York County 50plus Senior News March 2014

Priscilla Kaufhold, program director for The Iris Club, on the club’s grand staircase. Over hershoulder is a portrait of Alice Nevin, who founded the women’s club in 1895.

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By Megan Joyce

Our 21st-century dance styles would likely leave the ragtime-dancing,Edwardian-era female founders of The Iris Club confused at best.

But those progressive-for-their-time ladies would be pleased by theirmodern club’s continuing dedication to community service, women’sempowerment, and artistic and enlightened entertainment—spearheaded byits current program director, Priscilla Kaufhold.

“She is always full of great ideas,” said Carol Szutowicz, The Iris Club’sfirst vice president. “While many people have that talent, the difference isPriscilla works to make those ideas happen and sees projects through to theend.”

The Iris Club formed in 1895 when Alice Nevin, daughter of Franklin &Marshall College President John Williamson Nevin, invited 70 women to herhome to initiate a club to encourage women’s socialization and communityinvolvement.

The club’s downtown building was purchased in 1898 and still hosts theclub’s twice-monthly meetings, where members enjoy lunch, entertainment,friendship, and high tea. In October 2013, the club celebrated its 115th

Women’s Club Benefits from ProgramDirector’s Arts Pedigree

Dedication andDance through

the Ages

please see DANCE page 14

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CelebratesSeniors No, I’m not talking about the

NCAA basketball tournamentovertaking the airwaves of every

sports fan in the nation. I’ve never been atall interested in that.

And those diagrams of teams, who theyplay, and where they end up is likecontemplating those convoluted sentencediagrams in English class. I didn’t paymuch attention to those, either.

Actually, the only way these diagramsseem to resemble each other is that thereare subjectively important words onoutspreading lines.

The exception is that there are nodangling lines on the basketball charts.Maybe there should be for the teamswhose chances of advancing are slim. Tothose danglers we could add short,horizontal lines with gloomy-face icons.But what do I know?

Well, I know one thing (my wife saysthat’s about all I know), and so do you.The days are getting noticeably longer;and soon, the crocuses, daffodils,hyacinths, irises, and other early-springbloomers will push through the soddenearth to show off their vivid splendor.

I’m amazed that some of these plantswithstand the wild vagaries of March andearly-April weather. It is striking to seecrocuses and daffodils emerge from apatch of snow, don’t you think?

We planted two eastern red bud treeslast year on a sweltering summer day.Doing so nearly crippled my wife and me.Why we picked the spots where twoprevious trees had once grown isinexplicable.

Much of the old root systems stilllurked roughly 4 or 5 inches below thesurface. That should have been easyenough to surmise, but those trees weregone long enough that I just assumed rothad done its job.

It did not. Rot only takes place where itis least welcome, such as landscapetimbers, wood house trim, and tires on mybarely used truck.

The first shovelful of dirt gave us a falsesense of ease. By the second shovelful Iwas well aware that I was going to need ahatchet, a reciprocal saw with a toothypruning blade, a hefty digging iron, 2gallons of cold drinking water, and a shadyplace for frequent breaks.

We persevered, though, and the trees

were in-ground by the end of the day. Itwas a satisfying accomplishment, in spiteof my wife and me being scuffed bloody.Anyway, the new buds should soonappear, assuring us that our struggle paidoff.

Since March winds can really knock thespindly things around, I might have tostake them. I didn’t stake them afterplanting because I was told that if treeswere planted properly, they wouldn’t needstaking.

And then we watched in horror asheavy storms whacked away at them inlate summer, and the November windsmade valiant attempts to uproot them.They endured it all, but I am still uneasyabout that theory.

The weather is what creates Marchmadness. One day it is sunny and verywarm, almost summerlike; other days canbe cold and blustery, seeming as thoughsnow is imminent. This unsettledcondition is essentially what causes Marchto be so windy. It is also why November isthe same.

I’m no meteorologist or earth scientist,so I am hardly qualified to go into all thedetails of the forces that come together tomake the wind kick up such a fury. But it’sone of the things I like about March.

I love how the dramatic, wind-drivenclouds move swiftly overhead on a brightday, creating fluid forms on the ground;walking along the mushy banks as turbidtrout streams rush along, swollen from thesnow and ice-melt; and the plethora ofregional garden shows that inspire us tostart planning for the inevitable arrival ofspring. We have our shows in York,Harrisburg, and Philadelphia.

I’ve heard many people say that theydislike March because it feels so gloomy.Really? Gloominess is in the mind. Thinkabout it a bit more. Think of things thatyou can like about this month. I’ll bet youcan come up with something surprising;maybe it will change your perspective.

After all, a positive outlook makes thetransition to spring a lot less fretful.

Mike Clark writes a regular column for TheGlobe Leader newspaper in New Wilmington,Pa. He has a Bachelor of Science degree inorganizational behavior/applied psychologyfrom Albright College. Mike lives outsideColumbia, Pa., and can be contacted [email protected].

The Way I See It

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Colorectal Cancer Screening Rates Remain Low

About one in three adults aged 50 to75 years have not been tested forcolorectal cancer as recommended by theUnited States Preventive Services TaskForce (USPSTF), according to a newVital Signs report from the Centers forDisease Control and Prevention.

Despite research that shows colorectalcancer screening tests save lives, screeningrates remain too low.

“There are more than 20 millionadults in this country who haven’t hadany recommended screening forcolorectal cancer and who may thereforeget cancer and die from a preventabletragedy,” said CDC Director TomFrieden, M.D., M.P.H.

“Screening for colorectal cancer iseffective and can save your life.”

Colorectal cancer is the second-leading cancer killer among men andwomen in the United States, after lungcancer. Screening tests can prevent canceror detect it at an early stage, when

treatment can be highly effective. Adults aged 50 years and older should

get tested with one or a combination ofthese screening tests:

• Fecal occult blood test (FOBT) or fecalimmunochemical test (FIT) done athome every year

• Flexible sigmoidoscopy, done every fiveyears, with FOBT/FIT done every threeyears

• Colonoscopy done every 10 years

A colonoscopy can detect cancer early,and it can find precancerous polyps sothey can be removed before they turninto cancer.

An FOBT/FIT is a simple at-hometest that can detect cancer early byidentifying blood in the stool, a possiblesign of cancer.

People are not always offered a choice

of colorectal cancer tests, but studieshave shown that people who are able tochoose the test they prefer are more likelyto get the test done.

CDC researchers reviewed colorectalcancer screening data from CDC’s 2012Behavioral Risk Factor SurveillanceSystem to estimate the percentage ofpeople aged 50 to 75 years who reportedgetting screened as recommended by typeof test.

Major findings:

• Among adults who were screened asrecommended, colonoscopy was by farthe most common screening test (62percent). Use of the other USPSTF-recommended tests was much lower:fecal occult blood test, 10 percent, andflexible sigmoidoscopy in combinationwith FOBT/FIT, less than 1 percent.

• The highest percentage of adults whowere up to date with colorectal cancer

screening was in Massachusetts (76percent).

• Blacks and whites had similar screeningrates, but a higher percentage of blacksacross all income and education levelsused FOBT.

The authors noted that increasing useof all tests may increase screening rates.Furthermore, research shows that morepeople may get tested if healthcareproviders use an organized approach toidentify people who need to be screened;contact them at their home orcommunity setting; advise them of eachtest; and carefully monitor to make surethey complete their test.

For more information aboutpreventing colorectal cancer, please visitwww.cdc.gov/cancer/colorectal.

Source: Centers for Disease Control andPrevention


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Medicare Manuals Updated to Rule OutSuspected ‘Improvement Standard’

The Center for MedicareAdvocacy recently announced thatthe Medicare policy manuals havebeen revised as a result of December’sJimmo vs. Sebelius settlement.

Published by the Centers forMedicare & Medicaid Services(CMS) in December, the manualrevisions clarify that improvement isnot required to obtain Medicarecoverage for skilled nursing facilities(SNF), home healthcare (HH), oroutpatient therapies (OPT).

The manual revisions alsoimprove coverage for people whorequire intense rehabilitation ininpatient rehabilitation facilities(IRF).

Medicare determinations forskilled nursing facilities, homehealth, and outpatient therapy turnon the need for skilled care—not onthe ability of an individual toimprove.

For patients in inpatientrehabilitation facilities, the manualrevisions and CMS educationcampaign clarify that coverageshould never be denied because apatient cannot be expected to achievecomplete independence in self-care

or to return to his/her prior level offunctioning.

“As with all components ofsettlement agreements, the Jimmorevisions are not perfect,” says JudithStein, executive director of theCenter for Medicare Advocacy.

“But they do make it absolutelyclear that skilled care is covered byMedicare for therapy and nursing tomaintain a patient’s condition orslow decline—not just forimprovement.”

The Jimmo case was brought in2011 by the Center for MedicareAdvocacy and Vermont Legal Aid onbehalf of a nationwide class ofMedicare beneficiaries who weredenied Medicare coverage and accessto necessary healthcare or therapybecause they did not have sufficientpotential for improvement.

As a result of the Jimmosettlement, Medicare cannot bedenied in a nursing home, homecare, or outpatient therapy settingbased on an “improvementstandard.”

As CMS states in the transmittalannouncing the Jimmo manualrevisions:

No “improvement standard” is tobe applied in determining Medicarecoverage for maintenance claims thatrequire skilled care. Medicare has longrecognized that even in situationswhere no improvement is possible,skilled care may nevertheless be neededfor maintenance purposes (i.e., toprevent or slow a decline incondition).

The Center for Medicare Advocacyencourages people to appeal if theyare told Medicare is not available forskilled-maintenance nursing ortherapy because they are notimproving. Information and self-helpmaterial are available on the center’swebsite (www.medicareadvocacy.org).

Patients can also contact theCenter for Medicare Advocacy or itswebsite to obtain a card with keyprovisions from the new Medicaremanuals to show their healthcareproviders.

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Walk to Cure ArthritisLet’s walk to find a cure for

arthritis this spring by participatingin the Arthritis Foundation CentralPA Office’s 2014 CentralPennsylvania Arthritis Walk onSaturday, May 17. The walkwill be held at the U.S. Armyand Heritage EducationCenter, 950 Soldiers Drive,Carlisle.

The Walk to Cure Arthritisis a non-competitive, 5-kilometer (3.1-mile), or 1-milecourse with varying distanceoptions to accommodate all levels offitness. Come out with your friends,family members, coworkers, andeven your dog.

Individual walkers and teams areencouraged to walk in honor of aloved one with arthritis, while men,women, and children living witharthritis lead the way, wearingspecial blue honoree hats to signifytheir action in taking control oftheir condition.

Individuals who raise $100 ormore will receive a t-shirt. There

will be a VIP and team tailgateparty new this year. Any individualwho raises $500 or more will beinvited to the VIP area. Any teamraising $1,000 or more will be

invited to the team tailgate party. Arthritis affects more people than

you might imagine. There are 52million men and women in theUnited States with doctor-diagnosedarthritis.

Children are also affected.Nationwide, there are more than300,000 children who suffer from aform of juvenile arthritis, 11,500 ofwhom live in Pennsylvania.

Funds raised from the Walk toCure Arthritis support hundreds ofprograms to help people prevent

and control arthritis. It also fundspromising arthritis research that iscritical to finding new therapies,treatments, and eventually a cure forarthritis.

The Arthritis Foundation isthe only nationwide,nonprofit health organizationhelping people take greatercontrol of arthritis by leadingefforts to prevent, control,and cure arthritis and relateddiseases. The ArthritisFoundation also provides a

large number of community-basedservices located nationwide to makelife with arthritis easier and lesspainful.

You may register online atwww.arthritiswalkcentralpa.kintera.org.For more information on the Walkto Cure Arthritis, please contactDouglas Knepp [email protected] or (717) 884-7525.

Together we can change lives, andwe look forward to seeing you at theWalk to Cure Arthritis in May.


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The method of using glass jars topreserve food came about whenNapoleon Bonaparte's French

military sponsored a contest. The French military offered a cash

prize of 12,000 francs to the person whodevised a method to preserve food forlong periods of time. French inventorNicolas Appert was responsible forintroducing the heat-seal process ofcanning in the early 1800s. He won theprize!

Later, glass jarscame of age. In thelate 1850s—1858to be exact—whenthe Mason fruit jarwas patented by tinsmith John Mason,everything changedin the world ofcanning. TheMason jar solvedthe food-preservationproblem with theuse of a lid andrubber seal.Mason’s patent wasfor the machinethat cut tin intothreads, making iteasy to manufacture a jar with a reusablescrew-top lid. Mason’s sealingmechanism, comprised of a glasscontainer with a thread-molded top and azinc lid with a rubber-seal ring, waspatented on Nov. 30, 1858.

Bacteria were killed by heating the jarsin hot water and sealing the jar while stillhot. The heat-seal process gave glass jarsan important place in the collectiblesrealm.

Today, collectors look for glass canningjars, also called fruit jars, for canning andfor kitchen decoration in the antiquesmarket.

If you think one canning jar is nodifferent from another canning jar, then,think again …

Clamped Glass JarsIn 1882, Henry Putnam of

Bennington, Vt., invented a glass canningjar that used a glass lid and a metal-clampclosure.

Called lightning jars because they

could be opened in a flash, the glass lidswere popular because they did notpresent as many contamination problemsas did the common zinc lids. Manycompanies produced glass canning jars:Lustre, Climax, Atlas, Swayzee, Samco,etc.

The Buffalo, N.Y., family named Ball(the Ball jar), headed by William CharlesBall and his five brothers, producedpaint-and-oil storage cans. From a new

factory in Muncie,Ind., following a fireat their Buffalofacility, the BallCompany beganproducing glassstorage jars.

Like Mason jars,soon Ball jarsbecame a householdname. While themajority of glasscanning jars sell inthe $10 to $75range, a BallPerfection half-pintglass fruit-canningjar sold recently for$600 at auction.

While bothMason and Ball took

great strides in the arena of glass canningjars, Alexander Kerr made canning easierfor those working in the kitchen with hisintroduction of wide-mouth/easy-to-fillself-sealing canning jars.

His jars allowed a threaded metal ringto stay in place during the heatingprocess. These jars could be quickly filledand reused, too.

When it comes to valuable glasscanning jars, look for embossed patterndecoration and lettering advertising theorigin and maker of the jar, clearcondition, no cracks or chips, and theoriginal accessory lid, seal ring, or clamp.

Happy canning and collecting!

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Lori Verderame

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A 19th-century half-pint glassfruit-canning jar worth $60.


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Dover Community Library3700 Davidsburg Road, DoverThursdays, 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.(717) 292-6814

Hanover YWCA23 W. Chestnut St., HanoverThursdays, 8:30 a.m. to noon(717) 637-2125

Messiah United Methodist Church1300 N. Beaver St., YorkTuesdays, 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.(717) 771-9042

Northeastern Area Social Services131 Center St., Mount WolfFridays, 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.(717) 266-1400

Red Lion Senior Center20C Gotham Drive, Red LionThursdays, 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.(717) 244-7229

Redland Senior Citizen Center60 Newberry Commons, EttersWednesdays, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.(717) 938-4649

White Rose Senior Center27 S. Broad St., York Fridays, 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. (717) 843-9704

Windy Hill On the Campus1472 Roth Church Road, Spring Grove Tuesdays, 8:30 a.m. to noon (717) 225-0733

York Alliance Church501 Rathton Road, YorkWednesdays, 8:30 a.m. to noon(717) 771-9042

Yorktowne Senior Center509 Pacific Ave., York Fridays, 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.(717) 854-0693

The Beauty in Nature

Clyde McMillan-Gamber

Dead, dried leaves clinging totwigs on American beech treesand certain kinds of oak trees in

winter add decorative bits of beige andwarm-brown beauties to gray or snow-covered deciduous woods and suburbanlawns in southeastern Pennsylvania, aselsewhere.

The dead foliage of beeches is palebeige, thin, and curled, while dried leaveson the oaks are thicker and brown.

And dead foliage from beeches andoaks has other beauties. Pieces flutterdryly in the wind, sleet rattles againstthem, and snow piles beautifully onthem.

Additional beauties of beeches includemassive trunks and gnarled limbs onolder individuals. And all beeches, youngand older, have smooth, gray bark;

copper-yellowfoliage; and small,brown nuts inprickly shells infall and long, thinleaf buds withwarm-brown scalesin winter.

Beeches andoaks are closelyrelated. And pin,white, black, andscarlet oaks are thespecies in the localarea most likely toretain much oftheir dried foliagethrough winter.

Pin oaks andbeeches are plentiful in bottomland

woods with moist,rich soil. And theyare planted onlawns where thebeauties of bothspecies are mostadmired.

Beechesdominate certainwoodlands. Butthat is noted onlyin winter, whenother kinds oftrees are devoid offoliage while theinnumerable deadbeech leaves stillembrace theirtwigs.

Marcescence is the phenomena of

deciduous trees holding many of theirdesiccated leaves through winter.Retention of dead foliage may be causedby a failure of an enzyme to produce acomplete abscission layer on some of thestems that attach the leaves to theirtwigs. Complete abscissions break leavesfree of their twigs.

Dead beech and oak leaves eventuallybreak off their trees in spring: from rain,wind, and the swelling of new leaf budsbreaking the attaching layers in thestems. The leaves finally joininnumerable other ones in decomposingcarpets on the ground, which enrichesthe soil.

Look for dead, dried beech and oakleaves on their trees this winter orsucceeding ones. They add beauty towoods and lawns.

A beech tree retains some of its dead leavesthroughout the winter.

Dead Leaves on Beeches and Oaks in Winter


York County

Calendar of EventsSouth Central Senior Community Center – (717) 235-6060,http://southcentralyorkcountysrctr.webs.comFirst and Third Mondays, 12:30 p.m. – Card-Making

ClassWednesdays, 9 a.m. – Ceramics ClassWednesdays, 11 a.m. – Dancersize

Please contact your local center for scheduled activities.

York County Library Programs

York County Department of Parks and Recreation

Pre-registration is required for these programs. To register or find out more about these activities or anyadditional scheduled activities, call (717) 428-1961.

March 30, 2:30 to 4 p.m. – Signs of Spring Walk, Nixon County Park

Programs and Support Groups Free and open to the public

March 4, 7 p.m.Surviving Spouse Socials of York CountyFaith United Church of Christ509 Pacific Ave., York(717) 266-2784

March 7, 10:30 a.m.Partners in Thyme Herb Club of Southern York CountyMeetingGlenview Alliance Church10037 Susquehanna Trail South, Glen Rock(717) 428-2210

March 9, 2 p.m.One Book, One Community Celebration of ReadersLebanon Valley CollegeZimmerman Recital Hall101 N. College Ave., AnnvilleRSVP to (717) 867-6976 or [email protected]

March 20, 5:30 to 6:30 p.m.Alzheimer’s Support GroupSenior Commons at Powder Mill1775 Powder Mill Road, York(717) 741-0961

Collinsville Community Library, 2632 Delta Road, Brogue, (717) 927-9014Tuesdays, 6 to 8 p.m. – Purls of Brogue Knitting Club

Glatfelter Memorial Library, 101 Glenview Road, Spring Grove, (717) 225-3220Mondays, 6 to 8 p.m. – Knitting and Spinning Group

Paul Smith Library of Southern York County, 80 Constitution Ave., Shrewsbury, (717) 235-4313March 6, 2 to 4 p.m. or 7 to 9 p.m., or March 8, 10 a.m. to noon – Year of the Book Writer’s Workshop

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By John Johnston

If you’ve recently begun receivingSocial Security benefits or plan toapply in the near future, you may be

wondering this tax season: Are SocialSecurity benefits taxable?

The short answer is: sometimes. Some people have to pay federal

income taxes on their Social Securitybenefits. This usually happens only if youhave other substantial income (such aswages, self-employment, interest,dividends, and other taxable income thatmust be reported on your tax return) inaddition to your Social Security benefits.

There is never a case when a personpays tax on more than 85 percent of hisor her Social Security benefits, based on

Internal Revenue Service(IRS) rules. Now, let’s getdown to the numbers.

• If you file a federaltax return as anindividual and yourincome is between$25,000 and $34,000,you may have to payincome tax on up to 50percent of your benefits.

• If your income is more than$34,000, then up to 85 percent of yourbenefits may be taxable.

• If you are married and you file ajoint return, and you and your spouse

have a combined incomethat is between $32,000and $44,000, you may haveto pay income tax on up to50 percent of your benefits.

• If your combinedincome is more than$44,000, then up to 85percent of your benefitsmay be taxable.

Note that your “income”for the purpose of determining whetheryou must pay taxes on some of yourSocial Security benefits includes youradjusted gross income, your nontaxableinterest, and one-half of your SocialSecurity benefits.

In January, you should have received aSocial Security benefit statement showingthe amount of benefits you received lastyear. You can use this statement, or SSA-1099, when completing your federalincome tax return to find out whethersome of your benefits are subject tofederal income tax.

If you didn’t receive yours, you canrequest one at www.socialsecurity.gov/1099.

So, are your Social Security benefitstaxable? Maybe. To learn more, read page14 of our booklet, Retirement Benefits,available at www.socialsecurity.gov/pubs orvisit www.irs.gov to obtain more detailedinformation on the subject.

John Johnston is a Social Security publicaffairs specialist.

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He could hardly wait toshare in some of that gloryhimself, so, as soon as hegraduated from high school, heenlisted in the Marine Corpsand headed for boot camp atParris Island, S.C. He soonfound that grinding toughnesswas fundamental in becoming aMarine.

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That was followed by a flight toCamp Pendleton, Calif., fortraining specific to warfare inVietnam.

Ready for combat, in December1967 he was flown to Da Nang,Vietnam, which was the site of themain U.S. airbase in Vietnam, withU.S. Army, Air Force, Navy, andMarine units.

What was it like to find yourselfin Vietnam?

With a thin grin, he says, “It toldus it was going to be rough, sincethe base was under rocket attack aswe arrived. I remember that a singlerocket killed everyone in twosquads of Marines in one of thebarracks that night.”

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It’s been called one of the mostinfluential programs in the history oftelevision drama. The Twilight Zone,

an anthology series that aired in the early1960s, was created by Rod Serling(1924-1975), a veteran of radio andWorld War II. Both influenced his careeras a writer.

“When he returned from war in thePhilippines, he went to college and wrotefor the campus radio station,” daughterAnne Serling recently recalled to me.“He later wrote plays for commercialradio, then television. He said writingwas a way to get the war trauma ‘out ofhis gut.’”

During the show’s five-year run,Serling was executive producer and chiefwriter, penning more than half theapproximately 150 episodes. But he isbest remembered as the program’s stone-faced host, whose foreboding narrationsintroduced the show each week.

In biographies after his death, themaster storyteller of chilling sci-fi andfantasy tales was often described as darkand depressed, inaccuracies that led Anne“to set the record straight” in her ownbook about her father.

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“Although the war left scars, he wasalso a very positive, fun, down-to-earthperson. My friends adored him, and anyapprehension they had about meetinghim would instantly dissolve because hecould make anyone feel at ease. He wasbrilliantly funny at home, a greatpractical joker, and was always at thedinner table each night.”

As a child, Anne had little knowledgeof her father’s career.

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Anne Serling with her father,Rod Serling, in the early 1970s.

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about 7. Some mean boy on the schoolplayground asked if I was ‘something outof The Twilight Zone,’ but I had no ideawhat that meant because I wasn’t allowedto watch much TV during the week—my mother’s rule!

“A few years later, we watched‘Nightmare at 20,000 Feet’ together, theepisode where William Shatner sees agremlin on an airplane wing. I rememberlooking at my father and thinking, ‘Thisis what you write?’ It was a bit scary.”

Praised for his original fiction writing,Serling was also highly respected forraising social issues in some episodes,although controversial topics weresubject to the censors’ whim. So hefrequently concealed his intent in fantasy.

“He famously once said he could havealiens say things that Democrats andRepublicans couldn’t,” Anne recalled.

Several Twilight Zone actors alsoshared vivid memories of Serling.

Theodore Bikel is well known to fansof My Fair Lady as Henry Higgins’ rivallinguist, the nosey Zoltan Karpathy.

In July 1960, Austrian-born Bikelappeared on a Hollywood TV talk show,Caucus with Backus, and was verballyassailed by fellow guests: glamoroussilent-film actress Corinne Griffith andbeloved character-actor Adolphe Menjou.

“We were talking politics and theysaid I had no right to open my mouth

because I wasn’t born in this country,”recalled Bikel.

Appalled, Serling appeared on a laterprogram defending Bikel’s right tofreedom of speech.

“I will never forget how Rod came tomy defense. I later appeared in The

Twilight Zone episode ‘Four O’Clock’ in1962.”

Ann Jillian and Mariette Hartley wereteenagers when they first met Serling.

“I was 13 when I starred in theepisode ‘Mute,’” Jillian recalled. “I wasvery excited about doing the popular

show. Mr. Serling made me feel at easeand didn’t talk down to me.”

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Today, Serling continues to inspireother moviemakers. J.J. Abrams, directorof the new Star Trek films, has called TheTwilight Zone a big influence on hiscareer and reportedly has secured therights to adapt Serling’s last, never-produced script, The Stops Along the Way.

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Marine Division. And the job of his unitwas to provide protection for militaryvehicles moving back and forth onHighway One, south of Da Nang.

Was that dangerous work? “Well,” he says, “it got pretty close to

me when one night I wasn’t able to pullmy duty of guarding the main gate ofour camp, and the guy that replaced megot killed.”

Then his unit was moved north tohelp recapture Hue, the major city thatwas once the capital of Vietnam.

“The city was a shambles, and therewas nothing but the most brutal, house-to-house fighting,” Lawrence says.

He later was transferred to HCompany, 2nd Battalion, 3rd MarineDivision for frontline fighting as arifleman.

“We had a ton of equipment,” he says,“and you had to carry it all. Ammo foryour rifle and for a machine gun, onemortar round, c-rations, plastic ponchoand liner, gas mask, and four canteens ofwater. Believe me, it was a load!

“I headed a five-man fire team thatonce got gassed. I don’t know what thegas was, but I remember having seizures.

Fortunately, I was able to get an atropineshot, and that probably saved my life.

“Just about everybody got jungle rot,an infection that came from theinevitable scratches we got. It was easy toget cut up by the elephant grass that wasjust as sharp as a razorblade. And there werebugs everywhere.Believe it or not, therewere centipedes thatwere a foot long.

“During themonsoon months, therain and the heat wouldrot the clothes right offyou. So we had to getthem replaced all thetime.”

In January of 1969,Lawrence got hepatitisand was med evacuatedby C-141 from Saigonto Alaska and then to ahospital in Fort Dix,N.J. From there, he spent two months inthe Philadelphia Naval Hospital.

When he recovered, he returned toParris Island, where he worked in the

brig. Then he was transferred to thePhilippines, where he served for 18months as a platoon sergeant with theresponsibility of helping to secure thebase.

There, the rebel Huks would try tosteal anything in sight.One night, he broke thearm and a leg of a Hukwho was trying to stealcopper wire.

Then his hitch wasup, and he was flown toa hospital in TreasureIsland, San Francisco,where he was treated forcluster warts that werethe result of aninfection he got whileserving in Vietnam.After two months, hewas discharged fromthe hospital and fromthe Marine Corps.

He returned toCentral Pennsylvania and worked inconstruction for a while, but he wassuffering from post-traumatic stress andwas having recurring nightmares. He

received treatment at the HarrisburgOutpatient Center and then for fouryears at the Lebanon VA Medical Center,where he was deemed to have a 100percent disability.

It was then he turned to his lifelonginterest in art. As a teenager, he had wona Gold Key in the Scholastic Art Show inhigh school. And even during his days inVietnam, he had continued sketching, ashe had time.

Now he was able to pursue his art inearnest, and he became an establishedartist, with 20 of his pieces exhibited inthe National Vietnam Veterans ArtMuseum in Chicago.

His work has been displayed at the artmuseums of several states, and he alsoprovided the art for the book, Soldier’sHeart, which told the story of survivors’views of combat trauma.

He says that his time in Vietnam hasled to the use of the very strong colors heuses in his artwork. So those years, asdifficult as they were at the time, are verymuch with him today.

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

Richard Lawrence recuperatingin Philadelphia Naval Hospital in

January 1969.

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anniversary at the same location, greaterthan any other club in the state.

Kaufhold has an extensive career indance, theater, and performancedirection. She runs the MillersvilleCostume Shop, where she began workingshortly after graduating from AmericanUniversity in 1984 with a degree inperformance/dance.

She earned a graduate degree in danceand design at George WashingtonUniversity while starting her family andcontinued to manage the costume shopduring the 15 years she worked asprofessional company director ofKinetics Dance Theatre in Ellicott City,Md.

“The Costume Shop combines all ofmy interests in crafts, sewing, design,theater, dance, etc.,” Kaufhold said.

In 2013, Kaufhold expanded hercreative foothold further when shestarted the Barefoot Dance Company,which includes dancers ranging in agefrom 13 to 55.

Born in Boulder, Colo., with achildhood spent in Williamstown, Mass.,Kaufhold’s family moved to CentralPennsylvania in 1968 when her fatheraccepted a geography-professor positionat Millersville University.

Kaufhold’s artistic genes comehonestly. Her mother directed andchoreographed high-school musicals,operas, Girl Scout jamborees, and showsat the Fulton Opera House. She alsotaught modern dance at the YMCA andas a dance professor at Franklin &Marshall College.

“I grew up going to my mom’s showswith my brothers and father to supportmy mother’s work,” Kaufhold said. “Thishas shaped my goal to create dances andshows that are entertaining—not just topeople who want to attend, but theirbrothers, fathers, sisters, and otherrelations who come to shows becausethey have to.”

Kaufhold connected with The Iris

Club four yearsago when amember invitedKaufhold toperform one ofher dance shows,“Dancingthrough theDecades,” at aclub luncheon.

Originally herwritten thesisproject thatcomparedwomen’s fashionwith concurrentdance stylesthrough the firsthalf of the 20th

century, the showhas since beenexpanded toinclude additionaldecades andrenamed “Fashionand Dancethrough theAges.”

“It’s turned outto be anentertaininghistory lessonthrough music,dance, andcostumes,” saidKaufhold, also atalentedseamstress. “[Theshow] is popularat retirement villages as well as schools.”

After her first Iris Club performance,Kaufhold said she was flattered to beasked to become a member. (Unlike acentury ago, however, membership is nolonger by invitation only.) Since then,the highly popular show returned inspring 2013 as an Iris Club fundraiser.

“The people are great, the building isa lovely mansion, and I really enjoy

meeting otherartists throughtheir programsand events,” shesaid.

At its heightin the ’50s, theclub had about600 members.Today, thenumber is closerto 90, but it isstill a dedicatedand productivegroup of women.

“It makes mefeel good to havethe chance towork with ladieswho care abouttheir communityand give back tothe community,”said Kaufhold.“They haveknowledge that Ican grow from.”

Now in hersecond year asprogramdirector,Kaufhold’s mainduty is to findand scheduleinterestingartists, poets,craftspeople,musicians,historians, and

dancers for the club, which offers itsmembers opportunities for communityservice by promoting educationalpursuits and creativity.

In addition to its internalprogramming, which Kaufholdcoordinates, The Iris Club hosts eventsand fundraisers open to the local public.

“I also help plan special weekendevents throughout the year, such as

Pancakes with Santa, Pancakes with theEaster Bunny, the Fairytale Ball, themeddinners, and dance concert fundraisers,”Kaufhold said.

Kaufhold is also a board member ofThe Iris Club and promotes the arts andvolunteerism through partnerships withother community organizations.

In 2012, while teaching at the localschool of ballet, Kaufhold learned thatthe tenants of the old armory building,which included the ballet school, wouldhave to relocate as the building wasgoing up for sale.

“I knew The Iris Club had lovelywooden floors, and the club was lookingfor rental income,” she said. “I thoughtthe ballet company and The Iris Clubwould be a great fit and benefitmutually.”

The ballet company now splits itsclass time between its nearby studio andThe Iris Club.

Kaufhold is grateful for the supportof her husband, Jeffrey, and their threechildren, who have followed in theirmother’s volunteer path.

“All three have helped out withcostumes backstage, crafts with camps,and Pancakes with Santa and the EasterBunny over the years,” said Kaufhold.“Other children love them, and I justlike having my kids around while I’mworking on a show or project.”

She also enjoys being around theother members of The Iris Club and isthankful that the women have entrustedher with bringing in entertaining andeducational programming.

“Their energy seems endless, and Irealize I can’t complain around them,”she laughed. “I’m constantly in awe ofthese ladies. I’d be happy to accomplishhalf of what most of these Iris Clubladies have accomplished in their life!”

For more information, contact TheIris Club at (717) 394-7811 or visitwww.irisclublancasterpa.com.

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The polyester and disco dance feverof the 1970s

Two dancers truckin’ in the 1940s

Feathered and fringed flappers from the 1920s

Scenes from“Fashion and Dance through the Ages”:


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You also need to be aware that youcan’t give away your assets to qualify forMedicaid faster. Medicaid officials willlook at your financial records going backfive years to root out suspicious assettransfers.

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Volunteer Spotlight!Volunteer Spotlight!Submissions should be 200 words or fewer and photos areencouraged. Email preferred to [email protected] or mailnominations to 50plus Senior News, Volunteer Spotlight, 3912 Abel Drive, Columbia, PA 17512.

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York County 50plus Senior News March 2014

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