Lebanon County 50plus Senior News June 2013

Bill Hager astride his bicycle in front of Erb’s Covered Bridge near Rothsville,which is included in his bicycle club’s Covered Bridge Metric Century ride.

By Megan Joyce

Our bodies—no matter their age—are designed to move. Healthprofessionals are continually extolling this wisdom to their patients forimproved physical and mental well-being.

In surprisingly varied ways, Bill Hager has built a lifestyle with this maximat its center. Hager, a successful businessman with a local family history that’sgenerations deep, likes to keep most of his time anything but spare.

Hager is an avid bicyclist, hiker, and scuba diver—not to mentionmagician and photographer.

“I have found that, for myself, if I’m moving, I’m feeling better, and if I’mmoving, I’m less convinced that I can’t do it anymore,” Hager laughed.

Hager’s affinity for the sea and its depths began as a boy, born into afamily that always loved the seashore.

“There were a couple of shows on TV that really motivated me and turnedon my imagination, and one of those shows was Flipper,” he said. “I had thisdream that someday I would live in Florida and have my own dolphin, ofcourse.”

Fast forward a few decades, and Hager has dozens of scuba dives under hiswater-logged belt. In the 18 years since he got hooked on diving—aftertrying out a resort course on scuba diving while vacationing in Nassau—Hager has dived in locales such as Grand Cayman Island and the Turks andCaicos Islands, both in the Caribbean.

He has also taken scuba courses both locally and on subsequent vacations,which culminated in his earning his advanced open water certification.

please see MOVE page 15

Diver, Bicyclist, and Hiker FindsHealth on Land and Sea

Made to Move

Traveltizers:

Follow the Gold

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How Health Insurance

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Early Retirees

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Most veterinary practices haveTVs in the waiting rooms. Justlike in an elevator where

nobody acknowledges the other, everyonestares at that TV.

Our dog, Becky, is terrified at thevet’s. When I cuddled her the last timewe were there, I could feel her shaking. Isaw other dogs crying and tremblingwhile their owners were trying tocomfort them. But did I offer a treatfrom my pocket or even pet them? Nope.

There aren’t many places where we’remore connected to each other than inwaiting rooms. Yet when I’m in one, Ikeep to myself, hiding behind a magazinewhile pretending I can’t hear the voicesof people sitting right next to me. Butthe thing is—basically we’re in theserooms for the same reasons.

In my neurologist’s waiting room,we’re all sitting there with various formsof paralysis. And we don’t speak to each

other? Sheesh! On one visit, when I was wearing my

awful, rock-solid, Darth-Vader-style neckbrace, I actuallyturned away fromanybody who waswearing the samebrace, intentionallyavoiding eye contact.

Double sheesh! It’snot like we don’tnotice these huge,dreadful appliancesaround our necks.Yet we handle thisstrong groupconnection byisolating ourselvesfrom one another.

Last week, I was in a dentist’s waitingroom while my husband, Bob, washaving a tooth extracted. This time Ibrought a book to use as a barricade.

Within a few feet of me, a young boywas crying.

“I’m scared,” he said to his father. Sowhat did I do? I keptreading.

And then I hadthat moment. Thatonce-in-a-lifetimemoment. I made achange—one fromwhich I will neverreturn.

I put my bookdown and whisperedto them, “I’m thesame way at dentistappointments. Afriend taught me tomassage the skin

between my left thumb and forefingerwhenever I’m anxious.”

I showed them what I meant. Then Iwatched as the father cradled his son’s

hand and helped him to relax. “It’s working,” the boy’s dad said to

me, as his son slowly stopped his rapidbreathing and began yawning.

The next time I’m in a waiting room,I will not miss the opportunity toconnect with another who’s scared. Manyare just as frightened as I am, just aslonely, just as needful for a human, ordog, connection.

From now on, I’m going to try tobreak through the isolation andhopefully make it a tiny bit better—forpatients, their families, their caregivers,their friends, for me, for Bob … andespecially for Becky.

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

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Gerald Cramer grew up inHarrisburg. He had alwaysbeen the kind of guy who

had looked for where the action was.He had, for example, hitchhiked tothe West Coast through the northernstates, and then returned the sameway through the southern states. Hehad left with $60 in his pocket andcame back with $6 and change.

Wanting to fly, he applied to theNavy but found that he wascolorblind. So he enlisted in theArmy while a senior in high school,and then completed a semester atDickinson College before beingcalled in.

At the time, he was raring to go… never guessing that he was to begrievously wounded in combat orthat he was to be awarded a PurpleHeart with three Battle Stars.

He took his basic training at FortBenning, Ga., and then was assignedto the 87th Division. When helearned that he was to ship out ofNew York on the Queen Elizabeth,he figured things couldn’t get muchbetter than that. He was to go onthe largest ocean liner ever built,with luxurious amenities and apeacetime crew of 1,200.

What he found when boarding inNew York, however, was that all theamenities had been exchanged inwartime for a refitting to carry10,000 troops jammed into everyspare inch of space on the greatvessel.

Not that it mattered a lot, becausethe ship, cruising at 26 knots, madethe crossing to Scotland in a mere4.5 days. She was so much fasterthan the German u-boats that shesailed without a convoy, zigzaggingher way across the sea with only hergreat speed to protect her.

Cramer later learned that, by theend of the war, the Queen Elizabethhad carried more than a milliontroops to the warzone in the courseof sailing 500,000 miles.

Arriving safely in Scotland, thedivision moved south to England,where they joined General GeorgePatton’s Third Army and staged formovement to France. Reaching

LeHavre, France, on Nov. 28, 1944,they joined the VIII Corps thatplayed a key role in exploiting thebreakout from the Normandybeachhead.

They surged into Brittany andthen across northern France.Bypassing Paris, they liberated largechunks of territory. When the 101st

Airborne Division was besieged atBastogne during the Battle of theBulge, the Third Army was quicklyturned north to successfully relievethe division.

Cramer shakes his head as he tellsof the fighting at the “bulge.”

“It was so cold,” he says, “that lotsof men lost toes and feet fromfreezing. I poured rifle oil over mine,and that seemed to insulate themenough.”

The Third Army successfullysealed off the western end of the“bulge” and moved on throughLuxembourg. In the first week ofFebruary, they pushed through thevaunted Siegfried Line intoGermany.

And that’s where Cramer’s warended.

On Feb. 28, 1945, he was a staffsergeant leading a dozen or so mentoward Germans who were in awooded area ahead of them.Suddenly, fire from a Germanmachine gun ripped him with bullets

that took out his right eye, brokeribs in the right side of his chest, andhit his right leg.

As the Germans were driven back,he remembers one of his buddieswho came to recover him saying toanother, “I think he’s dead.”

“That’s when I managed a moanto let them know that, at least, I wasstill alive.”

They moved him to a fieldhospital, then to a hospital inBelgium, and finally to a majorhospital in England. The hospital inBelgium patched up his ribs, using32 sutures to close the wound. Theyremoved his right eye and took skinfrom his neck and leg to reconstructthe eye socket.

In England, they decided that theeye socket would look more normalif they used skin from his mouth. Sothe surgery was done and he wasfitted with a glass eye.

He was then flown back to theU.S. and admitted to Valley ForgeGeneral Hospital for furtherrecuperation until he was dischargedfrom the Army in July of 1946.

He adds, “They thought it betternot to take out that bullet in myright thigh. But, over 18 years, it hadmigrated to just behind my rightknee, making it hard for me to bendmy leg. So they took it out. But,” hesays, feeling his left thigh, “I stillhave a piece of shrapnel here.”

After he was discharged, he wentback to Dickinson College andearned his degree. He worked in ahardware store his dad owned inCarlisle. Then, in 1951, he moved toYork to help his dad run City Floors,which he managed for 40 years.

He’s a much-honored veteran inYork and makes it a point to takepart in many veterans activities. He’salways aware, of course, of how closehe came to sacrificing his life in theservice of his country … and isthankful for the skilled Armysurgeons who permitted him toenjoy so many more years of anactive life.

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

They Took a Bullet from His Leg18 Years after Combat

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Staff Sergeant Gerald Cramer, after leaving the Army in 1946.


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Last December, I bought a DNA kitfrom Ancestry.com, the onlinesubscription site for genealogic

records. As a subscriber, I was able topurchase the kit for a reduced price ofabout $100.

A week after making the purchaseonline, I got the kit. I had to partially filla small tube with about 5 cc of my salivaand return it.

In late January came an email fromAncestry.com, saying that my test hadfailed because I hadn’t submitted enoughsaliva. I was sent another kit, put twice asmuch sputum in it, and sent it back.

In two weeks, I got another formemail, saying the same as the other: mytest had failed and they were sending meanother kit!

I asked around with others who hadhad, or had heard of, similar experiences,and it was suggested that the next time, I

chew a little on my inner cheeks beforefilling the tube. I did so for the third kit,submitted it, and last week got anotheremail fromAncestry.com, sayingtheir analysis wouldtake six to eightweeks.

I had hoped thatby now, I could givesome personalcomments on DNAtesting, but that willhave to wait until Ireceive results. I’veheard that such“rejection” is notuncommon with anyof the venues that offer DNA testing.

I previously spoke of the DNA in thechromosomes of the cells of all humanbeings: 22 paired autosomes (shared

from mother and father), whichessentially contain a complete geneticrecord, with all branches of a person’s

ancestry at somepoint contributinga piece of his orher autosomal orshared DNA(auDNA).

I also mentionedthe 23rd pair, thesex chromosomepair, which, inwomen, has two Xchromosomes: onefrom the father,one from themother. In men,

the 23rd chromosome has only one Xfrom the mother, and from the father, aY chromosome that contains paternal orY-DNA.

In addition to the DNA inchromosomes, a special type of DNAexists called mitochondrial DNA,maternal DNA, or simply mtDNA. It ishanded down only from females. A malereceives mtDNA from his mother butpasses none to his children. mtDNAmutates very slowly (approximately every50 generations), so it is valuable ingenealogic analyses.

A chromosome is a single piece ofcoiled DNA, while mtDNA has acircular shape. Both contain the materialthat controls the inheritance of eye color,hair color, and many other humancharacteristics. The contents andarrangement of these elements define anyhuman as an individual, and thesimilarity of certain elements can be usedto determine how closely two differentdonors of DNA are related.

A grasp of these concepts is necessaryin order to understand how DNA testingcan provide genealogic information. Thetesting can be done on shared DNA(auDNA), on paternal DNA (Y-DNA),or on maternal DNA (mtDNA). The

type of DNA that is used determineswhich genealogic information may befound, and to an extent, how reliable theresults may be.

In early DNA testing, geneticistsstained the appropriate chromosomes ormitochondrial DNA to be viewed undera microscope. This reveals a bandingpattern that appears on the stainedspecimens. These bands mark thelocation of genes on each chromosome,and when displayed in drawings calledideograms, they allow visual comparisonof DNA from different species but arenot refined enough for genealogicalanalyses.

Modern testing of DNA is morecomplicated. The genetic material is putthrough a succession of chemical andmechanical processes until the DNA isremoved and sequenced by computer.This gives the order of the nucleic acidbuilding blocks in the DNA or thedegree of repetition of a particularsequence.

These sequences and groups aregenetic markers and are compared tothose of the DNA of other individuals todetermine the closeness of theirrelationship. The closer the relationship,the greater the match between markers.Over the generations, the geneticmaterial passed down from a particularancestor can be so dispersed, or somodified by mutation, that the DNAmatch is minor or inconclusive.

I want to thank my grandnephew D.J.Valint, a graduate student and instructorin biology at the University of Buffalo,for his help in making a complex topicmore understandable.

Write to Angelo at [email protected] orvisit his website, www.bit.ly/AFCGen. He isthe author of the book The Lady of the Wheel(La Ruotaia), based on his genealogicalresearch of Sicilian foundlings. Seewww.bit.ly/ruotaia for more information, ororder the book at www.amzn.to/racalmuto.

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The Squint-Eyed Senior

Theodore Rickard

What’s all this talk about SocialSecurity running short ofmoney? It seems to have

something to do with “the fiduciary.”“The fiduciary” sounds very important tome, but it also sounds like something todo with Wall Street, and that makes mepretty skittish about it in view of what’shappened over the past few years.

I have learned the gist of SocialSecurity’s problems via a seriously baldpundit on TV. Seriously bald men, Ibelieve, should be taken seriously.Jokesters and other trivial people alwaysseem to have full heads of hair.

Anyway, the concern is that there aretoo many people drawing Social Securityand not enough people paying it. Thatsituation, I can see, could have direconsequences. I have broached thissubject with the treasurer of our fiscalfamily unit, she of the lifetime spousalappointment as family comptroller.

“I’m sure they’ll straighten it out,dear,” was her response. And the more Ithought about it, she was probably right.Again.

Forexample:The yearthat two ofthegrandkidswere oldenough tospend thesummerworking as lifeguards, they got greatsuntans—which will delight the localdermatologists a few years from now—and read a lot of trashy novels. Nobodydrowned.

The paychecks were deposited at thelocal bank to provide funding for thenext year’s freshman college expenses.These turned out to include spring

break, which pretty well wiped out thefunding. I remember their father’sremarking about this with considerable

emphasis atthe time.

Then asthe futurerushedupon them,at the endof the year,and beforespringbreak, each

of the lifeguards got an official form thatsummarized their year’s income andwithheld taxes. One could call this the“wage-earner’s great awakening.”

Their father—who hadn’t yetdiscovered the educational necessity ofspring break and was still speaking toboth of them—explained what FICAactually meant. Just what the initials do

stand for escapes me for the moment. I’llbet it did him, too, but he also let dropthat the FICA tax was what paid SocialSecurity checks to Grandmother andGramps every month.

This proved too much information, inmy opinion. I won’t say it really changedthe children’s attitudes, but they’ve beenlooking at us kind of funny ever sinceand, sometimes, rather askance or evensnootily, I think.

Since then, I have been doing somehead counting. Each of our adultchildren has a job. Most of their spouseshave jobs also. Since none is behind bars,we can assume each is paying up the tax.

Also, the older of their offspring havejobs. And, likewise, they are at large.Even aside from the suntanned anddermatologically at-risk lifeguards, severalof the other older grandkids have at leastpart-time or summer employment.

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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.

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Traveltizers Travel Appetizers: Stories that Whet the Appetite for Travel

By Andrea Gross

I enter my hotel room, open thedrape, and there it is—Colorado’s PikesPeak, one of the world’s most famousmountains, outlined against the settingsun. This is the very same view thatgreeted Katharine Lee Bates when, aftera day atop the 14,000-foot granitemound, she penned the words to“America the Beautiful.”

As I look out the window of ourhotel, the Hilton Antler (called theAntler Hotel in Bates’ day), I’msimilarly inspired but less talented.Fortunately, my husband captures thescene with his camera.

Long before Bates wrote about the“spacious skies,” the mountain hadenergized other Americans. As theeasternmost big peak of the RockyMountains, visible for 100 miles, it wasa beacon for gold prospectors as theyset forth on the last, and longest-lasting,American gold rush.

Where it All Began – Georgia, 1826We begin our Gold Route Tour 1,500

miles from Pikes Peak in the small townswest and north of Atlanta. Both theCherokee and the Spanish found nuggetsof Georgia gold as early as the 16th

century, but the real rush didn’t beginuntil the mid-1820s.

We learn this while watching a film atVilla Rica’s Pine Mountain GoldMuseum, which is built on the site of anold gold mine.

Afterward we walk a 3-mile trail that’sdotted with old mining equipment.Interpretative signs tell us that theequipment was abandoned when a manwho was out hunting deer 100 miles tothe northeast quite literally tripped over agolden rock.

Within a year, 15,000 men left VillaRica to go to the new site, Dahlonega,which gets its name from the Cherokeeword for “yellow.”

The town has a charming mainsquare, a museum located in a historiccourthouse, two gold mines, and, best of

Follow the Gold

A tour of Consolidated Gold Mines takesfolks back to the first major gold rush in

American history.

Locals try to strike it rich at theCrisson Gold Mine in Dahlonega.

Katharine Lee Bates wrote the words to“America the Beautiful” while looking at

this view of Pikes Peak.

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After touring the undergroundConsolidated Gold Mines, we head toCrisson Gold Mine, where we find severallocals panning for gold.

“I come every weekend,” one confesses.“It’s fun, but I’d be better off playing thestock market.” We leave without investingin a gold-panning experience.

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The Rush in the West –California, 1849

The Dahlonega rush paled incomparison to the one that took place inCalifornia in the late 1840s. On Jan. 24,1848, a man named James Marshall wasbuilding a mill for Captain John Sutterwhen he spotted a gold rock. Newstraveled fast, and soon an estimated300,000 people headed west to try theirluck and test their skill.

The old mill is long gone, but there’s areplica in Marshall Gold Discovery StateHistoric Park near Coloma, along withother reminders of gold rush days: a storemill, a 19th-century school, and twostores that are reminders of the Chinesewho helped settle the area.

Later we drive south on Highway 49,which links old mining towns filled with

quaint bed-and-breakfasts and award-winning wineries housed in restoredgold-era buildings.

After about two hours we reachColumbia State Park, where costumedactors show us how folks lived during thegolden days. We visit period-specificstores, see blacksmiths at work, and takea ride in a stagecoach. For moreinformation, visit www.coloma.com andwww.visitcolumbiacalifornia.com.

Pikes Peak or Bust – Colorado, 1859Not long after disheartened

prospectors abandoned California, goldwas found in a Colorado creek. Morethan 50,000 ever-hopeful men, urged onby the slogan “Pikes Peak or Bust,” racedto find their fortune in the Rockies. Thenearby towns of Cripple Creek andVictor became go-to, get-rich places.

We begin our tour at the MollieKathleen Gold Mine, where we’re

crammed into an elevator for a two-minute ride that takes us 1,000 feetunderground. A guide lets us experiencewhat it was like for the miners byturning off the lights and turning on thedrills. The darkness is oppressive, thenoise deafening.

Although I believe him when he saysthat conditions are better now, I stillcross “miner” off my list of possiblesecond careers.

To learn more about the history of thearea, we board a narrow-gauge steam-engine railroad for a 45-minute ridethrough rocky hills covered with spindlypines and abandoned mine structures,some of which sit atop mines that are asdeep as the Empire State Building is tall.Many folks estimate that these hills stillhold more than $6 billion of gold.

In the meantime, as trucks and drillrigs race around the stepped walls of thevast caldera where the mineral is hidden,Cripple Creek is almost as well knownfor its casinos as for its mining. It seemsthat the search for gold takes manyforms.

For more information, visitwww.visitcripplecreek.com andwww.pikes-peak.com.

Photos © Irv Green unless otherwise noted;story by Andrea Gross (www.andreagross.com).

A narrow-gaugetrain through

Colorado’s miningcountry is an

excellent way tolearn the history of

the area.

Mining is still bigbusiness near CrippleCreek, Colo.

Pine Mountain GoldMuseum in Villa Rica’s

Stockmar Park features anold water wheel.

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The way I figure it is this: If SocialSecurity taxes total 13 percent, dividedbetween employer and wage earner, as wehave been told, it takes only eightworkers to pay us just as much as theyare earning, doesn’t it? (Eight times 13percent equals 104 percent if youremember to carry the two.)

Since there are a lot more than eightin our family—not counting the idlyfrolicking grandparents—what’s the

problem? We recipients are no longerstraightening teeth, feeding teenageweightlifters, and funding a lot ofexpensive etcetera, so the numbersshould work out pretty well. In fact, weshould be living pretty high on this deal.

But knowledgeable financial peoplecontinue to insist that Social Security isin dire straits, fiscally speaking. Clearly,then, not everybody has eight or moreworkers out there, funding their fair

share. Besides which, there are our

grandkids’ other grandparents out there,someplace. We both send and receiveChristmas cards with/from them. Wearen’t close enough to ask if they arereceiving Social Security checks on aregular basis, but it’s just about a surething that they are.

So it’s obvious that we, the moremature portion of the population, must

think seriously about the future. Wemust be fiscally responsible. However, aspoliticians battle heatedly over all sorts ofproposals, nobody even mentions theobvious. More grandkids.

Just don’t tell the fathers. They getkind of testy about money sometimes.

A collection of Ted Rickard’s family-funessays is titled Anything Worth Knowing ILearned from the Grandkids. It is nowavailable in paperback on Amazon.com.

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Bethany Village — Maplewood325 Wesley Drive • Mechanicsburg, PA 17055717-766-0279 • www.bethanyvillage.org

Total AL and/or PC Beds: 100

Assisted Living Residence: Yes

Private: 100

Private Pay: Yes

SSI Accepted: No

Short-term Lease: Yes

Entrance Fee/Security Deposit: No

Outdoor Areas/Fitness Center: Yes

Medication Management: Yes

On-call Medical Service: Yes

Health Fee-for-Service Available: Yes

Alzheimer’s Care: Yes

Respite Care: Yes

Social Programs: Yes

Housekeeping/Laundry Service: Yes

Transportation (Scheduled): Yes

Personal Car Permitted: Yes

Pets Permitted: Yes

Comments: 1-bedroom suites; secured

memory support neighborhood;

skilled nursing – The Oaks.

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


Personal Care Home: Yes

Private: Yes

Semi-private: Yes

Private Pay: Yes

SSI Accepted: No

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On-call Medical Service: No

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Pets Permitted: Yes

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Chapel Pointe770 South Hanover Street • Carlisle, PA 17013717-249-1363 • www.chapelpointe.org



Private: Yes

Semi-private: No

Private Pay: Yes

SSI Accepted: No




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Alzheimer’s Care: No

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Personal Car Permitted: No

Pets Permitted: No

Assisted Living Residences/Personal Care Homes

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Garden Spot Village433 South Kinzer Avenue • New Holland, PA 17557717-355-6272 • www.gardenspotvillage.org



Private: Yes

Semi-private: Yes

Private Pay: Yes

SSI Accepted: No









Respite Care: Yes





Pets Permitted: No

Comments: Ideal for people who relish

independence yet welcome caring

assistance. Live with Opportunity.

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



Private: Yes

Semi-private: Yes

Private Pay: Yes

SSI Accepted: No









Respite Care: Yes





Pets Permitted: No

Comments: Beautiful environment,

rural setting yet within walking

distance of area shopping and

community services.

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



Private: Yes

Semi-private: No

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Comments: Exemplary care in a caring,

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Farmers Market Program Returns in June

The Lebanon County Area Agency onAging will again be the distributingagency for the Farmers’ MarketNutrition Program (FMNP) checks in2013.

The purpose of the FMNP,administered by the PennsylvaniaDepartment of Agriculture, is to provideto seniors resources in the form of fresh,nutritious, unprepared fruits andvegetables from farmers markets and toexpand the awareness and use of farmersmarkets and increase sales at suchmarkets.

Program highlights for 2013 are asfollows:

Eligibility – Eligible persons must beLebanon County residents and must be60 years of age or older during 2013.Income guidelines are $21,257 for oneperson and $28,694 for two people.When picking up checks, persons mustshow proof of residence and age. Proof ofincome need not be shown; it is a “self-declaration.”

Proxy Forms – If an eligible senior isunable to pick up their own checks, theymay have an authorized person, a“proxy,” pick up checks for them,provided the senior completes and signsthe official proxy form. The proxysigning the proxy form must be the sameperson picking up the checks and signingthe check register for the senior.

Completed proxy forms, limited tofour per person, must be brought to thedistribution site by the proxy in order toreceive checks for the eligible senior.Blank proxy forms will be available at alldistribution sites in advance.

Benefits – Eligible persons receivefour $5 checks for a total benefit of $20one time during the program year.

Timeframes – FMNP checks can beused June 1 through Nov. 30, 2013.

Eligible Food – FMNP checks mayonly be used to purchase produce grownor produce that is able to grow inPennsylvania. FMNP checks may not beused at grocery stores.

All distribution times will be 10 a.m.to 1 p.m. except Maple Street (10 a.m.to 2 p.m.).

June 6 – Maple Street SeniorCommunity Center (first-floorauditorium), 710 Maple St., Lebanon

June 10 – Townehouse Apartments,1111 Reinoehl St., Lebanon

June 12 – Palmyra Senior CommunityCenter, Palmyra Interfaith Manor, 101 S.Railroad St., Palmyra

June 13 – Annville Senior Community,200 S. White Oak St., Annville

June 17 – Myerstown SeniorCommunity Center, 59 N. RamonaRoad, Myerstown

June 20 – Stevens Towers Apartments,10th and Willow streets, Lebanon

June 25 – Northern Lebanon SeniorCommunity Center, 135 N. LancasterSt., Jonestown

June 27 – Willow Terrace Apartments,Eighth and Willow streets, Lebanon

July 9 – Washington Arms Apartments,303 Chestnut St., Lebanon

July 11 – Poplar Terrace Apartments,605 S. Eighth St., Lebanon

Lebanon County Area Agency onAging cannot guarantee checks to eligibleseniors at each distribution site. Checksare handed out on a first-come, first-served basis.

Eligible seniors are welcome to attendany distribution site to receive checks. Ifan eligible senior resides in one high-rise,for example, he/she may go to any otherhigh-rise or any senior center to receivechecks.

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



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Semi-private: No

Private Pay: Yes

SSI Accepted: No









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Pets Permitted: No

Comments: Excellent care in a lovely

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



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SSI Accepted: No









Respite Care: Yes





Pets Permitted: Yes

Comments: Discover a vibrant

community of peers where you can

enjoy life and loved ones can relax.

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



Private: Yes

Semi-private: Yes

Private Pay: Yes

SSI Accepted: No









Respite Care: Yes





Pets Permitted: No

Comments: Private or shared living in

spacious rooms with private baths. Friendly

staff assist where needed to help maintain

your independence.

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



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Semi-private: Yes

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Dear Savvy Senior,What can you tell me about the new

Obamacare health insurance exchanges thatbegin next year? I am interested in retiringearly at age 61, but I need to find someaffordable health insurance until myMedicare benefits begin in a few years.

– Ready to Retire

Dear Ready,The new health insurance

exchanges—also known as HealthInsurance Marketplaces—that begin in2014 will be a welcome benefit tomillions of Americans who need healthinsurance, especially uninsured babyboomers and pre-Medicare retirees whooften have a difficult time findingaffordable coverage.

How It Will WorkAs part of the Affordable Care Act,

starting Oct. 1 you willbe able to shop andcompare healthinsurance policies inyour area and enroll inone directly throughyour state’s HealthInsurance Marketplacewebsite. The policieswill go into effect onJan. 1, 2014.

You’ll also be happyto know that federallaw dictates thatMarketplace insurerscannot deny youcoverage or charge youhigher rates based on preexisting healthconditions, and they can’t charge womenmore than men. But, they can chargeolder customers more than youngerones—up to three times more.

Every state will havea Marketplace, but eachstate can choose how itwill operate. Seventeenstates and the District ofColumbia will run theirown state-basedMarketplace, sevenstates will partner withthe federal government,and 26 states will offerfederal Marketplaces.Pennsylvania is amongthe latter.

The differencesbetween federal andstate programs will be

subtle. You will be able to access eachstate’s Health Insurance Marketplace atwww.healthcare.gov.

The policies available through theseMarketplaces will be sold by insurancecompanies and will provide a package of10 essential benefits, includingemergency services, hospital care, labservices, prescription drugs, doctor visits,preventive care, and rehab services.

To make shopping and comparing alittle easier, the health plans will bedivided into four different levels—bronze, silver, gold, and platinum—eachoffering similar benefits but with adifferent cost structure. The bronze planwill have the lowest monthly premiumsbut have highest out-of-pocket costs,while the platinum plans will have thehighest premiums but the lowestdeductibles and co-payments.

The Marketplaces will also offer a toll-free hotline to help you choose a plan

that meets your needs and budget. Thesehelpers aren’t associated with anyparticular plan, and they aren’t on anytype of commission, so the help they giveyou will be completely unbiased.

Costs and Tax CreditsPrices will vary depending on where

you live, your age, and the health planyou choose. Exact cost structures formost Marketplaces will be releasedwithin the next few months.

To help make coverage affordable,sliding-scale tax credits will be available ifyou earn less than 400 percent of thepoverty level—that’s $45,960 for a singleperson and $62,040 for couples. Thesetax-credit subsidies will provideimmediate savings off your monthlypremiums.

To find out if you qualify, or to seehow much a tax credit will reduce yourmonthly costs, you’ll need to submit aMarketplace application in October orwhen you decide enroll. In themeantime, you can calculate yourpotential tax-credit premium savings byusing the Kaiser Family Foundationcalculator at http://healthreform.kff.org.Click on “Interactive Features” and thenscroll down to “Subsidy Calculator.”

For more information on the HealthInsurance Marketplaces, including achecklist of things you can do now tohelp you choose a plan, visitwww.healthcare.gov/marketplace.

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

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Copyright by Pat Sinclair. Pat Sinclair announces the publication of her secondcookbook, Scandinavian Classic Baking (Pelican Publishing), in February 2011. Thisbook has a color photo of every recipe. Her first cookbook, Baking Basics and Beyond(Surrey Books), won the 2007 Cordon d’Or from the Culinary Arts Academy.Contact her at http://PatCooksandBakes.blogspot.com

Makes 4

Ingredients

1 1/3 cups flaked sweetened coconut3 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted2 cups fresh strawberries, sliced1/4 cup sugar1 teaspoon unflavored gelatin3 tablespoons cold water2 teaspoons lemon juice1/2 cup frozen whipped topping, thawed

Directions

Heat the oven to 325 degrees F. Lightly spray four muffin cups in a

12-cup muffin pan. Combine thecoconut and butter in a small bowl.Press about 1/3 cup into four muffincups, covering bottom and pressing upsides. Press firmly. Coconut may extendslightly over the top.

Bake 18 to 23 minutes or until coconut is crisp and browned. (Coverpan loosely with foil to prevent over browning if necessary.) Cool on a wirecooling rack. Gently remove cups from pan.

Combine strawberries and sugar in a medium bowl; let stand for about15 minutes or until juicy.

Sprinkle gelatin over cold water in a microwaveable cup. Let stand forone minute until the gelatin is thoroughly moistened. Microwave 30seconds or until liquid is clear. Mix well. Stir in lemon juice. Add gelatin tostrawberries.

Cool to room temperature or until the mixture mounds slightly whenstirred. Fold in whipped topping. Spoon into coconut cups, moundingover top.

Chill several hours before serving.

Strawberry Cream TartsBy Pat Sinclair

Fresh strawberries at their peak of flavor are the centerpiece in these elegantbut simple tarts. Save a few of the best berries to use as a garnish on each tart.

Strawberries are available year round, but nothing compares with the flavorof locally grown, fresh berries, so I can hardly wait to make this in the summerberry season.

Cook’s Note:

I have also prepared this recipe in parfait glasses. Instead ofmaking individual tarts, I toasted the coconut on a bakingsheet in a 325-degree oven. Watch carefully, as it can turn darkand bitter very quickly.

Once the strawberry filling begins mounding, alternatelayers of coconut and cream in dessert cups or parfait glasses. Garnish withsliced berries.

During a recent episode ofDiscovery channel’s TV showAuction Kings, I appraised a

Federal-period writing desk that was onceowned by President Thomas Jeffersonfrom his country estate of Poplar Forestnear Lynchburg, Va.

I described the desk as Hepplewhite instyle, relating to the designs of the Britishcabinetmaker, George Hepplewhite. LikePresidentJefferson, manyof us currentlyown examplesof Hepplewhitefurniture today,both originalandreproductions.In its day,Hepplewhitewas oftenreferred to as“city furniture.”

GeorgeHepplewhite(died 1786) wasa Londondesigner andcabinetmaker.His famous guidebook, The CabinetMaker and Upholsterers Guide, waspublished in 1788 after his death.

The guidebook sparked a period ofpopularity for the furniture designsknown as Hepplewhite style from 1780to 1810. Hepplewhite furniture wasespecially popular in American statesfrom New England to the Carolinasduring the Federal period.

One of the most popular pieces in theHepplewhite style is the dining-roomsideboard or buffet. In the early 1800s, asideboard was a new furniture form.Hepplewhite sideboards are often bow-shaped, Bombay-shaped, or serpentine(curved). In the late Victorian period,circa 1870s and ’80s, Hepplewhitereproductions came to the market.

One of the distinguishing traits of trueHepplewhite furniture is a consistency offormal design. Hepplewhite piecestypically have straight legs that may besquare or tapered at the bottom (or at thefoot).

Also, an H stretcher is common onHepplewhite chairs and sofas. What’s an

H stretcher? It is a reinforcing piece ofwood that connects the legs of a chair orsofa to form the shape of the letter H.

The Hepplewhite-style feet are simplystyled and straightforward. They may bea rectangular spade foot (like the gardentool) or in the shape of an arrow (as ifthe arrow is shot directly down into theground) at the bottom of the leg of achair or sofa. On heavier pieces of

furniture like adesk, chest, ortall case,bracketed feetare common.

One of themostcharacteristictraits ofHepplewhitefurniture is theuse of intricateinlays ofcontrastingwoods and burlveneers.

Hepplewhitepieces may bemade ofsycamore

veneers, birch, or rosewood. Satinwood,maple, and mahogany are also standardwoods that are found on Hepplewhitefurniture. Decorative motifs include urns,feathers, geometric shapes, shields,ribbons, swags, and leaves.

Many manufacturers reproducedHepplewhite-style furniture in the 1900s,following in the formal footsteps of theFederal style.

Today, Hepplewhite furniturecommands high values at auction for itsclassical lines and formal look. Areproduction Hepplewhite sideboard cancommand a few thousand dollars on theopen market whereas a good, originalexample of Hepplewhite furniture canbring $50,000 to $75,000 at auction.

Ph.D. antiques appraiser, author, award-winning TV personality, and TV talk showhost, Dr. Lori presents antiques appraisalevents nationwide. Dr. Lori is the expertappraiser on Discovery channel’s hit TV showAuction Kings. Visit www.DrLoriV.com,www.Facebook.com/DoctorLori, or call (888)431-1010.

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Lebanon County

Calendar of EventsSenior Center Activities

Give Us the Scoop!Please send us your press releases so we can let our readers know about

free events occurring in Lebanon County!

Email preferred to: [email protected]

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What’s Happening?

Annville Senior Community Center – (717) 867-1796200 S. White Oak St., AnnvilleJune 8 – Historic Old Annville DayJune 14, 12:30 p.m. – Patches Creamery Ice Cream CarpoolJune 18, noon – Lunch at the Jigger Shop and Mini Golf at Mt. Gretna Lake & Beach

Maple Street Community Center – (717) 273-1048 • 710 Maple St., LebanonJune 2, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. – Bus Trip: Baltimore Pops Concert, Lunch at Inner HarborJune 14, 10 a.m. – Summer Picnic at Coleman’s Park Pavilion No. 8June 26, 4 p.m. – Carpool to Red Lobster Harrisburg

Myerstown Senior Community Center – (717) 866-678651 W. Stoever Ave., MyerstownJune 5, 7:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. – Bus Trip: Ehrhardt’s Sam Club, Private Eye, &

the Case of the Motorcoach MurderJune 13, 7:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. – Bus Trip: Gettysburg Bicentennial Anniversary TourJune 27, 12:30 p.m. – Fourth of July Party at Maple Street Center

Northern Lebanon Senior Community Center – (717) 865-0944335 N. Lancaster St., Jonestown – www.jonestownpa.org/senior.html

Palmyra Senior Community Center – (717) 838-8237101 S. Railroad St., PalmyraJune 12, 10 a.m. – Farmers Market Coupon DistributionJune 14, 11:30 a.m. – Father’s Day Luncheon at Red LobsterJune 19, 10:45 a.m. – Phone Scams Consumer Education and Discussion

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

Privately Owned Centers

Senior Center of Lebanon Valley, Inc. – (717) 274-3451 • 710 Maple St., Lebanon

Washington Arms – (717) 274-4104 • 303 Chestnut St., Lebanon

If you have an event you would like to include,

please email information to [email protected] for consideration.

Programs and Support Groups Free and open to the public

Lebanon County Department of Parks and Recreation

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

June 1, noon to 1 p.m. – Timelessness of Governor Dick and Mt. GretnaJune 2, 1 to 4 p.m. – Music on the Porch: Bluegrass and Country Music JamJune 23, 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. – The Year in Wildflowers

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

Book Review

The Erie Canal played an importantpart in the westward expansion ofthe United States. The Towpath

Tales are stories of a boy who worked as amule driver on the Erie Canal in the early1840s.

In the first book, Towpath Adventures,12-year-old Jonathan Hamilton is invitedto work for a season as his uncle’s helperon a newly acquired canal boat. Jonathanfinds himself helping escaped slaves onthis Underground Railroad that travels onwater, as well as in a tornado while lost in

the woods in central New York.In the second book, Towpath Mysteries,

Jonathan is two years older for his secondsummer on the canal boat. He findsanswers to some perplexing questions.What are men doing in the graveyard atnight? Who is the stowaway on the canalboat? Jonathan becomes aware that a girlis attracted to him. Of course, he isattracted to her, much to the amusementof his friend.

In Towpath Treasures, the third andfinal book of this series, not yet

published, an older Jonathan is ponderingwhat lies ahead for him—how he willmake a living as an adult and determiningwhat is really important in his life.

The books are available for purchaseon www.towpathtales.com or locally bymail at Towpath Tales, 11 Jordan Drive,Ronks, Pa. 17572.

About the AuthorsTo fill the void left when the last of

their four children left home, and as avidfans of our country’s history, teachers Jack

and Judith Woods decided to write abook.

Their research started at the library ofthe Erie Canal Museum in Syracuse, N.Y.,where the authors found a missionary’sdiary that told of the plight of many ofthe youngsters who worked on the canalin this time period. Some of these truestories are woven into the book.

Traveling the canal from Albany toBuffalo, they learned more about the livesof the people who worked and traveled onthe Erie Canal.

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“I didn’t have to become a master diverto feel safe, but I did feel more secure inthe water if I had the advanced openwater certificate,” he explained. “Youknow more about the sport and thingslike how to navigate under water.”

Of his many dives, there are a few thatrank as his favorites. One occurred in thewater off Providencialis Island. Hager wasscuba diving with a group at night, takingunderwater photographs, when he finallyhad his own long-awaited Flipperexperience.

A lone dolphin was spotted swimmingaround their boat, a rare sight that excitedthe divers. At night, dolphins feed and arenot usually visible; moreover, theynormally travel in pods, not alone.

“Suddenly, everybody’s flashlights werepointed toward me … It turns out thedolphin had come in on this night diveand was resting itself vertically against mytank, nuzzle down,” Hager said.

In the water again two days later,Hager heard a dolphin’s telltale clickingsound—and saw the same dolphinswimming alongside him for a fewseconds before bolting ahead.

“Then it came back! It does a 180 andswims right back to me and puts hismuzzle right up against my mask,” Hagerrecalled. “And it was absolutely fantastic.So I got to have my Flipper fantasyrealized.”

Hager stays active on dry land as well.He is a past co-president and currentboard member of a local chapter of theRoad Runners Club of America, anational organization that includesrunners, hikers, and walkers of all abilitiesand ages.

Hager only began hiking and running adecade ago when his physical therapistrecommended the sport as a way to wardoff his recurring back problems.

“There are runners at all differentlevels. You don’t have to be a marathonrunner or a winner of a 5K race to join,”said Hager. “There are a number of peoplewho just walk, but they belong to the cluband participate.

“Plus, I found that running, hiking,and bicycling on a regular basis—itactually reduced the aches and pains thatwe sometimes develop when we get to bethis age,” he added. “I had more energy,less pain, and felt much better.”

Hager’s legs are also kept in motionthrough his membership in a local bicycleclub. He hits the open road during thewarmer months, often traveling 15 to 30miles per ride, and when the weatherturns cold, he heads indoors for spinningclasses at a gym.

Hager enjoys the solitary freedom ofbicycling, where he can grab his helmet

and take off on his own. He sometimesperforms what is called a “utility ride” thataccomplishes a chore by biking instead ofdriving, like returning a rented movie.

But Hager also benefits from bikingwith a companion, which pushes himathletically and enhances his social life.

“I learn a lot from talking with people,”Hager said. “For those of us who areentering their senior years, I’ve alwaysfound that when I ride bicycle withsomeone who’s better than I am, I have abetter ride.”

Hager participates in three or fourformal bicycling events per year, eitherriding in the event or volunteering histime to help with setup and other supportactivities.

“I don’t consider myself an expert or anathlete, but my claim to fame on thebicycle is that the summer before last Irode the Dream Ride. I rode to raisemoney for UDS [United DisabilitiesServices] service dogs,” said Hager.

“And I broke my record to do that.[My record] had been a 40-mile bike ride,and I rode 100 miles that day. Of course,I trained for it—you don’t go from 40miles to 100 overnight.”

A healthy brain is as important as ahealthy body, and Hager keeps his mind’seye sharp through his keen interest inphotography. And he maintains his mentaland social health by realizing yet anotherchildhood dream.

“My father was an amateur magician;he belonged to a local magician’s club,”Hager said. “After he died, I found hisold, dusty magic bag upstairs—boy, I hadfun with that.”

For the last 25 years, Hager hasmoonlighted as a professional magician.He performs his comedic magic show tolocal, national, and internationalaudiences.

Although he is not yet retired, Hagerviews the coming years through the wiselens of an old neighborhood friend, aman in his 80s who advised him not toretire from his life when he retires fromhis job. He took those words to heart,and now, decades later, Hager has usedthem to form the basis of his lifephilosophy.

“It’s one of the best pieces of advice Iever got from anybody,” he said. “Andthat’s why I’m involved with people. I siton two boards of directors, I’m an avidphotographer, I belong to a couple ofclubs—[socializing] with people is whatkeeps the energy going for me.

“You can only experience your own life,but you can enjoy numerous lifeexperiences by mixing it up with otherpeople, and that’s what’s tremendouslyvaluable for me.”

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Lebanon County 50plus Senior News June 2013