon VA (YMCA)

1 p.m. – Bingo, Senior Center of

Lebanon Valley

Monday, June 4

8 a.m. – Badminton, singles and doubles,

Lebanon VA (YMCA)

10 a.m. – Basketball foul shooting,

Lebanon VA (YMCA)

11 a.m. – Softball throw, Lebanon VA

(YMCA)

12:30 p.m. – Bocce ball, age 70-79 and

80+, Lebanon VA

(YMCA)

2 p.m. – Bocce ball, age 50-59 and 60-

69, Lebanon VA (YMCA)

Tuesday, June 5

8:30 a.m. – Billiards, Senior Center of

Lebanon Valley

12:30 p.m. – Shuffleboard, Senior

Center of Lebanon Valley

The entry deadline is May 11, and

official registration forms can be sent to

Lebanon YMCA (Mark Hubbard) at 201

N. Seventh St., Lebanon, PA 17046.

There is a registration fee per

individual registration. For more

information, call the Lebanon YMCA at

(717) 273-2691.

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This Month in History: MayEvents• May 9, 1862 – During the American Civil War,

General David Hunter, Union commander of the

Department of the South, issued orders freeing the

slaves in South Carolina, Florida, and Georgia

without congressional or presidential approval.

The orders were countermanded by President

Abraham Lincoln 10 days later.

• May 14, 1804 – Meriwether Lewis and William

Clark departed St. Louis on their expedition to

explore the Northwest. They arrived at the Pacific

coast of Oregon in November of 1805 and

returned to St. Louis in September of 1806,

completing a journey of about 6,000 miles.

• May 31, 1889 – More than 2,300 people were

killed in the Johnstown flood in Pennsylvania.

Heavy rains throughout May caused the

Conemaugh River Dam to burst, sending a 75-

foot-tall wall of water pouring down upon the city.

Birthdays• May 1 – American labor leader Mary “Mother”

Jones (1830-1930) was born in County Cork,

Ireland. She endured misfortune early in life as her

husband and four children died during the yellow

fever epidemic of 1867. She also lost all of her

belongings in the Chicago Fire of 1871. She then

devoted herself to organizing and advancing the

cause of labor, using the slogan, “Join the union,

boys!” She also sought to prohibit child labor. She

remained active until the very end, giving her last

speech on her 100th birthday.

• May 8 – International Red Cross founder and

Nobel Prize winner Henri Dunant (1828-1910)

was born in Geneva, Switzerland. He was also a

founder of the YMCA and organized the Geneva

Conventions of 1863 and 1864.

• May 19 – African-American playwright Lorraine

Hansberry (1930-1965) was born in Chicago, Ill.

She is best known for A Raisin in the Sun (1959) a

play dealing with prejudice and black pride. The

play was the first stage production written by a

black woman to appear on Broadway. She died of

cancer at the age of 34. A book of her writings,

entitled To Be Young, Gifted, and Black, was

published posthumously.


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Cook’s Note: I use a lot of hard-cooked eggs to make egg salad sandwiches or as a convenient

healthy snack high in protein. Remove eggs from the refrigerator about 30 minutes

before cooking to avoid cracking. Place in a medium saucepan and add enough cold

water to cover by 1 inch. Bring to a boil. When water is boiling, remove the pan from

the heat and cover. Let stand 15 to 17 minutes. (I use 17 minutes, but most sources

say 15 minutes.) Drain the water and crack the shells. Peel while still warm and

refrigerate until needed, but no more than three days.

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Makes 2 servings

1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil

1/4 cup chopped onion

1/4 cup diced red pepper

1 1/2 cups refrigerated hash browns or frozen shredded

hash browns, thawed

8 spears asparagus, cut into

2- to 3-inch pieces

1 cup fresh baby spinach leaves

1 clove garlic, minced

4 eggs

1/4 cup milk

1/4 teaspoon salt

1/8 teaspoon pepper

Hot pepper sauce, if desired

1/2 cup shredded Mexican blend cheese or cheddar cheese

Heat the butter and olive oil in a 9-inch nonstick skillet over medium

heat. Add the onion and red pepper and cook two to three minutes or

until softened. Add the potatoes and cook about five minutes or until the

potatoes begin to brown.

Add asparagus and continue cooking about three minutes until bright

green. Add the spinach and garlic and cover. Cook one minute until the

spinach is wilted.

Beat the eggs, milk, salt, pepper, and a few drops hot pepper sauce in a

medium bowl until smooth. Pour over potatoes. Cook five to eight

minutes, lifting edges and allowing uncooked egg to flow underneath.

Heat the broiler. Sprinkle frittata with cheese and broil two to four

minutes or until center is set. Cut into four wedges to serve.

Tip: For variations, include experiment with fresh vegetables. When I

use zucchini, I chop it and cook it with the onion. For leftover vegetables,

add them with the spinach.

Easy Vegetable FrittataBy Pat Sinclair

As summer approaches, I’m always looking for nutritious recipes that require

little effort.

An Italian frittata is a complete meal the way I prepare it. Fresh asparagus

celebrates spring and abundant zucchini heralds the end of the season. Try

topping it with sliced tomatoes before adding the cheese.

There are endless variations, and it’s a great way to use up small amounts of

leftover vegetables. Eggs provide healthy protein, and you can replace two eggs

with egg substitute or egg whites if you are limiting cholesterol.

Not all frittatas contain potatoes, but adding them makes the meal more

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Preventive Measures

As the brown-gray mood of winter

melts, giving way to warmer

temperatures, crocus, and pudgy,

chirping robins, nature’s ultimate finger,

asparagus, begins poking its purple tips

through the warm soil.

I’ll never forget Mom cautioning my

brothers and me as we ran through the

family garden using asparagus spears as

swords in our swashbuckling fantasy.

“Don’t run while you have asparagus in

your hands. You’ll poke someone’s eye

out!

This low-calorie,

luxurious member of the

lily family was

historically reserved for

royalty and rulers and is

derived from the Greek

word asparago, meaning to

“sprout” or “shoot up.”

History tells us that Roman

emperors were so fond of

asparagus that they kept a

special fleet of ships solely to

fetch it. Ancient Romans

hoarded it, since they believed

asparagus spears cured all ailments, which

is evidence of man’s recognition of food

as medicine. Ancient Chinese herbalists

have used asparagus root for centuries.

The edible young shoots are one of

the most nutritional, well-balanced

veggies.

• 5 ounces provides 60 percent of the

recommended daily allowance for

folacin—required for blood-cell

formation growth and the prevention of

liver disease, cervical cancer, colon and

rectal cancer, and heart disease.

• Asparagus contains potassium, which

helps regulate the electrolyte balance

within cells and helps maintain normal

heart function and blood pressure.

• It contains fiber, thiamin, and B6 and

is one of the richest sources of rutin,

which strengthens capillary walls.

• Asparagus is especially rich in the

antioxidant nutrients vitamin A,

vitamin C, and vitamin E.

• Asparagus is a diuretic and a laxative;

for those who are sedentary and suffer

from gravel, it’s been found beneficial,

as well as in cases of dropsy.

• Asparagus contains steroids that mimic

pheromones, which purportedly make

you attractive to lovers.

This generous gift of the universe

contains more glutathione than other

produce. It assists cells in breaking down

toxic peroxide and other oxygen-rich

compounds, preventing them from

destroying DNA. Glutathione repairs

damaged DNA, stimulates immune

function, recycles vitamins C and E back

to their active forms, and removes toxins.

In 1991, an Italian researcher reported

a compound found in asparagus

that had shown some antiviral

activity in test-tube studies.

The root contains

compounds called steroidal

glycosides, which may have

anti-inflammatory properties to

ease the pain of arthritic-related

conditions.

Without getting busted by the

grocery cops, bend a stalk and

select a bunch that is firm

with tightly closed buds. The

thickness of the stalks makes

no difference. The color should be bright

green with subtle purple hints.

Discoloration and fading can guarantee

it’s old.

After cooking, if your asparagus has

gone limp, you’ve blown it. All of

asparagus’s delicious cosmic healing

qualities are ruined by cooking too long;

raw is best. Steam it for one minute.

Pay attention; over-cooking deserves a

good flogging. “As quick as cooking

asparagus” was a Roman saying, meaning

something had to be accomplished

rapidly.

To steam: Place washed, whole,

trimmed asparagus on a steamer rack

over rapidly boiling water. Cover and

begin timing.

Serving suggestions:

• Try asparagus with minced, fresh garlic

and lemon juice squeezed over the top.

• Chop it up raw and toss it into a salad.

• Drizzle it with soy sauce, toasted

sesame oil, and chopped green onions.

• Yogurt, low-fat mayonnaise, or non-fat

sour cream are easy toppings.

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Asparagus Tips – Grab a Spear, My Dear

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On Dec. 7, 1941, Japanese carrier

planes, without warning,

dropped the bombs on Pearl

Harbor that were to involve the United

States in the largest war the world had

ever seen.

Two days later, Donald B. Wren went

to the recruiting station in Chicago to

enlist. He says he’ll never forget that day.

The freezing-cold wind blew strongly

down the several-block-long line of men

waiting to enlist.

Then, for Wren, it was off to Santa

Ana, Calif., on a troop train for basic

training. For many of them, who had

never been farther than Chicago, that

was a life-changing experience. And after

five days and nights, they arrived at

Santa Ana.

After much training, Wren was chosen

on May 19, 1942, to become an aviation

cadet. That was followed by months of

flying training, after which he won his

wings as a pilot and was assigned a crew

of five other men and shipped to

Baltimore, where he picked up a brand-

new B-26 Marauder twin-engine bomber

from the factory.

The B-26 was already called the

“Widowmaker” due to its high rate of

accidents during takeoff and landings. It

had to be flown at exact airspeeds,

particularly on final approach and when

one engine was out. Its usual approach

airspeed of 150 miles per hour then had

to be strictly maintained or it would stall

out and crash.

Wren and his new crew then flew to

Miami. The next day was Christmas,

when they were awakened at 6 a.m.,

given a bag of oranges

and a pat on the back,

and sent off on the

long flight to Europe

via South America;

Ascension Island, a tiny

dot halfway across the

Atlantic; Africa; and

finally to England,

where they were

assigned to the 554th

Bomb Squadron, 386th

Bomb Group.

There Wren was to

fly 97 combat hours

on 29 combat

missions, participating

in the Normandy and

Air Offensive European campaigns.

Many of those missions were knocking

out bridges in preparation for the D-Day

invasion. Did his crew suffer any

casualties?

“Yes,” he says quietly, “we sure did.

My co-pilot was killed, our bombardier

suffered flak damage to his right eye and

was removed from the crew, our flight

engineer ‘went to pieces’ and was

grounded, and a flak burst below the

belly of the plane put enough metal in

our waist gunner’s butt to land him in

the hospital.

“Then, on my 29th mission, on May

31, 1943, we were shot down and had to

bail out over France. My radio operator

and I had had ‘double E’ training (escape

and evasion), so we made it to the trees,

where I spent the next 13 days hiding

out in the countryside under fir trees

whose branches swept the ground, in

hedgerows, and in

haystacks.

“Food consisted of

the carrots, green beans,

peas, and radishes that

could be ‘liberated’ at

night from local

gardens, but my weight

went down to 137

pounds.

“I awakened one

morning with a French

milkmaid standing over

me. She turned out to

have family in the

French underground, so

she ran off to get her

father. And from then

on, the underground took care of me.”

Wren buried his uniform clothes and

was given appropriate civilian clothes, a

French beret, a work card, and even

wooden-soled shoes. The only thing he

kept was his dog tags. He and other

evadees were transferred from one

farmhouse to another. Once, after

spending 30 days in one room, alone

with nothing to occupy his time or

mind, he climbed out of a window and

was on his own.

While walking down a dirt path, he

heard a motorcycle with two Germans

aboard approaching. There was no time

to hide, so he kept walking. The

motorcycle stopped in front of him, and

the Germans looked him up and down.

“I felt sure that they could read a sign

on my chest saying, ‘I am an American,’”

he says. “They asked the way to a nearby

town. I couldn’t understand more than

the name of the town and had no idea

where it lay, but I kept my mouth shut

and pointed straight ahead. When they

left, I scampered back to the room I had

left. Somehow, the room no longer

seemed boring or confining.”

There were other close scrapes. Once

he was eating in a small restaurant with

the underground when some German

officers came in and shook hands all

around. “I just shook hands and

grinned,” he says, “and my rescuers got

me out of the place quickly.”

After 93 days behind enemy lines, the

Allied troops went by, and Wren was safe

at last. He met up with his radio

operator, and they got an old German

motorcycle operating again. They drove

from one American camp to another,

gathering up food supplies that they

could take to the people who had cared

for them.

They finally reached an American

airfield, and a flight took them back to

England. Since they had been behind the

lines, they were promptly flown to the

U.S. for intelligence debriefing.

Later, he was a flight instructor and

saw combat in Korea and Vietnam.

“But that,” he says, “is another story.”

Wren retired from the Air Force as a

colonel in 1976, and later he and his

wife, Mariann, came to Central

Pennsylvania to enjoy life in a retirement

community, never far from thinking of

the hazards he faced as a B-26 pilot in

Europe in our nation’s greatest war.

Colonel Wilcox flew a B-17 bomber in

Europe in WWII.

He Spent 93 Days as an EvadeeBehind Enemy Lines

Robert D. Wilcox

Salute to a Veteran

Captain Donald B. Wren in 1950.

In early 1950s television, Richard

Carlson starred in I Led Three Lives.

Each episode started with a dramatic

voiceover: “This is the fantastically true

story of the Herbert A. Philbrick, who,

for nine frightening years, did lead three

lives—average citizen, member of the

Communist Party, and counterspy for

the FBI.”

I always thought if we could count

“average citizen” as one of our lives, we

all could claim at least two—for instance,

average citizen and

housewife or average

citizen and pipe

fitter.

It may be a

stretch to call

celebrities average

citizens, but if we

do, several from past

and present have led

three lives, just like

Herbert A.

Philbrick.

Take Dorothy

Rodgers, wife of composer Richard

Rodgers, who always fought being

summarized as “wife and mother.” She

wrote books on home decorating and

invented a toilet cleaning “jonny mop,”

which she sold to Johnson & Johnson.

Jamie Leigh Curtis, daughter of Janet

Leigh and Tony Curtis, and a movie star

in her own right, holds the patent on a

disposable diaper that comes with a

moistened baby wipe attached.

New Yorker writer Ian Frazier often

writes about fishing, but his patent is for

a different kind of pole—one that

removes debris stuck in trees.

Ever yearn to write, but say you

haven’t the time? Draw inspiration from

Edward Streeter. Streeter retired from his

37-year banking career in 1956, a couple

of years after his novel, Mr. Hobbs’

Vacation, hit the bookstores. Later it was

transformed into a hit movie starring

Jimmy Stewart and Maureen O’Hara.

But Streeter already knew about

Hollywood. You see, back in the ’40s, he

made time to write Father of the Bride

despite his daily commute to New York’s

Fifth Avenue Bank.

Anyone with more LPs than CDs

remembers the choral harmony of Fred

Waring and His Pennsylvanians. Waring

played in orchestras to put himself

through Penn State, where he studied

architectural engineering, not music.

His engineering knowledge stood him

in good stead as he helped work out the

kinks in another inventor’s basic blender

design. Voila! The Waring Blender was

born.

Hedy Lamarr shocked European

movie-goers by skinny dipping in the

1933 Austrian-Czech film Ecstasy. In

Hollywood she is remembered as much

for turning down

what became Ingrid

Bergman roles in

Gaslight and

Casablanca as for

starring in such

pictures as Samson

and Delilah and

The Strange Woman.

But the woman

Louis B. Mayer

once called “the

most beautiful girl

in the world” was

not just another pretty face. Back in

1942, Lamarr shared a patent for a

“secret communication system” that was

designed as a guidance device for U.S.

torpedoes. The invention, based on

“frequency hopping,” was so far ahead of

its time that the military couldn’t use it

until the 1960s. In today’s digital age, it

helps keep cell phone calls secure.

Even ardent baseball fans may have

trouble recalling journeyman catcher

Moe Berg. A defensive specialist, Berg

got in just 662 big-league games during

15 seasons in the 1920s and ’30s.

Berg’s I.Q. might have been higher

than his batting average. He graduated

from Princeton with honors, and then

earned a law degree from Columbia

while playing big-league ball. Players

used to joke, “Moe Berg can speak seven

languages, but he can’t hit in any of

them.”

One of those languages was Japanese,

which might explain how a ball player

who hit only three homeruns in his first

10 seasons got selected, along with bona

fide stars like Babe Ruth and Lou

Gehrig, for a 1934 traveling all-star team

that visited Japan. Berg charmed his

hosts into letting him take home movies

from the top of Tokyo’s tallest building,

movies some say were used to plan

Jimmy Doolittle’s Tokyo bombing raid.

Once America entered World War II,

Berg’s fluent German led to missions for

the Office of Strategic Services,

predecessor to today’s CIA. One of his

greatest spy triumphs was discovering

that Nazi Germany’s nuclear research

lagged behind the American atomic

efforts.

In any language, Moe Berg would

have made Herbert A. Philbrick proud.

They Led Three Lives

Silver Threads

W.E. Reinka

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Calendar of EventsLebanon County Department of Parks and Recreation

All events held at the Park at Governor Dick unless noted.

May 4, 7 p.m. – Evening Flower Walk

May 6, 1 to 4 p.m. – Music on the Porch: Bluegrass Jam

May 26, 10 a.m. – Nature Walk

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Annville Free Library, 216 E. Main St., Annville, (717) 867-1802May 29, 6:30 to 7:45 p.m. – Take-a-Break Tuesday: Suzanne H. Arnold Art Gallery Tour

Lebanon Community Library, 125 N. Seventh St., (717) 273-7624May 7, 2 to 6 p.m. – Blood Drive

Matthews Public Library, 102 W. Main St., Fredericksburg, (717) 865-5523May 22, 5 p.m. – Monthly Book Club

Myerstown Community Library, 199 N. College St., Myerstown, (717) 866-2800May 17, 7 to 8:30 p.m. – Book Discussion: A History of the World in 6 Glasses by

Tom Standage

Palmyra Public Library, 325 S. Railroad St., (717) 838-1347May 14, 6:45 to 7:45 p.m. – Book Club Meeting: The Blue Orchard by Jackson Taylor

Richland Community Library, 111 E. Main St., Richland, (717) 866-4939

Annville Senior Community Center – (717) 867-1796200 S. White Oak St., Annville

Maple Street Community Center – (717) 273-1048710 Maple St., Lebanon

May 14, 11:30 a.m. – Tai Chi Level One

May 15, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. – Bus Trip: Bucks County

May 17, 12:15 p.m. – Lebanon Middle School Singers

Myerstown Senior Community Center – (717) 866-678651 W. Stoever Ave., Myerstown

May 8, 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. – Bus Trip: Mother’s Day Outing at Shady Maple

May 10, 10:30 a.m. – Myerstown Center Open House

May 24, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. – “Do the Twist Backward” Luncheon

Northern Lebanon Senior Community Center – (717) 865-0944335 N. Lancaster St., Jonestown – www.jonestownpa.org/senior.html

May 3, 11 a.m. – Breakfast Brunch at Hilltop Café

May 8, 9:30 a.m. – Gretna Spring Fling

May 17, 7:45 a.m. – Breakfast Bunch at Dutchway

Palmyra Senior Community Center – (717) 838-8237101 S. Railroad St., Palmyra

Southern Lebanon Senior Community Center – (717) 274-7541Midway Church of the Brethren, 13 Evergreen Road, Lebanon

Mondays and Wednesdays, 10 a.m. – Walkers Club

Privately Owned Centers

Senior Center of Lebanon Valley, Inc. – (717) 274-3451710 Maple St., Lebanon

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By Doris Brookens

It’s an American tradition to pay

tribute to the men and women of the

Armed Forces each Memorial Day—

especially honoring those who have made

the ultimate sacrifice while serving our

country.

If you are a military service member

who was wounded and needs to apply for

disability benefits, it’s important to know

that you will receive expedited

processing. Our wounded warriors

initiative is for military service members

who become disabled while on active

duty on or after Oct. 1, 2001, regardless

of where the disability occurs.

Depending on the situation, some

family members of military personnel,

including dependent children and, in

some cases, spouses, may be able to

receive benefits. Learn more about it at

www.socialsecurity.gov/wounded

warriors.

Did you know that May is also

National Military Appreciation Month?

Even more reason to let members of our

military know how much we value what

they do for us and our nation.

To learn more about the Social

Security benefits for those who have

served in the military, read the

publication Military Service and Social

Security. You can find it online at

www.socialsecurity.gov/pubs/10017.html;

send an email to [email protected];

or call (800) 772-1213 (TTY (800)325-

0778) to ask for a free copy to be mailed

to you.

Memorial Day is also a good time to

remind families of fallen military heroes

that we may be able to pay Social

Security survivors benefits. If the person

you depended on for income has died,

you should apply for survivors benefits.

Learn more about Social Security

survivors benefits at www.socialsecurity.

gov/pgm/survivors.htm.

The men and women of the Armed

Forces serve us each and every day. At

Social Security, we’re here to serve them

too.

Doris Brookens is the Social Security office

manager in Harrisburg.

Serving Wounded Warriors and Survivors of Fallen Heroes

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would be the beginning of his military career as well as

the spark for an infatuation that would evolve to greatly

influence his life.

“They just fascinated me,” Knaub said of the whales.

He always believed he would be in the banking

industry, having pursued it very early on. After he

attended the US Naval Academy, Knaub acquired a BS

in accounting from Elizabethtown College and his

MBA in banking from Shippensburg University. He

was able to work in Harrisburg with two large banking

institutions.

However, Knaub’s interests began to float back into

the world of whales after discovering whale watching—

a practice of observing whales in their natural

environment—in Provincetown, Mass., during a 1985

trip with a group of friends.

It was not until the very last day of their three-day

journey that they were able to witness their first whale.

“It was foggy,” Knaub recalled, “and then someone

[on the boat] with the microphone announced, ‘There’s

a whale!’” What he witnessed that day was the tail—

also known as the fluke—of the whale, which would

become a notable symbol in his company’s logo. “After

eight hours on the boat we thought it was the most

amazing thing.”

The following year, he brought his wife along to

whale watch and they both witnessed two humpback

whales that came directly up to their boat, slapping

their flukes in the water—an action called lobtailing.

“They really excited me and fueled my passion to be

a marine biologist,” Knaub said.

Having brought along his personal camera, many

other whale watchers would ask Knaub for copies of his

videotapes.

“That was the light-bulb moment for me,” said

Knaub. It would also be the beginning of his Whale

Video Company.

During six months in 1988, he took 175 whale-

watching trips, recording everything he saw. According

to Knaub, a lot of planning goes into a whale-watching

trip and capturing video, including anticipation of bad

weather, being prepared for seasickness, preparing

backup equipment, and knowing how to spot a whale.

In Knaub’s videos, there is a distinct enthusiasm not

only from the whale watchers, but from the whales as

well. The videos show whales blowing ring bubbles and

breeching, which is when whales launch themselves out

of the water in an incredible display.

“Humpback whales are 50 tons of fun,” he laughed.

Knaub’s videos—digitized and annotated by him—

have become known as the world’s largest video

documentation archive of dolphin and whale behaviors.

They serve as some of the first notations of certain

whale behaviors.

“We have about 500 [whales] identified on video,”

Knaub said. “[The] whales have names and personalities

and an interest in us.”

His vast collection of videos caught the attention of

Google, making Knaub one of the official contributors

to Google Earth and Google Ocean. Knaub also has

videos posted to YouTube that have accumulated

thousands of views.

Knaub said that it simply takes one trip to excite

individuals about whales. “You would think someone

who went on tens of thousands of trips would be

immune, but it’s as if it is their first time—there is

something magical about a whale,” he said.

That magic seems to have Knaub completely

captivated as he has made several connections with the

whales he has videotaped, knowing about 100 on sight.

“It was their amazing stories that got me away from

banking,” Knaub said.

Quite a few of these whales have become celebrities

amongst whale watchers and fanatics. The most notable

are Salt and Colt.

Salt, a humpback whale, was the first whale to be

treated as an individual and given a name. She is the

most sighted whale in the whale world, being spotted

every year. Marine biologists estimate that she is 43 to

44 years old (most humpback whales live to be about

75).

Salt is also a mother of 12 calves and eight known

grand-calves. Scientists are able to keep track of whales

by their markings and scars. Many are even named after

such markings.

Colt is a 30-year-old humpback whale who is well

known for his singing talents; he has been dubbed “the

Frank Sinatra of the whale world.”

“Colt has a little black mark that looks like a

handgun,” laughed Knaub. When it comes to selecting

names, “you have to use your imagination.”

Both Colt and Salt are whales that are available for

adoption through a CSI program that Knaub helped to

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“If we tell you

about them and

show you stories

about their

personalities, it’s like they become

friends,” Knaub explained.

Knaub also takes his vast knowledge to

senior communities and elementary

schools across the nation, giving lectures

that drown out the negative stereotypes

whales are often given: that they are

dangerous creatures responsible for the

decline in fish and other ocean life.

“My company wants to show the

beautiful side of whales,” he emphasized.

Knaub remembered an example of such a

side when a mother whale briefly left her

calf by his boat for a few hours. “Why

would a mother want to bring its calf to

us even when they are treated badly? They

are more trusting than most people will

be.

“They deserve

our protection.”

Interested in

getting involved

with a few of

Knaub’s non-

profit

organizations?

Whale adoption

and cetacean

preservation

information can

be found on the

CSI website at www.csiwhales

alive.org or by calling (203) 770-8615.

To donate to a whale and dolphin

charity, visit the WDCS International

Charity page at www.wdcs.org or call

their toll-free number, (888) 699-4253.

For more information on the preservation

of all animals, visit www.ifaw.org or reach

them at (202) 296-3860.

Salt blows near a calf.

EXPO to Feature Tech TutorialsFor the 13th year, the 50plus EXPO will

be coming to Lititz, but this time the

event will highlight a new and decidedly

tech-friendly element.

In addition to free health screenings

and door

prizes—not

to mention

dozens of

exhibitors—

the Northern

Lancaster

County 50plus

EXPO on

May 8 will

also include

two

technology

centers that

will enable

visitors to familiarize themselves with

some of the latest home-entertainment

devices.

hhgregg will have on display three flat-

screen televisions, including a 55-inch

Samsung TV with voice and guest

controls. Staff will demonstrate its built-

in webcam and Skype capabilities.

In addition, hhgregg staff members

will be conducting demonstrations of

Xbox Kinect, a gaming system that

detects the user’s body movements and

responds to voice commands.

Also on-hand will be live computer-

basics demonstrations by The Digital

Workshop, teaching EXPO goers how to

connect with friends and family via

Facebook, email, and Skype.

Plus,

Digital

Workshop

staff will be

leading a

photo editing

mini-class

every 15

minutes at the

bottom of the

hour to show

you how to get

rid of red eye,

crop, and

clean up the

background in your photos.

Held from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., the 50plus

EXPO will be presented by On-Line

Publishers, Inc., publishers of 50plus

Senior News, and the Lancaster County

Office of Aging. This free, one-day event

will feature more than 80 exhibitors

displaying products and services in the

areas of travel, housing, medical services,

nutrition, home improvements, finances,

healthcare, and more.

For more information, call (717) 285-

1350 or visit www.50plusExpoPA.com.

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