york county 50plus senior news july 2013

Susan Weidener, creator of the Women’s Writing Circle, inside the bookshop where the group meets monthly.

Inside:

By Chelsea Peifer

Sometimes you create a life you’ve dreamed of and worked for, andsomething comes along that changes everything. In the aftermath, a personcan choose to give up and stay put or to keep going forward, to find newmeaning in a life with different circumstances.

As a writer and journalist, Susan Weidener had not only heard the storiesof people from all walks of life, but she had also articulated and retold theirstories so others could hear and understand. Writing had always been a wayfor Weidener to connect with others and to nurture her own soul.

So when Weidener was 44 and lost her husband—and love of her life—toa seven-year battle with cancer, she turned to writing as she chose to moveforward.

Weidener and her husband, John Cavalieri, had two sons, who were ages 7and 11 at the time John passed away.

“There were all of these messages then—and still are—that a singlewoman can’t raise boys alone,” said Weidener. “It’s not true. All a child needsis one charismatic adult in his or her life.”

Weidener’s perspective on single parenting might sound like effortlessperseverance, but she applies her hard work ethic to whatever she approaches,embracing the reality that one person can make a difference in a person’s life.

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How do you describe scents orfragrance in flowers? There areprobably as many ways as there

are people, scent being very subjective.It was in the Victorian times at the

end of the 19th century that fragrance inthe garden became really popular for justthat, not for any functional use. Prior tothat time, fragrance was used medicinallyand to mask unpleasant odors.

It was also at this time (1893) thatscents were first categorized by Countvon Marilaun into six groups.

Since then, these have been expandedto 10 scent groups, all of which are usedfor flowers. These groups are based oncommon essential oils for each group ofplants. It is the volatile compounds fromthese oils that our noses register as“scents.”

1. The indole group has flowers smellinglike and resembling decayed meat or

carrion, such as theskunk cabbage(Lysichiton) and awake-robin (Trilliumerectum), and attractsdung flies forpollination.

2. The aminoidgroup also smellsunpleasant to attractflies, smelling ofdecayed fish orammonia, andincludes many umbelflowers, such as giantfennel.

3. The heavy group smells similar to thelast, only sweeter, and includes some ofthe oldest known fragrant flowers, suchas some lilies and narcissus.

4. The aromatic grouphas some of the mostpleasantly scentedflowers with scents ofvanilla, balsam, almond,and cloves, such as insome primroses, peonies,stocks, and pinks.

5. The violet group andsmell is, of course,present in violets.Smelling of dampwoodland moss, itattracts no insects, as theflowers are self-pollinating.

6. The rose group is pleasant and foundin roses in addition to some peonies andscented geraniums.

7. The lemon group is more often found

in leaves but also in some water lilies andevening primroses.

8. The fruit-scented group includes manyroses and some minor bulbs.

9. The animal-scented group usually isunpleasant and may smell of musk, as insome roses; human perspiration, as invalerian and ox-eye daisy; and animal fur,as in crown imperial.

10. The honey-scented group is similarto the last, only sweeter and often morepleasant. Some examples are the butterflybush (Buddleia), showy stonecrop(Sedum spectabile), and meadowsweet(Filipendula).

As seen in most of these flower-scentgroups, insects or pollinators are themain reason for scent. It basically attractspollinators specifically needed to

A Garden Worth 10 Scents

The Green Mountain Gardener

Dr. Leonard Perry

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pollinate a flower, and at the right time.Usually if a flower is not ready or is pastthe time for pollination, or has beenpollinated, it won’t have muchfragrance.

If a flower is fragrant at night, oddsare that it is pollinated by moths or evenbats. Sweet scents generally attract bees

and flies for pollination, while thosewith fruity or musty-smelling flowersmay attract flies or beetles forpollination.

While a species of plant may havefragrance, some of its highly bredoffspring may not. These cultivars(cultivated varieties) may have been bred

for other traits instead, such as flowersize, shape, or disease resistance. Rosesare a good example of such a plant.Often, where there are many cultivars tochoose from—as with roses, peonies,daffodils, or crabapples—only some willhave fragrant flowers.

Fragrant summer perennials include

bearded iris early in the season, tallgarden phlox later on as well as some ofthe oriental lilies, and lavender (wherehardy).

Dr. Leonard P. Perry is an extension professorat the University of Vermont.

CDC Urges You to Stay Cool When Temps SoarThe Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention (CDC) is urging people toprepare for extreme heat this summer bystaying cool, hydrated, and informed.

“No one should die from a heat wave,but every year on average, extreme heatcauses 658 deaths in the United States—more than tornadoes, hurricanes, floods,and lightning combined,” said RobinIkeda, MD, MPH, acting director of theNational Center for EnvironmentalHealth and Agency for Toxic Substancesand Disease Registry.

Extreme heat can lead to very highbody temperatures, brain and organdamage, and even death. People sufferheat-related illness when their bodies are

unable to compensate and coolthemselves properly.

Extreme heat affectseveryone, but theelderly, children, thepoor or homeless,persons who workor exerciseoutdoors, andthose withchronic medicalconditions aremost at risk.

An analysis of2012 data indicates thatdeaths are on the rise. In atwo-week period in 2012, excessive

heat exposure resulted in 32 deaths infour states, four times the

typical average for thosestates for the same two-

week period from1999-2009.

More than two-thirds of thedeaths (69percent) occurredat home, and 91

percent of thosehomes lacked air

conditioning. Most ofthose who died were

unmarried or living alone,and 72 percent were male.

CDC recommends that localgovernments engage in advancedplanning, such as increasing access to airconditioning, cooling stations, or otherpublic locations that can be used byresidents for temporary relief from heat,particularly when temperatures areelevated for several consecutive days.

CDC is offering new resources,including a new website to prepare forextreme heat, new data on heat-relatedemergency room visits andhospitalizations, and a Climate Changeand Extreme Heat Events guidebook.

For more information on extreme heatand heat safety, call (800) CDC-INFOor visit www.cdc.gov/extremeheat.


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If you’re a fan of old movies,you’ll recognize what the classicsGilda, Blackboard Jungle, The

Courtship of Eddie’s Father, andFastest Gun Alive all have incommon: Glenn Ford. Oddlyenough, though he appeared inaround 100 feature films, the firstbiography on Ford was onlypublished in 2011.

Ford’s son, Peter, authored GlennFord: A Life and talked about his dadand the book, which is an insightfulHollywood bio filled with stories ofone of film’s most underappreciatedactors.

In addition to acting, Ford had anumber of other interests, includinga great fondness for women, whichPeter approaches with objectivecandor without ever turning thebook into a trashy memoir.

“He’s perceived by the public as aJimmy Stewart—a wholesome, all-American guy,” Peter told me. “Hewas that, but he also had a lot ofErrol Flynn in him. In reviewing allmy sources, I counted 146 womenhe had a dalliance with, includingMarilyn Monroe.”

Those sources included Ford’sown writings.

“My father kept a diary every dayof his life since 1933, and I haveevery one of them. So there was anenormous amount of material there,”explained Peter. “If you picked anyday since then, I could tell you whathe had for breakfast, where he went,what he did, what he thought, whohe talked to, etc.”

Glenn Ford was also a packrat ofmonumental proportions. When Forddied in 2006, Peter says he donatedmany of his father’s personal items tocharities. Other items he sold,including a piano given to Ford byJudy Garland, a slot machine fromFrank Sinatra, and a couch on whichhe “entertained” Monroe.

In fact, an auction house hauledoff two 26-foot-long trucks filled with“stuff ”—and that still barely touchedthe surface of the contents of Ford’s9,000-square-foot home in BeverlyHills.

“He saved everything,” said Peter.

“I have every letter he ever receivedand copies of letters he wrote. I havehis baby teeth, the lock of hair fromhis first haircut, the dish he used as ababy, and every report card fromschool. There [were] also thousandsof photographs and thousands ofbooks.

“Wherever he went, he wouldtake scraps of paper and write histhoughts. Often, he would stickthese randomly in books, along withletters, Christmas cards, and evenmoney.”

Peter donated hundreds of thosebooks to libraries but had to checkeach one in case his father had leftsome long-forgotten treasure within

its pages. In one, he found manyletters from singer Sophie Tucker.

Another Ford “hobby” was tosecretly record telephoneconversations. In the late 1950s,Ford, unbeknownst to his family andfriends, installed a phone tap on thefamily’s phone. After his father died,Peter discovered hundreds of oldreel-to-reel and cassette recordings ofcelebrities and politicians.

“He has some of PresidentRichard Nixon,” said Peter with achuckle. “Isn’t that ironic? The mostinfamous taper himself gettingtaped!” Maybe we now know whereTricky Dick got the idea!

Peter also recalls childhoodSunday-morning walks with his dadalong Santa Monica Boulevard. Thetwo would often stop under a leafyfichus tree, and Ford would ask hisson if he wanted some chewing gum.

Adept at sleight-of-hand tricks,Ford would appear to pull somechewing gum from the tree, leadingyoung Peter to believe there reallywas such a thing as a “gum tree.”

In another story, Peter remembersflying in a private plane with his dadto Cody, Wyo., for the dedication ofthe Buffalo Bill Museum. Theceremony culminated with a livebuffalo dangling in a harness from ahelicopter, flying over the crowd.

But as the pilot hovered above theassembled dignitaries, the terrifiedanimal’s bladder and bowels provedsomewhat unstable. When combinedwith the downward force of thechopper’s rotor blades, Peter says itwas a most memorable event!

Glenn Ford was a complex man,which led to difficulties andintricacies in his professional andpersonal lives. Peter’s revelationsabout his dad—as well as his mom,the great dancer Eleanor Powell—provide a fascinating glimpse of thegolden age of Hollywood.

Thomas’ features and columns haveappeared in more than 300 magazinesand newspapers, and he is the author ofRaised by the Stars, published byMcFarland. He can be reached at hisblog: http://getnickt.blogspot.com

Ford with Rita Hayworth in Gilda (1946).

Photo credit: Peter Ford

Peter Ford, center, with his parents,Eleanor Powell and Glenn Ford.

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Ford, right, with Peter Ford onthe set of Heaven with a Gun

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Icelebrated my 62nd birthday on April29, and I am still having troubleunderstanding how I could be two

years immersed in my sixth decade. When I think about birthdays, I can’t

remember a time when I said, “I wish Icould be in my 60s.” I do remembersaying that I wish I could be 21, for allthe obvious reasons.

I even thought that 30 was prettygood. By then I had a good job; I wasmarried; I had a newborn son and adaughtertwo yearslater; I hada house andaninexpensivenew car;and I feltthat thingswere goingwell. It washectic andchaotic,though.

When Ihit my 40s,things hadbegun to gowrong. I mean, I had been in my job for12 years and I was actually makingsome money. A couple of bucks left overafter household expenses were paidhinted that I was getting somewhere.

But some serious health problemsinterfered with our lives by the time Iwas 43, and a couple of years later, theteenagers living in our home wereovercome by hormonal madness and anomnipotent wisdom of all things thatever were and ever shall be.

Controlling the demonic forcesturned me into an unrecognizable figureof a man. Did I say there was anger?Oh, yes, and it was a righteous anger.

With the patience of a saint, I taughtboth of my children to drive. And wheneach one passed their driver’s test, I wasalmost willing to buy each a good carand provide a year’s rent somewhere onthe opposite side of the country.

“Get there safely but get there as fastas you can,” I wanted to say, “and don’tcome back until you realize how smartyour mom and I actually are.”

I remember when I was a teenager

how folks who were the age that I amnow would say, “Enjoy being young.Each new year flies by faster and faster.”And I would say, “Blah, blah, blah andblabbity, blabbity, blabbity.”

Just like my teenagers, I kneweverything. How frivolous and carefreeand invincible I was. It’s the universalstory of youth, isn’t it? I told my brotherthe other day that my new favorite songis “Yesterday, When I Was Young” byRoy Clark. Listen to it; you’ll see what I

mean. A

fadedcelebritysingersaid onetime on atalk showthat therewasn’t onedarnedthing thatwas goodaboutgettingold. Isupposethat’s true

for once-famous people who have losttheir luster and have been forgotten bythe public.

But I have never been famous orwidely known by the public. Gettingolder for a regular guy like me is justroutine; I have no delusions orflashbacks of glory.

Look, I’m not saying that gettingolder is a dream. The inevitable loss ofyouth can be difficult. Many of youalready know it; many more soon will.In sad resignation, I have often saidgood riddance to much of thefoolishness and turmoil of that earliertime, while in my heart I yearn for onemore stab at it.

I don’t ever remember saying that Iwish I could be in my 60s, but I surehope I can be in my 70s. The alternativeis difficult to ponder.

Mike Clark writes a regular column for TheGlobe Leader newspaper in NewWilmington, Pa. He lives outside Columbia,Pa., and can be contacted [email protected].

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Tips to Avoid New Scams Targeting Seniors

While we are all taught to use goodmanners when answering the telephone,not everyone who calls you necessarilyhas good intentions.

According to the U.S. Department ofHomeland Security, a recent spate oflottery scams or advance-fee fraudsoriginating in Jamaica are targetingseniors and other Americans bytelephone.

While the Jamaican and U.S.governments have teamed to tighten lawsand combat the problem, it’s importantto guard against becoming the nextvictim.

Knowing the difference betweenlegitimate telemarketers and scammers iscrucial. Protect yourself by taking thefollowing precautions:

• Never pay money to collect supposedsweepstakes winnings. Legitimateoperations won’t require you to pay tocollect winnings. It’s against U.S. law toplay foreign lotteries. If you get a callsaying you’ve won one, it’s probably ascam.

• Never wire money to anyone you don’tknow.

• Ignoreunsolicited callsfrom anyone,even charitiesand companieswith whom youalready dobusiness. Youhave no way toconfirm thecaller islegitimate.Even caller IDcan be faked.When indoubt, justhang up.

• Place your telephone number on theNational Do Not Call Registry. It’s fastand free. Visit www.DoNotCall.gov oradd your number to the registry bycalling (888) 382-1222 from the phoneyou wish to register.

• Check unfamiliar area codes beforereturning calls. Be aware that there aremany three-digit area codes that connectcallers to international telephonenumbers.

• If you don’tmakeinternational calls,ask yourtelephoneprovider to blockincoming andoutgoinginternational calls.

• Never provideanyone withpersonalinformation, suchas bank accounts,PINs, or SocialSecurity numbers.

• Prevent criminals from accessing yourmoney. Contact your bank, brokerages,and the Social Security Administration toadd a password to your accounts.

• If callers insist on speaking with you,tell them you’ll call them directly. Don’ttake a number offered by a potentialfraudster. You’re safer looking up thenumber independently.

• Scammers often create false deadlines.

If you feel pressured, hang up. You’vespent a lifetime earning your money. Youdeserve time to choose how to spend it.

• Help others from falling victim toscammers by warning friends and family.If you’ve received a call, mail, or emailyou think might be from a scammer,report it to the Federal TradeCommission by calling (877) FTC-HELP—(877) 382-4357—or contactlocal authorities.

“The Jamaican government is resolvedto successfully combat this scourge. Wehave put in place both legislative andoperational measures that will ensure thatpersons who prey on vulnerable seniorsare held accountable,” said PeterBunting, Jamaica’s minister of nationalsecurity, who is working with U.S.officials to stop new Jamaican lotteryscams.

You don’t have to live in fear to avoidbeing a victim. By becoming informed ofthe latest tactics used by scammers todefraud consumers, you can protectyourself and your finances.

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Today’s Seniors Hear BetterThe prevalence of hearing

impairment in adults 65–74 years old islower now than it was 40 years ago,according to a study funded by theNational Institute on Deafness andOther Communication Disorders andpublished in the May 2012issue of Ear and Hearing.

The findings areconsistent with theresearchers’ earlierdiscovery that youngeradults are hearing muchbetter than theirgrandparents did at theirage.

The new study analyzedaudiometric data (hearingtests) collected in1999–2006 and compared them tosimilar data for adults 65–74 years ofage collected 40 years earlier in1959–1962. Hearing impairment inadults in this age group dropped from48 percent in 1959–1962 to 36 percentin 1999–2006.

Hence, the researchers concluded therate of hearing impairment for adultswho are currently 65–74 years of age is25 percent better than it was for adultsof the same age 40 years ago.

“It’s difficult to explain why thisdecrease in hearing impairmentoccurred, since the two age groups welooked at were born in the decades circa

1890 and 1930,” said HowardHoffman, NIDCD epidemiologist andlead author of the paper.

“They became adults before thegeneral availability of antibiotics to treatchildhood ear infections or the

widespread introductionof vaccines, which havesince greatly reduced theincidence of commonchildhood diseases, such asmeasles and mumps, thatmay result in permanenthearing loss.”

The researchers suggestinstead that theimprovement in hearingmay owe less to advancesin medical treatments and

more to incremental advances made inpublic health (for example, sanitationand safer and healthier foods),education, and transportation in thefirst half of the 20th century.

More specific reasons for theimprovement may include safer workingconditions, fewer noisy jobs and moreuse of hearing protection, less smoking,better control of infectious diseases,and, more recently, improved control ofdiabetes and other cardiovascular riskfactors.

Source: National Institute on Deafness andOther Communication Disorders

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Heartland Hospice in York is seekingvolunteers, at least 18 years old, who areinterested in making a difference in thelives of others. The mission of HeartlandHospice is to provide quality care topatients with a limited life expectancy.

Volunteer opportunities for as few astwo to three hours a week or eight to 12hours a month include:

Visitors – friendly visiting in residentialhomes: reading, talking to, or holdinghands with patients while their caregiversrun errands or go to appointments. Also,friendly visiting in nursing homesreading to patients.

Music visitors – Join Voices of Love, agroup of volunteers who visit patients inassisted living and in nursing homes toentertain and sing to bring joy andcomfort.

Vigil volunteers – Visitors that sit withpatients during the last 48-72 hours of apatient’s life to offer comfort by reading,playing music, or singing softly.

Cookie or cake enthusiasts – bakecookies or cakes for patients with a sweettooth.

Delivery – deliver cards, cookies, cakes,or crafts and offer a warm hello topatients.

Pet therapy dog visitors – friendlyvisiting with your certified pet therapydog in residential or nursing homes withpatients.

Office volunteers – Clerical volunteerswith filing, phone, and/or computerskills must be detail oriented andavailable during office hours of 8:30a.m. to 5 p.m.

Free volunteer training sessions willbe held soon. Please call ASAP to attendthe next training. For additionalinformation or to register for training,call the volunteer coordinator, RobinShaffer, at (717) 840-1002 or toll-free at(866) 274-5031.


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Traveltizers Travel Appetizers: Stories that Whet the Appetite for Travel

Rhonda Besaw carefully placesthree small pouches on herdining room table.

They are meticulously adorned withvery tiny beads. One has three flowers,another has a geometric design, and thethird—my favorite—has sparkles oflight that swirl across a blackbackground.

Besaw explains that the sparklesrepresent her people as they cross overthe Milky Way to a place where theywill be reborn.

Besaw’s people are the Abenaki, atribe that has lived in southern Quebecand northern New England since beforethe beginning of oral history. Yet manypeople are unfamiliar with their cultureand contributions.

Besaw, an award-winning Nativeartist whose work is regularly shown ingalleries throughout the Northeast, ison a mission to change this.

“The Abenaki are still here,” she says.“Through these beads, I hope to sharethe story of our survival.”

My husband and I are visiting Besawin her home, which is in a small villagein the north woods of New Hampshire.The drive took us through the Notch, anarea where you can’t communicate by cellphone but where you can—if you’regood at this sort of thing—talk withmoose and bear.

We were, in all respects, on a “roadless traveled,” and this, for us, is part ofthe joy of “crafting,” a word that wecoined more than 20 years ago.

Crafting is the art of getting to knowa place—its history, its traditions, itspeople—through its handmade objects.

New Hampshire is the perfect placefor this type of travel. In 1932 it becamethe first state to officially support itsartists by establishing The League ofNew Hampshire Arts and Crafts, and thestate’s craft tradition—which includesNative, Colonial, Shaker, andcontemporary work—is among thenation’s finest.

Besaw’s work includes beaded bags,moccasins, leggings, and drool-worthy

Crafting the Roads and History of New Hampshire

Award-winning artist Rhonda Besawuses beads to tell stories of her

people.

Crafting takes people along the back roads,where scenes like this abound.

Dartmouth history professor Jere Daniellcalls Hillsborough “a quintessentialNew Hampshire town.”


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necklaces and earrings. Her images arenot reproductions of traditional designsbut rather interpretations of ancientthemes. In this way she passes on notonly stories of her ancestors, but alsotheir spirits.

Our quest to glimpse NewHampshire’s colonial heritage takes us toHillsborough Center, a town that is NewEngland to its core, right down to thewhite-steepled church and stacked-stonefences.

Jon Gibson, a second-generationpewterer, greets us with a smile.

“I’ll show you the old schoolhouse,and then we’ll go into my studio,” hesays.

This is how we come to spend themorning in a 200-year-old schoolhouseas well as in an equally old post-and-beam barn, all the while learning about acraft that was essential to the daily life ofthe early settlers.

I pick up a porringer and admire itsdecorative handle.

“Paul Revere worked in silver ratherthan pewter, but he made some of themost famous colonial porringers,” saysGibson.

The Museum of Fine Arts in Bostonhas in its collection several pieces madeby Paul Revere as well as a few itemsmade by Jon Gibson, a fact of which

Gibson is rightfully proud. Some ofGibson’s pieces—which include bowls,plates, mugs, tankards, andcandleholders—are cast, some arehammered, and some are spun on anantique lathe.

From Hillsborough Center we travelto Amherst, where we meet SumnerBennett, who painstakingly craftsindividually fabricated Shaker boxes. The

Shakers, who arrived in the colonies inthe late 1700s, believed in devoting their“hands to work and their hearts to God,”and thus became known for items thatwere made with utmost love andprecision.

I look at a set of oval nested boxes,perhaps the most well known of theShaker crafts, and quickly realize thenecessity for such precision. The top of

each box must not only fit snuggly ontothe bottom of its handcrafted mate, buteach box must also be sized to fit intothe next larger one. Bennett makes setsthat consist of up to 10 nested boxes.

He is relaxed as he demonstrates thevarious steps required to make the boxes,from preparing the wood to cutting theovals and distinctive finger-shaped jointsthat keep the boxes from buckling.

As with Besaw and Gibson, Bennett’swillingness to share his knowledge, bothtechnical and historical, gives me insightinto the past, teaching me not only howpeople lived, but also how they thought.

Like all our crafting journeys, we runout of time much too soon. There aremore crafts to explore, more history tolearn. We haven’t even begun to delveinto the state’s thriving contemporary artscene. For that, we’ll have to return.

The Annual League of NHCraftsmen’s Fair, which showcases thework of more than 350 craftspeople,takes place this year Aug. 3–11.

Rhonda Besaw: www.rhondabesaw.comJon Gibson: www.gibsonpewter.comSumner Bennett: www.sbshakerbox.comOther NH craftspeople: www.nhcrafts.org

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

Arched stone bridges near Hillsboroughare examples of the dry-laid masonry

that is a hallmark of what is aptlynicknamed “The Granite State.”

Jon Gibson uses an old lathe to makepewter vessels in the traditional way.

Sumner Bennett recallsNew Hampshire’s Shakertradition as he makes setsof nested boxes.


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When Vernon Barker was still ajunior in high school in 1943,he enlisted in the Navy. His

brother had joined the Navy earlier andhad told him about the high adventureof life aboard ship.

And we were at war, and everybodyelse seemed to be going, so he couldn’twait to become a sailor himself and seesome of that action. He sure got hiswish, since he later served in most of themajor invasions of the war in the Pacific.

His boot camp was at Naval StationGreat Lakes in northern Illinois. Thenhe was sent to Newport News, where hewas assigned to a brand-new lightcruiser, the USS Mobile. In those days,the Navy was scrambling to build andman the hundreds of ships it would taketo stand up to the powerful Japanesenavy. So crews were being sent intocombat as quickly as combat ships could

come on line. After a

shakedown cruisein the ChesapeakeBay to check outthe ship’s guns,radio, and manyother systems, theMobile sailedthrough thePanama Canal toHawaii, arrivingthere in June1943.

After a monthof training, theywere deemedready for combatand joined TaskForce 58 for aJuly 4 raid onMarcus Island, an

isolatedJapanese coralatoll some1,150 milessoutheast ofTokyo. It wasthe easternmostterritorybelonging toJapan.

And,although it wassmall, it was ofextremeimportance toJapan. AdmiralWilliam F.“Bull” Halseyhad spurred hismen on bysaying, “We’regoing to show

the Japanese what the Fourth of July isall about.” And they did, pelting theisland with everything they had.

The Mobile then joined the fifth fleetfor the Gilberts campaign. There, shescreened the ships of Task Force 15 asthey struck at Tarawa Atoll in the firstoffensive in the critical central Pacificregion.

It was also the first time in the warthat the United States faced seriousJapanese opposition to an amphibiouslanding. The 4,500 Japanese defenderswere well supplied and well prepared, andthey fought almost to the last man.

Barker remembers it best for the shockthat came to him one morning when hewent to go on deck for a little fresh air.

“All I could see was bodies floating allover the place,” he said. “Tarawa was sosmall that they had no place to bury theJapanese, so they took the bodies out to

From His Cruiser, He SawHundreds of Bodies Floating on the Sea

Robert D. Wilcox

Salute to a Veteran

Vernon Barker in boot camp atNaval Station Great Lakes.

sea 5 or 6 miles and dumped them intothe sea.”

Barker manned a 40-mm gun positionthat helped defend his ship from airattack, and in all the campaigns theywere involved in, air attack wascontinuous. His ship’s majorresponsibility was to soften up theJapanese defenses against amphibiousassault.

After Tawara came Wake,Bougainville, and Kwajalein, where theMobile performed fire support andcarrier-screening duties. Joining TaskForce 58, she pounded major enemybases at Eniwetok and Rabaul, and thenhelped devastate Truk, the base of theJapanese combined fleet.

Then they sailed for the MariannaIslands, where they struck Saipan,Tinian, and Guam. By March 24,Mobile’s first anniversary, she hadsteamed more than 70,000 miles andparticipated in 11 major operationsagainst the enemy.

But after having supported Alliedlandings in New Guinea and shelledWake Island, they were to facesomething new and deadly. Whileraiding in the Philippines and Peleliu,they, for the first time, were attacked bykamikazes, day and night. They were theaircraft that unskilled Japanese pilots

tried to fly intoAmerican ships andinstallations.

Later, the Mobilefaced the Kaiten one-man submarines,which, like thekamikazes, wereguided by their pilotsto certain death. Theywere launched fromlarger submarines,and once in theKaiten, the pilot could not unlock thehatches. He was to exchange his life forwhatever damage he could do. Japanproduced several hundred of those deathtraps during the war.

The last action for the Mobile was theinvasions of Iwo Jima and Okinawa.Barker remembers seeing the famous flagraised on Iwo Jima and the particularlysavage battle for Okinawa, where some100,000 Japanese troops were dug-in incaves, cement tombs, and fortifications,well protected from the pre-invasionbombardment.

The invasion would see theassembling of the greatest naval armadaever. In total, the American fleet of morethan 1,300 ships gathered for the navalbombardment of the island.

During the invasion, nearly 1,500

kamikaze flights wereflown by the Japaneseto sink 34 Americanships and damage 164others. But navalgunfire was usedlonger and in greaterquantities than in anyother battle inhistory.

After 82 days, theOkinawan campaignwas officially declared

over on July 2, 1945, but to achieve that,more ships were used, more troops putashore, more supplies transported, morebombs dropped, more Naval guns firedagainst shore targets than in any otheroperation in the Pacific.

On both sides, nearly 170,000 died.The Japanese lost 7,800 aircraft and 16combat ships. And we now had a basefor the planned invasion of the Japanesemainland.

Then the U.S. dropped the two A-bombs, and the war was over.

Barker says, “Truman was right todrop the A-bomb, because the projectedloss of life in attacking the Japanesemainland was monumental.”

The Mobile returned to San Diego,and Barker was discharged at GreatLakes on Feb. 23, 1946. He later came

to Central Pennsylvania to visit his sister,Eileen, and there he met his future wife,Gloria. He liked Central Pennsylvania,too, so he decided to stay.

Thinking back over his days in theNavy, he says he saw more combat thanhe could ever have imagined. That hadearned him the Asiatic-Pacific Ribbonwith 12 Battle Stars and the PhilippinesLiberation Medal with two Stars. He’sproud of that … and truly thankful thathe came through it all in one piece.

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


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About 20 percent of U.S. adults aremeeting both the aerobic and muscle-strengthening components of the federalgovernment’s physical activityrecommendations, according to a reportpublished recently in Morbidity andMortality Weekly Report, a journal of theCenters for Disease Control andPrevention.

The data are based on self-reportedinformation from the Behavioral RiskFactor Surveillance System, an annualphone survey of adults aged 18 and overconducted by state health departments.

The Physical Activity Guidelines forAmericans recommend that adults get atleast 2.5 hours a week of moderate-intensity aerobic activity, such as walking;or one hour and 15 minutes a week ofvigorous-intensity aerobic activity, suchas jogging; or a combination of both.

The guidelines also recommend thatadults do muscle-strengthening activities,such as pushups, sit-ups, or activitiesusing resistance bands or weights. Theseactivities should involve all major musclegroups and be done on two or more daysper week.

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

“Although only 20 percent of adultsare meeting the overall physical activityrecommendations, it is encouraging thathalf the adults in the United States aremeeting the aerobic guidelines and athird are meeting the muscle-strengthening recommendations,” saidCarmen D. Harris, M.P.H,epidemiologist in CDC’s physical activityand health branch.

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

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

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The light cruiser USS Mobile, on which Vernon Barker served in

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Eastern Area Senior Center, Inc. – (717) 252-1641

Golden Visions Senior Community Center(717) 633-5072

Heritage Senior Center, Inc. – (717) 292-7471

Northeastern Senior Community Center(717) 266-1400

Red Land Senior Citizen Center – (717) 938-4649

South Central Senior Community Center(717) 235-6060Weekdays, 10:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. – Wii GamesTuesdays, 12:30 p.m. – Staying YoungThursdays, 10 a.m. – Senior Bowling League

Stewartstown Senior Center – (717) 993-3488July 3 and 17, 1 p.m. – Card PartyJuly 11, noon – Art ClassJuly 15-20, 5:30 p.m. – Eureka Carnival, Senior Stand

Susquehanna Senior Center – (717) 244-0340

White Rose Senior Center – (717) 843-9704www.whiteroseseniorcenter.org

Windy Hill Senior Center – (717) 225-0733

Yorktown Senior Center – (717) 854-0693

Please call or visit the centers’ websites for additionalactivities.

York County Library Programs

York County Department of Parks and Recreation

Pre-registration is required for these programs. To register or find out more about these activities or anyadditional scheduled activities, call (717) 428-1961.

July 18 and 25, 6:30 p.m. – Archaeology Programs, Agricultural and Industrial MuseumJuly 27, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. – Panning for Gold Program, Spring Valley County ParkJuly 27, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.; July 28, noon to 4 p.m. – Butterfly Weekend, Nixon County Park

Programs and Support Groups Free and open to the public

July 2, 7 p.m.Surviving Spouse Socials of York CountyFaith United Church of Christ509 Pacific Ave., York(717) 266-2784

July 16, 3 p.m.Caregiver Support GroupGolden Visions Senior Community Center 250 Fame Ave., #125, Hanover(717) 633-5072

July 18, 5:30 to 6:30 p.m.Alzheimer’s Support GroupSenior Commons at Powder Mill1775 Powder Mill Road, York(717) 741-0961

Arthur Hufnagel Public Library of Glen Rock, 32 Main St., Glen Rock, (717) 235-1127

Collinsville Community Library, 2632 Delta Road, Brogue, (717) 927-9014Tuesdays, 6 to 8 p.m. – Purls of Brogue Knitting Club

Dillsburg Area Public Library, 17 S. Baltimore St., Dillsburg, (717) 432-5613

Dover Area Community Library, 3700-3 Davidsburg Road, Dover, (717) 292-6814

Glatfelter Memorial Library, 101 Glenview Road, Spring Grove, (717) 225-3220Mondays, 6 to 8 p.m. – Knitting and Spinning Group

Guthrie Memorial Library, 2 Library Place, Hanover, (717) 632-5183

Kaltreider-Benfer Library, 147 S. Charles St., Red Lion, (717) 244-2032

Kreutz Creek Valley Library Center, 66 Walnut Springs Road, Hellam, (717) 252-4080

Martin Library, 159 E. Market St., York, (717) 846-5300

Mason-Dixon Public Library, 250 Bailey Drive, Stewartstown, (717) 993-2404

Paul Smith Library of Southern York County, 80 Constitution Ave., Shrewsbury, (717) 235-4313

Red Land Community Library, 48 Robin Hood Drive, Etters, (717) 938-5599

Village Library, 35-C N. Main St., Jacobus, (717) 428-1034

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Her positive mind has forged the wayfor a positive life.

And her natural charisma may bewhat prompted so many women to jointhe Women’s Writing Circle thatWeidener began in November 2009.

The Women’s Writing Circle beganout of Weidener’s hope and dream offinding kindred spirits who couldconnect as a community of writers.

“It is very important when you are awriter to ease the loneliness and isolationof the work and find a community oflikeminded souls,” Weidener said. “All ofthese women have given me a new leaseon life.”

The group of women meets on thesecond Saturday of each month at a localbookshop. They share their writing witheach other and offer support andvalidation—things essential to anywriter’s success, both in their careers andas individuals.

“The emphasis is on how writing canlead to healing, self-discovery, andempowerment,” she said.

To merely say that Weidener loveswriting would be an injustice to her truefeelings, as she loves every aspect of it—“even the blood, sweat, and tears” thatgo into it.

“I found that writing was a journeyinto the soul—a path to self-discovery,

as well as a way to developunderstanding and empathy for others,”she said.

“When you put on paper what hastormented you, you take away the powerof painful memories and put thembehind you.”

Weidener is quick to point out thatthe group meets to connect not only aswriters, but also as wives, mothers,daughters, sisters, and friends sharingtheir journeys.

The group has since evolved into amonthly critique session with aconcentration on developing pieces ofwriting for potential publication,explains Weidener. Workshops have alsobeen formed from the Women’s WritingCircle, where the focus is on the craftand alchemy of writing.

The group recently published ananthology of stories and poems, calledSlants of Light: Stories and Poems Fromthe Women’s Writing Circle. Theanthology can be purchased in somelocal bookstores or at Amazon.com, andit will be available as an e-book on Aug.1.

Weidener brought in outsideworkshop instructors to teach on topicslike fiction and memoir writing andjournaling. She shares her own skills andexperiences as well. Weidener worked as

a news and feature writer for ThePhiladelphia Inquirer before leaving thepaper in 2007.

While she is committed to freelycheering others on in their journeys—nomatter what age they may be—Weidenerhas also been so bold as to share her ownlife journey in its rawest form in twomemoirs.

Her first book, Again in a Heartbeat,was published in 2010—the same yearthat she turned 60. It is a memoir oflove, loss, and dating again.

Weidener has not remarried sincelosing her husband but still datesoccasionally.

“I never met a man as strong or asconfident, as kind and as honorable asJohn,” said Weidener. “What has keptme going since John’s death is thememory of how he believed in me, mystrength as a woman, and he neverdoubted for an instant that I could raisehis sons on my own.”

She learned a lot about herself as shewrote Again in a Heartbeat and hopesthe book can help anyone who is goingthrough the loss of a loved one.

“When a person we love has cancer,or any chronic illness, we may notalways live up to our own set of personalstandards,” she explained. “My angerand grief should not have been directed

at my husband for dying but at thecancer and how the disease impacted ourfamily, our two little boys, and my ownnaïve dream of a happily-ever-after.”

She points out in the book that whena person you love is dying, they willoften distance themselves from you.

“It would have helped me at the timeif I had had someone to talk about itand why I felt so abandoned by him.”

Weidener’s second memoir, Morningat Wellington Square, published in 2012,is the story of a woman’s search to findherself beyond traditional roles. Shediscusses the beginning of the Women’sWriting Circle and the end of her careeras a journalist. Leaving the newspaperwas painful in its own way; her time inthe newsroom was so rewarding and feltlike more of a calling than it did a job.

“I am always amazed when I think ofhow an idea to start a writing circle hasturned into a place where, over the lastthree and a half years, more than 200women have read their work,” Weidenersaid.

“Some come once or twice and don’treturn to the circle, while others havebeen coming steadily for a year, twoyears, even three.”

To follow the happenings of theWomen’s Writing Circle, you may visittheir blog at www.susanweidener.com.

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DOH Investigating York County DentistThe Pennsylvania Department of

Health is advising patients of a YorkCounty dentist that they might be atrisk for infection after an investigationdiscovered the dental facility did notfollow appropriate infection-controlprocedures.

To date, the investigation has foundDr. Jacqueline A. Marcin did not followappropriate procedure to properly clean,disinfect, or sterilize devices at her York

dental office, located at 1820 E. MarketSt.

As a result, the Department of Healthis recommending hepatitis B, hepatitisC, and human immunodeficiency virus(HIV) testing for current or formerpatients who had dental proceduresperformed directly by Marcin, such asfillings, tooth removals, denture fittings,and other procedures.

Testing is not currently advised for

patients who only received routinecleanings or checkups performed byother staff members. Patients should seetheir doctor to discuss testing options.

“We have not received any relatedreports of disease transmission or illnessat this time,” Secretary of HealthMichael Wolf said. “However, as aprecautionary measure, we arerecommending current or formerpatients of Dr. Marcin get tested.”

The departments of Health and Stateconducted a joint, unannounced sitevisit of Marcin’s dental practice on April24. The Pennsylvania State Board ofDentistry temporarily suspendedMarcin’s dental license on April 29.

A special, toll-free hotline has beenset up by the Department of Health forthis investigation. Marcin’s patients cancall (855) 265-4613 for moreinformation.


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OK, maybe it isn’t in the sameleague as the invention of themicroscope, the discovery of

penicillin, or the formulation ofvaccines, but the creation of the hospitalgown that closes in the back will certainlybe applauded by every patient who hasever had to wear one and who has hadto reach, pull, or twist it just so he canget to the bathroom without exposinghis rear end to the world.

When Iwas caringfor patientsin thehospital, weoften usedtwo of thoseflimsy, thincotton gownson ourpatients, onetying in theback and thesecond oneover it, tyingin the front.

Thepatients werenot asexposed asthey werewhen they were forced to wear the singlegown, and in addition, wearing twogowns made them feel a bit warmer.Sometimes we would let the patientsbring pajama bottoms or boxer shortsfrom home and wear them under thegowns.

The tie-in-the-back version of thegown is handy for nurses and doctors, asit provides easy access to the patient’sback and makes it quick and simple to,for instance, listen to a patient’s lungs orheart or to give an injection. And itmakes it easier for the patient to use thebedpan if necessary.

However, patients hate those darngowns. And with good reason. Andalthough they have provided fodder forcartoons for years, it’s time for them togo.

I saw pictures of one kind of newlydesigned gown, and it looks more like awrap-around spa bathrobe. It has acrisscross V-neck closure in the front andelbow-length sleeves. There are snaps

instead of ties and, while it does close inthe back, it also has an “access flap” fromthe neck down to the lower back.

The particular gown I saw and readabout was created at the Henry FordInnovation Institute and is currentlybeing used at a hospital in Detroit. Sofar, patient reviews have been positive.The goal now is getting the designlicensed and sold to a manufacturer whocan get this going on a grand scale. (I did

a little research on the Internetand found that other designersand companies are working onthis issue as well.)

The current tie-in-the-backdesign goes back to the early20th century, and while they

were agreat ideain a timewhenpatientsstayed flatin the bedmuchmorethan theydo today,theyhaven’tchangedmuchsincethen, and

they certainly don’t offer any measure ofprivacy.

And here’s another benefit of the spa-like gown, beyond preserving patientdignity: The new gown is made of athicker fabric, so using two gowns onpatients who are cold (in addition tobeing embarrassed) would no longer benecessary, thus saving on the number ofgowns the hospital needs to purchase.The manufacturing cost of the newgowns is comparable to those of the oldones, and yes, the new gowns launder upwell.

So, while it may not win the NobelPrize, a gown that closes in the back willbe dearly loved. Way to go, designers!

Gloria May is a registered nurse with amaster’s degree in adult health education anda Certified Health Education Specialistdesignation.

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