Lebanon County 50plus Senior News August 2013

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By Megan Joyce

The eighth installment of the annual PA STATE SENIOR IDOL competition—which showcases the talent of the commonwealth’s over-50 performers—hasarrived, but with a few changes.

Most notably, the SENIOR IDOL “season” has been moved from spring toearly fall. Also, vocal, instrumental, dance, or comedic acts will be able toaudition during morning, afternoon, or evening time slots.

But the heart of the event is still the same, as are the motivations fuelingits contestants: a passion for entertaining, for sharing talent, and for bringinghappiness to others in doing so.

Curtis Mease was first introduced to music in elementary school. Afterpiano lessons didn’t pan out, he moved on to the slide trombone andbaritone horn, playing in the school band.

During this time he discovered his vocal instrument as well, singing inchurch choir, high school glee club, and several district and regional chorusfestivals.

And, during his four years in the Navy in the early 1960s, Mease sang inthe naval base Blue Jackets choir until he was assigned to a ship.

But then, for the next few decades—during which he attended Penn State

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Talent Competition Moves toEarly Fall for 8th Year

PA State SeniorIdol Returns

for 2013

Tammy Estep, left, and Curtis Mease, right,will be auditioning for the eighth annualPA STATE SENIOR IDOL competition this fall.

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Do you dance … sing … play an instrument … perform magic … do comedy?Do you think you’ve got what it takes to be called PA STATE SENIOR IDOL?

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Pennsylvanians over 50 are invited to audition for the eighth annual PA STATE SENIOR IDOL competition at one of these locations:

Finals to be held on October 14, 2013 at:

Dutch Apple Dinner Theatre510 Centerville Road, Lancaster, PA 17601 • (717) 898-1900

Win a limousine trip to New York City with dinner and a Broadway show!

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Lebanon County Housing &Redevelopment Authorities(717) 274-1401

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Pennsylvania Bar Association(717) 238-6715

Lancaster NeuroScience & Spine Associates1510 Cornwall Road, Lebanon(717) 454-0061 or (800) 628-2080

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Northern Lebanon County SeniorCommunity Center(717) 865-0944

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Senior Center of Lebanon Valley(717) 274-3451

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My husband, Bob, gets thebrunt of my worry storms.Yet he still loves me.

“You hungry?” I said.“Not really.”“What’s wrong?” I grabbed the

thermometer from my keychain.“Nothing. Will you please stop

being you for let’s say, four minutes aday?”

“Well, sue me for caring.”“I’m sorry. Let’s eat. Fried

food sound good?”“Not if it’s fried in canola

oil.” He sighed. “What’s wrong

with canola oil?”“A canola is a Canadian

ola—that’s Spanish fortomato, which is in thedeadly nightshade family.And deadly nightshade ispoisonous. No canolas!”

“Canola oil is made fromseeds of the field mustardplant.”

“Oh.”We drove to a vegetable

stand. “Bob, I’m worried you have astomachache.”

“I don’t. I do, however, have onehuge pain in the—neck.”

Many years ago, Leo Buscagliawrote, “Worry never robs tomorrowof its sorrow; it only saps today of itsjoy.”

Yesterday I called the billingdepartment at a huge hospital andspoke with a gal named Dianne. Shecould tell I was freaking out aboutmy bill.

She ever-so-gently said, “You canchoose to worry yourself sick aboutproblems or not. That same problemis still going to be there either way.”

Earlier this year, we received anaudit notice from the IRS incorrectlystating we owed $8,000. Bobpersevered through phone calls with45-minute wait times, emails, faxes,

and a zillion trips to the bank, aswell as certified letters. And he won.

He never worried about the audit,the $8,000 we don’t have, thepaperwork, or the ludicrous processof reaching a human being, so tospeak, at the IRS.

“How do you not worry, Bob?”“In the long run, most problems

won’t matter. Plus, I always say,‘Wait to worry.’ If I didn’t win withthe IRS, I would have worried then.”

What he does worry about is me.

My walking problem makes mefragile. Frankly, like most of us, Bobis having an overall harder time aswe get older.

“I worry about the future,” he saidtearfully. “It’s almost too sad to thinkabout.”

I told him, “It’s only too sadbecause it’s so beautiful.” I touched

his arm. “Don’t miss mewhile I’m here.”

He was still tearful. “Sweets,” I said, “thinking

about losing our dog didn’tmake it any better when shedied. It was just as painful.Look at this day. Here weare, so lucky to live near theseashore in our tiny, cozyhome. Don’t miss today byworrying about somethinginevitable that you can’tcontrol.”

I took his hand and ledhim to the bedroom, wherewe spent an entire hourdoing what people in love dowhen they are spending a

glorious day together near a seasidetown: Googling “fried seafood.”Then we went to a local shanty andgorged ourselves on fried shrimp.

Made with canola oil.

Saralee Perel is an award-winning,nationally syndicated columnist. Hernew book is Cracked Nuts & SentimentalJourneys: Stories From a Life Out ofBalance. To find out more, visitwww.saraleeperel.com or [email protected].

Such is Life

Saralee and Bob, June 2013

Saralee Perel

Does Worrying Ever Help?

About 20 percent of U.S. adultsare meeting both the aerobic andmuscle-strengthening components ofthe federal government’s physicalactivity recommendations, accordingto a report published recently inMorbidity and Mortality WeeklyReport, a journal of the Centers forDisease Control and Prevention.

The data is based on self-reported

information from the BehavioralRisk Factor Surveillance System, anannual phone survey of adults aged18 and over conducted by statehealth departments.

The Physical Activity Guidelinesfor Americans recommend thatadults get at least 2.5 hours a weekof moderate-intensity aerobicactivity, such as walking; or one hour

and 15 minutes a week of vigorous-intensity aerobic activity, such asjogging; or a combination of both.

The guidelines also recommendthat adults do muscle-strengtheningactivities, such as pushups, sit-ups,or activities using resistance bands orweights. These activities should

1 in 5 Adults Meets Physical Activity Guidelines

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Taboos confront us in every sectorof life. They permeate society—inhouseholds, offices, religion,

supermarkets, within ethnicities, andelsewhere.

Each sector has its own prescribednorms. We are told Americans live in “theland of the free,” but even in our homesit can take the truly brave to defy taboos.As some taboos collapse, others emerge tofill the ranks.

A household can bethought of as a “sovereignjurisdiction,” oftengoverned by a monarchwho establishes taboos.Some of these prohibitionsare anticipated by visitors.Others are ambiguous orincomprehensible.

Men must leave thetoilet seat down in amixed-sex household. Thatmaxim is accepted bymost. Bathroom sinksmust not be left to give the appearance ofa “wet bar.” Fair enough.

But a ban against wearing shoes in thehouse can arouse resistance by guestswearing socks that do not match or haveholes. Enforcement of taboos withinmany households is both certain andswift.

Taboos in supermarkets areunderstood but rarely enforced.Prohibitions limiting the number ofitems in the express checkout line orwriting checks in the cash-only line aresilently waived.

Taboo enforcement can be expected inoffices. It is inadvisable for an entry-levelemployee to address the chief executive ora senior executive by that person’s firstname. If a common-use refrigerator storesfood brought by employees for theirpersonal consumption, others samplingthe fare can lead to an embarrassingscene.

Society’s taboos underwritten by lawprovoke periodic legal challenges. Gaymarriage, marriage between first cousins,medical marijuana, military womenbarred from certain combat situations,and assisted suicide are prohibitions thatdivide public opinion.

Taboos decreed by custom, butunsupported by law, fade as attitudes

toward them moderate. Men emotingtears in public, considered unmanly indecades past, has had a change inperception. Breastfeeding infants inpublic is fading as a “morality” issue.

Topics considered inappropriate fortelevision commercials, such as bladderincontinence and erectile dysfunction, arenow accepted, however begrudgingly, byviewers.

There are countlessexamples of traditionaltaboos that persist. Womensmoking cigars, jokes aboutmothers-in-law, burping inpublic, cellular calls duringmeetings, and the “one-finger salute” come tomind.

Society traditionallyregarded tattoos asdistasteful, suited only fordrunks and sailors. LifeMagazine in 1936estimated that 6 percent of

Americans had a tattoo. Tattooing lostmuch of its appeal during the decadesimmediately following World War II.Perhaps the practice of the Nazistattooing concentration-camp prisonersinhibited its acceptability.

Tattoos in the past decade have seengrowing acceptance. Harris Polls in 2008estimated that 14 percent of Americanshad one or more tattoos, prevalent mostlyamong those in the 25-39 age group.

Over the past decades, new tabooshave emerged as others fade. Warymothers often exhibit apprehension whentheir toddlers receive unwelcomedadmiration from strangers. Whenrejection is indicated, the admirer feels amelancholic separation from the youngestgeneration.

We live in “the land of the free,” buttake care where you tread. You may,perhaps unwittingly, have violated ataboo.

Walt Sonneville, a retired market-researchanalyst, is the author of My 22 Cents’ Worth:The Higher-Valued Opinion of a Senior Citizenand A Musing Moment: Meditative Essays onLife and Learning, books of personal-opinionessays, free of partisan and sectarianviewpoints. Contact him [email protected].

Taboos in the Landof the Free

My 22 Cents’ Worth

Walt Sonneville


ONE GIANT STEPFOR MANKIND!

Bob Hansen is smitten by two young women in Iowa,and one in Lancaster, PA. But he has to find afull-time job and decide which of the three youngwomen to pursue.

Use a gallon of gas and take a beautiful 9-mile trip through Amish and Mennonitefarm country on Route 23 between Blue Ball and Morgantown.

This stretch of road, which follows an old Native American trade route, wasdeclared “The Conestoga Ridge Road Heritage Byway” in the fall of 2012.

Stop off in Morgantown at the Masthof Bookstore (first road after Old Village Inn)and pick up a copy of Choices and Decisions and a local history book.

This may not be the same story you’re thinking of.This one’s about a young, itinerant engineer with job

assignments in two states: Decorah, Iowa, and Lancaster, PA.

The step he is considering is marriage!

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How Fixing Cataracts Can Improve Your Health

Remember the old song lyric: “Thefoot bone’s connected to the leg bone?”Well, here’s an interesting connection—better vision could lead to a 16 percentlower risk of hip fractures.

Sure, fixing cataracts can restore clear,colorful vision, but according to a recentstudy published in the Journal of theAmerican Medical Association, havingcataract surgery lowers the risk ofbreaking a hip as well in adults 65 andolder.

“Seeing helps you navigate a newenvironment and helps with balance,”lead investigator Dr. Anne L. Coleman ofBrown University told the New YorkTimes. “You really need your eyes andvision to help you stay stable.”

Older patients and those who werevery ill benefited the most from havingcataracts removed, with a 23 to 28percent reduced risk of hip fractures.

Cataracts are more treatable than ever.That’s good news, considering half of allAmericans will be diagnosed withcataracts by age 80.

Cataract surgery has come a very longway over the last 50 years. What wasonce a complicated surgery with a two-week hospital stay is now a simple

outpatient procedure that takes a fewminutes.

About 3 million people have cataractsremoved inthe U.S.each year,making itone of themostcommonprocedures.

Theeye’scloudy lensis removedandreplacedwith anartificialintraocularlens.Traditionallenses cancorrectdistance vision, but newer, advanced-technology lenses can also help correctpreexisting eye conditions likeastigmatism and age-related presbyopia.These newer intraocular lenses canpotentially eliminate the need for glasses.

Medications, eye drops, exercises, andeating healthy can’t reverse cataracts. Theonly effective way to correct a cataract is

to remove thecloudedlens withminorsurgery. Itbecomes amatter of“when”rather than“if ” youshould havetheproceduredone.

Thisstudysuggeststhat actingearlier mayhelpprevent

other health problems that accompanypoor vision, such as falls. Cataractsurgery can also mean more independ-ence, as better vision allows you toconfidently do more everyday things onyour own.

According to the Centers for DiseaseControl and Prevention, only half of theestimated 61 million adults at high riskfor serious vision loss visited an eye careprofessional in the last year. To makesure you are protecting your eye health,follow these simple steps.

Everyone 50 or older should getyearly comprehensive eye exams. Thisallows for detection of eye diseases inearly stages, before you experience visionproblems, some of which may bepermanent.

Adults over 50 should be mindful ofsymptoms of common age-related eyediseases, such as cataracts, the leadingcause of reversible blindness in the U.S.Blurry vision and needing more light toread even while wearing glasses can beearly signs. In later stages, you mayexperience poor night vision, colorslooking dull, difficulty with glares orhalos, and double vision.

Seniors should talk to their doctorsand visit the National Institutes ofHealth National Eye Institute website(www.nei.nih.gov) to learn aboutcataracts and treatment options.

Source: Courtesy of Alcon Labs

August is CataractAwareness Month

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Healthy adults entering a CRCC are able to live independently in a home, apartment, orcondominium of their own within the community. When assistance with everyday activitiesbecomes necessary, they can move into personal care, assisted living, rehabilitation, or nursingcare facilities. Some CCRCs have designated dementia areas within the community. These unitsaddress the progressing needs of people who have any form of dementia.

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Traveltizers Travel Appetizers: Stories that Whet the Appetite for Travel

By Andrea Gross

he sign says we’re enteringparadise. I’m skeptical. The six of us—my husband,

me, our son, our daughter-in-law, andtheir two children—are about to spenda week at a top-rated guest ranch.

Back in December when we’d madethe reservations, we’d all agreed that thiswould be a perfect experience for ourintergenerational group, but now I’mhaving second thoughts.

We’re city-folks through andthrough—better at driving four-lanehighways than riding four-leggedcreatures, more familiar with walkingthrough manicured parks than hikingon canyon trails. And we’re used toplucking fish from market showcases,not from mountain streams.

But here we are, on a mountain roadin north-central Wyoming. We round acurve, and I catch my first glimpse ofParadise Guest Ranch. It’s in a valley

surrounded by more than a million acresof Bighorn National Forest, and with thehills awash with wildflowers, it’sbreathtakingly beautiful.

Then I see the corral, and I feel arumble in the pit of my stomach. Thekids—aged 9 and 6—have never been ona horse; the rest of us have a combinedtotal of, perhaps, 10 hours of horseback-riding experience. Will we be the onlynovices in a group of experts?

The answer becomes clear the nextmorning when we go to the stables forour first horseback ride. Everyone else iswearing a cowboy hat or riding helmet.We, on the other hand, are decked out inbaseball caps and bonnets. Oh, dear!

We exhaust the first wrangler when hetries to take us out on the trail.Grandson can’t make his horse move.Daughter-in-law’s horse goes backwardwhen she pulls too hard on the reigns. Ican’t make mine stop eating.

But that afternoon, a second wranglertakes us into the arena for a course inhorseback riding basics.

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The ranch is surrounded by a million acres ofunspoiled land.

Most folks go on at least one trail ride a day;many go on two.

TNewcomers to the ranch can taketheir time getting acquainted with

the horses.

A 9-year-old girl who takes balletdancing in the city becomes a fan

of square dancing during herweek at the ranch.

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Granddaughter’s journal, day one:

My horse’s name is Pollywog. I thoughtthe horse would know what to do, buttoday I found out that I’m the one who’ssupposed to know what to do.

The next morning we ride a trail—across a stream, up a rocky mountainpath, through a meadow, back to thestables. Grandson declares that “nowwe’re really cowboys.” By Wednesdaywe’re beginning to feel like pros.

Granddaughter’s journal, day four:

I think I’ve learned Pollywog’spersonality, which is that sometimes hewants to do things his way. But now I cansometimes make him do things my way.

The week progresses, offering us a mixof family time and individual time. Weride together and eat together, but inbetween we can each explore our owninterests.

Daughter-in-law and I take a long (forus) hike—proudly puffing our way alongtrails that rise to an elevation of nearly8,000 feet. Son tries his hand at fly-fishing, and Husband finishes two booksand starts a third. The kids spend off-horse time doing crafts or swimming inthe pool.

After dinner the counselors entertainthe kids while the adults have a chance to

get to know each other. Out of 12groups, five are adults-only; the rest havechildren ranging from toddlers to teens.Only three, like us, are first-timers.

Every day we learn something new.One day we have a lesson on wildflowers.Another day we hear stories of ButchCassidy and The Sundance Kid, who had

an “Outlaw Cave” nearby. And anothertime we watch a moose moseying aroundthe grounds near the fishing pond.

Saturday is Rodeo Day, a chance forthe kids to show off their equestrianskills.

“Mount your horse.” Grandson is too short to do it alone—

a ranger has to lift him on—but he grabsthe reigns like a pro.

“Circle the barrels.” No problem. “Weave between the poles.” Granddaughter does it at a trot. Six

days has transformed them both fromWestern Wimps to Cowboy Champs.

But it’s at the square dance whereGranddaughter really shines. Blond hairflying, she allemandes left and circlesright. Wrangler Dave grabs Grandson’shand.

“Come on, Buddy. Let’s dance!” hecalls, as he propels a grinning Grandson’round the room.

Then, the next morning, we have ourfirst crisis. None of us wants to leave.

“Wait! We have to go down to thebarn to say goodbye to Pollywog.”

“Wait! We have to take one morepicture of the fishing pond.”

Wait, wait, wait! It takes us two hoursto say our goodbyes and get into the car.

Grandson’s comment, day seven:

I like to watch sports, and Wyomingdoesn’t have any professional sports teams.But that’s OK. It’s still paradise.

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While experienced fishermen go on all-dayoutings to more remote locations, otherschoose to practice on the ranch proper.

The ranch is at an altitude of 8,000 feet,making a walk in the woods a huff-puff

experience for some.

Guests of all ages tend to gatheraround the swimming pool inlate afternoon.


enneth Smith’s family had amilitary tradition.

His father had been amachinist’s mate on an LST in WorldWar II and had survived drifting in thePacific for three months after a Japaneseattack had disabled his LST’s power andcommunications.

His much-decorated Irish grandfatherhad earned the French Legion of Honorand the Croix de Guerre forextraordinary valor and extreme heroismin battle during the bloody Battle of theSomme during World War I, where theBritish force had suffered 60,000casualties on the very first day of thebattle.

So it seemed quite natural for Smithto join the military as well. He hadentered Millersville University in the fallof 1969 and then transferred to theUniversity of Houston, where he

graduated with aBS in civilengineering andconstructiontechnology in1975.

He had enlistedin the Navyofficers program in1974 while still inschool andattended the NavalAviation OfficerCandidate School(AOCS). Upongraduation, he wascommissioned asan ensign.

He earned hiscoveted “NavyWings of Gold” atPensacola in 1977

and was soonflying theDouglas A-4Skyhawk, a 675mph jet fighter.He still thinksadmiringly ofthat particularaircraft.

Grinning, hesays, “You couldbarely touch thestick, and itwould snap roll.It was anyfighter pilot’sdream of anairplane.”

After flying anumber ofdifferent kindsof jets and

making 785 carrier landings, he left theNavy as a lieutenant in 1985. He wasthen hired by American Airlines andflew the Boeing 727.

That led to his becoming a captainand spending nine years flying Boeing767s to major cities around the world.

He had stayed in the Naval Reserveand, in August of 1990, he was recalledduring the Gulf War. He flew Americantroops to many hotspots around theglobe. He remembers once flying toIzmir, Turkey, where he picked up SealTeam 6, which became world-famousyears later when they killed Osama binLaden.

His airplane was a McDonnell-Douglas C-9B with a female flightattendant. Smith says that they hadsome difficulty with the Turks beforethey were cleared to leave.

And, when they straightened that out,

In the Iraq War, He Flewthe First 250 Marines Home

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he says he toldthe flightattendant thathe had goodnews and badnews. Thegood newswas that theTurks hadcleared themto leave, butthe bad newswas that hehad had toagree to sell her to them.

Smiling at the memory, he says, “Shedidn’t seem to feel that that was sofunny.”

The Seal Team 6 that they picked upwas returning from a clandestinemission, and he returned them to atraining base in Scotland. He retiredfrom the Navy Reserve in 1994 as alieutenant commander and returned toAmerican Airlines.

In 2005, he retired from Americanand moved with his wife to Ireland,where they bought a home in the samevillage where his grandfather had grownup.

It was there that he learned of NorthAmerican Airlines, a company that flewmilitary charter flights on Boeing 757and 767 aircraft. It was a perfect fit forhim, and in 2007 he joined thecompany.

Shortly after taking office for his firstterm, President Obama had promised tobring all American combat forces homefrom the War in Iraq by Dec. 31, 2010.He set a goal to return the first 30,000troops in the month of August. AndNorth American was picked to start theprocess.

Some pilots were wary of flying toIraq, intimidated by the real possibilityof being shot down by insurgents armedwith shoulder-firing missiles. But Smith

agreed to go,flying a Boeing767 on thecontract flightthat flew thefirst 250Marines backto the U.S.

Had it beena nonstopflight?

“Not really,”he says. “The767 could have

made the 14-hour flight nonstop, but itwas a civilian airplane without in-flightfueling capability, so it was prudent forus to make one refueling stop at afriendly country en route.”

Another factor that made flight inIraq difficult was the constant heat. Thehotter air is, the less lift it offers toaircraft. Jets like the ones he flew werered-lined at 120 degrees, andtemperatures of 105 were routine inIraq.

He and his co-pilot were responsiblefor planning the routes through whichlater flight could enter and exit Iraq withreasonable safety. That made furtherflights routine.

And that, in turn, made possible theairlifting of all 30,000 troops, aspromised. By 2010, Smith had flownhundreds of flights for North American,not only to Iraq, but often alsodelivering troops to many otherlocations around the globe.

After retiring in the fall of 2010, heand his wife returned to CentralPennsylvania to live. He had known thearea, of course, from his college days atMillersville, and he says he just couldnot picture a more perfect place tospend his retirement years.

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

The Douglas A-4 Skyhawk thatLt. Smith flew in the U.S. Navy.

involve all major muscle groups and bedone on two or more days per week.

The report finds that nationwidenearly 50 percent of adults are gettingthe recommended amounts of aerobicactivity and about 30 percent areengaging in the recommended muscle-strengthening activity.

“Although only 20 percent of adultsare meeting the overall physical activityrecommendations, it is encouraging thathalf the adults in the United States aremeeting the aerobic guidelines and athird are meeting the muscle-strengthening recommendations,” said

Carmen D. Harris, M.P.H,epidemiologist in CDC’s physical activityand health branch.

The report also found differencesamong states and the District ofColumbia. The rates of adults meetingthe overall guidelines ranged from 27percent in Colorado to 13 percent inTennessee and West Virginia. The West(24 percent) and the Northeast (21percent) had the highest proportion ofadults who met the guidelines.

Women, Hispanics, older adults, andobese adults were all less likely to meetthe guidelines.

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Lebanon County

Calendar of EventsSenior Center Activities

Annville Senior Community Center – (717) 867-1796200 S. White Oak St., AnnvilleAug. 15, 5 p.m. – Fundraiser Night at Infinito’sAug. 21, 10:30 a.m. – End of Summer Picnic at Coleman’s ParkAug. 28, 1 p.m. – Summer Musical Revue at Mt. Gretna Timbers

Maple Street Community Center – (717) 273-1048710 Maple St., LebanonAug. 2, 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. – Bus Trip: Bill’s Produce and Red Lion Café for LunchAug. 5, 9 a.m. – Yoga Class with PhyllisAug. 14, 3 p.m. – Carpool to Live Garden Restaurant

Myerstown Senior Community Center – (717) 866-678651 W. Stoever Ave., MyerstownAug. 1, 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. – Bus Trip: Treats & Treasures Tour Aug. 9, 1:30 p.m. – Pinochle Card PartyAug. 29, 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. – Bus Trip: Allenberry Dinner Theatre for Hairspray

Northern Lebanon Senior Community Center – (717) 865-0944335 N. Lancaster St., Jonestown – www.jonestownpa.org/senior.htmlAug. 7, 12:30 p.m. – Lunch Bunch at Red Lion RestaurantAug. 14, 12:30 p.m. – Lunch Bunch at Bob Evan’s in HummelstownAug. 22, 8:30 a.m. – Breakfast Bunch at Dutch Way

Palmyra Senior Community Center – (717) 838-8237101 S. Railroad St., PalmyraAug. 2, 11:30 a.m. – Lunch Club at Soda JerkAug. 21, 10:45 a.m. – Root Beer Float SocialAug. 28, 10:45 a.m. – Microwave Oven & Food Safety Consumer Education and

Discussion

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

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

Washington Arms – (717) 274-4104303 Chestnut St., Lebanon

Please call or visit the centers’ websites for additional activities.

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

Aug. 3, 1 to 2 p.m. – “Nature in Slow Motion” Video PresentationAug. 4, 1 to 4 p.m. – Music on the Porch: Bluegrass and Country Music JamAug. 9, 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. – “Damsels and Dragons (Flies, That Is)” Presentation

Lebanon County Library Programs

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

Palmyra Public Library, 325 S. Railroad St., (717) 838-1347

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

Aug. 28, 6 to 7 p.m. – Personal Care Family Support Group, Linden Village, 100 TuckCourt, Lebanon, (717) 274-7400

Earth is home to 1,426 billionaires,according to Forbes magazine. Some ofthem are familiar and fairly normal folks(Carlos Slim, Warren Buffet), but othersare a little more colorful.

Forbes recently shared some of themore outlandish stories of 2013’s richestpeople:

God is a billionaire. Not that God—God Nisanov, who was born in Azerbijan,currently resides in Moscow and built his$3 billion fortune in real estate.

Money buys you love? JeffGreene, who also made hisbillions in real estate deals,spent $1 million on hiswedding at an estate hebought for $35 millionand then spent $15million renovating. Hisbest man? Boxer MikeTyson.

Money supports someunusual hobbies. Tuncay

Ozilhan collects pens—andcurrently owns more than

3,000 of them. He canafford them because hisworth is $1.6 billion,thanks to being theproducer of the mostpopular beer inTurkey, a brew known

as Efes.

Win some, lose some.Brazilian entrepreneur Eike

Batista remains on the Forbes list ofbillionaires in 2013 despite having lostsome $8.8 billion since last year. Thatcomes out to more than $53 million aday, or $2 million an hour.

Money doesn’t solve all problems.Pharmacy billionaire Stewart Rahr wasreportedly banned for life from NewYork’s celebrity sushi restaurant Nobu fora meltdown that occurred when hecouldn’t get his favorite table.


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and embarked on a longtime job drivingan 18-wheeler—Mease’s voice wentquiet.

“For the next 45 years, I was merely alistener, a spectator, until a couple yearsago when a karaoke experience revealedI had not lost my singing voice,” Measesaid.

On that occasion, Mease’s renditionof Louis Armstrong’s “What aWonderful World” was so well receivedthat he became motivated to resumesinging, adding to his repertoire songsmade popular by Frank Sinatra, DeanMartin, Elvis Presley, Willie Nelson, andNeil Diamond.

Now retired, Mease still drives atruck part time and is active on thekaraoke circuit. He continues to beamazed and heartened by the multi-generational encouragement from hisaudience members.

“The songs I’ve chosen at karaokehave been enthusiastically received bythose close to my own age and,surprisingly, by younger people as well,”Mease said.

“I thought my choices from amongthe ‘crooning ballad’ type of music fromyesteryear were a refreshing departurefrom the more often heard ‘pop rock’ oftoday.”

Mease hopes the exposure he gainsthrough the PA STATE SENIOR IDOLcompetition can boost his performance“hobby” into a second part-time career,with gigs at parties, reunions, orretirement centers.

He would also like to continue tocultivate his “Sinatra touch.”

“I seem to have been able to pick uphis timing and phrasing,” Mease said,“and I can relate ever so realistically tothe life themes he sang about.”

A recurring “life theme” amongpeople with a gift for singing is thatthey often don’t remember exactly whenthey started doing it—or a time whenthey didn’t. Such is the case for TammyEstep, who estimates she may havebegun exercising her pipes around age 5.

Her vocal gifts were likely passeddown to her from her mother, who wasslated to appear on The Ted MackOriginal Amateur Hour in the ’50s—until her father forbid her from going.

“I think if she would haveauditioned, she would have been amusic star, and I probably wouldn’t behere!” Estep said.

Estep sang all throughout her schoolyears; her guitar was “always strapped”to her, and she performed at everyschool event. Four months before shewas set to begin attending East

Stroudsburg University, Estep was askedto sing lead for a local band.

“Much to my parents’ dismay, Iaccepted that offer and ditched college,”Estep said.

“While there have been manyoccasions that I have regretted thatdecision, my music career as a guitarsoloist and as a member of several bandswith some very talented people spannedover 18 years of my life.”

In addition to those years withvarious bands, Estep spent eight years asa solo performer. Her style leans towarda Bonnie Raitt or Linda Ronstadtsound, she said.

Estep also traveled to Nashville in the1980s as a contestant on You Can Be aStar, where, in one round, she actuallybeat now-famous country musicianAaron Tippin. Tippin went on to winthe competition in 1985.

Currently a branch manager for alocal financial institution, Estep hasstepped away from singing for the lastseveral years but is eager to rekindleboth the happiness it brings her and thejoy she sees others receive from hermusic.

“There are a lot of people over 50that I’ve met in my lifetime who arefrom this area and who areextraordinarily talented,” she said. “Andthey’re still [performing]; I think that’scommendable.”

She added that she is embarking onher upcoming SENIOR IDOL experiencenot just for herself, but also for thosefellow musicians she’s worked withalong the way.

“I have so many people I know thatI’ve played with over the years. I’m kindof doing this for them—because weworked very hard when we played,” shesaid. “It was many weekends, many latenights driving home, and I’m doing itfor all those people that sacrificed so wecould have a good time.”

Morning and early-afternoonauditions for the 2013 PA STATE SENIORIDOL competition will be held Tuesday,Aug. 27, at the Holiday Inn Harrisburg– East, 4751 Lindle Road, Harrisburg.

Afternoon and evening auditions willbe held Thursday, Sept. 5, at theHeritage Hotel – Lancaster, 500Centerville Road, Lancaster.

For more information, call (717) 285-1350 or check out www.SeniorIdolPA.com to see clips from previous years orto download an application.

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A clinical trial is the scientific termfor a test or research study of a drug,device, ormedicalprocedureusing people.

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America’s Health Rankings® SeniorReport shows Minnesota at the top ofthe list of healthiest states for olderadults. Vermont is ranked second andNew Hampshire is third, followed byMassachusetts and Iowa.

Mississippi is ranked 50th as the leasthealthy state for older adults. Oklahoma,Louisiana, West Virginia, and Arkansascomplete the bottom five states.

Pennsylvania ranked 17th overall. In2013, 28 percent of Pennsylvanians over65 are obese; 9.1 percent are smokers;80.5 of diabetics are receivingappropriate disease management; and

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By contrast,23.7 percent ofMinnesotans overage 65 areconsidered obese,versus 27.9percent ofMississippians. OfMinnesota’sseniors, 8.6percent smoke;the rate is 10

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Minnesotacame in at 83percent fordiabetesmanagement,versus 74.1percent inMississippi.Finally, 28.9percent ofMinnesota seniorsare physicallyinactive, versus

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