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By Alysa Poindexter
Dan Knaub may seem like an ordinary guy from Mechanicsburg, 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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William H. Lentz Jr., 92 (Lt.
Col., U.S. Army Retired),
gold-medal-winning tennis
player with Bill Nicolai, 90, of New
Cumberland, in the 2011 National
Senior Games, directed artillery fire in
Europe during World War II both from
the air and ground-forward observation
posts. His 76 air combat missions were as
an observer in a Piper Cub over hostile
territory.
“On one occasion I heard the scream
of German 88 guns on my radio. The
pilot made a diving turn, and in a few
minutes we were over the site of an
ambush of the 202nd Field Artillery
Advance Party lying on their bellies
beside their trucks, exchanging rifle fire
with the dug-in German troops.
“Two 88s were at an intersection less
than a half mile away. Luckily, one of our
155mm Howitzers in the advance party
had stopped just short of a slight rise in
the road, not in
view of the
Germans. I got
the crew to
unhook the gun,
turn it around,
and fire on the
88 positions.
After a few shells
from our
Howitzer, the
gun crews fled.
“Two days
later, the advance
party was again
ambushed. When we arrived, the
Germans had captured the group
commander, two battalion commanders,
and 29 others and had killed seven men.
I had to stop our artillery fire for our
prisoners were being held on the German
front lines. A few days later, we took the
airfield where our soldiers were being
held to find that
Col. Billings had
demanded the
Germans
surrender, and
they did!
“The Russians
were closing in
on Berlin. Their
Air Force was
roaming our area
and shot down
two Piper Cubs,
so we were
grounded. Gen.
Eisenhower decided not to cross the Elbe
at Sandau, for he was told the rest of the
German Army was in the south.”
On April 21, 1945, Lentz was
transferred to group headquarters and
sent to the 5th Armored Division Artillery
HQ as the 202nd group liaison officer
until the war ended. While his former
unit was shipped back to the States for
redeployment to the Far East, he was in
Ebensee, Austria, guarding German army
physicians in a prison camp who were
awaiting trial for war crimes. He received
treatment from one of the German
doctors for a previous knee injury.
In 1950 Lentz was recalled to active
duty.
“After two months waiting for orders,
I was notified the Army no longer
needed my military occupational
specialty.”
But he joined the Reserves in 1957
when the Army planned an artillery unit
near his home and was looking for
artillery officers. But the Army changed
its plans and made it an anti-aircraft
battalion.
Then, in the summer of 1961, when
the Russians were building the Berlin
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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.
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Ancient peoples weren’t watching
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determined that folks were munching
popcorn in Peru some 6,700 years ago.
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de la Historia discovered the remains of
ancient corncobs, husks, stalks, and
tassels at two mound
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coast, providing
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Corn was first
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years ago, and it spread
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Lupus is an
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on the face, neck, back, hands, and arms.
Chest pain. The disease can cause
inflammation of the heart and the lungs,
which can result in very strong chest
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Older Drivers Self-PoliceNearly 90 percent of senior drivers say
it’s important to them to keep driving—
and they will do what it takes to stay
safe, according to a recent survey by the
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In fact, 80 percent of senior drivers
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“By 2020—just eight years from
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evident that anxiety about giving up the
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Pennsylvania ranks fourth highest in
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Pennsylvania has about 1.6 million
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The top 10 states for fatalities
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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 theCash
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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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.
Copyright by Pat Sinclair. Pat Sinclair announces the publication of her second
cookbook, Scandinavian Classic Baking (Pelican Publishing), in February 2011. This
book has a color photo of every recipe. Her first cookbook, Baking Basics and Beyond(Surrey Books), won the 2007 Cordon d’Or from the Culinary Arts Academy.
Contact her at http://PatCooksandBakes.blogspot.com
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
substantial. Just add some fresh fruit and dinner’s ready!
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Asparagus Tips – Grab a Spear, My Dear
Preventive Measures
Wendell Fowler
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;
please see TIPS page 14
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Is Stigma Keeping You From Getting a Hearing Aid?
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
old like constantly asking people to repeat
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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Residents of The Bridges at Bent Creek in Mechanicsburg
recently celebrated their completion of PEER training with a
luncheon and graduation ceremony.
Sen. Pat Vance attended to offer her support and
congratulations. The training was taught by Cumberland County
Ombudsman Nancy Nemoyer and Russell Pierce.
PEER, which stands for “Pennsylvania’s Empowered Expert
Resident,” was developed by the PA Department of Aging Long-
Term Care Ombudsman Office and encourages a partnership
between residents and facility staff to work together to resolve
concerns.
PEER project participants attend five two-hour training
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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] .
Should Seniors Get Discounts?
My 22 Cents’ Worth
Walt Sonneville
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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.
• Complement asparagus with a glass of
Chenin Blanc, Fume Blanc, or French
Colombard.
• Chives, chervil, parsley, savory, and
tarragon infused with olive oil are
delicious poured over asparagus.
After eating asparagus, somewhere
between 20 to 40 percent of the
population detect their urine smells foul.
This is caused by the sulfur and
methanethiol compounds in the
splendid spring vegetable.
Not a good-enough reason to avoid
this honorable rite of spring. Just don’t
poke someone’s eye out.
Chef Wendell is an inspirational food
literacy speaker and author of Earth SuitMaintenance Manual. To order a signed copy
of his food essays and tasty recipes, contact
him at [email protected] or
www.chefwendell.com.
TIPS from page 10
CHAMP from page 2
Wall, President Kennedy called up more
than 150,000 troops and the Pentagon
called his unit to active duty as a field
artillery battalion and ordered the unit
to Ft. Sill, Okla.
“Someone at the Pentagon forgot
about the change they had made three
years earlier,” Lentz said.
“Our unit became the Fifth Battalion
of the 43rd Artillery with 12 155mm
Howitzers. The new battalion
immediately went to Ft. Indiantown
Gap for two weeks. We had only three
officers trained in artillery during World
War II. The brand-new, untrained
battalion arrived in Ft. Sill with 500
Reserve soldiers in September 1961. The
Army post was shocked. Everybody
called us the ‘Christmas Help,’ but not
for long.”
After only six months of training, the
“Christmas Help” made a record-high
score on the Fourth Army Field Test.
“The previous high was 72 and our
Reserve Unit scored 82.2!”
At the insistence of someone up the
chain of command, the Fourth Army
gave the unit another test in the spring
of 1962.
On the second test, despite the more
difficult rolling terrain of the East
Range, the unit made 100 percent in
gunnery and 100 percent in survey.
“A few days later, the ‘Christmas
Help’ was selected as one of the Army’s
strategic battalions—a great honor.”
The unit returned to Pennsylvania in
August 1962 and was deactivated. Col.
Lentz completed the command and
general staff (C&GS) course at Ft.
Leavenworth, Kan.
“When I moved to Central
Pennsylvania, I became a C&GS
instructor at the Harrisburg Reserve
Center until retiring from the Army
Reserves in 1970.”
Near the end of his career in training,
Lentz was employed with the
Pennsylvania Department of Education’s
Executive Academy, conducting
conferences for school specialists and
administrators, retiring in 1982.
In 1943, Lentz married Kathleen
Friel while he was stationed in
Oklahoma. She died April 23, 2000,
after 57 years of marriage. He has three
children, William H. III, Kathleen, and
Robert; six grandchildren; and seven
great-grandchildren.
A lifetime tennis enthusiast and
ambassador for the game for more than
six decades, Lentz was inducted into the
Allegheny-Kiski Valley Sports Hall of
Fame May 9, 2009, in New Kensington,
Pa. He published a book, Tennis 202, on
doubles strategy and tactics.
In late August 2011 Bill Nicolai won
the singles tennis championship and he
and Lentz earned gold medals in doubles
at the USTA’s Mid-Atlantic States Senior
Games in Maryland. Lentz had carpal
tunnel surgery on his racquet hand
recently but hopes to be able to resume
playing tennis in the near future.
If you are a mature veteran and have
interesting or unusual experiences in your
military or civilian life, phone Al Goodman
at (717) 541-9889 or email him at
[email protected] .
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Cumberland County
Calendar of EventsBig Spring Senior Center – (717) 776-447891 Doubling Gap Road, Suite 1, Newville
Carlisle Senior Action Center – (717) 249-500720 E. Pomfret St., Carlisle
Mary Schaner Senior Citizens Center (717) 732-391598 S. Enola Drive, Enola
Mechanicsburg Area Senior Adult Center(717) 697-594797 W. Portland St., Mechanicsburg
Southampton Place – (717) 530-8217www.seniors.southamptontwp.com56 Cleversburg Road, ShippensburgMay 9, 10:30 a.m. – Carpool to Senators Baseball game
May 11, 9:30 a.m. – Wii Competition at Enola Senior
Center
May 23, 1 p.m. – 2012 Cumberland County Older
Adults Spelling Bee
West Shore Senior Citizens Center – (717) 774-0409122 Geary St., New Cumberland
Just a snippet of what you may be missing …
please call or visit their website for more information.
AARP Driver Safety Programs
Cumberland County Library Programs
Programs and Support Groups Free and open to the public.
Amelia Givin Library, 114 N. Baltimore Ave., Mt.Holly Springs, (717) 486-3688
Bosler Memorial Library, 158 W. High St., Carlisle,(717) 243-4642May 16, 1 p.m. – Afternoon Classic Movies at Bosler
Cleve J. Fredricksen Library, 100 N. 19th St., CampHill, (717) 761-3900
East Pennsboro Branch Library, 98 S. Enola Drive,Enola, (717) 732-4274
John Graham Public Library, 9 Parsonage St.,Newville, (717) 776-5900
Joseph T. Simpson Public Library, 16 N. Walnut St.,Mechanicsburg, (717) 766-0171
New Cumberland Public Library, 1 Benjamin Plaza,New Cumberland, (717) 774-7820May 5, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. – Perennial Plant and
Community Yard Sale
May 8, 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. – Book Review: The Woman
I Was Born to Be by Susan Boyle
May 23, 6 to 9 p.m. – Pennwriters Writing Group
Shippensburg Public Library, 73 W. King St.,Shippensburg, (717) 532-4508
May 8, 10 to 11:30 a.m. – Golden Trails: More Talk, Less Walk, Kings Gap Environmental Education Center
May 20, 1 to 2 p.m. – Walking Tour of Camp Michaux POW Camp, Pine Grove Furnace State Park
May 20, 3 to 4 p.m. – Collecting Geology and Human History, Pine Grove Furnace State Park
For a Safe Driving Class near you, call toll-free (888) 227-7669 or visit www.aarp.org/findacourse.
May 8, 9 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. – Our Lady of Lourdes Parish Center, 225 Salt Road, Enola, (717) 761-4822
May 19, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. – Silver Spring Township Building, 6475 Carlisle Pike, Mechanicsburg,
(717) 766-0178
May 23, 12:30 to 4:30 p.m. – Big Spring Senior Center, 91 Doubling Gap Road, Newville, (717) 776-4478
Senior Center Activities
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Cumberland County Department of Parks and Recreation
Thursdays through May, 9:30 a.m.Free Zumba Gold Classes
Prosser Hall
2145 Walnut St., Camp Hill
(717) 737-3456
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May 3, 6:30 p.m.Too Sweet: Diabetes Support Group
Chapel Hill United Church of Christ
701 Poplar Church Road, Camp Hill
(717) 557-9041
May 4, 6 p.m.Slideshow and Open Forum: J. Avonelle Whitaker’s
Architectural PaintingsHistory on High – The Shop
Cumberland County Historical Society
21 N. Pitt St., Carlisle
(717) 249-7610
May 9, 11:30 a.m.National Active and Retired Federal Employees,
West Shore Chapter 1465
VFW Post 6704
4907 Carlisle Pike, Mechanicsburg
(717) 737-1486
www.narfe1465.org
Visitors welcome; meeting is free but fee for food.
May 9, 6:30 p.m.Amputee Support Team Meeting
HealthSouth Rehabilitation Center
175 Lancaster Blvd., Mechanicsburg
(717) 944-2250
[email protected]
www.astamputees.com
May 12, 3 p.m.New Cumberland Town Band Performance
Shiremanstown Park
(717) 737-8779
www.nctownband.org
May 15, 1 p.m.Caregiver Support Group
Mechanicsburg Church of the Brethren
501 Gale St., Mechanicsburg
(717) 766-8880
May 20, 1 to 6 p.m.Picnic with Music, Tours, ActivitiesCumberland County Historical Society
Pine Grove Furnace State Park
(717) 249-7610
Until Oct. 27Exhibit: Pine Grove – A Lasting Legacy
Cumberland County Historical Society
21 N. Pitt St., Carlisle
(717) 243-3437
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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 Warriorsand Survivors of Fallen Heroes
Social Security News
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
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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6. Holder for 1 across
10. Luxury home features
14. Ready for battle again
15. Regrettably
16. Broke down
17. Available
18. Barber’s supply
19. Part of WATS
20. Liposuction, e.g.
23. Encirclement
24. Maximum
27. James, for one
32. Clavell’s ___-Pan33. Decorative pitcher
37. Emmy-winning Lewis
38. Hit TV show
42. Turbine part
43. Decorative inlay
44. Corroded
45. Supplement
47. Waders
50. ___ sin
54. Updating a kitchen,
e.g. (Brit.)
61. Start of something
big?
62. Stake driver
63. Like some calendars
64. Make waves?
65. Bugbear
66. Computer acronym
67. Deep black
68. Engine parts
69. Gave out
1. Video game
2. City near Sparks
3. These may be sowed
4. Doggerel
5. Drives
6. Oracular
7. “Wellaway!”
8. Hot stuff
9. 100 centavos
10. Booty
11. Title for some priests
12. Monkey
13. Corset part
21. ___ pole
22. Apply anew
24. Female organs
25. Phylum, for one
26. Paws
28. Howe’er
29. They go with the flow
30. Mountain ridge
31. Some messages
34. It’s catching
35. Down Under bird
36. Noise from a fan
39. Lobster eggs
40. Overthrow, e.g.
41. In & Out star, 1997
46. Aftershock
48. “Johnny Armstrong,”
for one
49. Maltreat
51. Insect stage
52. Noggin
53. Wastes time
54. Arizona Native
American
55. Dutch ___
56. Gloom
57. Prize since 1949
58. Machu Picchu builder
59. Hit hard
60. Pluck
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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 establish.
Through this organization, your
donation goes toward protecting whales
against inhumane hunting, known as
whaling, and toward environmental
conservation.
Those who choose to adopt are sent a
package that includes a DVD of the
adopted whale that displays Knaub’s
fascinating whale videos. Whale fans are
also able to take direct action by signing
petitions against the hunting and
consumption of whales or by contacting
state legislatures on the CSI website.
“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.csiwhalesalive.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.
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MayMay is the month like no others,
When we take a day to honor our mothers,
It’s May’s second Sunday, called Mother’s Day,
We choose to bless Mother in some special way.
A phone call, a dinner, or just a card,
It really isn’t so very hard,
To find our own special ways
To say, “I love you, Mother,” today and always.
At the end of the month is Memorial Day,
We think of those who have long gone away.
Vets who have died so we can be free,
Family and friends we no longer see.
We put a wreath or a basket of flowers by their grave,
As we think of the blessings their lives gave,
We promise anew that our lives too,
Will enrich our friends, be a blessing to you.
Written and submitted by Mary Wingerd
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