By Megan Joyce As in years past, the contestants for the 2012 PA State Senior Idol competition will celebrate their diversity: different musical styles, different stage presentations, and—with ages ranging from 50 to 80 or better—a few decades between them as well. But the common thread woven amongst them all seems to be an essential, cherished love for performance: for the joy it brings both them and their audiences, for the thrill of connecting to strangers through something as intangible and evanescent as a song, a dance, or a comedic routine. It’s like that for Steve Albright of Jacobus, a retired Maryland native who works part-time as a pharmacy delivery driver. Though he played the trumpet for about 10 years during his school years, it wasn’t until his daughter took up the French horn that his love for his own long-silent brass instrument was rekindled. And it wasn’t until a few years even later that his passion for performance was reawakened as well. Albright was delivering medications to an area retirement community when he observed a gentleman playing the accordion for the community’s appreciative residents. “This just struck a chord with me,” he said. “I remembered the gratification that I used to get from doing that, because [seniors] are the best For the Love of the Limelight The Secrets of San Francisco page 7 Special Feature: Living Your Best Retirement page 9 please see LIMELIGHT page 11 Inside: Annual PA State Senior Idol Competition Gears Up for 7th Year This year’s hopefuls for the PA State Senior Idol competition include, from top, Steven Albright, Victoria Newcomer, and Robert Long. Lebanon County Edition April 2012 Vol. 7 No. 4 PRSRT STANDARD U.S. POSTAGE PAID Lancaster, PA 17604 Permit No. 904
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By Megan Joyce
As in years past, the contestants for the 2012 PA State Senior Idol
competition will celebrate their diversity: different musical styles, different
stage presentations, and—with ages ranging from 50 to 80 or better—a few
decades between them as well.
But the common thread woven amongst them all seems to be an essential,
cherished love for performance: for the joy it brings both them and their
audiences, for the thrill of connecting to strangers through something as
intangible and evanescent as a song, a dance, or a comedic routine.
It’s like that for Steve Albright of Jacobus, a retired Maryland native who
works part-time as a pharmacy delivery driver. Though he played the
trumpet for about 10 years during his school years, it wasn’t until his
daughter took up the French horn that his love for his own long-silent brass
instrument was rekindled.
And it wasn’t until a few years even later that his passion for performance
was reawakened as well. Albright was delivering medications to an area
retirement community when he observed a gentleman playing the accordion
for the community’s appreciative residents.
“This just struck a chord with me,” he said. “I remembered the
gratification that I used to get from doing that, because [seniors] are the best
For the Love ofthe Limelight
The Secrets of
San Francisco
page 7
Special Feature: Living
Your Best Retirement
page 9
please see LIMELIGHT page 11
Inside:
Annual PA State Senior Idol
Competition Gears Up for 7th Year
This year’s hopefuls for
the PA State Senior Idol
competition include, from
top, Steven Albright,
Victoria Newcomer, and
Robert Long.
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Iam a firm believer in the ritual of
spring cleaning. When it comes to
the seasonal cleanup, many people
believe that the easiest thing to do is to
just throw everything away. However,
that’s not always smart.
On a regular basis, I visit homes of
people who are downsizing or people
who are cleaning out the home of a
deceased loved one.
I help evaluate what objects are worth
keeping and what objects are worth
selling, and I show people the
smartest way to get the
most money for
unwanted
objects—both
new and old. I
remind folks
that trashing
that unwanted
item may cost
you.
Today, those
objects represent
the much-needed
money for rising
healthcare costs
and other vital
needs.
Far too many
families make uninformed and costly
decisions about valuable objects without
unbiased professional help.
I visit thousands of homes every year
nationwide and share my sound advice
and expertise about the value of
unwanted objects. I show folks how to
identify the valuables and glean much-
needed cash for them.
Get the 411Consider this: Grandma passes away.
In order to put the house up for sale,
Grandma’s family members meet at her
vacant house to empty it.
The family works to throw away most
of Grandma’s stuff: beaded purses,
ceramic canister sets, silverware. Her
belongings—the same items that were
perfectly fine a few weeks ago before her
death—make their way from the house’s
empty rooms to the Dumpster in the
driveway.
Just because Grandma’s family doesn’t
want her belongings doesn’t magically
make these items worthless. Grandma
had been insuring her personal property
including art, antiques, and collectibles
for at least $100,000 under a typical
homeowner’s insurance policy for years,
yet suddenly her items have no value!
This is ridiculous. You wouldn’t set
fire to Grandma’s house because she’s not
using it anymore, would you?
Grandma’s 20-year-old grandson
probably won’t realize that Grandma’s set
of 1940s Blue Ridge dishes are valued at
$30 per plate as he Frisbee tosses them
into the Dumpster. Grandma’s
daughter doesn’t know
that her mother’s late
1880s Victorian
side chair is worth
$500. Grandma’s
nephew, an
accountant,
doesn’t
recognize an
old family
portrait painting
as a work by an
esteemed Colonial
artist with a $75,000
retail value.
Grandma’s family
unknowingly throws
away a significant
amount of money, just as if they opened
their wallets and threw the cash into the
street.
Some families host yard sales or house
sales to generate some funds; however,
be sure you know what you are putting
up for sale and be certain that your
prices are correct. I have seen many
items priced much too low when family
members are organizing a yard sale of
Grandma’s unwanted items.
For instance, I saw a $20,000
American Impressionist landscape
painting offered for $10 with a bright-
green yard sale sticker affixed to its
frame! Don’t let it go until you know
what it’s worth.
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winning TV personality, and TV talk show
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Circa 1940s Blue Ridge dinner plate
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Tri-Valley Contractors
(717) 277-7674
Poison Control Center
(800) 222-1222
Food & Clothing Bank
(717) 274-2490
Food Stamps
(800) 692-7462
Hope/Christian Ministries
(717) 272-4400
Lebanon County Area Agency on Aging
Meals on Wheels
(717) 273-9262
Salvation Army
(717) 273-2655
Alzheimer’s Association
(717) 651-5020
American Cancer Society
(717) 231-4582
American Diabetes Association
(717) 657-4310
American Heart Association/
American Stroke Association
(717) 207-4265
American Lung Association
(717) 541-5864
Arthritis Foundation
(717) 274-0754
Bureau of Blindness and Visual Services
(717) 787-7500
CONTACT Helpline
(717) 652-4400
Kidney Foundation
(717) 652-8123
The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
(717) 652-6520
Lupus Foundation
(888) 215-8787
Dr. M. Nazeeri
(717) 270-9446
Hearing & Ear Care Center, LLC
(717) 274-3851
Melnick, Moffitt, and Mesaros
(717) 274-9775
Central Penn Nursing Care, Inc.
(717) 361-9777
(717) 569-0451
Good Samaritan Hospital
(717) 270-7500
Medical Society of Lebanon County
(717) 270-7500
The Reading Hospital
(610) 988-4357
Energy Assistance
(800) 692-7462
Environmental Protection Agency
Emergency Hotline
(800) 541-2050
IRS Income Tax Assistance
(800) 829-1040
Medicaid
(800) 692-7462
Medicare
(800) 382-1274
PA Crime Stoppers
(800) 472-8477
PennDOT
(800) 932-4600
Recycling
(800) 346-4242
Social Security Information
(800) 772-1213
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
(800) 827-1000
Hope (Helping Our People in
Emergencies)
(717) 272-4400
Housing Assistance & Resources Program
(HARP)
(717) 273-9328
Lebanon County Housing &
Redevelopment Authorities
(717) 274-1401
Medicare Hotline
(800) 638-6833
MidPenn Legal Services
(717) 274-2834
Pennsylvania Bar Association
(717) 238-6715
GSH Home Med Care, Inc.
(717) 272-2057
Lancaster NeuroScience &
Spine Associates
(717) 569-5331
(800) 628-2080
Spang Crest
(717) 274-1495
Lebanon County Area Agency on Aging
(717) 273-9262
CVS/pharmacy
www.cvs.com
Annville Senior Community Center
(717) 867-1796
Maple Street Senior Community Center
(717) 273-1048
Myerstown Senior Community Center
(717) 866-6786
Northern Lebanon County Senior
Community Center
(717) 865-0944
Palmyra Senior Community Center
(717) 838-8237
Senior Center of Lebanon Valley
(717) 274-3451
Southern Lebanon County Senior
Community Center
(717) 274-7541
Governor’s Veterans Outreach
(717) 234-1681
Veterans Services
Senior Centers
Pharmacies
Office of Aging
Nursing Homes/Rehab
Neurosurgery & Physiatry
Medical Equipment & Supplies
Legal Services
Insurance
Housing Assistance
Hotlines
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Home Care Services
Hearing Aid Services
Health & Medical Services
Food Resources
Emergency Numbers
Construction
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Annville Free Library, 216 E. Main St., Annville, (717) 867-1802
Lebanon Community Library, 125 N. Seventh St., (717) 273-7624
Matthews Public Library, 102 W. Main St., Fredericksburg, (717) 865-5523
Myerstown Community Library, 199 N. College St., Myerstown, (717) 866-2800
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April 12, 12:15 to 1:15 p.m.
April 17, 12:30 to 1:30 p.m.
April 19, 6:30 to 7:30 p.m.
April 23, 12:15 to 1:15 p.m.Oasis in Space Full Dome Show and Current Night Sky Lesson
Cedar Crest High School Planetarium
115 E. Evergreen Road, Lebanon
(717) 272-2033, ext. 5967
Annville Senior Community Center – (717) 867-1796200 S. White Oak St., AnnvilleApril 16, 10 a.m. – Planning Committee Meeting and Special Meal
April 19, 10:30 a.m. – Kindermusik with the Community Music Institute of
Lebanon Valley College
April 27, 9:30 a.m. – Calendar and Newsletter Distribution
Maple Street Community Center – (717) 273-1048710 Maple St., LebanonApril 4, 10 a.m. – Tea Party and Center Goodwill Fashion Show
April 18, 11:15 a.m. to 5 p.m. – Bus Trip: Jonah at Sight & Sound Theatre
April 20, 8:45 a.m. – Spring Breakfast (Must Preregister)
Myerstown Senior Community Center – (717) 866-678651 W. Stoever Ave., Myerstown
Northern Lebanon Senior Community Center – (717) 865-0944335 N. Lancaster St., Jonestown – www.jonestownpa.org/senior.htmlApril 3, 9:30 a.m. – Tai Chi
April 12, 4:30 p.m. – Supper Bunch at Infinito’s
April 26, 10 a.m. – Trooper Yount’s Presentation on Scams
Palmyra Senior Community Center – (717) 838-8237101 S. Railroad St., PalmyraApril 4, 10:30 a.m. – Birthday Social
April 10, 11:30 a.m. – Lunch Club at Olive Garden
April 23, 10:45 a.m. to 3 p.m. – In-County Bus Trip: Dutch Way and Farmers’
Market
Southern Lebanon Senior Community Center – (717) 274-7541Midway Church of the Brethren, 13 Evergreen Road, LebanonApril 11 and 23, 10:15 a.m. – Shuffleboard
April 25, 10:30 a.m. – Bible Study
April 30, 12:15 p.m. – Make Your Sundae Event
Privately Owned Centers
Senior Center of Lebanon Valley, Inc. – (717) 274-3451710 Maple St., LebanonApril 21, 1:30 p.m. – Zembo Strings Program and Buffet
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Do You Know America’s
Outstanding Oldest Worker?
The search for America’s
Outstanding Oldest Worker for 2012
has begun.
The annual recognition, now in its
14th year, is conducted by Experience
Works, which serves older workers
through its Senior Community
Service Program. The award is part of
a national effort to raise awareness of
the contributions older individuals
make in today’s workplace and
provide inspiration to older workers
seeking employment.
Nominees must be 100 years of
age or older and working at least 20
hours each week in paid
employment. The nomination form
is available at
www.experienceworks.org. Deadline
for nominations is April 15, 2012.
Last year’s honorees were 102-year-
old Dr. Hedda Bolgar, a practicing
psychoanalyst from Los Angeles,
Calif., and 101-year-old Mazerine
Wingate, a postal worker from
Lexington Park, Md.
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1. Measure
4. Belt the ___
9. Iota
14. Old NOW cause
15. Come from behind
16. Certain student
17. Deck (out)
18. Succeed
19. Bad loan
20. “Audition,” et al.
23. Jack
24. Thumbs down
25. The __ of Night (old soap)
26. Ever, old-style
30. Start of a giggle
33. Echo
35. Thirst
37. Gardner tomes
41. Monastic officer
42. Apprehensive
43. Econ. figure
44. Scratch
45. Some auction bids
49. Enzyme ending
51. Acquiesce
52. Angela’s Ashes, et al.
59. 1935 Triple Crown
winner
60. Capital of Ecuador
61. Make a lap
62. Clemson athlete
63. Of an arm bone
64. Catullus composition
65. Great balls of fire
66. Roll top?
67. Surfing site
1. Move
2. Roughly
3. Disheveled
4. Cousin of a loon
5. Doctor Who villainess,
with “the”
6. Not to mention
7. Ballyhoo
8. Ogler
9. Tope
10. Like some mothers-in-law
11. Needle holder
12. Wrap up
13. Florida has them
21. Wear oneself out
22. Whichever
26. Visa statement, abbr.
27. Long-tailed primate
28. Detroit’s county
29. Befuddled
30. Skater Babilonia
31. “___ Time
transfigured me”: Yeats
32. Dash widths
34. Suffix with pamphlet
35. Survey choice
36. Decorative plant
37. Car ad abbr.
38. Samovar
39. Van Winkle
40. Little ’un
44. Vereen
46. Prayer
47. Mock
48. Sonnet section
49. Son of Jacob
50. Takes off
51. Lifeless, old-style
52. Cookers
53. Utter
54. Eastern music
55. Prefix with plane
56. Break in the action
57. Series opener?
58. Greek letters
Across
Down
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gets a much
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on Grant Avenue.
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the best way to get to
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of Hobnob Tours)
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