Cumberland County 50plus Senior News June 2014

Athlete and cancer survivor Karen Charlesworth ran her first marathon at age 51and hopes to inspire others to take control of their own health.

By Chelsea Peifer

Some people spend months or even years training to run a marathon. After all, the 26.2 grueling miles require the human body to be in top-

notch condition. But after beating cancer in her late 30s—and with a long-running

commitment to exercise driving her—Karen Charlesworth decided to go forit, running her first marathon at age 51.

While the now 59-year-old said that she was “definitely sore the next day,”Charlesworth strives to always try something new, and the marathon was justone of many adventures she seeks out each passing year.

“I love running with others and getting them to the finish line, especiallynewbies,” she said. “I will run at their pace, regardless, and talk with them todivert their uncomfortable feelings with the first run they have done.”

Since surviving colon cancer at age 37, Charlesworth is incredibly gratefulfor her life, and she hopes to make every year special.

Initially, Charlesworth’s doctor misdiagnosed her as having depression, butshe knew that wasn’t the case.

Always energetic and in tune with her body, Charlesworth could tell thatsomething was amiss because she no longer had her normal energy level. Shewas becoming out of breath just walking from parking lots and intobuildings, in spite of her attempts to build up her stamina.

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Athlete, Cancer SurvivorRan First Marathon at 51

In It for the

Long, Long Run

Cumberland County Edition June 2014 Vol. 15 No. 6

A Salute to Our

Veterans of D-Day

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Men’s Health

Resources

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Farmers Market VouchersNow Available

Farmers market nutrition voucherswill be distributed to eligible seniors 60years of age and older at the followinglocations starting June 1.

The nutrition vouchers, with a $20total value, can be exchanged forPennsylvania-grown fruits and vegetablesfrom June 1 through Nov. 30 atparticipating farmers markets androadside stands.

To be eligible, county residents age 60and older must have an annual incomeless than $21,590 for one person,$29,101 for two people, and $36,612for three people.

Proxy forms are available at each siteand must be completed and returnedwith signatures and a photo ID of theeligible senior at the time ofdistribution.

Please keep in mind these vouchersare available on a first-come, first-servedbasis, as funding is limited. Vouchersmay only be obtained once per year.

For eligible income guidelines ormore information, contact CumberlandCounty Aging and Community Servicesat (717) 240-6110.

Distribution sites are as follows:

Big Spring Senior Center, 91 DoublingGap Road, Newville, (717) 776-4478 –Wednesdays, 9 to 11 a.m.

Cumberland County Aging &Community Services, 1100 ClaremontRoad, Carlisle, (717) 240-6110 –Tuesdays, 2:30 to 4 p.m.

Mechanicsburg Place, 97 W. PortlandSt., Mechanicsburg, (717) 697-5947 –Wednesdays, 9 a.m. to noon

Salvation Army Senior Action Center,20 E. Pomfret St., Carlisle, (717) 249-5007 – Wednesdays, 9 to 11 a.m.

Schaner Senior Center, 98 S. EnolaDrive, Enola, (717) 732-3915 – Fridays,8:30 to 11 a.m.

Shippensburg Senior Center, 47 E.King St., Shippensburg (inside ChristUnited Methodist Church), (717) 300-3563 – Fridays, 9 to 11 a.m.

West Shore Senior Center, 122 GearyAve., New Cumberland, (717) 774-0409 –Wednesdays, 9 to 11 a.m. and 1 to 3 p.m.

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I called my friend,nationally noted healer Marcia SloaneHeusted. She knew I was clueless aboutcockamamie—I mean alternative—therapies.

The night before the appointment, Idreamed we crept into Marcia’s dark,

crypt-like dungeon. Wallswere flanked by spiderwebs hanging like thick,wet ropes. Tall, blackcandles oozed hot, blood-red liquid. There was thesmell of century-oldmonk robes and century-old monks.

Bob woke me. Hedoesn’t sleep well when Iscream.

“Cancel it, Bob.Marcia will levitate youand make you speak in

tongues—in Yiddish!” “Saralee, I’m not canceling.”“You’ll be channeling a Jewish

Dorothy. You’ll chant, ‘Latkes andblintzes and borscht. Oy vey!’”

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Church of God Home801 N. Hanover St., Carlisle(717) 866-3204

American Red Cross(717) 845-2751

Central PA Poison Center(800) 521-6110

Cumberland County Assistance(800) 269-0173

Cumberland County Board of Assistance(800) 269-0173

Kilmore Eye Associates890 Century Drive, Mechanicsburg(717) 697-1414

Cocklin Funeral Home, Inc.30 N. Chestnut St., Dillsburg(717) 432-5312

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CONTACT Helpline(717) 652-4400

The National Kidney Foundation(800) 697-7007

PACE(800) 225-7223

Social Security Administration (Medicare)(800) 302-1274

Pa. HealthCare Cost Containment Council(717) 232-6787

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Home Care AssistanceServing Cumberland, Dauphin, Lancaster,Lebanon, and York counties(717) 540-4663

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

Cumberland County Housing Authority114 N. Hanover St., Carlisle(717) 249-1315

Property Tax/Rent Rebate(888) 728-2937

Salvation Army(717) 249-1411

Apprise Insurance Counseling(800) 783-7067

Homeland Center1901 N. Fifth St., Harrisburg(717) 221-7902

Homeland Center1901 N. Fifth St., Harrisburg(717) 221-7902

CVS/pharmacywww.cvs.com

Cumberland County Aging & Community Services(717) 240-6110

Meals on WheelsCarlisle(717) 245-0707Mechanicsburg(717) 697-5011Newville(717) 776-5251Shippensburg(717) 532-4904

Bureau of Consumer Protection(800) 441-2555

Cancer Information Service(800) 422-6237

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Organ Donor Hotline(800) 243-6667

Passport Information(888) 362-8668

Smoking Information(800) 232-1331

Social Security Fraud(800) 269-0217

Social Security Office(800) 772-1213

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American Legion(717) 730-9100

Governor’s Veterans Outreach(717) 234-1681

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Veterans Affairs(717) 240-6178 or (717) 697-0371

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A Salute to Our Veterans of D-Day

In WorldWar II, 70years ago thismonth, onJune 6, 1944,some 156,000American,British, andCanadian

soldiers landed on five beachesalong a 50-mile stretch of theheavily fortified cost of France.

It was called D-Day, and thegigantic assault was the first stepin the liberation of Europe fromthe hands of German troops. Theworld had never seen such amassive amphibious assault. Andmany military men from CentralPennsylvania were part of theforce that made it happen. This ishow a few remember it:

Eston White says he will neverforget how bad the weather was.When you went over the side of themother transport, the swells were sohigh that you could easily findyourself falling 4 feet as you let go ofthe cargo net to enter the landingcraft that had been ready to step intoa moment before.

He says, “I was one of 30 menaboard the Higgins boat that took usthe 12,000 yards to the beach, and Iwas the only one who didn’t getviolently sick aboard the pitchingboat. Men were so sick they wereheaving everywhere, and they wereglad to see land even though theywere being machine-gunned.”

Dick Winters was aparatrooper who was dropped at1:15 a.m. on D-Day, 8 milesfrom the intended drop zone.The C-47 plane carrying him,dodging heavy flak, dove so fastthat, when he exited the plane,the wind tore away his jump packwith his rifle, grenades—everything but the trench knifesecured in his boot.

Yet he and seven other menwho joined him found their wayto the causeway that our GIswould use to get off Utah Beach.Facing 55 Germans who mannedfour 105s lobbing shells at ourtroops, they were able to destroy allfour guns and free our tanks torumble from the beach.

Paul Miller was a paratroopermedic who headed for France in themiddle of the night.

He says, “Actually, I felt no fearuntil the bullets began to tearthrough the fuselage of the C-47.Then, with exploding ack-ack andburning planes, it was like the mostawesome fireworks display you eversaw.”

The plan was to bail out at 800feet, but because of the evasiontactics of the plane, it was more like300 feet.

“You jumped, the parachutedeployed, and you were on theground,” Miller says.

Paul Winters was in the first waveto hit Omaha Beach.

He says, “It was chaos. Very fewof us were dropped off where wewere supposed to be. We had toadvance over open beach to a far seawall that would give us some cover

from the machine-gun fire andmortar and artillery shells beingthrown at us. Everyone was justtrying to stay alive.

“We were off the beach in fivehours, but I didn’t realize how badit really was until I went back thenext day for medical supplies andsaw all the bodies bobbing in thewater and corpses everywhere onthe beach, many of them stackedlike cordwood.”

Richard Meck made the landingon Omaha Beach.

He says, “It was terrifying. Wewere being hit with shells andmachine-gun fire constantly. Men

were being killed all around me. Ourorders were not to stop for anybody,just wade as fast as we could and getout of the water, cross the beach, andget to the sea wall, where theGerman guns couldn’t swivel downto kill you. Bodies were littering thebeach and bobbing in the surf. It wasa sight I’ve never been able toforget.”

Otis Harrison says, “The numberof ships was simply unbelievable. Itseemed like you could just walk fromship to ship, there were so many ofthem. LSTs loaded with troops were

being blown up all around us. “The Germans had placed

‘hedgehogs’ all along the approachto the beach. They were steel railsthat would snare LSTs as the tidereceded and leave them sittingducks. Many men tried to jump offand wade in, only to be weigheddown by all their gear and sink totheir deaths. It was hell on earth.”

There are few such vets alivetoday, and every day there arefewer. We have only the memory ofmost of them. But what memoriesthey are, and we can best honorthem by never forgetting thesacrifices they made for our

country, which they served sowillingly and so well.

Photos courtesy of U.S. NationalArchives and Records Administration.

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

By ColonelRobert Wilcox

The beachhead is secure, but the price washigh. A Coast Guard combat photographer

came upon this monument to a deadAmerican soldier somewhere on the shell-

blasted shore of Normandy.

American soldiers, hardened and ready,lounge under full fighting equipment on

the deck of a Coast Guard assault.

In one corner is the undefeatedreigning champion, Father Time. Inthe other corner is the challenger,

Our Good Looks. You know how thisfight will end. The question is: Howmany rounds will it last, and which willbe the decisive round?

Good looks have advantages in thefirst two trimesters of an aged life. Whenwe enter our senior years, looks that mayarouse interests from the opposite sextypically have almost entirely vanished.Who cares? By that time, our primaryobjectives are to feel good and lookgood, forsaking any hope of good looks.

Eleanor Roosevelt was no eye-catching beauty. She recognized thevalue of our overall appearance this way:“Beautiful young people,” she said, “areaccidents of nature, but beautiful oldpeople are works of art.”

Maybe we aren’t “works of art” in theclassic sense. But if we have a twinkle inour eyes and a smile on our face, we canlook good without being good looking.

Once our good looks begin to vanish,we have other resources to display:charm, kindness, knowledge, integrity,humor, and, as Eleanor Roosevelt hasshown, a measure of wisdom. They areall part of looking good.

There were times Abraham Lincolndepended on self-deprecating humorwhen campaigning for election. HenryVillard, a journalist who covered theLincoln-Douglas debates, wrote Lincolnhad a “gawky figure, an odd-featured,wrinkled, inexpressive, and altogetheruncomely face.”

When Stephan A. Douglas calledLincoln “two-faced,” Lincoln replied: “Ileave it to the audience. If I had anotherface, do you think I would wear thisone?”

This retort scored “Father Abraham,”as he was called by those who saw inhim a biblical image, election points thatotherwise may have been denied himbecause of his lack of good looks.

Comic Jimmy Durante and physicistAlbert Einstein were not handsome. Yetpeople found them appealing becausetheir appearance matched the public’simage—expectations for the roles eachprominently held in life. Their lookswere as if each was an actor supplied bya Hollywood studio’s department of

central casting.Einstein, despite his

brilliance, could notgrasp his publicpopularity. He wonderedwhy “no one understandsme but they like meanyway. I don’tunderstand it.”

Our faces have to becompatible with thestereotypical image thepublic has of certainprofessions. WouldJimmy Durante lookcredible as a world-renowned scientist and would AlbertEinstein find popular support as acomedian?

Would a movie entitled Strange LoveAffair have a chance as a box-officesuccess if it starred “Groucho” Marx andElizabeth Taylor? Our looks, good or not,support or limit us in our destined rolesin life.

Richard Nixon is said to have lostvoter appeal in his 1960 televised debatewith presidential candidate Jack Kennedy.It was not due to Nixon’s discussion ofthe issues, which he handled quite well.He lost appeal because of his whiskerstubble, commonly called a “five o’clockshadow” in the jargon of the 1960s. Tosome, the stubble made him look un-presidential, somewhat malevolent.

Roles in life are determined largely bymore than just our bodies. It is our imagein its entirety, including our clothingstyle down to the type of eyeglasses wewear. Doesn’t a Franciscan monk receivemore public reverence when garbed in abrown robe, or isn’t a doctor given morecredibility when wearing a white medicaljacket? Imagine them both in t-shirts andjeans.

As we enter our senior years, weshould give more attention to anappropriate dress style. It makes us feelbetter and raises the favorability quotientfor how we are perceived by others.

Physical attractiveness need not belimited entirely to the young. Severalfamed movie stars retained a visageappeal—if not their sex appeal—as theyturned elderly. Jimmy Stewart, CaryGrant, Paul Newman, Henry Fonda,Mary Martin, Myrna Loy, Barbara

Stanwyck, and GreerGarson are among them.They were graced withthe beauty of dignity,experience, andcredibility despite theiradvancing years.

Seniors are past the agewhen they indulge theirvanities in cosmeticmakeovers, such as Botoxinjections, breastimplants, liposuction,and other beautificationprocedures. Thesetemporary, time-reversing

treatments typically are for those enteringtheir 40s. Undergoing medicalcosmetology is not aging gracefully; it isgrasping to retain vanishing good looksrather than refining the emerging personawhose focus should be on looking good.

What happens to the body of a man

with a muscle-bound torso once hereaches the fifth decade of life andbeyond? Based on photos of ArnoldSchwarzenegger in swimming trunks, hisMr. Universe physique has badlydeteriorated. It takes most bodybuilderstwo hours a day, six days a week, ofweightlifting to look like a modernGoliath.

After the age of 50 we lose about 3percent of our lean body mass perdecade, most of which is muscle. It takesmore time and energy than most of usare able to dedicate to overcome thatloss. It is a vainglorious mission.

Walt Sonneville, a retired market-researchanalyst, is the author of My 22 Cents’ Worth:The Higher-Valued Opinion of a SeniorCitizen and A Musing Moment: MeditativeEssays on Life and Learning, books ofpersonal-opinion essays, free of partisan andsectarian viewpoints. Contact him [email protected].


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Bethany Village — MapleWood325 Wesley Drive • Mechanicsburg, PA 17055717-766-0279 • www.BethanyVillage.org

Total AL and/or PC Beds: 100

Assisted Living Residence: Yes

Private: 100

Private Pay: Yes

SSI Accepted: No

Short-term Lease: Yes

Entrance Fee/Security Deposit: No

Outdoor Areas/Fitness Center: Yes

Medication Management: Yes

On-call Medical Service: Yes

Health Fee-for-Service Available: Yes

Alzheimer’s Care: Yes

Respite Care: Yes

Social Programs: Yes

Housekeeping/Laundry Service: Yes

Transportation (Scheduled): Yes

Personal Car Permitted: Yes

Pets Permitted: Yes

Comments: 1-bedroom suites; secured

memory support neighborhood;

skilled nursing – The Oaks.

Homewood at Plum Creek425 Westminster Avenue • Hanover, PA 17331717-637-4166 • www.homewood.com


Personal Care Home: Yes

Private: Yes

Semi-private: No

Private Pay: Yes

SSI Accepted: No



Part/Totally Refundable: No





Alzheimer’s Care: No

Respite Care: Yes





Pets Permitted: No

Comments: Excellent care in a lovely

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Longwood Manor Personal Care & Memory Care2760 Maytown Road • Maytown, PA 17550717-426-0033 • www.longwoodassisted.com



Private: Yes

Semi-private: Yes

Private Pay: Yes

SSI Accepted: Yes




Outdoor Areas/Fitness Center: No


On-call Medical Service: No

Health Fee-for-Service Available: No


Respite Care: Yes





Pets Permitted: Yes

Comments: Beautiful, homelike

environment nestled in the heartland

of Lancaster County. Specializing in

memory support.

Brandywine Senior Living at Longwood301 Victoria Gardens Drive • Kennett Square, PA 19348484-734-6200 • www.brandycare.com



Private: Yes

Semi-private: Yes

Private Pay: Yes

SSI Accepted: No

Short-term Lease: No

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On-call Medical Service: No



Respite Care: Yes





Pets Permitted: Yes

Comments: At Brandywine Senior

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Colonial Lodge Community2015 North Reading Road • Denver, PA 17519717-336-5501 • www.coloniallodgepa.com



Private: Yes

Semi-private: Yes

Private Pay: Yes

SSI Accepted: Yes*Short-term Lease: No








Respite Care: Yes





Pets Permitted: No

Comments: *SSI depends on

availability. A veteran-approved

“home for heroes” facility, all in a

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Homeland Center1901 North Fifth Street • Harrisburg, PA 17102717-221-7727 • www.homelandcenter.org



Private: Yes

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Respite Care: Yes





Pets Permitted: Yes

Comments: Exemplary care in a caring,

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Lakeview at Tel Hai Retirement Community1200 Tel Hai Circle • Honey Brook, PA 19344610-273-4602 • www.telhai.org



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Pets Permitted: Yes

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Mennonite Home Communities1520 Harrisburg Pike • Lancaster, PA 17601717-393-1301 • www.mennonitehome.org



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Pets Permitted: No

Comments: Supportive, encouraging

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Quarryville Presbyterian Retirement Community625 Robert Fulton Highway • Quarryville, PA 17566717-786-7321• 888-786-7331 • www.quarryville.com



Private: Yes

Semi-private: No

Private Pay: Yes

SSI Accepted: No









Respite Care: No





Pets Permitted: No

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Normandie Ridge Senior Living Community1700 Normandie Drive • York, PA 17408717-764-6262 • www.normandieridge.org



Private: Yes

Semi-private: Yes

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Pets Permitted: No

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Private Pay: Yes

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By John Johnston

This month I’d like to share somenews about Social Securitydisability benefits for veterans

with disabilities: a new expediteddisability process.

We believe it is important to recognizethose who currently serve in the militaryas well as those injured in the line ofduty and consider it an honor and a dutyto serve them. Whether the injury isphysical or mental, getting a decisionabout Social Security disability benefitsfrom your government shouldn’t add tothe problems faced by the injured.

Carolyn W. Colvin, actingcommissioner of Social Security, recently

unveiled a newinitiative toexpeditedisabilityapplicationsfrom veteranswith aDepartment ofVeteransAffairs (VA)disabilitycompensationrating of 100percentpermanent andtotal (P&T).

Under the new process, Social Securitywill treat these veterans’ applications as

highpriority andissueexpediteddecisions,similar tothe way wecurrentlyhandledisabilityclaims fromwoundedwarriors.

“Ourveterans

have sacrificed so much for our countryand it is only right that we ensure theyhave timely access to the disability

benefits they may be eligible for anddeserve,” said Colvin.

Learn more about the new expeditedprocess for veterans at www.socialsecurity.gov/pressoffice/pr/2014/expedited-dib-process2-pr.html.

Read about this new service atwww.socialsecurity.gov/pgm/disability-pt.htm.

Also, you’ll want to visit ourWounded Warriors page atwww.socialsecurity.gov/woundedwarriors.There you’ll find informative webinars, aDisability Planner, an overview of ourdisability programs and the convenientonline disability application. John Johnston is a Social Security publicaffairs specialist.

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It may be surprising to learn that byage 80, more than half of all Americanseither have a cataract or have hadcataract surgery.

A cataract is aclouding of thelens in the eye thataffects vision, andmost are related toaging. The lens is aclear part of theeye that helps tofocus light, or animage, on theretina. The retinais the light-sensitive tissue atthe back of theeye.

There are several steps you can taketo lower your risk for cataract.

Get Regular Eye ExamsBe sure to have regular

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Eye exams can help detect cataractsand other age-related eye problems attheir earliest stages. In addition tocataract, your eye-care professional can

check for signs ofage-related maculardegeneration,glaucoma, and othervision disorders.

For many eyediseases, earlytreatment may saveyour sight.

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Medications, counseling, and otherstrategies are available to help you.

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contribute to the development ofcataracts. Wear sunglasses that blockultraviolet B (UVB) rays when you’reoutdoors.

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If you’re overweight or obese, work tolose weight slowly by reducing yourcalorie intake and increasing the amountof exercise you get each day.

Choose a Healthy DietChoose a healthy diet that includes

plenty of fruits and vegetables. Adding avariety of colorful fruits and vegetables toyour diet ensures that you’re getting a lotof vitamins and nutrients.

Fruits and vegetables are full ofantioxidants, which in theory couldprevent damage to your eye’s lens.Studies haven’t proven that antioxidantsin pill form can prevent cataracts. Butfruits and vegetables have many provenhealth benefits and are a safe way toincrease the amount of vitamins in yourdiet.

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A Birthday in JuneDiversity pops up as June bursts out all over.Beginning with the Gemini twins and some clover.

Lovely spring wanes as children frolic and playSummer is born with promise of many a hot, humid day.

A child of June I just happen to be.Which really suits me fine as you will see.

For near the end of springtime on the tenth as the sun was settingI arrived. The world had no idea just what it was getting.

The month assigned to my birth was a perfect selection.As nature abounds in her renewed glory in every direction.

The next generations of species great and small are revealing,Feathered, winged, furry young—each one most appealing.

Roses, the flower of June, begin their blooming and unfold with much gloryPink for romance’s first blush, red for deep love, yellow is friendship’s story.

Tea roses grow in ordered fashion in gardens tended with great care.Floribunda and climbing ones may show their random beauty anywhere.

A pearl, June’s birthstone, made and finished with silky shine by oysters deepin the sea.Not precious as diamonds, rubies, and emeralds, you scoff. Just perfect for me!

Of all of nature, forests, meadows, hills, sky—my love is a place by theshore.

June: spring, summer, a rose, and a pearl—who could possibly ask formore?

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Dear Mark: I enjoy your column verymuch, mostly because you spent a lotof time on the inside. Here is myquestion. I was wondering if you haveever given away money to a player thatdid not deserve it. A dealer on ablackjack game once claimed it neverhappens, and yet, he overpaid me twicein two hours. I was wondering if youcould share your thoughts on this.– Ralph I.

Have I, Ralph, ever given away moneyto a player who didn’t deserve it? Oh,gosh yes! I have made my fair share ofblunders, once involving a $7,000overpayment. Aided by the eye-in-the-sky, the casino caught it and recoupedtheir seven grand. Still, I received a non-paid week on the streets. A few morebloopers to come below.

First off, dealers can and do makemistakes. Whoever told you otherwise is

full of it. True, most dealers get quiteskillful at reading the patterns on thecards with proficiency. So countingerrors, withexperience, becomerare.

But these guysand gals deal morethan a half millionhands a year, sothey will makeunpremeditatederrors over thecourse of that time,both on theplayers’ credit and debit sides of theledger.

Casino management is supposed to beon the lookout for dealers making payingerrors, and it is their responsibility tocorrect these transgressions. It is “their”job to monitor “their” pit and make surethat “their” dealers are following the right

dealing protocols and paying off betscorrectly, not yours.

So, Ralph, you got away with a couplefreebies. That’sfine. From a retiredblackjack dealer’sperspective, I wasalways appreciativeof the player whocorrected my paymistakes andhanded back themoney. I still playby those principledrules to this day.

Now, those two dillies I promised.I taught myself blackjack by pitching

cards into a hat, and practiced shuffling,dealing, and the pay and take on anironing board. On my first shift, I madethe dimwitted decision that if you splitaces and got two face cards, you just gotyourself two blackjacks, so I paid

accordingly.I was actually paying this unmerited

royalty on split aces for most of my firstshift until an old-time pit boss noticedmy generosity and corrected me at thebreak. Some joints might have sent mepacking, but perchance he thought that Ihad the potential to do the job a chimpcould do.

The other error was where I wittinglyover or underpaid a player.

Dealing 10-cent roulette in downtownReno, we would get a lot of Chineseplayers via a charter bus service out ofSan Francisco who would jam up a gamewith chips as nothing you could everimagine. As eight is the most prosperousof numbers in Chinese culture, it isconsidered a highly lucky number and isworked into daily life as much aspossible.

The roulette table was one such place,times 10. It was always mathematically

Prosperous Gaffes do Happen

Deal Me InBy Mark Pilarski


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Support Groups Free and open to the public.

June 3, 7 p.m.CanSurmount Cancer SupportGroupHealthSouth Acute Rehab Hospital175 Lancaster Blvd., Mechanicsburg(717) 691-6786

June 5, 6:30 p.m.Too Sweet: Diabetes Support GroupChapel Hill United Church ofChrist701 Poplar Church RoadCamp Hill(717) 557-9041

June 10, 6:30 to 8 p.m.Carlisle Area Men’s Cancer SupportGroupThe Live Well Center3 Alexandria Court, Carlisle(717) [email protected]

June 11, 1 p.m.Parkinson’s Support GroupHealthSouth Rehab Hospital175 Lancaster Blvd.Mechanicsburg(717) 877-0624

June 17, 1 p.m.Caregiver Support GroupMechanicsburg Church of theBrethren501 Gale St., Mechanicsburg(717) 766-8880

PA State Parks in Cumberland County

June 1, 1 to 2:30 p.m. – Sandcastle Building Competition, Colonel Denning State ParkJune 7, 9 a.m. to noon – Volunteer Workday, Kings Gap Environmental Education CenterJune 10, 10 to 11:30 a.m. – Golden Trails Hike: More Talk, Less Walk

AARP Driver Safety Programs

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

June 18 and 19, 1 to 4:30 p.m. – Seniors for Safe Driving Program, Faulkner Cadillac, 6643 Carlisle Pike,Mechanicsburg, (800) 559-4880, www.seniorsforsafedriving.com

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Mondays and Wednesdays, noonto 12:45 p.m.Silver Sneakers Class: MuscularStrength and Range of MovementLiving Well Fitness Center207 House Ave., Suite 107Camp Hill(717) 439-4070

June 11, 11:30 a.m.NARFE West Shore Chapter 1465VFW Post 67044907 Carlisle Pike, Mechanicsburg(717) 737-1486www.narfe1465.orgVisitors welcome; meeting is free butfee for food.

June 15, 6 p.m.New Cumberland Town BandPerformanceNew Cumberland Borough Parkwww.nctownband.org

June 29, 7 p.m.New Cumberland Town BandPerformanceAdams-Ricci ParkEast Penn Townshipwww.nctownband.org

Cumberland County Library Programs

Bosler Memorial Library, 158 W. High St., Carlisle,(717) 243-4642June 2, 7:30 to 8:45 p.m. – Monday Bosler Book

Discussion GroupJune 11, 1 to 2 p.m. – Wicked Wednesday Book

Discussion GroupJune 27, 1 to 2 p.m. – Just Mysteries! Book Club

Cleve J. Fredricksen Library, 100 N. 19th St., CampHill, (717) 761-3900Thursdays, 9:15 a.m. to 1 p.m. – Free Blood Pressure

Screenings June 9 through Aug. 31 – Eureka! Fredricksen Adult

Summer Reading ProgramJune 23, 7 p.m. – Summer Concert Series: West Shore

Symphony Orchestra

New Cumberland Public Library, 1 Benjamin Plaza,New Cumberland, (717) 774-7820June 5, 10:30 a.m. – Ruth’s Mystery Group: An Author

Whose First Name is InitialsJune 11, 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. – Great Books

Discussion Group: Stavrogin’s Confession byFyodor Dostoevsky

June 16, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. – Senior GEMSAlzheimer’s/Dementia Program

Big Spring Senior Center – (717) 776-447891 Doubling Gap Road, Suite 1, NewvilleJune 9, 1 to 4 p.m. – Carolyn Hocker’s Watercolor Class’s

Art ShowJune 20, 4 p.m. to June 21, 3 p.m. – Newville’s Fountain

FestivalWednesdays, June 25 through Aug. 27, 9 a.m. – Yoga

Summer Session

Shippensburg Area Senior Center – (717) 300-3563Christ United Methodist Church, 47 E. King St.,ShippensburgMondays and Fridays, 9:30 a.m. – “Chat It Up” Group

ForumTuesdays and Thursdays, 9 a.m. – Tai Chi FormThursdays, 12:30 p.m. – Quilting Club

Please contact your local center for scheduled activities.

interesting when a kazillion chips wouldappear on the eight from all the corners,split possibilities, and straight-up betstowering what seemed like a foot high.

This required drastic measures toavoid a possible mathematicalmisadventure, or my job, so I once calledover a pit boss — actually it was a shiftmanager passing through the pit — and

in order to not look too much like a sap,I asked what he thought a particularpayoff was.

Pretending to know the correct payoff,he said, “Send out a dozen stacks, plusput a $5 chip and a 50-cent piece on thetop.”

I paid the bet as instructed. Althougha patented move by another, it’s not a

bad “go-to” action when this frazzleddealer of 10 minds couldn’t figure out aginormous payout. No harm, no foul, iswhat he figured; plus, we always seemedto get back all the chips in the endanyway.

Gambling Wisdom of the Week: “Icheat my boys every chance I get. I want

to make ’em sharp.” — William AveryRockefeller (c. 1850), John D.’s father

Mark Pilarski is a recognized authority oncasino gambling, having survived 18 years inthe casino trenches. Pilarski is the creator ofthe bestselling, award-winning audio bookseries on casino gambling, Hooked onWinning. www.markpilarski.com

When Jack Shearer enlisted inthe Navy in 1942, he had noidea his service would not be

on the water at all, but on land … andin a land unlike any he had ever heard ofbefore.

He got there despite somethingveterans commonly understood: Nevervolunteer for anything.

He was at Norfolk, Va., training foramphibious landings, when he saw aposter asking for volunteers for“prolonged and hazardous assignments”where the destination was unknown.That sounded like a challenge he’d like.So he volunteered.

He soon learned that the duty forwhich he had volunteered would takehim to China, under conditions hecouldn’t even imagine. He had trainedsix months at the Radio School inBedford Springs, Pa. So, apparently, his

new assignment would have somethingto do with radio. He’d have to wait to

find out.First, he was sent to San Pedro, Calif.

There he boarded a Liberty ship for a10-week trip across the Pacific, withstops in Tasmania and Ceylon (now SriLanka) before arriving at Calcutta, India,on New Year’s Eve.

There he boarded a C-47 for ahazardous flight over “The Hump,” theplane climbing to 17,000 feet to clear themountains. What was that like?

“Well,” he says, “it was plenty bumpy,and we had people using their ‘barf ’ bagsleft and right. I didn’t have one, and Icame awfully close to needing it, butsomehow I managed to get through it.”

When the plane landed inChongqing, China, Shearer and 12 othermen were assigned to an outpost campbordering the Gobi Desert on one sideand Inner Mongolia on the other,beyond the Great Wall of China andabout 40 miles west of the Japaneseforce’s westernmost outpost.

Called Camp 4, it was one of a dozencamps in China that were among thebest-kept secrets of the war. They wereprimarily weather stations createdthrough a pact with China called SACO(Sino-American CooperativeOrganization).

Camp 4 occupied a large, walledCatholic mission just outside the town ofShenpa (now Xamba) that was 800 milesnorth of Chongqing. The three residentsof the mission, a priest and two nuns,had been moved to smaller quarters forthe duration.

The camp was the northernmost ofthe SACO camps. Importantly, it was

400 miles north of Tokyo’s latitude andwas an excellent site for gathering radiointelligence and monitoring theweather upwind from Japan and thePhilippines.

Getting to the camp, however,would prove to be an experience. Ittook the men five entire months oftravel by ancient Chinese trucks fromheadquarters in Chongqing, 1,500miles to the south. The rickety Chinesetrucks were constantly breaking down.

“And,” Shearer says, “I oftenwondered if we would ever make it toour camp.”

How did everything work out, onceyou were there?

“It really didn’t,” Shearer laughs.“The temperature went from more than100 F in the summer to minus 30 F inthe winter. Sandstorms were common,and there was no running water. We gotour water from a well and had to boil itto make it potable.

“Our generators soon were beyondrepair, and all of us took turns crankingthe small hand generator to send ourseven daily radio contacts with radioChongqing and one with Peking (nowBeijing). We provided weatherinformation that was relayed to U.S.ships in the Pacific. That informationwas important to their planning assaultson Japan and the parts of Chinaoccupied by the Japanese.”

How was the food? “We lived off the land,” he says. “We

could buy chicken, eggs, and ‘yellow rice’locally. But you ate the vegetables atyour own peril. The locals fertilized withhuman waste, and eating the vegetablesthey grew produced lots of diarrhea.

“The worst problem, though, was thebugs. They were everywhere. There werecockroaches in our hair, lice in ourclothes, and bedbugs in our bedding.There was no way to get rid of them …they were always with us. That was truefor the whole two years I was there.”

Was there anything to see? “Nope … nothing. There were some

small villages, and we each had a horse.But, when you got there, it was just ascattering of huts with nothing to do orsee. So there was really no point ingoing.”

The two years in the camp seemed

He Spent 2 Years in ‘the Most DetachedDuty Station on the Face of the Earth’

Robert D. Wilcox

Salute to a Veteran

Jack Shearer on the horse issued to himat his remote base in primitive China.

Radioman First ClassJohn R. “Jack” Shearer,

home from China in 1946.


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When her physician was on vacation,she was able to see another doctor whoreviewed her profile, discussed what wasgoing on, and had blood work donebefore sending her straight to thehospital.

The very next day, Charlesworth hadan emergency colectomy surgery toremove a tumor for stage-three coloncancer.

“I was actually glad,” saidCharlesworth—not for the cancerdiagnosis, but to know what the realissue was and that her instincts had beencompletely accurate.

Plus, she was relieved that there was alegitimate reason she had been pushingherself at the gym without seeing anyresults.

After surgery, Charlesworth wentthrough weekly chemotherapy for a year.The treatments ravaged her immunesystem, leaving her sometimes couch-bound and unable to move.

As someone who thrives on livelinessand exercise, the days of inactivity wereespecially irritating. It was during thistime that Charlesworth set a goal ofrunning a marathon when she wasrecovered.

For her 59th birthday, rappelling wasthe adventure of choice.

Rappelling allows a person to make acontrolled descent down a rope from acliff—or, in Charlesworth’s case, the sideof a building. The equipment used to

secure participants helpsto prevent them fromdescending too quicklyor losing control.

Nerves were not afactor becauseCharlesworth knew thatshe would be strapped inand secure as she scaledher way down the FultonBank Building indowntown Harrisburg.

Gaudenzia, atreatment center thatoffers drug and alcoholtreatment programs inPennsylvania, Maryland,and Delaware, sponsoredthe rappelling event to raise money fortheir organization.

“I just wanted to accomplish the 18-floor task,” she said. “I listened to thetrainers, and the focus was just gettingto the floor.”

And Charlesworth is determined thatothers benefit from her experiences—notjust battling colon cancer, but alsoenduring a yearlong misdiagnosis.

A former business analyst, sheorganized a community health seminaron managing your own health in CampHill in the early 1990s, which exceededher expectations with a turnout that wasstanding-room only.

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of the dreams I amgoing to accomplishthis year,” she said.

Charlesworth’s othergoal for the near futureis to complete atriathlon. Thoughadmittedly a mediocreswimmer, she said shewill still “make ithappen.”

Charlesworth hopesto inspire others to givesports and regularexercise a try.

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“You might be sore since your bodyhasn’t experienced exercise in a while,”she said. “Instead of complaining, laughand smile about it. Know that you willget past the soreness and benefit fromit.”

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like an eternity, but it finally passed.Shearer says one thing of interest aboutthe grim two years was that sufferingthrough it with him was a medical doctornamed Henry Heimlich, who later wonnational acclaim for developing theHeimlich maneuver that saves peoplewho are choking on food lodged in theirwindpipe.

Did the Chinese food help himdevelop the maneuver?

“It might well have,” Shearer agrees,with a grin.

When the war in the Pacific ended inAugust 1945, everybody but Shearer left.He stayed behind to finalize details withthe local Chinese officials fordeactivating the camp. He then traveled

to Shanghai to catch a ship to SanFrancisco, where he mustered out as aradioman first class after serving 42months in the Navy.

In 1994, the Republic of China, inTaiwan, gave him and his wife, June, anall-expense-paid, 10-day tour to Taiwanin recognition of his wartime service toChina.

At age 92, he now lives in CentralPennsylvania. And he says he will neverforget the endless days he spent deep inprimitive China in the “Rice PaddyNavy.”

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

RUN from page 1

Charlesworth, right, with afriend at the 2012 Hershey Half

Marathon. Learning this was herfriend’s first half marathon,

Charlesworth ran at her pace tohelp her get to the finish line.

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Dear Savvy Senior,Any suggestions on how can I get my 55-

year-old husband to see a doctor? He’s gotsome personal health issues he needs toaddress, but he’s stubborn and embarrassedand keeps putting it off. – Nagging Nancy

Dear Nancy,When it comes to their health, many

men take the John Wayne approach.They tough it out! That’s one of thereasons men die more than five yearsyounger than women.

Here are some facts and resources thatmay help you motivate your husband.

The FactsIn every stage of life—from infancy to

the teen years to middle age—men (onaverage) are 40 percent more likely to getsick and die than women. (Current lifeexpectancy for a man in the U.S. is 75.6

versus 80.8 for awoman.)

Why? Thereasons arecomplex;however, mostexperts agreethat biology,such as thedifferent waysmen and womenreact to stress,likely plays arole.

And men,taught sinceboyhood to bestoic in the faceof pain, oftenare their ownworst enemy,avoiding doctorsand engaging in

risky healthbehaviors likeexcessive alcoholconsumption,unhealthy eatinghabits, recklessdriving, andoverexposure tosun, which allthreaten health.

Men’s healthissues also getless publicattention andfunding at atime whenwomen’s healthconcerns (likebreast cancer)are in thenationalspotlight.

What to DoDoctors say that by paying attention

to just a few key areas like bloodpressure, cholesterol, waist size, andsexual function (which can be an earlyindicator of heart disease), men can makedramatic improvements for their overallhealth.

If you’re having a difficult time gettingyour husband to see a doctor, trymotivating him with relevant healthinformation, including treatmentoptions, along with the consequences ofdoing nothing.

The Web is a good place to start, witha growing number of user-friendlyresources dedicated to men’s healthissues. Here are some good ones tocheck:

Mayo Clinic: Provides a special men’shealth section (www.mayoclinic.com/health/mens-health/MY00394) that offersinformation on prostate health, sexualhealth, and diseases, including amultimedia section.

Mayo experts offer up guidance onissues ranging from male depression tothe dangers of belly fat, along withscreenings and self-assessment quizzes.

WebMD: At men.webmd.com, youfind a wide variety of information andvideos on issues ranging from hair loss

and plastic surgery for men to sex andintimacy.

It also provides information ondiseases and conditions, an interactivesymptom checker, discussion boards onexercise and fitness, and support groupson weight loss and prostate cancer.

MedlinePlus (www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/menshealth.html): Thiscomprehensive health site links users tomen’s health resources from the NationalLibrary of Medicine, National Institutesof Health, Centers for Disease Control,and other government and health-relatedorganizations.

It provides easy-to-find informationon hundreds of diseases and conditions,along with extensive information onmedications and links to thousands ofclinical trials.

It also offers a senior-specific healthsite (nihseniorhealth.gov) that makes age-related health information easy to get.

Prostate Cancer Foundation(www.prostatecancerfoundation.org):Provides comprehensive information onrisk factors, detection and screening,diagnosis and treatment, questions to askthe doctor, and guidelines on how to livewith the disease.

Men and Depression (www.menanddepression.nimh.nih.gov): Part of theNational Institute of Mental Health, thissite offers personal stories from mensuffering from depression as well as thesigns and symptoms, treatment, andwhen and how to seek help.

FamilyDoctor.org (www.familydoctor.org/men.xml): The AmericanAcademy of Family Physicians’ consumer-friendly site allows users to search bysymptoms for possible diagnosis,suggestions for self-care, and when itmight be necessary to see a doctor.

It also offers help finding a familydoctor by zip code, a body mass indexcalculator, and sections on subjectsranging from prostate health to athlete’sfoot.

Jim Miller is a regular contributor to theNBC Today show and author of The SavvySenior Book. www.savvysenior.org

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Messiah Residents, PreschoolersGet Dirty for Grower’s Day

Residents at Messiah Village, a Messiah Lifeways community, rolled up theirsleeves and got down in the dirt during the community’s first Grower’s Day heldon Wednesday, May 14.

The planting party kicked off the growing season. Residents and childrenfrom U-GRO daycare and preschool center in Cumberland County planted the12-foot by 26-foot “Fireside Grille Pizza Garden” with arugula, peppers,zucchini, summer squash, eggplant, heirloom tomato plants, and a variety ofherb seedlings donated by Spiral Path Farm from Loysville, Pa.

Cura Hospitality Director of Sourcing and Sustainability Jamie Moorefocused on the innovations of local farms and producers of food; ways we canincrease awareness through green initiatives, growing our own, and knowing oursource; and why people are turning to organic produce.

All enjoyed pizza samplings, of course, prepared fresh by Messiah’s chefs, whoare employed with Cura Hospitality, the community’s dining services provider.

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From left, preschoolerCaleb LeValley; Ruth Paran,Messiah Village resident;and Jamie Moore,Cura Hospitality director ofsourcing and sustainability.

BALANCING from page 2

That next day, we met with Marcia.Her room was brilliantly lit withsunlight. She was radiant andwelcoming, like my favorite counselor atsummer camp. She offered us tea.

“Don’t drink that potion, Bob,” Iwhispered. “You’ll die.”

Having no knowledge of Bob, muchless his depression of late, she asked himno questions.

I don’t know why I shielded myselffrom faith. When Marcia spoke oftrusting the universe, I remained distant.

Bob stretched out on her table. Ingentle flowing motions, she moved herhands above his body, stopping at times.I never asked what she was doing. I’veknown Marcia for 20 years. We trusteach other unconditionally.

At the end, Bob slowly sat up. Hekept his eyes closed, feeling a newsensation of peace.

He said to Marcia, “When you lookat me, you see a different person thananyone else does. I feel more contentthan I have in years.” He cried when hesaid, “Something has changed.”

I felt an astonishing realization: A far-

reaching healing had occurred. And so, Bob is no longer burdened

with heavy sadness. Did the experiencechange him? Yes. How? I don’t know.Does that matter?

I believe that Marcia is an intuitive, aword she says with shyness. She has agift I do not understand. But I saw achange. No doubt about it.

In that, I have complete faith.For months, Bob had stopped doing

the things he enjoyed. He lost interest ingardening, cooking, and taking photosof our pets. Although he’s won 14 blueribbons at the county fair, he stoppedbaking.

But today the zinnias are displayingtheir colors. My email is full of newpictures of our dog and cats.

And this morning I awoke to theheavenly aroma of homemade zucchinibread.

Saralee Perel is an award-winning, nationallysyndicated columnist. Her new book isCracked Nuts & Sentimental Journeys: StoriesFrom a Life Out of Balance. To find outmore, visit www.saraleeperel.com or [email protected].

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