Lebanon County 50plus Senior News November 2014

By Megan Joyce

It has become a well-deserved and common practice nowadays to thankthe members of our military, both past and present, for their service.

Whether it’s a simple, impromptu thank-you between passersby on thestreet or more formal, public recognition, Americans have embraced theresounding call to let our men and women in uniform know we appreciatetheir efforts, sacrifices, and bravery.

In this spirit, OLP Events, the events division of On-Line Publishers, Inc.,will present its first Veterans’ Expo & Job Fair from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.Friday, Nov. 14, at the Eden Resort, Lancaster.

Area veterans, active military, and their families are urged to attend thefree, one-day event.

Donna Anderson, president and CEO of On-Line Publishers, whichproduces 50plus Senior News and the 50plus EXPOs, said the idea to organizea Veterans’ Expo & Job Fair developed after a special veterans’ area andpatriotic programming were well received during one of last year’s 50plus

EXPOs. “Veterans’ benefits change pretty regularly, but many veterans are unaware

of the benefits they’ve earned,” Anderson said. United in theme and purpose, the Veterans’ Expo & Job Fair will be a

two-for-one experience. Anderson said the response from community has

please see VETS page 19

Veterans’ Expo & Job Fair to Connect

Local Vets with Community Resources, Jobs

Central PAThanks its Vets

How to Tell If YouHave Prediabetespage 5

Giving to Others Becomesa Trend with Holiday Giftspage 12

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Ifound an outdated container of beefgravy in the back of our refrigeratorwhile gathering ingredients for

dinner. My wife asked why I was placing it on

the kitchen counter instead ofimmediately throwing it away. Shepressed me on this simple little actbecause I do have a tendency to depositdirty dishes in the sinkand on the counterinstead of puttingthem right into thedishwasher.

One requires moreeffort than the other, Iguess.

So, I got defensiveand replied somewhatflippantly that I neededto keep the rancidgravy there for severalmonths as I wasworking on anempirical study toreject the null hypothesis that claims flies(and other critters) are not spontaneouslygenerated from inorganic substances.

A scientist used mutton gravy in oneof the original studies, but beef gravy, Ithought, would serve the same purposefor my experiment, which I wasn’t goingto do anyway.

It’s not necessary to understand thepreceding arcane, scientific jargon. Thetheory of spontaneous generation isantiquated and obscure (and long agodebunked). The reason I thought of it isprobably because I’m also antiquated andobscure (and often debunked).

Also, it was my way of temporarilyevading further discussion about myindolence. I didn’t want to waste mytime on any discussion of that. That’smostly because my wife has plenty ofevidence to support her hypothesis that Iam somewhat indolent.

I had another incident with leftoverchicken gravy not so long ago. Theforgotten glop had dehydrated into acrackled yellow plug that easily droppedout of the plastic storage cup when Iditched it, which made for a neat andeasy disposal. It just made a muffledplunk when it hit the trash can.

Don’t ask me why leftover gravy soseldom gets used in our house. Maybe

it’s because we only make gravy in smallmeasures and very little goes unusedduring a meal. What’s left can easily getjammed to the back of the refrigeratorand overlooked.

Gravy is not the only leftover that getsshuffled throughout the refrigerator untilit is forgotten. If there really wasstatistical significance that beasties could

be spontaneouslygenerated from avariety of non-livingsubstances, ourrefrigerator, at varioustimes, could become areal and thrivingecosystem unto itself.

Perhaps a differentorganism could arisefrom each differentleftover.

Imagine what livingthing could slink froma neglected blue-green,furry tomato. What

would you think if you opened therefrigerator door and saw a legless, gape-mouthed creature pop up from thecasserole dish containing 2-month-oldscalloped potatoes?

And what about the brute that couldbe growing inside a plastic vessel half fullof dried-out baked beans? Could a newspecies of fowl be spawned from thatleftover Thanksgiving turkey leg?

I can only imagine the screams ofterror if I went for a glass of juice andsaw the toothy grin of a scaly fiend justwaiting to be set free from the crisperdrawer. If ever there was a time when mywife needed to be there for me, thatwould be it.

My wife claims that there is a strongcorrelation between forgotten leftoversand my laziness. I reminded her that oneof the basic tenets of statistics is thatcorrelation does not imply causation.

Right then, I knew I had overplayedmy hand.

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

The Way I See It

Mike Clark

Leftovers

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Poison Control Center

(800) 222-1222

Food Stamps

(800) 692-7462

Lebanon County 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

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(717) 652-4400

Interventional Vein & Muscular Institute

(844) 438-4884

Kidney Foundation

(717) 652-8123

The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society

(717) 652-6520

Lupus Foundation

(888) 215-8787

Hearing & Ear Care Center

200 Schneider Drive, Suite 1, Lebanon

(717) 274-3851

Melnick, Moffitt, and Mesaros

927 Russell Drive, Lebanon

(717) 274-9775

Pennsylvania Office for the Deaf and Hard

of Hearing

(800) 233-3008 V/TTY

Good Samaritan Hospital

252 S. Fourth St., Lebanon

(717) 270-7500

Medical Society of Lebanon County

(717) 270-7500

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

Housing Assistance & Resources

Program (HARP)

(717) 273-9328

Lebanon County Housing &

Redevelopment Authorities

(717) 274-1401

Lebanon HOPES

(717) 274-7528, ext. 3201

Country Acres Manufactured Home Park, LP

1600 Kercher Ave., Myerstown

(717) 866-5496

Medicare Hotline

(800) 638-6833

Pennsylvania Bar Association

(717) 238-6715

Lebanon County Area Agency on Aging

(717) 273-9262

CVS/pharmacy

www.cvs.com

StoneRidge Retirement Living

440 E. Lincoln Ave., Myerstown

(717) 866-3204

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

Governor’s Veterans Outreach

(717) 234-1681

Lebanon VA Medical Center

1700 S. Lincoln Ave., Lebanon

(717) 228-6000 or (800) 409-8771

RSVP of Capital Region, Inc.

(717) 847-1539

RSVP Lancaster County

(717) 847-1539

RSVP Lebanon County

(717) 454-8956

RSVP York County

(443) 619-3842

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Global Survey Shows People WidelyMisinformed about Alzheimer’s

Alzheimer’s is a fatal, progressivedisease impacting at least 44 millionpeople worldwide, yet it is widelymisunderstood.

According to an Alzheimer’sAssociation® 12-country survey, 59percent of people surveyedincorrectly believe that Alzheimer’sdisease is a typical part of aging,and 40 percent of people believethat Alzheimer’s is not fatal.

The survey, conducted inAustralia, Brazil, Canada, China,Denmark, Germany, Japan, India,Mexico, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, andthe United Kingdom, also foundthat 37 percent of people surveyedbelieve incorrectly that you have tohave a family history to be at riskfor Alzheimer’s disease.

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Despite lack of understanding ofthe severity of Alzheimer’s, it is stillone of the most feared diseases.When asked what disease orcondition they were most afraid ofgetting, a quarter of people selectedAlzheimer’s (23 percent), second only

to cancer (42 percent). When asked what disease or

condition they were most afraid of aloved one getting, a third of peoplein Japan (34 percent), Canada (32percent), and the U.K. (33 percent)selected Alzheimer’s.

When considering healthpriorities, 96 percent of peoplesurveyed said that being self-sufficient and not depending onothers—an inevitability asAlzheimer’s disease progresses—isimportant. Being able to pay forlong-term care (88 percent) andcaring for elderly parents at home(86 percent) were also important.

These feelings are nearly universal,with 98 percent of Americans saying

that being self-sufficient and notdepending on others is important(98 percent), as is the ability to carefor elderly parents at home (91percent) and being able to pay forlong-term care (89 percent),according to the Alzheimer’sAssociation Facts and Figures report.

Country and Age Breakdown• The mistaken belief thatAlzheimer’s is a typical part of agingwas highest in India (84 percent),Saudi Arabia (81 percent), andChina (80 percent).

• The U.K. and Mexico had thehighest recognition that Alzheimer’sis not a typical part of aging (62percent), but 37 percent and 38percent, respectively, were stillmisinformed.

• More than half of people surveyedin Germany (56 percent), Mexico(55 percent), and Brazil (53 percent)do not realize that Alzheimer’s isfatal.

• While 40 percent weremisinformed, more people ages 18-34 (60 percent), 35-44 (61 percent),and 45-44 (58 percent) agreed thatAlzheimer’s is a fatal disease thanpeople ages 60+ (53 percent).

Dear Savvy Senior,My 62-year-old sister was recently

diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes and wassurprised when the doctor told her that she’sprobably had it or prediabetes for manyyears. My question is, what determinesprediabetes and how can you know if youhave it? – Surprised Senior

Dear Surprised,Underlying today’s growing epidemic

of Type 2 diabetes is a much largerepidemic called prediabetes, which iswhen the blood-sugar levels are higherthan normal but not high enough to becalled diabetes.

The National Institutes of Healthestimates that as many as 79 millionAmericans today have prediabetes. Leftuntreated, it almost always turns intoType 2 diabetes within 10 years.

And, if you have prediabetes, thelong-term damage it can cause—especially to your heart and circulatorysystem—may already be starting.

But the good news is that prediabetesdoesn’t mean that you’re destined for full-blown diabetes. Prediabetes can actuallybe reversed, and diabetes prevented, bymaking some simple lifestyle changes likelosing weight, exercising, eating a healthydiet, and cutting back on carbohydrates.

Or, if you need more help, oralmedications may also be an option.

Get Checked? Because prediabetes typically causes no

outward symptoms, most people who

have it don’trealize it.The onlyway to knowfor sure is toget a bloodtest.

Everyoneage 45 yearsor oldershouldconsidergettingtested forprediabetes, especially if you areoverweight with a body mass index(BMI) above 25. See www.cdc.gov/bmi tocalculate your BMI.

If you are younger than 45 but areoverweight, or have high blood pressure,a family history of diabetes, or belong toan ethnic group (Latino, Asian, African,or Native American) at high risk fordiabetes, you too should get checked.

To help you determine your risk ofdiabetes, the American DiabetesAssociation has a quick, online quiz youcan take for free at www.diabetes.org/are-you-at-risk.

Diabetes TestsThere are several tests your doctor can

give you to determine whether you haveprediabetes, like the “fasting bloodglucose test” or the “oral glucosetolerance test,” which each require aneight-hour fast before you take it. Andthe “hemoglobin A1C test” can be takenany time regardless of when you ate.

If you’rereluctant tovisit yourdoctor to gettested, analternative isto testyourself. Todo that, you’llneed topurchase anA1C hometest kit thatmeasures your

average blood glucose over the past twoto three months.

The ReliOn A1c Test sold at Walmart(or www.walmart.com) for $9 is apopular option. With this test kit, youprovide a small blood sample (about adrop) and send it to the lab in a postage-paid return mailer for analysis. The

results are usually sent back within aweek.

A1C tests measure the percentage ofglucose in the bloodstream. A reading of5.7 to 6.4 percent is consideredprediabetes, while 6.5 percent or greateris diabetes.

If you find that you are prediabetic ordiabetic, you need to see your doctor todevelop a plan to get it under control.

For more information on prediabetesand diabetes, visit the American DiabetesAssociation at www.diabetes.org and theNational Diabetes Education Program(www.ndep.nih.gov), which also offersdozens of free publications you can orderonline or by calling (888) 693-6337.

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

How to Tell If You Have Prediabetes

Savvy Senior

Jim Miller

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Mennonite Home Communities1520 Harrisburg Pike • Lancaster, PA 17601(717) 393-1301 • www.mennonitehome.org

Number of Beds: 92Rehabilitation Unit: NoAlzheimer’s Unit: YesSkilled Licensed Nursing: YesTherapy: Speech, Occupational, PhysicalLong-Term Care: YesRespite Care: Yes24-Hour Medical Care: YesRecreational Activities: YesScheduled Entertainment: Yes

Private Rooms Available: YesSemi-Private Rooms Available: YesPet Visitation Allowed: YesBeauty/Barber Shop: YesMedicare: Yes Medicaid: YesAccreditations/Affiliations: AAHSA,LeadingAge PA (PANPHA), NHPCO, PHN,HPNAComments: A beautiful, full-servicecontinuing care retirement communitywith a 147-year history of exemplary care.

Homeland Center1901 North Fifth Street • Harrisburg, PA 17102-1598(717) 221-7902 • www.homelandcenter.org

Number of Beds: 188Rehabilitation Unit: YesAlzheimer’s Unit: YesSkilled Licensed Nursing: YesTherapy: Speech, Occupational, PhysicalLong-Term Care: YesRespite Care: Yes24-Hour Medical Care: YesRecreational Activities: YesScheduled Entertainment: Yes

Private Rooms Available: YesSemi-Private Rooms Available: YesPet Visitation Allowed: YesBeauty/Barber Shop: YesMedicare: Yes Medicaid: YesAccreditations/Affiliations: Equal Housing,LeadingAge PAComments: Person-centered carewith reputation for compassion andexcellence. Established in 1903. Respitecare available w/minimum stay.

The Middletown Home999 West Harrisburg Pike • Middletown, PA 17057(717) 944-3351 • www.middletownhome.org

Number of Beds: 102Rehabilitation Unit: NoAlzheimer’s Unit: NoSkilled Licensed Nursing: YesTherapy: Speech, Occupational,Respiratory, PhysicalLong-Term Care: YesRespite Care: Yes24-Hour Medical Care: YesRecreational Activities: Yes

Scheduled Entertainment: YesPrivate Rooms Available: YesSemi-Private Rooms Available: YesPet Visitation Allowed: YesBeauty/Barber Shop: YesMedicare: Yes Medicaid: YesComments: Our campus offers skillednursing and rehabilitation services,personal care, and independent livingresidences.

Maple Farm604 Oak Street • Akron, PA 17501(717) 859-1191 • www.maplefarm.org

Number of Beds: 46Rehabilitation Unit: YesAlzheimer’s Unit: NoSkilled Licensed Nursing: YesTherapy: Speech, Occupational, PhysicalLong-Term Care: YesRespite Care: Yes24-Hour Medical Care: YesRecreational Activities: YesScheduled Entertainment: Yes

Private Rooms Available: YesPet Visitation Allowed: YesBeauty/Barber Shop: YesMedicare: Yes Medicaid: YesAccreditations/Affiliations: LeadingAge,LeadingAge PA, Mennonite Health ServicesComments: Maple Farm puts the personfirst so your choices matter. Enjoy thecomforts of home with countrykitchen, private bedroom, full bath,and great views.

This is not an all-inclusive list of agencies and providers. These advertisers are eager to provide additional information about their services.

Bethany Village – The Oaks325 Wesley Drive • Mechanicsburg, PA 17055(717) 766-0279 • www.bethanyvillage.org

Number of Beds: 69Rehabilitation Unit: YesAlzheimer’s Unit: YesSkilled Licensed Nursing: YesTherapy: Speech, Occupational, PhysicalLong-Term Care: YesRespite Care: Yes24-Hour Medical Care: YesRecreational Activities: YesScheduled Entertainment: Yes

Private Rooms Available: YesSemi-Private Rooms Available: YesPet Visitation Allowed: YesBeauty/Barber Shop: YesMedicare: Yes Medicaid: YesAccreditations/Affiliations: CARF/CCAC;Eagle, LeadingAge PAComments: Maplewood Assisted Livingalso available.

Claremont Nursing and Rehabilitation Center1000 Claremont Road • Carlisle, PA 17013(717) 243-2031 • www.ccpa.net/cnrc

Number of Beds: 290Rehabilitation Unit: NoAlzheimer’s Unit: YesSkilled Licensed Nursing: YesTherapy: Speech, Occupational, PhysicalLong-Term Care: YesRespite Care: Yes24-Hour Medical Care: YesRecreational Activities: Yes

Scheduled Entertainment: YesPrivate Rooms Available: NoSemi-Private Rooms Available: YesPet Visitation Allowed: YesBeauty/Barber Shop: YesMedicare: Yes Medicaid: YesComments: Claremont provides qualityskilled nursing and rehabilitationservices for short- and long-term stays.

Number of Beds: 375Rehabilitation Unit: NoAlzheimer’s Unit: YesSkilled Licensed Nursing: YesTherapy: Speech, Physical, OccupationalRespiratoryLong-Term Care: YesRespite Care: Yes24-Hour Medical Care: YesRecreational Activities: Yes

Scheduled Entertainment: YesPrivate Rooms Available: NoSemi-Private Rooms Available: YesPet Visitation Allowed: YesBeauty/Barber Shop: YesMedicare: Yes Medicaid: YesComments: Elm Spring ResidenceIndependent Living on campus.

Pleasant Acres Nursing & Rehabilitation Center118 Pleasant Acres Road • York, PA 17402(717) 840-7100 • www.yorkcountypa.gov

Mt. Hope Nazarene Retirement Community3026 Mt. Hope Home Road • Manheim, PA 17545(717) 665-6365 • www.mthopenazarene.org

Number of Beds: 50Rehabilitation Unit: YesAlzheimer’s Unit: NoSkilled Licensed Nursing: YesTherapy: Speech, Occupational,Respiratory, PhysicalLong-Term Care: YesRespite Care: Yes24-Hour Medical Care: YesRecreational Activities: Yes

Scheduled Entertainment: YesPrivate Rooms Available: YesSemi-Private Rooms Available: YesPet Visitation Allowed: YesBeauty/Barber Shop: NoMedicare: Yes Medicaid: YesAccreditations/Affiliations: Leading Age,Lancaster Links, LCF, MC ChamberComments: A church mission dedicatedto great care in a loving, Christianenvironment for low-income seniors.

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This is not an all-inclusive list of agencies and providers. These advertisers are eager to provide additional information about their services.

Spring Creek Rehabilitation & Health Care Center1205 South 28th Street • Harrisburg, PA 17111(717) 565-7000 • www.springcreekcares.com

Number of Beds: 404Rehabilitation Unit: YesAlzheimer’s Unit: YesSkilled Licensed Nursing: YesTherapy: Speech, Occupational,Respiratory, PhysicalLong-Term Care: YesRespite Care: Yes24-Hour Medical Care: YesRecreational Activities: Yes

Scheduled Entertainment: YesPrivate Rooms Available: YesSemi-Private Rooms Available: YesPet Visitation Allowed: YesBeauty/Barber Shop: YesMedicare: Yes Medicaid: YesComments: A charming campus offeringshort-term rehab, specialized respiratoryservices to include vents and trachs,Alzheimer’s unit, and long-term skilled care.

Tel Hai Retirement Community1200 Tel Hai Circle • Honey Brook, PA 19344(610) 273-9333 • www.telhai.org

Number of Beds: 139Rehabilitation Unit: YesAlzheimer’s Unit: YesSkilled Licensed Nursing: YesTherapy: Speech, Occupational, RespiratoryLong-Term Care: YesRespite Care: Yes24-Hour Medical Care: YesRecreational Activities: YesScheduled Entertainment: Yes

Private Rooms Available: YesSemi-Private Rooms Available: YesPet Visitation Allowed: YesBeauty/Barber Shop: YesMedicare: Yes Medicaid: YesAccreditations/Affiliations: CARF, MHSAlliance, Leading AgeComments: Dedicated short-term rehabneighborhood with Tel Hai’s own therapydepartment dedicated to intensivetherapy with goal of returning home.

Transitions Healthcare – Gettysburg595 Biglerville Road • Gettysburg, PA 17325(717) 334-6249 • www.transitionshealthcarellc.com

Number of Beds: 135Rehabilitation Unit: YesAlzheimer’s Unit: YesSkilled Licensed Nursing: YesTherapy: Speech, Occupational,Respiratory, PhysicalLong-Term Care: YesRespite Care: Yes24-Hour Medical Care: YesRecreational Activities: Yes

Scheduled Entertainment: YesPrivate Rooms Available: YesSemi-Private Rooms Available: YesPet Visitation Allowed: YesBeauty/Barber Shop: YesMedicare: Yes Medicaid: YesAccreditations/Affiliations: PHCA, PACAComments: Fully staffed TransitionsHealthcare employees in skilled nursingand sub-acute rehab. Tours are encouraged!

Twin Pines Health Care Center315 East London Grove Road • West Grove, PA 19390(610) 869-2456

Number of Beds: 120Rehabilitation Unit: YesAlzheimer’s Unit: NoSkilled Licensed Nursing: YesTherapy: Speech, Occupational, PhysicalLong-Term Care: YesRespite Care: Yes24-Hour Medical Care: YesRecreational Activities: YesScheduled Entertainment: Yes

Private Rooms Available: YesSemi-Private Rooms Available: YesPet Visitation Allowed: YesBeauty/Barber Shop: YesMedicare: Yes Medicaid: YesAccreditations/Affiliations: AHCA, PHCAComments: Beautiful, brand-new facility.Top-quality skilled nursing and rehab.Immediate openings!

Nursing & Rehabilitation Centers

By John Johnston

Every day—but particularly onVeterans Day—Social Security salutesthose who have put their lives on the linefor our freedom.

Members of the United States ArmedForces receive expedited processing oftheir Social Security disabilityapplications.

The expedited process is available forany military service member who allegeshe or she became disabled during activeduty on or after Oct. 1, 2001, regardlessof where the disability occurred—athome or in the line of duty.

Expedited processing is also availableto veterans who have a compensationrating of 100 percent permanent andtotal (P&T) disability, regardless of whenthe disability occurred.

Some dependent children and spouses

of military personnelmay also be eligible toreceive benefits.

Visit our websitedesigned specifically forour wounded veterans(www.socialsecurity.gov/woundedwarriors),where you will findanswers to a number ofcommonly askedquestions, as well as other usefulinformation about disability benefitsavailable under the Social Security andSupplemental Security Income (SSI)programs.

Our website includes a fact sheet onthe subject: Disability Benefits forWounded Warriors.

You’ll also find a webinar, “SocialSecurity for Wounded Warriors,” thatexplains the expedited disability process

available to woundedwarriors. The one-hourvideo is anintroduction todisability benefits forveterans and active-duty militarypersonnel.

If you would likemore detailedinformation about the

disability process, you can watch ourseven-part video series, “Social SecurityDisability Claims Process,” atwww.socialsecurity.gov/socialmedia/webinars.

On the Wounded Warriors webpage,you’ll find links to the Department ofVeterans Affairs and Department ofDefense websites. Please keep in mindthat the requirements for disabilitybenefits available through Social Security

are different from those of theDepartment of Veterans Affairs andrequire a separate application.

Military service members are coveredfor the same Social Security survivors,disability, and retirement benefits aseveryone else. Although the expeditedservice is relatively new, militarypersonnel have been covered under SocialSecurity since 1957, and people whowere in the service prior to that may beable to get special credit for some of theirservice.

Read our publication, Military Serviceand Social Security, to learn more. It’savailable at www.socialsecurity.gov/pubs.

Thank you to our nation’s braveveterans. We salute you on Veterans Dayand every day.

John Johnston is a Social Security publicaffairs specialist.

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Nov.11

In the autumn of 1621, the Plymouthcolonists and the WampanoagIndians celebrated the autumn or

harvest feast together. The harvest feast was a longstanding

event in Native American culture and itoccurred long before the Pilgrimsreached Plymouth, Mass. Today, we callthat celebration Thanksgiving.

Thanksgiving is one of the times whenfamilies reunite to take part in age-oldfamily traditions. While most familiesenjoy a feast of turkey, stuffing, mashedpotatoes, and the trimmings, we alsoenjoy the objects that remind us ofcoming home at holiday time.

Kitchen collectiblesare those items thatstir memories, likecanister sets, mixingbowls, holiday china,hand-painted tea sets,seasonal tableclothsand matchingnapkins, ceramic floralcenterpieces, specialcrystal goblets, well-worn casserole dishes,etc.

The antique andvintage kitchen objectsthat make holidays

special can havecollectible and monetaryvalue, too. Here are thetop 10 Thanksgivingholiday collectibles thatyou can find in yourmother’s or grandmother’skitchen and beyond:

1. Turkey platters ofStaffordshire or Limogeschina. These platters aretypically of blue/whiteceramic or full colorfeaturing an image of adressed turkey at the

center. They date from the mid- to late19th century to the present day andremain highly collectible.

2. Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Paradememorabilia.Whatever I am doing onThanksgiving morning and wherever Iam spending Thanksgiving in any givenyear, I do not miss this fabulousAmerican event.

The long-running parade is anAmerican tradition with celebrity guests,decorated floats, marching bands, high-flying character balloons, and SantaClaus. The employee-organized paradedebuted on Nov. 27, 1924, and its long

Top 10 Thanksgiving Collectibles

Art and Antiques by Dr. Lori

Lori Verderame

Photo courtesy staff of www.DrLoriV.com

Tucky, Steiff turkey toystuffed animal

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Lebanon County

Calendar of EventsSenior Center Activities

Annville Senior Community Center – (717) 867-1796200 S. White Oak St., AnnvilleNov. 13, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. – Medicare Enrollment Appointments with APPRISENov. 17, 10:30 a.m. – Planning Committee Meeting and Holiday Recipe

ExchangeNov. 25, 11:30 a.m. – Lunch Club Meeting at LCCTC’s Hilltop Café

Maple Street Community Center – (717) 273-1048710 Maple St., LebanonNov. 6, 13, 20, 8 a.m. – Tai Chi ClassNov. 7, 9:30 a.m. – Pickle Ball

Myerstown Senior Community Center – (717) 866-6786Myerstown Baptist Church, 59 Ramona Road, MyerstownNov. 19, noon – Thanksgiving at Country Fare RestaurantNov. 29, 10 a.m. – Myerstown Holiday Parade (Decorate Float)

Northern Lebanon Senior Community Center – (717) 865-0944335 N. Lancaster St., Jonestown – www.jonestownpa.org/senior.htmlNov. 5, 10 a.m. – Healthy Steps for Older Adults ClassNov. 10, 12:15 p.m. – Presentation by Local Author Wayne Anspach:

“One-Room Schoolhouses”Nov. 21, 12:30 p.m. – Pinochle Club

Palmyra Senior Community Center – (717) 838-8237101 S. Railroad St., PalmyraNov. 7, 11:30 a.m. – Lunch Club at Red LobsterNov. 19, 10:30 a.m. – Pasta Sticks Social Game Nov. 25, 10:30 a.m. – Hot Apple Cider and Cookie Social

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and diverse history offers collectors varioustypes of parade memorabilia.

3. Steiff turkey toy. The German stuffedtoy firm Steiff is best known for its antiquemohair teddy bears dating back to the late19th and early 20th centuries.

The toy maker also produced manyother types of stuffed animals from themid-1900s. The 1950s-era Steiff turkeytoy named Tucky is a sought-afterThanksgiving collectible toy.

4. Pilgrim Barbie doll. As you know,Barbie comes in many forms, but atholiday time, Mattel made sure Barbie wasthe hostess with the mostess. CollectibleBarbie dolls exist in the Thanksgivinghostess style and the ever-popular PilgrimBarbie, too.

5. Authentic antique Native Americanbaskets. These Thanksgiving collectiblesare very pricey for those made in theEastern, Southwestern, and PacificNorthwestern United States, includingAlaska.

Ranging in value well into the severalthousands of dollars for one good example,antique Native American basketry by theHaida tribe and others is quite collectibleand valuable.

6. Thanksgiving-related salt and peppershakers. Look for turkey, NativeAmericans, and pilgrim salt-and-peppershakers by various makers such as Napco,Spode, Goebel, etc.

Holiday tables worldwide are enlivenedby the addition of small-scale collectiblesalt-and-pepper shakers in the form ofvarious Thanksgiving-related figures.

7. Presidential Turkey pardonmemorabilia. Paper announcements, TVnews footage, and newspaper reports fromthe White House regarding the annualpardoning of a Thanksgiving turkey

remain a holiday collectible favorite.

8. Toleware holiday trays. Metal trayswith images of turkeys, teepees, and all thetrimmings are popular offerings at antiqueshops and flea markets in the autumn.They range in value from $25 to $75depending on size, image, and condition.

9. Table Talk pumpkin pie tins.WhileTable Talk pie tins have a strongcollectibles interest in the New Englandstates, the rest of the global collectingmarket gets into the act at Thanksgivingtime.

These tin pie plates dating back intothe 1900s are not going to bust yourwallet, and they make fun holidaycollectibles for the Thanksgiving buffettable.

10. Norman Rockwell’s Freedom fromWant (Thanksgiving Day) color poster,circa 1941-45. This famous image featuresa family sitting down to Thanksgivingdinner.

Rockwell’s poster was based onPresident Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s FourFreedoms speech and has becomesynonymous with the AmericanThanksgiving feast since World War II.The reproduction poster in goodcondition from the World War II era isworth $125 to $200.

This Thanksgiving, as you collect newmemories and give thanks for family andfriends, remember that your favoriteantiques will remind you of crisp autumndays with loved ones. Have a happyThanksgiving!

Celebrity Ph.D. antiques appraiser, author, andaward-winning TV personality, Dr. Lori hostsantiques appraisal events worldwide. Dr. Lori isthe star appraiser on Discovery channel’s hitTV show Auction Kings. Visit www.DrLoriV.com/Events, www.Facebook.com/DoctorLori, orcall (888) 431-1010.

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By Andrea Gross

My tutor hands me a piece ofpaper. “Congratulations,” hesays. “You’re an Oxford

graduate.”Well, not really. A “faux grad” is more

like it. But I do have a certificateverifying my attendance at one of theworld’s oldest and most prestigiousuniversities, one whose alums includekings and saints, economists andentrepreneurs, Nobel Prize winners andOlympic medal winners. And now, me. My husband and I have just

completed “The Oxford Experience,” aone-week program at Christ Church,the largest and arguably most beautifulof the university’s 38 constituentcolleges. During that week, we took classes in

the morning, explored the historiccampus in the afternoon (includingareas that are off-limits to most visitors),and played croquet, danced medieval

folk dances, and went pub-crawling inthe evening.We lived in dorms carved out of

buildings that dated back to the 18th

century and ate in the Great Hall whereKing Charles I held his parliament inthe 17th century and that was used asinspiration for Harry Potter’s HogwartsHall in the 21st century. Our fellow students, who included

folks from more than a dozen countries,ranged in age from under 20 to over 90,although the majority were in their mid-to late 60s.

In short, we were taught by experts,surrounded by history, and immersed inculture, and we were members of aninternational community. It’s a headycombination and undoubtedly explainswhy the program, which began in 1990,is so popular.

There are six one-week sessionsbetween the first of July and the middleof August. During each session, there areat least 10 courses, each limited to 12students, who meet with a tutor for threehours every morning.

Courses range from the specific(George Eliot’s Middlemarch) to the

general (Moral Philosophy), the artistic(Beethoven: His Life and Music) to thehistoric (The Birth of Europe), thereligious (Sacred Landscapes and HolyPlaces) to the scientific (Human Memoryand the Brain).

The courses are so varied, and so wellpresented, that more than 50 percent ofthe attendees are repeaters. Indeed, wemet one woman who has come for 10summers and, during many of thosesummers, has stayed for two or moresessions. Although Christ Church is just a few

blocks from the center of Oxford, ourdays on campus were so full that weweren’t able to thoroughly enjoy thetown. So, after “graduation” we allowourselves three days to see the age-oldbuildings and cobblestone alleys of thecity itself.To get an overview, we climb the

100-plus steps to the top of the Churchof St. Mary the Virgin, where we lookout over a sea of spires. Steepledchurches and turreted buildings aresurrounded by hills of green, andnarrow alleys are bisected by modernthoroughfares.

Descending from the stratosphere, westop at the Bodleian Library, which,with more than 11 million volumes, isthe second largest in Britain; gaze at theSheldonian Theatre, designed by famed17th-century architect Sir ChristopherWren; and meander through the BotanicGarden, the oldest such garden inEngland.In the shallow river bordering the

gardens, we get our first look atpunting, a popular Oxford activity thatinvolves propelling a flat-bottomed boatby pushing a pole against the riverbed.It looks easy, so we rent a boat,

intending to try our skill, but it takes usless than 10 minutes mired in mud torealize that we have no skill. We finallyhire a “chauffeur,” who punts while wecontemplate the view.We get our literary fix by having pub-

grub at the White Horse, figuring that ifit’s good enough for Inspector Morse,it’s good enough for us; downing ale atThe Eagle and Child, the favoritestomping grounds of J.R.R. Tolkien andC.S. Lewis; and visiting the shop thatwas frequented by the real-life Alice inWonderland as well as Lewis Carroll, theman who immortalized her.

Finally, on our last day, we treatourselves to an all-day tour of theCotswolds. As Martin Cowell, owner ofAbsolute Touring, drives his eight-passenger van along windy roads andsmall villages that are inaccessible tolarger vehicles, we enter a world wheresheep graze in fields bordered by stackedstone fences and homes are built frombricks the color of burnished gold.

Martin tells us that the Cotswolds hasbeen deemed an Area of OutstandingNatural Beauty, and it is indeed. But it’smore than that. It’s a poster come to life.

Back in Oxford, we stop at a souvenirshop where I buy a t-shirt emblazonedwith the Oxford University insignia.After all, even a faux grad deserves somebragging rights.

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Note: Registration for the 2015Oxford Experience closes May 1, 2015.The most popular classes fill up early, sonewbies are advised to register ASAP.

Photos © Irv Green unless otherwise noted;story by Andrea Gross

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• Allow your turkey tostand at roomtemperature for 10 to20 minutes aftercooking and beforeslicing. This allowsthe juices to distributeevenly throughout the turkey. Nettingand cooking bags are also easier toremove after this time. The maximumstanding time should be 20 minutes.

• Slice or carve on a sanitized cuttingsurface. Knives, pans, and covers shouldbe sanitized, too. Resanitize board andknives every 30 minutes.

• Wear disposable food-handling gloveswhile carving or thoroughly wash your

hands frequently.

• Immediately after the10 to 20 minutes’holding time, carve theturkey from its carcassinto major sections(i.e., breasts, thighs,drumsticks, andwings).

• To serve turkey hot,place sections in pans.Cover with foil toretain heat andmoisture and tominimize thepossibility of

contamination. Hold at 140 degreesFahrenheit or higher in a hot holdingdevice like a cabinet or steam table.Turkey should be at least 140 degreesFahrenheit when placed in the holdingpans. The heating device will onlymaintain temperature. A maximumholding time of 20 to 30 minutes isrecommended.

• Slice the sections into serving pieces.Then plate and garnish.

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Support the Troops is Holiday Season!Keystone Military Families, a PA-based nonprofit, encourages you to brightenthe holidays for our troops overseas by sending or sponsoring a care package!

Below are just some of the items the troops have requested:• Ground coffee (not instant), coffee creamer, and sugar packets• Power Bars, cereal bars, trail mix, granola bars, and healthy snacks• Slim Jims and beef or turkey jerky• Sunflower seeds and nuts in single-serving packets• Individual snacks like crackers, cookies, cheese/cracker kits• Small sewing kits and manicure kits• Sunscreen and Chapstick with sunscreen, Carmex, Blistex• Body wash – men’s and ladies’ (small travel sizes, not hotel bottles)• Deodorant – travel size• Foot powder and foot cream for athlete’s foot• Hand sanitizer – small-size bottles to carry with them• Men’s and ladies’ calf-high socks or boot socks in black and white• Hand and foot warmers for cold nights

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By Rebecca Hanlon

It was the beginning of the holidayseason in 2007 when Jenn Knepper wasstarting to dread the approaching cycle ofshopping, gift wrapping, and handing offanother unneeded trinket in the spirit ofChristmas.

The Hershey Medical Center nursetook a break from a long holiday shift tobrowse the local newspaper when sheread a story about a giving circle inHarrisburg. This small group of womenwould gather each holiday to purchaseitems for charities in the name of a lovedone.

“It seemed like the perfect way to givemeaning to a holiday that had, sadly,started to lose that for me,” Kneppersaid.

She contacted the group, and over thenext several years it would join forceswith Gifts that Give Hope, an umbrellaorganization that provides the tools forpeople to organize gift fairs at the start ofthe holiday season.

Knepper’s desire to make the holidaysmore meaningful isn’t a new concept.

Nonprofit organizations throughoutthe region have been noticing a trend in

charitable donations being made in placeof the purchase of a physical gift.

At a Gifts that Give Hope Fair, dozensof charities come together inone location, offeringdesignated gift items.About 60 percentof theorganizationsare locallybased, butmany doworkthroughoutthe world,Kneppersaid.

Eachnonprofitoffers two giftitems forpurchase, but cashdonations also can bemade, she added.

“A lot of us feel like, ‘Oh, what doyou get the person who has everything?’”Knepper said. “Your mom doesn’t needanother sweater. Your dad doesn’t needanother tie. My family is always tellingme they don’t need more stuff.”

Knepper often donates to girls’education programs in Africa because herparents always supported her in getting

her own education. Aftermaking the donation,

she’s given a cardwith adescription ofher purchasethat she cangive to herparents.

“As anadult, Igot to thepointwhere Iwas feelingdisgruntled

about buyingmore stuff that

doesn’t havemeaning,” Knepper

said. “We estimated about1,000 people attended last year’s fair,and that makes it pretty obvious we’renot the only ones who feel that way.”

More than MilkOne organization that is featured at

each Gifts that Give Hope Fair is HeiferInternational. Norma Good, a volunteerwho has been involved for 22 years, isgearing up for the 70th anniversary of theorganization.

Heifer International was very popularin Central Pennsylvania at the startbecause local farmers would raiselivestock that was later sent todisadvantaged families in other countries,Good said. Volunteers called “cowboys”would travel on ships with the animals toPoland, Spain, Puerto Rico, or othercountries.

Today, animals are purchased directlyin the country where it will be received.

“It’s better economically and better onthe animal,” Good said.

During this year’s Gifts that GiveHope Fair, people can donate moneytoward the purchase of a sheep or buy aschool of fish.

“People don’t always realize that a cowdoesn’t just provide milk,” she said.“They can make cheese, sell butter, anduse the manure to replenish the nutrientsin their gardens. When you get all ofthat, their health improves. They canbuild roads. Their kids can go to school.They just feel such a hope that

Giving to Others Becomes a Trend with Holiday Gifts

somebody else cares and is willing to givethem a hand.”

‘Hands-on’ GiftsFor people who want to do more than

donate money, there are severalorganizations that ask people to be morehands-on.

Kat Prickett of Mount Joy has been avolunteer with Operation ChristmasChild, a charity run by Samaritan’s Purse,since she was 11 years old. Her mombecame a project leader at the family’schurch, and together they’d fill shoeboxeswith toothbrushes, school supplies, andcoloring pages to send to children inneed.

Today, Operation Christmas Child has19 drop-off locations in CentralPennsylvania where people can take theirfilled shoeboxes to be shipped to boysand girls around the world.

Last year, 31,571 boxes were collectedin this area alone, Prickett said.

“Usually, the children who receive abox are getting the first gift they’ve everreceived in their whole life,” she said.“For a child to know someone across theworld is thinking of them, cares aboutthem, and loves them, that’s amazing.”

A lot of families make filling the boxesan annual tradition, getting their kids tobuy items for children their own age andexplaining how not everyone has thesame comforts in life, Prickett said.

Remembering the TroopsIf you’re looking to put your charity

dollars to work in a more localorganization, Keystone Military Familiesis busy sending more than 6,000

stockings tosoldiers aroundthe world.

Kyle Lord ofShoemakersvillegot involvedshortly afterSept. 11, 2001,when her son,Sgt. First ClassBrent Lord, amember of theArmy NationalGuard, was sentoverseas.

“I found the only way to keep mysanity was to take care of other people’skids, so we started care packages for hisunit and later for the rest of the NationalGuard that was deployed at that time,”Lord said.

Men and women who are sent onmissions away from their support staffoften go without hot meals and wear thesame clothes for up to 10 days, she said.They send a lot of granola bars, socks,foot powder, and blister pads to ease thediscomfort.

Keystone Military Families also hosts apantry where military families can stockup on nonperishable shelf items or frozenmeats. A year ago, they served about 12families a month, Lord said. Today, theyserve 30 to 50 families a week.

“There’s a lot more of our troopscoming home with medical problems,and it can take a long time for them toget the financial support they need,”Lord said. “The obvious injuries are theones that get taken care of first.”

For many people, they’re not just

helpingstrangers bydonatingcare-packageitems, Lordsaid. Theyfeel they’rehelping theirbrothers orsisters,fathers ormothers, oreven theirneighbors.

“Anything we can send them fromhome is a reminder that people care

about them and haven’t forgotten whatthey’ve done for our country,” Lord said.“Really, we can’t do enough to thankthem.”

For more information on theseorganizations, visit them at:

• Gifts that Give Hope,www.giftsthatgivehope.org/lancaster

• Heifer International, www.heifer.org• Operation Christmas Child,www.samaritanspurse.org/operation-christmas-child

• Keystone Military Families,www.keystonesoldiers.net

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Horn of Plenty:The Myth and the Symbol

The cornucopia, or horn of plenty,has long been heralded as a symbol ofnature’s abundance. Itshistory is long andrich.

In Greekmythology, itwas one of thehorns of thegoatAmalthaea,who nursed thegod Zeus as a baby.The horn was believedto have produced ambrosia andnectar, which were believed then to bethe food of the gods.

A Roman myth says that the horn of

the cornucopia came from the river godAchelous, who transformed into a bull to

fight with the hero Hercules. When Hercules brokethe horn from the rivergod’s head, waternymphs filled thehorn with flowersand fruit and left itas an offering toCopia, the goddess

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While rates of smoking and excessivedrinking have declined among olderAmericans, prevalence of chronic diseasehas risen, and many older Americans areunprepared to afford the costs of long-term care in a nursing home, accordingto a report from the U.S. Census Bureaucommissioned by the National Institutesof Health.

The report highlights those trends andothers among America’s olderpopulation, now over 40 million andexpected to more than double by mid-century, growing to 83.7 million peopleand one-fifth of the U.S. population by2050.

Population trends and other nationaldata about people 65 and older arepresented in the report, 65+ in the UnitedStates: 2010.

It documents aging as quite varied interms of how long people live, how well

they age, their financial and educationalstatus, their medical and long-term careand housing costs, where they live andwith whom, and other factors importantfor aging and health.

Funded by the National Institute onAging (NIA), part of NIH, the reportdraws heavily on data from the 2010Census and other nationallyrepresentative surveys. In addition, datafrom NIA-funded research was includedin the report.

A key aspect of the report is the effectthat the aging of the baby boomgeneration—those born between 1946and 1964—will have on the U.S.population and on society in general.Baby boomers began to reach age 65 in2011; between 2010 and 2020, the oldergeneration is projected to grow morerapidly than in any other decade since1900.

The report points out some criticalhealth-related issues:

• Rates of smoking and excessive alcoholconsumption have declined among those65 and older, but the percentage ofoverweight and obese people hasincreased.

• Between 2003-2006, 72 percent ofolder men and 67 percent of olderwomen were overweight or obese.Obesity is associated in increased rates ofdiabetes, arthritis, and impaired mobility,and in some cases with higher deathrates.

• Research based on NIA’s Health andRetirement Study suggests that theprevalence of chronic diseases, such ashigh blood pressure, heart disease,chronic lung disease, and diabetes,increased among older people between1998 and 2008.

For example, in 2008, 41 percent ofthe older population had three or morechronic conditions, 51 percent had oneor two, and only 8 percent had nochronic conditions.

• The cost of long-term care varies bycare setting. The average cost of a private

room in a nursing home was $229 perday or $83,585 per year in 2010.

• Less than one-fifth of older people havethe personal financial resources to live ina nursing home for more than threeyears, and almost two-thirds cannotafford even one year.

• Medicare provides coverage in a skillednursing facility to older and disabledpatients for short time periods followinghospitalization.

• Medicaid covers long-term care incertified facilities for qualifying low-income seniors. In 2006, Medicaid paidfor 43 percent of long-term care.

“Most of the long-term care providedto older people today comes from unpaidfamily members and friends,” notedRichard Suzman, director of the Divisionof Behavioral and Social Research at NIA.

“Baby boomers had far fewer childrenthan their parents. Combined withhigher divorce rates and disrupted familystructures, this will result in fewer familymembers to provide long-term care inthe future. This will become moreserious as people live longer withconditions such as cancer, heart disease,and Alzheimer’s.”

Report Highlights Effect of Aging Boomers

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RSVP of the CapitalRegion has namedLebanon CountyChristian Ministriesvolunteer Gene Deiter asits Lebanon CountyVolunteer of the Monthfor November.

Gene is a main partof the family at LCCMand provides the areafood bank with 55+hours a month ofservice—sometimes up to 70 hours—and he can often out-pace, out-think,and out-last younger volunteers.

Gene grew up and lives in Palmyrato this day. He is happily married toMary Deiter, his wife of 35 years.Gene retired from 18 years inHershey Public Works, and he usedhis vacation time during those yearsto indulge in his first love: being astagehand at the Hershey ArenaTheatre. This was Gene’s calling, somuch so that it cost him some of hishearing due to the loud concerts thathe used to work.

Gene’s current hobby says a lotabout who he is: He loves to ridebike, but he also picks up aluminumcans that he finds along the road.

According to DanLandes, LCCMdevelopment manager, youcan usually find Gene atthe food bank up to 30minutes before it opens at8 a.m., just so that he cantake time to go around thebuilding and pull weeds,pick up trash, take care ofthe plants, and adjust thelandscaping timbers. Gene does a host of

other tasks for LCCM—everythingfrom driving vans and picking updonations, to delivering noon meals tothe less fortunate who are immobileand in need of food. When told of aneed, he is quick to help. If coverageis required, he can be counted on.

Gene is a shining example of thegood that can be accomplished whenwe give back.

For more information on volunteeropportunities with RSVP, the nation’slargest volunteer program for adults aged55-plus, email [email protected], visit www.rsvcapreg.org, or callRSVP’s Lebanon County office at (717)454-8956 or the statewide Senior Corpsof Pennsylvania hotline toll-free at (800)870-2616.

Gene Deiter

RSVP Chooses LCCM Volunteer

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How much mileage could astudio expect from a 1950sfilm starring a biologist with a

fascination for a secluded fishpond? Quite a bit, when the scientist is

beautiful Julie Adams wrapped in a skin-tight, white-latex bathing suit and thefish turns out to be an angry piscineamphibious humanoid—a.k.a., Creaturefrom the Black Lagoon.Having premiered 60 years ago this

year, the success of the now-cult filmcontinues to astound Adams, who, atage 87, remains a popular guest at fanconventions and film festivals across thecountry. “It’s amazing the life this movie has,”

said Adams from her Los Angeles home. She portrayed scientist Kay Lawrence,

who was abducted by the infatuated GillMan toward the end of the creaturefeature. “It’s a classic beauty-and-the-beast

story, with stunning underwaterphotography filmed at Wakulla Springs,Fla., because of its clear waters. Thelagoon scenes were shot at the UniversalStudios back lot where Gilligan’s Islandwas filmed.”Underwater, Adams was doubled by

Ginger Stanley, while Ricou Browningdonned the rubber creature suit forswimming scenes. On land, the creaturewas played by Ben Browning. “Ben began going to fan conventions

in the 1990s and convinced me toattend my first one in 2003. It’swonderful to meet so many people whostill enjoy your work.”Fans have also shared some

interesting admissions with Adams. “Some told me they became

zoologists or paleontologists because ofthe film. And I met a little girl who wasnamed after my character!” In 2011, the Arkansas-raised actress

self-published her autobiography, TheLucky Southern Star: Reflections from theBlack Lagoon, coauthored with her son,Mitch Danton. The book contains some200 photographs, many unpublishedfrom her personal collection, with a

chapter devoted to Black Lagoon.Of course, the Creature wasn’t the

only biped with whom Adams costarredduring her career. She received topbilling with less scaly characters such asWilliam Powell, Glenn Ford, CharltonHeston, Elvis Presley, Rock Hudson,and many others (seewww.julieadams.biz). “Rock and I were about the same age,

so we became close friends and oftenplayed bridge.”

One of her favorite costars wasJimmy Stewart, with whom sheappeared in Bend of the River two yearsbefore Black Lagoon. Two decades later,she reunited with Stewart in 1971 forThe Jimmy Stewart Show.“After I read for the part of Jimmy’s

wife, he gave me a little nod as if to say,‘You’ve got the job’—and I did. Jimmywas wonderfully informal butprofessional, so it wasn’t hard to pretendto be in love with such a lovely man andtalented actor.” However, critics and audiences were

not so enamored with the show, whichwas canceled after the first season.“It was quite a charming show but

came out the same time as more edgysitcoms like All in the Family,” saidAdams, who still remembers it fondly.“My idea of heaven was going to workwith Jimmy Stewart every day for sixmonths!”Unlike the little-remembered TV

show, The Creature from the BlackLagoon continues to gain fans from newgenerations. “Some projects just take on a life of

their own,” says Adams. “The Creaturestill walks among us.”

Thomas’ features and columns haveappeared in more than 400 magazines andnewspapers, and he is the author of Raisedby the Stars, published by McFarland. Hecan be reached at his blog: http://getnickt.blogspot.com

All photos provided by Julie Adams’ son,Mitch Danton.

Julie Adams Revisits the Black Lagoon

Tinseltown Talks

Nick Thomas

Julie Adams andthe Creature inscenes fromCreature from theBlack Lagoon.

Halloween 2013 at Spooky Empirein Orlando, Fla.

Adams with Jimmy Stewartin 1972.

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“A local audience is clearly in mind.”Contrary to what many believe(and to the disappointment ofthe ill-informed), DNA tests, in

and of themselves, cannot take a sampleof one’s genetic material and magicallyproduce a list of ancestors by name anddate, going back generation upongeneration.

The key to developing that kind ofpersonal ancestry is to have hundreds (orthousands — the more the merrier) ofdonors have their DNA tested and thencompared.

The actual “family tree” enhancementcomes not from the DNA tests, but fromknowledge that may have been compiledby conventional means (what I call“paper genealogy”) by one or severaldonors with matching DNA.

I’ll use some examples from23andMe to augment mydiscussion. Other DNA-testing venues are similar.When you register on23andMe, you(voluntarily) provideimportant informationabout yourself: your currentresidence; ancestral villages; andcommon family and ancestral surnames.

After your DNA is analyzed, 23andMeadds items to your list: ancestry, thegeographical place where most of your“ancestral composition” occurred about500 years ago (mine is Southern Europe);and codes for the “maternal haplogroup”and “paternal haplogroup” representingsome of your ancestors’ whereabouts5,000 to 25,000 years ago (myhaplogroups are, respectively, H3 andI2b1).

In addition to characterizing a donorby ancestral composition of 500 yearsago, and identifying his/her haplogroupsfrom the distant past, 23andMe providesa list of DNA relatives identified as‘‘23andMe members who share arelationship with you.”

This is a list (coded by the participantfor privacy) that shows your purportedrelatives who are in the 23andMedatabase, from the closest to the mostdistant. The closest one shown in mycase is a “second to fourth cousin,” andthe most distant (number 551 on the list)is identified only as a “distant cousin.”

Next to each name in the list is the

voluntary information that personentered—and here’s the rub: Somepeople give (as I do) their own full,uncoded names, as well as a number ofancestral origins and dozens of familysurnames; others give no name, noancestral towns, no surnames.

Why anyone joins a DNA service andthen shares no information is beyond me,because it is that very information thatone uses to see whether there are anyobvious reasons for assuming arelationship.

Each person in the list, whether theyhave given much, or only minimal,information, can be contacted through23andMe. I can simply send a message,asking the person to start a conversation

with me, all protected and private,through 23andMe; or I canrequest that the person sharetheir genome (geneticblueprint) with me.

The person can thenelect to share their healthand genealogicalinformation or only their

genealogical information, orthey can decline to share anything

(again, why join the service and thendecline to share?).

Those who agree to share informationcan then be selected for comparison,which shows a bar graph of the 23chromosome pairs, highlighting thosesegments of certain chromosomes thatare an exact match to mine. A measure ofDNA length is the “centiMorgan” (cM).Most venues consider matching segmentsof 7 cM or longer as significant: that is,showing a genetic relationship betweentwo people.

If two close relatives had their DNAcompared, there would be a large numberof long segments that matched, in mostof the chromosomes. The more distantthe relationship, the fewer and shorterthe matching segments would be.

Next time: hits and misses.

Coniglio is the author of a novella inspiredby his Sicilian research entitled The Lady ofthe Wheel, available in paperback atamzn.to/racalmuto or in an e-book atbit.ly/LadyOfTheWheelKindle. For moreinformation, check out his webpage atbit.ly/AFCGen or email him [email protected].

DNA andFamily Trees

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Angelo Coniglio

Jerry Buchko says he was fascinatedby airplanes as long as he canremember. As a child growing up in

Donora, Pa., he would spend hoursassembling kits of aircraft that he wouldadd to his personal air force.

So it wasn’t surprising that, when hewas able to, he enlisted in the Air Forcein February 1953.

After basic training at Sampson AirForce Base in New York, he shipped bytrain to Keesler AFB in Biloxi, Miss.

“I was a little surprised that when itwas 45 F as we stepped on the train, itwas 90 F when we stepped off the nextday in Biloxi,” he says. “For guys withnothing but our heavy wool uniforms,that was hot.”

He was assigned to the BasicElectronics School in Biloxi that taughtvirtually all the Air Force men whowould be working in all phases ofelectronics.

Buchkodid well there,so well that atthe end ofthis five-monthassignment,he was chosento attend thethree-monthflightsimulationschool thattaught howto operateand care forthe simulators that gave pilots variouskinds of flight experience withoutleaving the ground.

Then it was off to O’Hare AFB inChicago, to the 62nd Fighter Squadron asa flight simulator specialist. ThereBuchko had six more months of hands-

onexperiencewith thehugeflightsimulatorunder thewatchfuleye of themanu -facturer’srepresent -

atives, who provided the training.Every F-86D pilot was required to

spend two hours every month “flying”the simulator through various weather

conditions, flying hazards, and aerialattacks set up by the push of a button inthe simulator’s control room by a flightsimulator specialist like Buchko.

Realism was the key. There were twoloudspeakers beneath the cockpit thatemitted the whine of a jet engine. Fornight flying, there were flashes oflightening and rumbles of thunder, asneeded. When the pilot entered the simulator,

he had the same instrumentation as inthe airplane itself. He started the engine,called for taxiing information, taxied fortake-off, and took off for a mission asdirected by the flight simulatorspecialist. And he “flew” it as he would have

flown the F-86D. But, in the simulator,he was able to practice recovering fromemergencies like fires, flame-outs, andloss of controls that could have beenfatal in the airplane itself. If he failed tocorrect problems, a loud bell announcedthat he had crashed. Input from the control room was

carried through 60 miles of wire and1,262 electronic tubes, a total of 28,000pounds of equipment to make this allhappen. To get everything in motiontook 3,000 watts of electricity per hour.The flight simulation specialists wereresponsible for keeping all the tubes,wires, and connections in workingorder.Specialists like Buchko had to be able

to play the role of operators of towers,instrument-landing systems (ILS),ground-controlled approach systems(GCA), and other systems the F-86Dpilots would be using. There was so

much to know and so many pilots totrain that the simulator was in service24 hours a day. Still, there were hours when pilots

were not being trained. In those hours,specialists like Buchko were encouragedto use the simulator themselves and toset up for themselves flight conditionslike those they would use in actual pilottraining. Buchko took full advantage of that,

putting himself through the same paceshe’d put the pilots through. And that’show he racked up the hundreds of hourshe had flying the F-86D, a jet airplanethat could fly at more than the speed ofsound in level flight.When his hitch was up in February

1957, Buchko left the Air Force as anairman first class and worked for acouple of years for a factory that madethe electronic products sold by Sears. Hethen entered the Indiana Institute ofTechnology in Fort Wayne, using theG.I. Bill to earn a B.S. as an electricalengineer.That got him a job with RCA in

Central Pennsylvania, where he workedfor the next 15 years as a power tubeengineer. In that job, the power tubes hedeveloped were used in many of therockets used in the moon shots from theKennedy Space Center in Florida. He then moved to Quality and

Reliability Assurance for another 20years before retiring from BurleIndustries, Inc., the company that hadpurchased the RCA plant.In retirement, he now spends one day

a week volunteering with Meals onWheels. He also spends time in hishobby, woodworking. And, wouldn’tyou know, he still spends lots of time ina Microsoft Flight Simulator, acomputer game that permits him to flymany different kinds of aircraft toairports across the world. He still can’t quite get over the fact

that the work of the Air Force simulatorthat he used to operate filled an entireroom, while the Microsoft simulator henow uses can do most of the same tasks,although it fits on a single disk that heplays through his desktop computer.

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

He Flew the F-86D Sabre Jet for Hundreds of Hours… Without Ever Leaving the Ground

Robert D. Wilcox

Salute to a Veteran

A/2C Gerald (Gerry) Buchkoat Keesler AFB in 1953.

Buchko at the controls ofthe flight simulator atO’Hare AFB in 1954.

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been overwhelmingly supportive, withmore than 60 area exhibitors comingtogether for the joint event.

The Veterans’ Expo will connectactive and retired military members andtheir families with the benefits andresources available to them through localbusinesses and organizations.

Exhibitors represented will includecommunity service providers, healthcareprofessionals, VFWs, and AmericanLegions, plus businesses coveringeverything from home improvement,legal services, and finance to retirementliving and insurance.

“Whether they’ve been out of theservice for a long time and new benefitshave been added or amended, or theyare recently discharged and needassistance, my goal is that more veteransand their families will find the answersthey need and the jobs they must have atthe Veterans’ Expo & Job Fair,”Anderson said.

The Job Fair will provide anopportunity for veterans and employersto meet face to face to discuss availablepositions and connect with VA benefitscounselors, education/training providers,and business-startup assistancerepresentatives, among others.

“The more acquainted we becamewith the challenges facing our veterans,it became abundantly clear that we alsoneeded to incorporate a job fair into theExpo,” Anderson said. “With more than200,000 men and women leaving themilitary every year, they need jobs.”

Workshops and seminars will beoffered on relevant topics, includingresume writing, career planning, andinterviewing techniques.

The Veterans’ Expo & Job Fair willbegin with an opening ceremony. TheRed Rose Honor Guard, which has beenhonoring local veterans at funerals andcivic services since 1998, will commencethe proceedings with a special ceremonyhonoring all branches of military service.

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Later, at 10:30 a.m., AudreyBergstresser, department service officerat VFW, Department of Pennsylvania,will present information on veterans’benefits.

Through a partnership with KeystoneMilitary Families, a CentralPennsylvania-based nonprofit, the aim ofthe Veterans’ Expo & Job Fair alsoexpands to benefit troops currentlystationed at home and abroad, especiallythis upcoming holiday season.

Representatives from KMF will be onhand accepting attendee donationstoward its Stockings for Soldiersprogram, which sends holiday carepackages to “fill the stockings” ofAmerican troops.

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With its connections to communityresources, services, and jobs, theVeterans’ Expo & Job Fair has beendesigned to be of practical benefit to theservicemen and –women it is geared toreach.

But Anderson said that, if nothingelse, she hopes the event accomplishesone basic goal: “for the men and womenwho join us to know that we are tryingto show our appreciation for theirservice to our country.”

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